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Quality of life in Grahamstown, East London and Mdantsane: preliminary result

  • Authors: Helliker, Kirk D , Bekker, Simon , Lambie, Eileen
  • Date: 2012
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/144756 , vital:38376 , DOI: 10.1080/02580144.1981.10428933
  • Description: A quality of life survey amongst residents of three Eastern Cape towns, viz. Grahamstown, East London, and Mdantsane, shows that the attitudes to home and neighbourhood which urban residents in the Eastern Cape develop, are fashioned in large part by both the residential “group area” in which these urban dwellers live, and by their socio-economic status. White residents, overwhelmingly, are satisfied with their diets, their municipality, their homes. They feel safe in their homes and are satisfied that police protection is available if needed. For black residents fear of poverty and unemployment, of physical violence, and dissatisfaction with an inadequate diet is widespread. Indian and coloured urban residents who are generally perceived as minorities in Grahamstown and East London, occupy an intermediate position. Their residential areas are sited close to predominantly low income black residential areas. Higher income Indian and coloured households show lower rates of dissatisfaction with diet, housing, and municipal services than the black community.
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  • Date Issued: 2012

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"Should a Vice-Chancellor be a computer scientist?"

  • Authors: Henderson, Derek Scott
  • Date: 1981
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:7432 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018309
  • Description: Information Systems Seminar, Carlton Hotel, Johannesburg, 10 June 1981. Should a Vice-Chancellor be a computer scientist? As I prepared my thoughts to address you this morning it seemed to me that there were three topics of potential interest to this audience on which a person with my background could dwell. 1) Are universities turning out graduates with the right backgrounds (a) to manage companies in which information systems will play an increasingly important role and (b) to drive the information systems effectively? 2) The proper role of the universities in research and development with regard to information systems 3) The effective administrative use of information systems in universities considered as organisations which have as great an obligation to be efficient as businesses.
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  • Date Issued: 1981

"Yes please" Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath

  • Authors: Unknown
  • Date: 1981
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Jazz
  • Language: French
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:13753 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012768
  • Description: Photocopied article from the CFDT Magazine about the recording "Yes please" (Musica Distribution) by Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath.
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'n Leesgesentreerde ondersoek na sosiopolitiese elemente in die poësie aan die hand van enkele gedigte van Wilma Stockensẗrom

  • Authors: De Jong, Maria Johanna
  • Date: 1981
  • Subjects: Stockensẗrom, Wilma -- Criticism and interpretation
  • Language: Afrikaans
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:3615 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006333
  • Description: "Now let us refrain, I said, from calling Homer or any other poet to account regarding those arts to which his poems incidentally refer: we will not ask them, in case any poet has been a doctor and not a mere imitator of medical parlance, to show what patients have been restored to health by a poet" (Plato 1979 19). (1) Soos alle lesers van literatuur weet Plato dat die digter weinig bewys kan lewer dat die werklikheid waaroor hy skryf ook deur hom verander is. Uiteindelik sit hy net met die" sweet influence" van sy welluidende gedig (ibid . 21). Tog word hy verbied, en nie net, soos Plato wou veronderstel, omdat hy die irrasionele, die emosionele, die "laere" in die mens stimuleer nie.
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  • Date Issued: 1981

2nd Jazz Festival of Douai, France

  • Authors: Unknown
  • Date: 1981
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Jazz , Jazz musicians
  • Language: French
  • Identifier: vital:13577 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006540 , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Jazz , Jazz musicians
  • Description: Original program for the 2nd Jazz Festival of Douai in France. Amongst the concerts, there will be some music workshops, exhibitions and movie projections.
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  • Date Issued: 1981

A class of ideals of the centre of a group ring

  • Authors: O'Reilly, M F
  • Date: 1981
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:6786 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006929
  • Description: Reynolds (1972), using character-theory, showed that the p-section sums span an ideal of the centre Z(kG) of the group algebra of a finite group G over a field k of characteristic dividing the order of G. In O'Reilly (1973) a character-free proof was given. Here we extend these techniques to show the existence of a wider class of ideals of Z(kG).
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  • Date Issued: 1981

A critical examination of concept analysis and its application to concepts of space in geography

  • Authors: Welch, Sally Lynn
  • Date: 1981
  • Subjects: Space perception , Geography -- Methodology
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:4807 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003721 , Space perception , Geography -- Methodology
  • Description: Preface: Concept analysis utilising Piaget and Gagne's theories is an expanding area of research in the 'exact' sciences such as physics and chemistry. It is, however, new to the concepts in geography which are 'non-exact'. The thesis, then, is an exploratory study; and concept analysis is considered a possible methodology for examining the students' understanding of non-exact geography concepts. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first contains an examination of the theory of concept analysis and a critical review of empirical studies, with a view to applying concept analysis to the discipline of geography. The second part involves what has been termed a case study, where concepts are selected for analysis, and students were tested for their understanding of the concepts.
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  • Date Issued: 1981

A Piagetian programme of intervention: facilitation of conceptual change and cognitive growth

  • Authors: Moore, Robert Soulsby
  • Date: 1981
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:3136 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006905
  • Description: This research aims (within a strictly Piagetian framework) toward the development of a programme of intervention which will facilitate cognitive development, conceptual change and scientific literacy for those individuals who experience difficulty in coping with contemporary scientific and technological concepts. The research focuses specifically on the development of a diagnostic battery useful for realising a conceptual profile of the individual. This profile would indicate personal areas of functional interests that can be used creatively as a starting point for the facilitation of cognitive growth. The goal of such a programme is not the acceleration of cognitive growth, but rather the restoration of the individual to the mainstream of transactions in which the process of growth can flourish. The proposed facilitatory programme makes use of Piagetian tasks in a voluntary, individualist mode of instruction comparable to recently developed techniques of scientific education programmes. In brief, this research analyses three specific areas: 1) The development of a body of theory that can assist in the development of such a facilitatory programme, 2) The development of a diagnostic battery to provide insight into the individual's level of conceptual development, 3) The realization of certain guidelines for an instructional procedure whereby facilitation of growth can begin . The experiment takes the form of a pilot study of twenty four black and white subjects, exploring whether the battery of Piagetian tasks reveals a profile of conceptual development of the individual. Unique conceptual profiles were realized for all individuals, with evidence pointing towards the existence of a relationship between functional interests and the more advanced areas of the individual's conceptual development.
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A preliminary validity study of the Rathus Assertiveness Schedule with a sample of the South African university population

  • Authors: Dares, Anna Ewa
  • Date: 1981
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:21178 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/6771
  • Description: The study investigated the validity of the Rathus Assertiveness Schedule (RAS) with a sample (N=l68) of the white South African undergraduate students. In terms of criterion- related validity, results indicated that ratings of external judges, unaware of their subjects' self-evaluation, correlated significantly with the assertiveness scores of the male subjects only. Construct validation of the RAS with ten personality traits measured by the Howarth Personality Questionnaire yielded results consistent with Wolpe's hypothesis that assertiveness relates inversely to anxiety. In addition, evidence was found to support the contention that assertiveness correlates negatively with inferiority. A principal components analysis of the RAS revealed a potentially useful factor structure for both males and females. A number of factors including situation-specific assertive behavior as well as factors measuring aggressiveness were identified for both sexes.
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  • Date Issued: 1981

A reappraisal of the governorship of Sir Benjamin D'Urban at the Cape of Good Hope, 1834-1838

  • Authors: Lancaster, Jonathan Charles Swinburne
  • Date: 1981
  • Subjects: D'Urban, Benjamin, Sir, 1777-1849 , Colonial administrators -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope , Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- History -- 1795-1872
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:2584 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005895
  • Description: Preface: Sir Benjamin D'Urban only spent four years as Governor of the Cape Colony, yet to many people he is one of the most easily identifiable of all British Governors. The principal reason for this, it seems, is the continuing emphasis placed upon his short-lived settlement of the Colony's troublesome eastern frontier in 1835. The main objectives of this thesis have been to examine some of the most notable analyses of that settlement together with an attempt to remove D'Urban's governorship from the narrow and controversial confines imposed by his frontier policy. I have tried to place his governorship in the wider context of his day, examining the various controls upon him, and his overall role as Governor together with some of his administration's less well known but ultimately equally important aspects. In effect, I have tried to view D'Urban in 'the round '. The thesis makes no pretence at being a complete survey. Several important and possibly contributory aspects to a fuller understanding of D'Urban's Cape interlude - notably his ten years in various executive positions in the West Indies and British Guiana, and his period as commander-in-chief of the British army in Canada - were beyond the reach of anything more than a cursory review. Presumably there are documents relative to this period of D'Urban's life in the Archives in Montreal, Georgetown and London. D'Urban's reputation in South Africa continues to rest upon the short-lived system he established in 1835 and the great promise for future relations between black and white that many authors then and since saw in it, or alternately failed to see in it. With this in mind, and the realisation that 145 years and a succession of Governors, High Commissioners and Prime Ministers have passed since 1835, the following extract from the front page of The Daily Dispatch of 10 May, 1980, is revealing. It was reported that the Ciskei government demanded "all the land between the Kei and Fish Rivers, the Indian Ocean and the Stormberg Mountains to form the territory of an independent Ciskei ." The fundamental questions of to whom the land belongs and of how to establish a just modus vivendi with the Xhosa, which plagued both D'Urban's short administration and the Colonial Office for much of the Nineteenth Century are still with us today. Any analysis of his four year period as Governor of the Cape must necessarily be tempered by this realisation.
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  • Date Issued: 1981

A review of the geology of primary tin deposits with emphasis on the factors that control grade and tonnage

  • Authors: Archer, Paul D
  • Date: 1981
  • Subjects: Tin ores , Granite , Geology , Tonnage
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:4912 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001572
  • Description: "The purpose of this dissertation is ... to review the economic geology of primary tin deposits and the geological factors that control grade and tonnage . The work concludes with a discussian of the implications of these geological controls on evaluation"-- Introd., p. 1
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A review of the use of geophysics in base- and precious-metal exploration

  • Authors: Furnell, R G
  • Date: 1981
  • Subjects: Geophysics , Geological surveys , Precious metals , Mining geology
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:5015 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006144
  • Description: The object of geophysical surveys in mineral exploration has traditionally been to detect subsurface geological features, which may reflect the presence of mineralization in depth and, if possible, to measure the dimensions of the causative body. Geophysical methods may also be used to locate extensions to known mineralization and for determining the size, depth and internal characteristics of an orebody. Marked improvements in geological concepts of ore genesis have led to a better appreciation, amongst geologists, of mineralized environments, and this has had an effect on the use of geophysics in recent years. Geophysical surveys are being increasingly used as an aid in environmental reconstructions and the results of regional surveys may be used to provide an indirect guide to ore. One of the main applications of geophysics lies in areas where the orebodies and associated structures are not exposed, as most geophysical measurements are more expensive than surface geological or geochemical surveys.
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A socio-economic survey of the Amatola Basin: interim report

A study of phosphorus dynamics in the main basin of Swartvlei, September - December 1980

  • Authors: Silberbauer, M J
  • Date: 1981
  • Subjects: Phosphorus -- Environmental aspects -- South Africa -- Swartvlei Lakes -- South Africa -- Swartvlei Limnology -- South Africa -- Swartvlei Aquatic ecology -- South Africa -- Swartvlei
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:5016 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006146
  • Description: Introduction: Phosphorus is an especially scarce element in the aquatic environment, yet it is of vital importance to living organisms: the pyrophosphate bond is the basis of biochemical energy transfer, and phosphate groups make up the backbone of the nucleic acids (Wetzel, 1975). An understanding of phosphorus movements and transformations is thus essential to a study of the biological functioning of a lake. The present report describes a study of phosphorus dynamics inSwartvlei, a lake with an extremely low pelagic primary production rate, in the order of 0,15 gC.m⁻².d⁻¹ (Robarts, 1973; Howard-Williams and Allanson, 1978). The littoral phosphorus dynamics of Swartvlei have been discussed in some detail (Howard-Williams, 1977; Howard-Williams and Allanson, 1978), and what follows is an attempt to quantify the changes in phosphorus concentration occurring in the deeper parts of the lake, which comprise some 57% of the total area.
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A study of the interactions between phenytoin and pharmaceutical antacids, excipients and adsorbents

  • Authors: Gilbert, Peter John
  • Date: 1981 , 2013-03-14
  • Subjects: Phenytoin , Antacids
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:3821 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004935 , Phenytoin , Antacids
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A study of the Presbyterian Church mission in the Transvaal from 1903-1960

  • Authors: Boyd, Barry Graeme
  • Date: 1981 , 2013-03-22
  • Subjects: Presbyterian Church -- South Africa -- Transvaal , Missions -- South Africa -- Transvaal
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:1226 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006110 , Presbyterian Church -- South Africa -- Transvaal , Missions -- South Africa -- Transvaal
  • Description: The aim of ·this study is to present a picture of the circumstances and the manner in which the mission was undertaken. With this in mind reference has been made to individual men and their particular importance and also to the decislons of the Church Assembly as they affected Mission. In part, the thesis is fuller for the earlier years, for the writer holds that these were the most formative as they established the pattern. Furthormore the writer wishes to make clear that the Mission become the work of black men with the white Mission Secretary of the 1950's filling an administrative role. This does not mean he was unimportant but for the nature of this study and its desire to ·emphasise the role of the black man, the work of these individual administrators has been largely omitted. In the concluding chapters the writer has shown the effects of political changes and African Nationalism on the Mission with a further chapter on the Mission's educational work. , KMBT_363 , Adobe Acrobat 9.53 Paper Capture Plug-in
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A study of the vegetation of the Andries Vosloo Kudu Reserve, Cape Provice

  • Authors: Palmer, Anthony Riordan
  • Date: 1981 , 2013-04-18
  • Subjects: Botany -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Lubke, R.A.
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:4244 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007284 , Botany -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
  • Description: The plant communities of the Andries Vosloo Kudu Reserve (6493 ha.; Acocks's Valley Bushveld) are classified using the Braun-Blanquet phytosociological technique. A checklist of the flowering plants is presented. The flora of the reserve displays an affinity to five phytochoria (Capensis, Karoo-Namib, Sudano-Zambezian, Afro-montane and Indian Ocean Coastal Belt 1, of which the Karoo-Namib and Indian Ocean Coastal Belt are the most extensive. The flora of the Valley Bushveld is regarded as adequately conserved, but a recommendation is made to consolidate the study area with adjacent farms. A small herbarium, containing specimens of all species listed in the checklist, has been established. The climate of the study area is classified according to the Koppen classification as Cfa. Simultaneous air temperature recording at four separate localities demonstrated that differences exist between local ities of marginally different altitude, aspect and slope. The phenology of 51 plant species, recorded at monthly intervals over a continuous period of 478 days, is presented. These species are classified according to their response to air temperature and rainfall for the initiation of new growth, flowering and fruiting. Species exhibited a spectrum of responses ranging from endogenous to exogenous control over phenological events. , KMBT_363 , Adobe Acrobat 9.53 Paper Capture Plug-in
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Adventures in natural product chemistry : inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University

  • Authors: Rivett, Douglas E A
  • Date: 1981
  • Subjects: Natural products , Chemistry, Organic
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:660 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020729 , ISBN 0868100706
  • Description: Inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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  • Date Issued: 1981

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