Author:Nigussie, E; Musumba, G; Tegegne, T; Lemma, A; Mekuria, FissehaDate:Nov 2020Ensuring food security has become a challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) due to combined effects of climate change, high population growth, and relying on rainfed farming. Governments are establishing shared irrigation infrastructure for ...Read more
Author:Chauke, Mapoo D; Gama, G; Sebetoa, Matlapane R; Marimuthu, Luveshan; Mavhona, TshifhiwaDate:Jul 2023Supply Chain Management (SCM) has evolved over the years, from mechanisation in the 1920s to intelligentisation in the 2000s. Major changes in supply chain are due to challenges in the environment, such as the fragmentation of SCM activities ...Read more
Author:Olatinwo, DD; Hancke, G; Myburgh, H; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Mar 2023Internet of things (IoT)-enabled wireless body area network (WBAN) is an emerging technology that combines medical devices, wireless devices, and non-medical devices for healthcare management applications. Speech emotion recognition (SER) is ...Read more
Author:Archer, Emma RM; Dziba, LE; Mulongoy, KJ; Maoela, Malebajoa A; Walters, MicheleDate:2018The Africa regional Assessment is the first of its kind for the continent and constitutes one of four Regional Assessments conducted under IPBES. This Assessment is a synthesis of the state of knowledge on biodiversity and nature’s contributions ...Read more
Author:Engelbrecht, FA; Monteiro, Pedro MSDate:Nov 2021The release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Report Six (AR6) Working Group I (WG1) report in August 2021 brought to completion what is arguably the most thorough and scrutinised assessment of climate knowledge ...Read more
Author:Mabuza-Hocquet, Gugulethu P; Nelwamondo, Fulufhelo VDate:Oct 2012Poor digital iris images prove to be a challenge when iris features have to be recognised and extracted for use in iris classification. To ensure the accuracy of a typical iris recognition system, acquired
iris images have to undergo a ...Read more
Author:Mamuru, SA; Ozoemena, KIDate:Nov 2010Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in alkaline medium at iron (II) tetrakis (diaquaplatinum) octacarboxyphthalocyanine (PtFeOCPc) catalyst supported on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) has been described. The ORR followed the direct ...Read more
Author:Mamuru, SA; Ozoemena, KI; Fukuda, T; Kobayashi, NDate:Oct 2010A novel platinum-based macrocycle, iron(II) tetrakis(diaquaplatinum)octacarboxyphthalocyanine (PtFeOCPc), was synthesised and characterised. The heterogeneous electron transfer and electrocatalytic properties of this functional material towards ...Read more
Author:Schwering, PBW; Bezuidenhout, DF; Gunter, WH; Le Roux, FPJ; Sieberhagen, RHDate:Apr 2008Present-day naval operations take place in coastal environments as well as narrow straits all over the world. Coastal environments around the world are exhibiting a number of threats to naval forces. In particular a large number of asymmetric ...Read more
Author:Martim, E; Dlamini, M; Van Greunen, D; Eloff, J; Herselman, Martha EDate:Mar 2009Security and usability are crucial factors for the successful of any e-commerce system. However, they have traditionally been considered a design trade-off. In an effort to align them, this paper highlights the design principles and guidelines ...Read more
Author:Henrico, S; Coetzee, S; Cooper, Antony KDate:Feb 2020The study of terrain and all its related elements and facets are of crucial importance to the military. Lodi, Smit, and Ayirebi agreed with this statement and added that the importance of terrain was recognised by military leaders more than ...Read more
Author:Petzer, EngelaDate:Jul 2016Planning is inherently about looking ahead. The profession holds the promise of bringing hope of a better future. Among planners it is sometimes taken for granted that planning is concerned with the future and that planners will confront the ...Read more
Author:Roro, Kittessa TDate:Jul 2015This presentation reflects on photovoltaic (PV) generated electricity in South Africa, and whether it is a cheaper alternative to current generated electricity in the country. It is projected that by 2019 the installed capacity of PV could ...Read more
Author:Gregor, L; Monteiro, Pedro MSDate:May 2013This study was undertaken to characterise the seasonal cycle of air–sea fluxes of carbon dioxide (CO(sub2)) in the southern Benguela upwelling system off the South African west coast. Samples were collected from six monthly cross-shelf cruises ...Read more
Author:Wazna, TM; Balamesh, AS; Abdul Gaffar, MYDate:Oct 2015In Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) imaging, the Range Instantaneous Doppler (RID) method is used to compensate for the nonuniform rotational motion of the target that degrades the Doppler resolution of the ISAR image. The Instantaneous ...Read more