Author:Maila, MP; Cloete, TEDate:2002The sensitivity of Lepidium sativum germination to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) was investigated in soil(s) artificially and historically contaminated with mixtures of PAR The level of germination of L. sativum decreased with ...Read more
Author:Olivrin, GJDate:May 2007The study of sign languages attempts to create a coherent model that binds the expressive nature of signs conveyed in gestures to a linguistic framework. Gesture modelling offers an alternative that provides device independence, scalability ...Read more
Author:Van Deventer, Martha J; Pienaar, HDate:04 Jun 2008Doing a quick search on Wikipedia very soon points out that technology demonstrators are generally associated with warfare, very expensive equipment and risk of loss of life. Demonstrators are believed to be very useful when librarians have ...Read more
Author:Pretorius, L; Marais, Laurette; Berg, ADate:Mar 2017The Grammatical Framework (GF) not only offers state of the art grammar-based machine translation support between an increasing number of languages through its so-called Resource Grammar Library, but is also fast becoming a de facto framework ...Read more
Author:Herselman, Martha E; Niehaus, E; Ruxwana, N; D'Souza-Niehaus, N; Heyne, N; Platz, M; Wagner, RDate:Sep 2010A tailored questionnaire focuses on dynamic generation of items and questions according to the location where the questionnaire is used. The approach is connected to the management of resources and the support of decision making processes ...Read more
Author:Mokgalaka, H; Mans, Gerbrand G; Smit, J; McKelly, DDate:Nov 2013The spatial realities and dynamics of a changing population with changing health care needs require regular and logical methods to evaluate and assist in primary health care (PHC) planning. Geographical access is an important aspect in the ...Read more
Author:Mokgalaka, HDate:Nov 2013The spatial realities and dynamics of a changing population with changing health care needs require regular and logical methods to evaluate and assist in primary health care (PHC) planning. Geographical access is an important aspect in the ...Read more
Author:Green, Chéri A; Breetzke, K; Mans, Gerbrand GDate:Apr 2009The use of a GIS-based methodology – Service Access Planning - for assessing service provision and
developing facility plans in South Africa to improve governance and equitable service delivery is described.
A case study of library investment ...Read more
Author:Mamushiane, Lusani; Mwangama, J; Lysko, Albert ADate:Nov 2018Software Defined Networking (SDN) presents a paradigm shift in network management and configuration. The idea of having an externalized control plane opens many unanswered questions regarding scalability, fault tolerance and performance of ...Read more
Author:Rosman, Benjamin S; Ramamoorthy, SDate:May 2014This paper considers the problem of providing advice to an autonomous agent when neither the behavioural policy nor the goals of that agent are known to the advisor. We present an approach based on building a model of “common sense” behaviour ...Read more
Author:Taljaard, Susan; Van Niekerk, Lara; Lemley, DADate:Jan 2018In South Africa more than 80% of estuaries are small, dynamic and predominantly linear systems. Nutrient characteristics in these systems are mostly influenced by external catchment processes, except during extended periods of closure. However, ...Read more
Author:Engelbrecht, F; Archer, Emma RMDate:Oct 2012In this presentation the author presents the most recent projections of future climate change over southern Africa, based on high-resolution downscalings of the global model projections of Assessment Reports Four and Five of the Intergovernmental ...Read more
Author:Scholes, BDate:Oct 2012In this talk the author paints the big picture of how the various global change phenomena relate to one another, and how they collectively affect South Africa.Read more
Author:Murambadoro, MDate:Feb 2012Food security research and policy have focused more on the rural poor where the incidence and depth of poverty is more pronounced. Urban livelihoods are based on cash income and many people in urban areas are employed in the informal sector ...Read more
Author:Grobler, M; Dlamini, ZDate:May 2012Cyber trends are a reality across the globe. Not only are technology and electronic devices and media used more regularly in easing everyday activities, but these technological advances are also used in sophisticated criminal activities. ...Read more
Author:Botha, Johannes G; Grobler, MM; Eloff, MMDate:Jun 2017Data breaches have gained extensive coverage as businesses and organisations of all sizes become more dependent on digital data, cloud computing and workforce mobility. Companies store sensitive or confidential data on local machines, enterprise ...Read more