Author:Grover, AS; Van Huyssteen, GB; Pretorius, MWDate:May 2010Human language technologies (HLT) can play a vital role in bridging the digital divide and thus the HLT field has been recognised as a priority area by the South African government. The authors present the work on conducting a technology audit ...Read more
Author:Grover, AS; Van Huyssteen, GB; Pretorius, MWDate:Jun 2011Human language technology (HLT) has been identified as a priority area by the South African government. However, despite efforts by government and the research and development (R&D) community, South Africa has not yet been able to maximise ...Read more
Author:Bessarabov, D; Langmi, Henrietta W; Ren, Jianwei; Musyoka, Nicholas MDate:May 2017The paper provides brief introduction to the National South African Program, branded HySA (Hydrogen South Africa) as well as discusses potential business cases for deployment of hydrogen and fuel cell technology in South Africa. This paper ...Read more
Author:Rust, FC; Wall, K; Smit, Michelle A; Amod, SDate:Jun 2021The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) Infrastructure Report Cards of 2006, 2011 and 2017 reported that much of the South African infrastructure is in a poor condition. To augment the recent 2017 Report Card, a survey was, ...Read morecbnd
Author:Griffith, D; Lysko, M; Bezuidenhout, DDate:Jul 2009Internationally, the remote observation of Earth is rapidly maturing alongside the need for higher accuracy in radiance measurements. Accuracy of, and confidence in Earth radiance measurements is vital for applications such as climate change ...Read more
Author:Feig, Gregor T; Mudau, Tami E; Monteiro, Pedro MS; Joubert, WarrenDate:Oct 2016It has become essential to accurately estimate the emission and uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO(sub2)) around the globe. Atmospheric CO(sub2) plays a central role in the Earth’s atmospheric, ocean and terrestrial systems and it has ...Read more
Author:Fairbanks, DHK; Thompson, MW; Vink, DE; Newby, TS; Van den Berg, HM; Everard, DADate:Feb 2000Accurate, up-to-date information on land cover and land-use is essential for strategic planning, sustainable resource management and environmental research. A land-cover database for South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho, designed for use in a ...Read more
Author:Rabie, MADate:Jan 1981This document is a compilation of South African legislation relating to the control of pollution of the sea within the jurisdiction of the Republic of South Africa. Legislation is considered as it deals with a) the source of pollution, b) the ...Read more
Author:Fleming, EJ; Nice, Jako ADate:Jul 2014Review of evidence based research indicates that there are best practice principles that can be applied to the design of the built environment with regard to the reduction of the risk of cross infection from airborne diseases in health ...Read more
Author:Cloete, CE; Watling, RJDate:Jul 1981A national marine pollution survey was initiated in 1974 to determine and assess the levels and effects of pollutant discharges to the marine environment of South Africa. During the period 1974-1979 impact area surveys, coastal and estuarine ...Read more
Author:Cloete, CE; Oliff, WDDate:Sep 1976A national marine pollution survey was initiated in 1974 to determine and assess pollution around the coast of South Africa. Impact area surveys, coastal (including estuarine) reference surveys and oceanic reference surveys were undertaken. ...Read more
Author:Gardner, BD; Connel, AD; Eagle, GA; Molden, AGS; Oliff, WD; Orren, MJ; Watling, RJDate:Sep 1983This report contains information gained during the period January 1976 to March 1979, and follows on the previous report of Cloete and Oliff . Impact areas covered by this report include East London and Algoa Bay, the Mossel Bay area, several ...Read more
Author:Gardener, BD; Connel, AD; Eagle, GA; Moldan, AGS; Watling, RJDate:Dec 1985The main objectives of the Marine Pollution Programme initiated in 1974 were to discover sources of marine pollution assess their magnitude and institute a national data centre where the information could be collected and collated most ...Read more
Author:Landman, WA; DeWitt, D; Beraki, Asmerom FDate:Jan 2011Estimation of the evolution of SST anomalies, which are often relatively predictable, and subsequently employing them in atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs), provides means of generating forecasts of seasonal-average weather (Graham ...Read more
Author:Venter, Karien; Sinclair, MDate:Jul 2014Across the world novice drivers are over-represented in crashes. The first eighteen months after licensure appears to be the most dangerous as the newly licensed driver comes to terms with his or her newly acquired skill. With practice, skills ...Read more
Author:Lysko, Albert A; Maasdorp, Francois DVDate:May 2017A passive or passive coherent location (PCL) radar does not have an own transmitter or require owning spectrum, making it a very cost effective instrument for tracking non-cooperative targets. The paper discusses achievements in FM-based ...Read more
Author:Dessein, T; Kienhöfer, F; Nordengen, Paul ADate:Mar 2010The preliminary design of a South African PBS vehicle to transport large-bore welded steel pipes is an important milestone in developing local expertise to analyse PBS designs. The design approach has drawn extensively from the PBS measures ...Read more