Author:Jovanovic, Nebojsa; Garcia, CL; Bugan, Richard DH; Teich, I; Garcia Rodriguez, CMDate:Mar 2014Quantification of the water cycle components is key to managing water resources. Remote sensing techniques and products have recently been developed for the estimation of water balance variables. The objective of this study was to test the ...Read more
Author:Nsibande, SA; Dabrowski, James M; van der Walt, E; Venter, A; Forbes, PBCDate:Jun 2015Air dispersion software models for evaluating pesticide spray drift during application have been developed that can potentially serve as a cheaper convenient alternative to field monitoring campaigns. Such models require validation against ...Read more
Author:Mathe, Ntombizodwa R; Tshabalala, Lerato CDate:Dec 2019The additive manufacturing of aluminium alloys has become an area of interest for the aerospace industry due to the high strength-to-weight ratios of the produced components. AlSi10Mg has been explored as an alloy of choice for building ...Read more
Author:Tesfaye, T; Sithole, Bishop B; Ramjugernath, DDate:Jun 2018Deep Learning has become a common applied technique to improve results in a variety of detection scenarios, including Synthetic Aperture Radar ship detection. One of the most common Deep Learning techniques, Convolutional Neural Networks, ...Read more
Author:Tesfaye, T; Sithole, Bishop B; Ramjugernath, DDate:Dec 2017Worldwide, the poultry meat processing industry generates large quantities of feather by-products that amount to 40 × 109 kg annually. The feathers are considered wastes although small amounts are often processed into valuable products such ...Read more
Author:Tesfaye, T; Sithole, Bishop B; Ramjugernath, D; Mokhothu, Thabang HDate:May 2018Increasing consumption of chicken results in generation of large amounts of wastes that need to be disposed of properly. Chicken feathers constitute about 5–10% of the weight of the chicken and thus they comprise a significant portion of the ...Read more
Author:Tesfaye, T; Sithole, Bishop B; Ramjugernath, D; Mokhothu, Thabang HDate:May 2018Increasing consumption of chicken results in generation of large amounts of wastes that need to be disposed of properly. Chicken feathers constitute about 5–10% of the weight of the chicken and thus they comprise a significant portion of the ...Read more
Author:Tesfaye, T; Johakimu, Jonas K; Chavan, RB; Sithole, Bishop B; Ramjugernath, DDate:Nov 2017Reducing environmental impacts and obtaining economic benefits based on utilisation of waste materials are drivers for the implementation of cleaner production policies and technologies in food processing industries. Starch is a very versatile ...Read more
Author:Tesfaye, T; Sithole, Bishop B; Ramjugernath, DDate:Aug 2018The threat of oil pollution increases with the development of large-scale off-shore petroleum industrial activities. Recently, reducing waste materials through reuse has contributed to sustainable manufacturing in many industries. With ...Read more
Author:Tesfaye, T; Sithole, Bishop B; Ramjugernath, DDate:Jun 2018Environmental concerns, rapid oil consumption, the high price of oil, and limited oil reserves are driving research into cheap, biodegradable, sustainable, renewable, and abundantly available green materials. Waste chicken feathers are abundant ...Read more
Author:Khumalo, Mduduzi; Sithole, Bishop B; Tesfaye, TamratDate:May 2020Extraction of keratin from keratinous waste materials, such as chicken feathers, has been identified as the favourable approach in beneficiation of this biomass. The chemical extractions of keratin by reducing agents are usually preferred ...Read more
Author:De Lange, Willem J; Veldtman, R; Allsopp, MHDate:Aug 2013We assess the monetary value of forage provisioning services for honeybees as provided by an alien tree species in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Although Eucalyptus cladocalyx is not an officially declared invader, it is cleared ...Read more
Author:Pascual, U; Balvanera, P; Díaz, S; Pataki, G; O’Farrell, PatrickDate:Jun 2017Nature is perceived and valued in starkly different and often conflicting ways. This paper presents the rationale for the inclusive valuation of nature’s contributions to people (NCP) in decision making, as well as broad methodological steps ...Read more
Author:Page, D; Dillon, P; Toze, S; Bixio, D; Genthe, Bettina; Cisneros, BEJ; Wintgens, TDate:Mar 2010A quantitative microbial risk assessment C(QMRA) was performed at four managed aquifer recharge (MAR) sites (Australia, South Africa, Belgium, Mexico) where reclaimed wastewater and stormwater is recycled via aquifers for drinking water ...Read more
Author:Gummow, B; Bastianello, SS; Botha, CJ; Smith, HJC; Basson, AJ; Wells, BDate:Dec 1994An epidemiological investigation into an ''ill thrift'' problem occurring on a dairy farm adjacent to an alloy-processing unit, established that the probable cause of the problem was chronic vanadium poisoning. The disease manifested initially ...Read more
Author:Symes, CT; Woodborne, SMDate:Nov 2011The authors measured d13C and d15N isotope signatures in flight feathers of a White-bellied Sunbird to assess the value of using stable isotopes of feathers in avian dietary studies. Significant variation in d13C and d15N isotope values of ...Read more
Author:Makita, C; Madala, NE; Cukrowska, A; Abdelgadir, H; Chimuka, L; Steenkamp, Paul A; Ndhlala, ARDate:Sep 2017Recent evidence has shown that consumption of plants rich in phenolic compounds has health-promoting benefits. Amongst these plants, include Moringa oleifera Lam. (Moringaceae) which has gained significant attention due to its high contingency ...Read more
Author:Kemp, J; Lotter, Johanna M; Meyer, A; Kleinert, A; Pérez-Fernández, M; Valentine, ADate:May 2018We investigated the different functional strategies of N nutrition of cultivated and wild varieties of the legume Aspalathus linearis (N.L.Burm.) R.Dahlgren during wet and dry seasons in the Cape Floristic Region. The study addressed differences ...Read more