Author:Roux, Michael P; Sallie, Ismail M; Kemp, Mauritz J; De Franca, Volanda MPDate:Jul 2018The Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), requires national and provincial government departments to “prepare financial statements for each financial year in accordance with generally recognised accounting practice”. The Municipal Finance ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony KDate:Sep 2005The principal objective of the Data Management and Information Delivery (DMID) project in Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) is to develop an infrastructure that supports the business of a statistical organisation, which includes data stores ...Read more
Author:Rathogwa, Mashudu; Singano, Afika PDate:Jul 2023In 2019/20, it was of major importance to identify an alternative network within the Integrated Public Transport Network (IPTN) that can meet the increasing population demands. Being composed of high-capacity corridors, the current IPTN still ...Read more
Author:Jansen van Vuuren, J; Grobler, M; Leenen, L; Phahlamohlaka, Letlibe JDate:Jul 2014Most communications in the new era are dependent on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). In addition, infrastructure is becoming increasingly interconnected. This not only makes lives easier, but also leaves technology users more ...Read more
Author:Dunaiski, PE; Retief, JV; Goliger, Adam MDate:Nov 2006The South African National Conference on Loading was convened by the South African Institution of Civil Engineering in 1998 to deliberate on the future of the South African loading code. During this loading code conference the decision was ...Read more
Author:Edwards, ADate:Oct 2013The aim of this project was to develop an agreed upon standardised method of using OAEs in health surveillance for Hearing Conservation and to develop agreed upon criteria to interpret outcomes of OAE levels.Read more
Author:Mthethwa, Sthembile N; Dlamini, Nelisiwe; Barbour, GrahamDate:Dec 2018Even with the ability to produce documents digitally, the paperless environment has yet to become a reality in South Africa. Hardcopy documents are still printed daily which makes them susceptible to document fraud. In South Africa, a case ...Read more
Author:Mentz, JC; Kotzé, Paula; van der Merwe, ADate:Sep 2014In scientific inquiry definitions serves the purpose of describing what something is in terms that are concise, precise and allows for clear communication. Since the start of the enterprise architecture (EA) research field the issue of the ...Read more
Author:Debba, PraveshDate:Jul 2009This study demonstrates that designing sampling schemes using simulated annealing results in much better selection of samples from an existing scheme in terms of prediction accuracy. The presentation to the SASA Eastern Cape Chapter as an ...Read more
Author:Schutte, PC; Dias, B; Smith, AJB; Shaba, MNDate:Sep 2003The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD) in the South African mining industry and to identify work-related factors that may pose a risk of WMSD developing. Aspects covered in ...Read more
Author:Mzila, PhiwaDate:Nov 2016The use of biometric technology as a means to improve national security and reduce fraud has been adopted by many countries including South Africa. This technology involves the collection of biometric data which is attributed as part of one’s ...Read more
Author:Moodley, K; Meyer, T; Varzinczak, IDate:Jun 2012We discuss two approaches for defeasible reasoning in Description Logics that allow for the statement of defeasible subsumptions of the form “subsumed by usually holds”. These approaches are known as prototypical reasoning and presumptive ...Read more
Author:Mothwa, M; Jacobs, A; Dlamini, Nomusa RDate:Sep 2013The apparent protein digestibility of three feed ingredients, namely soybean, canola and sunflower meal, was studied for Tilapia rendalli, using chromic oxide as a dietary marker. The effect of these ingredients on the growth performance and ...Read more
Author:Sigwadi, R; Dhlamini, MS; Mokrani, T; Nemavhola, F; Nonjola, Patrick NT; Msomi, PFDate:Aug 2019Zirconium phosphates (ZrP) were incorporated into Nafion® 117 membrane by impregnating method to obtain a reduced methanol permeation and improved proton conductivity for fuel cell application. The mechanical properties and water uptake of ...Read more
Author:Botha, Natasha; Van Eden, Beatrice; Lehman, Lodewyk; Verster, Jacobus JDate:Nov 2023There is an increased interest in using aerial robotic platforms for indoor applications in industrial and manufacturing environments. One such example is stocktaking in warehouses, where the use of other mobile robotic systems is not efficient ...Read more
Author:Daelemans, W; Groenewald, HJ; Van Huyssteen, GBDate:Sep 2009Annotation of training data for machine learning is often a laborious and costly process. In Active Learning (AL), criteria are investigated that allow ordering the unannotated data in such a way that those instances potentially contributing ...Read more
Author:Lemmer, YolandyDate:Jun 2010South Africa currently has the highest incidence of TB per 100 000 people in the world. In 2007 alone 112 000 people died of TB in South Africa, of which 94 000 were co-infected with HIV (1). Although TB treatments exist, poor patient treatment ...Read more