Author:Butgereit, LL; Botha, RADate:Sep 2011MXit lingo is an abbreviated form of written English used by children, teenagers and young adults when communicating using MXit as a medium over cell phones. A stemmer for MXit lingo would enable a search engine such as Lucene to index stored ...Read more
Author:Sharma, A; Gumede, T; Kuun, C; McAlister, B; Qwabe, ODate:01 Sep 2010We present in this paper the design, development and pilot process of the Lwazi community communication service (LCCS), a multilingual automated telephone-based information service. The service acts as a communication and dissemination tool ...Read more
Author:Sharma Grover, A; Barnard, EDate:Apr 2011The authors present the design, development and pilot process of the Lwazi Community Communication Service (LCCS), a multilingual automated telephone-based information service. The service acts as a communication and dissemination tool that ...Read more
Author:Zhu, H; Ouahada, K; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Oct 2021Smart homes are an integral component in developing smart cities. This paper studies the problem of real-time energy management of controllable loads for Internet of Things (IoT) connected homes with renewable energy generators and energy ...Read more
Author:Focke, RDate:Dec 2009This paper presents a scalable solution utilising FPGAs for high performance data processing. Part B of the paper covers topics relating to firmware and software development.Read more
Author:Duncker, Louiza C; Wilkinson, MDate:Jan 2012Enshrined in the South African Constitution is the right of all South Africans to an environment that is not harmful to their health or well-being and to have access to sufficient food and water. In fulfilling its role as regulator, in 2006 ...Read more
Author:Hwabamungu, B; Williams, QDate:Oct 2010The penetration of mobile phones and mobile technologies in developing countries has led to innovative developments of various m-Health applications. These applications have proven the potential of mobile technologies for improving the quality ...Read more
Author:Buitendag, A; Roux, L; Botha, Adèle; Herselman, Martha E; Van der Walt, JDate:May 2012Within Southern Africa the establishment of Living Labs for community development is steadily gaining momentum. The majority of the established living labs aim to improve and address various aspects and issues encountered in rural environments. ...Read more
Author:Mboweni, IV; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Ramotsoela, DTDate:Oct 2021The confidentiality, integrity and availability of critical infrastructure is crucial for any economy to operate efficiently. Water distribution critical infrastructure is a target of many attackers who aim to penetrate the system for malicious ...Read more
Author:Hanslo, Ridewaan; Tanner, MDate:Sep 2020Agile software development methodologies are used in many industries of the global economy. The Scrum framework is the predominant Agile methodology used to develop, deliver, and maintain complex software products. While the success of software ...Read more
Author:Thupae, R; Isong, B; Gasela, N; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Oct 2018Software defined network (SDN) is a paradigm developed achieve great flexibility and cope with the limitations of traditional networks architecture such as the wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Introducing SDN in WSN leads to SDWSN. However, ...Read more
Author:Napier, MarkDate:Dec 2005The economic, social and spatial impacts of the national state housing programme in South Africa over the last ten years have been significant. And yet the ability of the programme to produce settlements which can be described as 'sustainable' ...Read more
Author:Pistorius, PC; Presoly, P; Tshilombo, GDate:Aug 2009Steel was sampled after calcium treatment at an industrial steel plant, and the inclusions identified by energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDX) on polished sections of the samples analysing the samples in a scanning electron microscope. ...Read more
Author:Pistorius, CP; Presoly, P; Tshilombo, KGDate:Aug 2006Calcium treatment of alumina inclusions, to convert the alumina to molten or partially molten calcium aluminates, is a well-established treatment for steel, to improve the castability of aluminium-killed steel. However, the role of magnesium ...Read more
Author:Sheik, Muhammed; Segakweng, Tshiamo; Sekhuthe, Karabelo LDate:Nov 2023The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy estimates that the industrial sector is the largest consumer of energy in South Africa. Approximately 66% of energy end-use in industry is for heat generation during manufacturing. South African ...Read more
Author:Faling, WDate:Jul 2012This paper outlines a conference presentation on disaster resilience in South Africa. The paper presents disasters caused by the combination of a hazard and vulnerability. An emphasis on resilience, rather than just disaster response and ...Read more
Author:Van Heerden, Renier P; Von Solms, S; Vorster, JDate:May 2018The integration of technology in the modern society provides many benefits, but with increased connectivity comes increased risk where governments, businesses and individuals are vulnerable to a variety of cyber-attacks. Many of the large ...Read more
Author:Smith, Andrew CDate:May 2015To support economic growth, it is generally agreed that the supply of electrical energy has to meet, or exceed, the demand for electrical energy. Assuming the above statement holds true, at least two options exist when one considers how the ...Read more
Author:Paige-Green, P; Verhaeghe, Benoit MJADate:Oct 2018The inevitable impacts of climate change on the already stressed low volume rural road networks in Africa will have dire consequences in many countries. These networks generally suffer from a lack of appropriate construction standards and ...Read more
Author:Gqola, PDate:Mar 2007The utopian assumptions about the Internet and other allied Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as the harbingers of a world free of violent hierarchies have long since proved erroneous. Instead the initial idealism has been ...Read more