Author:Mdlalose, L; Balogun, Mohammed O; Setshedi, K; Tukulula, M; Chimuka, L; Chetty, ADate:Apr 2017The contamination of the water supply with high levels of heavy metals from various human and industrial activities continues to present a major environmental problem. Heavy metals such as hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) are of particular concern ...Read more
Author:Kesavan Pillai, Sreejarani; Sikhwivhilu, LM; Hillie, TKDate:15 Apr 2010Nano-crystalline of tin oxide doped with varying wt% of Dy3+ was prepared using chemical coprecipitation method and characterised by various advanced techniques such as BET-surface area, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, ...Read more
Author:Aderibigbe, BA; Sadiku, ER; Ray, SS; Mbianda, XY; Fotsing, MC; Jayaramudu, J; Owonubi, SJDate:2015Polyamidoamine conjugates containing curcumin and bisphosphonate were synthesized via a one-pot aqueous phase Michael addition reaction. In the design of the conjugate, bisphosphonate formed an integral part of the polymer carrier backbone. ...Read more
Author:Aderibigbe, BA; Neuse, EW; Sadiku, ER; Shina Ray, S; Smith, PJDate:2014In this research, aminoquinoline compounds were synthesized, characterized and incorporated into water soluble polymers to form conjugates. The conjugates were characterized by X ray Diffraction (XRD), Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA), ...Read more
Author:Nonjola, Patrick NT; Siegert, U; Swarts, JCDate:Feb 2015Ferrocenylamides, Fc–(CH(sub2))subn–CONH(sub2) with n = 0 (3a), 1 (3b), 2 (3c), and 3 (3d) and Fc =ferrocenyl = FeII(C(sub5)H(sub5))(C(sub5)H(sub4)), were synthesised by reacting aqueous ammonia with the appropriate acid chlorides, ...Read more
Author:Liles, DC; Verhoeven, PFMDate:06 Sep 1996Treatment of [RuHL (5)] (+) (L = PMe (2) Ph) with phenylacetylene in ethanol yielded the dimerization of HC=CPh to (Z)-1, 4-diphenylbut-3-en-1-yne. The molecular structure of [Ru(eta(3)-PhC(3)CHPh)L(4)](PF6) (L = PMe(2)Ph) (2) shows a ...Read more
Author:Chetty, A; Wepener, I; Marei, MK; Kamary, YE; Moussa, RMDate:Aug 2012Hydroxyapatite (HA) has been extensively investigated and used in bone clinical application for more than four decades. The increasing interest in HA is due to its similar chemical composition to that of the inorganic component of natural ...Read more
Author:Venter, Karien; Muronga, KhangweloDate:Jul 2016The Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS) methodology has in the past decade proven extremely valuable in providing rich contextual information about the driver, the vehicle and driving environment. Internationally the uptake of the methodology ...Read more
Author:Schwegmann, CP; Kleynhans, WDate:Oct 2014Maritime Domain Awareness is an initiative started to help each sea-bordering country improve its understanding of its Exclusive Economic Zone. A country that improves its Maritime Domain Awareness ensures that activities such as piracy and ...Read more
Author:Rouault, Marjolaine J; Johannessen, J; Collard, F; Bernard, StewartDate:Apr 2011Synthetic Aperture Radar for Africa (SAR-Africa) is an initiative which aims to develop African capacity for the processing of satellite SAR products to pursue oceanographic research and promote operational applications. The validation of SAR ...Read more
Author:Schwegmann, Colin P; Kleynhans, Waldo; Salmon, BP; Mdakane, Lizwe W; Meyer, Rory GVDate:Jul 2018Deep Learning has become a common applied technique to improve results in a variety of detection scenarios, including Synthetic Aperture Radar ship detection. One of the most common Deep Learning techniques, Convolutional Neural Networks, ...Read more
Author:Schwegmann, Colin P; Kleynhans, Waldo; Salmon, BP; Mdakane, Lizwe W; Meyer, Rory GVDate:Jul 2017A major task in any discrimination scenario requires the collection and validation of as many examples as possible. Depending on the type of data this can be a time consuming process, especially when dealing with large remote sensing data ...Read more
Author:Thimiri Govindaraj, Deepak BDate:Nov 2021Optimizing Drug discovery and Translation is one of the key tracks in Global Challenges Annual meeting 2019 and is the critical factor in achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals 3 Good Health and Well Being. WHO reports Cancer is the second ...Read more
Author:Thimiri Govindaraj, Deepak BDate:Nov 2021Optimizing Drug discovery and Translation is one of the key tracks in Global Challenges Annual meeting 2019 and is the critical factor in achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals 3 Good Health and Well Being. WHO reports Cancer is the second ...Read more
Author:Henriques, R; Lelek, M; Fornasiero, EF; Valtorta, F; Zimmer, C; Mhlanga, MusaDate:31 Aug 2010Super-resolution microscopy using photoswitchable molecules requires fast and efficient software for single molecule detection, localization, drift correction and visualization. However, there is still a dearth of freely available, flexible ...Read more
Author:Abdul Gaffar, MY; Nel, Willem AJ; Naicker, K; Steyn, J; Alanazi, T; Alzamil, ADate:Apr 2011This paper describes the design and working principles of an experimental multimode radar with a stepped-frequency Synthetic Range Profiling (SRP) and Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) capability for the purpose of operator-based ...Read more