Author:Lou, H; Vaivars, G; Mathe, Mahlanyane KDate:Oct 2009The low cost proton exchange membrane was prepared by cross-linking water soluble sulfonated-sulfinated poly(oxa-p-phenylene-3,3-phthalido-p-phenylene-oxa-p-phenylene-oxyphenylene) (SsPEEK-WC). The prepared cross-linked membrane became insoluble ...Read more
Author:Mokgonyane, TB; Sefara, Tshephisho J; Manamela, MJ; Modipa, TIDate:Aug 2021The task of automatically identifying and/or verifying the identity of a speaker from a recording of a speech sample, known as automatic speaker recognition, has been studied for many years and automatic speaker recognition technologies have ...Read more
Author:Wall, KDate:Jul 2008Private sector institutions utilise many different business methods, some of which can selectively be adapted for use by organisations outside the private sector, to the benefit of their service delivery responsibilities. But the best of the ...Read more
Author:Butgereit, LDate:May 2014Twitter is a microblogging facility that allows people to post 140 character status updates about various topics. In times of special events (such as extreme weather, emergencies, sporting goals, etc), status updates on Twitter often give ...Read more
Author:Herold, C; Wall, K; Botha, DDate:28 Jan 2009There is currently a high level of public interest in water-related matters, and the government is clearly concerned about a number of important water and sanitation issues. Increasing water scarcity and equitably allocating this precious ...Read more
Author:De Beer, Morris; Van Rensburg, Yvette; Komba, Julius JDate:Jul 2014Crushing (or compression) failure and associated surface deformation of lightly cementitious (stabilised) materials used for base/sub-base course layers in pavements has been well established in the South African pavement design practice since ...Read more
Author:El Tahir, N; Nyblade, A; Julià, J; Durrheim, RDate:May 2013The crustal structure of the northern part of the Khartoum Basin has been investigated using data from 3 permanent seismic stations within 40 km of Khartoum and two modeling methods, H–k stacking of receiver functions and a joint inversion ...Read more
Author:Botha, Johannes G; Leenen, LouiseDate:Mar 2024Bitcoin and cryptocurrency adoption has increased significantly over the past few years. The significant growth in the industry has been matched by growth of crimes in this domain; not only in scams and dark-web illegal trading, but also in ...Read more
Author:Pritchard, SW; Hancke, GP; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Jun 2018The Software-Defined Wireless Sensor Networking (SDWSN) paradigm aims to solve inherent issues present in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), such as resource constraints, by adopting a Software-Defined Networking (SDN) approach to the management ...Read more
Author:Modibedi, Remegia MDate:Sep 2011Electrochemical atomic layer deposition technique is selected as one of the methods to prepare thin films for various applications, including electrocatalytic materials and compound.Read more
Author:Kesavan Pillai, Sreejarani; Ojijo, Vincent O; Ray, Suprakas SDate:Jun 2014Polylactide palygorskite (fibrous clay) composites were prepared by solvent casting method. Both pristine and organically modified palygorskite were used for composite preparation. The detailed crystallization behavior, morphology, and thermal ...Read more
Author:Muller, TFG; Knoesen, D; Arendse, C; Swanepoel, R; Halindintwali, S; Theron, CDate:2006Hot-wire chemical vapour deposition (HWCVD) has been used to prepare both hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) and nano/ microcrystalline thin layers as intrinsic material at different deposition conditions, in order to establish optimum ...Read more
Author:Kingwill, DGDate:1990This story of the first 40 years of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is presented in three parts. The first includes the events leading up to its establishment in 1945 and discusses the need for such a body in South ...Read more
Author:Gerryts, BA; Naidoo, Kavendra; Barker, DDate:Nov 2008South Africa had a strong centrally planned mission oriented approach to R&D investment during the pre-1994 era. Between 1990 and 1994, the Apartheid government terminated this strategy and as a result, the R&D spending decreased from 1.1% ...Read more
Author:Meese, GDate:Feb 2006The European Union's (EU) Framework Programmes (FPs), administered by the European Commission, are Europe's major instrument in the field of science, research and innovation and by FP6 (2002-2006), represented about 4 to 5% of the total ...Read more
Author:CSIRDate:1961In the presentation of this report, attention is directed to the research services provided by the Council for industry, local authorities, provincial administrations and government departments.Read more
Author:CSIRDate:1994This report provides highlights on the activities and achievements of CSIR in the year 1994. An outline of the CSIR structure and financial reports are also presented in the report.Read more
Author:Teleka, Ruth; Green, J; Dickens, JDate:2013The South African mining industry is plagued by accidents ranging from vehicle incidents to roof/rock falls. In the attempt to carry out its mandate of improving the quality of life of South African citizens, the Council for Scientific and ...Read more
Author:Green, JJDate:Nov 2012The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa is currently developing a robot for the inspection of the ceiling (hanging wall) in an underground gold mine. The robot autonomously navigates the 30 meter long by 3 ...Read more
Author:Wall, K; Rust, C; Amod, S; Botha, DDate:01 Sep 2010In 2006, the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE), utilising desktop research documentation prepared for this specific purpose by the CSIR, released the first ever “report card” of the state of engineering infrastructure in ...Read more