Author:Sharma Grover, A; Calteaux, Karen V; Van Huyssteen, G; Pretorius, MDate:Oct 2010South Africa is one of the few countries in the world that boasts a large number of official languages. Due to the efforts of the government and the local research and development (R&D) community all the official languages are enabled with ...Read more
Author:Peach, Schalk W; Irwin, B; Van Heerden, Renier PDate:Jul 2016The objective of this paper is to assess the current state of Container-Based Emulator implementations on the Linux platform. Through a narrative overview, a selection of open source Container-Based emulators are analysed to collect information ...Read more
Author:Du Preez, WDate:Sep 2011This presentation provides an overview of materials research in South Africa. It highlights research done on batteries, polymers, nanocomposites and nano-metal matrix composites, piezoelectric materials, light metals and laser processing of ...Read more
Author:Le Roux, Alize; Mans, Gerbrand G; Van Heerden, Quintin; Ludick, ChantelDate:Nov 2018There is a need for models and tools, to better understand/explore the impacts of future policies on land use, to predict behaviour under specific scenarios, inputs and pressures, to study, understand and explore links and phenomenas. Urban ...Read more
Author:Van Eden, Beatrice; Rosman, Benjamin SDate:Jan 2019Robot vision is an interdisciplinary field that deals with how robots can be made to gain high-level understanding from digital images or videos. Understanding an image at the pixel level often does not provide enough information for decision ...Read more
Author:Gardiner, DDate:Oct 2012In this presentation the author provides an overview of health R&D within the CSIR, and how the organisation is responding to challenges faced by the health care sector.Read more
Author:Johnson, D; Lysko, Albert ADate:Sep 2007Predicting the performance of ad-hoc networking protocols has typically been performed by making use of software based simulation tools. Experimental study and validation of such predictions is vital to obtaining more realistic results, but ...Read more
Author:Ngwangwa, HM; Heyns, PS; Labuschagne, FJJ; Kululanga, GKDate:Jul 2008A healthy road transport systems is essential for any country's social and economic development. It is generally observed that if road deterioration is allowed to increase, the economy will need significantly larger expenditures in subsequent ...Read more
Author:Nordengen, Paul A; Berman, Robert J; De Saxe, Christopher C; Diess, JDate:Oct 2018The Performance-Based Standards or “Smart Truck” pilot project is a national research initiative that is trialling the introduction of high productivity road freight transport in South Africa. This initiative is being led by stakeholders from ...Read more
Author:Marais, Mario ADate:Nov 2012The sustainability of ICT for Development (ICT4D) initiatives, and indeed any development initiative, depends on many different factors that has been summarised in terms of financial, social, institutional, technological, and environmental ...Read more
Author:Smyth, J; Philogene, L; Bindon, J; Brooks, M; Smith, G; Snedden, Glen CDate:Oct 2012Space technologies are becoming increasingly important to economic development in Africa. Despite this, the continent lacks a satellite launch capability and its reliance on foreign launch service providers may be seen as both limiting ...Read more
Author:Kinabo, AB; Mwangam, JB; Lysko, Albert ADate:May 2021The state of the art for real-time factory-floor communications consists ofa variety of protocols and technologies that aid in timely data exchange through thnetwork. The majority of these are of a fieldbus type, running on a wired link like ...Read more
Author:Waldeck, LDate:Aug 2013This presentation provides an overview of Urban Growth Simulation as a risk free means of assessing the future outcome of major policy and investment decisions with some examples of scenarios that were simulated in different South African cities.Read more
Author:Waldeck, LDate:Nov 2013This presentation provides an overview of Urban Growth Simulation as a risk free means of assessing the future outcome of major policy and investment decisions with some examples of scenarios that were simulated in different South African ...Read more
Author:Blouw, SDate:Feb 2007The vision and mission behind this paper, is to develop a globally competitive fibre industry, with cutting edge technologies, expertise and innovative solutions for the fibre industry. Flax is cultivated in wide range of soils. It requires ...Read more
Author:Thwala, Melusi; Musee, N; Sikhwivhilu, L; Wepener, VDate:Aug 2013The toxicity effects of silver (nAg) and zinc oxide (nZnO) engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) on the duckweed Spirodela punctuta were studied to investigate the potential risks posed by these ENPs towards higher aquatic plants. The influence of ...Read more
Author:Matseke, Mphoma SDate:Oct 2019The main aim of this work was to synthesize carbon supported CoFe(sub2-x) Ni(subx)o(sub4) nanoparticles with high catalytic activity for ORR in alkaline mediaRead more
Author:Zheng, Haitao; Rohwer, Mark B; Mathe, Mahlanyane KDate:31 Aug 2010Alloyed electrocatalysts such as PtNi/C[1-2], PtCo/C[3], PtCr/C[4], PtFe/C [5-6], and non-alloyed Pt-TiO2/C were reportedly investigated for methanol tolerance during Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The high methanol tolerance of these ...Read more
Author:Zunckel, M; Emberson, LD; Sowden, MDate:Jun 2006The Cross Border Impact Assessment Project (CAPIA) was designed to develop an understanding of regional surface ozone concentrations and their potential risk to agriculture in southern Africa. Surface ozone concentrations were estimated using ...Read more