Browsing by Author "Strydom, M. L."

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    Changes in mortality of people living with HIV in South Africa and their potential implications for life assurers
    (Actuarial Society of South Africa, 2016) Strydom, M. L.; Corubolo, D.; Nel, C.
    This research investigates the impact of improved (and improving) mortality experience in South Africa as a result of the increased (and increasing) access to antiretroviral treatment on South African life assurers, the entry-level insurance market and the wider South African economy. The research focuses on various potential impacts on the entry-level insurance market, including new business profitability, product development and pricing, market penetration and the potential for increased savings. This research has been done with the assistance of four of the main South African life offices and also draws on the new THEMBISA AIDS model on which a working paper has been produced. The research is based on the THEMBISA model in order to investigate the potential impact of alternative mortality scenarios on typical entry-level products within the industry where the scenarios have been based on actual current and proposed antiretroviral roll-out strategies by the Department of Health. Potential improvements to profitability, premium reductions, benefit enhancements and cashback benefits are quantified using a profit test model for entry-level market products.
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    Design of equal division microwave power dividers
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-12) Strydom, M. L.; Meyer, P.; Davidson, D. B.; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Equal division microwave power dividers are investigated in this study. A wideband Wilkinson power divider and a wideband directional coupler with a centre frequency of 10 GHz were built. The design of the directional coupler is scaled, such that it can be used between 18 and 40 GHz. The details of the electromagnetic analyses of these structures are discussed and physical implementation issues are investigated. In a complementary study to the design of planar microwave dividers, the FDTD computational method was implemented and used to analyse the Wilkinson divider and the 18 to 40 GHz directional coupler. Results are compared to those obtained from commercial numerical method packages and in the case of the Wilkinson divider, to measured results. Suggestions are made for improvements in the implementation of the directional coupler and methods for a more efficient FDTD implementation are discussed.