Author:Garland, Rebecca M; Wernecke, B; Feig, G; Langerman, KDate:2021Ambient air quality standards are a key policy lever in air quality management. In South Africa, the introduction of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) highlighted the shift in the focus of air quality management from source ...Read more
Author:De Jager, Peta; Knoetze, Theunis P; Abbott, GDate:May 2016Hospitals are widely recognised to have complex design and engineering requirements. It might be argued that the unique functional constraints and operational demand placed upon the hospital building may counter sustainability imperatives. ...Read more
Author:Harding, Charl E; Naudé, BDate:Aug 2010This paper addresses a Next Generation Network (NGN) performance management model in a business context. The CSIR is currently in the process of the concept design for the new Next Generation Communications Network (NGCN) for a large South ...Read more
Author:Sanne, MartinDate:2017This presentation discusses innovation and The Next Industrial Revolution Industry 4.0 by Martin Sanne at the 6th CSIR Conference: Ideas that work for industrial development, 5-6 October 2017, CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, ...Read more
Author:Vreugdenhil, H; Frantzeskaki, N; Taljaard, Susan; Ker Rault, P; Slinger, JDate:Apr 2009Pilot projects are policy instruments applicable for many types of purposes. Pilot projects are mainly applied to introduce or test new practices, ideas or technologies. Among the benefits and impacts of pilot projects, the authors found the ...Read more
Author:Booth, R; Meyer, T; Varzinczak, IJDate:Jun 2009Standard belief contraction assumes an underlying logic containing full classical propositional logic, but there are good reasons for considering contraction in less expressive logics. In this paper, researchers focus on Horn logic. In addition ...Read more
Author:Ozoemena, K; Kebede, Mesfin ADate:Jul 2016Every market analysis predicts that lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) will dominate energy storage technologies for now and the foreseeable future. LIBs will drive many applications ranging from portable electronics to electric vehicles and smart ...Read more
Author:Ren, Jianwei; Segakweng, T; Langmi, Henrietta W; North, Brian C; Mathe, Mahlanyane KDate:Oct 2015Metal–organic framework (MOF) materials are only obtained as loose powders with low packing density and thermal conductivity. To enable the developed MOF powdered materials to be utilized in a hydrogen storage system, in this study, MIL-101 ...Read more
Author:Matseke, Mphoma SDate:Aug 2019This presentation discusses the Ni-doped CoFe2O4/C nanoparticles as efficient catalysts for ORR in alkaline media.Read more
Author:Letebele, MO; Maseloma, RC; Mokonyama, Mathetha TDate:Jul 2009Fuel costs are a significant component of a public transport fare. It is therefore of critical importance for measures aimed at containing household public transport expenditure to explore alternative ways of reducing fuel consumption or fuel ...Read more
Author:Chidembo, AT; Ozoemena, KI; Agboola, BO; Gupta, V; Wildgoose, GG; Compton, RGDate:Nov 2010The supercapacitive properties of nickel(II) tetraaminophthalocyanine(NiTAPc)/multi-walled carbon nanotube(MWCNT) nanocomposite films have been interrogated for the first time and found to possess a maximum specific capacitance of 981 ± 57 F ...Read more
Author:Botha, CJ; Steenkamp, PA; Olivier, A; Bekker, LCDate:2011Putative Nicotiana glauca (wild tobacco) poisoning was diagnosed in a flock of ostriches near Oudtshoorn, South Africa. Post mortem examinations (n = 7) were performed on ostriches (Struthio camelus) that had died. Suspicious leaf remnants ...Read more
Author:Sembolini, F; Elahi, PJ; Pearce, FR; Power, C; Knebe, A; February, SeanDate:Apr 2016We have simulated the formation of a massive galaxy cluster (M(supcrit)(sub200) = 1.1×10(sup15)h(sup-1)M) in a CDM universe using 10 different codes (RAMSES, 2 incarnations of AREPO and 7 of GADGET), modeling hydrodynamics with full radiative ...Read more
Author:Mokgalaka, MN; Pityana, Sisa L; Popoola, PAI; Mathebula, TDate:Mar 2014The NiTi intermetallic possesses a number of good properties, such as high wear, oxidation, and corrosion resistance. This paper focuses on the deposition of NiTi intermetallic coatings on Ti6Al4V substrate by laser melting of Ti and Ni ...Read more
Author:Schoeman, JJ; Steyn, ADate:30 May 2003The nitrate-nitrogen concentration (>6 mgA) and the salinity (>1000 mg/l TDS) of many borehole waters in rural areas in South Africa are too high for human consumption. Therefore, an urgent need for water denitrification and water desalination ...Read more
Author:Van Duuren, BLDate:1951A graphical statistical method of representation of reaction mechanisms and products, developed by Van Krevelen has been used in the interpretation of the reactions of the nitrochumic acids from coal oxidation.Read more
Author:Frederick, J; Brady, D; Weber, B; Sewell, TDate:Jul 2008A versatile nitrile-degrading bacterium, Rhodococcus rhodochrous ATCCBAA-870, was isolated through enrichment culturing of soil samples from Johannesburg, South Africa. The researchers have previously shown that Rhodococcus rhodochrous ...Read more
Author:Adekunle, AS; Mamba, BB; Agboola, BO; Ozoemena, KIDate:Sep 2011Nitrite, NO2- (in neutral), and NO (in acidic media) were used as analytical probe to investigate the electrocatalytic properties of Prussian blue nanoparticles (PB) modified edge plane pyrolytic graphite (EPPG) electrode. Results indicate ...Read more