Author:Kraaij, T; Cowling, RM; Van Wilgen, BW; Schutte-Vlok, ADate:May 2012Fire management practices aimed at biodiversity conservation are often in conflict with hazard reduction requirements. Particularly in protected areas where such conflict of interest exists, the question is asked: what are the ecological ...Read more
Author:Claassen, Marius; Hill, LieslDate:Jan 2017According to SANBI, South Africa’s ecosystem diversity is a kind of infrastructure which, just like roads and railway lines, is critical to the wellbeing of the economy, communities and individual people. The National Development Plan calls ...Read more
Author:Baichan, P; Naicker, Previn; Augustine, TN; Smith, M; Candy, G; Devar, J; Nweke, EEDate:Mar 2023Background Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a lethal cancer with a poor prognosis. The lack of specifc and sensitive biomarkers results in delayed diagnosis with most patients presenting at late stages of the disease. Furthermore, there is little ...Read more
Author:Koenig, C; Martinez-Val, A; Naicker, Previn; Stoychev, S; Jordaan, J; Olsen, JVDate:Sep 2023Tandem mass tags data-dependent acquisition (TMT-DDA) as well as data-independent acquisition-based label-free quantification (LFQ-DIA) have become the leading workflows to achieve deep proteome and phosphoproteome profiles. We present a ...Read more
Author:Niemann, Hester E; Nicolaides, Kyriacos; Dhuness, KaheshDate:Aug 2021The need for wireless underwater communication systems exists due to the constraints that tethered wired communication systems place on underwater equipment, and the extensive time and effort required to retrieve information from remote ...Read more
Author:Smith, Andrew C; Krause, CDate:2011A novel input device is presented for use with a personal computer by persons with physical disabilities who would otherwise not be able to enjoy computer gaming. This device is simple to manufacture and low in cost. A gaming application was ...Read more
Author:Huang, B; Liu, Y; Lu, Z; Shen, M; Jie, Z; Ren, Jianwei; Li, X; Liao, SDate:Sep 2019Prussian blue (PB) and its analogues have been widely investigated as promising cathode materials for potassium ion batteries (PIBs) on account of their 3D open framework, which makes the intercalation/deintercalation of K+ ions easy and ...Read more
Author:De Beer, Morris; Van Heerden, AdelaiDate:2017The aim of this study was to profile the psychological coping, learning potential and career-related interests of 251 candidates for operational force military selection for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) – 26 of whom were ...Read more
Author:Debelo, NG; Dejene, FB; Roro, Kittessa TDate:Apr 2017The influence of target to substrate distance (dts) on the structural, morphological and photoluminescence (PL) properties of commercially obtained KY3F10 : Ho3+ phosphor thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition is investigated for dts ...Read more
Author:Van Bennekom, A; Berndt, F; Rassool, MNDate:Apr 2001This paper presents a collection of pump impeller failures that have been encountered during the consulting activities at the University of the Witwatersrand and the Plant Infrastructure and Pipelines Centre at the Council for Scientific and ...Read more
Author:Bernt, F; Van Bennekom, ADate:Apr 2001During operation, pump shafts usually suffer from degradation as a result of corrosion and/or mechanical degradation, usually in the form of fatigue failures. In many cases corrosion precedes fatigue failure and can actually accelerate the ...Read more
Author:Serwale, Matsie R; Coetsee, T; Fazluddin, ShahedDate:May 2020The CSIR is developing a process to produce commercially pure (CP) Grade 4 titanium metal powder via direct metallothermic reduction of TiCl4. Crude titanium produced by this method is inevitably contaminated with unreacted reducing metal and ...Read more
Author:Serwale, MR; Coetsee, T; Sole, KC; Fazluddin, ShahedDate:Dec 2022The CSIR-Ti process employs lithiothermic reduction of titanium tetrachloride feedstock to produce titanium sponge. The product is therefore contaminated by a range of lithium and chloride species. In this study we examine the effects of ...Read more
Author:Sroor, H; Lisa, Nyameko; Naidoo, Darryl; Litvin, Ihar; Forbes, ADate:Apr 2018Creating high-quality vector vortex (VV) beams is possible with a myriad of techniques at low power, and while a few studies have produced such beams at high power, none have considered the impact of amplification on the vector purity. Here ...Read more
Author:Bidwell, NJ; Winschiers-Theophilus, H; Kapuire, GK; Rehm, MDate:Sep 2011Designing interactions with technologies that are compatible with rural wisdom and skills can help to digitally enfranchise rural people and, thus, contribute to community cohesion in the face of Africa’s urbanization. Oral information has ...Read more
Author:Van der Walt, M; Cooper, Antony K; Netterberg, I; Rubidge, BSDate:Nov 2015A geographical information system (GIS) database was compiled of Permo-Triassic tetrapod fossils from the Karoo Supergroup in South African museum collections. This database is the first of its kind and has great time applicability for ...Read more
Author:Haywood, Lorren KDate:Oct 2021Purpose: This research investigates what is driving corporate sustainability within South African organisations and to what extent these drivers intersect with risk management. This is important as new and emerging business risks are proving ...Read more
Author:Merckel, RD; Heydenrych, MD; Sithole, Bishop BDate:Mar 2021An advancement in the analytical capabilities of pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) with evolved gas analysis-mass spectrometry (EGA-MS) is presented. The combined method of analysis can predict elemental composition ...Read more