Author:Suleman, Shuaib; Chetty, KT; Clark, DJ; Kapangaziwiri, EvisonDate:Nov 2020Unfortunately, for various reasons, in-situ rain gauge networks are diminishing, especially in southern Africa, resulting in sparse networks whose records give a poor representation of rainfall occurrence, patterns andmagnitudes. Hydrological ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony K; Coetzee, S; Kourie, DGDate:Apr 2012User-generated content (UGC) in general, and volunteered geographical information (VGI) in particular, are becoming more important as sources for official data bases, such as those used in national spatial data infrastructures (SDIs). Discovering ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony K; Van Huyssteen, Elsona; Das, S; Coetzee, M; Mans, Gerbrand GDate:Jul 2014A Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is an evolving concept, essentially consisting of policies, institutional arrangements, Geographical Information Systems (GISs), data bases, networks, Web services and portals to facilitate and coordinate ...Read more
Author:Wall, Kevin; Rust, Frederik CDate:Jul 2017The purpose of the “report cards” of the condition of engineering infrastructure in South Africa, the product of cooperation between the CSIR and SAICE, have been to draw the attention of government, and of the public at large, to the importance ...Read more
Author:Mashiri, MAM; Maponya, G; Chakwizira, J; Dube, SDate:Jul 2009This paper seeks to establish a baseline against which to assess the impacts of the ‘Ehlanzeni District Health Transport Function’ for the district’s healthcare service delivery output, and by extension, health and welfare outcomes. The main ...Read more
Author:Pelders, Jodi L; De Ridder, JHDate:Nov 2019Increasing numbers of women are entering the South African mining industry (SAMI), but self-contained self-rescuer (SCSR) devices might not be suited to female anthropometric dimensions. The aim of this project was to assess the ergonomic ...Read more
Author:Pelders, Jodi L; De Ridder, JHDate:May 2020Increasing numbers of women are entering the South African mining industry, but self-contained self-rescuer (SCSR) devices might not be suited to female anthropometric dimensions. The aim of this project was to assess the ergonomic design of ...Read more
Author:Dabrowski, James M; De Klerk, LPDate:Apr 2013Routine sampling of water quality was conducted at sites along a longitudinal gradient from upstream to downstream in the Olifants River to determine spatial trends in nutrient and metal concentrations and to relate these trends to changes ...Read more
Author:Oluwatobi, JA; Mabuza-Hocquet, Gugulethu P; Nelwamondo, Fulufhelo VDate:Dec 2019The ISNT rule is a technique that has been used to detect glaucoma from fundus im-ages. The rule states that for a healthy fundus image, the segmented optic disc can be divided into four neuro-retina rim quadrants namely; the Inferior, Superior, ...Read more
Author:Mlangeni, P; Coetzee, MJ; Meiklejohn, CDate:Oct 2012The premise of this poster is to highlight the Living Lab approach adopted for the development of the Regional Spatial Profiler (RSP) component of the Integrated Planning and Development Modelling (IPDM) project. The RSP is showcased in this ...Read more
Author:Oberholzer, JW; Thorpe, LDate:Aug 1995The purpose of this study is to identify those areas, classified according to the SAMRASS data base system under the codes relating to underground transport and machinery type accidents that give cause to the greatest amount of accidentsRead more
Author:Sebake, N; Breed, I; Kruger, Daniel MDate:May 2015This article presents a study that assessed the extent to which the quality of shared outdoor spaces in social housing complexes in the City of Tshwane conformed to specifications of the Social Housing Policy. To conduct this assessment, ...Read more
Author:Mbawala, SJ; Komba, Julius JDate:Dec 2017Civil and geotechnical engineering material testing laboratories are expected to produce accurate and reliable test results. However, the ability of laboratories to produce accurate and reliable test results depends on many factors, among ...Read more
Author:Mhlanga, Lebogang SDate:Jul 2017The World Health Organization (WHO) contends that road safety must be appreciated from the basis of it being a shared responsibility; and has to be based on cooperation and coordination by all the state agencies, general public and private ...Read more
Author:Pandelani, Thanyani A; Reinecke, John D; Sono, T; Beetge, F; Nkosi, PDate:Sep 2014This paper presents the evaluation of the injury measurement response of the Hybrid III and ES2re ATD’s using both the HIII and MiL-Lx instrumented lower legs as loaded by the Modified Lower Limb Impactor (MLLI).Read more
Author:Boodhraj, K; Vichi, M; Smit, Jacoba EDate:Nov 2016Following the work done by Reffrey, Calone and Bourdalle-Badie (2015) we implemented a one dimensional (1D) ocean physical model in the sub-Antarctic Southern Ocean using the Nucleus for the European Modelling of the Ocean(NEMO) model. The ...Read more