Author:Taylor, NJ; Annandale, JG; Ibraimo, NA; Steyn, JM; Gush, Mark BDate:Feb 2017planning. However, it is impossible to measure ET under all possible combinations of climate and management practices, which necessitates the use of ET models. Although empirical models are more likely to be adopted by consultants and growers, ...Read more
Author:Godfrey, Linda KDate:May 2020The leakage of waste plastic into the environment, especially the marine environment, has become an issue of global concern. In response, governments have implemented various measures from plastic product bans, requirements for greater producer ...Read more
Author:Archer, Emma RMDate:Jan 2013On the 2nd of November, 2011, South Africa’s Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs tabled the draft South African Weather Service Amendment Bill to the National Assembly. After the period for written comment closed, in January 2012, ...Read more
Author:De Ronde, Wiilis; Bosscha, Peter A; Marais, Stephen T; Pretorius, ADate:Nov 2023Due to the high prevalence and unpredictability of violent protest action in South Africa, a need has arisen for rapidly deployable surveillance. This paper proposes an Automated Robotic Guardian for Urban Surveillance (ARGUS) platform, a ...Read more
Author:McDonald, Andre M; Cilliers, Jacques EDate:Oct 2012A coherent autoregressive–to–anything (ARTA) stationary stochastic process for modelling maritime clutter and targets is presented in this paper. The ARTA stochastic process model is an improvement over previous models in the sense that it ...Read more
Author:Malan, AG; Lewis, RWDate:Aug 2011This work is concerned with the development of an artificial compressibility version of the characteristicbased split (CBS) method proposed by Zienkiewicz and Codina (Int. J. Numer. Meth. Fluids 1995; 20:869–885). The technique is applied to ...Read more
Author:Osifeko, MO; Hancke, GP; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Apr 2020Smart, secure and energy-efficient data collection (DC) processes are key to the realization of the full potentials of future Internet of Things (FIoT)-based systems. Currently, challenges in this domain have motivated research efforts towards ...Read more
Author:Umba, SMW; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Ramotsoela, DDate:Apr 2022Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are increasingly deployed in Internet of Things (IoT) systems for applications such as smart transportation, telemedicine, smart health monitoring and fall detection systems for the elderly people. Given that ...Read more
Author:Smit, Jacoba E; Grobler, AF; Karsten, AE; Sparrow, RWDate:Jul 2009Currently the primary source of energy for industrial and domestic use is based on fossil fuels. The supplies of these fuels are limited and are becoming depleted. Thus there is a search for alternative and more sustainable energy sources. ...Read more
Author:Ferguson, KDate:Oct 2012In this presentation the author introduces an appropriate technology for low-infrastructure regions to broadcast minimum-delay, and live video streams over the wireless Internet with better perceived picture quality than is currently possible ...Read more
Author:Mtwisha, L; Farrant, JM; Brandt, W; Hlongwane, C; Lindsey, GGDate:Feb 2007ASP53, a 53 kDa heat soluble protein, was identified as the most abundant protein in the mature seeds of Acacia erioloba E.Mey. Immunocytochemistry showed that ASP53 was present in the vacuoles and cell walls of the axes and cotyledons of ...Read more
Author:Sharma Grover, A; Nieman, A; Van Huyssteen, GB; Roux, JCDate:May 2012The management of language resources requires several legal aspects to be taken into consideration. In this paper we discuss a number of these aspects which lead towards the formation of a legal framework for a language resources management ...Read more
Author:Kumile, CM; Tlale, NS; Bright, GDate:Jul 2008Manufacturing enterprises are facing critical challenges to reconstruct themselves in order to survive in a more competitive environmnet. Thier sucess depends on thier ability to adopt state-of-the-art manufacturing strategies and technologies. ...Read more
Author:Rossouw, Marius; Theron, AndreDate:Feb 2009This paper includes a brief revue of some of the likely physical port and maritime operations related impacts due to expected climate change around the southern African coast. To mitigate these detrimental impacts, research is and should ...Read more
Author:Sevenster, PG; Meintjies, AA; Van Den Berg, PJDate:1969In continuing the investigation into the causes of the lesser susceptibility of South African coal dust to explosion, attention has been given to the relationship between the petrographic of coals and their explosibility.Read more
Author:Becker, J; Swanepoel, OADate:Apr 1968The production of whites and pastel shades in wool is complicated by the fibers' natural cream to yellow ground color and their tendency to yellow during certain processing operations.Read more