Author:Brunke, EG; Labuschagne, C; Scheel, HEDate:2001During the continuous monitoring of atmospheric parameters at the station Cape Point (34 degrees S, 18 degrees E), a smoke plume originating from a controlled fire of 30 year old fynbos was observed on 6 May 1997. For this episode, which was ...Read more
Author:Dalton, A; Feig, Gregor T; Barber, KDate:Dec 2018A site assessment was conducted at a coal fired power plant in South Africa to determine whether surrounding soils were being enriched with trace metals resulting from activities at the power plant. It was found that deposition of fly ash ...Read more
Author:Van Reenen, Coralie A; Du Plessis, CDate:Dec 2021Traffic noise transmission through the open windows of naturally-ventilated classrooms can reduce speech intelligibility and can negatively impact academic performance. The findings of a numerical study are presented. Software was used to ...Read more
Author:Onumanyi, Adeiza J; Isaac, Sherrin J; Kruger, Carel P; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Sep 2021The concept of transactive energy (TE) in smart grid systems is gaining increased research attention for its potential to optimize distributed energy resources, improve system reliability, as well as provide a balanced ecosystem for fair ...Read more
Author:Patrick, MJ; Turton, AR; Julien, FDate:2006Literature suggests a linkage between internationally shared water resources and conflict potential. Anthony R. Turton, Marian J. Patrick and Frederic Julien examine transboundary water resource management in southern Africa, showing that ...Read more
Author:Slinger, J; Taljaard, SusanDate:Jan 2020Seven international case studies in coastal management are examined in this book. Each of the case studies dealt with an inlet or mouth management issue, but they were not selected based on similarity in their ecological (biophysical) or ...Read more
Author:Roux, Dirk J; Nel, Jeanne L; Cundill, Georgina; O'Farrell, Patrick J; Fabricius, ChristoDate:Sep 2017A key aim of transdisciplinary research is for actors from science, policy and practice to co-evolve their understanding of a social–ecological issue, reconcile their diverse perspectives and co-produce appropriate knowledge to serve a common ...Read more
Author:O'Kennedy, Maretha M; Burger, JT; Berger, DKDate:Dec 2001Elite white maize lines W506 and M37W were transformed with a selectable marker gene (bar) and a reporter gene (uidA) or the polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (pgip) gene after bombardment of cultured immature zygotic embryos using the ...Read more
Author:Ameh, AE; Fatoba, OO; Musyoka, Nicholas M; Louis, B; Petrik, LFDate:Oct 2020Power generation in South Africa relies heavily on the combustion of coal and during this process, coal fly ash (CFA) is generated as by-product, which raises several environmental issues. The transformation of CFA into a value added zeolite ...Read more
Author:Sefara, Tshephisho J; Zwane, SG; Gama, N; Sibisi, H; Senoamadi, PN; Marivate, VDate:Apr 2021Recent research on the development of machine translation (MT) models has resulted in state-of-the-art performance for many resourced European languages. However, there has been a little focus on applying these MT services to low-resourced ...Read more
Author:Shapurjee, Y; Charlton, SDate:Nov 2013South Africa’s ‘housing programme’ transfers a fully-funded serviced site and house to qualifying beneficiaries with aims of progressively addressing poverty through homeownership. Despite delivering close to 3 million houses since 1994, ...Read more
Author:Girgi, M; O'Kennedy, Maretha M; Morgenstern, A; Mayer, G; Lorz, H; Oldach, KHDate:2002Four different pearl millet breeding lines were transformed and led to the regeneration of fertile transgenic plants. Scutellar tissue was bombarded with two plasmids containing the bar selectable marker and the beta-glucuronidase reporter ...Read more
Author:Oosthuizen, MA; Jinabhai, C; Terblanche, APS; Becker, PDate:Sep 2005This study reviews the health status and lifestyle aspects of young adults who participated as 10-year-old children in the Vaal Triangle Air Pollution Health Study (VAPS) during 1990, and of whom the health status, as children of ten years ...Read more
Author:West, N; Ozoemena, KI; Ikpo, CO; Baker, PGL; Iwuoha, EIDate:Jul 2013This paper explores the synergistic and catalytic properties of a newly developed lithium ion battery (LIB) composite cathode of LiMn(sub2)O(Sub4) modified with bimetallic (Au–Fe) nanoparticle. Spinel phase LiMn(sub)2O(sub4) was doped with ...Read more
Author:Obodo, M; Nwanya, CC; Hassina, T; Kebede, Mesfin A; Ahmad, I; Malik, M; Ezema, FIDate:Dec 2019Recently, the demand for energy sustainability has progressively increased, and the high rate of the world energy depletion has also accelerated the efforts in finding and refining alternative energy resourceful devices. In terms of augmenting ...Read more