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Palladium in GaN: A 4d metal ordering ferromagnetically in a semiconductor

Osuch K.; Lombardi E.B.; Adamowicz L. (2005)

It is shown that a 4d metal (palladium) orders ferromagnetically in GaN, forming a dilute magnetic semiconductor. The ferromagnetic ordering occurs despite Pd being nonmagnetic in its natural phase. Pd0.0625 Ga0.9375 N is ...
"The Palm-Oil with Which Igbo Words Are Eaten": A Descriptive Analysis of the Translation of Igbo Idioms into Zulu in "Things Fall Apart"

Mkhize D.N. (2000)

[No abstract available]
Pan-Africanism and the 2010 FIFA world cup in South Africa

Ndlovu-Gatsheni S.J. (2011)

This article explores how South Africa's 2010 hosting of the FIFA World Cup became an occasion to try to deepen nationalism and pan-Africanism in the midst of contending discourses that emphasized the economic and developmental ...
Paradigm and paradox: Knowledge management and business ethics

Evans A.; Mckinley M. (2010)

Knowledge management (KM) is generally considered to be a positive process in an organisation, facilitating opportunities to achieve competitive advantage via better quality information handling, compilation of expert ...
Parallel Corpora as Tools for Developing the Indigenous Languages of South Africa, with Special Reference to Venda

Madiba M. (2004)

[No abstract available]
A Parallel Corpus as a Terminology Resource for Xhosa: A Study of Strategies Used to Translate Financial Statements

Moropa K. (2004)

[No abstract available]
Paraprofessional home visitation program to prevent childhood unintentional injuries in low-income communities: A cluster randomized controlled trial

Swart L.; van Niekerk, Ashley; Seedat, Mohamed; Jordaan E. (2008)

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of a paraprofessional home visitation program (HVP) to improve home safety and prevent injuries among children living in low-income settings. Methods: The HVP was implemented in ...
Parents' Construction of Their Children as Gendered, Literate Subjects: A Critical Discourse Analysis

Nichols S. (2002)

[No abstract available]
Party dominance 'theory': Of what value?

Suttner R. (2006)

This paper critiques the alleged value of the notion of 'party dominance' or the 'dominant party system', mainly propagated in South Africa by Roger Southall, Hermann Giliomee and Charles Simkins, and very much in vogue ...
A peoplecentred perspective on peoplecentred community development

Schenck C.I.; Louw H. (1995)

This article uses the concept of "peoplecentredness' for South Africa to stress the fact that development requires that the people themselves - who are meant to be the beneficiaries of development initiatives - be placed ...
The perception of higher education students of the influence of their gap year experiences on their personal development [Hoëronderwysstudente se persepsies van die invloed van 'n wegbreekjaar op hul persoonlike ontwikkeling]

Nieman M. (2010)

This article reports on a number of higher education students 'perceptions of the advantages and disadvantages of taking a gap year, and the effect of a gap year on their personal development. A gap year can be described ...
The perception of the professional self of social workers in private practice

Davidson C.; Schenck R. (2006)

Social work in South Africa appears to have low status and a negative "welfare" image. The general public seems to regard social workers and the profession with disdain and for the most part is ignorant of what social ...
Performance of hardcoded finite automata

Ngassam E.K.; Kourie D.G.; Watson B.W. (2006)

We study the performance of a hardcoded algorithm for recognizing strings of a finite automaton's language and compare it with the use of the more conventional table-driven algorithm. In both cases, performance depends on ...
A Personality Profile of Aggressive Victims of Bullying within Special Education

Preez R.d.; Grobler H. (2009)

[No abstract available]
Perspectives of South African school children on HIV/AIDS, and the implications for education programmes

Van Dyk A.C. (2008)

The study explores and describes South African school children's perspectives of HIV and AIDS, and links this to their respective cognitive developmental stage. The paper highlights developmental differences in the children's ...
Perspectives on Early Literacy and Home-School Connections

Hill S. (1997)

[No abstract available]
The persuasive power of peer guides in websites that promote HIV/AIDS voluntary counselling and testing

Nieuwboer I.; Maes A.A.; Swanepoel P. (2005)

This study investigates the persuasive power and cultural appropriateness of a personal agent in websites intended to persuade university students to go for Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT). Three versions of the ...
The phenomenon of xenophobia as experienced by immigrant learners in Johannesburg inner city schools

Kruger D.; Osman R. (2010)

This article aims to describe how xenophobia is experienced by a small selection of immigrant participants in five inner city schools in Johannesburg. The May 2008 xenophobic violence prompted the investigation. Theoretically, ...
Phonological Awareness among Grade 0 Learners as Predictor of Future Reading Success [Fonologiese bewustheid by graad 0-leerders as voorspeller van latere leessukses]

le Roux B.; Hugo A.; Muller H.; Nel N. (2007)

[No abstract available]
Physically abused women's experiences and expectations of medical practitioners

Jansen Van Rensburg M.S.; Van Staden F.J. (2005)

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the frequency of physically abused women's medical consultations, the anatomical location of their injuries and the perceived support given by medical practitioners. ...

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