Author:Odhiambo, JODate:May 2007The paper covers the role that Agrèment South Africa plays in the introduction of innovative construction products as well as building systems. It relates Agrèment South Africa's mandate which states that it shall support and promote the ...Read more
Author:Reed, L; Kleynhans, TDate:Sep 2009The presentation starts with a look at the variety of uses of agricultural lands and the transition towards a multifunctional rural environment. A study to determine the extent of alternative land use transactions in WC, and to collect info ...Read more
Author:Maharaj, VJ; Fouché, Gerda; Senabe, J; Nthambeleni, R; Kotze, FDate:Nov 2008Traditional healers provide CSIR scientists with indigenous knowledge (IK) that stimulates research and can eventually lead to discovery and development of new herbal remedies. The rights of these providers of IK, to share in future benefits ...Read more
Author:Scott, G; Annegarn, H; Kneen, MDate:Oct 2005Topics under discussion: Scales of transport and turbulence in the atmosphere; Examples of global, regional and local scale transports – concepts of an “air catchment”; Defining air quality management zones - international practice; Defining ...Read more
Author:Thambiran, Tirusha; Diab, RDDate:Oct 2010The relationship between air quality and climate change provides a scientific basis for developing integrative policies. Emission control measures implemented can have varying counteracting influences, simultaneously affecting air quality ...Read more
Author:Kganyago, P; Taviv, I; Ilemobade, ODate:Oct 2006The National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004 (Act No 39 of 2004), need for national framework. The national framework will include the norms and standards for air quality information management. NAQIS (National Air Quality ...Read more
Author:Nkuna, J; Kganyago, P; Taviv, I; Ilemobade, ODate:Oct 2006Air pollution is one of the challenges for sustainable development (Johannesburg being rated fifth worst in the world) One of nine agreed strategies: “Improvement of Air Quality (reduce emissions from vehicles, industry, mines/tailing dams ...Read more
Author:Wright, C; Oosthuizen, RDate:Oct 2009Air pollution is a serious environmental health threat to humans. Adverse effects range from nausea, difficulty in breathing and skin irritations, to birth defects, immuno-suppression and cancer. Moreover, the severity of health outcomes ...Read more
Author:Nice, Jako ADate:Jul 2014Health care associated infection (HAI) bears a great cost burden on countries and contributes to the TB and HIV AIDS epidemic in South Africa. A Meta data analysis of published literature was conducted using keywords and phrases. A total of ...Read more
Author:Van Schoor, Michael; Vogt, DDate:Oct 2013The performance of ground penetrating radar (GPR) under conditions where the ground coupling of the antenna is potentially compromised is investigated. Of particular interest is the effect of increasing the distance between the antennae and ...Read more
Author:Berndt, RJDate:Oct 2015The use of high range resolution measurements and the micro-Doppler effect produced by rotating or vibrating parts of a target has been well documented. This paper presents a technique for extracting features related to helicopter rotors and ...Read more
Author:Willers, Cornelius J; Willers, MS; De Waal, ADate:Sep 2014Infrared missiles pose a significant threat to civilian and military aviation. ManPADS missiles are especially dangerous in the hands of rogue and undisciplined forces. Yet, not all the launched missiles hit their targets; the miss being ...Read more
Author:Dias, JF; Broughton, BA; Suleman, ADate:Apr 2013The present work focused on the full characterisation of a blended-wing-body UAV airframe recurring to a wind tunnel testing approach known as Modern Design of Experiments (MDOE). The results of this project are going to be applied in the ...Read more
Author:Mashiri, M; Dube, S; Chakwizira, JDate:Aug 2010This paper briefly describes the community-based labour-intensive construction of the Integrated Rural Mobility and Access (IRMA) transportation infrastructure projects using selected beneficiary villages in Albert Luthuli local municipality ...Read more
Author:Shafuda, F; McDonald, Andre M; Van Wyk, MA; Versfeld, JDate:Nov 2019In this paper, we investigate the correlation Toeplitz (CTOP) and averaging Toeplitz (AVTOP) decorrelation techniques, as applied towards direction of arrival (DOA) estimation of coherent narrowband sources with the multiple signals classi ...Read more
Author:Kleynhans, N; De Wet, FebeDate:Nov 2014Most of the developing world can still be classified as under-resourced in terms of their languages. Harvesting suitable and relatively easily accessible spoken resources can drastically improve the situation. One such resource are parliamentary ...Read more
Author:Snyman, BJ; Brent, ACDate:2006To avoid the manifestation of undue risks and ensure the optimization of resource exploitation, owners of mines and practitioners of mine residue disposal must conduct disposal practices in accordance with fundamental safety and environmental ...Read more
Author:Masina, Bathusile N; Forbes, ADate:2010Industrial diamonds are heated by a laser beam and the resulting temperature is optically measured on the surface of the diamond. The ultimate aim is that with the heating and temperature known and measurements being repeatable, the ...Read more
Author:Masina, Bathusile N; Forbes, A; Bodkin, R; Mwakikunga, Bonex WDate:Sep 2010In this poster the authors discussed the ability to heat an industrial diamond sample by means of optical absorption of a CO2 laser beam, and then measure the resulting temperature on the surface of the diamond optically by means of radiometry ...Read more