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Covid and Custom in Rural South Africa - Culture, Healthcare and the State (Paperback): Leslie Bank, Nelly Sharpley Covid and Custom in Rural South Africa - Culture, Healthcare and the State (Paperback)
Leslie Bank, Nelly Sharpley
R495 R387 Discovery Miles 3 870 Save R108 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

This book explores the impact of Covid-19, and the associated state lockdown, on rural lives in a former homeland in South Africa. The 2020 Disaster Management Act saw the state sweep through rural areas, targeting funerals and other customary practices as potential 'super-spreader' events. This unprecedented clampdown produced widespread disruption, fear and anxiety. The authors build on path-breaking work concerning local responses to West Africa's Ebola epidemic, and examine the HIV/AIDS pandemic, to understand the impact of the Covid crisis on these communities, and on rural Africa more broadly. To shed light on the role of custom and ritual in rural social change during the pandemic, Covid and Custom in Rural South Africa applies long-term historical and ethnographic research; theories of people's science, local knowledge and the human economy; and fieldwork conducted in ten rural South African communities during lockdown. The volume highlights differences between developments in Southern Africa and elsewhere on the continent, while exploring how the former apartheid homelands-commonly, yet problematically, represented as former 'labour reserves'-have since been reconstituted as new home-spaces. In short, it explains why rural people have been so angered by the state's assault on their cultural practices and institutions in the time of Covid.

Covid and Custom in Rural South Africa - Culture, Healthcare and the State (Paperback): Leslie Bank, Nelly Sharpley Covid and Custom in Rural South Africa - Culture, Healthcare and the State (Paperback)
Leslie Bank, Nelly Sharpley
R955 Discovery Miles 9 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Advances in Mathematical Modeling and  Experimental Methods for Materials and Structures - The Jacob Aboudi Volume (Paperback,... Advances in Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Methods for Materials and Structures - The Jacob Aboudi Volume (Paperback, 2009 ed.)
Rivka Gilat, Leslie Banks-Sills
R2,972 Discovery Miles 29 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume is dedicated to Jacob Aboudi, a ?ne scientist who has made seminal c- tributions in applied mechanics. The papers presented here re?ect the appreciation of many of Jacob s colleagues. A publication list f- lowing this introduction provides an indi- tion of his distinguished academic career, c- rently in its ?fth decade, and the breadth of hisknowledge. His papersconsistentlydem- strate originality, innovation and diligence. This list uncovers the methodical work of a dedicated researcher whose achievements established him as a leading authority in the area of mathematical modeling of the beh- ior of heterogeneous materials, the area which became known as homogenization theory. Starting in 1981, Jacob established a micromechanical model known as the Method of Cells (MOC) which evolved into the Generalized Method of Cells (GMC) that predicts the macroscopic response of composite materials as a function of the pr- erties, volume fractions, shapes, and constitutive behavior of its constituents. The versatility of the model has been demonstrated to effectively incorporate various types of constituent material behavior (i. e., both coupled and uncoupled mecha- cal, thermal, electrical and magnetic effects). As a result of its potential in providing an ef?cient tool for the emerging ?eld of multiscale analysis, the method gained increasing attention and became a subject for further research."

Advances in Mathematical Modeling and  Experimental Methods for Materials and Structures - The Jacob Aboudi Volume (Hardcover,... Advances in Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Methods for Materials and Structures - The Jacob Aboudi Volume (Hardcover, 2009 Ed.)
Rivka Gilat, Leslie Banks-Sills
R3,017 Discovery Miles 30 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume is dedicated to Jacob Aboudi, a ?ne scientist who has made seminal c- tributions in applied mechanics. The papers presented here re?ect the appreciation of many of Jacob's colleagues. A publication list f- lowing this introduction provides an indi- tion of his distinguished academic career, c- rently in its ?fth decade, and the breadth of hisknowledge. His papersconsistentlydem- strate originality, innovation and diligence. This list uncovers the methodical work of a dedicated researcher whose achievements established him as a leading authority in the area of mathematical modeling of the beh- ior of heterogeneous materials, the area which became known as homogenization theory. Starting in 1981, Jacob established a micromechanical model known as the Method of Cells (MOC) which evolved into the Generalized Method of Cells (GMC) that predicts the macroscopic response of composite materials as a function of the pr- erties, volume fractions, shapes, and constitutive behavior of its constituents. The versatility of the model has been demonstrated to effectively incorporate various types of constituent material behavior (i. e. , both coupled and uncoupled mecha- cal, thermal, electrical and magnetic effects). As a result of its potential in providing an ef?cient tool for the emerging ?eld of multiscale analysis, the method gained increasing attention and became a subject for further research.

Anchored in Place - Rethinking the university and development in South Africa (Paperback): Leslie Bank, Nico Cloete, Francois... Anchored in Place - Rethinking the university and development in South Africa (Paperback)
Leslie Bank, Nico Cloete, Francois van Schalkwyk
R250 R195 Discovery Miles 1 950 Save R55 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days
Interface Fracture and Delaminations in Composite Materials (Paperback, 1st ed. 2018): Leslie Banks-Sills Interface Fracture and Delaminations in Composite Materials (Paperback, 1st ed. 2018)
Leslie Banks-Sills
R2,049 Discovery Miles 20 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Part I of this SpringerBrief presents the problem of a crack between two dissimilar isotropic materials and describes the mathematical background. A fracture criterion is discussed and Methods for calculating fracture parameters such as stress intensity factors using the finite element method and three post-processors are considered. Actual test data and both deterministic and statistical failure curves are presented.In Part II of the book, similar descriptions are given for delaminations in composite laminates. The mathematical treatment of this type of damage including the first term of the asymptotic expansion of the stress and displacement fields is considered. Numerical post-processors for determining stress intensity factors for these cases are reviewed. Two examples of specific laminates are presented: one with a failure curve and the other with a failure surface. Finally, beam specimens used for testing such failures are discussed.

Henry V (Blu-ray disc): Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Esmond Knight, Leo Genn, Felix Aylmer, Ralph Truman,... Henry V (Blu-ray disc)
Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Esmond Knight, Leo Genn, …
R160 Discovery Miles 1 600 Out of stock

Laurence Olivier directs and stars in this classic adaptation of Shakespeare's play about the king who led England to victory in the Battle of Agincourt. The film pays tribute to its origins by opening in a version of the Globe Theatre in 17th century London, where Henry (Olivier) takes to the stage along with a variety of nobles to discuss his plans to stake a claim to the French throne. As the range of Henry's ambitions make themselves known, the theatrical artifice gives way to a more naturalised style and follows Henry as he sets sail from Southampton with his army. Inspired by Henry, the invading English hand the French several defeats, culminating in a triumph against far superior numbers at Agincourt. Shot during WWII, the film was designed to raise morale in the ongoing battle against Nazi Germany and earned Olivier an Academy Award for his 'outstanding achievement' in bringing the film to screen.

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