Browsing All Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Backfat quality of South African pigs: a meat processing perspective
(University of the Free State, 2003-05)English: Fat quality of backfat from 2107 baconer pig carcasses, sampled at a major South African pig abattoir, were evaluated to obtain an overview of the backfat quality of South African pigs. Extracted fat was used ... -
Balans en perspektief: kernmomente van korporatiewe aanbidding?
(University of the Free State, 2007-11)English: It is becoming increasingly evident that church members have totally different expectations of the 21st century church. The main complaint is that people experience the church as being irrelevant in their daily ... -
Baseline study of Kendal Power Station
(University of the Free State, 2011-05)Abstract not available -
A baseline study to evaluate the groundwater conditions and predict future impacts of mining at Matsopa minerals
(University of the Free State, 2018-02)This dissertation investigates the possible contamination of the groundwater environment as result of the mining of a bentonite body at Matsopa Minerals. The study is crucial because the community in the area solely depends ... -
Basiese grondslae as riglyne by die onderrig van Bybelkunde
(University of the Free State, 1976-12)Abstract not available -
Basin analysis of the Kalahari Manganese Basin
(University of the Free State, 2015-12-01)Abstract not available -
A Bayesian analysis of multiple interval-censored failure time events with application to AIDS data
(University of the Free State, 2003-05)English: The measure of time to event (failure) for units on longitudinal clinical visits cannot always be ascertained exactly. Instead only time intervals within which the event occurred may be recorded. That being the ... -
Bayesian analysis of process capability indices for single and multiple sources of variability
(University of the Free State, 2008-06)English: Process capability index (process performance index) -relates the specification limits to the performance of a process, it reduces complex information about the performance of a process to a single number. A ... -
Bayesian control charts based on predictive distributions
(University of the Free State, 2016-01)English: Control charts are statistical process control (SPC) tools that are widely used in the monitoring of processes, specifically taking into account stability and dispersion. Control charts signal when a significant ... -
Bayesian inference for linear and nonlinear functions of Poisson and binomial rates
(University of the Free State, 2012)This thesis focuses on objective Bayesian statistics, by evaluating a number of noninformative priors. Choosing the prior distribution is the key to Bayesian inference. The probability matching prior for the product of ... -
Bayesian inference for the lognormal distribution
(University of the Free State, 2012)This thesis is concerned with objective Bayesian analysis (primarily estimation hypothesis testing and confidence statements) of data that are lognormally distributed. The lognormal distribution is currently used extensively ... -
Bayesian non-linear models for the bactericidal activity of tuberculosis drugs
(University of the Free State, 2015-05)Trials of the early bactericidal activity (EBA) of tuberculosis (TB) treatments assess the decline, during the first few days to weeks of treatment, in colony forming unit (CFU) count of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the ... -
Bayesian tolerance intervals for variance component models
(University of the Free State, 2012-01)English: The improvement of quality has become a very important part of any manufacturing process. Since variation observed in a process is a function of the quality of the manufactured items, estimating variance components ... -
'n Bedryfsielkundige ondersoek na die gevolge van vrywillig-beheerbare arbeidsomset vir tegnici in 'n diensorganisasie
(University of the Free State, 1992-11)Afrikaans: Arbeid is die belangrikste hulpbron van enige organisasie omrede dit die ander hulpbronne aktiveer. Wanneer 'n vakature in 'n organisasie se postestruktuur bestaan, word 'n geskikte werknemer uit die arbeidsmark ... -
Beeld en betekenis in die skilderkuns van Fred Page
(University of the Free State, 1997-11)English: The apparent unreality of the fictitious reality captured in Fred Page's art causes the observer to experience difficulty in gaining access to the meaning encompassed by the art. The reason for this perception ... -
Die beginsel van soewereiniteit in eie kring as waarborg vir burgervryheid in die Christelike staat
(University of the Free State, 1952)Abstract not available -
Beginsels van dekorbeplanning en dekorontwerp in teaters met beperkte verhoogfasiliteite
(University of the Free State, 1993-06)English: The point of view assumed as premise is that a drama is not necessarily unstageable, only because the theatre concerned has certain limitations as regards facilities. It was also accepted that directors often ... -
Die begrip "people's history" en die betekenis en toepassing daarvan in die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks
(University of the Free State, 1996)English: People's history as part of radical social history is part of a movement known as the "new history". The "new history" is a reaction against traditional historical writing that deals particularly with the political ... -
Behaviour of monoammonium phosphate in alkaline and calcareous sandy soils
(University of the Free State, 2018)Soluble phosphorus (P) in soil is subject to fixation in either low or high pH soils. A variety of other soil processes contributes to this process, for example clay mineralogy, organic matter, sesquioxides and carbonates. ... -
Die beheer, behandeling en lewe van die krygsgevangenes gedurende die Anglo-Boereoorlog, 1899 - 1902
(University of the Free State, 1975)Afrikaans: Die lewe en behandeling van die Boerekrygsgevangenes van die Anglo-Boereoorlog behoort tot 'n haas onbekende hoofstuk in die Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis. Daar bestaan wel enkele publikasies in die vorm van ...