College of Science, Engineering and Technology: Recent submissions

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A new education framework and the impact on vocational qualification offered by South African comprehensive Universities and Universities of Technology

McGrath, P.J. Nickola, L. (International Association of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), 2008-03-03)

Over the past 35 years Engineering Education in South Africa has changed substantially in an endeavour to supply the country with skilled technical manpower. These changes dealt mainly with Institutions offering Vocational ...
Validating reasoning heuristics using next generation theorem provers

Steyn, Paul Stephanes (2009-01)

The specification of enterprise information systems using formal specification languages enables the formal verification of these systems. Reasoning about the properties of a formal specification is a tedious task that ...
Facial Modelling and animation trends in the new millennium : a survey

Radovan, Mauricio (2008-11)

Facial modelling and animation is considered one of the most challenging areas in the animation world. Since Parke and Waters’s (1996) comprehensive book, no major work encompassing the entire field of facial animation ...
The effect of impurities, smootheners and other factors on the recovery of copper from solutions

Ntengwa, Felix William (2008-12)

The electrochemical refining of copper was investigated at different temperatures, distances between electrodes, different levels of overvoltage, current density, metal impurities, smootheners, electrode-active area and ...
Towards a model for teaching distributed computing in a distance-based educational environment

Le Roux, Petra (2009-02)

Several technologies and languages exist for the development and implementation of distributed systems. Furthermore, several models for teaching computer programming and teaching programming in a distance-based educational ...
The impact of interactive-engagement models in the teaching and learning of physics to first year education students

Khwanda, Mphiriseni Norman (2009-07)

The aim of this study was firstly to evaluate the impact of two interactive-engagement models of instruction, namely Whole Class Discussions (WCD) and Computer Simulations (CS) on first year physics student-teachers’ ...
BC3I : towards requirements specification for preparing an information security budget

Dlamini, M.T. Eloff, M.M. Eloff, J.H.P. Hone, K. (Information Security South Africa (ISSA), 2009-07)

The entire business landscape finds itself on the verge of a recession because of ongoing global economic turmoil. Thus, there is a heightened need to minimise and mitigate business risk and scrutinise information spending ...
Towards a framework for evaluating strengths and weaknesses of software projects

Sukhoo, A. Barnard, A. Eloff, M.M. Van der Poll, J.A. (PMSA, 2004-05)

Currently software projects are considered by some as being no different from traditional engineering projects. Software project management methodologies are developed with a generic concept in mind as is the case with ...
A survey of project management tools, techniques and methodologies used in Mauritius : the current status

Sukhoo, A. Barnard, A. Eloff, M.M. Van der Poll, J.A. (PMSA, 2004-05)

Developing countries are very often faced with a shortage of skilled staff, difficult economic and social conditions, weak political institutions, deeply rooted cultural and religious beliefs that all have an impact ...
Too many laws but very little progress! Is South African highly acclaimed information security legislation redundant?

Dagada, Rabelani Eloff, M.M. Venter, L.M. (Information Security for South Africa (ISSA), 2009)

South Africa has myriad laws that address information security related issues. One such law is the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act of 2002 (ECTA), which is highly regarded internationally. A study, which ...
Nitric oxide triggered dephosphorylation reactions

Enemchukwu, Emeka Martin (2009-01)

The synergistic effect of nitric oxide toward dephosphorylation reactions involving phosphate esters was the subject of investigation in this research. Sodium nitroprusside under UV irradiations at 254nm, 365nm and white ...
Towards the elicitation of hidden domain factors from clients and users during the design of software systems

Friendrich, Wernher Rudolph (2008-11)

This dissertation focuses on how requirements for a new software development system are elicited and what pitfalls could cause a software development project to fail if the said requirements are not captured correctly. A ...
The effect of scaling in the understanding of Algebraic graphs for grade 9 (form B) learners.

Ijeh, Sunday Bomboi (2009-08-25)

The teaching and learning of algebraic linear graphs in the school have experience problems with regards to understanding this topic. The learner's inability to understand algebraic linear graphs as a result of scaling was ...
A framework for promoting interoperability in a global electronic market-space

Pather, Maree (2009-08-25)

The primary contributions to the area of electronic business integration, propounded by this thesis, are (in no particular order):  A novel examination of global Business-to-Business (B2B) interoperability in terms ...
An information security retrieval and awareness model for industry

Kritzinger, Elmarie (2009-08-25)

The present study originated from a realisation that employees in an organisation should be aware of their role and responsibility towards securing the information they work with. Only if employees are aware of their role ...
Towards electronic assessment of web-based textual responses

Conradie, Martha Maria (2009-08-25)

Web-based learning should move away from static transmission of instruction to dynamic pages for effective interactive learning. Furthermore, automated assessment of learning should move beyond rigid quizzes or multiple-choice ...
An investigation of students' knowledge, skills and strategies during problem solving in objectoriented programming

Havenga, Hester Maria (2009-08-25)

The object-oriented paradigm is widely advocated and has been used in South African universities since the late 1990s. Object-oriented computer programming is based on the object-oriented paradigm where objects are the ...
The e-learning dome: a comprehensive e-learning environment development model

Maneschijn, Magdalena Maria (2009-08-25)

The purpose of this study is to investigate the weaknesses of current e-learning environment development models and to establish a comprehensive e-learning environment development model (EEDM). In the literature study I ...
Selection of mobile agent systems based on mobility, communication and security aspects

Lall, Manoj (2009-08-25)

The availability of numerous mobile agent systems with its own strengths and weaknesses poses a problem when deciding on a particular mobile agent system. In this dissertation, factors based on mobility, communication and ...
The hydration of magnesium oxide with different reactivities by water and magnesium acetate

Aphane, Mathibela Elias (2009-08-25)

The use of magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)2) as a flame retardant and smoke-suppressor in polymeric materials has been of great interest recently. Because it contains no halogens or heavy metals, it is more environmentally ...

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