Author:Wellington, Kevin W; Kaye, PT; Watkins, GMDate:Jan 2009Manganese (II), nickel (II) and zinc (II) complexes have been prepared using various benzamideand biphenyl-derived ligands; their structures have been investigated using infrared spectroscopy and it is apparent that, depending on the ligand, ...Read more
Author:Wellington, Kevin W; Kaye, PT; Watkins, GMDate:2009Series of manganese(II), nickel(II) and zinc(II) complexes have been prepared using 1,10-phenanthroline-derived ligands, and their coordination geometries have been assigned using infrared data. It is apparent that, depending on the ligand, ...Read more
Author:Bolokang, Amogelang SDate:Feb 2019Foundry slag formed during the production of medium carbon steel was milled into powder which was then compacted into blocks to form heat treatment furnace refractory materials. The foundry slag was ball-milled into powders which were further ...Read more
Author:Engelbrecht, L; Botha, AdèleDate:Nov 2015The majority of the world’s information is contained in textual records that describe specific domain information. The truth value of the information contained in these records is open for scrutiny. During the development of the National ...Read more
Author:Herselman, Martha E; Botha, Adèle; Ford, MDate:Dec 2014The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of the design and implementation of an Information and Communication Technology for rural education development initiative in a resource constrained environment. This intervention is coined ...Read more
Author:Herselman, Martha E; Botha, AdèleDate:Dec 2014This book is a representation of all the activities, which were recognised as essential components to consider when implementing a certain ICT4D initiative in a resource constraint area in the poorest province of South Africa with significant ...Read more
Author:Saville, G; Kruger, Daniel MDate:2012Crime is, to a large degree, absent from the contemporary debate on sustainability. Yet it is difficult to think of sustainable cities without considering crime and safety in the design, planning and development process. Some argue that ...Read more
Author:Kotzé, Paula; Purgathofer, PDate:2009This paper discusses a framework for design exercises for interaction design and HCI based on two theoretical frameworks and a set of knowledge transformers. The model scope design exercises on a continuum ranging from creativity to real-world ...Read more
Author:Seebregts, C; Dane, P; Parsons, AN; Fogwill, Thomas A; Rogers, D; Bekker, M; Shaw, V; Barron, PDate:Apr 2018MomConnect is a national initiative coordinated by the South African National Department of Health that sends text-based mobile phone messages free of charge to pregnant women who voluntarily register at any public healthcare facility in South ...Read more
Author:Williams, Q; Greeff, M; Boshemane, S; Alberts, RDate:May 2008Both the physical and virtual aspects of our current society are designed for able-bodied people. This means that very often people with disabilities are excluded from participation and faces barriers to living independently. This paper looks ...Read more
Author:Kienhöfer, FW; Dessein, T; Nordengen, Paul ADate:Jul 2013The perception may exist in the transport industry among both operators and legislators that commercial vehicle productivity comes at the expense of safety. This is not strictly true. It is possible for a vehicle to have a substantially larger ...Read more
Author:Sharma Grover, A; Stewart, O; Lubensky, DDate:Nov 2009In this paper, the authors address the issue of how to design IVR interfaces for the developing world. Against the backdrop of the following idiosyncratic observations including, the majority of users being either semi-literate or non-literate, ...Read more
Author:Debba, PraveshDate:Oct 2008This is a presentation of a statistical method for deriving optimal spatial sampling schemes. The research focuses on ground verification of minerals derived from hyperspectral data. Spectral angle mapper (SAM) and spectral feature fitting ...Read more
Author:Landman, K; Liebermann, SDate:Jun 1999This paper addresses the built environment, the opportunities it presents for crime and the role city planners and urban designers have to play in the design of safer cities and towns. City planners and urban designers can play a role in the ...Read more
Author:Gelderblom, H; Kotzé, PaulaDate:Oct 2008The majority of guidelines and principles for design of technology are aimed at products for adults. The limited guidelines available for design of young children’s technology do not focus sufficiently on age-related requirements or they offer ...Read more
Author:Engelbrecht, L; Botha, Adèle; Alberts, RDate:Apr 2015The construction of an artifact to visually represent information is usually required by Information Visualization research projects. The end product of design science research is also an artifact and therefore it can be argued that design ...Read more
Author:Snedden, Glen C; Roos, TH; Naidoo, KavendraDate:Sep 2003Previous simulations of a turbojet disc cavity with full Navier-Stokes CFD and simplified geometry and boundary conditions have been improved to reduce the level of approximation. A new grid was built using a multi-block approach. The case ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony K; Moellering, H; Hjelmager, J; Rapant, P; Laurent, D; Abad, P; Danko, DDate:Nov 2009The Commission on Geospatial Data Standards of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) is working on defining formal models and technical characteristics of Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI). The Commission has already presented ...Read more
Author:Kortidis, Ioannis; Swart, HC; Ray, Suprakas S; Motaung, David EDate:Mar 2019An unceasing scientific challenge to monitor the emissions of toxic and flammable gases in a selective approach is of great importance for safety of human health. As a result, herein, we report on the detailed study of the gas sensing ...Read more