Author:Smith, CJ; Venter, JPDate:Nov 2011In the scope of Tactical Data Links (TDL), the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) started the journey to establish a national TDL capability with the commencement of their national Strategic Defence Procurement Packages (SDPP) in ...Read more
Author:Mphahlele, C; Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Aug 2017Purpose of this paper: The purpose of the paper is to provide an overview of the current state of tenders submitted by Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) professionals in terms of functionality criteria. Design/methodology/approach: The ...Read more
Author:Smith, CJ; Venter, JPDate:Nov 2011In the scope of Tactical Data Links (TDL), the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) started the journey to establish a national TDL capability with the commencement of their national Strategic Defence Procurement Packages (SDPP) in ...Read more
Author:Anochie-Boateng, Joseph; Tutumluer, E; Carpenter, SHDate:Nov 2010Oil sand is a generic name given to naturally occurring deposits of bituminous sand materials that are mined for crude oil production. These materials are currently used as subgrade materials of temporary and permanent roads in oil sand fields. ...Read more
Author:Goedhals-Gerber, LL; Haasbroek, LM; Van Dyk, Esbeth; Dodd, MDate:Aug 2016This study investigated the causes and extent of temperature breaks in the South African summer fruit export cold chain from the pack house to the vessel. Numerous causes of temperature breaks throughout the cold chain were found, resulting ...Read more
Author:Thomson, P; Almutery, BDate:Apr 2011This paper describes the process that was followed in the development of a real-time, embedded Tracking and Control Application (TCA) to be incorporated into a pulse-Doppler radar signal processing test and evaluation facility. The complete ...Read more
Author:Coetzer, W; Moodley, D; Gerber, ADate:May 2013The domain complexity and structural- and semantic heterogeneity of biodiversity data, as well as idiosyncratic legacy data-creation processes, present significant integration and interoperability challenges. In this paper we describe a ...Read more
Author:Braun, ALDate:Apr 1999Rare, luxury or speciality animal fibres have an exclusively and characteristic, that are rarely associated with other fibres. Their scarcity is due to the fact that they are difficult to produce on a large scale, because of climatic conditions ...Read more
Author:Van Zyl, M; Hecker, FDate:Nov 1998The primary purpose of the catalogue of best practices is to ensure the safety of the winding ropes. It therefore addresses aspects that will influence rope loads, rope strength, rope deterioration and the condition assessment of the winding ...Read more
Author:Heveling, J; Nicolaides, CP; Scurrell, MSDate:11 Oct 1998The oligomerisation of ethylene into products in the C-4-C-20 range over heterogeneous nickel catalysts in a fixed-bed reactor at low temperature and high pressure (LT-HP) is reported. The catalysts were obtained by Ni (II) exchange or ...Read more
Author:Makgwane, Peter R; Ray, SSDate:2013The promotional effect of nanosized Ru, Fe, Au, and Mn particles on VOHPO(sub4) ·0.5H(sub2)O (VHP) catalytic properties was investigated in benzene hydroxylation reaction using hydrogen hydroperoxide (H(sub2)O(sub2) as oxidant. Catalytic ...Read more
Author:Davidtz, JC; Gray, DDate:1977The selection and utilization of South African raw materials as catalysts in coal conversion depend on the availability of catalysts. Equally important is the -selectivity and activity of these materials for coal conversion.Read more
Author:Butler, AC; Nicolaides, CPDate:31 Dec 1993The increased demand for isobutene, used for the production of the octane-enhancer methyl tert-butyl ether, has generated tremendous interest in the catalytic conversion of the linear butenes to isobutene. In this review we survey the progress ...Read more
Author:James, ADate:Mar 1997This paper describes the investigation of the catastrophic failure of a raise boring machine used for underground reaming operations. The results of the investigation indicate that failure was due to the fracture of the 32 drive head bolts, ...Read more
Author:Marivate, Vukosi N; Moiloa, PDate:Nov 2016The increasing prevalence of Social Media platform use has brought with it an explosion of new user generated public data. This data is centered around many, diverse topics. One theme of interest is how one can tap into the public safety and ...Read more
Author:Monteiro, Pedro MS; Marchand, MDate:Jul 2009Catchment2Coast was an interdisciplinary research and modelling project that aimed to improve understanding of the linkages between coastal ecosystems and the adjacent river catchments. The project involved nine partner organizations from ...Read more
Author:Monteiro, Pedro MS; Matthews, SDate:Jul 2003An interdisciplinary, multi-institutional modelling research project, which will help improve scientific understanding of the linkages between river catchments and their associated coastal environments, was started in October 2002. Named the ...Read more
Author:Dawood, Zubeida CDate:Mar 2019Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) are responsible for data collection and analysis concerning cyber security threat incidents. In order to provide the best service support for cyber security breaches, information about how ...Read more
Author:Adetunji, KE; Hofsajer, IW; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Cheng, LDate:Feb 2021Distributed generation (DG) units are power generating plants that are very important to the architecture of present power system networks. The primary benefits of the addition of these units are to increase the power supply and improve the ...Read more