Author:Mfupe, Luzango P; Kaijage, S; Mwangama, J; Oyerinde, O; Katzis, KDate:Sep 2021AFRICON is the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) Region 8 flagship conference on the African continent. IEEE AFRICON 2021 was virtually held in Arusha, Tanzania from Monday the 13th to Wednesday the 15th of September ...Read more
Author:Erasmus, Louwrence DDate:Aug 2023Digital Transformation in Achieving Defence Information Excellence in the Journey to Greatness with Editor: Dr Louwrence Erasmus Pr. Eng. Introduction: The Command and Management Information Systems (CMIS) Division strives towards Information ...Read more
Author:Pandelani, Thanyani ADate:May 2023One of the aims of the South African Ballistic Organisation (SABO) is to organise and host a local ballistic symposium every second year. This year SABO is hosting the 2023 symposium. The SABO 2023 Organising Committee has been overwhelmed ...Read more
Author:De Waal, ADate:Nov 2012These proceedings list all peer reviewed papers delivered at the twenty-third annual symposium of the Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa, held in Pretoria in November 2012Read more
Author:Olakanm, EO; Hoosain, Shaik E; Lawal, SA; Pityana, Sisa LDate:Jun 2022Tailoring materials’ microstructural characteristics to meet mechanical functional requirements is quite critical in designing wear resistant coatings. To the best of our knowledge, no study had related carbide dissolution ratio (CDR) in laser ...Read more
Author:Tshabalala, Lerato C; Pityana, Sisa L; Styne, J; Höfer, M; Schäfer, LDate:Sep 2012Laser machining which is a non-contact process that offers the advantage of machining advanced ceramics. In laser machining Si3N4, surface temperature is increased and controlled to evaporate the YSiAlON glassy phase of the Si3N4. However, ...Read more
Author:Venter, JPDate:Feb 2006In this paper the development and testing of Cyber First Responder Process Flows is discussed. A generic process flow framework is presented and design principles and layout characteristics as well as important points within the process flows ...Read more
Author:Gololo, KV; Majozi, TDate:Oct 2010This paper presents a technique for grassroot design of cooling water system for wastewater minimization which incorporates the performances of the cooling towers involved. The study focuses mainly on cooling systems consisting of multiple ...Read more
Author:Goncalves, DDate:Jun 2008Systems engineering is about coordination. To coordinate is to bring the different elements of a complex activity or organization into a harmonious or effective relationship as a whole system. This paper views coordination in the context of ...Read more
Author:Van Heerden, CJ; De Villiers, P; Barnard, E; Davel, MHDate:Nov 2011Initial work towards processing Afrikaans spoken lectures in a resource-scarce environment is presented. Two approaches to acoustic modeling for eventual alignment are compared: (a) using a well-trained target-language acoustic model and (b) ...Read more
Author:Du Preez, WB; Richter, PW; Hope, DDate:Nov 2006Eyeborn is an innovative hydroxyapatite orbital implant used to replace the eyeball of a patient who has lost an eye. A prosthetic eye cap is fitted on the front of the Eyeborn implant, restoring the patient's appearance and improving his ...Read more
Author:Barnard, RentiaDate:Oct 2017This presentation discusses the Product Lifecycle Management Centre of Technology by Rentia Barnard including Collaborative Product Development at the 6th CSIR Conference: Ideas that work for industrial development, 5-6 October 2017, CSIR ...Read more
Author:Kotzé-Jacobs, L; Mahlangu, T; Mokone, NDate:01 Sep 2010In recent years, the drive towards cleaner technologies has made us more aware of the need for green and sustainable methodologies for chemical synthesis. It is here that enzymes are beneficial due to mild reaction conditions, biodegradability ...Read more
Author:Jacobs, A; Du Plessis, LM; Nxumalo, N; Combrink, ADate:Feb 2006There is a growing interest in sources alternative to fish oil of long- chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), particularly the ω-3 PUFAs such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). The current study aims to produce ω- 3 PUFAs, by solid- state ...Read more
Author:Jacobs, A; Reddy, JDate:Nov 2008The South African agro-processing industry generates millions of tons of cereal derived by-products annually. The by-products from biofuel production are expected to increase these volumes dramatically. Highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA) ...Read more
Author:Mtsweni, Jabu S; Ngassam, EK; Burge, LDate:May 2016Microtasking as one of the crowdsourcing models has found penetration mostly in developed nations and is slowly making inroads in developing nations. It has been used for quickly solving a myriad of social and business challenges by tapping ...Read more
Author:Egidius, PM; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Hancke, GPDate:Oct 2018Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and the Internet of Things play a critical role in many applications ranging from monitoring, tracking and surveillance, social enhancement and many more. Although WSN is used for applications above, still there ...Read more
Author:Braun, ALDate:Oct 1998This paper reports on the progress that has been made with the utilisation and promotion of fine down (cashmere type) fibre production from indigenous goat breeds in South Africa and on the results obtained on samples received during the past ...Read more
Author:Hayeshi, R; Semete, B; Kalombo, Lonji; Lemmer, Yolandy; Katata, L; Swai, HDate:Nov 2013Nanotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that encompasses the design, manipulation, characterization, production, and application of structures, devices, and systems at the nanometer scale range (~1–500 nm), which present unique and/or ...Read more