Author:Gerber, A; Molefe, Onkgopotse M; Van der Merwe, ADate:Oct 2010There are several sources that indicate a remarkable increase in the adoption of open source software (OSS) into the technology infrastructure of organizations. In fact, the number of medium to large organizations without some OSS installations, ...Read more
Author:Sediki, Vhonani PDate:Jul 2021This review aims to answer the question whether Non-Motorised Transport and electric vehicle cultures help reduce carbon footprint related to commuting and whether the provision of infrastructure encourage the culture of walking, running, ...Read more
Author:Sebake, NDate:01 Sep 2010CSIR Built Environment has recently completed a multiyear research project, undertaken by Landman et al, that aimed to determine the appropriateness and applicability of medium-density mixed housing (MDMH) developments in South Africa. The ...Read more
Author:Gibberd, Jeremy TDate:May 2019Climate change is already having significant impacts globally. These impacts are experienced most acutely in developing countries where infrastructure and population are often more vulnerable and resources and capacity for mitigation are ...Read more
Author:Piernaar, Johan E; Goosen, PieterDate:Nov 2008Through many years of research and development into radar sensors, the CSIR has made a significant contribution to the strategic and industrial capabilities of South Africa. The continued national investment into radar research and development ...Read more
Author:Gibberd, Jeremy TDate:May 2019Climate change is already having significant impacts globally. These impacts are experienced most acutely in developing countries where infrastructure and population are often more vulnerable and resources and capacity for adaptation are ...Read more
Author:Rosendo, S; Celliers, L; Mechisso, MDate:Jan 2018Many countries are implementing Integrated Coastal Management (ICM, also known as Integrated Coastal Zone Management or ICZM) as a means to promote the sustainable use, development and protection of coastal environments. It has also been shown ...Read more
Author:Sefara, Tshephisho Joseph; Rangata, Mapitsi RDate:Dec 2023Most general sentiment analysers degrade quality when tested on Tweets in the broadcast domain. This domain covers both radio and television broadcast. This paper proposes domain-specific data in the broadcast domain. Furthermore, it proposes ...Read more
Author:Luo, H; Vaivars, G; Mathe, Mahlanyane KDate:Apr 2012The proton exchange membrane based on polyetheretherketone was prepared via two steps of cross-linking. The properties of the double cross-linked membrane (water uptake, proton conductivity, methanol permeability and thermal stability) have ...Read more
Author:Steyn, JM; Odendaal, JW; Joubert, JDate:Sep 2009A double dipole antenna design is proposed for wireless local area network (WLAN) applications. Two parallel dipoles are used to facilitate operation in both the standard WLAN frequency bands (IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11a) simultaneously. ...Read more
Author:Booth, R; Chopra, S; Meyer, T; Ghose, ADate:Nov 2010Many belief change formalisms employ plausibility orderings over the set of possible worlds to determine how the beliefs of an agent ought to be modified after the receipt of a new epistemic input. While most such possible world semantics ...Read more
Author:Litvin, IA; Ngcobo, Sandile; Naidoo, Darryl; Ait-Ameur, K; Forbes, ADate:Feb 2014Laguerre–Gaussian beams with a nonzero azimuthal index are known to carry orbital angular momentum (OAM), and are routinely created external to laser cavities. The few reports of obtaining such beams from laser cavities suffer from inconclusive ...Read more
Author:Mkhwanazi, M; Landman, WA; Engelbrecht, FA; Olivier, CDate:Sep 2015The study assesses the impacts of anthropogenic forcing on seasonal streamflows over northeastern South Africa by using both dynamically and statistically downscaled multi-decadal climate change projections. The statistical model approach is ...Read more
Author:Lalloo, Rajesh; Maharajh, Dheepak M; Görgens, J; Gardiner, NDate:Mar 2010Biological products offer advantages over chemotherapeutics in aquaculture. Adoption in commercial application is lacking due to limitations in process and product development that address key end user product requirements such as cost, ...Read more
Author:Butgereit, LDate:Oct 2012In this presentation the author explains how the Dr Math service works; how tutors are recruited to act as Dr Math; and how school pupils can reach Dr Math for help with their mathematics homework.Read more
Author:Butgereit, L; Leonard, B; Le Roux, C; Rama, H; De Sousa, M; Naidoo, TDate:May 2010The current group of teenagers has been called many things – some of the terms unprintable in respectable publications. However terms such as the “thumb tribe” (because they can type faster on their cell phones with their thumbs than adults ...Read more
Author:Butgereit, L; Botha, RADate:Jan 2010Dr Math is a mobile tutoring system which has been running in South Africa for three years. It links primary and secondary school pupils to tutors in mathematics. The pupils use the popular Mxit chat client on their cell phones. The tutors ...Read more
Author:Butgereit, LLDate:May 2008Mathematics education in South Africa needs help. This paper describes a project where school aged pupils could get help with their mathematics homework using MXit, South Africa's most popular instant messaging system, on their cell phones ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony K; Eloff, C; Schmitz, PMUDate:Aug 2010This position paper was drafted shortly after the first meeting of the Committee for Spatial Information (CSI), because it was obvious from that first meeting that most of the members of the CSI had little knowledge of spatial data infrastructures ...Read more