• Integration of in-mine seismic and GPR surveys to gain advanced knowledge of Bushveld Complex orebodies

  

  Author: Onyebueke, EO ; Manzi, MSD ; Rapetsoa, MK ; Kgarume, Thabang E ; Westgate, M ; Durrheim, RJ ; Pienaar, M ; Sihoyiya, M ; Mpofu, Mvikel ; Van Schoor, Abraham M Date: Aug 2023 Improving the exploration of deep-seated mineral deposits and assessing the stability of the mine pillars require that geophysical techniques are deployed in a fast and cost-effective manner with minimal environmental impact. This research ... Read more
• Computational Fluid Dynamics Modelling of Phenol Oxidation in a Trickle-Bed Reactor using 3D Eulerian Model

  

  Author: Makatsa, TJ ; Baloyi, Siwela J ; Masuku, CM Date: Jul 2021 Catalytic wet-air oxidation is an attractive solution to treating refractory wastewater. The process has been demonstrated at laboratory scale over a low-cost pillared clay catalyst in a trickle-bed reactor. However, complex interaction of ... Read more
• Running virtual services for the intelligent edge: A review

  

  Author: Afachao, K ; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI Date: Jun 2023 In the world of technology, there are several emerging technologies that are driving research towards making the Intelligent Edge suitable for various application growth. Some of these technologies include Artificial Intelligence, the Internet ... Read more
• Sea-ice impacts inter-annual variability in bloom phenology and carbon export in the Weddell Sea

  

  Author: Giddy, IS ; Nicholson, Sarah-Anne ; Queste, RY ; Thomalla, Sandy J ; Swart, S Date: Aug 2023 The Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) accounts for 15% of the Southern Ocean's primary production (PP), but limited data has hindered understanding of its variability and connection to carbon export. Using a combination of gliders, biogeochemical ... Read more
• IoT-enabled WBAN and machine learning for speech emotion recognition in patients

  

  Author: Olatinwo, DD ; Hancke, G ; Myburgh, H ; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI Date: Mar 2023 Internet of things (IoT)-enabled wireless body area network (WBAN) is an emerging technology that combines medical devices, wireless devices, and non-medical devices for healthcare management applications. Speech emotion recognition (SER) is ... Read more
• Proceedings of the South African Ballistics Organisation Symposium 2023, CSIR ICC, Pretoria, RSA, 9-11 May 2023

  

  Author: Pandelani, Thanyani A Date: May 2023 One of the aims of the South African Ballistic Organisation (SABO) is to organise and host a local ballistic symposium every second year. This year SABO is hosting the 2023 symposium. The SABO 2023 Organising Committee has been overwhelmed ... Read more
• The Southern Ocean mixed layer and its boundary fluxes: Fine-scale observational progress and future research priorities

  

  Author: Swart, S ; Du Plessis, MD ; Nicholson, Sarah-Anne ; Monteiro, Pedro MS ; Dove, LA ; Thomalla, Sandy J ; Thompson, AF ; Biddle, LC ; Edholm, JM ; Giddy, Isabelle Date: May 2023 Interactions between the upper ocean and air-ice-ocean fluxes in the Southern Ocean play a critical role in global climate by impacting the overturning circulation and oceanic heat and carbon uptake. Remote and challenging conditions have led ... Read more
• Developing robust cyber warfare capabilities for the African battlespace

  

  Author: Thaba, James M ; Mtsweni, Jabu S Date: Jun 2023 The evolution of technology in the African battlespace continues to pose a significant challenge to the African militaries. This evolution increases the need for the African militaries to be able to operate in the cyberspace strategically and ... Read more
• Spectrum sharing for unlicensed 5G networks

  

  Author: Mekuria, Fisseha ; Mfupe, Luzango P Date: Apr 2019 5th generation wireless ICT eco-system promises three important pillars of network innovation: (a) Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication, (b) Enhanced gigabits wireless broadband and (c) massive machine type communication. 5G is expected ... Read more
• IoT-based irrigation management for smallholder farmers in rural Sub-Saharan Africa

  

  Author: Nigussie, E ; Musumba, G ; Tegegne, T ; Lemma, A ; Mekuria, Fisseha Date: Nov 2020 Ensuring food security has become a challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) due to combined effects of climate change, high population growth, and relying on rainfed farming. Governments are establishing shared irrigation infrastructure for ... Read more
• Distinguishing tree species from in situ hyperspectral and temporal measurements through ensemble statistical learning

  

  Author: Dudeni-Tlhone, Nontembeko ; Mutanga, O ; Debba, Pravesh ; Cho, Moses A Date: Aug 2023 Hyperspectral sensors capture and compute spectral reflectance of objects over many wavelength bands, resulting in a high-dimensional space with enough information to differentiate between spectrally similar objects. Due to the curse of ... Read more
• A review of the ICA model of stakeholders in a spatial data infrastructure (SDI)

  

  Author: Cooper, Antony K ; Coetzee, Serena ; Moellering, H ; Rapant, P ; Crompvoets, J ; Hjelmager, J ; Delgado, T ; Iwaniak, A ; Kaczmarek, I Date: Aug 2023 The Commission on SDI & Standards (and its predecessors) of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) has developed formal models of a spatial data infrastructure (SDI), using the viewpoints of the Reference Model for Open Distributed ... Read more
• Using distributed ledger technology for digital forensic investigation purposes on tendering projects

  

  Author: Ramazhamba, Pardon T ; Venter, HS Date: Mar 2023 The South African Local Government (SALG) uses the tendering system to procure goods and services. Some of these tendering projects are aimed at promoting socio-economic and industrial policies. Hence, the tendering system used by SALG should ... Read more
• Southern Ocean phytoplankton dynamics and carbon export: Insights from a seasonal cycle approach

  

  Author: Thomalla, Sandy J ; Du Plessis, M ; Fauchereau, N ; Giddy, I ; Gregor, L ; Henson, S ; Joubert, WR ; Little, H ; Monteiro, Pedro MS ; Mtshali, T ; Nicholson, Sarah-Anne ; Ryan-Keogh, Thomas J ; Swart, S Date: May 2023 Quantifying the strength and efficiency of the Southern Ocean biological carbon pump (BCP) and its response to predicted changes in the Earth's climate is fundamental to our ability to predict long-term changes in the global carbon cycle and, ... Read more
• Southern ocean carbon and heat impact on climate

  

  Author: Sallée, JB ; Abrahamsen, EP ; Allaigre, C ; Brearley, JA ; De Lavergne, C ; Ten Doeschate, AMM ; Droste, ES ; Monteiro, PMS ; Nicholson, Sarah-Anne ; The SO-CHI Consortium untranslated Date: May 2023 The Southern Ocean greatly contributes to the regulation of the global climate by controlling important heat and carbon exchanges between the atmosphere and the ocean. Rates of climate change on decadal timescales are therefore impacted by ... Read more
• Bacteria and archaea regulate particulate organic matter export in suspended and sinking marine particle fractions

  

  Author: Dithugoe, Choaro D ; Bezuidt, OKI ; Cavan, EL ; Froneman, WP ; Thomalla, Sandy J ; Makhalanyane, TP Date: Apr 2023 The biological carbon pump (BCP) in the Southern Ocean is driven by phytoplankton productivity and is a significant organic matter sink. However, the role of particle-attached (PA) and free-living (FL) prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea) and ... Read more
• Absence of photophysiological response to iron addition in autumn phytoplankton in the Antarctic sea-ice zone

  

  Author: Singh, Asmita ; Fietz, S ; Thomalla, Sandy J ; Sanchez, N ; Ardelan, MV ; Moreau, S ; Kauko, HM ; Fransson, A ; Chierici, M ; Ryan-Keogh, Thomas J Date: Jul 2023 The high nutrient–low chlorophyll condition of the Southern Ocean is generally thought to be caused by the low bioavailability of micronutrients, particularly iron, which plays an integral role in phytoplankton photosynthesis. Nevertheless, ... Read more
• Vertical convergence of turbulent and double-diffusive heat flux drives warming and erosion of Antarctic Winter Water in summer

  

  Author: Giddy, IS ; Fer, I ; Swart, S ; Nicholson, Sarah-Anne Date: May 2023 The seasonal warming of Antarctic Winter Water (WW) is a key process that occurs along the path of deep water transformation to intermediate waters. These intermediate waters then enter the upper branch of the circumpolar overturning circulation. ... Read more
• The integration of smart mobility systems on the revised taxi recapitalisation program as a strategy to modernise the taxi industry

  

  Author: Ditshego, JK ; Mokonyama, Mathetha T Date: Jul 2023 This research was about establishing the extent to which digital technologies have impacted the institutional arrangements, efficiency of operational procedures, and coverage of the Revised Taxi Recapitalisation Program. However, the approach ... Read more
• Efficacy of a plant-produced infectious bronchitis virus-like particle vaccine inspecific pathogen-free chickens

  

  Author: Sepotokele, KM ; O’Kennedy, Martha M ; Hayes, MC ; Wandrag, DBR ; Smith, P ; Abolnik, C Date: Oct 2023 Infectious bronchitis (IB) Gammacoronavirus causes a highly contagious respiratory disease in chickens that is listed by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). Its high mutation ability has resulted in numerous variants against which ... Read more c b n d

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