Author:Ntshotsho, Phumza; Esler, KJ; Reyers, BDate:Nov 2015Global acknowledgement of ecological restoration, as an important tool to complement conservation efforts, requires an effort to increase the effectiveness of restoration interventions. Evidence-based practice is purported to promote ...Read more
Author:Willemen, L; Crossman, ND; Quatrini, S; Egoh, Benis N; Kalaba, FKDate:Jun 2017Land degradation response actions need motivated stakeholders and investments to improve land management. In this study we present methods to prioritise locations for degradation mitigation investments based on stakeholder preferences for ...Read more
Author:Iyawa, GE; Herselman, Martha E; Botha, AdèleDate:2017The concept of digital health innovation ecosystems is an emerging body of literature which suggests that components of digital health, innovation and digital ecosystems are important in the administration and delivery of healthcare services. ...Read more
Author:Archibald, S; Roy, DPDate:Jul 2009An algorithm for identifying individual fires from the Modis burned area data product is introduced for southern Africa. This algorithm gives the date of burning, size of fire, and location of the centroid for all fires identified over 8 years ...Read more
Author:Nel, JL; Driver, A; Strydom, W; Maherry, A; Petersen, C; Hill, Liesl; Roux, DJDate:Oct 2012This presentation highlights the use of systematic conservation planning to identify priority areas for managing the health of freshwater ecosystems and their associated biodiversity and ecosystem services.Read more
Author:Fairbanks, DHK; Benn, GADate:30 Aug 2000The application of landscape ecology in conservation biology has rarely occurred in the context of defined landscapes. Conservation planning has focussed on representation of species diversity patterns and assumed that ecosystems, landscapes ...Read more
Author:Van Schoor, Michael; Fourie, CJSDate:Jul 2008Ground penetrating radar (GPR) and electrical resistance tomography (ERT) surveys were conducted in an urban environment in an attempt to identify the cause of severe structural damage to a historically significant residential property in ...Read more
Author:Geldasa, FT; Kebede, Mesfin A; Shura, MW; Hone, FGDate:Feb 2022Among the existing commercial cathodes, Ni-rich NCM are the most promising candidates for next-generation LIBs because of their high energy density, relatively good rate capability, and reasonable cycling performance. However, the surface ...Read more
Author:Van Deventer, Heidi; Cho, Moses A; Mutanga, O; Naidoo, Laven; Dudeni-Tlhone, NDate:Oct 2014Swamp and mangrove forests are some of the most threatened forest types in the world. In Africa, these forests are essential in providing food, construction material and medicine to people. These forest types have not sufficiently been mapped ...Read more
Author:Featherstone, CoralDate:Nov 2013Could social media, and in particular, microblogs such as Twitter, play a part in helping to track criminal movement? The aim of this paper is to narrow the focus of this broader problem of using social media to crowdsource information to ...Read more
Author:Louvel, S; Moodley, N; Seibert, I; Steenkamp, P; Nthambeleni, R; Vidal, V; Maharaj, V; Klimkait, TDate:May 2013As Alepidea amatymbica is commonly used and accepted asmedicinal plant in South Africa for various indications, the scientific basis of its anecdotally described, putative anti-HIV propertieswas investigated. To this aim, we used an accelerated ...Read more
Author:Razdolescu, AC; Broda, R; Cassette, P; Simpson, BRS; Van Wyngaardt, WMDate:Oct 2006The paper summarizes the IFIN-HH triple coincidence liquid scintillation counter used for the implementation of the TDCR method. The electronic unit was recently extended to record the three individual double coincidence ratios to take into ...Read more
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Jul 2012Government adopted A National Framework for Green Building in South Africa (NFGBSA) in November 2011 as its official policy toward green building. The NFGBSA assists Government in meeting its sustainable development commitments through its ...Read more
Author:Ogunleye, S; Botha, Adèle; Ford, M; Tolmay, JP; Krause, CDate:Dec 2009This paper describes the design, implementation and evaluation a mobile learning technology, namely IGLOO for mobile devices. It is intended to support educators as well as students in a learning environment. A working prototype system is ...Read more
Author:Scholes, RJ; Pienaar, MDate:Oct 2012Planning in the economic, population, energy, land and water domains can no longer occur in isolation. The challenge is to provide innovative ways to address the complexities
of inter- and cross-sectoral planning. The IkusaSA project is a ...Read more
Author:Luo, H; Vaivars, G; Mathe, Mahlanyane K; Zheng, HaitaoDate:Aug 2009The proton exchange membrane is a key component of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). It plays an important role, conducts protons and separates the fuel from oxidant in PEMFC. DuPont’s Nafion is a perfluorinated sulfonic acid ...Read more
Author:Roberts, JW; Van Aardt, JAN; Ahmed, FBDate:Jan 2011This research explores the potential benefits of fusing active and passive medium resolution satellite-borne sensor data for forest structural assessment. Image fusion was applied as a means of retaining disparate data features relevant to ...Read more
Author:Botha, Gerda N; Wessels, Gert JC; Botha, Natasha; Van Eden, BeatriceDate:Jan 2019SEM images are crucial in the characterisation of material properties. These images can be very hard to interpret without any prior knowledge of the material. This paper discusses a pre-processing method for assisting convolutional Neural ...Read more
Author:Nelufule, NthatheniDate:Mar 2019Image quality assessment plays an important role in enhancing the performance of pattern recognition systems, including biometric systems. Although, quality assessment methods have been utilized for iris recognition on adults they have not ...Read more
Author:Faniso-Mnyaka, Zimbini; Skosana, Vusi J; Nana, Muhammad A; Magidimisha, EdwinDate:Oct 2022Over the past two decades, there has been a surge of interest in the study of image quality assessment due to its broad applicability in many fields. Satellites and other remote sensing applications have been collecting vital data that is ...Read more