Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Feb 2009The construction industry is a multi-billion dollar industry, and the production and harvesting of raw materials for building purposes occurs on a world-wide scale. Environmental issues are becoming a major world topic, and the construction ...Read more
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Aug 2010The building envelope plays a significant role in the performance of a building, especially with regard to the green building components. This chapter will focus on the external building envelope only, i.e., sub-structure, super structure, ...Read more
Author:Conradie, Dirk CUDate:Aug 2010South Africa is blessed with some of the best quality solar radiation in the world. In the light of this many exciting opportunities exist to utilize the sun to its full potential in the design of energy efficient buildings. Passive solar ...Read more
Author:Lefatle, MC; John, Maya JDate:Aug 2018Aerogels are light and porous solid materials derived from gels and find applications in catalysis, wastewater treatment, and in automotive and aerospace industries. Aerogels are considered as a viable bio-based alternative for petroleum ...Read more
Author:Turton, A; Earle, A; Drackner, MDate:Feb 2009As part of a global survey to evaluate the impacts of megaconferences in the water sector conducted by the Third World Centre for Water Management in Mexico, the African Water Issues Research Unit was commissioned to undertake a regional ...Read more
Author:Kebede, Mesfin A; Palaniyandy, NithyadharseniDate:Dec 2019One of the main and crucial components of a lithium-ion battery (LIB) is the anode, a negative electrode as equally significant as the cathode positive electrode. Anodes are typically characterized by delivering a high capacity with low ...Read more
Author:Kebede, Mesfin A; Zheng, Haitao; Ozoemena, KIDate:Jul 2016Metal oxides such as TiO(sub2), Li(sub4)Ti(sub5)O(sub12), SnO(sub2), SnO, M(sub2)SnO(sub4) (M=ZnM=Zn, Co, Mn, Mg), TMO (TM=MnTM=Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, or Cu), TM(sub3)O(sub4) (TM=CoTM=Co, Fe, or Mn), and lithium alloys Li–Sn, Li–Si are among the ...Read more
Author:Herselman, Martha E; Botha, AdèleDate:Dec 2016This section will address the methodology that was applied to develop the South African Digital Health Innovation Ecosystem (DHIE). Each chapter under Section B represents a specific phase in the methodology.Read more
Author:Botha, Adèle; Herselman, Martha E; Kotze, DDate:Dec 2016Against the background of the conceptualisation of a Digital Health Innovation Ecosystem within the South African context, this chapter will present a localised mHealth & Wellness Innovation Ecosystem. As outlined in the previous chapter, a ...Read more
Author:Akande, Amos A; Adeleye, AA; Adenle, AA; Mwakikunga, Bonex WDate:Dec 2020This chapter reports on the various methods of fabricating and manufacturing micro and nano sensor, membrane and energy devices. Firstly, the characteristic often sought after by scientists and engineers for effective and efficient performance ...Read more
Author:Moodley, G; Bok, C; Chetty, DDate:Mar 2015The search for a suitable replacement to conventionally used fossil fuels as a feedstock for diesel production, has been gaining momentum over the recent years. The use of first generation feed-stocks such as edible and non-edible plant oils ...Read more
Author:Mtshweni, Jabu; Modiba, FSDate:Sep 2021Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have transformed almost every aspect of our lives as citizens, employees, parents, politicians, businesses, leaders, and as members of any type of a community. ICTs have demonstrated across ...Read more
Author:Mtshweni, Jabu; Modiba, FSDate:Sep 2021Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have transformed almost every aspect of our lives as citizens, employees, parents, politicians, businesses, leaders, and as members of any type of a community. ICTs have demonstrated across ...Read more
Author:Oelofse, Suzanna HHDate:2009Acid Mine Discharge (AMD) is a contaminated waste generated out of the mining activities both during and after the operation period. AMD has adverse impact on the socio-economic conditions of the people residing in and around mining site. It ...Read more
Author:Tasan-Kok, T; Babalik-Sutcliffe, E; Van Huyssteen, Elsona; Oranje, MDate:Jan 2018The long-neglected task of defining the discipline of planning, describing the multiplicity of influences impinging upon it and unravelling the complementary (and even contradictory) discourses constituting it probably means probing the core ...Read more
Author:Adebiyi, ID; Popoola, PAP; Pityana, Sisa LDate:Apr 2016Today's increasingly extreme and aggressive production environments require that machine components be made with materials having specific surface properties such as good wear resistance. Unfortunately, nature does not provide such materials, ...Read more
Author:Ford, M; Leinonen, TDate:Mar 2009MobilED is a South African initiative aimed at designing teaching and learning environments that are meaningfully enhanced with mobile technologies and services. The deliverables are the development of a set of scenarios and guidelines on how ...Read more
Author:Fabricius, C; Scholes, RJ; Cundill, GDate:2006The Southern African Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (SAfMA, http://www.maweb.org) was undertaken at a variety of spatial scales, from the regional (with sub-Saharan Africa as the assessment area) to the local (at the scale of a village, ...Read more
Author:Hunter, LawranceDate:Nov 2012Although luxury animal fibres, excluding silk, represent far less than 0.1% of global fibre production, they play a very significant role in the luxury, high value-added end of the market, notably the apparel market, being renowned for their ...Read more