Author:Louis, DK; Hanson, I; Masonta, Moshe TDate:May 2016This paper introduces the Ghana Technology University College (GTUC) television white space (TVWS) network deployed in Accra, Ghana. The network, which is still work-in-progress, provides Internet connectivity to six Senior High Schools and ...Read more
Author:Sharma Grover, A; Calteaux, Karen V; Van Huyssteen, G; Pretorius, MDate:Oct 2010South Africa is one of the few countries in the world that boasts a large number of official languages. Due to the efforts of the government and the local research and development (R&D) community all the official languages are enabled with ...Read more
Author:Peach, Schalk W; Irwin, B; Van Heerden, Renier PDate:Jul 2016The objective of this paper is to assess the current state of Container-Based Emulator implementations on the Linux platform. Through a narrative overview, a selection of open source Container-Based emulators are analysed to collect information ...Read more
Author:Du Preez, WDate:Sep 2011This presentation provides an overview of materials research in South Africa. It highlights research done on batteries, polymers, nanocomposites and nano-metal matrix composites, piezoelectric materials, light metals and laser processing of ...Read more
Author:Chinnasamy, S; Maharajh, Dheepak M; Rajendran, L; Bhaskar, S; Ratha, SK; Rengasamy, RDate:Mar 2015Microalgae are fast becoming a favoured feedstock for the production of advanced biofuels including biodiesel, biocrude, bioethanol, biomethane, green diesel and biojet fuels. Algae for their growth require sunlight, COfrom waste streams, ...Read more
Author:Le Roux, Alize; Mans, Gerbrand G; Van Heerden, Quintin; Ludick, ChantelDate:Nov 2018There is a need for models and tools, to better understand/explore the impacts of future policies on land use, to predict behaviour under specific scenarios, inputs and pressures, to study, understand and explore links and phenomenas. Urban ...Read more
Author:Hersey, SP; Garland, Rebecca M; Crosbie, E; Schinger, T; Sorooshian, A; Piketh, S; Burger, RDate:Apr 2015The authors present a comprehensive overview of particulate air quality across the five major metropolitan areas of South Africa (Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Johannesburg and Tshwane (Gauteng Province), the Industrial Highveld Air Quality Priority ...Read more
Author:Van Eden, Beatrice; Rosman, Benjamin SDate:Jan 2019Robot vision is an interdisciplinary field that deals with how robots can be made to gain high-level understanding from digital images or videos. Understanding an image at the pixel level often does not provide enough information for decision ...Read more
Author:Gardiner, DDate:Oct 2012In this presentation the author provides an overview of health R&D within the CSIR, and how the organisation is responding to challenges faced by the health care sector.Read more
Author:Johnson, D; Lysko, Albert ADate:Sep 2007Predicting the performance of ad-hoc networking protocols has typically been performed by making use of software based simulation tools. Experimental study and validation of such predictions is vital to obtaining more realistic results, but ...Read more
Author:Ngwangwa, HM; Heyns, PS; Labuschagne, FJJ; Kululanga, GKDate:Jul 2008A healthy road transport systems is essential for any country's social and economic development. It is generally observed that if road deterioration is allowed to increase, the economy will need significantly larger expenditures in subsequent ...Read more
Author:Nordengen, Paul A; Berman, Robert J; De Saxe, Christopher C; Diess, JDate:Oct 2018The Performance-Based Standards or “Smart Truck” pilot project is a national research initiative that is trialling the introduction of high productivity road freight transport in South Africa. This initiative is being led by stakeholders from ...Read more
Author:Banerjee, R; Ray, Suprakas SDate:Jan 2021The article reports recent advances in reference to the existing literature and presents a knowledge gap and potential solution ideas for polylactide (PLA) nanocomposites as sustainable materials. Various types of nanoparticles have been used ...Read more
Author:Marais, Mario ADate:Nov 2012The sustainability of ICT for Development (ICT4D) initiatives, and indeed any development initiative, depends on many different factors that has been summarised in terms of financial, social, institutional, technological, and environmental ...Read more
Author:Theyse, HL; De Beer, Morris; Rust, FCDate:1996A historical overview of the South African mechanistic pavement design method, from its development in the early 1970s to the present, is presented. Material characterization, structural analysis, and pavement life prediction are discussed, ...Read more
Author:Smyth, J; Philogene, L; Bindon, J; Brooks, M; Smith, G; Snedden, Glen CDate:Oct 2012Space technologies are becoming increasingly important to economic development in Africa. Despite this, the continent lacks a satellite launch capability and its reliance on foreign launch service providers may be seen as both limiting ...Read more
Author:Kinabo, AB; Mwangam, JB; Lysko, Albert ADate:May 2021The state of the art for real-time factory-floor communications consists ofa variety of protocols and technologies that aid in timely data exchange through thnetwork. The majority of these are of a fieldbus type, running on a wired link like ...Read more