Author:NASR, Jean-MarcDate:2017Presentation delivered at the 6th CSIR Conference: Ideas that work for industrial development, 5-6 October 2017, CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa. The attachment includes a slideshow and a videoclip.Read more
Author:Nienaber, S; Funke, Nicola SDate:Nov 2010The pressure to achieve impact is related to three main issues. Firstly, the South African water sector faces many challenges that need to be addressed through effective policy development and implementation. Thus, sound evidence, based on ...Read more
Author:Pratt, Lawrence E; Roro, Kittessa T; Basappa Ayanna, ManjunathDate:Jun 2018This paper will introduce the new C450 international standard for PV module quality assurance programs. Quality assurance testing has been on the rise in the PV industry following the rise in development of large scale PV plants, sometimes ...Read more
Author:Rapiya, XL; Malik, Humna H; Pretorius, JHCDate:Sep 2020In the product development process, needs analysis is the first stage of the process and without the need analysis, you are risking your product to fail. The needs analysis involves a process of understating the market broadly. Understanding ...Read more
Author:Ham, CDate:2000The Restructuring Options for the Forest Resources of the Former Homelands study has identified 93 Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) managed woodlots or non-commercial plantations, with a total area of 12 953 ha in South Africa ...Read more
Author:Van Heerden, Adelai; De Beer, MorrisDate:Oct 2017The operational forces military context is generally acknowledged as one of the most stressful contexts as it is demanding of members on a physical, psychological, social level with organisational, intra- and inter-personal demands of an ...Read more
Author:Van Niekerk, DR; Barnard, EDate:Nov 2007When doing research into or building systems involving spoken language, one invariably relies on relevantly annotated speech data for analysis and incorporation into such systems. The authors investigate methods and parameters for a baseline ...Read more
Author:Nkuna, Z; Mamakoa, E; Mothetha, MDate:Dec 2014Groundwater is one of the most important natural resources globally. In Africa, particularly, groundwater has been the most reliable water supply option for meeting the daily water needs of rural communities. This is mainly due to the fact ...Read more
Author:Jansen van Rensburg, Gerhardus J; Bogaers, Alfred EJDate:Sep 2018Surrogate- or metamodels approximate and so reduce the computational cost associated with evaluating computer experiments of interest over a set of design variables. Radial Basis Functions (RBFs) are a popular metamodel choice due to its ease ...Read more
Author:Sabatta, D; Scaramuzza, D; Siegwart, RDate:May 2010In this paper the authors present a topological map building algorithm based on a Vocabulary Tree that is robust to features present in dynamic or similar environments. The algorithm recognises incorrect loop closures, not supported by the ...Read more
Author:Gummow, RJ; De Kock, A; Thackeray, MMDate:Apr 1994The rechargeable capacity of 4 V LixMn2O4 spinel cathodes (0 < x <= 1) has been improved by modifying the composition of the spinel electrode. Stable rechargeable capacities in excess of 100 mAh/g in flooded-electrolyte lithium cells can be ...Read more
Author:Fatoba, OS; Popoola, API; Fedetova, T; Pityana, Sisa LDate:Mar 2016Surface deterioration by corrosion is one of the complications associated with ageing facilities and components especially under some service environments. The research work examines the corrosion behavior of laser alloyed UNS-G10150 steel; ...Read more
Author:Herselman, PL; De Wind, HJDate:Sep 2008Asymptotically optimal coherent detection techniques yield sub-clutter visibility in heavy-tailed sea clutter. The adaptive linear quadratic detector inherently assumes spectral homogeneity for the reference window of the covariance matrix ...Read more
Author:Brown, Dane; Bradshaw, KDate:May 2016The traditional texture-based fingerprint recognition system known as FingerCode is improved in this work. Texture-based fingerprint recognition methods are generally more accurate than other methods, but at the disadvantage of increased ...Read more
Author:Ndaba, N; Pillay, AW; Ezugwu, AEDate:Jul 2018This paper proposes an improved Generalized Regression Neural Network (KGRNN) for the diagnosis of type II diabetes. Diabetes, a widespread chronic disease, is a metabolic disorder that develops when the body does not make enough insulin or ...Read more
Author:Adebiyi, DI; Fedotova, T; Pityana, Sisa L; Popoola, APIDate:Jul 2011The improvement in hardness of X12CrNiMo martensitic stainless steel laser alloyed with 99.9% pure titanium carbide, stellite 6 and two cases of premixed ratio of titanium carbide and stellite 6 [TiC (30 wt.%)- stellite 6 (70 wt.%) and TiC ...Read more
Author:Mlambo, CS; Nelwamondo, Fulufhelo V; Mathekga, Mmamolatelo EDate:Nov 2014An improved Hough Transform based fingerprint alignment approach is presented, which improves computing time and memory usage with accurate alignment parameter (rotation and translation) results. This is achieved by studying the strengths and ...Read more
Author:Paige-Green, PDate:2007Performance-related specifications for the selection of gravel materials for use in unsealed roads were developed in South Africa in the late 1980's along with associated deterioration models. The implementation of these has shown that, when ...Read more
Author:Turpie, DWF; Van der Walt, LTDate:Jul 1977An improved method for the rapid determination of non-ionic detergent in the cream, effluent and sludge from wool scouring liquors in recovered wool grease was established using dichloromethane as an extraction liquor.Read more