Author:Ramsay, PJ; Smith, AM; Lee-Thorp, JC; Vogel, JC; Tyldsley, M; Kidwell, WDate:Apr 1993A modern African elephant tusk was discovered within a late Pleistocene aeolianite at Reunion Rocks, south of Durban. Ionium dating indicates that the tusk is older than 112 kyr BP with stratigraphic control suggesting a date at ca. 130 kyr ...Read more
Author:Wall, KDate:Oct 2010One hundred years ago this year, South Africa was established by an Act of Union. That Act gave us the shape and the texture that defined us as a nation. And it is wonderful that, despite all the exclusions and discriminations since May 1910, ...Read more
Author:Charyulu, DV; Sivakumar, V; Bencherif, H; Kirgis, G; Hauchecorne, A; Rao, DNDate:Nov 2007The present study delineates the characteristics of Stratospheric Sudden Warming (SSW) events observed over the Observatoire de Haute Provence (OHP: 44°N, 6°E). The study uses 20 years of Rayleigh LiDAR temperature measurements for the 1982-2001 ...Read more
Author:Ittmann, HW; Holloway, Jennifer P; Dudeni-Tlhone, NontembekoDate:Jun 2017General elections are held every five years in South Africa. During the 12 to 24 hour period after the close of the voting booths, the expected final results are of huge interest to the electorate and politicians. In the past, the Council for ...Read more
Author:Dada, A; Popoola, P; Mathe, Ntombizodwa R; Adeosun, S; Aramide, ODate:Dec 2021In an optimization study, cracks were observed in the microstructures of laser-deposited HEAs on a steel baseplate from residual stresses, thus, the optimization of crack-free microstructures was achieved by the optimization of the laser ...Read more
Author:Pandarum, R; Winnie, Y; Hunter, LawranceDate:Sep 2011Exploratory retail studies in South Africa indicate that plus-sized women experience problems and dissatisfaction with poorly fitting bras. The lack of 3-D anthropometric studies for the plus-size women's bra market initiated this research. ...Read more
Author:Mutorwa, M; Salisu, S; Blatch, GL; Kenyon, C; Kaye, PTDate:Jan 2009Access to a series of truncated ATP analogs, as potential anti-tuberculosis agents, has been explored via alkylation and acylation of 3-aminophenol, whereas chloroacetylation, using chloroacetyl chloride, and subsequent Arbuzov phosphonation ...Read more
Author:Strauss, Hencharl J; Preussler, D; Esser, MJD; Koen, W; Jacobs, Cobus; Collett, OJP; Bollig, CDate:Apr 2013We report on a double-pass Ho:YLF slab amplifier which delivered 350 ns long single-frequency pulses of up to 330 mJ at 2064 nm, with a maximum M(sup2) of 1.5 at 50 Hz. It was end pumped with a diode-pumped Tm:YLF slab laser and seeded with ...Read more
Author:Manzi, MSD; Durrheim, RJ; Hein, KAA; King, NDate:Sep 2012Inrushes of ground water and the ignition of flammable gases pose risks to workers in deep South African gold mines. Large volumes of water may be stored in solution cavities in dolomitic rocks that overlie the Black Reef (BLR) Formation, ...Read more
Author:Breytenbach, AndreDate:Sep 2020Humankind often needs to accurately model, identify and spatially quantify aboveground phenomena on the Earth’s surface for informed decision-making. Height data derived from digital elevation models (DEMs) is often used to achieve this. This ...Read more
Author:Reddy, Reeshen; Sinha, SDate:Apr 2015This paper presents a six-bit current-steering digital-to-analogue converter (DAC), which optimises the spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) performance of high-speed binary weighted architectures by lowering current switch distortion and ...Read more
Author:Mandiwana, Vusani; Kalombo, Lonji; Grobler, A; Zeevaart, JRDate:Nov 2018The aim of this study was to establish the in vivo uptake and tissue distribution of (sup)99mTc-MDP-encapsulated Solid Lipid Nanoparticles (SLNs) post administration. Radioactive (sup)99mTc-MDP encapsulated into SLNs was administered to rats ...Read more
Author:Tönsing, KM; Van Niekerk, K; Schlunz, Georg I; Wilken, IlanaDate:Jun 2018BACKGROUND: In South Africa, many persons in need of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) come from multilingual backgrounds. There is as yet a limited evidence base (locally and internationally) for the provision of AAC services ...Read more
Author:Kganyago, KR; Ngoepe, PE; Catlow, CRADate:Mar 2003Energetics of the anode system LiC6 compared to metallic lithium is calculated within the framework of local-density functional theory (LDA-DFT) techniques. Our results suggest that the energy of anode intercalation results in a small change ...Read more
Author:Mashapa, MG; Chetty, N; Ray, Suprakas SDate:Sep 2012A systematic study of vacancies in single-walled carbon nanotubes and boron nitride nanotubes was carried out. First principles calculations within the framework of density functional theory using the CASTEP code are used to optimize fully ...Read more
Author:Anderson, PML; Hoffman, MT; O'Farrell, Patrick JDate:Aug 2010This study set out to generate estimates of the standing perennial biomass for six different vegetation types, and associated upland and lowland habitats, across the altitudinal gradient presented by the Kamiesberg mountain range in the ...Read more
Author:Bouvet, A; Mermoz, S; Le Toan, T; Villard, L; Mathieu, Renaud SA; Naidoo, Laven; Asner, GPDate:Mar 2018Savannahs and woodlands are among the most important biomes in Africa: they cover half of sub-Saharan Africa, provide vital ecosystem services to the rural communities, and play a major part in the carbon budget. Despite their importance and ...Read more