Author:Joseph-Malherbe, S; Malherbe, DDate:Aug 2009Updating or changing the requirements statement during the systems engineering process may impact adversely on project parameters such as sequence, dependencies, effort, and duration of tasks, usually with an increase in development time and ...Read more
Author:Wall, KDate:Dec 2009This thought piece is deliberately about issues and principles, rather than about setting out a step-by-step process for the planning and provision of services. What is important - and needs to be fully understood - are these issues and ...Read more
Author:Madiba, L; Erasmus, Louwrence DDate:Oct 2023The South African Local Government is currently experiencing a backlog in providing basic services to its citizens due to financial constraints, lack of planning, poor project management and integration between sector departments. The South ...Read more
Author:Dube, S; Moyo, BDate:Jul 2010Communal area rangeland resource users are an important part of the rangeland ecosystem; rangeland management policies and practice should, therefore, accommodate their socio-cultural practices and knowledge. Indigenous knowledge (IK) is often ...Read more
Author:Van’t Wout, Magdalena C; Pieterse, Heloise; Ball, Shaun VDate:Oct 2019An overview of the literature on military-related stress confirms that stress remains part of the deployed soldier’s life, whether it relates to concerns about his family back home, the nature of the military environment, accumulated stress, ...Read more
Author:Van't Wout, Magdalena C; Pieterse, Heloise; Ball, Shaun VDate:Oct 2019An overview of the literature on military-related stress confirms that stress remains part of the deployed soldier’s life, whether it relates to concerns about his family back home, the nature of the military environment, accumulated stress, ...Read more
Author:Nhemachena, C; Chakwizira, J; Mashiri, MDate:Nov 2008Southern Africa is expected to experience further increases in temperature and declining rainfall patterns as well as increased frequency of extreme climate events (such as droughts and floods) as a result of climate change. These changes are ...Read more
Author:Viljoen, NMDate:Jul 2012Project-based learning is a popular engineering education approach that involves at least three stakeholders – students, faculty and an external client. But more often than not, one or more of these parties have to compromise their goals in ...Read more
Author:Wall, KDate:Apr 2008Planning the built environment is, or should be, also about providing and managing (i.e. operating and maintaining) this environment, viz. the engineering infrastructure (much of which is underground), structures and public amenities. However, ...Read more
Author:Van Wilgen, BW; Archibald, S; Frost, PDate:Nov 2008Fires are a natural and common feature of many of South Africa's landscapes. The research has three main goals namely, to quantify the nature of the risks associated with vegetation fires, to assess how these risks may change in future and ...Read more
Author:Dudley, Angela LDate:Jul 2016This presentation focuses on the manipulation of structured light. Structured light manipulation allows people to dynamical change the spatial profile of an optical field.Read more
Author:Spencer, KC; Walters, DM; Page, TPT; Du Plessis, AGDate:Feb 2000The project reviews and discusses the various topics that could constitute an emergency situation in a colliery. The actions that should be undertaken to prevent such emergencies occurring and if the emergency does occur, how to deal with it, ...Read more
Author:Spencer, KC; Walters, DM; Page, TPT; Du Plessis, AGDate:Feb 2000With the exception of those incidents that are solely attributable to nature, virtually all other incidents, the hand of man can usually be detected to a greater or lesser degree. It would be fair to say that if the myriad of laws, regulations, ...Read more
Author:Spencer, KC; Walters, DM; Page, TPT; Du Plessis, AGDate:Feb 2000The relevant guidelines issued by the Department of Minerals and Energy were reviewed in light of the findings given in parts one and two of this report. The earlier guidelines were issued unilaterally by the Department of Minerals and Energy, ...Read more
Author:Spencer, KC; Walters, DM; Page, TPT; Du Plessis, AGDate:Feb 2000From Parts 1 and 2 of this report all the salient points and additional detail arising from these points have been collated and put into a checklist format to enable the user on any colliery to carry out a first order audit. Once this has ...Read more
Author:Purdon, Kyla; Setati, Tiro; Marais, Stephen TDate:Nov 2021At the CSIR, a Learning Factory has been established to teach about the fundamentals of robotics and other Industry 4.0 disciplines. The Learning Factory makes use of the Annin Robotics AR3 robot arm: a low-cost robot designed for small ...Read more
Author:Pancham, A; Tlale, N; Bright, GDate:Oct 2012In order for mobile robots to operate in dynamic or real world environments they must be able to localise themselves while building a map of the environment, and detect and track moving objects. This work involves the research and implementation ...Read more
Author:Main, Russell S; Cho, Moses A; Mathieu, Renaud SA; Asner, GDate:Oct 2012Large scattered trees play an important role in the functioning of savanna landscapes. They act as focal points for various organism activities, which influence the distribution of nutrients and water within the landscape, which in turn ...Read more
Author:Lück-Vogel, Melanie; Mbolambi, C; Adams, J; Rautenbach, KDate:Apr 2015The iSimangaliso Wetland Park in which the St Lucia estuary is embedded hosts the largest estuarine system in Africa (155 000 Ha). Remote sensing mapping of the composition of the otherwise largely inaccessible estuarine vegetation provides ...Read more