Author:Maistry, N; Van Coller, J; Scutz, RADate:Sep 2015It is essential to detect corona discharge as a symptom of insulation breakdown in high voltage (HV) applications. However accuracy of such measurement is often degraded due to the existence of solar background noise in the signal. Fraunhofer ...Read more
Author:Egambaram, Orielia P; Kesavan Pillai, Sreejarani; Ray, Suprakas SDate:Mar 2020UV radiation is one of the critical environmental stress factors for human skin, which can trigger various problems such as pruritus, burning, erythema, premature skin aging and skin cancer. Hence, UV protection has become an indispensable ...Read more
Author:Egambaram, Orielia P; Kesavan Pillai, Sreejarani; Ray, Suprakas SDate:Mar 2020UV radiation is one of the critical environmental stress factors for human skin, which can trigger various problems such as pruritus, burning, erythema, premature skin aging and skin cancer. Hence, UV protection has become an indispensable ...Read more
Author:Wright, CYDate:Sep 2010The detrimental effects of excess personal solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure include wrinkles, immunosuppression and skin cancer. Approximately 1 000 South Africans die each year from melanoma skin cancer and 30% of all histologica ...Read more
Author:Wright, C; Albers, PDate:Sep 2011While some sun exposure induces a sense of well-being and synthesis of vitamin D excess sun exposure has been associated with skin cancer, immune suppression and ocular cataracts. In South Africa, approximately 30% of all histologically-diagnosed ...Read more
Author:Wright, CDate:2009This article asks just how harmful are our solar UV rays? It explains what previous researches tell us about how much UV radiation our children are likely to receive and what are the health risks.Read more