Author:Wellington, Kevin WDate:Feb 2015The non-communicable disease, cancer, is one of the major causes of death across the world and is forecast to increase by 75% to reach close to 25 million cases over the next two decades. Radiotherapy and surgical approaches have been ...Read morecb
Author:Opoku, F; Govender, Krishna; Van Sitter, CGCE; Govender, PPDate:2017A first principles study of the Titania is done as used in photo-catalysis to generate charge carries. Models of titania, silica, graphene, epoxy graphene monoxide, single wall Carbon nanotubes and their respective layer were studied in order ...Read more
Author:Oelofse, Suzanna HHDate:May 2011The Department of Environmental Affairs with the assistance of the CSIR, developed the National Domestic Waste Collection Standards, which contain a range of service standards appropriate to different contexts. The standards, which came into ...Read more
Author:Opoku, F; Govender, Krishna; Van Sittert, CGCE; Govender, PPDate:Sep 2017Although TiO2 is an efficient photocatalyst, its large band gap limits its photocatalytic activity only to the ultraviolet region. An experimentally synthesized ternary Fe/C/S-doped TiO2 anatase showed improved visible light photocatalytic ...Read more
Author:Wang, K; Kang, X; Zhong, Y; Hu, C; Ren, Jianwei; Wang, PDate:Nov 2014Nanoconfinement has been widely employed as a promising strategy to improve dehydrogenation kinetics, reversibility, and equilibrium pressure of complex metal hydrides. In this paper, we report a careful study of the influence of nanoconfinement ...Read more
Author:Adekola, O; Stamp, JD; Majozi, T; Garg, A; Bandyopadhya, SDate:May 2013A unified framework providing for the simultaneous reduction of energy and wastewater in multipurpose batch plants is presented in this paper. Unlike many current methods, the schedule is not predefined. Time is treated as a variable leading ...Read more
Author:Dabrowski, JJ; De Villiers, Johan PDate:Nov 2015A unified Bayesian model that simultaneously performs behavioural modelling, information fusion and classification is presented. The model is expressed in the form of a dynamic Bayesian network (DBN). Behavioural modelling is performed by ...Read more
Author:Dabrowski, JJ; De Villiers, JPDate:Nov 2015A unified Bayesian model that simultaneously performs behavioural modelling, information fusion and classification is presented. The model is expressed in the form of a dynamic Bayesian network (DBN). Behavioural modelling is performed by ...Read more
Author:Bandyopadhyay, J; Al-Thabaiti, SA; Ray, SS; Basahel, SN; Mokhtar, MDate:Aug 2014The poly[(butylene succinate)-co-adipate] (PBSA) nanocomposites (PBSANCs) with five different loadings of organoclay were prepared by melt-blending. The morphological investigation revealed that the degree of dispersion of silicate layers in ...Read more
Author:Malwela, T; Ray, SSDate:Feb 2011This communication reports a unique morphology of dispersed clay particles in a polymer nanocomposite. A nanocomposite of poly[butylene succinate)-co-adipate] (PBSA) with 3 wt% of organically modified montmorillonite was prepared by melt-blending ...Read more
Author:Grundlingh, ML; Potgieter, EDate:Oct 1993Over the past decade False Bay has assumed a prime position in terms of research in to large South African bays. This is manifested by investigations that cover flow conditions modelling, thermal structure, management, biology and nutrients, ...Read more
Author:Walwyn, D; Cloete, LaurensDate:Jul 2016Based on data from South Africa’s research and development (R&D) surveys, the country’s R&D expenditure has grown in real terms by 52% over the period 2001 to 2012. This growth has been driven by government funding, which rose from 34% of the ...Read more
Author:Wall, K; Bhagwan, J; Ive, ODate:Sep 2012South African research has found that operations and maintenance partnerships, using the basic principles of franchising, could address many challenges in the operation and maintenance of water services. Franchising provides appropriate ...Read more
Author:Greben, HA; Oelofse, Suzanna HHDate:Oct 2009In many countries, especially on the Asian continent, waste is considered a valuable renewable energy resource. At present 40% of waste generated in South Africa comprises organic material which, when digested supplies biogas. The biogas ...Read more
Author:Van Zyl, Louwrens HDate:Jan 2008The calculation of unsteady air loads is an essential step in any aeroelastic analysis. The subsonic doublet lattice method (DLM) is used extensively for this purpose due to its simplicity and reliability. The body models available with the ...Read more