Author:Mfupe, Luzango P; Mekuria, Fisseha; Mzyece, MjumoDate:Mar 2017National regulatory authorities (NRAs) in developing countries need an accelerated means to formulate technical regulations for the telecommunications sector. This will enable countries to gain maximum benefits from the rapid advances in ...Read more
Author:Linde, LP; Vlok, JDDate:Sep 2007This paper presents bit-error-rate (BER) performance results of an upwards-expandable Multidimensional super-orthogonal modulation alternative to M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation wideband codedivision-multiple-access (M-QAM WCDMA), ...Read more
Author:Denneman, E; Marais, H; Sadzik, ESDate:Jul 2008The Marshall method is still the method of choice for the design of Hot-Mix Asphalt (HMA) in South Africa. During the validation of a HMA mix design, considerable variability was encountered in Marshall test results for the same mix supplied ...Read more
Author:Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Steyn, LP; Isaac, Sherrin J; Hancke, GPDate:Jun 2012Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have been used in different types of applications and deployed within various environments. Simulation tools are essential for studying WSNs, especially for exploring large-scale networks. However, WSN testbeds ...Read more
Author:Govender, AvashnaDate:May 2022Voice conversion (VC) is an important technique for the development of text-to-speech voices in the use case of lacking speech resources. VC can convert an audio signal from a source speaker to a specific target speaker whilst maintaining the ...Read more
Author:Malherbe, Johan; Engelbrecht, F; Landman, W; Engelbrecht, CDate:Sep 2010An analysis was performed on the simulations of various Global Circulation Models regarding the change in favourability of broad circulation anomalies in the lower atmosphere for landfall and further westward penetration of tropical systems ...Read more
Author:Landman, WA; Beraki, Asmerom FDate:Feb 2012Southern African December-January-February (DJF) probabilistic rainfall forecast skill is assessed over a 22-year retroactive test period (1980/1981 to 2001/2002) by considering multi-model ensembles consisting of downscaled forecasts from ...Read more
Author:Manqele, Lindelweyizizwe; Adeogun, R; Dlodlo, M; Coetzee, LouisDate:Oct 2017Metropolitan cities often experience waste collection challenges due to ineffective methods of collection. This paper described criteria and an approach for efficient decision-making for waste collection that will make use of data generated ...Read more
Author:Ludick, Chantel J; Van Heerden, QuintinDate:Jul 2022In many countries, including South Africa, data on employment is rarely available on a downscaled level, such as building level, and is only available on less detailed levels, such as municipal level. The aim of this research was to develop ...Read more
Author:Nkosi, Mpho C; Lysko, Albert A; Dlamini, Sabelo VDate:Dec 2018Networks have become an important feature of our day-to-day to life and therefore, user experience is an imperative goal to be achieved by network operators. Load balancing is a method of improving network performance, availability, minimizing ...Read more
Author:Malan, AG; Oxtoby, Oliver FDate:Nov 2008The CSIR reseachers developed a new ground-breaking sofware modelling technlogies to be used in the design of safe and efficient next-generation aircraft. The field of Fluid-structure interaction (FIS) covers a massive range of engineering ...Read more
Author:Tugizimana, F; Steenkamp, PA; Piater, LA; Dubery, IADate:Jan 2014Metabolomics is providing new dimensions into understanding the intracellular adaptive responses in plants to external stimuli. In this study, a multi-technology-metabolomic approach was used to investigate the effect of the fungal sterol, ...Read more
Author:Fatoki, OS; Opeolu, BO; Genthe, Bettina; Olatunji, OSDate:Dec 2018A multi-residue method for the determination of the occurrence and prevalence levels of selected veterinary pharmaceutical residues in surface water was developed on a high performance liquid chromatography coupled to ultraviolet-visible ...Read more
Author:Kleebauer, M; Marz, Christopher A; Reudenbach, C; Braun, MDate:Dec 2023In the realm of solar photovoltaic system image segmentation, existing deep learning networks focus almost exclusively on single image sources both in terms of sensors used and image resolution. This often prevents the wide deployment of such ...Read more