Author:Young, R; Gomez, MH; McDonough, CM; Waniska, RD; Rooney, LWDate:Mar 1993Sorghum grains varying in grain hardness or endosperm texture (soft and intermediate) and starch composition (nonwaxy and waxy) were parboiled. Whole grain (one volume) and water (three volumes) were boiled, soaked for 12 hr, and brought to ...Read more
Author:Hunter, LDate:Nov 1985A range of men's sleeveless cotton vests has been subjected to wearer trial, involving 11 wearers, and to laboratory testing, particular attention being paid to dimensional changes and constants.Read more
Author:Oelofse, Suzanna HHDate:Aug 2013This presentation deals with the changes which can be expected in the waste management legislation and the implementation of new methods of management.Read more
Author:Oelofse, Suzanna HH; Muswema, Aubrey P; Koen, RenéeDate:Oct 2016Changing the face of waste management in South Africa, includes waste diversion from landfill to alternative management options. There are a number of interventions to consider which may vary from very low tech, labour intensive solutions to ...Read more
Author:Grobler, M; Jansen van Vuuren, J; Zaaiman, JDate:Mar 2011The international scope of the internet and global reach of technological usage requires the South African legislative system to address issues related to the application and implementation of international legislation. However, legislation ...Read more
Author:Alberts, Ronell; Botha, Adèle; Fogwill, Thomas ADate:Dec 2014Mobile technologies have become a social reality in large parts of the developing world in general and in Africa especially. The large scale connected representativeness of access to and often ownership of mobile devices opens many doors to ...Read more
Author:Alberts, Ronell; Botha, Adèle; Fogwill, ThomasDate:2015Mobile technologies have become a social reality in large parts of the developing world in general and in Africa especially. The large scale connected representativeness of access to and often ownership of mobile devices opens many doors to ...Read more
Author:Sokoya, O; Maharaj, BTDate:Sep 2008The performance of space time trellis coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (STTC-OFDM) systems relies on accurate channel state information at the receiver for proper decoding. One method of obtaining channel state information is ...Read more
Author:Kleynhans, N; Barnard, EDate:Nov 2008The performance of trainable speech-processing systems deteriorates significantly when there is a mismatch between the training and testing data. The data mismatch becomes a dominant factor when collecting speech data for resource scarce ...Read more
Author:Makgamatha, AS; Zuva, T; Masonta, Moshe TDate:Aug 2018Growing demand of reliable and affordable wireless connectivity requires alternative solutions and television white space (TVWS) provides that opportunity. However, the biggest challenge in TV spectrum re-use is to allocate best channels for ...Read more
Author:Mosola, NN; Dlamini, Thandokuhle M; Blackledge, JM; Eloff, JHP; Venter, HSDate:Sep 2017Cloud computing brings flexible and cost effective services. However, security concerns plague the cloud. Data confidentiality is one of the concerns inhibiting the adoption of cloud computing. This concern stems from various cyberattacks ...Read more
Author:Slinger, J; Taljaard, Susan; D'Hont, FDate:Jan 2020This book captures the learning from a cross-comparison of seven international inlet or estuary mouth management situations. The conceptual framing is provided by a focus on systems knowledge and its development and use within coastal management. ...Read more
Author:Coelho, ST; Bouille, DH; Mani, SK; Stafford, William HLDate:Jan 2020The adequate collection and disposal of municipal solid waste (MSW) remain a challenge in developing countries as a direct consequence of inadequate practices, which in turn produce negative environmental and social impacts. In industrialized ...Read more
Author:Moschandreas, DJ; Watson, J; D'Abreton, P; Scire, J; Zhu, T; Klein, W; Saksena, SDate:Dec 2002In this chapter, the concept of exposure assessment and its evolution is introduced, and evaluated by critically appraising the pertinent literature as it applies to exposures to Particulate Matter (PM). Exposure measurement or estimation ...Read more
Author:Myburhg, JJDate:1975In August 1974, it was requested by the Combustion Department to produce a suitable char for use in their gas producer. It was decided to use Bank coal. The coal was washed at the Coal Preparation Pilot Plant on 19th Jul½ 1974 at a relative ...Read more
Author:Bezuidenhout, Petrone H; Kumar, Raju; Wiederoder, M; Schoeman, J; Land, Kevin J; Joubert, T-HDate:Feb 2017This paper describes the development and optimisation of a paper-based E. coli impedimetric biosensor for water quality monitoring. Impedimetric biosensing is advantageous because it is a highly sensitive, label-free, real-time method for the ...Read more
Author:Strauss, K; Brent, AC; Hietkamp, SDate:May 2006Current Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) procedures have demonstrated certain limitations in the South African manufacturing industry. The aim of this paper is to propose new characterisation and normalisation factors for classified mined ...Read more
Author:Mhlanga, N; Ray, Suprakas SDate:2014This study reports the synthesis, characterisation and thermal properties of polylactide (PLA)/titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO(sub2) NPs) composites using the sol–gel method. The percentage weight of TiO(sub2) NP sol was varied from 3, ...Read more