Author:Krauklis, HDate:Aug 1985The study revealed that the structure of the South African air transport industry is unbalanced. While SAA minimizes logistics problems for the airline and offer passengers the comfort of jet travel by standardizing its fleet to two aircraft ...Read more
Author:Marais, Mario ADate:Oct 2011The sustainability of ICT for Development (ICT4D) initiatives remains an enduring concern, and projects typically have a high rate of failure. ICT4D is in flux and the trends are analysed to show how sustainability issues have changed from ...Read more
Author:Malatji, Tsholofelo M; Du Plessis, WP; Willers, Cornelius JDate:Feb 2019There remains a wide proliferation of second-generation frequency-modulated conical-scan seekers in the hands of irregular forces, while the understanding of what makes a jam signal effective remains unclear. It is generally known that the ...Read more
Author:Botha, Johannes G; Pederson, T; Leenen, LDate:Jun 2023Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, blockchain and cryptocurrency adoption has increased significantly. The adoption rate of blockchain-based technologies has surpassed the Internet adoption rate in the 90s and early 2000s. As this ...Read more
Author:Nair, Kishor K; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Lefophane, SamuelDate:Mar 2019Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to enable the interconnection of small foot-print devices, which can offer valuable information for various critical use cases. It is expected to enable interconnections of participating IoT entities ...Read more
Author:Van Dyk, FE; Maspero, ELDate:Oct 2004This paper gives an overview of a study that was done on the logistics infrastructure used by the South African fruit industry. Given the increasing production and export volumes, development of new markets and the shortage of logistics ...Read more
Author:Raleaooa, PV; Roodt, A; Mhlongo, Gugu H; Motaung, David E; Ntwaeaborwa, OMDate:Jan 2018The structure, particle morphology and photoluminescent properties of n(sup2+) doped ZnS nanoparticles are reported. The X-ray powder diffraction studies showed that incorporation of Mn(sup2+) did not cause any change to the crystallized cubic ...Read more
Author:Munga, N; Fogwill, TADate:May 2009In the constantly turbulent and dynamic environments in which businesses today function, one has to be able to adapt and change one's overall strategy in order to remain competitive. Business models, when carefully constructed can be a valuable ...Read more
Author:Litvin, IA; Burger, L; Forbes, ADate:2007A model to describe the transverse field distribution of the output beam from porro prism resonators is proposed. The model allows the prediction of the output transverse field distribution by assuming that the main areas of loss are located ...Read more
Author:Ebrahim, Rozeena; Mthethwa, Nosipho B; Lysko, Albert ADate:Nov 2022This paper looks at design considerations for an Electronically Steerable Parasitic Array Radiator (ESPAR) antenna suitable for inexpensive large-scale wireless network technologies. This can help address the demand for a cheaper, simpler, ...Read more
Author:Dabrowski, James M; Masekoameng, E; Ashton, PJDate:Oct 2009The concept of virtual water encourages a country to view agricultural crops in terms of the amount of water required to produce those crops, with a view to implementing trading policies that promote the saving of scarce water resources. ...Read more
Author:Herselman, PL; Baker, CJ; De Wind, HJDate:Nov 2008The coherent temporal characteristics of medium-to-low grazing angle sea clutter and small boat reflectivity are considered for different radar waveforms under a range of environmental conditions and geometrical configurations. Accurate ...Read more
Author:Meyer, JAM; Erasmus, Louwrence DDate:Sep 2017South African organisations that offer engineering services to the local and foreign market contribute significantly towards South Africa’s overall Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The importance of engineering services in South Africa motivates ...Read more
Author:Chindipha, SD; Irwin, Barry VWDate:Sep 2017The SQL Slammer worm is a self propagated computer virus that caused a denial of service on some Internet hosts and dramatically slowed down general Internet traffic. An observation of network traffic captured in the Rhodes University’s network ...Read more
Author:Smith, S; Naidoo, T; Nxumalo, Z; Land, K; Davies, E; Fourie, L; Marais, P; Roux, PDate:Mar 2014There is an inherent trade-off between cost and operational integrity of microfluidic components, especially when intended for use in point-of-care devices. We present an analysis system developed to characterise microfluidic components for ...Read more
Author:Vlok, JD; Olivier, JCDate:14 Aug 2012Eigenvalue distributions of Wishart matrices are given in the literature as functions or distributions defined in terms of matrix arguments requiring numerical evaluation. As a result the relationship between parameter values and statistics ...Read more
Author:Khanyile, NP; Tapamo, J-R; Dube, EDate:Aug 2012Computationally demanding applications can benefit from distributed processing. Distributed processing offers immerse computational power from collections of autonomous systems which can provide up to thousands of processing cores. Over the ...Read more
Author:Komba, Julius JDate:Jun 2013The work presented in this dissertation contributes to the current innovative research at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa, to automate the measurement of aggregate shape properties. The CSIR’s present ...Read more
Author:Komba, Julius J; Anochie-Boateng, Joseph; Steyn, WJvdMDate:Jan 2013The fundamental shape attributes of aggregates used in pavements i.e., form, angularity, and surface texture have not been accurately quantified historically, because of their irregular and non-ideal shapes. This paper presents selected results ...Read more
Author:Hernandez, JA; Gamez, A; Al-Qadi, IL; De Beer, MorrisDate:Dec 2014Three-dimensional tire–pavement contact loads of two truck tires—a new-generation wide-base tire (WBT) and a dual tire assembly (DTA)—were measured and analyzed. Extreme and typical values of tire inflation pressure (552, 690, 758, and 862 ...Read more