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  Social communities of design and makers and their impact on learning

  Gwangwava, N., Ude, A. U., Ogunmuyiwa, E. N. & Addo-Tenkorang, R., Jan 1 2018, In: International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation. 8, 1, p. 42-61 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • hacker
  • scientific discipline
  • Cloud computing
  • social media
  • learning

• Solid fuel production from landfill waste for promoting sustainable development in Africa

  Manyuchi, M. M., Mbohwa, C. & Muzenda, E., 2018, In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. 2018, SEP, p. 2140-2144 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  • Landfill
  • Land fill
  • Sustainable development
  • Sustainable Development
  • Africa

• Spark plasma sintered Ti6Al4V-ZrO2 bio-composites: Optimization of ball milling and turbula mixing of powders and their subsequent sintering parameters

  Moshokoa, N. A., Mukhudwana, T. V., Raganya, L. M., Lekgoathi, J. I., Obadele, B. A. & Olubambi, P. A., Oct 2 2018, In: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 430, 1, 012035.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • titanium alloy (TiAl6V4)
  • Ball milling
  • Electric sparks
  • Powders
  • Sintering

• Spatially-Implicit Modelling of Disease-Behaviour Interactions in the Context of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions

  Ringa, N. & Bauch, C. T., 2018, In: Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering. 15, 2, p. 461-483 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • learning
  • Social Learning
  • Learning
  • Interaction
  • Modeling

• Spatial mapping of the rock quality designation using multi-Gaussian Kriging method

  Madani, N., Yagiz, S. & Adoko, A. C., Nov 15 2018, In: Minerals. 8, 11, 16 p., 530.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • rock quality designation
  • kriging
  • Rocks
  • Ore deposits
  • method
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Spatial synchrony in fractional order metapopulation cholera transmission

  Njagarah, J. B. H. & Tabi, C. B., Dec 1 2018, In: Chaos, Solitons and Fractals. 117, p. 37-49 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • cholera
  • Metapopulation
  • Synchrony
  • Community
  • Fractional Order
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Stabilisation and solidification of steel industry sludge

  Falayi, T. & Ntuli, F., 2018, HNICEM 2017 - 9th International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment and Management. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 1-4 4 p. (HNICEM 2017 - 9th International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment and Management; vol. 2018-January).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  Open Access

  • Oxides
  • steel industry
  • Solidification
  • Iron and steel industry
  • Steel

• Steganography techniques for digital images

  Yahya, A., Jun 12 2018, Springer International Publishing AG. 122 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Steganography
  • Cryptography
  • Synchronization
  • Discrete wavelet transforms
  • Decoding
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Stem Cell Research in Africa: Legislation and Challenges

  Gaobotse, G., 2018, In: Journal of Regenerative Medicine. 7, 1

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • laws and regulations
  • stem cells
  • embryo (animal)
  • embryonic stem cells
  • funding

• Stochastic Electrical Behavior of Splina Liquid Chlorophyll Drink

  Mbezi, T., Zachee, A., Tabi, C. B., Ekobena Fouda, H. P. & Kofané, T. C., Mar 1 2018, In: Indian Journal of Science and Technology. 11, 12, p. 1-14 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Chlorophyll
  • Liquid
  • Autocorrelation Function
  • Resistance
  • Water

• Storage and Dissipation Limits in Resonant Switched-Capacitor Converters

  Mayo-Maldonado, J. C., Maupong, T. M., Valdez-Reséndiz, J. E. & Rosas-Caro, J. C., 2018, In: Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2018, 10 p., 1054179.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Capacitor
  • Converter
  • Dissipation
  • Capacitors
  • Energy

• Streptomyces albulus yields ε-poly-L-lysine and other products from salt-contaminated glycerol waste

  Zhou, N., Swanevelder, D., Dodd, A., Brady, D., Hallsworth, JE. & Rumbold, K., Sep 20 2018, In: Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Glycerol
  • Streptomyces
  • Lysine
  • Biofuels
  • Salts
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Students’ and instructor’s perspective on the use of blackboard platform for delivering an engineering course

  Uziak, J., Oladiran, M. T., Lorencowicz, E. & Becker, K., 2018, In: Electronic Journal of e-Learning. 16, 1, p. 1-15 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Students
  • instructor
  • engineering
  • student
  • electronic learning
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Studies of the Giant Dipole Resonance in ²⁷Al , ⁴⁰Ca , ⁵⁶Fe , ⁵⁸Ni and ²⁰⁸Pb with high energy-resolution inelastic proton scattering under 0°

  Jingo, M., Buthelezi, E. Z., Carter, J., Cooper, G. R. J., Fearick, R. W., Förtsch, S. V., Kureba, C. O., Krumbholz, A. M., von Neumann-Cosel, P., Neveling, R., Papka, P., Poltoratska, I., Ponomarev, V. Y., Richter, A., Sideras-Haddad, E., Smit, F. D., Swartz, J. A., Tamii, A. & Usman, I. T., Dec 1 2018, In: European Physical Journal A. 54, 12, 234.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • proton scattering
  • inelastic scattering
  • dipoles
  • fine structure
  • energy
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Study of the Photo-Electric Behavior of Spinaceapleracea using the T.E-Model of Chlorophyll Pigment

  Mbezi, T., Zachee, A., Tabi, C. B., Ekobena Fouda, H. P. & Kofané, T. C., Jun 10 2018, In: Indian Journal of Science and Technology. 11, 22, p. 1-7 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • pigment
  • chlorophyll
  • autocorrelation
  • statistical analysis
  • temporal analysis
  15 Downloads (Pure)

• Suitability Analysis of Satellite Towns Using Saaty Model and Geographical Information System (GIS)

  Mayunga, S. D., 2018, In: Journal of Data Analysis and Information Processing. 6, 01

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • GIS
  • central business district
  • analysis
  • social housing
  • social service

• Sulphate removal from acid rock drainage using steel slag

  Ntuli, F. & Magwa, N. P., Nov 5 2018, In: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 191, 1, 6 p., 012116.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • slag
  • furnace
  • drainage
  • steel
  • sulfate
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Superficial and Fundamental Correspondences in the Terahertz/IR (6-15 THz) Absorption Spectra of Aspirin and Benzoic Acid

  Lepodise, L. M., Horvat, J. & Lewis, R. A., Aug 30 2018, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 122, 34, p. 6886-6893 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Absorption spectra
  • benzoic acid
  • Benzoic Acid
  • Aspirin
  • Density functional theory
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Superior basal and plastic thermal responses to environmental heterogeneity in invasive exotic stemborer Chilo partellus Swinhoe over indigenous Busseola fusca (Fuller) and Sesamia calamistis Hampson

  Mutamiswa, R., Chidawanyika, F. & Nyamukondiwa, C., Jun 2018, In: Physiological Entomology. 43, 2, p. 108-119 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Sesamia calamistis
  • Busseola fusca
  • Chilo partellus
  • hardening
  • Plastics
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Surface Diffusion and Growth of Alloy Nanoclusters: A Monte Carlo Study

  Heinrichs, S., Einax, M., Dieterich, W., Maass, P. & Majhofer, A., Jul 18 2018, In: Diffusion Fundamentals. 19

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• SUSTAINABILITY OF RAIN-FED AGRICULTURE IN BOTSWANA: A CASE STUDY IN THE PANDAMATENGA PLAINS

  Alemaw, B., R Chaoka, T. & Totolo, O., Jun 18 2018, In: Journal of physics and chemistry of the earth.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • rainfed agriculture
  • plain
  • sustainability
  • crop
  • soil moisture

• Swarm-intelligence-based communication protocols for wireless sensor networks: Critical Developments and Applications of Swarm Intelligence

  Ketshabetswe, L. K., Zungeru, A. M., Chuma, J. M. & Mangwala, M., 2018, Critical Developments and Applications of Swarm Intelligence. IGI Global, p. 271-300 30 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Swarm intelligence
  • Wireless sensor networks
  • Network protocols
  • Routing algorithms
  • Energy utilization
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Synthesis and characterization of anthill‐eggshell‐Ni‐Co mixed oxides composite catalyst for biodiesel production from waste frying oil

  Yusuff, A. S., Adeniyi, O. D., Azeez, O., Olutoye, M. A. & Akpan, U. G., Aug 13 2018, In: Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. 13, p. 37-47 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Biofuels
  • Oxides
  • Biodiesel
  • Oils
  • Characterization (materials science)
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Synthesis of a paste backfill geopolymer using pure acidic gold mine tailings

  Falayi, T., Ntuli, F. & Okonta, F., Nov 2018, In: Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management. 44, 4, p. 311-320 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • gold mine
  • backfill
  • tailings
  • liquid
  • aluminosilicate
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Techno-economic analysis of grid-tied energy storage

  Masebinu, S. O., Akinlabi, E. T., Muzenda, E. & Aboyade, A. O., Jan 1 2018, In: International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 15, 1, p. 231-242 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • energy storage
  • economic analysis
  • Economic analysis
  • battery
  • Energy storage
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Techno-economic feasibility for recovering biogas in a bio augmented municipal sewage plant

  Manyuchi, M. M., Mbohwa, C. & Muzenda, E., 2018, Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, IEOM 2018. IEOM Society, p. 37-44 8 p. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management; vol. 2018-March).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Biogas
  • Sewage
  • Economics
  • Sewage Sludge
  • Sewage treatment plants

• The Gamma-Weibull-G Family of Distributions with Applications

  Oluyede, B. O., Pu, S., Makubate, B. & Qiu, Y., Feb 1 2018, In: Austrian Journal of Statistics. 47, 1, p. 45-76 32 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  3 Citations (Scopus)

• The general split equality problem for Bregman quasi-nonexpansive mappings in Banach spaces

  Zegeye, H., Mar 1 2018, In: Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications. 20, 1, 6.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Banach spaces
  • Nonexpansive Mapping
  • Equality
  • Banach space
  • Nonlinear Mapping
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• The Inhibitory Effect of An Ethanol Extract of Sida rhombifolia Leaves on Key Carbohydrate Hydrolyzing Enzymes.

  Bati, K., Kwape, T. & Chaturvedi, P., 2018, In: Journal of Complementary Medicine Research. 9, 2, p. 1-10 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Phytochemicals
  • Glucosidases
  • Carbohydrates
  • Ethanol
  • Amylases

• The precipitation, growth and stability of mercury sulfide nanoparticles formed in the presence of marine dissolved organic matter

  Mazrui, N. M., Seelen, E., King'ondu, C. K., Thota, S., Awino, J., Rouge, J., Zhao, J. & Mason, R. P., 2018, In: Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts. 20, 4, p. 642-656 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• The Removal of Cu (II) from Aqueous Solution using Sodium Borohydride as a Reducing Agent

  Sithole, N. T., Ntuli, F. & Mashifana, T., 2018.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  Open Access

  • aqueous solution
  • toxic metal
  • sodium
  • wastewater
  • removal

• Thermal degradation kinetic study of polystyrene/organophosphate composite

  Majoni, S. & Chaparadza, A., 2018, In: Thermochimica Acta. 662, p. 8-15 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • diphosphates
  • Diphosphates
  • thermal degradation
  • Organophosphates
  • Polystyrenes
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Thermally Developing Heat Transfer with Nonlinear Viscoelastic and Newtonian Fluids with Pressure-Dependent Viscosity

  Siginer, D. A., Talay Akyildiz, F. & Boutaous, M., Oct 1 2018, In: Journal of Heat Transfer. 140, 10, 101701.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Newtonian fluids
  • Viscosity
  • heat transfer
  • Nusselt number
  • viscosity
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Thermal plasticity potentially mediates the interaction between host Chilo partellus Swinhoe (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and endoparasitoid Cotesia flavipes Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in rapidly changing environments

  Mutamiswa, R., Chidawanyika, F. & Nyamukondiwa, C., 2018, In: Pest Management Science. 74, 6, p. 1335-1345 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  10 Citations (Scopus)

• The socio-economic implication of 2^nd generation biofuels in Southern Africa: A critical review

  Charis, G., Danha, G. & Muzenda, E., 2018, In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. 2018, NOV, p. 1373-1385 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  • Biofuels
  • Southern Africa
  • Socio-economics
  • Economics
  • Biomass
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• The structure of a recent nova shell as observed by ALMA

  Diaz, M. P., Abraham, Z., Ribeiro, V. A. R. M., Beaklini, P. P. B. & Takeda, L., 2018, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 480, 1, p. L54-L57

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • clumps
  • thermonuclear explosions
  • shell
  • ionized gases
  • explosion
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Thin coating deposition by magnetron sputtering: Production, Properties, and Applications of High Temperature Coatings

  Odetola, P. I., Popoola, P. & Oladijo, P., 2018, Production, Properties, and Applications of High Temperature Coatings. IGI Global, p. 403-428 26 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Magnetron sputtering
  • Thin films
  • Coatings
  • Atoms
  • Temperature
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Thin films in tribology

  Phiri, R. R., Philip Oladijo, O. & Akinlabi, E. T., 2018, In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. 2018, NOV, p. 140-146 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  • Tribology
  • Thin films
  • Substrate
  • Wear of materials
  • Hard coatings
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Three excitons states in nonlinear saturation α -helix protein

  Issa, S., Tabi, C. B., Ekobena Fouda, H. P. & Kofané, T. C., Jun 1 2018, In: European Physical Journal Plus. 133, 6, 233.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • helices
  • proteins
  • excitons
  • saturation
  • nonlinear equations
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Three tier transition of Neoarchean TTG-sanukitoid magmatism in the Beit Bridge Complex, Southern Africa

  Rajesh, H. M., Belyanin, G. A. & Van Reenen, D. D., Jan 1 2018, In: Lithos. 296-299, p. 431-451 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • granite
  • orthoandesite
  • Southern Africa
  • biotite
  • magmatism
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Time series analysis of impulsive noise in power line communication (PLC) networks

  Awino, S. O., Afullo, T. J. O., Mosalaosi, M. & Akuon, P. O., 2018, In: SAIEE Africa Research Journal. 109, 4, p. 237-249 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Time series analysis
  • Impulse noise
  • Time series
  • Telecommunication networks
  • Communication systems
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Torrefaction of landfill food waste for possible application in biomass co-firing

  Pahla, G., Ntuli, F. & Muzenda, E., Jan 1 2018, In: Waste Management. 71, p. 512-520 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • food waste
  • firing
  • landfill
  • biochar
  • biomass
  32 Citations (Scopus)

• Torrefaction of waste biomass for application in energy production in South Africa

  Mamvura, T., Pahla, G. & Muzenda, E., Jun 1 2018, In: South African Journal of Chemical Engineering. 25, p. 1-12 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Coal
  • energy production
  • coal
  • Biomass
  • Republic of South Africa
  25 Citations (Scopus)

• Transient rotational flow of radiative nanofluids over an impermeable riga plate with variable properties

  Shaw, S., Nayak, M. K. & Makinde, O. D., 2018, In: Defect and Diffusion Forum. 387, p. 640-652 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Rotational flow
  • rotational flow
  • Ferrosoferric Oxide
  • Titania
  • Magnetite
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Understanding uncertainty to weighing by electronic-analytical balances

  Andersen, J. E. T., Nov 1 2018, In: Journal of AOAC International. 101, 6, p. 1977-1984 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Weighing
  • uncertainty
  • electronics
  • Uncertainty
  • calibration

• Using blended learning approach to deliver courses in an Engineering Programme: Online Course Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

  Moalosi, R., Uziak, J. & Oladiran, M. T., 2018, Online Course Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. IGI Global, Vol. 2. p. 1016-1034 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Blended Learning
  • engineering
  • methodology
  • management
  • Botswana

• Using Computer Aided Teaching to enhance learning among Low Achieving Leaners in an English Classroom

  Mogotsi, B., Otlhomile, B. E. & Mokgwathi, T., 2018.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Utilization of agro waste bio adsorbents in textile wastewater treatment

  Manyuchi, M. M., Mbohwa, C. & Muzenda, E., 2018, In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. 2018, NOV, p. 2029-2034 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Adsorbents
  • Wastewater treatment
  • Textiles
  • Chemical oxygen demand

• Vacuolar processing enzymes, AmVPE1 and AmVPE2, as potential executors of ethylene regulated programmed cell death in the lace plant (aponogeton madagascariensis)

  Rantong, G. & Gunawardena, A. H. L. A. N., 2018, In: Botany. 96, 4, p. 235-247 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Aponogeton madagascariensis
  • cysteine proteinases
  • programmed cell death
  • ethylene
  • enzyme
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Validation of satellite-based rainfall in Kalahari

  Lekula, M., Lubczynski, M. W., Shemang, E. M. & Verhoef, W., 2018, In: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. 105, p. 84-97 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • rainfall
  • gauge
  • rain
  • statistics
  • basin
  8 Citations (Scopus)