Author:Salehiyan, Reza; Ray, Suprakas S; Sinha Roy, Jayita; Ojijo, Vincent ODate:Aug 2017The present work investigates the distribution of nanoclay particles at the interface and their influence on the microstructure development and non-linear rheological properties of reactively processed biodegradable polylactide/poly(butylene ...Read more
Author:Madala, NE; Piater, L; Dubery, I; Steenkamp, Paul ADate:Aug 2016Plants from the Momordica genus, Curcubitaceae, are used for several purposes, especially for their nutritional and medicinal properties. Commonly known as bitter gourds, melon and cucumber, these plants are characterized by a bitter taste ...Read more
Author:Murambadoro, MDate:Nov 2011District Municipality environmental officers attending the 2011 SRRP training workshop were introduced to the South African Risk and Vulnerability Atlas (SARVA) as a vital tool for local planning and resilience. This workshop was aimed at ...Read more
Author:Cowling, RM; Le Maitre, David C; McKenzie, B; Prys-Jones, RP; Van Wilgen, BWDate:1987This volume comprises invited review and research papers dealing with the effects of disturbance on the dynamics of fynbos biome communities. Since fire is the most important disturbance factor in the biome, most contributions concentrate ...Read more
Author:Kalapureddy, MCR; Kumar, KK; Sivakumar, V; Ghosh, AK; Jain, AR; Reddy, KKDate:Apr 2007This paper presents the diurnal and seasonal variation of Turbulence Kinetic Energy (TKE) dissipation rate (ε) in the Atmospheric Boundary-Layer (ABL) over a tropical station, Gadanki (13.5° N, 79.2° E) in India. Doppler spectral width ...Read more
Author:Lemanski, C; Landman, K; Durrington, MDate:Jun 2008The last 20 years has witnessed an explosion not only in the growth of private residential territories throughout the world, but also in the literature addressing them. The majority of research is centred on experiences in the United States ...Read more
Author:Mudau, Unarine B; Senatla, M; Mulaba-Bafubiandi, AFDate:Apr 2021South African sugar industry is facing a major decline in sugar demand. The demand is decreased due to global decrease of sugar consumption, and locally coupled by the introduction of the health promotion levy and tax on sugar beverages. As ...Read more
Author:Mouton, M; Postma, F; Wilsenach, J; Botha, ADate:Aug 2012Marine fungi are known to originate from a wide variety of habitats within the marine environment. Marine sediment represents one environmental niche, with most fungi occurring in these sediments being facultative marine fungi with terrestrial ...Read more
Author:Kostinek, M; Specht, I; Edward, VA; Schillinger, U; Hertel, C; Holzapfel, WH; Franz, CMAPDate:Aug 2005Traditional fermentation of cassava is dominated by a lactic acid bacteria (LAB) population. Fermentation is important for improving product flavour and aroma as well as safety, especially by reduction of its toxic cyanogenic glycosides. The ...Read more
Author:Haywood, Lorren K; Trotter, Douglas H; Faccer, Kristy; Brent, ACDate:2013Various driving forces originating from society, government, employees and partners are forcing business to incorporate both sustainable development in its internal operations and practices, and to align these with the principles thereof. The ...Read more
Author:Van Zyl, Louwrens HDate:Jun 2007This paper describes the extension of the DLM to account for effects that are critical to the modelling of T-tail flutter. The boundary condition is made more general to account for yaw/dihedral and sideslip/dihedral coupling and the calculation ...Read more
Author:Wahab, OO; Olasunkanmi, LO; Govender, Krishna; Govender, PPDate:Jan 2018Aqueous solubility and reactivity of four azo dyes were investigated by DMol3/COSMO-RS calculation to examine the effects of global orbital cut-off and COSMO segment variation on the accuracies of theoretical solubility and reactivity. The ...Read more
Author:Phokeer, A; Aina, A; Johnson, DavidDate:Dec 2016The DNS, as one of the oldest components of the modern Internet, has been studied multiple times. It is a known fact that operational issues such as mis-configured name servers affect the responsiveness of the DNS service which could lead to ...Read more
Author:Das, Sonali; Chen, M-H; Warren, N; Hodgson, MDate:Dec 2010This paper evaluates relationships between healthcare employees’ perceptions of three hospital organisational constructs (Leadership, Support and Resources), and their assessment of two employee-related outcomes (employee satisfaction, ...Read more
Author:Whitecross, MA; Archibald, S; Witkowski, EFTDate:Nov 2012Frost disturbance is often mentioned in southern African savanna literature, but it is seldom discussed or investigated further. However, it can represent an above-ground disturbance as effective as fire or browsing, depending on the resistance ...Read more
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Jul 2008The purpose of this paper is to determine whether green building assessment criteria meet the imperatives of sustainable development. The paper finds that green building assessment criteria fail to meet the sustainable development imperatives ...Read more
Author:Van Deventer, Heidi; Cho, Moses A; Mutanga, ODate:Apr 2013Studies in the Northern hemisphere have shown the potential of foliar pigment seasonal profiles as a means of improving species discrimination. Remote sensing vegetation indices have been used to optimise absorption features presented by ...Read more
Author:Geyer, H; Ngidi, MS; Mans, Gerbrand GDate:May 2018The former homelands and tribal authorities have large populations and high densities with low levels of economic activity and low employment. Population growth in these settlements is in contrast to expectations of population declines, due ...Read more