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(MDPI, 2016-08)Savanna ecosystems and their woody vegetation provide valuable resources and ecosystem services. Locally calibrated and cost effective estimates of these resources are required in order to satisfy commitments to monitor ...
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(2016-11)This paper presents a data driven approach to develop a prediction model for the PBS performance of heavy vehicles. A gap exists between trailer manufacturers who create PBS vehicle designs and the PBS assessors who evaluate ...
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(Taylor & Francis, 2009-01)The research objective was to determine robust hyperspectral predictors for monitoring grass/herbs biomass production on a yearly basis in the Majella National Park, italy. Hymap images were over the study area on 15 July ...
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(Taylor & Francis, 2014)Spectral signatures of water hyacinth grown with biocontrol agents (Neochetina eichornia and N. bruchi) and various heavy metal pollutants were collected at the plant canopy level using a hand-held spectrometer to detect ...
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(2010-03)Information on the distribution of grass quality (nutrient concentration) is crucial in understanding rangeland vitality and facilitates effective management of wildlife and livestock. The spatial distribution of grass ...
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(IEEE, 2014-09)The Department of Science and Technology of South Africa developed the National Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Technologies (HFCT) Research, Development and Innovation Strategy. The National Strategy was branded Hydrogen South ...
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(2011-11)The basic concepts of weather and seasonal prediction is explained and the various forcings involved.
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(2010-10)In order to produce a weather forecast, the initial state of the atmosphere needs to be entered into the forecast model taking into account factors such as temperature, wind and moisture. However, the scale of some atmospheric ...
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(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2001-06)Levels of heterosexually transmitted HIV infection are high amongst South African youth, with one recent survey reporting levels of 18.9% amongst 17-20 year olds and 43.1% amongst 21-25 year olds. In these groups levels ...
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(2008-08)This paper describes the steady progress that the South African department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) has been making with formulating a national water services infrastructure asset management (IAM) strategy. A ...
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(Alive2green, 2010-01)The environmental rating and certification of products is a voluntary, market-based response by industry and business to the consumer’s perceptions of the importance of the environment. On the one hand, environmental product ...
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(University of Venda, 2013-05)An integrated and coordinated agrarian land use decision making tool - ICAD for short – was launched recently. Developed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Univen’s Institute for Rural Development, the ...
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(CSIR, 2010-08-31)Information and Communications Technology for Development (ICT4D) is faced with the challenge of creating sustainable and innovative success stories which speak to the creation of an inclusive digital society. Initial ...
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(Wiley, 2015-02)Sustainability is a systems concept, and ICT4D plays a vital role in a sustainable earth, as well as in sustainable communities. The concept of resilience is introduced since rapid change can push a system into another, ...
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(IST-Africa 2014, 2014-05)ICT for Rural Education Development (ICT4RED) is a large-scale pilot that is testing the use of tablets in 26 deep rural schools in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The aim is to develop a replicable framework ...
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(ACM Digital Library, 2015-12)Over a period of three years, 255 teachers at 26 schools in Cofimvaba, which lies in the very rural Nciba district of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, have been using mobile tablets in their classrooms to support ...
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(CSIR, 2010-09-01)Plants constitute the basic food chain and provide the most valuable source of natural nutrients; in addition, constituents of medicinal importance are also present in plants. For drug discovery and other purposes, we must ...
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(Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2006-11)An LC-MS screening method was developed to detect the presence of atractyloside (ATR), the toxic principle of a commonly used medicinal plant in South Africa, Callilepis laureola, in biological matrices such as body fluids ...
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(1997-10)Despite all the attempts made to create a safe work environment for employees working in coals mines during the past nine years an average of 25 miners died every year, and 229 were injured. In 45% of the deaths and in 24% ...
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(The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2004)An electro thermal vaporizer (ETV) coupled to a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOF-MS) with laser ionization (LI) was applied to the identification of molecules from sulphur and chlorine matrices in the furnace. An ...
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