Author:Thambiran, Tirusha; Diab, R; Zunckel, MDate:Oct 2007The combustion of fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) and biomass for use as energy in homes, industries and motor vehicles, leads to a wide spectrum of air emissions that include nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), sulphur ...Read more
Author:Nel, JL; Turak, E; Linke, S; Brown, CDate:Mar 2011Integrated water resources management offers an ideal platform for addressing the goals of freshwater conservation and climate change adaptation. Environmental flow assessment and systematic conservation planning have evolved separately in ...Read more
Author:Abbott, GR; Parsons, SA; Maritz, Johan; Badenhorst, W; De Jager, PetaDate:Oct 2008While positive progress was being made in the latter half of last century in the treatment of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) epidemic across the world, the emergence of new drug resistant forms – multi drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and ...Read more
Author:Nwachukwu, SE; Chepkoech, M; Lysko, Albert A; Awodele, K; Mwangama, J; Burger, Chris RDate:Aug 2022The steady increase in data traffic rates and systems’ complexity have contributed to the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector’s increased energy consumption and CO 2 emissions. These pose a significant challenge to the ...Read more
Author:Nwachukwu, SE; Chepkoech, M; Lysko, Albert A; Awodele, K; Mwangama, J; Burger, Chris RDate:Aug 2022The steady increase in data traffic rates and systems’ complexity have contributed to the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector’s increased energy consumption and CO 2 emissions. These pose a significant challenge to the ...Read more
Author:Roos, T; Surridge-Talbot, KDate:Oct 2015Numerous economically important high temperature processes contribute to South African emissions; this is apart from the electricity generation sector which is responsible for half of South African emissions. Some are driven by fossil fuel ...Read more
Author:Ditshego, JK; Mokonyama, Mathetha TDate:Jul 2023This research was about establishing the extent to which digital technologies have impacted the institutional arrangements, efficiency of operational procedures, and coverage of the Revised Taxi Recapitalisation Program. However, the approach ...Read more
Author:Mvelase, PS; Dlamini, ZZ; Dludla, Angeline G; Sithole, Happy MDate:Nov 2015The acceptance of cloud computing is increasing in a fast pace in distributed computing environment. The use of cloud environments for storage and data processing needs is on the rise. On the other hand, mobile devices have been seen as one ...Read more
Author:Gerber, A; Meyer, T; Seebregts, C; Britz, A; Pretorius, L; Alberts, R; Moodley, D; Halland, KDate:Nov 2008Integrating a mechanism to store, retrieve and use clinical data with a system to manage medical records enables better utilisation of medical data and improved healthcare. This poster introduces a research project that aims to extend OpenMRS ...Read more
Author:Van Zyl, Louwrens HDate:Nov 1994The article discusses ways in which the integrals resulting from a zero-order discontinuous pressure distribution can be arranged in such a way that they can be solved by either normal quadrature or curve fitting followed by analytical ...Read more
Author:Erasmus, Louwrence D; Auret, Marius; Venter, Jacobus PDate:Oct 2022This paper proposes an Integrative Engineering Framework for performing enterprise architecture, enterprise, systems, and software engineering in a research, development and innovation enterprise. A constructivist approach is used in developing ...Read more
Author:Alberts, Ronell; Fogwill, Thomas A; Botha, Adèle; Chetty, DhayalanDate:May 2014Both eHealth and mHealth have much potential for efficient and effective health service delivery. However, fragmentation of applications and the lack of interoperability have been identified as major challenges for the effective deployment ...Read more
Author:Robertson, JDate:Aug 2014The lack of qualification of a common operating picture (COP) directly impacts the situational awareness of military Command and Control (C2). Since a commander is reliant on situational awareness information in order to make decisions regarding ...Read more
Author:Verryn, SDDate:Jul 2008The CSIR Tree Improvement Research Group has an approximately 50 year old eucalypt and pine species breeding research program and during this time over 50 species and hybrids have been included in the program. By 1994, the CSIR initiated it’s ...Read more
Author:Kaya, SM; Isler, B; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Rasheed, J; AlShammari, ADate:Feb 2023Industrialization and rapid urbanization in almost every country adversely affect many of our environmental values, such as our core ecosystem, regional climate differences and global diversity. The difficulties we encounter as a result of ...Read more
Author:Laine, TH; Smith, Andrew C; Foko, Thato EDate:Jan 2010UFractions is a ubiquitous learning environment which combines mobile technology, tangible fraction blocks and a story-based game into a mathematical learning experience. In this paper the authors present a novel concept for monitoring a ...Read more
Author:Smith, Andrew C; Laine, THDate:May 2011A combination of modern technology and hand-crafted items is used as a learning tool for children. Instructions from a server are relayed via a cellular phone network to the user. The user places hand-crafted objects on a transparent surface ...Read more
Author:Kliks, A; Medeisis, A; Haddad, Y; Masonta, Moshe T; De Nardis, L; Holland, ODate:Oct 2013This chapter addresses a number of issues related to standardization and regulatory policies aiming at promoting energy-efficient communications and networking, highlighting the need of synergic approach. It encompasses the analysis of various ...Read more