Author:Snyman-van der Walt, LuanitaDate:Mar 2024Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is applied to inform decisions on sustainable development but may be limited in its mechanisms for unlocking the potential spatial information, and facilitating actual and effective collaborative ...Read more
Author:Thomalla, Sandy J; Nicholson, Sarah-Anne; Ryan-Keogh, Thomas J; Smith, Marie EDate:Aug 2023Climate change is expected to elicit widespread alterations to nutrient and light supply, which interact to influence phytoplankton growth and their seasonal cycles. Using 25 years of satellite chlorophyll a data, we show that large regions ...Read more
Author:Mak, Franco; Govender, Avashna; Badenhorst, JacoDate:Feb 2024The majority of South Africa’s eleven languages are low-resourced, posing a major challenge to Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) development. Modern ASR systems require an extensive amount of data that is extremely difficult to find for ...Read more
Author:Schreiner, Gregory O; Snyman-van der Walt, Luanita; Lochner, Paul A; Taljaard, SusanDate:Jan 2024A Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) was undertaken for the Saldanha Bay region to estimate the proximity of natural capital features and ecosystem services to critical thresholds. The assumption being that, should such thresholds be ...Read more
Author:Morake, JB; Maina, MR; Mutua, JM; Olakanmi, EO; Pityana, Sisa LDate:Dec 2023Laser cladding is a surface modification method that can be employed in components under severe operating conditions, such as boiler heat exchangers, to mitigate degradation. However, poor clad quality hinders performance during service. This ...Read morecb
Author:Mathoho, Ipfi; Sibisi, TDate:Jan 2024The quality and performance of additively manufactured part is linked to the process parameters such as laser power, scanning speed, powder feed rate, and layer thickness. However, hatch spacing is one of the process parameters that affect ...Read more
Author:Jiang, J; Lin, C; Han, G; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Shah, SBH; Martínez-García, MDate:Dec 2023The ongoing expansion of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is enabling the possibility of effective Industry 4.0, where massive sensing devices in heterogeneous environments are connected through dedicated communication protocols. This ...Read more
Author:Nel, M; Adams, JB; Human, LRD; Nunes, M; Van Niekerk, Lara; Lemley, DADate:Dec 2023Context: Artificial breaching of intermittently closed estuaries has become more frequent in the face of global-change pressures. Aims: This study aimed to determine whether the ecological health of the Great Brak Estuary has been affected ...Read more
Author:Baloyi, R; Gbadeyan, OJ; Sithole, B; Chunilall, VirenDate:Nov 2023The fast fashion trends in the textile industry have resulted in high consumption of fiber with concomitant generation of waste. Awareness of environmental pollution resulting from textile production and disposal has increased significantly. ...Read more
Author:Willemse, MG; Siyasiya, CW; Marais, D; Venter, AM; Arthur, Nana KKDate:Feb 2023Although additive manufacturing is fast gaining traction in the industrial world as a reputable manufacturing technique to complement traditional mechanical machining, it still has problems such as porosity and residual stresses in components ...Read more
Author:Van Wyk, LT; Neyt, Nicole C; Jugmohan, Jaimee; Panayides, Jenny-Lee; Riley, DLDate:Jan 2024Globally, major depressive disorders are a leading cause of disconsolateness affecting more than 300 million individuals. Bupropion is a unique dopamine-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (DNRI) commonly utilized in the treatment of depression, ...Read more
Author:Rangata, Mapitsi R; Sefara, Tshephisho JDate:Feb 2024The amount of data online is increasing as companies generate news articles daily. These news articles contain headlines that have a level of exaggeration aimed to win the readers. In addition, these companies are competing against one another; ...Read more
Author:Gong, X; Srivastava, V; Naicker, Previn; Khan, A; Ahmad, ADate:Mar 2023Candida parapsilosis poses huge treatment challenges in the clinical settings of South Africa, and often causes infections among immunocompromised patients and underweight neonates. Cell wall proteins have been known to play vital roles in ...Read more
Author:Arthur, Nana KK; Kubjane, SM; Popoola, API; Masina, Bathusile N; Pityana, Sisa LDate:May 2023Titanium alloys are prone to increased oxidation rates when exposed to higher temperatures during application. As a result, the components suffer mechanical failure due to the formation of the alpha-case layer at 500 °C. To improve its corrosion ...Read more
Author:Gong, X; Srivastava, V; Naicker, Previn; Khan, A; Ahmad, ADate:Mar 2023Candida parapsilosis poses huge treatment challenges in the clinical settings of South Africa, and often causes infections among immunocompromised patients and underweight neonates. Cell wall proteins have been known to play vital roles in ...Read more