Author:Ottermann, RW; Burger, NDL; Von Wielligh, AJ; Handley, MFDate:Feb 2003During this project both lightweight pinchbar and Mechanical jaws concepts were developed to a tested prototype. An experimental development model was first designed, built and tested, after which design reviews were held and prototypes built. ...Read more
Author:Walters, Laticha EM; Scott, RE; Mars, MDate:Dec 2017The objectives of South Africa's (SA) ehealth strategy recognise the value proposition that telemedicine holds for rural and urban referrals, but a lack of accepted and formalized scale-up implementation and financial planning has impeded ...Read more
Author:Hulsman, A; Swartz, CDDate:1993The challenges facing the design and operation of small community wastewater treatment plants are discussed. The package plant concept is considered and the consequent development of a compact intermittently aerated activated sludge package ...Read more
Author:Oyesola, MO; Mpofu, K; Mathe, Ntombizodwa R; Danisyam, IDate:May 2019Additive manufacturing (AM) has risen to be a substantial part of modern manufacturing due to its unique capabilities and has already been fondly adopted in various fields especially in the aerospace. In order to fully harness the benefits ...Read more
Author:Ramatlo, Dineo AM; Wilke, DN; Loveday, Philip WDate:Apr 2018Ultrasonic transducers have demonstrated the ability to effectively excite guided waves that can propagate over long distances and are thus employed in monitoring systems. An ultrasonic piezoelectric transducer that strongly excites a mode ...Read more
Author:Nordengen, Paul A; Coetzee, S; Roux, Michael P; Adolehoume, APDate:Sep 2006The Republic of Senegal has approximately 15 000 km of roads of which 4 300 km are paved. Senegal’s road network is considered to be one of the best in West Africa. One of the threats to the Senegal road network is overloaded heavy vehicles, ...Read more
Author:Barnard, A; Msomi, S; Moolman, S; Naidoo, KerschDate:31 Aug 2010The current key development focus in organ preservation for transplant purposes is preservation of organs at normothermic or subnormothermic temperatures (i.e at or slightly below physiological temperature) as opposed to cold storage. The ...Read more
Author:Dlamini, Nelisiwe P; Scott, MS; Nair, Kishor KDate:Jun 2017The popularity of Crypto currencies has not gone unnoticed, Bitcoin which is an electronic payment system and Internet money, is a leading crypto currency and continues to grow from being popular amongst the people who have knowledge about ...Read more
Author:Kruger, A; Retief, J; Goliger, Adam MWDate:Dec 2017This paper evaluates the need for updating the strong wind climate stipulations of South Africa for the design of structures in accordance with SANS 10160-3:2010, as based on the latest information presented by Kruger et al (2013a; 2013b). ...Read more
Author:Meyer, R; Van Schoor, Michael; Greben, JMDate:2007The theory and application of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Soundings also referred to as Magnetic Resonance Soundings (MRS) for the exploration of groundwater in porous aquifers has been well developed and tested. To date the method is usually ...Read more
Author:Kesavan Pillai, Sreejarani; Maubane, L; Ray, SS; Khumalo, V; Bill, M; Sivakumar, DDate:Oct 2015Trilayer low-density polyethylene (LDPE) films were prepared by incorporating varying concentrations of thyme oil, as the antifungal active additive for avocado packaging. A comprehensive thermal, structural, mechanical, and functional ...Read more
Author:London, G; Mufhandu, Hazel T; Sok, D; Morris, L; Burton, DR; Mayosi, B; Khati, MDate:Aug 2013AIDS remains a major public health problem globally, especially in Southern Africa where over 6.4 million people are infected by the most prevalent HIV-1 subtype C. To help stop the spread of HIV-1 subtype C, we isolated 2ʹ-F-RNA aptamers ...Read more
Author:Selatile, Mantsopa K; Ojijo, Vincent O; Sadiku, R; Ray, Suprakas SDate:May 2020The antimicrobial activity of fibrous membranes with electrospun polylactide (PLA)/silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) depends on the accessibility of the AgNPs, among other factors. The challenge is therefore to develop a suitable method for loading ...Read more
Author:Swanepoel, Andri; Du Preez, Ilse; Mahlangu, T; Chetty, A; Klumperman, BDate:Feb 2015Fluorescent dye-doped poly(styrene-co-maleimide) nanoparticles were synthesised and functionalized with amine groups and avidin and the dye-loading was varied. The nanoparticles showed great potential as bioprobes when conjugated with ...Read more
Author:Mouton, F; Malan, MM; Venter, HSDate:Jun 2012Social engineering is a real threat to industries in this day and age, even though its severity is extremely downplayed. The difficulty with social engineering attacks is mostly the ability to identify them. Social engineers often target call ...Read more
Author:Hoosain, Shaik EDate:Oct 2017Additive manufacturing (AM), widely known as 3D printing, is a method of manufacturing that forms parts from powder, wire or sheets in a process that proceeds layer by layer. Many techniques have been developed to accomplish this via melting ...Read more
Author:Jordaan, G; Kilian, A; Du Plessis, L; Murphy, MDate:Jul 2017The current official road pavement design manuals used in southern Africa dates back to the 1980s. In addition, materials criteria in general use are based on empirically derived tests, the majority of which were developed in the northern ...Read more
Author:Shyamal, S; Maity, Arjun; Satpati, AK; Bhattacharya, CDate:Jun 2019An impedance assisted novel electrochemical technique has been employed to develop copper oxide (Cu2O) thin films on F-doped tin oxide (FTO)-coated glass substrate. Application of various potentials (-0.60 to -0.40 vs (Ag/AgCl)/V) in the ...Read more