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F. Z. van der Merwe sheet music collection
No full textDr. FZ van der Merwe was a medical doctor with an exceptional interest in the identification, collection and preservation of South African sheet music. His collection, which he bequeathed to the University of Pretoria, now forms the basis of the F Z van der Merwe Sheet Music Collection. However, he also left a sum of money of which the interest is used on an ongoing basis for the further expansion of the collection. Why is this collection not integrated with the rest of the University of Pretoria's music collection? In deference to the wishes of Dr. F Z van der Merwe the collection is maintained separately and made available, under supervision, to researchers only. This collection may rightly be described as the largest and most comprehensive collection of South African sheet music in the world
Coetzenburg : die hart van Stellenbosch se sportkultuur
No full textCITATION: Van der Merwe, F. J. G. 2000. Coetzenburg : die hart van Stellenbosch se sportkultuur. South African Journal of Cultural History, 14(1).The original publication is available at https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/AJA10113053_737The first owner of ""Koetzenburg"" was Dirk Coetzee to whom 24 morgen along the Eerste River were accorded by Simon van der Stel in 1682. The well-known Marais family acquired the farm in 1833 and owned it until 1960 after which it was bought by the University of Stellenbosch. The best known of the Marais' was Johannes Henoch (""Oom Jannie""). He was the owner from 1893 to 1915 and thereafter his widow until 1954. ""Oom Jannie"" had made his fortune on the diamond diggings and later invested a large part of his wealth in Stellenbosch and its surroundings. He was, inter alia, instrumental in the founding of the Burger and his 100 000 made the transformation of the Victoria College to a university possible.Publisher's versio
Visuele elemente in vertalende woordeboeke gerig op die grondslagfase teen die agtergrond van geletterdheidsontwikkeling
No full textCITATION: Van der Merwe, Michele F. (2022). Visuele elemente in vertalende woordeboeke gerig op die grondslagfase teen die agtergrond van geletterdheidsontwikkeling. Lexikos, 32(3), 215-248. doi.10.5788/32-3-1738The original publication is available at: lexikos.journals.ac.zaWoordeboeke wat in 'n onderrig- en leersituasie gebruik word, het ongetwyfeld 'n opvoedkundige doel en funksie (as 'n leksikografiese funksie volgens die teorie van leksikografiese funksies verstaan word), byvoorbeeld die aktiewe ontwikkeling van geletterdheidsvaardighede. In die geval van woordeboeke gemik op leerders in die grondslagfase is teikengebruikers leerders wat oor ontluikende geletterdheidsvaardighede en veral ontwikkelende leesvaardighede beskik. Ten einde hierdie ontluikende vaardighede van die teikengebruiker te ondersteun, kan leksikograwe 'n verskeidenheid meganismes gebruik, byvoorbeeld visuele elemente, om ondersteuning aan die teikengebruikers te verleen.
In hierdie studie word vier vertalende woordeboeke ondersoek, waarin Afrikaans telkens as een lid van die taalaanbod funksioneer. Leerders in die grondslagfase vorm die teikengebruikers van die bepaalde kategorie woordeboeke en daarom is die artikel binne die leksikografiese teorie van die gebruikersperspektief gesitueer, maar terselfdertyd ook binne die veld van die opvoedkundige leksikografie. In hierdie artikel word daar dus ook na konsepte binne leesnavorsing, taalver-werwing en tweedetaalonderrig verwys, wat dan op die visuele elemente in hierdie woordeboeke toegepas word. Die gebruik, waarde en tipes illustrasies in woordeboeke word deur middel van 'n literatuurstudie ondersoek en toepassing vind binne die geletterdheidskonteks van die teikengebruiker plaas. Die gebruik van visuele elemente in ooreenstemming met die geletterdheidsbehoeftes van die teikengebruikers vorm die fokus van die artikel.Dictionaries used for teaching and learning in an educational setting undoubtedly have an educational purpose and function (if a dictionary function is understood according to the lexicographic theory of functions), whereby such an educational function is concerned with the active development of literacy skills. In the case of dictionaries for the foundation phase, target users have emergent literacy skills and developing reading skills, in particular. For this reason, lexicographers make use of a variety of lexicographic devices, for example visual elements, to render language support to the target user.
Learners in the foundation phase form the target users of this category of dictionaries and the focus of the article is situated within the lexicographic theory of the user perspective, and the field of pedagogical lexicography. Concepts known in reading research, language acquisition and second language teaching come into play and are applied to visual elements in dictionaries. The use, value and types of illustrations in dictionaries are investigated by means of a literature study and then applied within the literacy context of the target user. Use of visual illustrations in accordance with the literacy needs of the target users forms the focus of the article.Publisher’s versio
Additive manufacturing costing parameter sensitivity
No full textThesis (MEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2019.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Additive manufacturing (AM) offers a perfect solution for the development and manufacturing of many products, but the burning issue is to determine which products should be manufactured in such a way? Also, of extreme importance, is to understand the economy of scale for the use of AM competitively. The latter requires knowledge-based decision-making systems based on product geometry, complexity, size, tolerance, material requirements, and mechanical properties, parallel with AM machine or process capabilities. Although directly involved in the material research and platform development from the onset, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) classified AM as only one of ten breakthrough technologies in 2013. Forbes depicts AM as the technology that will equip manufacturers with the ability to turn product development into their competitive advantage. With the advancement in computer and software capabilities, it will rapidly dominate 40% of the market share (Gartner 2015). Capability alone will not suffice, however. To increase market share, focus should be placed on the analysis of AM costing. The thesis aims to determine if a more simplistic but accurate cost determination method can be developed to augment online costing opportunities that are fully integrated with the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Costing is one of the critical business functions of any advanced manufacturing operation. This critical business function is also known as enterprise resource planning application components. Examples of these are aspects that allow an AM unit to use a system of integrated applications to manage the business and automate various back-office functions related to technology. It also allows for services and human resources to develop the data capturing, manipulations, calculation, and validation for a unique enterprise resource-planning model that is founded in a fail-safe quality management system (QMS).AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Laagvervaardiging (LV) beklee tans ʼn unieke posisie. Die vraag wat indringend beantwoord moet word, is of produkte en komponente op hierdie metode vervaardig behoort te word? Alhoewel die Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) van meet af direk by die wesenlike navorsing en platformontwikkeling betrokke was, klassifiseer die Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) LV in 2013 as een van slegs tien deurbraak-tegnologieë. Forbes beeld LV uit as dié tegnologie wat vervaardigers met die vermoë sal toerus om produkontwikkeling tot ʼn mededingende voordeel te vernuwe. Vooruitgang in rekenaartegnologie, rekenaarvaardigheid en die vermoë van ondersteuningsagteware, sal verseker dat LV in die nabye toekoms 40% van die vervaardigingsmarkaandeel kan oorneem (Gartner, 2015). Dit is dus nodig dat behoorlike fokus op die ontleding van LV-kostes geplaas word. Die doel van die tesis is om te bepaal of ʼn vereenvoudigde maar akkurate kostebepalingsmetode ontwikkel kan word om aanlynkoste-geleenthede ten volle met die ondernemingsstelsel te integreer. As deel van die sake-prosesbestuursaspekte, is LV-kostes een van die kritieke besigheidsfunksies van enige gevorderde vervaardigingsonderneming. Hierdie kritieke besigheidsfunksie staan ook as die ondernemingshulpbron-beplanning-toepassing-komponent bekend. Voorbeelde hiervan is aspekte wat 'n LV-eenheid toelaat om 'n stelsel van geïntegreerde toepassings te gebruik om die besigheid en verskeie steundienstefunksies verwant aan die tegnologie te outomatiseer en te bestuur. Dit stel ook dienste en menslike hulpbronne in staat om die data-vaslegging, -manipulasies, -berekening en -validering vir 'n unieke onderneming-hulpbronbeplanningsmodel wat in 'n onfeilbare gehaltebestuurstelsel gevestig is, te ontwikkel.Master
A study of the use of the HAT Afrikaanse skoolwoordeboek by primary school children
No full textCITATION: Van Der Merwe, M. F. 2012. A study of the use of the HAT Afrikaanse skoolwoordeboek by primary school children. Lexikos, 22:352-366, doi:10.5788/22-1-1012.The original publication is available at http://lexikos.journals.ac.zaA research project on the use of the HAT Afrikaanse Skoolwoordeboek by primary school learners is described. (In South Africa the term learner is used to describe a pupil at school). Studies on the way in which learners use dictionaries provide valuable information for both lexicographers and language teachers. The assessment of users' skills regarding the use of the HAT Afrikaanse Skoolwoordeboek was made in the learners' home language. In order to design a test to assess dictionary skills regarding the language learning outcomes of Grade 4 learners, the language learning assessment outcomes in the Grade 4 Afrikaans home language curriculum had to be unwrapped. The process was undertaken in cooperation with Grade 4 teachers to ensure that a realistic assessment of dictionary skills was made and an assessment of dictionary skills of 200 learners ensued. The assessments were marked, marks were calculated and results were analysed. Teachers were trained in teaching dictionary learning strategies and language skills. Learners then received training from their teachers to extract semantic information from a dictionary, as this proved to be the most difficult skill to master, according to the results of the assessment.http://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1012Publisher's versio
Solvability of a hybrid model for a vertical slender structure
No full textLabuschagne, A., Van Rensburg, N. F. J., & Van Der Merwe, A. J. (2009). "Solvability of a Hybrid Model for a Vertical Slender Structure". - The definitive, peer-reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Journal of Numerical Analysis, Industrial and Applied Mathematics (JNAIAM), International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (Vol. 936, No. 1, pp. 328-331). ISSN 1790–8140.We consider the solvability of a hybrid model for the vibration of a vertical
slender structure mounted on an elastic seating. The slender structure is modeled as a
Rayleigh beam and gravity is taken into account. The seating and foundation block are
modeled as rigid bodies connected by elastic springs with damping mechanisms. We show
how an existence result for a general linear vibration problem in variational form may be
applied to the weak variational problem for this system
The Great Trek as Exodus in J.D. Kestell's and N. Hofmeyr's De Voortrekkers, of Het Dagboek van Izak van der Merwe
No full textCITATION: Hale, F. 2003. The Great Trek as Exodus in J.D. Kestell's and N. Hofmeyr's De Voortrekkers, of Het Dagboek van Izak van der Merwe. Acta Theologica, 23(1):54-70.The original publication is available at http://journals.ufs.ac.zaBoth before and after the end of the nineteenth century the Great Trek of the 1830s and 1840s was a recurrent theme in historical fiction. Not only in many of the novels written in Dutch and Afrikaans, but also in some which appeared in English, the bravery of the Voortrekkers was a pivotal theme. Often merged with this heroic motif was an identification of the Voortrekkers with the Israelites of the Old Testament. This thematic dualism reached its zenith in De Voortrekkers of Het Dagboek van Izak van der Merwe, whose authors, John Daniel Kestell en Nico Hofmeyr, both of whom were Dutch Reformed ministers, constructed the Great Trek as a post-figurative Exodus.http://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/1610Publisher's versio
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