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ENSURING SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR SOUTH AFRICA WITH COMPLEXITY AND WHOLE-OF-SOCIETY THEORY APPROACHES
Air traffic management is a complex multi-disciplinary socio-technical system of systems that directly supports the air transportation industry. With the …
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Promising Shadow Masking Technique for the Deposition of High-Efficiency Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells Using Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
In this work, a detailed description of the various steps involved in the fabrication of high-efficiency hydrogenated amorphous-silicon cells using …
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Chiral-at-Metal: Iridium(III) Tetrazole Complexes With Proton-Responsive P-OH Groups for CO2 Hydrogenation
A rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, following years of burning fossil fuels, has brought about increase in global temperatures …
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Spatio-temporal analysis of oil lake and oil-polluted surfaces from remote sensing data in one of the Libyan oil fields
Abstract The study area, which is part of the Sirt sedimentary basin in the north-central part of Libya, is characterized …
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A firefly algorithm based hybrid method for structural topology optimization
Abstract In this paper, a firefly algorithm based hybrid algorithm through retaining global convergence of firefly algorithm and ability to …
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A multimode approach to geometrically non-linear forced vibration of beams carrying point masses
The present work deals with the geometrically non-linear forced vibrations of beams carrying a concentric mass under different end conditions. …
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COMBINING GREEN BUILDING AND LEAN CONSTRUCTION TO ACHIEVE MORE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA
This paper explores the synergies that exist between lean construction and green building across all the development phases in a …
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Motion around triangular points in the restricted three-body problem with radiating heterogeneous primaries surrounded by a belt
The present paper studies the locations and linear stability of the triangular equilibrium points when both primaries are radiating and …
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High Level Controller-Based Energy Management for a Smart Building Integrated Microgrid With Electric Vehicle
This paper presents an effective approach for the modelling and optimization of a smart building integrated microgrid (BIM). The main …
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General decay and blow-up of solutions for a nonlinear wave equation with memory and fractional boundary damping terms
Abstract The paper studies the global existence and general decay of solutions using Lyapunov functional for a nonlinear wave equation, …
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PRODUCTION SCHEDULING HEURISTICS FOR FREQUENT LOAD-SHEDDING SCENARIOS: A KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING APPROACH
Most industrial machinery and equipment used by the South African manufacturing sector is powered by either a direct current or …
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Effect of heavy metals (Ni, Cu, Pb) doped ZnO on the nonlinear optical properties
Abstract In this paper, the non-linear optical properties of undoped and doped ZnO thin films were investigated. The films were …
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Optimizing productivity in oil rims: simulation studies on horizontal well placement under simultaneous oil and gas production
Abstract Thin oil rim reservoirs are predominantly those with pay thickness of less than 100 ft. Oil production challenges arise …
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The hydrocarbon prospectivity of the Mesoproterozoic–Paleozoic intracratonic Voltaian Basin, West African Craton, Ghana
Abstract Neoproterozoic sedimentary basins are increasingly gaining hydrocarbon exploration attention globally following results of significant discoveries in these basins as …
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Offshore wind energy – South Africa’s untapped resource
In the context of the Anthropocene, the decoupling of carbon emissions from electricity generation is critical. South Africa has an …
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Application of Sawdust Ash as Filler Material in Asphaltic Concrete Production
Abstract An increase production of wastes from different companies and agricultural areas creates severe surrounding trouble in terms of management …
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AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW OF THE POTENTIAL BARRIERS TO AND DRIVERS OF ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION IN SOUTH AFRICA
While sustainable construction has gained increasing international attention, a limited number of studies address the issue of sustainable construction in …
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Application of gene expression programming, artificial neural network and multilinear regression in predicting hydrochar physicochemical properties
Abstract Globally, the provision of energy is becoming an absolute necessity. Biomass resources are abundant and have been described as …
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Mathematical Modeling and Optimization Studies by Artificial Neural Network, Genetic Algorithm and Response Surface Methodology: A Case of Ferric Sulfate–Catalyzed Esterification of Neem (Azadirachta indica) Seed Oil
High free fatty acids (FFA) content in oils poses challenges such as soap formation and difficulty in the separation of …
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Recent advances in anthocyanin dyes extracted from plants for dye sensitized solar cell
Abstract Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are under extensive research works due to their appealing features such as low production costs. …