Author:Likaku, Y; Pelders, Jodi L; Bull, S; Swettenham, T; Ramparsad, SDate:Jun 2023Mining, mining modernisation, and eventual mine closure have impacts on mine communities, and an understanding of community socio-economic needs is necessary. This understanding is further important for the conceptualisation of communities ...Read more
Author:Likaku, Y; Pelders, Jodi L; Bull, S; Swettenham, T; Ramparsad, SDate:Jun 2023Mining, mining modernisation, and eventual mine closure have impacts on mine communities, and an understanding of community socio-economic needs is necessary. This understanding is further important for the conceptualisation of communities ...Read more
Author:Maponya, G; Mamakoa, E; Matsebe, GDate:Jul 2013Since the advent of the democratic dispensation in 1994, the South African government embarked on strategies and initiatives that speeded up the delivery of basic services, including water, to many communities. However, there are still many ...Read more
Author:Mogane-Ramahotswa, B; Still, DDate:Jan 1992One of the most important aspects of suitability of water supply is the ability of the community to manage its own scheme. Unlike in urban settlement institutional arrangements for rural water supply are rudimentary. Over the past decade, ...Read more
Author:Ojwang, ADate:2000Partnerships between communities and private companies have been tried and tested in various regions within Africa and the world. Community-Private-Public Partnerships exist in various sectors such as mining, agriculture, tourism and forestry. ...Read more
Author:Koen, W; Bollig, C; Strauss, Hencharl J; Schellhorn, M; Jacobs, Cobus; Esser, MJDDate:Apr 2010The authors developed a compact Ho:YLF oscillator–amplifier system in a novel setup to utilise the unpolarised pump power from a fibre laser efficiently, and produced 21.3 mJ at 1 kHz, with an M 2 better than 1.1. The amplified energies agreed ...Read more
Author:Breytenbach, AndreDate:Oct 2016Conducted in the City of Tshwane, South Africa, this study set about to test the accuracy of DSMs derived from different remotely sensed data locally. VHR digital mapping camera stereo-pairs, tri-stereo imagery collected by a Pléiades satellite ...Read more
Author:Makita, C; Chimuka, L; Steenkamp, Paul; Cukrowsk, E; Madala, EDate:Jul 2016Moringa species are multipurpose plants with nutritional, medicinal and industrial benefits. The flavonoids content of Moringa oleifera and Moringa ovalifolia was studied using an Ultra high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with ...Read more
Author:Keith, M; Chimimba, CT; Reyers, B; Van Jaarsveld, ASDate:Apr 2007Assessing the risk of extinction to species forms an essential part of regional conservation initiatives that facilitate the allocation of limited resources for conservation. The present study conducted conservation priority assessments for ...Read more
Author:Lakay, FM; Botha, A; Prior, BADate:Jan 2007Three different soil DNA isolation and four purification strategies were compared on different soil samples with variable rates of success. Bead beating extraction gave significantly higher DNA yields than microwave-based and liquid nitrogen ...Read more
Author:Onumanyi, Adeiza J; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Hancke, GPDate:Aug 2018In this paper, we compare local and global adaptive threshold estimation techniques for energy detection in Cognitive Radio (CR). By this comparison we provide a sum-up synopsis on the effective performance range and the operating conditions ...Read more
Author:Afachao, K; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Hancke, GPDate:Aug 2023This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms for achieving energy efficiency in the Edge-Cloud environment. The study focuses on the Particle Swarm Algorithm (PSO), Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), ...Read more
Author:Mvelase, P; Sibiya, G; Dlodlo, N; Oladosu, J; Adigun, MDate:Sep 2013Research and commercial efforts are currently addressing challenges and providing solutions in cloud computing. Business models are emerging to address different use case scenarios of cloud computing. In this paper, we present the evaluation ...Read more
Author:Ngwenya, SO; Heymann, R; Swart, TG; Lysko, Albert ADate:Jul 2023This paper considers the differences between rural and urban access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) through non-intrusive research methodologies that are deemed effective in obtaining the relevant information required to ...Read more
Author:Barros, E; Marais, GJ; Bekker, M; Dawlal, P; Lezar, SDate:Feb 2006This study is about the South African maize samples that have been analysed for mycotoxins, for presence of F.verticillioides and for metabolic profiling. 26 maize cultivars are used , and 50 kernels were plated on 10 PCNB agar plates using ...Read more