Author:Malinga, Andries L; Oosthuizen, RudolphDate:Sep 2021Recent advances in technologies have changed how we live, conduct business, and interact with each other. Moreover, these advances have given rise to new complex systems and systems of systems. As the complexity of systems increases, new and ...Read more
Author:Kemp, Lana; Matchett, R; Roux, Michael P; De Klerk, LDate:Jul 2023Principal bridge inspections for strategic bridges require an Under-bridge Inspection Unit (UBIU). Strategic bridges have restricted access due to the height and size of the structures or when the structure is located over a perennial river. ...Read more
Author:Jacobs, SJ; Herselman, Martha EDate:2009This article focuses on how the competence and capacity within the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, specifically the electronic/electrical discipline, at the Tshwane University of Technology is utilised to support Small Medium ...Read more
Author:Thaba, MphahlelaDate:May 2017The evolution of military warfare and its increasing complexity has made planning for future military deployments more difficult. The need to plan for more uncertain military operating environments makes it more complex. There exists a ...Read more
Author:Ramadeen, PDate:Oct 2015South Africa is home to an estimated 80% of the world's rhino population. This presentation discusses technologies to combat poaching, from laboratories to safeguard experimentation that can be taken to South African National Parks.Read more
Author:Horak, E; Hagemann, D; Rust, FC; Heerden, CDate:Oct 1994Research on Heavy Duty Asphalt Pavements [HDAPs] was conducted by the CSIR Division of Roads and Transport Technology on behalf of the South African Bitumen and Tar Association [SABITA]. This research soon focused on Large Aggregate Mixes for ...Read more
Author:Van Zyl, MDate:Jul 2002Originally the research was sponsored collectively by the mining industry through the Chamber of Mines, and later through government levies raised and administered by the Safety in Mines Research Advisory Committee (SIMRAC). The CSIR (a ...Read more
Author:Van Zyl, MDate:Jul 2002In the early 1980's, winder ropes research in South Africa gained new momentum when it was decided to investigate the validity of the regulations governing the strength of winder ropes. Although knowledge of, and experience with winder systems ...Read more
Author:Stewart, RA; Reimold, WU; Charlesworth, EGDate:Dec 2004A tectonosedimentary model is established for the Composite Reef at Far East Vertical Shaft, East Rand Proprietary Mine, Central Rand Goldfield. There the Composite Reef comprises the Main Reef and the Main Reef Leader, with the South Reef ...Read more
Author:Marais, Mario A; Smith, Andrew C; Duveskog, MDate:Apr 2007TekkiKids is a part of the The Young Engineers of South Africa (YESA) programme which is an initiative aimed at increasing the pipeline for the generation of more scientists, engineers and technologists by creating the necessary interest and ...Read more
Author:Walters, Laticha EM; Scott, RE; Mars, MDate:Jun 2018The objectives of South Africa's electronic health (eHealth) strategy recognize the value proposition that telemedicine practices hold for rural and urban referrals, but a lack of accepted and formalized scale-up has impeded realization of ...Read more
Author:Walters, Laticha EM; Scott, RE; Mars, MDate:Aug 2018Background: The South African public health sector embarked on a National Telemedicine System implementation program in 1999 and although unsuccessful, the Province of KwaZulu-Natal subsequently implemented teledermatology in 2003, with two ...Read more
Author:Naidoo, Soogandhree; Barnard, EDate:Jul 2005Telephone-based information services hold tremendous potential as a means of information access in the developing world. However,surprisingly little research has been done on the design of such systems - whether basic Interactive Voice Response ...Read more
Author:Masonta, Moshe T; Kliks, A; Mzyece, MDate:Sep 2013The use of unoccupied television (TV) frequency band (known as TV white space - TVWS) for non-broadcasting services is gaining momentum around the world. Especially in developing countries where the majority of the population are in under-served ...Read more
Author:Lysko, Albert A; Masonta, Moshe T; Johnson, DLDate:2015The lack of sufficient fixed-line communication infrastructure in African rural areas has resulted in wireless communication being the only cost effective alternative solution for broadband connectivity. However, access to valuable ...Read more
Author:Lysko, Albert A; Nelwamondo, Fulufhelo V; Mfupe, Luzango PDate:Jul 2020Television Whitespace (TVWS) can be described simply as unused space found between channels that are used in the ultra-high frequency (UHF) spectrum. TVWS frequencies span from 470 MHz - 694 MHz. With the TVWS, the Council for Scientific and ...Read more
Author:Mathe, Ntombizodwa R; Coville, NJ; Olivier, JE; Scriba, Manfred RDate:2014Microwave-irradiation (MW) synthesis of nanostructured materials provides for the synthesis of metal nanoparticles, using fast and uniform heating rates. This procedure affords better control of the shape and size of the nanoparticles when ...Read more
Author:B`egue, N; Bencherif, H; Sivakumar, V; Kirgis, G; Mz'e, N; Leclair de Bellevue, JDate:Apr 2010This paper mainly focuses on the trends and variability of the tropopause and UT-LS temperature using radiosonde observations carried out over 16 years (January 1993 to December 2008) from a southern subtropical site, Reunion Island (20.8° ...Read more