Author:Woodborne, SDate:Apr 1999This paper discusses an overview of research which was conducted for more than 25 years on dating and isotopes by the Quaternary Dating Research Unit (QUADRU) under the supervision of Dr John. Vogel in Pretoria (South Africa).Read more
Author:Paige-Green, PDate:Jul 2009An investigation into the temporal variations of various pavement properties has been carried out in South Africa with regular monitoring over a period of one year. This involved the measurement of moisture content, in situ strength and ...Read more
Author:Polasi, Tumisang; Oelofse, Suzanna HHDate:Oct 2022A waste separation at source (S@S) pilot study was conducted in two areas in the Newcastle Local Municipality. The aim was to draw on the lessons learned from implementing waste S@S in a municipalitiy to inform and provide guidance on ...Read more
Author:Murambadoro, Miriam D; Mambo, JuliaDate:Feb 2018This poster presents findings from the workshops to identify climate service user needs amongst local government officials.Read more
Author:Holtman, BDate:Nov 2007Violent times do not call for violent measures but for pragmatic ones South Africans are in need of more compassion not hate.Read more
Author:Holtman, BDate:18 Jan 2008Barbara Holtman is leader of the CSIR Crime prevention research group. This is a group that is responsible for support of criminal justice systems, a group working with government safety strategies and crime prevention programmes at the CSIR. ...Read more
Author:Wessels, Konrad JDate:Mar 2009There is an urgent need for a quantitative, repeatable measure of land degradation and remote sensing provides the only viable option at a regional to global scale. It is therefore commendable that Bai et al. (2008) attempted to use remote ...Read more
Author:Burke, Michael GDate:Oct 2017Machine learning models trained using images can be used to generate image overlays by investigating which image areas contribute the most towards model outputs. A common approach used to accomplish this relies on blanking image regions using ...Read more
Author:Mamushiane, Lusani; Dlamini, Sabelo VDate:Oct 2017The proliferation of mobile devices and the advent of bandwidth hungry applications are expected to drastically increase in the foreseeable future. This growing trend has been the key motive behind the development of the 5G standard. SG is ...Read more
Author:Wen, L; Liang, J; Liu, C-M; Chen, J; Luo, HongzeDate:Nov 2016Spinel Li(sub4)Ti(sub5)O(sub12) has been considered as a promising anode material to substitute graphite in lithium ion batteries (LIBs) for large scale electrical energy storage due to its high safety and long cycling stability. However, the ...Read more
Author:Tucker, KCDate:Aug 2007This presentation looks at how people can change the world, and what kind of world do people want. The value of Libre Knowledge is discussed in terms of environmental issues, conservation, sustainable development, biodiversity, and human ...Read more
Author:Tucker, KDate:Sep 2007This presentation looks at global issues like conservation, biodiversity, sustainable development, and climate change just to name a few, and the question is, what can be done about it in terms of collective knowledge, access to free information, ...Read more
Author:Tucker, KCDate:Oct 2006It is affirmed that FOSS/OC help achieve these objectives by contributing to socioeconomic development nationally, regionally and internationally in significant ways that other technologies and forms of content do not. It is concluded that ...Read more
Author:Tucker, KDate:Sep 2007This presentation discusses open education resources, educational projects in rural areas, enabling communities to empower themselves with knowledge etc. The MobilED (mobile education) initiative is aimed at designing learning and teaching ...Read more
Author:Venkataraman, SDate:May 2008This is a presentation of the CSIR's work on LIDAR and atmospere remote sensing, presented at the Reunion-South Africa workshop.Read more
Author:Sivakumar, V; Bencherif, H; Faduilhe, DDate:Jul 2006The prevailing convective activity over tropics and subtropical regions acts as an important source for the generation of GW. Reunion Island (21°S, 55°E) is located in sub-tropics where a large number of convective phenomena occur. Hence, the ...Read more
Author:Prasanth, PV; Sivakumar, V; Sridharan, S; Kumar, YB; Bencherif, H; Rao, DNDate:Oct 2009In this paper, researchers present seasonal and nocturnal variations of mesospheric sodium (Na) layer parameters observed over Gadanki (13.5° N, 79.2° E), based on 166 nights during the period from January 2005 to December 2006, for the first ...Read more