Author:Pillay, Kasandra; Xie, C; Ruffini, M; Shi, L; Smith, D; Monga, I; Wang, X; Wey, JSDate:Jun 2019Over the past 50 years, the development of information and communications technology has provided unprecedented support to the steady economic growth of developed countries. In recent years, some of the largest growth has been reported in ...Read more
Author:Smith, Suzanne; Land, Kevin; Korvink, JG; Mager, DDate:Oct 2017In rural settings, the implementation of data connectivity for point-of-care (POC) diagnostics is becoming increasingly important, but introduces complex challenges, where cost, infrastructure, and training of staff need to be balanced if ...Read more
Author:Halland, Y; Mniki, NDate:30 Apr 2009“Connecting People and Information” takes on a whole new meaning when there is a 6 000-10 000 km distance between the publishers of information and the users and where an even greater chasm exists between the currencies and economies of ...Read more
Author:Chakwizira, J; Nhemachena, C; Mashiri, MDate:Aug 2010This paper establishes the connection between transport, agriculture and rural development. The paper achieves this purpose by drawing from the experiences of the Mhlontlo municipality integrated infrastructure atlas project. The connection ...Read more
Author:Weerts, Steven PDate:Oct 2019This presentation is about the connectivity amongst marine, estuarine and freshwater systems and its implications for estuarine fish communities.Read more
Author:Salami, O; Bagula, A; Chan, HADate:Aug 2009In Inter-working multi-hop wireless networks, establishing resilient connectivity between source-destination node pairs is a major issue. The issues of connectivity in Multi-hop wireless networks have been studied. However, these analyses ...Read more
Author:Von Solms, S; Van Heerden, Renier PDate:Mar 2015In June 2013, the Guardian newspaper started to disclose thousands of classified documents, which uncovered the existence of several mass surveillance programmes run by the National Security Agency (NSA) in the USA in cooperation with several ...Read more
Author:Siegfried, WR; Davies, BRDate:Sep 1982One of the main challenges facing mankind is to find answers to pressing problems attending the utilization of natural resources, while at the same time taking care not to create even greater problems in the future. In South Africa, a step ...Read more
Author:O'Keeffe, JHDate:1986The report presents the proceedings of a three-day workshop at Midmar Dam designed to establish a consensus view of river conservation and to provide professional conservationists, managers and planners with a set of guidelines. These indicate ...Read more
Author:Hall, AVDate:Nov 1984The aim of this book is to give a holistic setting to the conservation of plants and animals. Instead of concentrating on species alone, the aim is to spread the concern to the physical and biological features; including humanity that make ...Read more
Author:Jarman, MLDate:1986Natural vegetation in the lowland regions of the fynbos biome has been transformed by modern land-use practices to a patchwork of small remnants. A system is described for identifying sites of conservation merit from these known remnants, and ...Read more
Author:National Building Research InstituteDate:Sep 1981Energy is becoming increasingly expensive. Conservation can offset the increase in energy cost and can therefore be considered a new and can fairly inexpensive source of energy. The following article looks at the ways in which energy savings ...Read more
Author:Kenyon, CP; Roth, Robyn L; Van der Westhuyzen, Christiaan W; Parkinson, CJDate:Mar 2012The kinome is made up of a large number of functionally diverse enzymes, with the classification indicating very little about the extent of the conserved kinetic mechanisms associated with phosphoryl transfer. It has been demonstrated that ...Read more
Author:Naidoo, M; Piketh, SDate:Oct 2015Air quality modelling requires the identification of all relevant sources of emissions and the accurate calculation of the emissions rates. Many of these sources include anthropogenic activities that need to be accounted for in any emissions ...Read more
Author:Steyn, WJvdM; Visser, ATDate:Jul 2001The aim of this paper is to present some of the results of the vehicle-pavement interaction project, mainly in terms of the expected effects of pavement roughness on the moving dynamic effects in pavement analysis and design. Background is ...Read more
Author:Lysko, Albert A; Dludla, Angeline GDate:Nov 2018This work considers coexistence of DVB-T2 and LTE in South Africa. The protection ratios for protecting DVB T2 transmission against interference from LTE are calculated based to the DVB-T2 specifications used in South Africa. An approach is ...Read more
Author:Nice, Jako ADate:Dec 2019As humans we spend up to 90% of our lifes in indoor environments. Considering the rate of urbanisation in South Africa and globally, it would be prudent to consider the health quality of the indoor environments of current and future planned ...Read more
Author:Meissner, R; Gonçalves, Duarte PDDate:Jan 2022Actors’ worldviews are critical when developing strategies; not every actor holds the same problem perception and solution. This is the case with wildlife trafficking. Not only does the state have an interest in safeguarding South Africa’s ...Read more
Author:Lysko, Albert A; Ngcama, Lwando; Shingwenyana, Rhulani K; Ramotsoela, DDate:Dec 2022Smart water utility management is gaining strong momentum as it can help to identify leaks and control the water flow, level and pressure. The latter can be used to reduce leaks, reduce bursts and prolong the life of pipes. All these factors ...Read more