Author:Paine, AP; Rossouw, P; Bruwer, R; Williams, MDate:Jul 2007he development of appropriate techniques for casting complex, thin walled, light weight structures and housings, to assist the aerospace sector in achieving the required reductions in component weight and concomitant increase in strength, has ...Read more
Author:Nsibande, SA; Dabrowski, James M; van der Walt, E; Venter, A; Forbes, PBCDate:Jun 2015Air dispersion software models for evaluating pesticide spray drift during application have been developed that can potentially serve as a cheaper convenient alternative to field monitoring campaigns. Such models require validation against ...Read more
Author:Govender, Nicolin; Pizette, P; Wilke, DN; Abriak, NDate:Sep 2015Understanding the dynamical behavior of particulate materials is extremely important to many industrial processes, with typical applications that range from hopper flows in agriculture to tumbling mills in the mining industry. The discrete ...Read more
Author:Mathe, Ntombizodwa R; Tshabalala, Lerato CDate:Dec 2019The additive manufacturing of aluminium alloys has become an area of interest for the aerospace industry due to the high strength-to-weight ratios of the produced components. AlSi10Mg has been explored as an alloy of choice for building ...Read more
Author:Tsela, PL; Van Helden, P; Frost, P; Wessels, Konrad J; Archibald, SDate:Jul 2010The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) time-series data afford the remote sensing community a unique opportunity to investigate the frequency and distribution of fires. Previous research that validated the MODIS burned area ...Read more
Author:Naicker, K; Anderson, F; Le Roux, Alize; Alhuwaimel, SDate:Apr 2011Maritime border safeguarding is a vital component in the protection of a countries resources and interests against illegal activities. With the increasing asymmetric nature of today’s threats, a primary requirement of any coastal surveillance ...Read more
Author:Tesfaye, T; Sithole, Bishop B; Ramjugernath, DDate:Jun 2018Deep Learning has become a common applied technique to improve results in a variety of detection scenarios, including Synthetic Aperture Radar ship detection. One of the most common Deep Learning techniques, Convolutional Neural Networks, ...Read more
Author:Tesfaye, T; Sithole, Bishop B; Ramjugernath, DDate:Dec 2017Worldwide, the poultry meat processing industry generates large quantities of feather by-products that amount to 40 × 109 kg annually. The feathers are considered wastes although small amounts are often processed into valuable products such ...Read more
Author:Tesfaye, T; Sithole, Bishop B; Ramjugernath, D; Mokhothu, Thabang HDate:May 2018Increasing consumption of chicken results in generation of large amounts of wastes that need to be disposed of properly. Chicken feathers constitute about 5–10% of the weight of the chicken and thus they comprise a significant portion of the ...Read more
Author:Tesfaye, T; Sithole, Bishop B; Ramjugernath, D; Mokhothu, Thabang HDate:May 2018Increasing consumption of chicken results in generation of large amounts of wastes that need to be disposed of properly. Chicken feathers constitute about 5–10% of the weight of the chicken and thus they comprise a significant portion of the ...Read more
Author:Tesfaye, T; Sithole, Bishop B; Ramjugernath, DDate:Oct 2017The poultry industry generates large amount of feathers as a waste by-product. Small amounts are often processed into valuable products such as feather meal and fertilisers and the remaining waste is disposed of by incineration or by burial ...Read more
Author:Tesfaye, T; Johakimu, Jonas K; Chavan, RB; Sithole, Bishop B; Ramjugernath, DDate:Nov 2017Reducing environmental impacts and obtaining economic benefits based on utilisation of waste materials are drivers for the implementation of cleaner production policies and technologies in food processing industries. Starch is a very versatile ...Read more
Author:Tesfaye, T; Sithole, Bishop BDate:2018Mango seed, a waste material that is disposed of after consumption of mangos, was studied for its potential use as a resource for extraction of starch. The study revealed that mango seeds are a good source of starch: physicochemical ...Read more
Author:Tesfaye, T; Sithole, Bishop B; Ramjugernath, DDate:Aug 2018The threat of oil pollution increases with the development of large-scale off-shore petroleum industrial activities. Recently, reducing waste materials through reuse has contributed to sustainable manufacturing in many industries. With ...Read more
Author:Tesfaye, T; Sithole, Bishop B; Ramjugernath, DDate:Jun 2018Environmental concerns, rapid oil consumption, the high price of oil, and limited oil reserves are driving research into cheap, biodegradable, sustainable, renewable, and abundantly available green materials. Waste chicken feathers are abundant ...Read more
Author:Khumalo, Mduduzi; Sithole, Bishop B; Tesfaye, TamratDate:May 2020Extraction of keratin from keratinous waste materials, such as chicken feathers, has been identified as the favourable approach in beneficiation of this biomass. The chemical extractions of keratin by reducing agents are usually preferred ...Read more
Author:De Lange, Willem J; Veldtman, R; Allsopp, MHDate:Aug 2013We assess the monetary value of forage provisioning services for honeybees as provided by an alien tree species in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Although Eucalyptus cladocalyx is not an officially declared invader, it is cleared ...Read more
Author:Naidoo, T; Zulu, N; Maharajh, Dheepak M; Lalloo, RajeshDate:Sep 2013Microalgae represent a bio-diverse resource (Metting, 1996; Pulz and Gross, 2004). The complexity of their chemical composition and range of biochemical products make these organisms exploitable resources for valuable and novel products in ...Read more
Author:Coetzee, S; Cooper, Antony KDate:Aug 2007The paper presents examples that illustrate the benefits of addresses in South Africa, such as: Connecting households to utilities such as water, sewage, telecommunications and electricity; Routing emergency services, and providing assistance ...Read more