Author:Chaúquea, EFC; Zvimba, JN; Ngila, JC; Musee, NDate:Aug 2013Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) employ activated sludge processes to treat domestic wastewater using a consortium of bacteria essentially to degrade organic matter. However, bacteria activity is inhibited by toxic substances; thus, ...Read more
Author:Musee, NDate:Apr 2012Historical analysis of different technologies' evolution reveals how many of them failed to achieve the intended societal benefits. This is primarily because their associated health, safety, and environmental effects were detrimental to the ...Read more
Author:Verhaeghe, Benoit MJA; Rust, FC; Airey, GD; Vos, RMDate:Oct 1994As part of a study conducted for Sabita on Heavy Duty Asphalt Pavements (HDAPs), the CSIR Division of Roads and Transport Technology developed a comprehensive and practical mix design method for large-aggregate mixes. In this paper, a framework ...Read more
Author:Rust, FC; Harvey, JT; Verhaeghe, Benoit MJA; Noakes, W; Van Kirk, JDate:Oct 1994The Californian Department of Transportation commissioned a pilot project to evaluate the potential of the Heavy Vehicle Simulator (HVS) for conduction pavement studies. The effect of channelisation of traffic on the rutting behaviour of a ...Read more
Author:Mutombo, K; Du Toit, MDate:31 Aug 2010The tensile strength and fatigue properties of Al5083-H111 welded with aluminium-magnesium alloyed ER5356 filler wire appeared similar to those of the base metal. This joint failed in the weld metal as a result of a slight reduction in hardness ...Read more
Author:Malan, DF; Kononov, VA; Coetzer, SJ; Janse van Rensburg, AL; Spottiswoode, BSDate:Sep 2000Previous fundamental research projects have indicated the value of continuous closure measurements for improved support design and hazard assessment and for quantifying the effect of seismicity on stope closure. This project examines the ...Read more
Author:Dawood, Zubeida C; Keet, CMDate:Nov 2014While a foundational ontology can solve interoperability issues among the domain ontologies aligned to it, multiple foundational ontologies have been developed. Thus, there are still interoperability issues among domain ontologies aligned to ...Read more
Author:Loveday, Philip W; Long, Craig SDate:Jan 2014A transducer array comprising four transducers was developed and used to perform pulse – echo measurements on a heavy duty welded rail track. A signal processing algorithm, which uses properties of the propagating modes computed using ...Read more
Author:Oberholster, Paul JDate:Jul 2018Employing specific algae treatment to treat municipal domestic waste water effluent presents an alternative practice to improving water quality effluent of existing rural pond systems in Southern Africa. In the present study domestic waste ...Read more
Author:Molobi, E; Sacks, N; Theron, MarithaDate:Oct 2018Laser Enabled Net Shaping technology in the manufacture of cemented tungsten carbides is challenging and many scientific gaps still need to be addressed to ensure commercial viability. In this study the feasibility of using LENS® to produce ...Read more
Author:Naidoo, T; Tapamo, JR; McDonald, Andre MDate:Sep 2015A feature selection algorithm that is novel in the context of anomaly–based network intrusion detection is proposed in this paper. The distinguishing factor of the proposed feature selection algorithm is its complete lack of dependency on ...Read more
Author:Naidoo, Tyrone; McDonald, Andre M; Tapamo, J-RDate:Sep 2015A feature selection algorithm that is novel in the context of anomaly–based network intrusion detection is proposed in this paper. The distinguishing factor of the proposed feature selection algorithm is its complete lack of dependency on ...Read more
Author:Rosman, Benjamin SDate:Oct 2014Representation learning is a difficult and important problem for autonomous agents. This paper presents an approach to automatic feature selection for a long-lived learning agent, which tackles the trade-off between a sparse feature set which ...Read more
Author:Burke, Michael GDate:Nov 2009This poster presents a visual servo approach to straight line range and velocity regulation. The difference in velocity between a lead mobile robot and a follower is regulated through velocity control of the follower, in order to maintain a ...Read more
Author:Featherstone, Coral; Van der Poel, EDate:Jun 2017Computational creativity is a multi-disciplinary area of research that investigates what aspects of computing can be considered as an analogue to the human creative process. One premise is that humans come up with new concepts or creative ...Read more
Author:Du Plessis, A; Strydom, CA; Uys, H; Botha, L; Roberts, T; Dlamini, THDate:Sep 2010Femtosecond laser control of chemical reactions is made possible through the use of pulse-shaping techniques coupled to a learning algorithm feedback loop – teaching the laser pulse to control the chemical reaction. This can result in ...Read more
Author:Du Plessis, A; Strydom, CA; Uys, H; Botha, L; Roberts, T; Dlamini, THDate:31 Aug 2010Femtosecond laser control of chemical reactions is made possible through the use of pulse-shaping techniques coupled to a learning algorithm feedback loop – teaching the laser pulse to control the chemical reaction. This can result in ...Read more
Author:Du Plessis, A; Strydom, CA; Uys, H; Hendriks, A; Botha, GN; Botha, LRDate:Jul 2011Results from experiments aimed at bimolecular chemical reaction control of CO and H2 at room temperature and pressure, without any catalyst, using shaped femtosecond laser pulses are presented. A stable reaction product (CO2) was measured ...Read more
Author:Mthunzi-Kufa, Patience; Dholakia, K; Gunn-Moore, FDate:Aug 2011Owing to their self renewal and pluripotency properties, stem cells can efficiently advance current therapies in tissue regeneration and/or engineering. Under appropriate culture conditions in vitro, pluripotent stem cells can be primed to ...Read more