Author:Mokhena, Teboho C; John, Maya J; Mochane, MJ; Tsipa, PCDate:Apr 2020There has been ever-increasing pressure to come up with novel strategies for oily wastewater treatment since it affect the available water sources, crop production, aquatic life and human health. Electrospun nanofibrous materials with attractive ...Read more
Author:Adetunji, RO; Strydom, MA; Herselman, Martha E; Botha, AdèleDate:Oct 2022As global health concerns become more complex, technological intervention is needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal. This study explores the use of the internet of things (IoT) and augmented reality (AR) applications for medication ...Read more
Author:Nweke, EE; Suleman, Essa; Du Plessis, M; Thimiri Govindaraj, Deepak BDate:Aug 2021In this book chapter, we focus on application of genome annotation and analysis of microbes for synthetic biology and cancer biology research. We particularly emphasised on application of microbial genomics in synthetic biology and cancer ...Read more
Author:Mathabathe, Maria N; Bolokang, Amogelang SDate:May 2022Contemporary ways of employing and combining existing materials are a requisite for meeting tomorrow’s engineering applications. This is upscaled by the potent attributes of remaining competitive by keeping costs effective while advancing the ...Read more
Author:Slinger, J; Taljaard, Susan; D'Hont, FDate:Jan 2020This book captures the learning from a cross-comparison of seven international inlet or estuary mouth management situations. The conceptual framing is provided by a focus on systems knowledge and its development and use within coastal management. ...Read more
Author:Naqvi, KH; Markus, ED; Muthoni, M; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Apr 2022South Africa as a developing nation is evolving in new healthcare technologies. With an increase in these innovations comes many challenges foremost among which is security. This paper presents a review of challenges faced in IoT connected ...Read more
Author:Kebede, Mesfin A; Palaniyandy, Nithyadharseni; Koao, LF; Ezema, FI; Mhlongo, MRDate:Nov 2021Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are the most suitable and preferred energy storage system for powering electric vehicles (EVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and stationary applications owing to their attractive properties including ...Read more
Author:Van Heerden, Renier P; Leenen, L; Irwin, BDate:Jun 2021The identification of network attacks in real-time is becoming increasingly important. Most Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications use machine learning to do the classification of attack types but the advantage of an ontological approach ...Read more
Author:Bolokang, Amogelang S; Mathabathe, Maria NDate:Apr 2021The shroud shelve life of turbine blades depends on wear resistance. Thus, the wear of blade shroud shelves’ contact area ascertains the overall service life of gas turbine engines (GTE). Moreover, research shows that the life service of ...Read more
Author:Mnguni, S; Pragasen, M; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Adigun, MDate:Mar 2021LoRa Networks is one of the fast-growing and promising technologies to enable communications for the Internet of Things (IoT) devices on a large scale or long-range communication. Spreading Factors (SF) plays a significant role in enabling ...Read more
Author:Latha, S; Palanisamy, S; Chakrapani, P; Harinia, R; Babu, PS; Thimiri Govindaraj, Deepak BDate:Mar 2021Background: Drug delivery is a science that requires the development of tailored systems that can deliver defi nedquantities of a therapeutic payload at a specifi c target site, at a controlled release rate, with or without a specifi c ...Read more
Author:Muniyasamy, Sudhakar; Dada, OSDate:Jan 2021Plastic becomes a necessity for our day-to-day life, since it has been widely used in all major sectors including the textile industry. However, the tackling of these recalcitrant plastic-based products wastes is becoming the most challenging ...Read more
Author:Mathibe, MJ; Muchenje, T; Masonta, Moshe TDate:Dec 2022The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic changed how people and businesses interact. Its impact severely impacted the global economy. As the governments of different countries imposed heavy lockdown regulations to curb the spread of the virus, an ...Read more
Author:Schreiner, Gregory O; Snyman-van der Walt, Luanita; Lochner, Paul A; Taljaard, SusanDate:Jan 2024A Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) was undertaken for the Saldanha Bay region to estimate the proximity of natural capital features and ecosystem services to critical thresholds. The assumption being that, should such thresholds be ...Read more
Author:Motsoeneng, TS; Mochane, MJ; Mokhena, Teboho C; Mathew, Maya JDate:2020Lignin can be extracted from a variety of plants such as soft and hard wood which account for the different functional groups and contents as well as number average molecular weights. Different chemical treatments have been employed to isolate ...Read more