Author:Nelufule, Nthatheni N; Moolla, Yasneen; Ntshangase, Cynthia S; De Kock, Antoine JDate:Mar 2023One of the first recognised and commonly used biometric modalities for men is the fingerprint, which is frequently used to register adults at home and in traffic centres. Fingerprint biometrics for babies, in particular, are not commonly used ...Read more
Author:Kumar, Neeraj; Mittal, H; Alhassan, SM; Ray, Suprakas SDate:2018Adsorption has emerged as a simple and economical approach to water decontamination; however, it creates large amounts of secondary toxic waste following the removal of the effluents from the water. The present investigation introduces an ...Read more
Author:Sparrow, RDate:Nov 2009Nanoscience is the study of phenomena to understand the effects, their influence on the properties and the manipulation of materials at the atomic, molecular and macro-molecular level. While nanotechnology is the design, production, ...Read more
Author:Robertson Lain, L; Bernard, Stewart; Evers-King, HDate:Jul 2014There is a pressing need for improved bio-optical models of high biomass waters as eutrophication of coastal and inland waters becomes an increasing problem. Seasonal boom conditions in the Southern Benguela and persistent harmful algal ...Read more
Author:Muniyasamy, Sudhakar; Ofosu, Osei; Linganiso, LZ; Motaung, TEDate:Mar 2018The present chapter is focused on the development of environmentally friendly materials (biodegradable plastics) from recycled petroleum based plastics. Petroleum based plastics are collected from the landfill sites, washes, separated and ...Read more
Author:John, Maya JDate:Nov 2015Biodegradable polymer blends consisting of polylactic acid (PLA) and polyhydroxy butyrate-co-valerate (PHBV) have been prepared by melt mixing in a twin screw extruder and followed by injection molding technique. Cereplast PLA containing ...Read more
Author:Lebea, Phiyani JDate:2014The current Ebola outbreak should serve as a warning for Africa to organize itself in terms of three major points. Firstly, there needs to be a greater emphasis on developing a policy at regional or continental level to outline what the steps ...Read more
Author:Madala, NE; Steenkamp, PA; Piater, LA; Dubery, IADate:Jul 2012Nicotiana tabacum cell suspensions, 2g wet wt/ml, rapidly took up 1 mM isonitrosoacetophenone (INAP), a plant-derived stress metabolite with anti-oxidative and anti-fungal properties, producing 40-hexopyranosyloxy-30-methoxyisonitrosoacetophenone ...Read more
Author:Pearce, K; Pretorius, WADate:Jan 1998A case study is presented where the feasibility of bioventing was assessed for the remediation of a petroleum-contaminated site. This was achieved through the determination of the radius of influence of a single vent well, the soil gas ...Read more
Author:Mpalane, K; Tsague, HD; Gasela, N; Esiefa, EMDate:Dec 2015Small embedded devices such as microcontrollers have been widely used for identification, authentication, securing and storing confidential information. In all these applications, the security and privacy of the microcontrollers are of crucial ...Read more
Author:Dlamini, NP; Scott, MS; Nair, Kishor KDate:Sep 2016Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer, decentralized payment system; that can be used as electronic money and as a payment method. Research done on Bitcoin has escalated due to the properties it possesses which are similar to fiat currency. Some of the ...Read more
Author:Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, RCRUDate:Jun 1981The nature of the Bitter surface sediments in the mouth region suggest that the river flows intermittently but probably only for short periods. This is to be expected from the nature of the rainfall and the small size of the catchment. Sediments ...Read more
Author:Anochie-Boateng, Joseph; Denneman, E; Verhaeghe, Benoit MJADate:Jul 2011The South Africa National Road Agency Ltd has entered into a research and laboratory testing agreement with the CSIR to support the revision of the South African Pavement Design Method (SAPDM). The research includes characterising a bitumen-rubber ...Read more
Author:Khamlich, S; Nemraoui, O; Mongwaketsi, N; McCrindle, R; Cingo, N; Maaza, MDate:2012Monodisperse spherical core–shell particles of Cr/a-Cr2O3 with high adhesion were successfully coated on rough copper substrates by a simple self-assembly-like method for the use in solar thermal absorbers. The structure and morphology of the ...Read more
Author:Ahmed, R; Miyambo, MEDate:Sep 2014The Scientifically Instrumented Impulse Measurement Apparatus (SIIMA) was developed to measure the total imparted impulse due to explosive loading. The instrument was designed to be used to compare the effects of variables on the resulting ...Read more
Author:Pandelani, Thanyani A; Schutte, Zelldra; Ahmed, RayeesaDate:Nov 2019Primary Blast Injuries (PBI) are caused by the propagating shock wave, associated with High-order Explosives (HE), that moves through the body, affecting gas-containing and fluid-surrounded organs, such as the lungs, the middle ear, the brain ...Read more