Author:York, G; Canbulat, I; Kabeya, KK; Le Bron, K; Watson, BP; Williams, SBDate:Dec 1998The design of hard rock pillars, in shallow to intermediate depth hard rock mines, has been redefined as the determination of the pillar system load bearing capacity. This entails the ability to design each of the components of the pillar ...Read more
Author:Haile, AT; Jager, AJDate:Dec 1995The overall view of the research being conducted at Impala platinum was to improve pillar design techniques through a rock testing programme, underground instrumentation and back analysis. The laboratory rock testing programme has provided a ...Read more
Author:Oberholzer, JWDate:Jul 1998This report describes the process followed in establishing training aids to make employees aware of the dangers of frictional hazards. The actual outputs of the project are training aids that will be used by trainers to transfer the knowledge. ...Read more
Author:Van der Merwe, JNDate:Jul 2001The original intention of this project was to sponsor a number of non-researchers to
attend the workshop. In this particular case, that would have been of little benefit as
no definite knowledge in a practically usable form was released. ...Read more
Author:Ottermann, RW; Von Wielligh, AJ; Burger, NDL; Kononov, VADate:Oct 2000The purpose of this project was to develop tele-controls to control drilling operations from a distance. The controls were fitted to the prototype quiet rock drill and demonstrated to be working. Noise is a generic hazard common to all ...Read more
Author:De Wet, Febe; De Waal, A; Van Huyssteen, GBDate:Aug 2011Afrikaans is one of the eleven official languages of South Africa. It is classified as an under-resourced language. No annotated broadband speech corpora currently exist for Afrikaans. This article reports on the development of speech resources ...Read more
Author:Labuschagne, William A; Grobler, Marthie MDate:Jun 2017With the increase in technology adoption, quality assurance in terms of the technical skill level of cybersecurity experts working on a task is crucial. Educating employees and ensuring that they have the necessary tools and skills required ...Read more
Author:Salerno, S; Ouma, S; Botha, AdèleDate:Sep 2015Gamification and digital badging are new concepts to the educational environment, where on completion of specific tasks, an individual can earn a badge or badges showing their achievement. Currently Mozilla Open Badges is the standard for the ...Read more
Author:Raborife, M; Zerbian, S; Ewert, SDate:Nov 2011The authors report on a study that involved the development of a corpus used to verify the performance of two tone labelling algorithms, with one algorithm being an improvement on the other. These algorithms were developed for speech synthesis ...Read more
Author:Mutemba, M; Mtsweni, Jabu S; Mkhonto, NNDate:Mar 2017Cyber attacks are on the increase in severity, complexity and frequency, negatively affecting the citizens, government, and businesses. Adversely, the security and Defence role-players in developing countries, such as South Africa, are short ...Read more
Author:Leenen, L; Alberts, R; Britz, K; Gerber, A; Meyer, TDate:Mar 2011In this paper we describe a research project to develop an optimal information retrieval system in an Information Operations domain. Information Operations is the application and management of information to gain an advantage over an opponent ...Read more
Author:Hohls, DR; Verryn, SVDate:Nov 2008CSIR research group has developed a web-based information system on tree breeding, which will link national and international partners, which data dating back more than 80 years. Tree breeding relies heavily on managing and exploiting data. ...Read more
Author:Tawona, Neville; Sithole, Bishop BDate:Oct 2013Waste management in South Africa faces many challenges. The growing population and the expanding economy results in increased volumes of waste being produced, thereby putting a burden on waste management facilities. South Africa is collaborating ...Read more
Author:Sebake, Thandi N; Mphutlane, L; Gibberd, Jeremy TDate:Jun 2007The Thuba Makote (TM) Programme, initiated in 2002 by the Department of Education and managed by the CSIR, was developed to introduce and pilot innovative approaches to school building design, construction and operation in order to address ...Read more
Author:Brown, B; Horak, M; Wadiwala, EDate:Nov 2008The production of essential oils and medicinal plant products by communities with access to arable land represents a promising new sector in the agroprocessing industry. The Enterprise Creation for Development (ECD) unit of the CSIR transfers ...Read more
Author:Ledwaba, LPI; Hancke, GP; Isaac, Sherrin J; Venter, HSDate:Jul 2019The ability for the smart microgrid to allow for the independent generation and distribution of electrical energy makes it an attractive solution towards enabling universal access to electricity within developing economies. Distributed Ledger ...Read more
Author:Van Rooyen, S; Leenen, LDate:Sep 2011Border safeguarding is the defence of territorial integrity and sovereignty, and this is a joint responsibility of the military and the police. Military doctrine for conventional warfare is not sufficient for Border Safeguarding operations ...Read more
Author:Albers, PN; Wright, C; Olwoch, JDate:Oct 2010Pedestrians, comprising approximately 60% of the population, are among the most vulnerable road users in South Africa. The roadside environment may be an important factor influencing the nature and frequency of pedestrian fatalities. While ...Read more
Author:Harrison, JA; Von Maltitz, Graham P; Tiwari, SDate:Jun 2009Focusing on the situation relating to bioenergy in India, this paper provides analyses of the currently available methodologies for assessing the varied impacts, both positive and negative, of bioenergy production. This contextual information ...Read more