Author:Ogbodo, EU; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Kurien, AMDate:Dec 2022Smart cities have been envisioned to provide smartness in managing internet of things (IoT) application domains, such as transport and mobility, health care, natural resources, electricity and energy, homes and buildings, commerce and retail, ...Read morecbnd
Author:Mekuria, FissehaDate:Sep 2011As wireless devices and the useful services they can deliver become more pervasive and affordable; the need for wireless broadband technologies meeting the demands of emerging market countries is growing. In this paper the technology choice ...Read more
Author:Motsatsi, LDate:Apr 2012This presentation investigates the typology of learning environments that enable effective school teaching and learning. According to the National Education Policy Act (27/1996),research show that there is a direct link between the physical ...Read more
Author:Kepaletwe, D; Ndala, V; Phahlamohlaka, Letlibe JDate:Aug 2016This paper identifies and describes five economic activities through which ICT could effectively be used to open global markets for rural and marginalized communities. The activities are identified in contexts where there are no industries, ...Read more
Author:Evans, EDDate:Aug 1993The new South Africa needs information and the CSIR has enabled end-users to search international and local database using an intelligent gateway to provide easy, affordable access to all the well-known hosts. All terminals, Minitels and PCs ...Read more
Author:Heyns, R; Ndiaye, M; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Jun 2021In this work, we proposed an automated smart cart system for use in the shopping industry. A smart cart equipped with sensors and computing resources would classify as an edge device for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). In our design ...Read more
Author:Chhiba, Varsha P; Bode, M; Mathiba, K; Kwezi, Lusisizwe; Brady, DDate:Apr 2012A range of ß-aminonitriles (3-amino-3-phenylpropanenitrile and derivatives) were synthesised by reaction of various benzonitriles with acetonitrile and subsequent reduction of the resulting acrylonitrile products. These compounds were hydrolysed ...Read more
Author:Moolman, FS; Labuschagne, Philip W; Thantsa, MS; Van der Merwe, TL; Rolfes, H; Cloete, TEDate:2006Traditional encapsulation methods in fortified foods and drug delivery applications present difficulties for ‘actives’, such as probiotics, sensitive to exposure to water, solvents, heat or oxygen, where ‘active’ refers to a material, chemical ...Read more
Author:Trichili, A; Dudley, Angela L; Salem, AB; Ndagano, B; Zghal, M; Forbes, ADate:Aug 2015The authors experimentally demonstrate an information encoding protocol using the two degrees of freedom of Laguerre Gaussian modes having different radial and azimuthal components. A novel method, based on digital holography, for information ...Read more
Author:Trichili, A; Salem, AB; Dudley, Angela L; Zghal, M; Forbes, ADate:Jul 2016We experimentally demonstrate an efficient information transmission technique using Laguerre Gaussian (LG) modes. This technique is based on multiplexing and demultiplexing multiple LG modes with different azimuthal and radial components. At ...Read more
Author:Ntshangase, Cynthia S; Shabalala, Meshack BDate:Mar 2018In this paper, the literature survey of different algorithms for generating encryption keys using fingerprints is presented. The focus is on fingerprint features called minutiae points where fingerprint ridges end or bifurcate. Minutiae points ...Read more
Author:Smith, Andrew C; Gelderblom, HDate:Sep 2016This project investigated what a tangible programming environment could look like in which the program is an arrangement of personally meaningful objects. We identified Gestalt principles and Semiotic theory to be the theoretic foundations ...Read more
Author:Mulwa, WM; Ouma, CNM; Onani, MO; Dejene, FBDate:May 2016Substitutional energies, thermodynamic charge transition levels and optical properties of lanthanide doped anatase TiO(sub2) has been investigated using local density approximation with the Hubbard U correction (LDA+U) within the density ...Read more
Author:Thambiran, Tirusha; Padayachi, Yerdashin RDate:Oct 2017Energy changes, shifting to renewable, could lessen the environmental health problems associated with burning of fossil fuels and biomass fuels. Climate change is likely to have impacts on renewable energy production and distribution in ...Read more
Author:Masonta, Moshe T; Ntlatlapa, Ntsibane S; Mzyece, MDate:Sep 2009The rapid growth and development observed in wireless communications has resulted in the overcrowding of the radio spectrum used as a communication medium in wireless networks. In many countries, governmental agencies regulate the use of the ...Read more
Author:Spottiswoode, SM; Linzer, LM; Majiet, SDate:Sep 2008The researchers analysed seismicity in two deep gold mines in terms of strain energy release during mining. Mining took place with regularly-spaced dip pillars and backfill for regional support. The mines were chosen to represent mining of ...Read more
Author:Dzobo, O; Tazvinga, Henerica; Mungofa, E; Chihobo, CH; Chikuni, F; Chikuni, EDate:Jun 2017Lighting is an essential service in all industries. Recent innovation and continuous improvement in the field of lighting has given rise to tremendous energy saving opportunities in this area. This paper presents the results of an energy audit ...Read more
Author:Ntshabele, K; Isong, B; Dladlu, N; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Jun 2019Cognitive radio sensor networks (CRSNs) employed clustering topology to help sensor nodes operate autonomously improve energy consumption, provide quality of service without causing any uncontrollable interference. Albeit, clustering topology ...Read more
Author:Masonta, Moshe T; Mzyece, M; Mekuria, FissehaDate:Oct 2012Over the past two decades wireless broadband networks have come to be considered the most convenient and reliable means of communications. This has led to an increased number of cellular base stations (BSs) deployed in both urban and rural ...Read more