Author:Oelofse, Suzanna HHDate:Jul 2015This presentation presents on the food waste in South Africa: Opportunities and challenges, Food loss by region and stage of the supply chain and estimated food waste.Read more
Author:Scholes, RJDate:2003This guide informs CSIR staff about the standards that they are expected to meet when doing research. Researchers who follow this guide will have satisfied the legal requirement for 'due diligence' in their work.Read more
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Feb 2019At a higher level the quality of infrastructure in South Africa continues to deteriorate and achieving sustainable infrastructure in the light of increasing demand is a key requirement for improving the quality of life of our people. A chapter ...Read more
Author:Sibisi, SDate:26 Sep 2007At a ceremony at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Friday, CSIR President and CEO, Dr Sibusiso Sibisi, was among a group of South Africans who received the National Orders from President Thabo Mbeki. The Orders are bestowed on South Africans ...Read more
Author:Israel, S; Engelbrecht, P; Tredoux, G; Fey, MVDate:2009Batch experiments were performed to denitrify groundwater using sawdust as a carbon source at Marydale, South Africa. Alkalinity, pH, Electrical Conductivity, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, SO42-, heterotrophic plate count (HPC), dissolved organic ...Read more
Author:Kazadi, P; Van Rooyen, Corney; Burger, HDate:Mar 2006Laser refurbishment capabilities were demonstrated and promising results were obtained for repair of distance sleeves, foot rolls, descaler cassette, idler rolls. Based on the cost projections and the results of the in-situ testing, components ...Read more
Author:Holtman, BDate:18 Jan 2008Barbara Holtman is leader of the CSIR Crime prevention research group. This is a group that is responsible for support of criminal justice systems, a group working with government safety strategies and crime prevention programmes at the CSIR. ...Read more
Author:Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Apr 2012This project presents an extension to the current version of ns-2, which enables a normal user, who has basic knowledge of ns-2, to simulate localization system within a wireless network. Moreover, this project would be beneficial to researchers ...Read more
Author:Claassen, Marius; Nortje, Karen; Le Roux, Wouter JDate:Sep 2018Over four days, workshop participants collaboratively identified opportunities to improve interagency cooperation, enhance the institutional framework, and strengthen capacity for public health emergency prevention and response in Malawi. ...Read more
Author:Van Wilgen, BW; Archibald, SA; Frost, PDate:Nov 2008Fires are a natural and common feature of many of South Africa's landscapes. They are necessary for the maintenance of healthy ecosystems and for biodiversity, but they also do extensive damage to crops, plantations, houses and livestock, and ...Read more
Author:Van Rooyen, Corney; Burger, HP; Kazadi, BPDate:Aug 2006Laser cladding offers distinct advantages including low dilution, low heat input,less distortion, increased mechanical and corrosion properties excellent repeatability and control of process
parameters. Solidification of laser cladded ...Read more
Author:Jacobs-Mata, Inga MDate:Jun 2017Minutes of the inaugaral meeting of the reference group in connection with the project titled: Kukimbia: The impact of environmental refugees in Southern Africa (K5/2768/2), held on 21 June 2017 at 10:00amRead more
Author:Claessens, R; De Waal, A; De Villiers, P; Penders, A; Pavlin, G; Tuyls, KDate:May 2015The proposed framework for Multi-Agent Target Tracking supports i) tracking of objects and ii) search and rescue based on the fusion of very heterogeneous data. The system is based on a novel approach to fusing sensory observations, intelligence ...Read more
Author:Macleod, DDate:May 2013With the recent release of an OFED which supports SR-IOV on Infiniband HCAs it is now possible to use verbs from inside a VM. This VMM driver supports these Infiniband HCAs, and any other SR-IOV network device, in OpenNebula.Read more
Author:Le Roux, Alize; Arnold, Kathryn A; Makhanya, Sibusisiwe A; Mans, Gerbrand G; Wools, LDate:Oct 2018South Africa is experiencing high levels of population expansion and urbanisation, and this growth is occurring at an increasingly rapid pace. Population change over time (growth or decline) is an inevitable phenomenon. Current projections ...Read more
Author:Gupta, R; Das, SonaliDate:Mar 2008This paper estimates Bayesian Vector Autoregressive (BVAR) models, both spatial and non-spatial (univariate and multivariate), for the twenty largest states of the US economy, using quarterly data over the period 1976:Q1 to 1994:Q4; and then ...Read more
Author:Moolman, SDate:Jun 2002This paper entails patents related to active beads containing encapsulated ingredients, patents cited by International Search Report on previous application and US patents related to suspension of inclusions in beveragesRead more
Author:Benade R, Berman R; Kienhofer F,Date:Jul 2015The Australian performance-based standards (PBS) scheme is being evaluated in South Africa as an alternative means of regulating heavy vehicles, allowing for a relaxation of length and mass limits. This has proven to provide economic benefits ...Read more