Author:Venter, Jacobus P; Van Waveren, CCDate:Jun 2009The development of new and improved management methods for new product development is important. Existing methods suffer from a number of shortcomings, especially their inability to deal with a mixture of quantitative and qualitative data. ...Read more
Author:Roos, TH; Harms, TMDate:Jun 2014In the popular Discrete Ordinates Method (DOM) formulation of the Equation of Radiative Transfer (ERT), the 4 pi solid angle range of directions is divided into a finite number of discrete directions or ordinates. This requires that the ...Read more
Author:O'Quigley, DGF; Luyckx, S; James, MNDate:May 1996Two sets of WC-Co grades were produced, with cobalt content ranging from 3 to 50 wt.%. The mean grain size of the two sets was 2.2 and 6 mu m respectively. The two sets of grades were used to investigate the relationship between hardness and ...Read more
Author:Reddy, GSM; Narasimhaswamy, T; Jayaramudu, J; Sadiku, ER; Raju, KM; Ray, SSDate:May 2013A new series of side chain liquid crystalline polymers containing a core, a butamethylenoxy spacer, ester groups, and terminal alkoxy groups were synthesised and their structures were confirmed. The core was constructed with two phenyl rings ...Read more
Author:Chutter, FMDate:1962In the course of an ecological survey of the macro-invertebrate fauna of the stream and rivers in the catchment of the Vaal Dam the author found a new species of Pseudagrion which is described here. The author’s colleagues, engaged in similar ...Read more
Author:Welsh, HDate:1963The author is indebted to Dr. A.D Harrison of the Department of Zoology, University of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Salibury, for sending him some algal material collected on the 25th of April 1962, in a granophyre rock pool high above the Lundi ...Read more
Author:Vogt, D; Brink, VZ; Brink, S; Price, M; Kagezi, BDate:01 Sep 2010Rockfalls are responsible for more than 30 percent of the fatalities on South African gold and platinum mines, with associated costs and lost productivity. One of the most important activities in the mitigation of rockfalls is the entry ...Read more
Author:Vogt, D; Brink, VZ; Schutte, SDate:Sep 2009South African underground hard rock mines are typically managed using measurements made daily, weekly or even monthly of key parameters like face advance, readiness to blast, blast success, temperature or dust levels. Safety and health can ...Read more
Author:Rodil, K; Winschiers-Theophilus, H; Bidwell, NJ; Eskildsen, S; Rehm, M; Koch Kapuire, GDate:Sep 2011Current views of sustainable development recognize the importance of accepting the Indigenous Knowledge (IK) of rural people. However, there is an increasing technological gap between elder IK holders and the younger generation and a persistent ...Read more
Author:Garland, Rebecca M; Wernecke, B; Feig, G; Langerman, KDate:2021Ambient air quality standards are a key policy lever in air quality management. In South Africa, the introduction of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) highlighted the shift in the focus of air quality management from source ...Read more
Author:De Jager, Peta; Knoetze, Theunis P; Abbott, GDate:May 2016Hospitals are widely recognised to have complex design and engineering requirements. It might be argued that the unique functional constraints and operational demand placed upon the hospital building may counter sustainability imperatives. ...Read more
Author:Harding, Charl E; Naudé, BDate:Aug 2010This paper addresses a Next Generation Network (NGN) performance management model in a business context. The CSIR is currently in the process of the concept design for the new Next Generation Communications Network (NGCN) for a large South ...Read more
Author:Sanne, MartinDate:2017This presentation discusses innovation and The Next Industrial Revolution Industry 4.0 by Martin Sanne at the 6th CSIR Conference: Ideas that work for industrial development, 5-6 October 2017, CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, ...Read more
Author:Vreugdenhil, H; Frantzeskaki, N; Taljaard, Susan; Ker Rault, P; Slinger, JDate:Apr 2009Pilot projects are policy instruments applicable for many types of purposes. Pilot projects are mainly applied to introduce or test new practices, ideas or technologies. Among the benefits and impacts of pilot projects, the authors found the ...Read more
Author:Booth, R; Meyer, T; Varzinczak, IJDate:Jun 2009Standard belief contraction assumes an underlying logic containing full classical propositional logic, but there are good reasons for considering contraction in less expressive logics. In this paper, researchers focus on Horn logic. In addition ...Read more
Author:Ozoemena, K; Kebede, Mesfin ADate:Jul 2016Every market analysis predicts that lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) will dominate energy storage technologies for now and the foreseeable future. LIBs will drive many applications ranging from portable electronics to electric vehicles and smart ...Read more
Author:Ren, Jianwei; Segakweng, T; Langmi, Henrietta W; North, Brian C; Mathe, Mahlanyane KDate:Oct 2015Metal–organic framework (MOF) materials are only obtained as loose powders with low packing density and thermal conductivity. To enable the developed MOF powdered materials to be utilized in a hydrogen storage system, in this study, MIL-101 ...Read more
Author:Matseke, Mphoma SDate:Aug 2019This presentation discusses the Ni-doped CoFe2O4/C nanoparticles as efficient catalysts for ORR in alkaline media.Read more
Author:Letebele, MO; Maseloma, RC; Mokonyama, Mathetha TDate:Jul 2009Fuel costs are a significant component of a public transport fare. It is therefore of critical importance for measures aimed at containing household public transport expenditure to explore alternative ways of reducing fuel consumption or fuel ...Read more