Author:Shatalov, M; Fedotov, I; Joubert, SDate:2006It was shown in 1985 by Acad. V. Zhuravlev that the angular rate of a pure vibrating mode excited in a vibratory gyroscope with spherical symmetry is proportional to an inertial angular rate of the gyroscope. The effect is three dimensional ...Read more
Author:Maxakato, NW; Ozoemena, KI; Arendse, CJDate:Mar 2010Comparative electrocatalytic behavior of functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (fMWCNTs) electrodecorated with Pt/Ru nanoparticles towards the oxidation of methanol (MeOH), ethylene glycol (EG) and formic acid (FA) has been investigated. ...Read more
Author:Jovanovic, Nebojsa; Mu, Q; Bugan, Richard DH; Zhao, MDate:Jan 2015This paper describes the dynamics of evapotranspiration (ET) in South Africa using MOD16 ET satellite-derived data, and analyses the inter-dependency of variables used in the ET algorithm of Mu et al. (2011). Annual evapotranspiration is ...Read more
Author:Shatalov, M; Coetzee, CDate:May 2009The parametric electrode is normally used in the hemispherical resonator gyroscopes, operating in the whole angle regime, for maintaining of amplitudes of vibratory patterns. It is well known that due to variation of the gap between the ...Read more
Author:Everard, DA; Midgley, JJ; Van Wyk, GFDate:Dec 1995Indigenous forest in Kwa Zulu-Natal has been fairly well described, however, very little has been published on its dynamics. There is, to our knowledge, nothing published on disturbances regimes, dendrology and life histories of constituent ...Read more
Author:Jacobs, P; Von Solms, S; Grobler, MDate:Jul 2015Security Operation Centres (SOCs) and Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) or Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) can play a pivotal role in the monitoring of, and response to threats, attacks and vulnerabilities in ...Read more
Author:Chelule, E; Herselman, Martha E; Van Greunen, DDate:Jul 2010This paper presents the results of a usability study conducted on South African B2C bricks-and-clicks retailers' e-commerce websites. The study employed two evaluation techniques namely; user evaluation and heuristic evaluation (HE). The ...Read more
Author:Coleman, A; Herselman, Martha E; Potass, DDate:Nov 2011This study assessed e-healthcare readiness of rural and urban hospitals in North West Province of South Africa. Outcome of assessment led to creation of e-health architectural framework for e-health solutions. Assessment was conducted in usage ...Read more
Author:Pillay, K; Erasmus, Louwrence DDate:Sep 2017The level of readiness to use information and communication technologies is referred to as a measure of “e-Readiness”. South African universities may be well-placed to use some applications of information and communication technologies, but ...Read more
Author:Verhoest, PI; James, T; Marais, Mario A; Van Audenhove, LDate:2007This contribution presents the results of a pilot project on ICT usage by South African SMMEs in the tourism industry. The Electronic Business Survey (EBS) methodology which was tested for applicability in a developing country, in this case ...Read more
Author:Edwards, A; Van Coller, P; Badenhorst, CDate:Jun 2010This study investigated the feasibility of using Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emission (DPOAE) testing as an adjunct to pure-tone screening audiometry in the annual medical surveillance environment commonly found in the South African platinum ...Read more
Author:Beckley, LE; Connell, ADDate:1996Several authors have stated that southward transport of the early life-history stages of Pomatomus saltatrix also known as the elf or shad occurs by passive drift in the Agulhas Current, a strong western boundary current which flows southwards ...Read more
Author:Ramoelo, Abel; Cho, Moses A; Mathieu, Renaud SADate:Oct 2012The emergence of high resolution multispectral sensors with red-edge information such as, WorldView-2, RapidEye, Sentinel-2 (to be launched in 2013) and
SumbandilaSAT moves remote sensing towards routine monitoring of rangeland resource quality.Read more
Author:Faniso, Zimbini; Magidimisha, EdwinDate:Oct 2018Satellite remote sensing of inland water bodies has great potential for ensuring water quality and for obtaining reliable data which can be used for decision making. This is a rapidly evolving technology that is now widely utilized throughout ...Read more
Author:Van Zyl, TL; McFerren, G; Vahed, AnwarDate:Sep 2011Geospatially Enabled Scientific Workflows offer a promising paradigm to facilitate researchers, in the earth observation domain, with many aspects of the scientific process. One such aspect is that of access to distributed earth observation ...Read more
Author:Szewczuk, SDate:May 2010This presentation provides a rationale for off-grid projects, and then briefly discusses renewable energy for rural electrification in the Eastern Cape. The impact of this project, and related research work, is also touched on.Read more