Lexikos at eighteen: an analysis [PDF]
, 2009 At eighteen, Lexikos became a major player in the field of linguistics, by being awarded an Impact Factor. This article presents a double analysis of the foundation that led to this success. On the one hand a thorough statistical study is undertaken with
de Schryver, Gilles-Maurice
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Patterns and developments in the marking of diminutives in Bantu [PDF]
, 2017 This paper presents an overview of diminutives in the Bantu language family, with an emphasis on the role of the noun class system in diminutive formation.
Gibson, H, Guérois, R, Marten, L
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Robust DEA efficiency scores: A probabilistic/combinatorial approach [PDF]
, 2017 In this paper we propose robust efficiency scores for the scenario in which the specification of the inputs/outputs to be included in the DEA model is modelled with a probability distribution.
Landete, Mercedes +2 more
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Information Processing Constraints and Asset Mispricing [PDF]
, 2013 I analyse a series of natural quasi-experiments - centred on betting exchange data on the Wimbledon Tennis Championships - to determine whether information processing constraints are partially responsible for mispricing in asset markets.
Alasdair Brown +37 more
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Gendered endings: Narratives of male and female suicides in the South African Lowveld [PDF]
, 2012 This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11013-012-9258-y. Copyright @ Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012.Durkheim’s classical theory of suicide rates being a negative ...
Adam Kuper +38 more
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Trends in caesarean delivery by country and wealth quintile: cross-sectional surveys in southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]
, 2013 OBJECTIVE: To examine temporal trends in caesarean delivery rates in southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, by country and wealth quintile. METHODS: Cross-sectional data were extracted from the results of 80 Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in 26 ...
Althabe +31 more
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The social diagnostics of stroke-like symptoms: healers, doctors and prophets in Agincourt Limpopo Province, South Africa [PDF]
, 2004 This paper focuses on the clinical and social diagnostics of stroke-like symptoms in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The research questions addressed here are: what are the lay understandings of strokelike symptoms and what are the health-seeking ...
Lewando Hundt, Gillian +2 more
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No. 04: Silenced by Nation-Building: African Immigrants and Language Policy in the New South Africa [PDF]
, 1998 All people in South Africa have constitutionallyguaranteed language rights. To what extent do these rights apply to non-citizens and are they actually observed by various state departments and officials?
Crawhall, Nigel, Reitzes, Maxine
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What statistics can tell us about strategy in tennis
, 2016 In this paper we analyse tiebreak results from some tennis players in order to investigate whether we are able to identify some strategy in this crucial moment of the game.
de Carvalho, R. S. Marques +3 more
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Trade unions and democracy in South Africa: Union organizational challenges and solidarities in a time of transformation [PDF]
, 2008 Based on a nationwide survey, this article focuses on the perceptions of COSATU members on two of the central issues that have dominated debates on the South African labour movement: the advisability of COSATU’s Alliance with the ANC and the extent of ...
Babbie +65 more
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