Browsing by Title

DSpace/Manakin Repository

Browsing by Title

Sort by: Order: Results:

  • Book review: urban geology 
    Xu, Yongxin (Springer Verlag, 2012)
  • Border crossings in the African travel narratives of Ibn Battuta, Richard Burton and Paul Theroux 
    Moolla, Fiona F. (Taylor & Francis, 2012)
    This article compares the representation of African borders in the 14th-century travelogue of Ibn Battuta, the 19th-century travel narrative of Richard Burton and the 21st-century travel writing of Paul Theroux. It ...
  • Borehole dilution experiment in a Karoo aquifer in Bloemfontein 
    Xu, Yongxin; van Tonder, Gerrit J.; van Wyk, B.; van Wyk, E.; Aleobua, B. (Water Research Commission, 1997)
    This paper shows that a borehole dilution experiment using common salt is a useful technique for better understanding of some hydrogeological features of a fractured aquifer. A sense of such tracer experiments was performed ...
  • A bridge over the computer science graduate skill gap 
    Blignaut, Rénette; Venter, M.; Renaud, Karen (2013)
    Universities are increasingly required to respond to the ever evolving needs of an ever more sophisticated and globalised workplace, which requires well-rounded workers with more than mere technical knowledge. Employers ...
  • Bridging communications across the digital divide 
    Blake, Edwin H.; Tucker, William D. (CTIT, 2004)
    Connecting people across the Digital Divide is as much a social effort as a technological one. We are developing a community-centered approach to learn how interaction techniques can compensate for poor communication across ...
  • Browser-based sign language communication 
    Wang, Yuan Yuan; Tucker, William D. (Telkom, 2010)
    This paper describes the design and evaluation of two browser-based video communication prototypes that support sign language communication between Deaf people. The research explores combinations of technologies, protocols ...
  • Browser-based video communication for deaf people 
    Wang, Yuan Yuan; Tucker, William D. (Telkom, 2009)
    This paper describes work in progress to to provide browser-based sign language communication for deaf users. The paper introduces the communication requirements for a disadvantaged Deaf community in Cape Town, describes ...
  • Business models in land reform 
    Lahiff, Edward (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2007-08)
    This paper reviews the types of business models, or landuse models, being implemented in land reform projects involving the transfer of rural land to communities and other groups in South Africa, under both the restitution ...
  • Business restructuring and operational requirements dismissals: Algorax and beyond 
    Du Toit, Darcy (Juta Law, 2005)
    Introduction:This article revisits a vexed and much-debated question: when is it 'fair' for an employer, in the course of restructuring its business, to dismiss an employee for declining to accept changes in her or his ...
  • Call capacity for voice over Internet Protocol on wireless mesh networks 
    Zulu, Docas Dudu; Tucker, William D. (Telkom, 2010)
    This paper describes work in progress on call capacity optimization for voice over Internet Protocol on wireless mesh networks. In a developing country such as South Africa, evidence has shown that rural inhabitants find ...
  • Capture zone simulation for boreholes located in fractured dykes using the linesink concept 
    Xu, Yongxin; van Tonder, Gerrit J. (Water Research Commission, 2002)
    Delineation of capture zones for groundwater source protection is normally performed by using numerical codes which are based on the porous medium flow equation. However, boreholes are often sited in or along permeable ...
  • Carbonation of brine impacted fractionated coal fly ash: Implications for CO2 sequestration 
    Muriithi, Grace; Gitari, Wilson; Petrik, Leslie; Ndungu, Patrick (Elsevier, 2011)
    Coal combustion by-products such as fly ash (FA), brine and CO2 from coal fired power plants have the potential to impact negatively on the environment. FA and brine can contaminate the soil, surface and ground water through ...
  • Cardiovascular effects of the alkaloid hippadine on the isolated perfused rat heart 
    Mugabo, Pierre; Obikeze, Kenechukwu; Njagi, Angela; Burger, Andries; Dietrich, Danielle; Green, Ivan (Open Access Science Research Publisher, 2012)
    Crinum macowanii has been used extensively in traditional medicines for treatment of various illnesses such as oedema and ‘heart disease’. Previous studies of the crude bulb extracts on Langendorff perfused isolated rat ...
  • Carybdea branchi, sp. nov., a new box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) from South Africa. 
    Gershwin, Lisa-Ann; Gibbons, Mark J. (Magnolia Press, 2009)
    A common and conspicuous member of the medusan fauna of South Africa has been the subject of repeated taxonomic confusion. After having been mistakenly identified by earlier workers as either Carybdea alata or Tamoya ...
  • A catalogue with keys to the non-geniculate coralline algae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) of South Africa 
    Maneveldt, Gavin; Keats, Derek; Chamberlain, Yvonne (Elsevier, 2008)
    Non-geniculate coralline red algae are common in all of the world’s oceans, where they often occupy close to 100% of the primary rocky substratum. The South African rocky subtidal and intertidal habitats in particular, ...
  • Cell phone notification via bluetooth for Web 2.0 applications 
    Mutemwa, Muyowa; Tucker, William D.; Norman, Michael (Telkom, 2009)
    This paper discusses how an Instant Messaging application on a computer can use Bluetooth in order to provide vibration notification on a mobile phone. The initial motivation was to aid Deaf1 office workers to know when ...
  • Cellular Characterization of SARS Coronavirus Nucleocapsid 
    Goh, Phuay-Yee; Choi, Yook-Wah; Shen, Shou; Tan, Yee-Joo; Fielding, Burtram C.; Tan, Timothy H.P.; O, Eng-Eong; Lim, Seng Gee; Hong, Wanjin (Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, 2004)
    The Severe and Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (SARS CoV) is a newly-emerged virus that caused an outbreak of atypical pneumonia in the winter of 2002-2003. Polyclonal antibodies raised against the nucleocapsid (N) ...
  • Challanges related to working conditions experienced by social workers practising in rural areas 
    Alpaslan, Nicky; Schenck, Catherina (Rinie) (University of Stellenbosch, 2012)
    Introduction: In view of the references to the “poor working conditions” of social workers (Kusambisa in Chibba, 2011), which make it a challenge to retain social workers in rural areas (Kruger, 2008:44), and the exodus ...
  • Challenges faced by the urban black South Africans in the prevention of non-communicable diseases 
    Puoane, Thandi; Tsolekile, Lungiswa (Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2008)
    This paper was conducted to describe some of the circumstances that increases the risk factors for non-communicable diseases amongst the previously disadvantaged South African population. The work presented here is based ...
  • Challenges facing physiotherapy education in Africa 
    Frantz, Jose M. (Nova Southeastern University, 2007-01-01)
    Health care is changing and the demands put on health professionals are increasing. Physiotherapy education should reflect the health and social priorities of the nation. The World Confederation of Physical Therapy (WCPT) ...