Author:Malinga, Andries L; Strauss, A; Letaba, P; Pretorius, MWDate:Jun 2022It is said that 4IR requires new ways of conducting business, including planning for technological capabilities. Although technology roadmaps have been widely used for strategic technology planning, constructing and customising one for a ...Read more
Author:Kemp, Lana; Matchett, R; Roux, Michael P; De Klerk, LDate:Jul 2023Principal bridge inspections for strategic bridges require an Under-bridge Inspection Unit (UBIU). Strategic bridges have restricted access due to the height and size of the structures or when the structure is located over a perennial river. ...Read more
Author:Jacobs, SJ; Herselman, Martha EDate:2009This article focuses on how the competence and capacity within the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, specifically the electronic/electrical discipline, at the Tshwane University of Technology is utilised to support Small Medium ...Read more
Author:Stewart, RA; Reimold, WU; Charlesworth, EGDate:Dec 2004A tectonosedimentary model is established for the Composite Reef at Far East Vertical Shaft, East Rand Proprietary Mine, Central Rand Goldfield. There the Composite Reef comprises the Main Reef and the Main Reef Leader, with the South Reef ...Read more
Author:Walters, Laticha EM; Scott, RE; Mars, MDate:Jun 2018The objectives of South Africa's electronic health (eHealth) strategy recognize the value proposition that telemedicine practices hold for rural and urban referrals, but a lack of accepted and formalized scale-up has impeded realization of ...Read more
Author:Walters, Laticha EM; Scott, RE; Mars, MDate:Aug 2018Background: The South African public health sector embarked on a National Telemedicine System implementation program in 1999 and although unsuccessful, the Province of KwaZulu-Natal subsequently implemented teledermatology in 2003, with two ...Read more
Author:Lysko, Albert A; Nelwamondo, Fulufhelo V; Mfupe, Luzango PDate:Jul 2020Television Whitespace (TVWS) can be described simply as unused space found between channels that are used in the ultra-high frequency (UHF) spectrum. TVWS frequencies span from 470 MHz - 694 MHz. With the TVWS, the Council for Scientific and ...Read more
Author:Mathe, Ntombizodwa R; Coville, NJ; Olivier, JE; Scriba, Manfred RDate:2014Microwave-irradiation (MW) synthesis of nanostructured materials provides for the synthesis of metal nanoparticles, using fast and uniform heating rates. This procedure affords better control of the shape and size of the nanoparticles when ...Read more
Author:B`egue, N; Bencherif, H; Sivakumar, V; Kirgis, G; Mz'e, N; Leclair de Bellevue, JDate:Apr 2010This paper mainly focuses on the trends and variability of the tropopause and UT-LS temperature using radiosonde observations carried out over 16 years (January 1993 to December 2008) from a southern subtropical site, Reunion Island (20.8° ...Read more
Author:Malgas, GF; Motaung, DE; Arendse, CJDate:May 2012A detailed study on the thermal transition of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and blends was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, while the morphological, phase separation and the transformation in the optical properties were ...Read more
Author:Mhlongo, Gugu H; Motaung, DE; Nkosi, SS; Swart, HC; Malgas, GF; Hillie, KT; Mwakikunga, Bonex WDate:Feb 2014Violet-blue emitting ZnO nanostructures were synthesized by a microwave-assisted hydrothermal method followed by post-synthesis annealing at different temperatures. Scanning electron microscope analysis revealed a morphological transformation ...Read more
Author:Nyakabawo, W; Miller, SM; Balcilar, M; Das, Sonali; Gupta, RDate:Jul 2015This paper examines the causal relationships between the real house price index and real GDP per capita in the US, using the bootstrap Granger (temporal) non-causality test and a fixed-size rolling-window estimation approach. We use quarterly ...Read more
Author:Seotsanyana, MDate:Jan 2010In this paper, a critical review on temporal logic motion planning is presented. The review paper aims to address the following problems: (a) In a realistic situation, the motion planning problem is carried out in real-time, in a dynamic, ...Read more
Author:Ryan-Keogh, Thomas J; Smith, WODate:Mar 2021The Ross Sea is one of the most productive regions in the Southern Ocean, with a significant role in carbon cycling as well as the massive abundance of higher trophic levels. The seasonal cycle is well established with an early summer Phaeocystis ...Read more
Author:Adams, JB; Van Niekerk, LaraDate:Jul 2020Temporarily closed estuaries require seasonal opening to tidal flows to maintain normal ecological processes. Each estuary has specific environmental flow (EFlow) requirements based on the relationship between freshwater inflow, coastal ...Read more
Author:Jayaramudu, J; Guduri, BR; Rajulu, AVDate:Apr 2009The newly identified natural fabric from the tree of Sterculia urens was coated with polymethyl methacrylate. The tensile properties of both the uncoated and polymethyl methacrylate coated fabrics were studied. The tensile parameters such as ...Read more
Author:Louw, Johannes ADate:Dec 2020Sequence-to-sequence end-to-end models for text-to-speech have shown significant gains in naturalness of the produced synthetic speech. These models have an encoder-decoder architecture, without an explicit duration model, but rather a learned ...Read more
Author:Oboirien, BO; Engelbrecht, AD; North, Brian C; Du Cann, VM; Falcon, RDate:Nov 2012In this study, the textural properties of chars generated from a vitrinite, high ash coal in a fluidised bed gasifier under air-blown, oxygen-blown and oxygen-enriched conditions were determined by detailed petrographic analysis. The char ...Read more
Author:Folorunso, O; Hamam, Y; Sadiku, R; Ray, Suprakas S; Joseph Adekoya, GJDate:Mar 2020Borophene, a 2-dimensional material with efficacious properties (electrical, thermal and mechanical), is a very promising material that is expected to contribute, significantly, in the revolutionization of electrochemical energy storage, for ...Read more