Author:Maarsingh, B; Grobbelaar, Sarah S; Herselman, Martha, EDate:Aug 2023Innovation is an essential factor in stimulating economic growth. However, despite the positive effect of innovation, it is often focused on high-income groups, excluding marginalized individuals and groups, possibly worsening inequality as ...Read more
Author:Durrheim, RJDate:Mar 2012Rockbursts pose a significant risk to workers in deep gold and platinum mines in South Africa. In-stope support systems are one of the measures used to mitigate the risk. Over the last two decades several new technologies have been introduced, ...Read more
Author:Mahamood, RM; Akinlabi, ET; Shukla, M; Pityana, Sisa LDate:Jul 2012Functionally Graded Material (FGM) belongs to a class of advanced material characterized by variation in properties as the dimension varies. The overall properties of FMG are unique and different from any of the individual material that forms ...Read more
Author:Mendecki, AJ; Napier, JAL; Ilchev, A; Sellers, EDate:Jun 2001Numerical modelling of rock-mass response to underground excavations is of vital importance for the decision-making process in designing and running a mine. Likewise, seismic monitoring with state-of-the-art local seismic systems is indispensable ...Read more
Author:Govender, Nicolin; Barnard, E; Davel, MHDate:Sep 2005Much theoretical work has been done on the tonal structure of languages in the Bantu family. However, most of these studies are not supported by physical measurements, or even a consistent model for mapping from linguistic constructs to such ...Read more
Author:Matji, MP; Ruiters, CDate:May 2015For developing countries to advance there is a need for more investment in infrastructure and improved decision-making (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Governments around the world face significant capacity constraints ...Read more
Author:Brink, AVZ; Roberts, MKV; Spottiswoode, SMDate:Mar 2002The objective of this project was to assess the seismic risk in the Bushveld Complex platinum mines and to provide guidelines for regional and local support in areas where the seismic risk is considered to be high. In order to achieve this ...Read more
Author:Vieira, F; Dede, T; Stewart, R; Ruskovich, ADate:Jul 1998Design charts for bracket pillar design were developed under a previous SIMRAC project GAP 223 to provide rock mechanics engineers with an initial estimate of bracket pillar sizes for clearly identified geological discontinuities, based on ...Read more
Author:Mabuza-Hocquet, Gugulethu P; Nelwamondo, Fulufhelo VDate:Dec 2015Iris recognition uses automated techniques to extract iris features which are stored in a database as a feature template to be later used for individual identification and authentication. Strict image quality control is a basic requirement ...Read more
Author:Duvenhage, FD; Craig, OO; Brent, AC; Stafford, William HLDate:Nov 2018South Africa has experienced great uncertainty in its electricity supply sector. Many energy system modeling efforts have been undertaken. This is to determine the most appropriate energy mix and manage uncertainty. We review all available, ...Read more
Author:Coetzee, LDate:Oct 2012The topic of this presentation is the new Internet, where everything is connected, and new opportunities are possible for innovative solutions to impact on the quality of life of people.Read more
Author:Madhoo, H; Khatri, A; Willemse, T; Oosthuizen, D; Coetzee, LDate:Apr 2015The “Internet of Things” (IoT) is a concept where animate and inanimate objects have the ability to collect and exchange data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. Through the utilisation of IoT and ...Read more
Author:Edwards, A; Khoza, N; Zungu, L; Letsoalo, S; Milanzi, LDate:Aug 2012The aim of awareness training of mine workers is to ensure that the worker has the knowledge about the risks of noize hazards and the effects on the hearing health and safety of workers. This is to prevent hearing loss and to train them on ...Read more
Author:Edwards, AL; Khoza, N; Letsoalo, S; Milanzi, L; Zungu, LDate:Aug 2012An investigation of the current practices and policies at various mines of the training practices and the employees’ knowledge of the risks as well as the miner’s use of HPDs was initiated by the Safety in Mining Research Advisory Committee ...Read more
Author:Adedoja, G; Botha, Adèle; Ogunleye, OSDate:May 2012Mobile phones have the potential to improve education for the millions of underprivileged users in the developing world. However, the subjects of mobile learning in the developing countries have not been largely studied. This article presents ...Read more
Author:Wright, Jarrad G; Bischof-Niemz, Sebastian T; Calitz, Joanne R; Mushwana, CrescentDate:Nov 2017South Africa has historically had a predominantly coal based energy system and a particularly coal dominated electricity system due to a large domestic coal resource and favourable coal generation technology economics. A more recently well ...Read more
Author:Ampofo-Anti, NLDate:Sep 2012The construction of homes provides social and economic benefits to society, but contributes significantly to environmental degradation. The focus of both international and South African efforts to improve the environmental performance of the ...Read more
Author:Mkuzangwe, Nenekazi NP; Nelwamondo, Fulufhelo VDate:Apr 2017Fuzzy logic is one of the powerful tools for reasoning under uncertainty and since uncertainty is an intrinsic characteristic of intrusion analysis, Fuzzy logic is therefore an appropriate tool to use to analyze intrusions in a Network. This ...Read more
Author:Nyirenda, CN; Dawoud, DSDate:Sep 2007In 802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks, the wired and the wireless interfaces of the Access Point are characterized by the disparity in channel capacity. This presents a significant bottleneck for traffic flowing from the wired network to the ...Read more