Author:Taljaard, Susan; Slinger, JH; Morant, PD; Theron, AK; Van Niekerk, Lara; Van der Merwe, JDate:Oct 2012Over the last four decades the development of frameworks for integrated coastal management (ICM) and models for ICM implementation have received much attention from researchers and practitioners alike. This has resulted in a proliferation of ...Read more
Author:Le Roux, AlizeDate:Jul 2013It is difficult for policy and decision makers to observe and quantify the implications of their land use policies and strategies and what it might or might not mean for a city's landscape a decade or more from now. The CSIR Spatial Planning ...Read more
Author:Strachan, GarthDate:Oct 2017This presentation discusses how localisation programmes in South Africa could enhance its industrial development.Read more
Author:Isaac, KDate:Nov 2015Mconf web conferencing has been launched successfully as a South African National Research and Education Network (SA NREN) production level service from July 2015. This web conferencing service is an Open Source Multi-conference System funded ...Read more
Author:Oosthuizen, RudolphDate:Oct 2017In Systems Engineering (SE), modelling is applied to capture and represent the mental models of the systems’ stakeholders. These models, consisting of various viewpoints on the system structure and behavior, can be used to derive requirements ...Read more
Author:Draai, K; Mooi, RDate:Nov 2015The South African National Research Network (SANReN) serves over 1 million users who expect high performance. To ensure optimal operation, rapid detection and correction of abnormalities is crucial. PerfSONAR is a network measurement toolkit ...Read more
Author:Goyal, SK; Roux, FS; Forbes, A; Konrad, TDate:Jun 2013We present an implementation scheme for a quantum walk in the orbital angular momentum space of a laser beam. The scheme makes use of a ring interferometer, containing a quarter-wave plate and a q plate. This setup enables one to perform an ...Read more
Author:Muswema, Aubrey P; Oelofse, Suzanna HHDate:Oct 2016Municipalities face the challenge of how to manage their waste, in an environment where other priorities like water, housing and electricity are competing for funding from municipal budgets. Management should include avoidance or prevention ...Read more
Author:Ouma, S; Herselman, Martha E; Van Greunen, DDate:Aug 2009The use of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) within healthcare can make significant changes in the daily operations of hospitals particularly in the developing world. A technology assessment of five hospitals based within Nyanza ...Read more
Author:Kruger, Carel P; Hancke, GPDate:Jul 2014The authors of this paper explore the use of IPv6 over Low power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPAN), IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low power and Lossy Networks (RPL) and Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) as a possible solution for ...Read more
Author:MacKay, HM; Rogers, KH; Roux, DJDate:Oct 2003This paper discusses the long-term implementation of the South African National Water Policy of 1997, and addresses some of the difficult issues of the management and leadership of large change processes. Although the vision established by ...Read more
Author:Matinise, Sihle N; Roos, C; Oelofse, Suzanna HH; Muswema, Aubrey PDate:Oct 2018Long working hours, the growing middle class, the increased participation of women in the labour force as well as the convenience offered by restaurants have greatly accelerated the growth of the commercial food service sector across the world ...Read more
Author:Nahman, Anton; Oelofse, Suzanna HHDate:Oct 2018The SASCOST model is a tool for comparing the costs and benefits of alternative options for implementing a Separation at Source (S@S) recycling programme. S@S is a crucial step in implementing the waste management hierarchy. The model can be ...Read more
Author:Oosthuizen, Rudolph; Venter, CDate:Sep 2016Systems engineering is an established approach to develop systems, including complex sociotechnical systems such as Command and Control (C2) Systems. These systems often occur through introduction of a new technology into an existing system. ...Read more
Author:Smit, FC; Pistorius, CWIDate:Nov 1998This article analyzes an emerging technological innovation, namely, electronic initiation systems for mining explosives in South Africa. The concept of electronic initiation is presenting itself as a challenge to traditional initiation systems, ...Read more
Author:Mubaiwa, T; Mokonyama, Mathetha TDate:Jul 2017The South African Human Rights Commission acknowledges that access to healthcare services in South Africa, especially for the poor, is severely constrained by expensive, inadequate or non-existent transport services. This is exacerbated in ...Read more
Author:Jiba, Zetu; Sono, Tleyane Jonas; Mostert, Frederik JohannesDate:Oct 2018The effects of a fine water mist environment in a semi-confined blast chamber on the chemical and thermodynamic processes following detonation of a 20 g PE4 explosive charge have been investigated. The effects were quantified by the analysis ...Read more
Author:Bischof-Niemz, TDate:Oct 2015Renewables have, until today, been mainly driven by the United States, European and Chinese markets. This presentation reflects on the actual results by the South African Department of Energy on the cost comparativeness of South African solar ...Read more