Author:Ahmed, MT; Louty, NM; Osman, MAM; Godfrey, Linda KDate:Jun 2018This chapter focuses on the impacts of poorly managed waste on human health and the environment in African countries. It brings major flaws in waste management practices to the fore, including uncontrolled dumping and open burning, the most ...Read more
Author:Genthe, Bettina; Maherry, Ashton; Steyn, Maronel; Rother, A; London, LDate:Nov 2016This chapter of the Scientific Assessment focused on potential health impacts of four different shale gas development (SGD) scenarios. The scope of the study is to assess potential human health risks in the study area. International experience ...Read morecb
Author:Oelofse, Suzanna HH; Schoonraad, J; Baldwin, DDate:Nov 2016It is reported that “problems related to mining waste, may be rated as second only to global warming and stratospheric ozone depletion in terms of ecological risk” (European Environmental Bureau (EEB), 2000). The potential impacts of waste ...Read morecb
Author:Dube, S; Oluwole, FA; Lesoli, MSDate:Jan 2011The widespread transition of grasslands and savannas to shrub-lands during the last 50-100 years has elicited significant debate concerning the causes of these changes and has given rise to a number of investigations. Often the encroaching ...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:Marivate, V; Sefara, Tshephisho JDate:Aug 2020We study the effect of different approaches to text augmentation. To do this we use three datasets that include social media and formal text in the form of news articles. Our goal is to provide insights for practitioners and researchers on ...Read more
Author:Hunter, Lawrance; Fan, JDate:Nov 2014Comfort is a highly subjective phenomenon, with no unanimously agreed quantitative definition. In the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, comfort is defined as ‘freedom from pain, trouble and anxiety; ...Read more
Author:Ojijo, Vincent O; Sadiku, ERDate:Jun 2017This chapter discusses the strategies employed in enhancing the wear performance of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP). A brief overview of the polyolefins, their structure, and tribological characteristics and applications is presented. ...Read more
Author:Lain, Elisabeth J; Smith, Marie EDate:Jan 2024A new age of satellite remote sensing is upon us. High-tech sensors capable of imaging the earth at over 100 spectral wavebands are now a reality. These sensors, known as hyperspectral radiometers, capture very fine spectral features of the ...Read more
Author:Parsons, SADate:Apr 2010Indoor Environmental Health (IEH) is a comprehensive term that includes the effects of quantity of air, light and noise in a space and the physical, physiological and psychological aspects from colours, aesthetics, services, outdoor climate ...Read more
Author:Parsons, SDate:Jan 2010Indoor Environmental Health (IEH) is a comprehensive term that includes the effects of quantity of air, light and noise in a space and the physical, physiological and psychological aspects from colours, aesthetics, services, outdoor climate ...Read more
Author:Van Reenen, Tobias HDate:Mar 2014Buildings are an expression of our need for shelter which is driven by a host of factors including the need for comfort and security. Our perceptions of, and responses to, our buildings are inseparable from the ways in which our buildings ...Read more
Author:Harmse, Henriette; Britz, Katarina; Gerber, Aurona JDate:Sep 2018The W3C standardized Semantic Web languages enable users to capture data without a schema in a manner which is intuitive to them. The challenge is that, for the data to be useful, it should be possible to query the data and to query it ...Read more
Author:Kesavan Pillai, Sreejarani; Ray, SSDate:Sep 2015The use of polymer materials in food packaging is one of the fastest growing global trends. There has been serious interest and effort over the last few years in the advancement of novel food packaging concepts which can play a proactive role ...Read more
Author:Jovanovic, Nebojsa; Dzikiti, Sebinasi; Gush, Mark BDate:Jul 2018In this chapter, we argue that an integrated approach for estimating crop water requirements is required to account for atmospheric conditions, plant water status and soil properties. The chapter first reviews the concepts, principles, limits ...Read more
Author:Isong, B; Ratanang, T; Gasela, N; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Nov 2023This paper addresses the issues of fault tolerance (FT) and intrusion detection (ID) in the Software-defined networking (SDN) environment. We design an integrated model that combines the FT-Manager as an FT mechanism and an ID-Manager, as an ...Read more
Author:Kliks, A; Medeisis, A; Haddad, Y; Masonta, Moshe T; De Nardis, L; Holland, ODate:Oct 2013This chapter addresses a number of issues related to standardization and regulatory policies aiming at promoting energy-efficient communications and networking, highlighting the need of synergic approach. It encompasses the analysis of various ...Read more