Author:Amod, S; Wall, K; Rust, CDate:May 2012In 2006 the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) released the first ever ‘report card’ of the state of engineering infrastructure in South Africa. This report highlighted ‘the observations of the professionals responsible ...Read more
Author:Ocwelwang, A; Sithole, Bishop B; Ramjugemath, DDate:Jul 2014Dissolving pulp refers to purified wood derived chemical pulps made up of more than 90% cellulose content and traces of other wood components such as hemicellulose and lignin. This poster highlights the irradiation treatment of dissolving ...Read more
Author:Adams, J; Raw, J; Riddin, T; Wasserman, J; Van Niekerk, LaraDate:Dec 2021Restoration of salt marsh is urgent, as these ecosystems provide natural coastal protection from sea-level rise impacts, contribute towards climate change mitigation, and provide multiple ecosystem services including supporting livelihoods. ...Read more
Author:Mandiwana, V; Kalombo, Lonji; Venter, Karien; Sathekge, M; Grobler, A; Zeevaart, JRDate:Sep 2015Developing nanoparticulate delivery systems that will allow easy movement and localization of a drug to the target tissue and provide more controlled release of the drug in vivo is a challenge in nanomedicine. The aim of this study was to ...Read more
Author:Smith, S; Naidoo, T; Davies, E; Fourie, L; Nxumalo, Z; Swart, H; Marais, P; Land, K; Roux, PDate:Feb 2015We present a visualization pipeline from sample to answer for point-of-care blood cell counting applications. Effective and low-cost point-of-care medical diagnostic tests provide developing countries and rural communities with accessible ...Read more
Author:Aghaei, VT; SeyyedAbbasi, AS; Rasheed, J; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Mar 2023The control of the open loop unstable systems with nonlinear structure is challenging work. In this paper, for the first time, we present a sand cat swarm optimization (SCSO) algorithm-based state feedback controller design for open-loop ...Read more
Author:Duncker, Louiza CDate:Jan 2019Sanitation is affected by climate change and has an impact on climate change. Climate change will increase the frequency of climate shocks, which will have an impact on water supply, energy, and food. Community-based adaptation is essential ...Read more
Author:Matsebe, GDate:Nov 2006South Africa is one of the countries facing the challenge of meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for sanitation. At least five percent of the South African population consists of people with disabilities (PWDs) and the question ...Read more
Author:Duncker, Louiza CDate:Jul 2013Limited understanding of the characteristics of different sanitation technology options may affect acceptance of certain technologies in certain circumstances, as well as lead to little appreciation by the users of the long-term financial, ...Read more
Author:Duncker, Louiza CDate:May 2014Research showed that many households that were provided with basic water and sanitation services have joined the backlog again due to the infrastructure not being used for the purpose it was intended to. Research also showed that in most cases ...Read more
Author:Dye, P; Naiken, Vivek; Clulow, A; Prinsloo, Eric; Crichton, M; Weiersbye, IDate:Mar 2017The Witwatersrand Basin Goldfields (WBG) have seen over a century of continuous mining that has generated extensive tailings storage facilities (TSF), together with “footprints” remaining after the residue has been removed for reprocessing ...Read more
Author:Steenkamp, Karen C; Wessels, Konrad J; Archibald, S; Von Maltitz, Graham PDate:May 2009Remotely-sensed phenological metrics (or phenometrics) were derived from AVHRR vegetation-index time-series data and to describes seasonal growth in terms of start, end, length of season and estimates of net primary production (NPP). This ...Read more
Author:Vhengani, L; Lubbe, M; Griffith, D; Lysko, MDate:Oct 2010The success or failure of any earth observation mission depends on the quality of its data. Data quality is assessed by determining the radiometric, spatial, spectral and geometric fidelity of the satellite sensor. The process is termed calval. ...Read more
Author:Krug, Marjolaine J; Tournadre, JDate:Aug 2012Ocean models show an annual cycle in the Agulhas Current transport which has not yet been confirmed in analyses of in-situ or satellite observations. A cross-stream coordinate approach is used to study the variability of the Agulhas Current ...Read more
Author:Smith, Marie E; Bernard, StewartDate:Feb 2020The aquaculture industry of southern Africa faces environmental threats from harmful algal blooms (HABs), which have the potential to cause devastating economic losses (Pitcher et al., 2019). Satellite earth observation offers a systematic ...Read more
Author:Engelbrecht, Jeanine; Inggs, MRDate:Aug 2016Surface deformations associated with shallow underground mining activities have significant implications for both the natural- and built environment. Environmental problems include the exacerbation of acid mine drainage and the alteration of ...Read more
Author:Ramoelo, Abel; Skidmore, A; Schlerf, M; Heitkönig, I; Mathieu, Renaud SA; Cho, Moses ADate:Aug 2013Determining the foliar N: P ratio provides a tool for understanding nutrient limitation on plant production and consequently for the feeding patterns of herbivores. In order to understand the nutrient limitation at landscape scale, remote ...Read more