Author:Van Reenen, Coralie A; Nkosi, MuziDate:Oct 2020Vehicle emissions contribute significantly to the greenhouse gas (GHG) content in the earth’s atmosphere, with transportation emissions constituting 24% of the global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (IEA, 2020), contributing to climate change. ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony K; Coetzee, S; Kourie, DGDate:Apr 2012User-generated content (UGC) in general, and volunteered geographical information (VGI) in particular, are becoming more important as sources for official data bases, such as those used in national spatial data infrastructures (SDIs). Discovering ...Read more
Author:Aramide, BP; Popoola, API; Sadiku, ER; Aramide, FO; Pityana, Sisa LDate:Jul 2020Wear-resistant materials (WRMs) have attracted enormous attention because of their general usages in the biomedical, medical, military, automotive, aerospace, and other industrial sectors. The wear of an article causes persistent devaluation, ...Read more
Author:Ojijo, Vincent O; Kesavan Pillai, SreejaraniDate:2020Solid-state shear pulverization (SSSP) is a relatively new high-pressure and shear deformation technique, which relies on mechanochemical reactions between polymer chains in solid state. One of it applications is in the compatibilization of ...Read more
Author:Marivate, V; Sefara, Tshephisho JDate:Aug 2020We study the effect of different approaches to text augmentation. To do this we use three datasets that include social media and formal text in the form of news articles. Our goal is to provide insights for practitioners and researchers on ...Read more
Author:Fuku, Xolile G; Modibedi, Remegia MDate:Dec 2019Nanoscience has shown itself to be one of the most exciting areas in science, with experimental developments being driven by pressing demands for new technological applications. It is a highly multidisciplinary research field, and the ...Read more
Author:Dada, M; Popoola, P; Adeosun, S; Mathe, Ntombizodwa RDate:Sep 2019In the aerospace industry, materials used as modern engine components must be able to withstand extreme operating temperatures, creep, fatigue crack growth and translational movements of parts at high speed. Therefore, the parts produced must ...Read more
Author:Palaniyandy, Nithyadharseni; Kebede, Mesfin ADate:Dec 2019Energy storage technology such as batteries and supercapacitors are authoritative power sources owing to their ease of maintenance, long cycle life, flexible power, and energy features. Recently, the sodium-ion battery (SIB) has had tremendous ...Read more
Author:Oelofse, Suzanna HH; Nahman, Anton; Barjees, M; Salemdeeb, R; Nizami, A-S; Reynolds, CDate:Jan 2020The food waste reduction potential within the countries of Middle East and Africa is large and understudied. Countries in the region are faced with food security and sovereignty issues, with over 50% of food imported in some countries. Due ...Read more
Author:Hanslo, Ridewaan; Vahed, Anwar; Mnkandla, EDate:Jan 2020Scrum provides many benefits to organizations requiring a project management framework for complex adaptive problems. Some of these benefits include improved teamwork, improved time to market, and a noticeable decrease in software defects. ...Read more
Author:Todorovic, M; Jovanovic, NebojsaDate:Apr 2020Weather represents day-to-day atmospheric condition (e.g. air temperature, pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine hours, cloud cover, wind direction and speed, etc.) over a short term at a given place and time. Climate is defined as the ...Read more
Author:Nwany, AC; Kebede, Mesfin A; Ezema, FIDate:Dec 2019The quest for mobile energy storage has revolutionized research in energy storage, especially in rechargeable batteries. Presently, lithium-ion batteries dominate the market. They are widely used in products ranging from consumer electronics ...Read more
Author:Kebede, Mesfin A; Palaniyandy, NithyadharseniDate:Dec 2019One of the main and crucial components of a lithium-ion battery (LIB) is the anode, a negative electrode as equally significant as the cathode positive electrode. Anodes are typically characterized by delivering a high capacity with low ...Read more
Author:Yang, Y; Zhu, Y; Raju, Kumar; Jafta, CJDate:Feb 2019To address the ever-increasing energy demand due to the increase in the population and at the same time depleting fossil fuel reserves, new energy storage systems, such as batteries, are being developed. Among various battery systems, Li-S ...Read more
Author:Kebede, Mesfin A; Palaniyandy, Nithyadharseni; Koao, LFDate:Dec 2019The lithium ion battery has been offering a tremendous benefit and contribution to the technological development of humankind by serving as an efficient power source for electronic devices, mobile power stations, and electrical automotive ...Read more
Author:Dada, M; Popoola, P; Adeosun, S; Mathe, Ntombizodwa RDate:Sep 2019In the aerospace industry, materials used as modern engine components must be able to withstand extreme operating temperatures, creep, fatigue crack growth and translational movements of parts at high speed. Therefore, the parts produced must ...Read more
Author:Bhattacharya, S; Satpati, A; Maity, ArjunDate:Feb 2019Production of clean fuels like H(sub2) using renewable sources such as sunlight, through photoelectrochemical (PEC) system, is one of the promising approaches. For large-scale applications of the PEC devices, the photocatalystused should be ...Read more