Author:Saidi, MDate:May 2007CSIR undertook a project to use systems methodologies and apply them towards a better understanding of the ‘assumed’ NPAS aiming: at establishing a suitable framework for analysis; describe and analyse the system in such a way that stakeholders ...Read more
Author:Saidi, MDate:May 2007The objective of the study is to develop a systems framework for the implementation and management of sustainable infrastructure technologies in the built environment with specific focus on health facilities. It look at the global trends and ...Read more
Author:Ferreira, A; De Saxe, C; Steenkamp, Anton J; Nordengen, PDate:Jul 2022The Static Rollover Threshold (SRT) is an important metric for characterising a heavy vehicle’s inherent stability and risk of rollover. Current methods of assessing SRT include a tilt-table test and multi-body dynamics simulation which can ...Read more
Author:Saidi, MDate:Jun 2007The objective of this research is to develop a user-perception assessment tool for health facilities in South Africa. The user-perception assessment tool is intended to be integrated into a broader health-facility performance assessment tool. ...Read more
Author:Van Heerden, Renier P; Pieterse, Heloise; Burke, Ivan D; Irwin, BDate:Nov 2013Computer network attacks are difficult to simulate due to the damage they may cause to live networks and the complexity required simulating a useful network. We constructed a virtualised network within a vSphere ESXi environment which is able ...Read more
Author:Platz, M; Herselman, Martha EDate:May 2018As acquiring skills and competences in ICTs are not fixed in university curricula in Germany yet, the ICT-skills gained by the students cannot be accredited formally. Therefore, the idea is to use an Open Digital Badge system to award the ...Read more
Author:Nice, Jako ADate:Oct 2019Studies indicate that an estimate eighty five percent of our time is spent indoors, with people sited as the main contributor of bacteria, and consequently pathogenic bacteria in indoor environments. This highlights the significance of the ...Read more
Author:Julia, J; Nyblade, AA; Gok, R; Walter, WR; Linzer, LM; Durrheim, RJDate:Sep 2008In this project, the authors are developing and exploiting a unique seismic dataset to address the characteristics of small seismic events and the associated seismic signals observed at local (<200 km) and regional (<2000 km) distances. The ...Read more
Author:Wall, KDate:Oct 2010Capacity building needs to relate to specific norms and standards, the achievement of which is, or should be the objective of building the capacity. Putting it simplistically, it should be ascertained what activities, what services, what ...Read more
Author:Davel, M; Barnard, EDate:Sep 2006Pronunciation lexicons often contain pronunciation variants. This can create two problems: It can be difficult to define these variants in an internally consistent way and it can also be difficult to extract generalised grapheme-to-phoneme ...Read more
Author:Van Reenen, Tobias H; Grobler, Jan-HendrikDate:Jul 2020This article presents the case that 12 air changes per hour (ACH) does not provide adequate control against the amplification of disease in different indoor congregate settings. It proposes an occupancy and risk-based algorithm for determining ...Read more
Author:Grobler, MDate:Mar 2010This paper presents a Digital Forensic (DF) governance framework and its mapping on the SANS ISO/IEC 38500:2009 Corporate governance of information technology structure. DF governance assists organisations in guiding the management team and ...Read more
Author:Bernard, Stewart; Kudela, R; Velo-Suarez, LDate:2014The majority of coastal regions and many freshwater systems across the globe are negatively affected by Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). The impact of such blooms has grown in recent decades, with regard to public health, ecosystem function, ...Read more
Author:Govender, Natasha; Barnard, E; Davel, MDate:Nov 2005In order to bring the tools of statistical pattern recognition to bear on intonation modelling, we need tailor-made corpora in the languages of interest. We describe how two such corpora were developed (for isiZulu and isiXhosa, respectively). ...Read more
Author:Koen, Renée; Magadla, T; Mokilane, PDate:Sep 2014Many decisions regarding capital investment in electricity generation technologies need to be made well in advance, usually when there is still a large amount of uncertainty regarding the favourability of future conditions. There may be ...Read more
Author:Thaba, James M; Mtsweni, Jabu SDate:Jun 2023The evolution of technology in the African battlespace continues to pose a significant challenge to the African militaries. This evolution increases the need for the African militaries to be able to operate in the cyberspace strategically and ...Read more
Author:Visser, Daniel FDate:Oct 2017This presentation showcases the Biomanufacturing Industry Development Centre, and discusses how an open innovation hub can contribute towards growth in the South African biomanufacturing industry.Read more
Author:Maritz, Johan; Le Roux, Alize; Mans, Gerbrand GDate:Jul 2017South Africa’s largest cities are subjected to high rates of urbanization with a projected 8 million people migrating to these urban spaces by 2030 [ 1]. Managing and guiding this growth is made more difficult due to the countries ‘apartheid ...Read more