Author:Gitau, S; Diga, K; Bidwell, NJ; Marsden, GDate:2010Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), especially those based at the community level, have been identified as pivotal tools in the field of social economic development. They are known to have structured frameworks through which they dispense ...Read more
Author:Bischof-Niemz, Tobias; Van den Berg, JDate:Nov 2016Solar PV and wind are the two cheapest new-build options in South Africa per energy unit today. Significant technology cost reductions in recent years combined with world class solar and wind (>35% load factor achievable in almost 70% of South ...Read more
Author:Nahman, Anton; Mahumani, BK; De Lange, Willem JDate:Feb 2016Worldwide, there is increasing recognition of the need for countries to pursue a "green economy". Given the broad (economic, social and environmental) objectives of a green economy, and the limitations associated with mainstream measures of ...Read more
Author:Van Zyl, TDate:Oct 2012The paper presents the problems associated with current geographic information system (GIS) and the need for their integration with other specialised tooling such as statistics in R or matrix algebra of Octave. The authors take the stance ...Read more
Author:Moganedi, Mapoung S; Mtsweni, Jabu SDate:Jun 2017The significant growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) is revolutionizing the way people live by transforming everyday Internet-enabled objects into an interconnected ecosystem of digital and personal information accessible anytime and anywhere. ...Read more
Author:Mitchell, P; Plug, I; Bailey, G; Charles, R; Esterhuysen, A; Thorp, JL; Parker, A; Woodborne, SDate:Mar 2011The activities of hunter-gatherers are often captured in rockshelters, but here the authors present a study of a riverside settlement outside one, with a rich sequence from 1300 BC to AD 800. Thanks to frequent flooding, periods of occupation ...Read more
Author:Van Rensburg, J; Du Buisson, U; Cronje, B; Marais, Mario A; Haruperi, EDate:Jun 2014This paper describes essential, real-world activities and processes needed to develop and deploy people-centred networks enabled with innovative technologies that in turn produce “essential knowledge economy functions in service of systemic ...Read more
Author:Emeruem, C; Keet, CM; Dawood, Zubeida C; Wang, SDate:Aug 2022Foundational ontologies are known to have a steep learning curve, which hampers casual use by domain ontology developers to use them for domain ontology development. Foundational ontology developers have not provided methods or tools to lower ...Read more
Author:Cronje, JDate:Nov 2011A fast local image feature detector and descriptor that is implementable on the GPU is proposed. This method is the first GPU implementation of the popular FAST detector. A simple but novel method of feature orientation estimation which can ...Read more
Author:Malherbe, Johan; Landman, WA; Engelbrecht, FADate:Jun 2014The association between bi-decadal rainfall variability over southern Africa and the rainfall contributed by tropical cyclonic systems from the Southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO) provides a potential means towards understanding decadal-scale ...Read more
Author:Dlamini, I; Olivier, M; Sibiya, SDate:Aug 2009Network forensics involves capturing, recording and analysing network activity in discovering the source of security policy violations or information assurance. The network forensic system that is described in this paper is called the ...Read more
Author:Pelser, Winnie CDate:Sep 2019Many of the administrative decisions that must be made in a military environment are complex and rely on a rational analysis of situations. Decisions within the domain of ageing systems are particularly difficult and often riddled with different ...Read more
Author:Ndlovu, Z; Desai, D; Pandelani, Thanyani A; Ngwangwa, H; Nemavhola, FDate:Feb 2022This study assesses the modelling capabilities of four constitutive hyperelastic material models to fit the experimental data of the porcine sclera soft tissue. It further estimates the material parameters and discusses their applicability ...Read more
Author:Ndlovu, Z; Desai, D; Pandelani, Thanyani A; Ngwangwa, H; Nemavhola, FDate:Feb 2022This study assesses the modelling capabilities of four constitutive hyperelastic material models to fit the experimental data of the porcine sclera soft tissue. It further estimates the material parameters and discusses their applicability ...Read more
Author:Davies, BR; Davies, T; Frazer, J; Chutter, FMDate:Sep 1982This bibliography is a direct outcome of the SIL-UNEP Workshop on African Limnology held at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, between 16-23 December, 1979. Part 1 of the framework document for the A4 section of the Workshop - "Invertebrates" ...Read more
Author:Jarman, ML; Cowling, RM; Haynes, R; Kruger, FJ; Pierce, SM; Moll, GDate:Aug 1981References to 814 publications are presented, together with keyword listings and a keyword index. This bibliography forms part of the Phase I review and synthesis activity of the Fynbos Biome Project.Read more
Author:Manders, PT; Dicks, FMDate:Dec 1989The first edition of a bibliography of fynbos ecology was produced in 1981 and comprised 814 references to work completed or commenced prior to the initiation of the Fynbos Biome Project. It is appropriate that this second edition of the ...Read more
Author:Darracott, DA; Brown, ACDate:Feb 1980This bibliography was sponsored by the Marine Biology Section of the South African National Committee for Oceanographic Research (SANCOR). It has been attempted to include all publications which appeared before the end of 1977, either in South ...Read more
Author:Bally, RDate:1986This bibliography covers the literature relating to sandy beaches on the African continent and outlying islands. The bibliography lists biological, chemical, geographical and geological references and covers shallow marine sediments, surf ...Read more