Author:Godfrey, Linda K; Scott, DDate:Sep 2010Piloting of the South African Waste Information System (SAWIS) provided an opportunity to research, whether the collection of data for a national waste information system could, through a process of learning, change the way that waste is ...Read more
Author:Beraki, Asmerom F; Landman, WADate:Sep 2013The interannual and decadal variability of the Southern Annual Mode (SAM) was examined in the ECHAM 4.5-MOM3-SA ocean-atmosphere coupled general circulation model (OAGCM). The analysis placed emphasis on the behavior of the SAM when its ...Read more
Author:Mahamood, RM; Akinlabi, ET; Shukla, M; Pityana, Sisa LDate:Mar 2013The most commonly used aerospace titanium alloy, Ti6Al4V, was deposited on Ti6Al4V plate of dimension 72 x 72 x5mm. The laser power of 3 kW, powder flow rate of 1.44 g/min and gas flow rate of 4 l/min were used throughout the deposition ...Read more
Author:Khalala, G; Makitla, I; Botha, Adèle; Alberts, RDate:2013Extending the reach of primary health care is important as it is both a human rights issue as well as a developmental necessity. To achieve extended reach, Community Health Workers are being deployed within rural communities to provide assistive ...Read more
Author:Funke, Nicola S; Huitema, D; Petersen, A; Nienaber, SDate:Jul 2020The Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) remains one of the leading conceptual models in the policy sciences because it continues to be revised and updated as required. A focus area of the ACF that requires further theorization is the roles of ...Read more
Author:Mashiane, Charmaine T; Dlamini, Innocentia Z; Mahlangu, ThaboDate:Feb 2019It is important that government, private sectors and the citizens are cybersecurity savvy. This is often a challenge as the size of the target group is large and the expertise is diverse. This is coupled with limited resources, in terms of ...Read more
Author:Steyn, WJvdM; Du Plessis, L; Strauss, P; BryanDate:Aug 2005The Roodekrans trial sections were constructed to evaluate the effect of aggregate interlock, dowels, continuous reinforcement and various supporting layers on the relative performance of very thin concrete pavements. The sections were ...Read more
Author:De Villiers, ADate:Jan 2010The objective of this chapter is to provide sustainability criteria for roof system design that can be used by planners, designers and developers as a planning, design and development guide for sustainable building projects.Read more
Author:Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, ECRUDate:Jan 1982This report provides historical overview on river catchment, ecology, biotic and abiotic characteristics and available information on the Rooiels estuary. The Rooiels estuary is a small but ecologically healthy system on the eastern shores ...Read more
Author:Nkosi, S; Mwakikunga, Bonex W; Sideras-Haddad, EDate:Apr 2012An experiment has been designed to measure the radiation emission during photolysis, as well as the production of either positive or negative metallic ions in liquid from of FePt nanoparticles.Read more
Author:Machaka, Ronald; Derry, TE; Sigalas, IDate:Jun 2014Nanoindentation has become a widely used and versatile means of characterising the near-surface nanomechanical properties of a wide variety of materials. Yet, the nanomechanical properties of the polycrystalline boron suboxide (B(sub6)O) ...Read more
Author:Moodley, K; Meyer, T; Varzinczak, IJDate:Aug 2011In recent years, there has been significant progress in developing tools for debugging and repairing Description Logic (DL)-based ontologies with erroneous consequences. However, these tools place more emphasis on explaining why the consequences ...Read more
Author:Decloedt, HE; Van Heerden, Renier PDate:Oct 2010This paper gives an overview of the history and new developments with Rootkits, Trojans and backdoors. The paper also looks at the different types of rootkits that exist, how to use a rootkit, and methods for detecting rootkits. Backdoors, ...Read more
Author:Bergh, RiaanDate:Sep 2016The CSIR Rope Testing Laboratory is responsible for destructive tensile testing of samples from steel wire ropes used on mine winders throughout South Africa. The regular testing of winder ropes are not only a legal requirement, but also of ...Read more
Author:Joubert, SV; Shatalov, MY; Fay, THDate:May 2009In 1890 Bryan observed that when a vibrating structure is rotated the vibrating pattern rotates at a rate proportional to the rate of rotation. During investigations of the effect in various solid and fluid-filled objects of various shapes, ...Read more
Author:Rawal, A; Gonsalves, JWDate:2006The present work deals with the net structures, which are produced by replacing the static die (spinneret) with two concentric dies rotating in opposite directions in a melt extrusion process. These dies consist of defined number of slots ...Read more
Author:Taylor, H; Van der Merwe, JP; Veldsman, DPDate:Apr 1978In this report the authors comment on rotor spinning directly from card sliver and on the beneficial effect on yarn properties of one drawframe passage prior to spinning.Read more