Author:Linganiso, EC; Rodrigues, R; Mhlanga, SD; Mwakikunga, Bonex W; Coville, NJ; Hümmelgen, IADate:Dec 2013The wide band-gap semiconductor material gallium nitride was synthesized using a one step microwave-assisted solution phase technique. The synthesized GaN nanocrystals showed an intense ultraviolet-blue emission typical of GaN materials. ...Read more
Author:Ncube, EN; Mathiba, Kgama; Steenkamp, Lucia H; Dubery, IADate:Oct 2021Hyphozyma roseoniger is a filamentous yeast used for its biocatalytic ability to convert sclareol, a plant diterpenoid to ambradiol, an intermediate to ambrafuran, which is a sought-after fixative in the perfume industry. Metabolite profiling ...Read more
Author:Pityana, Sisa L; Mahamood, RM; Akinlabi, ET; Shukla, MDate:Mar 2013Tracks of Ti6Al4V powder were deposited on Ti6Al4V substrate using Laser Metal Deposition (LMD) process, an Additive Manufacturing (AM) manufacturing technology, at a laser power and scanning speed maintained at 1.8 kW and 0.005 m/s respectively. ...Read more
Author:Mafusire, C; Forbes, A; Snedden, Glen C; Mahlase, Andrew CK; Michaelis, MM; Mathuthu, MDate:Jul 2006When a heated pipe is rotated, the dynamics of the gas inside exhibit properties reminiscent of a solid-state positive lens. The properties are a result of a parabolic distribution of refractive index in the pipe which is caused by mixing of ...Read more
Author:Landman, KDate:Aug 2000In many instances the urban future is shaped by specific and powerful ideas. “Gated communities” is one such an idea, which has the potential to radically transform the urban environment in the 21st century. As a strong and influential urban ...Read more
Author:Spocter, MDate:Mar 2012Gated developments, more commonly known as gated communities, have become a feature of urban living throughout the world. Gated developments in South African cities are a ubiquitous feature of the contemporary urban landscape with many new ...Read more
Author:Badenhorst, Jacob AC; De Wet, FDate:Mar 2023Recent research on deep-learning architectures has resulted in substantial improvements in automatic speech recognition accuracy. The leaps of progress made in well-resourced languages can be attributed to the fact that these architectures ...Read more
Author:Litvin, IA; Forbes, ADate:Oct 2009The authors outline a resonator design that allows for the selection of a Gaussian mode by diffractive optical elements. This is made possible by the metamorphosis of a Gaussian beam into a flat-top beam during propagation from one end of the ...Read more
Author:Padayachi, YR; Thambiran, TirushaDate:Oct 2012Road transport is considered to be a growing source of atmospheric emissions in African countries. In South Africa, competition in the business sector, reduction in rail usage, deregulation of freight transportation and a growing middle income ...Read more
Author:Ramasami, AK; Reddy, MV; Nithyadharseni, P; Chowdari, BVR; Balakrishna, GRDate:Feb 2017Gel-combustion by a bio-fuel, processed starch of the root tuber of cassava (Manihot esculenta), was used to prepare vanadium pentoxide nanowire clusters (V2O5NWC). The as-synthesized product was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), ...Read more
Author:Njiro, EDate:Mar 2006It has taken nearly half a century for the goals of poverty reduction and gender equality to achieve this prominence in mainstream policy concerns. In the process, the understanding of poverty has been transformed from the early equation with ...Read more
Author:Venter, CJ; Mashiri, MDate:Jul 2007The paper explores ways in which existing gender analysis frameworks - and the Moser framework in particular - can be adapted by transport and urban analysts in starting to examine the gender aspects of their work. In recent years a convergence ...Read more
Author:Mashiri, M; Gwarajena, TRD; Chakwizira, J; Nhemachena, CDate:Dec 2010This, chapter investigates the extent to which community-based rural road maintenance and agriculture development projects can be used as tools to empower women, the elderly, children, youth and the unemployed to work towards attaining ...Read more
Author:Sefara, Tshephisho J; Mokgonyane, TBDate:Aug 2021Gender identification is the task of identifying the gender of the speaker from the audio signal. Most gender identification systems are developed using datasets belonging to well-resourced languages. There has been little focus on creating ...Read more
Author:Light, A; Ladeira, I; Roberson, J; Bidwell, N; Rangaswamy, N; Sambasivan, N; Gitau, SDate:Dec 2010The authors present our experience of gender as female ICT4D researchers. We highlight our field experiences and comment on our perceptions of how being a woman and performing our female identity has influenced our own ICT4D research. We ...Read more
Author:Dlodlo, N; Mvelase, PS; Krause, CDate:Jan 2010This research is one of a series that attempt to unveil the various reasons why the numbers of women participating in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) education and careers in South Africa is significantly low compared to that ...Read more