Author:Louw, MRDate:Sep 2006Empowerment impact assessment (EmpIA) is a quantitative and qualitative process, developed to evaluate the empowerment opportunities in civil engineering projects. It informs the design and construction processes of the projects and records ...Read more
Author:Mhlanga, M; Mokonyama, Mathetha TDate:Jul 2018Based primarily on a focus group made up of representative voices of women in the transport sector value chain, the paper records progress and challenges in the sector to maximise the participation of women in the value chain, particularly ...Read more
Author:Naidoo, Kersch; Rolfes, H; Easton, K; Moolman, S; Chetty, A; Richter, W; Nilen, RDate:2008A modified oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion process was developed to produce novel micro-porous hemi-spherical polycaprolactone (PCL) micro-particles called "hemi-shells". By addition of a porogen such as sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) into the ...Read more
Author:Joubert, D; Biermann, EDate:Aug 2010The fare media that is used to collect the fares within the South African public transport industry is mostly closed and proprietary systems, which are based upon proprietary interfaces. These fare media are of a contactless type as contact ...Read more
Author:Miller, T; Oyewobi, SS; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Hancke, GPDate:Oct 2020The large-scale deployment of sensor nodes in difficult-to-reach locations makes powering of sensor nodes via batteries impractical. Besides, battery-powered WSNs require the periodic replacement of batteries. Wireless, battery-less sensor ...Read more
Author:Prnjat, O; Becker, B; Barbera, R; Kanellopoulos, C; Koumantaros, K; Mayo-Garcia, R; Ruggier, FDate:May 2015CHAIN-REDS, an EU co-funded project, focuses on promoting and supporting technological and scientific collaboration across different e-Infrastructures established and operated in various continents. The project implemented a Regional Operations ...Read more
Author:Tsekoa, Tsepo LDate:Oct 2017This presentation discusses the CSIR biopharmaceutical platforms in response to national health priorities and strategic context. Several CSIR-engineered biopharmaceutical case studies are highlighted.Read more
Author:Ogbodo, EU; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Kurien, AMDate:Dec 2022Smart cities have been envisioned to provide smartness in managing internet of things (IoT) application domains, such as transport and mobility, health care, natural resources, electricity and energy, homes and buildings, commerce and retail, ...Read morecbnd
Author:Mekuria, FissehaDate:Sep 2011As wireless devices and the useful services they can deliver become more pervasive and affordable; the need for wireless broadband technologies meeting the demands of emerging market countries is growing. In this paper the technology choice ...Read more
Author:Motsatsi, LDate:Apr 2012This presentation investigates the typology of learning environments that enable effective school teaching and learning. According to the National Education Policy Act (27/1996),research show that there is a direct link between the physical ...Read more
Author:Kepaletwe, D; Ndala, V; Phahlamohlaka, Letlibe JDate:Aug 2016This paper identifies and describes five economic activities through which ICT could effectively be used to open global markets for rural and marginalized communities. The activities are identified in contexts where there are no industries, ...Read more
Author:Evans, EDDate:Aug 1993The new South Africa needs information and the CSIR has enabled end-users to search international and local database using an intelligent gateway to provide easy, affordable access to all the well-known hosts. All terminals, Minitels and PCs ...Read more
Author:Heyns, R; Ndiaye, M; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Jun 2021In this work, we proposed an automated smart cart system for use in the shopping industry. A smart cart equipped with sensors and computing resources would classify as an edge device for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). In our design ...Read more
Author:Chhiba, Varsha P; Bode, M; Mathiba, K; Kwezi, Lusisizwe; Brady, DDate:Apr 2012A range of ß-aminonitriles (3-amino-3-phenylpropanenitrile and derivatives) were synthesised by reaction of various benzonitriles with acetonitrile and subsequent reduction of the resulting acrylonitrile products. These compounds were hydrolysed ...Read more
Author:Moolman, FS; Labuschagne, Philip W; Thantsa, MS; Van der Merwe, TL; Rolfes, H; Cloete, TEDate:2006Traditional encapsulation methods in fortified foods and drug delivery applications present difficulties for ‘actives’, such as probiotics, sensitive to exposure to water, solvents, heat or oxygen, where ‘active’ refers to a material, chemical ...Read more
Author:Trichili, A; Dudley, Angela L; Salem, AB; Ndagano, B; Zghal, M; Forbes, ADate:Aug 2015The authors experimentally demonstrate an information encoding protocol using the two degrees of freedom of Laguerre Gaussian modes having different radial and azimuthal components. A novel method, based on digital holography, for information ...Read more
Author:Trichili, A; Salem, AB; Dudley, Angela L; Zghal, M; Forbes, ADate:Jul 2016We experimentally demonstrate an efficient information transmission technique using Laguerre Gaussian (LG) modes. This technique is based on multiplexing and demultiplexing multiple LG modes with different azimuthal and radial components. At ...Read more
Author:Ntshangase, Cynthia S; Shabalala, Meshack BDate:Mar 2018In this paper, the literature survey of different algorithms for generating encryption keys using fingerprints is presented. The focus is on fingerprint features called minutiae points where fingerprint ridges end or bifurcate. Minutiae points ...Read more
Author:Smith, Andrew C; Gelderblom, HDate:Sep 2016This project investigated what a tangible programming environment could look like in which the program is an arrangement of personally meaningful objects. We identified Gestalt principles and Semiotic theory to be the theoretic foundations ...Read more