Author:Slinger, J; Taljaard, SusanDate:Jan 2020Seven international case studies in coastal management are examined in this book. Each of the case studies dealt with an inlet or mouth management issue, but they were not selected based on similarity in their ecological (biophysical) or ...Read more
Author:Roux, Dirk J; Nel, Jeanne L; Cundill, Georgina; O'Farrell, Patrick J; Fabricius, ChristoDate:Sep 2017A key aim of transdisciplinary research is for actors from science, policy and practice to co-evolve their understanding of a social–ecological issue, reconcile their diverse perspectives and co-produce appropriate knowledge to serve a common ...Read more
Author:Mphahlele, M; Mokonyama, Mathetha TDate:Jul 2022Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West Province is endowed with the extractive economy characterised with the mobile community, labour influx, unemployment and underdeveloped road infrastructure. The District facilitates ...Read more
Author:O'Kennedy, Maretha M; Burger, JT; Berger, DKDate:Dec 2001Elite white maize lines W506 and M37W were transformed with a selectable marker gene (bar) and a reporter gene (uidA) or the polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (pgip) gene after bombardment of cultured immature zygotic embryos using the ...Read more
Author:Ameh, AE; Fatoba, OO; Musyoka, Nicholas M; Louis, B; Petrik, LFDate:Oct 2020Power generation in South Africa relies heavily on the combustion of coal and during this process, coal fly ash (CFA) is generated as by-product, which raises several environmental issues. The transformation of CFA into a value added zeolite ...Read more
Author:Sefara, Tshephisho J; Zwane, SG; Gama, N; Sibisi, H; Senoamadi, PN; Marivate, VDate:Apr 2021Recent research on the development of machine translation (MT) models has resulted in state-of-the-art performance for many resourced European languages. However, there has been a little focus on applying these MT services to low-resourced ...Read more
Author:Chan, Ka Fai P; De Souza, PedroDate:Mar 2017This research paper investigates a technique to transform network simulation data into linked data through the use of ontology models. By transforming the data, it allows one to use semantic reasoners to infer and reason additional insight. ...Read more
Author:Maharajh, Dheepak M; Harilal, ADate:31 Aug 2010The continuous use of fossil fuels is environmentally harmful and unsustainable. Concerns about energy supply, environmental pollution and global warming have triggered the worldwide search for sources of environmentally friendly renewable ...Read more
Author:Shapurjee, Y; Charlton, SDate:Nov 2013South Africa’s ‘housing programme’ transfers a fully-funded serviced site and house to qualifying beneficiaries with aims of progressively addressing poverty through homeownership. Despite delivering close to 3 million houses since 1994, ...Read more
Author:Salmon, BP; Kleynhans, Waldo; Olivier, JC; Schwegmann, Colin PDate:Jul 2015Regional monitoring of land cover conversion of natural vegetation to new informal human settlements is essential when investigating the migration of people to urbanized cities. Detecting these new settlements require reliable change detection ...Read more
Author:Dlamini, Zamantshinga Z; Malinga, Andries L; Phahlamohlaka, Letlibe J; Ngobeni, Sipho JDate:Dec 2018The concept of a smart centre describes a facility that optimally uses advanced technologies and innovations as well as streamlined processes in order to address challenges faced by communities. Jackie envisioned the establishment of a Digital ...Read more
Author:Vivekanandan, MDate:Oct 2017This presentation discusses transforming the South African transport sector across the value chain for development impact. The presentation focuses on the DBSA overview, the Southern African Infrastructure landscape and DBSA initiatives across ...Read more
Author:Gibberd, Jeremy TDate:Jul 2021Africa is urbanizing rapidly. In 1960, 20% of the population lived in urban areas. By 2010, 40% of the population lived in urban areas and annual urban growth rates of 4 to 5% are projected (United Nations Environment Programme, 1999; ...Read more
Author:Girgi, M; O'Kennedy, Maretha M; Morgenstern, A; Mayer, G; Lorz, H; Oldach, KHDate:2002Four different pearl millet breeding lines were transformed and led to the regeneration of fertile transgenic plants. Scutellar tissue was bombarded with two plasmids containing the bar selectable marker and the beta-glucuronidase reporter ...Read more
Author:Ongoma, EAN; Keet, CM; Meyer, TDate:Jul 2014Representing temporal data in conceptual data models and ontologies is required by various application domains. For it to be useful for modellers to represent the information precisely and reason over it, it is essential to have a language ...Read more
Author:Oosthuizen, MA; Jinabhai, C; Terblanche, APS; Becker, PDate:Sep 2005This study reviews the health status and lifestyle aspects of young adults who participated as 10-year-old children in the Vaal Triangle Air Pollution Health Study (VAPS) during 1990, and of whom the health status, as children of ten years ...Read more
Author:West, N; Ozoemena, KI; Ikpo, CO; Baker, PGL; Iwuoha, EIDate:Jul 2013This paper explores the synergistic and catalytic properties of a newly developed lithium ion battery (LIB) composite cathode of LiMn(sub2)O(Sub4) modified with bimetallic (Au–Fe) nanoparticle. Spinel phase LiMn(sub)2O(sub4) was doped with ...Read more