Author:Herselman, Martha E; Botha, AdèleDate:Sep 2015In this paper, we describe the iterative evaluation of an artifact developed through the application of Design Science Research (DSR) methodology in a resource constrained environment. In the DSR process the aspect of evaluation is often done ...Read more
Author:Greeff, M; Coetzee, L; Alberts, R; Easton, HDate:Nov 2008Access to information empowers people when making decisions in their every day life. In South Africa, one of the most prominent problems that persons with disabilities face, is access to disability-related information. The South African ...Read more
Author:Semelane, Maphumzane S; Nwulu, N; Kambule, N; Tazvinga, HDate:Aug 2021The global energy transition may have unintended consequences for businesses that provide services to the coal sector. Businesses operating in coal regions like Steve Tshwete Local Municipality (STLM) might be left stranded due to the coal ...Read more
Author:Dzivhani, Mulalo; Soganile, N; Bembe, MncedisiDate:Sep 2016Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-Advanced) networks enables the use of new and wider radio frequency spectrum and other new technologies that facilitates high data rates and lower latency. Furthermore, LTE-Advanced adopt the use of small ...Read more
Author:Grobler, M; Jansen van Vuuren, J; Zaaiman, JDate:Jul 2011In many ways, the internet and cyber world is a dangerous place where innocent users can inadvertently fall prey to shrewd cyber criminals. These dangers, combined with a large portion of the South African population that has not had regular ...Read more
Author:Funke, Nicola S; Roux, DDate:2009The conservation of South Africa’s inland water biodiversity has until recently only been incidental to the formal protection of terrestrial ecosystems. As a result, only 50% of the main rivers contained in South Africa’s protected areas are ...Read more
Author:MacPhail, C; Campbell, CDate:Dec 1999HIV continues to spread unabated in many developing countries. Here the interventions that are currently in place are considered and the methods that are being used to evaluate them as reported in the published literature are critically ...Read more
Author:Ngcobo, P; Herselman, Martha EDate:Jun 2007The main focus of this paper is to evaluate the provision of ICT in three rural communities in Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN) in South Africa to determine how the needs of these communities can be addressed. Both qualitative and quantitative research ...Read more
Author:Chipangura, B; Van Biljon, J; Botha, AdèleDate:Nov 2013Against the background of the global drive towards equal access to learning opportunities Open Distance Learning (ODL) institutions are challenged to optimize the use of technologies that provide usable, scalable and sustainable access. The ...Read more
Author:Chipangura, B; van Biljon, JA; Botha, AdèleDate:Jul 2015This study examined the mobile centric readiness of Computer Science students at an Open and Distance Learning (ODL) university in South Africa. Quantitative data was captured through a survey and a total of 129 students responded to the ...Read more
Author:Chipangura, B; van Biljon, J; Botha, AdèleDate:Dec 2015Many higher education students live and operate in mobile-centric environments. The question is whether the policies of higher education institutions (HEI) are aligned with students’ readiness for mobile technology information access and ...Read more
Author:Gxumisa, Athi A; Breytenbach, AndreDate:2017The identification, extraction, classification and mapping of detailed, but reliable land use or land cover (LULC) data play an increasingly important role in informed decision-making whether employed in urban planning and civil engineering, ...Read more
Author:Baloyi, Ethel; Mokgalaka, Hunadi M; Green, Chéri A; Mans, Gerbrand GDate:Aug 2017Ambulance vehicles are required to respond rapidly to medical emergencies. A number of factors may affect response times, most importantly the location of emergency services stations, the number of ambulance vehicles available at each station, ...Read more
Author:Pieterse, Heloise; Olivier, Marius; Van Heerden, Renier PDate:Aug 2017The widespread use and rich functionality of smartphones have made them valuable sources of digital evidence. Malicious individuals are becoming aware of the importance of digital evidence found on smartphones and may be interested in deploying ...Read more
Author:Dorasamy, K; Webb, L; Tapamo, JDate:Sep 2015Directional Patterns, which are formed by grouping regions of orientation fields falling within a specific range, vary under rotation and the number of regions. For fingerprint classification schemes, this can result in missclassification due ...Read more
Author:Dorasamy, Kribashnee; Webb-Ray, Leandra; Tapamo, J-RDate:Dec 2016Overcoming small inter-class variation when fingerprints have missing singular points (SPs) is one of the current challenges faced in fingerprint classification, since class information is scarce. Grouping the orientation fields to form ...Read more