Author:Stafford, William HLDate:Jan 2020The adequate collection and disposal of municipal waste remains a challenge in most African town and cities. Both wastewater (i.e., sewage) and solid waste [i.e., municipal solid waste (MSW)] pose health and environmental risks as a direct ...Read more
Author:Dawood, Zubeida C; Keet, CMDate:Dec 2020Large and complex ontologies lead to usage difficulties, thereby hampering the ontology developers’ tasks. Ontology modules have been proposed as a possible solution, which is supported by some algorithms and tools. However, the majority of ...Read more
Author:Smith, SimoneDate:Jan 2021The chapter is centred around the core of Blue Economy and the disciplines that may support the Blue Economy activities as an attempt to indicate the direct and indirect impacts the Blue Economy activities and the disciplines that supports ...Read more
Author:Slinger, J; Taljaard, Susan; D'Hont, FDate:Feb 2020The transdisciplinary research synthesised in this book represents an endeavour by a group of coastal researchers and policy analysts to learn from a cross-comparison of seven international case studies on tidal inlet or estuary mouth management ...Read more
Author:Mgaga, Sboniso S; Tapamo, JRDate:Dec 2020Latent fingerprints are fingerprint impressions left on the surfaces a finger comes into contact with. They are found in almost every crime scene. Conventionally, latent fingerprints have been obtained using chemicals or physical methods, ...Read more
Author:Dube, A; Semete-Makokotlela, Boitumelo; Ramalapa, Bathabile E; Reynolds, J; Boury, FDate:Mar 2021The increasing prevalence of drug resistant pathogenic strains, including multi drug resistant TB along with the growing HIV and malaria resistance demand new routes of innovation for pharmaceutical drug discovery. Nanomedicine provides the ...Read more
Author:Van Niekerk, Lara; Adams, JB; Taljaard, Susan; Huizinga, Piet; Lamberth, SDate:Feb 2020The early 1990s in South Africa were characterised by a strongly hierarchical and technocratic regime where planning and development decisions regarding the environment were made at national government level with little or no public consultation ...Read more
Author:Mtibe, Asanda; Muniyasamy, Sudhakar; Motaung, TEDate:Jul 2020Biobased polymer and bio-nanocomposites have provided significant improvement in material science, moving towards the development of green materials to replace petro-based materials. The present study investigated the value-added utilisation ...Read more
Author:Akande, Amos A; Adeleye, AA; Adenle, AA; Mwakikunga, Bonex WDate:Dec 2020This chapter reports on the various methods of fabricating and manufacturing micro and nano sensor, membrane and energy devices. Firstly, the characteristic often sought after by scientists and engineers for effective and efficient performance ...Read more
Author:Mohanrasu, K; Guru Raj Rao, R; Sudhakar, Muniyasamy; Raja, R; Jeyakanthan, J; Arun, ADate:Nov 2020Modern scientific advancements and research on marine microbes has revealed their significance as producers of therapeutic products useful in treating various human diseases. Microbes in marine habitat have evolved to adapt to the harsh ...Read more
Author:Mkhwebane, Sesie E; Semelane, Maphumzane SDate:Oct 2020The incorporation of renewable energy into the South African resource plan energy mix has brought opportunities in the development of new energy technologies in the country. This is evident through the adoption of renewable energy in the ...Read more
Author:Rust, C; Smit, Michelle A; Schoeman, DDate:Oct 2020The use of a hybrid photovoltaic (PV) and thermal storage system in houses was discussed by Huang et al. (2019). They found that the dual storage system utilising both batteries and a hot water thermal storage system is effective when partially ...Read more
Author:Coetzee, Serena; Cooper, Antony K; Rautenbach, VDate:2014The first part of this chapter provides background information on geo-spatial standardization. A standard and different types of standards are defined; the development and implementation of standards are described; and key standards bodies ...Read more
Author:Steyn, Maronel; Meissner, Richard; Nortje, Karen; Funke, Nicola S; Petersen, Chantel RDate:Jan 2019In this chapter, we will give an overview of water security in the South African context. To do this we will discuss a number of issues pertaining to water security in terms of elements that are ‘good’, ‘bad’ and ‘ugly’ found within and outside ...Read more