Author:Johnson, David L; Van Stam, GDate:Dec 2016Network protocols and applications have mostly been developed in and for a Western context and usually have an embedded set of assumptions about network performance and availability. As a result web-browsing, cloud-based services, live voice ...Read more
Author:Hanekom, EC; de Mattos, GWP; Freyer, DBDate:Sep 1971This investigation was undertaken to establish whether wool fabrics could effectively be rendered shrink-resistant by the application of an alkylated methylomelamine resin without harshening the handle of the fabrics to any significant extent.Read more
Author:Miller, DGMDate:1986This document summarizes South Africa's participation in SIBEX-II and outlines some of the results obtained. South Africa's participation in SIBEX-11 was aimed at providing a temporal comparison with an Australian oceanographic overview of ...Read more
Author:Wadley, L; Jacobs, ZDate:Mar 2004Sibudu Cave excavations have yielded an Iron Age occupation directly overlying a long sequence of final Middle Stone Age (MSA)layers dating c. 61 000–26 000 years ago. Older, undated layers contain a Howiesons Poort Industry. A diverse animal ...Read more
Author:Gibberd, Jeremy T; Sebake, SDate:May 2007The paper applies the concept of inclusive environments to an urban area in South Africa. It shows that urban space is not only used to access facilities but also accommodates a wide range of other activities. The study found that technologies ...Read more
Author:Van Dijk, B; Oosthuizen, CDate:Oct 2017This presentation discusses the Siemens vision for the future, taking in account factors such as global drivers of change, global skills shortage, and digitalisation.Read more
Author:Olivrin, GDate:Nov 2008This paper provides a scientific roadmap towards a multiligual and inclusive society in which Sign Language features and empowers us all. Case studies present the technologies, products and services of tomorrow, which respond to the needs for ...Read more
Author:Van Zyl, TL; Ehlers, EMDate:Jul 2010The article presents the use of signal regulatory networks (SRNs), a biologically inspired model based on gene regulatory networks. SRNs are a way of understanding a class of self-organizing IT systems, signal-regulated systems (SRSs). This ...Read more
Author:Willers, Cornelius J; Willers, MS; Lapierre, FDate:Sep 2011The development and optimisation of modern infrared systems necessitates the use of simulation systems to create radiometrically realistic representations (e.g. images) of infrared scenes. Such simulation systems are used in signature prediction, ...Read more
Author:Krug, Marjolaine J; Schilperoort, D; Collard, F; Hansen, MW; Rouault, MDate:Nov 20185 years of Systematic Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) acquisitions and 8 years of observations from the Jason 2 altimeter are used to investigate the signature of the Agulhas Current on high resolution (between 1 and 5 km) ...Read more
Author:Joubert, FEDate:1972The report details the attempts to assess the value of surveys of dust conditions in collieries that may constitute explosion hazards are presented in this discussion.Read more
Author:Erasmus, C; Kok, S; Hindley, MPDate:May 2013Traditionally primary irradiation creep is introduced into graphite analysis by applying the appropriate amount of creep strain to the model at the initial time-step. This is valid for graphite components that are subjected to high fast neutron ...Read more
Author:Messager, C; Swart, SebastianDate:Feb 2016The air-sea impact of a warm cored eddy ejected from the Agulhas Retroflection region south of Africa was assessed through both ocean and atmospheric profiling measurements during the austral summer. The presence of the eddy causes dramatic ...Read more
Author:Lysko, Albert A; Johnson, DL; Mofolo, MORDate:Sep 2012The paper describes the performance enhancement obtained by adding an electronically controlled beamswitching antenna to a laboratory set up of a wireless mesh network. The antenna permits several modes offering several beam shapes and ...Read more
Author:Das, R; Sypu, VS; Paumo, HK; Bhaumik, M; Maharaj, V; Maity, ArjunDate:May 2019Developing innovative technologies for the efficient treatment of wastewater containing toxic organic pollutants is of particular importance worldwide. Removal of organic contaminants from aqueous media through chemical reduction using noble ...Read more
Author:Bello, A; Fabiane, M; Dodoo-Arhin, D; Ozoemena, KI; Manyala, NDate:Jan 2014Silver metal nanoparticles were decorated by electron beam evaporation on graphene foam (GF) grown by chemical vapour deposition. X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy ...Read more
Author:Estuarine and Coastal Research UnitDate:Sep 1982Various charts and title deeds give the name of the river as the Zilvermyn rivier, Silver Mijn Stream or Silvermynrivier. The name Silvermine apparently originates from attempts in the 1680s to mine silver in the valley through which this ...Read more
Author:Masemola, CecilIa R; Cho, Moses ADate:Mar 2019Wavelengths selection plays a vital role in identifying the best spectral features for assessing leaf nitrogen concentration from hyperspectral data of dry and fresh leaves. The spectra of fresh leaves are primarily influenced by leaf water ...Read more
Author:Khanyile, NP; De Kock, A; Mathekga, Mmamolatelo EDate:Sep 2014This paper identifies and analyses the factors that contribute to the similarity between two sets of minutiae points as well as the probability that two sets of minutiae points were extracted from fingerprints of the same finger. Minutiae-based ...Read more