Author:Burgess, IG; Du Plessis, HWDate:26 May 2009The travelling public perceives pavement rideability as the primary measure of pavement quality. It is thus necessary to minimise surface unevenness at the construction stage in order not only to improve the public's perception of the quality ...Read more
Author:Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIRDate:2000This document provides performance-based guidelines for informed decision-making. The purpose is essentially to indicate the qualities that should be sought in South African settlements, and to provide practical guidance on how these qualities ...Read more
Author:Sibiya, G; Venter, HS; Ngobeni, Sipho J; Fogwill, TDate:Aug 2012Cloud computing is a new computing paradigm that presents fresh research issues in the field of digital forensics. Cloud computing builds upon virtualisation technologies and is distributed in nature. Depending on its implementation, the cloud ...Read more
Author:Mxoli, Ncedisa AM; Mostert, N; Gerber, MDate:Mar 2019Traditionally, health records have been stored in paper folders at the physician’s consulting rooms - or at the patient’s home. With the rise of technology there have been many offerings of ways to store health records in a safer and better ...Read more
Author:Wium, DJW; Ribbens, HDate:Feb 1986A method is described for setting the speed limit for a particular road section. Several speed limits based on different criteria are described for each of nine traffic and road factors. The most appropriate speed limit for each relevant ...Read more
Author:Purdy, G; Van Breda, C; Strohbach, H; Raath, JB; Godfrey, H; Kruger, MDate:Jul 1997The project was focused on the development of guidelines for the training of operators using high risk underground coal mining machinery. During the survey conducted it was noted that the multi-ethic nature of the machine operators made ...Read more
Author:Rudd, RTDate:Jan 1978Modern society is producing ever increasing quantities of dangerous and/or toxic wastes, which require safe and effective disposal if they are not to pose a threat to our water supplies or the environment in general.Read more
Author:Fourie, GA; Van Niekerk, DJDate:Nov 2001Mine planning and design involves the compilation and integration of all relevant geological, geotechnical, mining, engineering and economic data into a single document to define and describe the exploitation strategy for a particular mineral ...Read more
Author:Pienaar, PA; Mokonyama, Mathetha T; Das, DK; Pienaar, WJ; Stander, HJ; Van As, SC; Robinson, ADate:Jul 2023Roads provide linkages between cities and towns, neighbouring countries, and to other points of interest. Up until the mid-20th century, roads forming part of the national network in South Africa generally passed through cities and towns. As ...Read more
Author:Division of Roads and Transport Technology CSIR; Jordaan & Joubert Inc.Date:Mar 1993The purpose of this manual is to provide guidelines on the upgrading of gravel low volume roads to roads and maintenance personnel of road authorities of all sizes. Low volume is, for the purpose of this document, defined to be less than 500 ...Read more
Author:Matshaba, L; Nxozi, M; Herselman, Martha EDate:May 2023In the midst of dynamic healthcare needs, health information systems’ lack of interoperability continues to hinder the health sector’s ability to provide healthcare services. For instance, the recent COVID-19 epidemic has sparked discussion ...Read more
Author:Mittal, H; Maity, Arjun; Ray, SSDate:Oct 2015The main aim of this study was to develop a biodegradable flocculent and adsorbent based on the graft co-polymer of the Gum ghatti (Gg) with the co-polymer mixture of acrylamide (AAM) and acrylic acid (AA) using the microwave assisted graft ...Read more
Author:Mittala, H; Maity, Arjun; Ray, Suprakas SDate:Feb 2016Biodegradable hydrogel nanocomposites (HNC) of gum karaya (GK) grafted with poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) incorporated silicon carbide nanoparticles (SiC NPs) were synthesized using the in situ graft copolymerization method and tested for the ...Read more
Author:Van Wilgen, BWDate:2007Gums trees (in the genus Eucalyptus, from Australia) are not set to ‘disappear’ (even if some people wanted them to). Gums form an important component of the forest industry and, at last count, they covered over 540 000 ha in formal plantations ...Read more
Author:Shatalov, MY; Joubert, SV; Coetzee, CE; Fedotov, IDate:Jul 2007In symmetric distributed structures subjected to vibration and an inertial rotation, the vibrating patterns turn in the direction of revolution at a rate proportional to the inertial angular rate. This effect has numerous applications in ...Read more
Author:Butgereit, LL; Botha, AdèleDate:May 2009With the push to better school results in mathematics, science, and technology related subjects, often language education is moved into the background. In Africa, however, education is often not in the mother tongue of the learners. Pupils ...Read more