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Interaction of Unemployment, Socioeconomic Factors and Demographic Dividend in South Africa: Issues and Policy Options

open access: yesInternational Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 2022
Unemployment is a major barrier to achieving a successful demographic dividend in many countries, including South Africa. A shortage of skills and knowledge among the working-age population is one of the key issues.
Mpho Nkhumeleni   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Meta‐Model for The Design of Soft Pneumatic Actuators Using Neural Networks and Finite Element Analysis

open access: yesAdvanced Theory and Simulations, EarlyView.
Data is generated from finite element simulations and an encoding using a Moore domain. The data is then used to train a meta‐model to predict the soft unit's deformation state depending on its chamber shape and properties as well as the surrounding environment.
Philip Frederik Ligthart   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Palystes kreutzmanni sp. n. – a new huntsman spider species from fynbos vegetation in Western Cape Province, South Africa (Araneae, Sparassidae, Palystinae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Palystes kreutzmanni sp. n. is described from habitats close to Kleinmond, in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Spiders of this new species live in the typical fynbos vegetation of the Western Cape region. They build retreats between apical leaves
Jäger, Peter, Kunz, Dirk
core   +3 more sources

Dynamic changes in the structure and concentration of the international grain and oilseed trading industry

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper aims to describe the evolution of firm and industry strategies and to analyze detailed transaction data on the structure of the international grain trading industry. Specifically, data are developed from vessel nominations, and these were used to derive measures of concentration and determine how these change across selected ...
William W. Wilson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role of religious beliefs in adherence to antiretroviral therapy in the Cape Town metropole: a study protocol

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2022
Introduction There are presently over four million people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the South African national antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme.
Ferdinand C Mukumbang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

“On the Languages of Western and Southern Africa;” [PDF]

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society
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openaire   +3 more sources

The False Promise of Gleneagles: Misguided Priorities at the Heart of the New Push for African Development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The Gleneagles Summit, for all its good intentions, gave rise to unrealistic expectations. The heavy emphasis on aid and debt relief made Western actions appear to be chiefly responsible for poverty alleviation in Africa.
Marian L. Tupy
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A Detailed Comprehensive Role of Digital Technologies in Green Finance Initiative for Net‐Zero Energy Transition

open access: yesAdvanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This study aims to provide actionable recommendations for leveraging digital innovation for the achievement of scalable, equitable, and transparent Net Zero Energy Transition by offering actionable recommendations. As a result of this comprehensive analysis, the review highlights the critical interplay between digital technologies and GF as vital ...
Furkan Ahmad   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why are West African children underweight? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The incidence of underweight amongst children under five in Western Africa has been increasing over the last decade (UNICEF, 2002). In Asia, where about two thirds of the world's underweight children live, the rate of underweight declined from about 36 ...
Böheim, R.
core   +1 more source

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