Author:Gush, Mark BDate:Mar 2005The price of petrol and diesel is going up. This has become a familiar announcement on the news. Oil prices are high due to increased demand, tougher environmental requirements, uncertainties linked to terrorism and instability in the Middle ...Read more
Author:Naidoo, Laven; Mathieu, Renaud SA; Cho, Moses A; Main, Russell S; Asner, GDate:Nov 2012With a mean net primary productivity of 7.2 tC/ha/year and a minimum woody coverage ranging from 10 to 30%, savannahs account for approximately 40% of the global carbon store. The savannah woody component impacts the fire regime, biomass ...Read more
Author:Zlobinsky, Natasha; Johnson, DavidDate:Sep 2016The concept behind this work is to build mesh net-works in the TVWS band for developing regions to improve internet access opportunities. The purpose is to solve a pertinent problem within the context, namely to find an optimal or almost ...Read more
Author:Otto, AJ; Rananga, S; Masonta, Moshe TDate:Aug 2023Radio Frequency (RF) Fingerprinting is the theory of identifying a wireless device based on its unique transmitting characteristics which can improve authentication and security in wireless networks. This research project will briefly discuss ...Read more
Author:Pretorius, CJDate:Mar 2013This paper shares the current DPM Baseline project that the CSIR is conducting for the platinum mine industry. The project only ends March 2013 so no results are reported in this paper. The paper describes the project plan such as the exposure ...Read more
Author:Lysko, Albert ADate:Jul 2016There is a need for work around improving frequency spectrum utilization efficiency to support the South African government targets of 100% broadband by 2020, with tough specifications stated by the National Broadband Policy “South Africa ...Read more
Author:Lysko, Albert ADate:Jul 2016There is a need for work around improving frequency spectrum utilization efficiency to support the South African government targets of 100% broadband by 2020, with tough specifications stated by the National Broadband Policy “South Africa ...Read more
Author:Gilliland, S; Kotzé, Paula; van der Merwe, ADate:Oct 2015Enterprise architecture (EA) is an organisational strategy increasingly used to describe the integration of business and information management in complex enterprises. Organisations can prevent human–related problems and promote acceptance ...Read more
Author:Funchall, DM; Herselman, Martha E; Van Greunen, DDate:Oct 2008The South African Government, in line with international thought, recognises the potential of the contribution of SMME’s to the overall economy of the country. Government and the private sector have introduced agencies and operations to support ...Read more
Author:Khoza, N; Grove, T; Moraba, T; Schutte, PCDate:Aug 2009This presentation presents the major literature review findings on occupational silica dust exposure of workers in the non-mining industries/sectors. An overview of silica and silicosis is given, and ways of eliminating the disease are ...Read more
Author:Edwards, ADate:Apr 2012The aims of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of workplace stress among mineworkers in South Africa; to identify mineworkers that are at risk of workplace stress and to evaluate the use of translated self-report questionnaires and ...Read more
Author:Funke, Nicola S; Nortje, KarenDate:31 Mar 2013The Upper Olifants Key Stakeholder Workshop took place at the CSIR Knowledge Commons on 26 February 2013. The workshop participants included representatives from national government, provincial government, local government, mining, industry, ...Read more
Author:York, GDate:Mar 2000After a mini-survey on the structure and content of the workshops, it was decided that a overhead/electronic presentation of the engineering rationale / principles established in SIMRAC project GAP334 should be presented in conjunction with ...Read more
Author:Maistry, Nattele; Schutz, Robert A; Cox, EttienneDate:Nov 2017Polluted or broken insulators and faulty connections on power lines induce corona and thermal (heat) radiation. The corona and heat build-up causes long term degradation of the high voltage electrical components, which leads to voltage drops, ...Read more
Author:Swanepoel, H; Oelofse, Suzanna HH; Schubert, M; Sehaswana, DDate:Oct 2012Developing a waste information baseline for South Africa, without doing primary data collection, proved to be an enormous task. The project team had to ensure that all available data, whether being reported or not, were collected. This process ...Read more
Author:Muswema, Aubrey PDate:Oct 2012Small business, including small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs), is seen as the corner stone of economic development in South Africa, with reported contributions of up to 42% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The South African ...Read more
Author:Muswema, Aubrey PDate:Oct 2012Integrated Waste Management Planning (IWMP) was recognised as a short-term strategy initiative for the public and private sector in the National Waste Management Strategy as far back as 1999 (DEAT, 1999). Ten years later, through the Waste ...Read more
Author:Smit, JC; Cilliers, Jacques E; Baker, CJ; Hanekom, JJDate:May 2008Radar measurements of a radar calibration sphere test target suspended in sea surface multipath propagation conditions are reported. Wideband measurements together with high range resolution (HRR) processing were employed to resolve the direct ...Read more
Author:Moloantoa, JR; Rammutla, KE; Mosuang, TE; Erasmus, RM; Hillie, KTDate:Jul 2011Au and Pt doped TiO2 nanocrystlas were prepared using the sol gel method. Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (DRS) was used to study the characteristics of these precious metals and X-ray diffraction (XRD) with calculated lattice parameters was ...Read more