Author:Grobler, M; Van Vuuren, JJDate:Dec 2009Combating Transnational & Cross Border Crime in Africa 2009, Southern Sun Hotel OR Tambo International Airport 8 - 10 December 2009Read more
Author:Adeleke, Oluwatoyin A; Monama, Nkwe O; Tsai, PC; Sithole, Happy M; Michniak-Kohn, BBDate:Dec 2015To date, effective treatment, prophylaxis, and control of tuberculosis (TB) infection is mainly dependent on the use of drugs. However, patient noncompliance with prescribed anti-TB treatment schemes remains a major problem confronting ...Read more
Author:Bandyopadhyay, J; Ray, Suprakas S; Scriba, Manfred R; Wesley-Smith, JDate:Apr 2014In this article, a combined experimental and theoretical approach has been proposed to establish a relationship between the required shear force and the degree of delamination of clay tactoids during the melt-processing of polymer nanocomposites. ...Read more
Author:Fedotov, I; Shatalov, MDate:Jul 2006The Combined Helmholtz Integral Equation – Fourier series Formulation (CHIEFF) is based on representation of a velocity potential in terms of Fourier series and finding the Fourier coefficients of this expansion. The solution could be ...Read more
Author:Walters, Chavon R; Cheng, Po-Hsun; Pool, EJ; Somerset, VSDate:Mar 2017The influence of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and temperature variation on toxicity and oxidative stress responses were investigated in the tissues of the Cape River crab Potamanautes perlatus following a seven-day exposure period. Toxicity ...Read more
Author:Mushwana, Crescent; Ganal, HDate:May 2018This presentation highlights South African wind and solar resources and presents a case study on wind and solar PV combination. It also distinguishes between traditional and new philosophies regarding energy system design and the changes in ...Read more
Author:Aldrich, De VDate:Feb 1971The combing performance of three types of comb cylinders were investigated, and compared on the basis of top cleanliness, mean fibre length of the top and fibre breakage.Read more
Author:Dastile, X; Jäger, G; Debba, Pravesh; Cho, Moses ADate:Nov 2012This paper focuses on the discrimination of seven different savannah tree species at leaf level using hyperspectral data. The data is small in size, high-dimensional and shows large within-species variability combined with small between species ...Read more
Author:Heyns, T; Heyns, PS; Zimroz, RDate:Dec 2012This paper proposes a novel framework for monitoring the condition of a rotating machine (for example a gearbox or a bearing) that may be subject to load and speed fluctuations. The methodology is especially relevant in situations where no ...Read more
Author:De Waal, AJ; Ritchey, TDate:Dec 2007Morphological analysis (MA) and Bayesian networks (BN) are two closely related modelling methods, each of which has its advantages and disadvantages for strategic decision support modelling. MA is a method for defining, linking and evaluating ...Read more
Author:Van Heerden, C; Barnard, EDate:Nov 2009The authors compare several different classifier combination methods on a single task, namely speaker age classification. This task is well suited to combination strategies, since significantly different feature classes are employed. Support ...Read more
Author:Heyns, T; Heyns, PS; De Villiers, JPDate:Oct 2012This paper investigates how Gaussian mixture models (GMMs) may be used to detect and trend fault induced vibration signal irregularities, such as those which might be indicative of the onset of gear damage. The negative log likelihood (NLL) ...Read more
Author:Van Doornum, G.A.WDate:1968Many smokeless fuels are of low reactivity and thus not very suitable for use in open fire places as the ignition delay is unduly long and rate of heat release is low. It would appear that these properties may be modified in a favorable sense ...Read more
Author:Van Doornum, GAWDate:1967The object of the tests was to compare the relative effectiveness of these fuels and to observe any ash content and the presence of a high proportion of dull material.Read more
Author:Quass, FWDate:1946In order to establish the relative suitable for steam raising purposes of South African anthracite, firing tests were carried out in an experimental furnace on a number of nut size largely on the anthracite.Read more
Author:Van Eeden, GSDate:1965The purpose of these tests was to assess whether anthracites of high ash content or could be used as a low-cost smokeless domestic fuel.Read more
Author:Botha, Anton F; Hunter, Lawrance; Britz, LDate:2018The main objective of the present study was to determine the relative role and importance of worsted suiting fabric fibre blend, vis-à-vis certain fabric structural parameters, on the comfort related properties of 12 clothing ensembles, each ...Read more
Author:Botha, Anton F; Stoffberg, ME; Hunter, LawranceDate:Nov 2016With the growing importance of clothing comfort in South African and overseas markets for locally produced clothing, the Council for Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR) acquired an advanced sweating fabric manikin for measuring clothing ...Read morecb
Author:Weiss, M; Botha, Adèle; Herselman, Martha EDate:Jan 2019mHealth solutions, in resource constrained public healthcare settings, are often an extension of the reach of the government health system. As such, mHealth is subjected to demands resulting from not only restrictions due to constrained health ...Read more