Author:Davis-Reddy, Claire LDate:Oct 2017The body of work on historical climate trends has been steadily increasing during the last decade. Global mean annual temperatures have increased by 0.85°C since 1880 and are projected to increase by 0.3 to 2.5 °C by 2050, relative to the ...Read more
Author:Krug, Marjolaine J; Cipollini, P; Dufois, FDate:Jun 2014The Agulhas Current is a challenging region for satellite remote sensing observations. Strong evaporation rates above the current core and the Retroflection reduce the number of cloud-free observations from Infra-Red sensors, while microwave ...Read more
Author:Bernard, Stewart; Pitcher, G; Evers-King, H; Robertson, L; Matthews, M; Rabagliati, A; Balt, CDate:2014The Benguela, as a highly productive upwelling system, suffers from the occurrence of a variety of harmful algal blooms, most of which are associated with elevated biomass; a feature common to the shelf environment of upwelling systems. Most ...Read more
Author:Msiza, IS; Mistry, J; Leke-Betechuoh, B; Nelwamondo, Fulufhelo V; Marwala, TDate:Jul 2011The concept of fingerprint classification is an important one because of the need to, before executing a database search procedure, virtually break the fingerprint template database into smaller, manageable partitions. This is done in order ...Read more
Author:Ndwe, J; Barnard, E; Dlodlo, M; Mashao, D; Kuun, C; Sharma, ADate:Sep 2008The OpenPhone project aims to design an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) health information system that enables people who are caregivers for HIV/AIDS infected children to access relevant information by using a telephone in their native ...Read more
Author:Ittmann, HW; Sarma Yadavalli, VSDate:Jun 2010The history and current activities of the Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA) is presented in this chapterRead more
Author:Mgaga, Sboniso S; Tapamo, JRDate:Dec 2020Latent fingerprints are fingerprint impressions left on the surfaces a finger comes into contact with. They are found in almost every crime scene. Conventionally, latent fingerprints have been obtained using chemicals or physical methods, ...Read more
Author:Olwal, TO; Djouani, K; Van Wyk, BJ; Hamam, Y; Siarry, PDate:Jan 2011This chapter proposes a scalable singularly perturbed weakly-coupled TPM which is supported at the LL of the network protocol stack. Firstly, the WMN is divided into sets of unified channel graphs (UCGs). A UCG consists of multiple radios, ...Read more
Author:Forbes, PBC; Garland, Rebecca MDate:Jul 2016This chapter focuses on the air pollutants which are generally found in the troposphere and does not provide detail on specific areas where atmospheric pollutants and atmospheric chemistry may differ from that generally found, such as in the ...Read more
Author:Coelho, ST; Recalde, MY; Mani, SK; Stafford, William HLDate:Jan 2020This chapter presents a general overview of each region where the selected developing countries (Latin America, Africa, and Asia) are located. It includes socioeconomic figures, such as energy access, share of urban and rural population, and ...Read more
Author:Sebake, Thandi NDate:Feb 2009Since the detrimental affects of construction practices on the natural environment were highlighted, the performance of the buildings has become a major concern for occupants and built environment professionals (Crawley and Aho, 1999; Ding, ...Read more
Author:Chinnasamy, S; Maharajh, Dheepak M; Rajendran, L; Bhaskar, S; Ratha, SK; Rengasamy, RDate:Mar 2015Microalgae are fast becoming a favoured feedstock for the production of advanced biofuels including biodiesel, biocrude, bioethanol, biomethane, green diesel and biojet fuels. Algae for their growth require sunlight, COfrom waste streams, ...Read more
Author:Modibedi, Remegia M; Ozoemena, KI; Mathe, Mahlanyane KDate:2013Direct alcohol alkaline fuel cells (DAAFCs) are potential power sources for a variety of portable applications as they provide unique advantages over hydrogen-based fuel cell devices. Alcohols (such as methanol, ethanol, ethylene glycol, and ...Read more
Author:Coetzee, Serena; Cooper, Antony K; Rautenbach, VDate:2014The first part of this chapter provides background information on geo-spatial standardization. A standard and different types of standards are defined; the development and implementation of standards are described; and key standards bodies ...Read more
Author:Kumirai, T; Grobler, Jan-Hendrik; Conradie, Dirk CUDate:Aug 2015Trombe walls and solar chimneys are not widely used or well known in South Africa. A previous Green Building Handbook article described the University of Fort Hare teaching complex in East London (Stratford, 2012) that inter alia used a trombe ...Read more
Author:Dlamini, Mandla N; Alexander, MDate:Jan 2024Geopolymer cements are an emerging alternative binder to Portland cements, characterised by an alumino-silicate polymer network nanostructure. These binders are purported to possess numerous beneficial properties such as acid resistance and ...Read more
Author:Conradie, Dirk CUDate:Mar 2014This chapter quantifies the thermal performance of a cross section of Innovative Building Technologies (IBT) in South Africa's climatic zones. An IBT in the context of this chapter means a South African Agrément certified building system, but ...Read more