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CSIR Synthetic Biology and Precision Medicine Centre Bio-foundry Program

Author: Thimiri Govindaraj, Deepak B Date: Jan 2022 Global bio-foundry Alliance (GBA) has been established between countries including the UK, US, Japan, Singapore, China, Australia, Denmark, and Canada through 16 research institutions. Global bio-foundry Alliance plays the key role in the ... Read more
A new model-based coastal retention index (CORE) identifies bays as hotspots of retention, biological production and cumulative anthropogenic pressures

Author: Pfaff, MC ; Hart-Davis, M M ; Smith, Marie E ; Veitch, J Date: Aug 2022 Retention is a key driver of biological productivity near the coast since increased concentrations of planktonic particles in retention hotspots boost local primary production, availability of particulate food and larval recruitment. Known ... Read more
Coastal vulnerability and climate change adaptation in South Africa: Remote sensing challenges and opportunities

Author: Lück-Vogel, Melanie Date: May 2022 South Africa is nestled between the Atlantic, the Southern and the Indian Ocean. Its coast is about 3000 km long and comprises 300 estuaries. Its coast stretches across three bioclimatic regions, namely the Cool Temperate South-West, a Warm ... Read more
Circular economy and human settlements

Author: Cooper, Antony K Date: Sep 2022 This invited presentation provides an overview of the circular economy in human settlements in South Africa, with some examples. Read more
Compound flooding due to interaction of waves and river discharge at Breede Estuary, South Africa

Author: Kupfer, S ; Santamaria-Aguilar, S ; Pieterse, Amy ; Lück-Vogel, Melanie ; Vafeidis, AT Date: May 2022 Recent studies on compound flooding have considered the interaction of storm-tide and fluvial or pluvial flood drivers, whereas the contribution of waves to compound flooding so far has been neglected. In this study, we investigate compound ... Read more
Ground robot path planning on 3D mesh surfaces using Bi-directional RRT based on local regions

Author: Mthabela, C ; Withey, Daniel ; Kuchwa-Dube, C Date: Nov 2021 The increasing application of ground robots requires efficient path planning algorithms in three-dimensional (3D) environments containing non-spherical topology. Path planning on surface meshes is possible, however, expensive computation of ... Read more
Developing a truck rollover risk calculator for South Africa

Author: Ferreira, A ; De Saxe, C ; Steenkamp, Anton J ; Nordengen, P Date: Jul 2022 The Static Rollover Threshold (SRT) is an important metric for characterising a heavy vehicle’s inherent stability and risk of rollover. Current methods of assessing SRT include a tilt-table test and multi-body dynamics simulation which can ... Read more
Hurdles to developing and scaling remote patients’ health management tools and systems: A scoping review

Author: Ruyobeza, B ; Grobbelaar, SS ; Botha, Adèle Date: Aug 2022 Despite all the excitement and hype generated regarding the expected transformative impact of digital technology on the healthcare industry, traditional healthcare systems around the world have largely remained unchanged and resultant ... Read more
Using topic modelling to analyse bus route data

Author: Koen, Hildegarde S ; Cornelius, Justin C ; Oosthuizen, R Date: Jul 2022 The advent of the fourth industrial revolution and the need for connectedness have increased both data availability and quality. This data surge can also be seen in the transport and mobility industry. Anything from onboard global positioning ... Read more
Multi-MelGAN voice conversion for the creation of under-resourced child speech synthesis

Author: Govender, Avashna Date: May 2022 Voice conversion (VC) is an important technique for the development of text-to-speech voices in the use case of lacking speech resources. VC can convert an audio signal from a source speaker to a specific target speaker whilst maintaining the ... Read more
Microbial Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation (MICCP) for road construction

Author: Smit, Michelle A ; Akhalwaya, Imraan ; Rust, FC ; Ramdas, Veshara Date: Jul 2022 The growing concern over climate change has led the drive for the development of alternative building materials in several industries, including road construction. Bio-based construction, using Microbial Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation ... Read more
A pragmatic derivative method to assess the condition of a public health built infrastructure portfolio

Author: De Jager, Peta ; Wall, K Date: Sep 2022 The 2006, 2011 and 2017 Report Cards on the condition of built environment fixed infrastructure in South Africa were the product of cooperation between the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the South African Institution ... Read more
CSIR energy planning support and development in South Africa

Author: Carter-Brown, Clinton Date: Dec 2021 Presentation on the South Africa has an electricity crisis – Energy Planning is critical to guide the solutions and opportunities. South Africa has been on a 10+ year iteration of the national electricity plan (IRP). Read more
What material flow analysis and life cycle assessment reveal about plastic polymer production and recycling in South Africa

Author: Goga, T ; Harding, Kevin ; Russo, Valentina ; Von Blottnitz, H Date: Aug 2022 Global production and consumption of plastics have increased significantly in recent years. The environmental impacts associated with this trend have received growing attention internationally with single-use plastic packaging responsible for ... Read more
Wetlands of the Maputaland Coastal Plain

Author: Van Deventer, Heidi Date: Aug 2022 Purpose of our project: 1. Improve the mapping of the extent and types of wetlands of the Maputaland Coastal Plain: To verify the location and type of wetlands on the Maputaland Coastal Plain and to understand where wetlands are degraded and ... Read more
Impact of measured spectrum variation on solar photovoltaic efficiencies worldwide

Author: Kinsey, GS ; Riedel-Lyngskær, NC ; Miguel, A ; Boyd, M ; Braga, M ; Shou, C ; Cordero, RR ; Duck, BC ; Maweza, Elijah L ; Pratt, Lawrence E Date: Aug 2022 In photovoltaic power ratings, a single solar spectrum, AM1.5, is the de facto standard for record laboratory efficiencies, commercial module specifications, and performance ratios of solar power plants. More detailed energy analysis that ... Read more
Using the Global Stocktake to increase national climate policy ambition and improve implementation: Technical report

Author: Mantlana, Khanyisa B ; Naidoo, Sasha Date: Feb 2022 The Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015, aims to rapidly phase out GHG emissions to attain netzero emissions by the second half of the century, while promoting sustainable development and poverty eradication (UNFCCC 2015). The backbone ... Read more
Using the Global Stocktake to increase national climate policy ambition and improve implementation: Summary for policy makers

Author: Mantlana, Khanyisa B ; Naidoo, Sasha Date: Feb 2022 This report aims to support the independent Global Stocktake (iGST) - the cooperative efforts of a consortium of civil society actors to advance the Global Stocktake (GST), the formal process for periodically assessing collective progress in ... Read more
Investigating distance bounding for delegated proof-of-proximity consensus within IIoT

Author: Ledwaba, Lehlogonolo PI ; Hancke, GP ; Isaac, Sherrin J Date: Jun 2022 With limited processing, energy and storage along with a deadline sensitive operational environment, the combination of the Industrial IoT (IIoT) with distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) could serve to introduce intolerable latency into ... Read more
A micro grid information architecture with open source components

Author: Smith, Andrew C ; Mkhize, Cyprian B ; Mahlobo, Boitumelo T ; Isaac, Sherrin J Date: Dec 2021 Presented is an information system architecture based on open source platforms to support the successful management of a micro grid. The paper justifies the use of open source platforms in the micro grid context. Also given are the benefits ... Read more

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