Author:Verryn, SD; Snedden, CLDate:30 Aug 2010This presentation outlines the South African plantation forestry sector and its contributions and improvement in productivity, acquiring genetic diversity, challenges and advances in genetically improving trees as well as transforming the ...Read more
Author:Jolliffe, BDate:Aug 2006Slides include: What is the knowledge economy? Drivers; Will it contribute to development? Development as freedom; Knowledge Economy, ICTs, convergence etc; Ducks to put in a row; Patents and knowledge economy; South Africa? Threat to local ...Read more
Author:Oosthuizen, SJ; Swanepoel, JJ; Van Vuuren, DSDate:Oct 2014The CSIR-Ti process produces titanium metal powder through continuous stepwise metallothermic reduction of titanium tetrachloride (TiCl(sub4)) in molten salt medium, and represents a cost-effective alternative to the standard Kroll process ...Read more
Author:Dlodlo, N; Foko, Thato EDate:Oct 2012One of the mandates of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) in South Africa is to distribute textbooks to both urban and remote rural schools. The challenge that the DBE faces in this regard is that the distribution machinery has not been ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony K; Coetzee, S; Kaczmarek, I; Kourie, DG; Iwaniak, A; Kubik, TDate:May 2011The University of Pretoria in South Africa and the Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Poland have a joint research project under the SA/Poland Cooperation Agreement on Cooperation in Science and Technologies, entitled ...Read more
Author:North, Brian C; Langmi, Henrietta W; Swartbooi, Ashton MDate:Sep 2019There is a great deal of knowledge and experience on the safe handling of hydrogen, and the safe operation and management of hydrogen systems in South Africa. This knowledge and experience mostly sits within large gas supply companies and ...Read more
Author:Nkosi, MT; Mekuria, Fisseha; Gejibo, SHDate:Jun 2011Healthcare providers are facing growing challenges in patient diagnostics and information gathering due to in-adequate infrastructure and insufficient number of health-care professionals to perform such operations. The traditional way of ...Read more
Author:Adam, R; Herselman, Martha E; Chuang, CH; Smit, D; Eloff, JHP; Zielinski, MPDate:Nov 2011The purpose of this paper is to discuss certain challenges that emerge when evaluating a Living Lab (LL). These challenges are linked to the choice of evaluation methods as well as whether to measure, when, what and how to measure. A LL in ...Read more
Author:Mutanga, MB; Mudali, P; Dlamini, IZ; Ndlovu, L; Xulu, SSDate:May 2010Network forensics plays a major role in the investigation of criminal activities involving computer networks. Investigating such crimes is still an open research area due to the fact that technology is always advancing hence investigators ...Read more
Author:Barnard, EDate:Nov 2009The authors have previously argued that the infamous "No Free Lunch" theorem for supervised learning is a paradoxical result of a misleading choice of prior probabilities. Here, they provide more analysis of the dangers of uniform densities ...Read more
Author:Hwabamungu, B; Brown, I; Williams, QDate:May 2015Information Systems (IS) strategizing research conducted mostly in the private sector setting indicates that there are many challenges to the implementation of Information Systems strategy and that there is need for further research on this ...Read more
Author:Mothetha, M; Nkuna, Z; Mema, VDate:Jul 2013The majority of rural areas in South Africa are experiencing the challenges of accessing water services because they cannot afford to pay for municipal services. However, the Water Services Authorities (WSA) and Water Services Providers (WSP) ...Read more
Author:Benson, JM; Chikwanda, HKDate:Nov 2007Titanium has fired the imagination of engineers and designers for decades by its ‘ideal’ combination of high strength, low density and good corrosion resistance. However, its application has unfortunately been limited to those niche markets ...Read more
Author:Naicker, Denver; Moodley, MackaylanDate:Mar 2024Self-sovereign identity is an emerging blockchain technology field. Its use cases primarily surround identity and credential management and advocate the privacy of user details during the verification process. Our endeavor was to test and ...Read more
Author:Roux, SPDate:May 2009Include neutralization and chemical precipitation as well as membrane dependent processes. Biological sulphate reduction is another, environmentally benign option but relies heavily on the availability of an economically viable electron donor ...Read more
Author:Steyn, Maronel; Genthe, BettinaDate:May 2009Much attention is given to the recording of diarrhoea incidence among children under the age of 5. This is used as an indicator of health of the community since diarrhoea historically has a more profound effect on children and elderly people. ...Read more
Author:Wright, CY; Archibald, S; Garland, Rebecca M; Naidoo, M; Frost, F; Phala, NDate:Sep 2013Solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) levels are affected by airborne aerosols, such as particles and gases released during biomass burning events. Two large-scale fires in South Africa were identified and selected based on their proximity to ...Read more
Author:Oelofse, Suzanna HHDate:Aug 2013This presentation deals with the changes which can be expected in the waste management legislation and the implementation of new methods of management.Read more
Author:Oelofse, Suzanna HH; Muswema, Aubrey P; Koen, RenéeDate:Oct 2016Changing the face of waste management in South Africa, includes waste diversion from landfill to alternative management options. There are a number of interventions to consider which may vary from very low tech, labour intensive solutions to ...Read more