Author:Nkuna, A; Abreu, J; Mturi, George AJDate:Oct 2019The development of improved test methods for modified bituminous binders is currently being pursued at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The ductility test laid the initial ground work for all extensional testing of ...Read more
Author:Becker, J; Mtwisha, L; Crampton, B; Mancama, Dalubuhle TDate:Nov 2008Malaria is one of the world's most important tropical diseases, killing more than a million of an estimated 300-500 million infected people per annum. The species responsible for the most fatalities amongst the genus is Plasmodium falsiparum. ...Read more
Author:Smith, Andrew CDate:Mar 2009In this document the author reports on research done in the field of Embedded Interaction as well as events at which the public was exposed to this research. The author also reports on the dissemination of the research results, being mostly ...Read more
Author:Hlophe, KDate:Nov 2011Platform pose (localization and orientation) information is a key requirement for autonomous mobile systems. The severe natural conditions and complex terrain of underground mines diminish the capability of most pose estimation systems, ...Read more
Author:Roux, Michael P; Verhaeghe, Benoit MJA; Maritz, Johan; Arnold, Kathryn A; Le Roux, AlizeDate:Oct 2019The United Nations Environmental Programme describes the African continent as a ‘vulnerability hotspot’ for climate change. During the past four decades African countries have experienced more than 1 500 recorded weather-related disasters. ...Read more
Author:Pretorius, Cecilia JDate:Jul 2017Circumstances may dictate that samples from mining operations are analysed for unknown compounds that are potentially harmful to humans. These circumstances may be out of the ordinary, unique or isolated incidents. Emergency analytical testing ...Read more
Author:Osunmakinde, I; Bagula, ADate:Apr 2009Dynamic Bayesian networks (DBNs) are temporal probabilistic models for reasoning over time which are rapidly gaining popularity in modern Artificial Intelligence (AI) for planning. A number of Hidden Markov Model (HMM) representations of ...Read more
Author:Osunmakinde, IO; Bagula, ADate:Nov 2009In this paper, temporal probabilistic reasoning of the Emergent Situation Awareness (ESA) technology is proposed as a supportive strategy for autonomous navigation. The ability to reveal uncertainties over time is a drivable route awareness ...Read more
Author:Srinivasu, VVDate:Jan 2009With a strategy to establish and embrace the emerging nano particle incorporated superconductivity technology (based on the HTS materials and nano magnetic particles) in South Africa, the author has initiated the following research activity ...Read more
Author:Thwala, Melusi; Tancu, YolandaDate:Sep 2016The growing number of nano-enabled products and technologies suggests likelihood increase of nanopollutants into the environment, a trend that is anticipated to increase further as nanotechnology expands. Nanopollutants are considered a case ...Read more
Author:Fok, Ezio T; Scholefield, Janine; Fanucchi, Stephanie; Mhlanga, MusaDate:Oct 2017Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been implicated in many biological processes. However, due to the unique nature of lncRNAs and the consequential difficulties associated with their characterization, there is a growing disparity between the ...Read more
Author:Rajendran, S; Naushad, M; Raju, Kumar; Boukherroub, RDate:2019This book provides the fundamental aspects of the diverse ranges of nanostructured materials (0D, 1D, 2D and 3D) for energy and environmental applications in a comprehensive manner written by specialists who are at the forefront of research ...Read more
Author:Naude, AH; Maritz, JohanDate:May 2007The focus of this paper is the emerging potential for radical e-enabled changes involving two key rural development drivers, namely: Enhanced collaboration - addressing problems such as small enterprise sizes low rural demand and supply chain ...Read more
Author:Mahola, U; Erasmus, Louwrence DDate:Aug 2015With the emergence of internet-based service providers, known as Over-the-top (OTT), the business landscape has changed massively, hence the current traditional service provider’s business models are transforming. The question treated in this ...Read more
Author:Batchelor, J; Herselman, Martha E; Traxler, J; Fraser, WDate:May 2012This paper reports on the findings of an inquiry to investigate personal convictions, social structure and relationships within the wider community that can influence the innovative teachers' pedagogical reasoning. Data was qualitatively ...Read more
Author:Wright, CDate:Feb 2011BHP Billiton Mozambique Aluminium Smelter (MOZAL) experienced structural damage to the Fume Treatment Centre (FTC) caused by unanticipated corrosion. As a result MOZAL was in the process of rebuilding the FTC, an exercise that entailed a ...Read more
Author:Keene, WC; Lobert, RM; Crutzen, PJ; Maben, JR; Scharffe, DH; Landmann, T; Hely, C; Brain, CDate:Feb 2006Characteristic vegetation and biofuels in major ecosystems of southern Africa were sampled during summer and autumn 2000 and burned under semicontrolled conditions. Elemental compositions of fuels and ash and emissions of CO2, CO, CH3COOH, ...Read more
Author:Sefara, Tshephisho J; Mokgonyane, TBDate:Nov 2020Speaker recognition is a method which recognise a speaker from characteristics of a voice. Speaker recognition technologies have been widely used in many domains. Most speaker recognition systems have been trained on normal clean recordings, ...Read more