Author:Wadrop, ChrisDate:Oct 2017CPI is a UK technology innovation centre and the process element of the Government’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult. This presentation explains the services and focus of CPI and how they use applied knowledge in science and engineering ...Read more
Author:Botha, Adèle; Ruyobeza, B; Grobbelaar, SSDate:Jun 2023Objective: To enhance the predictive power of the Fit between Individuals, Task and Technology (FITT) framework in mobile, individual consumer settings by restructuring the individual-task fit to prominently emphasize the task-skills fit. ...Read more
Author:Wong, W; Kotzé, Paula; Read, J; Bannon, L; Hvannberg, EDate:2009This paper describes the key lessons from an earlier HCI Educators’ conference, held in Limerick in 2006, the outcomes of which led to the theme of HCIEd 2007 – Creativity: Experiencing to Educate and Design. The paper discusses the lessons ...Read more
Author:De Jager, Peta; Abbott, G; Parsons, SDate:Apr 2009Transforming bits of a strategic plan into physical infrastructure requires the preparation of briefing documents for the professional team. This task is both complex and specialised, particularly in the case of health-care infrastructure. ...Read more
Author:De Jager, Peta; Abbott, G; Parsons, SDate:May 2009Transforming strategic plans into physical infrastructure requires the preparation of briefing documents for the professional team. This task is both complex and specialised, particularly in the case of health-care infrastructure. This paper ...Read more
Author:Greben, HA; Nemaangani, LP; Oelofse, Suzanna HHDate:Nov 2008Waste in South Africa is disposed of in landfills, which produces unwanted landfill gas (CH4) and leachate emissions. Biological treatment of the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (OFMSW) is an established technology in Europe, applying ...Read more
Author:De Jager, Peta; Abbott, GDate:Sep 2013Healthcare spending in South Africa is inequitably distributed across the private and public sectors. Treasury reports that 49 % of expenditure is attributable to the private sector in the service of 16% of the population. This expenditure ...Read more
Author:Veldsman, A; Van Rensburg, JRDate:May 2006In the light of multiple (documented) failures of ICT4Dev implementations in the developing world and especially in the light of the failure of ICT adoption, ownership and application in the South Africa MPCC initiative, the writers argue for ...Read more
Author:Barnard, E; Zarbian, SDate:May 2010The authors investigate the acoustic realization of tone in continuous utterances in Sepedi (a language in the Southern Bantu family). Human labelers marked each of the 271 syllables in a 15-sentence corpus produced by a single speaker as ...Read more
Author:Steyn, Maronel; Oberholster, Paul; Genthe, Bettina; Thwala, MelusiDate:Sep 2019Phycoremediation makes use of macroalgae or microalgae and can be used to treat wastewater. This technique has the potential to be used as an alternative biomass source for bio-energy production. The current study utilizes a specific consortium ...Read more
Author:Ford, M; Batchelor, JDate:Jul 2007In many countries mobile phones are being banned from schools amidst growing concerns regarding their inappropriate use during school hours. However, the mobile phone is the de-facto most important networked knowledge exchange technology used ...Read more
Author:Polderijk, JJ; Van Dyk, FE; Ferreira, D; Guis, GW; Keller, SDate:Mar 2006South-African and Dutch research institutes and business partners collaborated in several pilot projects for improving logistical performance and quality performance to strengthen the market position of South-African fruit after deregulation ...Read more
Author:Lysko, Albert A; Masonta, Moshe T; Johnson, DL; Venter, HDate:Sep 2012The paper describes the predictions made for Bergvliet, South Africa in terms of the availability of the frequency spectrum occupied by analogue TV broadcast around that area. The focus is made on the availability of under-used TV channels ...Read more
Author:Smit, Jacoba E; Prinsloo, LC; Nel, JMDate:Jul 2012Photosynthesis provides us with the most abundant and efficient light-harvesting systems found in nature. The photosynthetic process is very much dependent on the aggregation state of the chlorophylls and secondary conformational structure ...Read more
Author:Modibedi, Remegia MDate:Mar 2013Fuel cells continue to be investigated as alternative energy source because of the high energy demand worldwide. Research activities worldwide are focussed on improving the performance of the catalysts, support material, membrane, MEA ...Read more
Author:Modibedi, Remegia MDate:Jul 2013Fuel cells continue to be investigated as alternative energy source because of the high energy demand worldwide. Research activities worldwide are focussed on improving the performance of the catalysts, support material, membrane, MEA ...Read more
Author:Modibedi, Remegia MDate:May 2008Metrohm potentiostat are used in our laboratory for characterising fuel cell electrodes. Pt based materials were prepared and tested for electrochemical activity.Read more
Author:Engelbrecht, JeanineDate:Aug 2016The analysis of image data from space-borne or airborne sensors has been widely used to aid geological mapping. The advantages of using remotely sensed data are numerous and include the fact that large areas can be observed in a single ...Read more