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  Boron suboxide materials with Co sintering additives

  Johnson, O. T., Sigalas, I., Ogunmuyiwa, E. N., Kleebe, H. J., Müller, M. M. & Herrmann, M., Aug 1 2010, In: Ceramics International. 36, 6, p. 1767-1771 5 p.

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

  • Boron
  • Sintering
  • Fracture toughness
  • Densification
  • Boron Compounds
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• Building an expert system for HIV and aids information

  Masizana-Katongo, A., Leburu-Dingalo, T. & Mpoeleng, D., Jul 1 2010, Electronic Engineering and Computing Technology. Springer International Publishing AG, p. 323-333 11 p. (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering; vol. 60 LNEE).

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

  • Computer science
  • Cellular telephones
  • Expert systems
  • Education
  • Internet

• Case-based selection of a model of a reverse flow reactor

  Botar-Jid, C. C., Avramenko, Y., Kraslawski, A. & Agachi, P. S., Jan 1 2010, In: Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification. 49, 1, p. 74-83 10 p.

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

  • Case based reasoning
  • Selective catalytic reduction
  • Ammonia
  • Industrial applications
  • Computer simulation
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• CFD simulation and experimental measurement of nickel solids concentration distribution in a stirred tank

  Ochieng, A., Onyango, M. S. & Kiriamiti, H. K., 2010, In: Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 110, 5, p. 213-218 6 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Nickel
  • computational fluid dynamics
  • nickel
  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Computer simulation
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• CFD simulation of solids suspension in stirred tanks

  Ochieng, A. & Onyango, M. S., 2010, In: Hemijska Industrija. 64, 5, 10 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Suspensions
  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Computer simulation
  • Particle size analysis
  • Residence time distribution
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• CFD simulation of the hydrodynamics and mixing time in a stirred tank

  Ochieng, A. & Onyango, M. S., 2010, In: Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly. 16, 4, p. 379-386 8 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Hydrodynamics
  • Flow fields
  • Turbines
  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Hydrofoils
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Chemical composition and enzymatic in vitro digestibility of cowpea cultivars and buffalo grass hay grown in Limpopo province of South Africa

  Ravhuhali, K. E., Ng'ambi, J. W. & Norris, D., Sep 1 2010, In: Livestock Research for Rural Development. 22, 9

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

  • grass hay
  • in vitro digestibility
  • cowpeas
  • buffaloes
  • South Africa
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Cobalt (II) removal from synthetic wastewater by adsorption on South African coal fly ash

  Musapatika, E. T., Onyango, M. S. & Ochieng, A., 2010, In: South African Journal of Science. 9-10, 7 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Coal Ash
  • coal fly ash
  • Coal
  • Waste Water
  • Cobalt

• Community-based management of boreholes in the Talensi-Nabdam district in the upper east region, Ghana; problems and solutions

  Adugbire, S. A., Kuma, J. S., Suglo, R. S. & Nartey, R. S., Jan 1 2010, In: European Journal of Scientific Research. 46, 4, p. 643-653 11 p.

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

  • Ghana
  • Boreholes
  • Community
  • borehole
  • Pump
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Complex pressure pulses in micro-channels magnetically induced

  Leteller, M. F., Stockle, J. S., Siginer, D. A. & Ulloa, F. A., Jan 1 2010, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition 2009, IMECE 2009. PART A ed. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Vol. 9. p. 81-90 10 p.

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

  • Pressure gradient
  • Flow patterns
  • Fluids
  • Magnetic fields
  • Syringes

• Computer Awareness in Action, Form 2 Student’s Book

  Mpoeleng, D. & Bushy, M., 2010, Longman Botswana (pty) Ltd.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Controlled syntheses of carbon spheres in a swirled floating catalytic chemical vapour deposition vertical reactor

  Mhlanga, S. D., Coville, N. J., Iyuke, S. E., Afolabi, A. S., Abdulkareem, A. S. & Kunjuzwa, N., Feb 1 2010, In: Journal of Experimental Nanoscience. 5, 1, p. 40-51 12 p.

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

  • Chemical vapor deposition
  • Carbon
  • Pyrolysis
  • Nanotransistors
  • Gases
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Convergence theorems for equilibrium problem, variational inequality problem and countably infinite relatively quasi-nonexpansive mappings

  Zegeye, H., Ofoedu, E. U. & Shahzad, N., Aug 15 2010, In: Applied Mathematics and Computation. 216, 12, p. 3439-3449 11 p.

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

  • Variational Inequality Problem
  • Equilibrium Problem
  • Nonexpansive Mapping
  • Solution Set
  • Convergence Theorem
  75 Citations (Scopus)

• Corrigendum to: "Strong convergence theorems for a finite family of asymptotically nonexpansive mappings and semigroups" [Nonlinear Anal. 69 (12) (2008) 4496-4503] (DOI:10.1016/j.na.2007.11.005)

  Zegeye, H. & Shahzad, N., Sep 15 2010, In: Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications. 73, 6, p. 1905-1907 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Current data on the globular cluster Palomar 14 are consistent with MOND (Research Note)

  Gentile, G., Famaey, B., Angus, G. & Kroupa, P., 2010, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 509, 1, A97.

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

  • globular clusters
  • kinematics
  • prediction
  • Kolmogorov-Smirnov test
  • predictions
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• Decolourization of melanoidin containing wastewater using South African coal fly ash

  Ojijo, V. O., Onyango, M. S., Ochieng, A. & Otieno, F., 2010, In: International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering. 2, 1, p. 17-23 7 p.

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

  Open Access

  • fly ash
  • wastewater
  • coal
  • sorption
  • removal
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Determination of Chemical Homogeneity of Fire Retardant Polymeric Nanocomposite Materials by Near-Infrared Multispectral Imaging Microscopy

  Duri, S., Majoni, S., Hossenlopp, J. M. & Tran, C. D., Jul 6 2010, In: Analytical Letters. 43, 10-11, p. 1780-1789 10 p.

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

  Open Access
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Development of Jwaneng Mine: Economic Impacts and Environmental Implications

  Totolo, O., Gwebu, T. D., Darkoh, M. B. K. & Ntsabane, I. P., 2010, In: Botswana Journal of African Studies . 24, 2, p. 17-37

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

• Differenze legate al sesso nella fitness neuromotoria di bambini del Sud Africa rurale

  Amusa, L. O., Goon, D. T. & Amey, A. K., Jun 1 2010, In: Medicina dello Sport. 63, 2, p. 221-237 17 p.

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

  • Child
  • Hand Strength
  • Physical Fitness
  • Back
  • Sex Characteristics
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Direct and indirect detachment in the iodide-pyrrole cluster anion: The role of dipole bound and neutral cluster states

  Mbaiwa, F., Van Duzor, M., Wei, J. & Mabbs, R., Mar 1 2010, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 114, 3, p. 1539-1547 9 p.

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

  • Pyrroles
  • pyrroles
  • Iodides
  • iodides
  • detachment
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• Disodium cone-5,11,17,23-Tetrakis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-25,-27-bis(N-(5-dimethylamminonaphthalene-1-sulfonyl)carbamoylmethoxy)-26,28-dibutoxycalix[4]arene

  Dinake, P., Prokhorova, P. E., Talanov, V. S., Butcher, R. J. & Talanova, G. G., 2010, In: Acta Cryst. E.

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

• Distribution and potential source evaluation of heavy metals in prominent soils of Accra Plains, Ghana

  Eze, P. N., Udeigwe, T. K. & Stietiya, M. H., May 15 2010, In: Geoderma. 156, 3-4, p. 357-362 6 p.

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

  • Ghana
  • heavy metals
  • plain
  • heavy metal
  • soil
  34 Citations (Scopus)

• Dynamic simulation of somes, river pollution using matlab and comsol models

  Ani, E. C., Cristea, V. M., Agachi, P. S. & Kraslawskp, A., Nov 1 2010, In: Revista de Chimie. 61, 11, p. 1108-1112 5 p.

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

  • River pollution
  • Rivers
  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Computer simulation
  • Water quality
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Eclogitized gabbros from Gressenberg, Koralpe: Decay textures and their interpretation Mitt. Naturwiss

  Proyer, A. & Postl, W., 2010, In: Verein Steiermark. 140, p. 45-67

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

• Effect of cereal binder, moisture, and clay contents on the functional properties of clay-bonded core and moulding sands

  Olakanmi, E. O., Aiyeru, S. G. & Idalu, P. I., Nov 2010, In: South African Journal of Industrial Engineering. 21, 2, p. 217-230 14 p.

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

  • Foundry sand
  • Clay
  • Binders
  • Moisture
  • Industrial laboratories

• Effect of dietary ascorbic acid supplementation level on productivity, mortality, and carcass characteristics of Venda chickens

  Malebane, I. M., Ng'ambi, J. W., Norris, D. & Mbajiorgu, C., Dec 1 2010, In: Tropical Animal Health and Production. 42, 8, p. 1711-1718 8 p.

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

  • carcass characteristics
  • Ascorbic Acid
  • Chickens
  • South Africa
  • ascorbic acid
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Effect of non-Newtonian characteristics of blood on magnetic targeting in the impermeable micro-vessel

  Shaw, S., Murthy, P. V. S. N. & Pradhan, S. C., Apr 1 2010, In: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 322, 8, p. 1037-1043 7 p.

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

  • blood
  • Blood
  • vessels
  • Trajectories
  • Nanoparticles
  31 Citations (Scopus)

• Effect of oxygen and micro-cracking on the flotation of low grade nickel sulphide ore

  Muzenda, E. & Afolabi, A. S., 2010, In: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology. 4, 9, p. 615-620 6 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Flotation
  • Sulfides
  • Ores
  • Nickel
  • Oxygen

• Effect of Sn addition on the optical gap and far-infrared reflectivity spectra of amorphous Sb-Se films

  Kumar, P., Thangaraj, R. & Sathiaraj, T. S., Jun 23 2010, In: Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 356, 31-32, p. 1611-1613 3 p.

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

  • Infrared radiation
  • reflectance
  • Optics
  • Red Shift
  • optics
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Effect of substrates on the microstructure of thermally sprayed WC-4.88 wt% Co coatings

  Oladijo, O. P., Venter, A. M., Cornish, L. A., Sacks, N. & Shrivastava, S., 2010, Proceedings of the World Powder Metallurgy Congress and Exhibition, World PM 2010. European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA), Vol. 3.

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

  • Coatings
  • Substrates
  • coatings
  • Microstructure
  • Sprayed coatings

• Effect of temperature on specific retention volumes of selected volatile organic compounds using the gas - liquid chromatographic technique revisited

  Muzenda, E. & Afolabi, A. S., 2010, In: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology. 70, p. 729-733 5 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Volatile organic compounds
  • Activity coefficients
  • Liquids
  • Polydimethylsiloxane
  • Gases

• Effect of varying dietary energy to protein ratio level on growth and productivity of indigenous Venda chickens

  Mbajiorgu, C. A., Ng'ambi, J. W. & Norris, D., 2010, In: Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances. 6, 4, p. 344-352 9 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Chickens
  • South Africa
  • chickens
  • energy
  • Growth
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Effects of salinity on solute and ion transport in quasi-structural unstable sodic soil in a semi-arid environment in botswana: Simulations using mixed ions of sodium(Na+) and calcium(Ca2+)

  Totolo, O. & Dikinya, O., 2010, In: International Journal of Applied Environmental Sciences. 5, 2, p. 215-226 12 p.

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

  • sodic soil
  • arid environment
  • solute transport
  • calcium
  • sodium

• Effects of Salinity on Solute and Ion Transport in Quasi-Structural Unstable Sodic Soil in a Semi-Arid Environment in Botswana: Simulations Using Mixed Ions of Sodium (Na+) and Calcium(Ca2+)

  Totolo, O. & Dikinya, O., 2010, In: International Journal of Applied Environmental Sciences. 5, 2, p. 215-226

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

• Energetics and performance of a microscopic heat engine based on exact calculations of work and heat distributions

  Chvosta, P., Einax, M., Holubec, V., Ryabov, A. & Maass, P., 2010, In: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment. 2010, 03, p. P03002

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

  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Energy attenuation capability of woven natural silk (WNS)/epoxy composites plates subjected to drop-weight impacts

  Ude, A. U., Sopian, K. & Azhari, C. H., May 28 2010, TMS 2010 - 139th Annual Meeting and Exhibition - Supplemental Proceedings. Vol. 2. p. 115-122 8 p.

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

  • silk
  • Silk
  • attenuation
  • composite materials
  • Composite materials
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Energy integration issues for hydrogen and electricity co-production based on gasification process with carbon capture and storage (CCS)

  Cormos, C. C. & Agachi, S., Jan 1 2010, In: Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 28, C, p. 1057-1062 6 p.

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

  • Carbon capture
  • Hydrogen
  • Gasification
  • Electricity
  • Carbon Dioxide
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Energy localization in an anharmonic twist-opening model of DNA dynamics

  Tabi, C. B., Oct 20 2010, In: Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 22, 41, 414107.

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

  • Schrodinger equation
  • DNA
  • deoxyribonucleic acid
  • stiffness
  • B-Form DNA
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Engineering students' presentations: A focus on results or methodology?

  Uziak, J., Oladiran, M. T. & Schuhmann, R. J., Jan 1 2010, In: World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education. 8, 1, p. 111-114 4 p.

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

  • Students
  • engineering
  • methodology
  • Industry
  • industry

• Equilibrium configurations of 11 eV sterile neutrinos in MONDian galaxy clusters

  Angus, G. W., Famaey, B. & Diaferio, A., Feb 2010, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 402, 1, p. 395-408 14 p.

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

  • neutrinos
  • galaxies
  • configurations
  • dark matter
  • hydrostatics
  27 Citations (Scopus)

• Estimation of the additive and dominance variances in SA Duroc pigs

  Norris, D., Varona, L., Ngambi, J. W., Visser, D. P., Mbajiorgu, C. A. & Voordewind, S. F., Jun 1 2010, In: Livestock Science. 131, 1, p. 144-147 4 p.

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

  • Bayes Theorem
  • Duroc
  • Parity
  • dominance (genetics)
  • Datasets
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• European Analytical Column. Challenges for analytical chemistry

  Karlberg, B., Worsfold, P. & Andersen, J. E. T., Jun 1 2010, In: TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 29, 6, p. 447-451 5 p.

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

• European analytical column no. 38 (January 2010)

  Karlberg, B., Worsfold, P. & Andersen, J. E. T., Jul 1 2010, In: Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 397, 5, p. 1647-1651 5 p.

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

  • Water quality
  • Congresses
  • Water Quality
  • Eutrophication
  • Chemical analysis
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• European analytical column no. 38 (January 2010) by EuCheMS-DAC

  Karlberg, B., Worsfold, P. & Andersen, J. E. T., Jun 2010, In: Accreditation and Quality Assurance. 15, 6, p. 367-371 5 p.

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

• European Analytical Column no. 38 from the Division of Analytical Chemistry (DAC) of the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS), January 2010

  Karlberg, B., Worsfold, P. & Andersen, J. E. T., 2010, In: Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society. 75, 4, p. 587-594 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Evaluation of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Bokaa Dam in south-eastern Botswana

  Totolo, O., Matale, T. & Mswela, K., 2010, In: Botswana Journal of Agriculture and Applied Sciences . 6, 2, p. 30-40.

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

• Existence results and numerical simulation of magnetohydrodynamic viscous flow over a shrinking sheet with suction

  Akyildiz, F. T. & Siginer, D. A., Jul 1 2010, In: Mathematical and Computer Modelling. 52, 1-2, p. 346-354 9 p.

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

  • Magnetohydrodynamic Flow
  • Suction
  • Viscous flow
  • Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Shrinking
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Experimental identification of manipulator dynamics through the minimization of its natural oscillations

  Jamisola, R. S. & Dadios, E. P., Jan 1 2010, In: Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics. 14, 1, p. 39-45 7 p.

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

  • Manipulators
  • Gravitation
  • Torque
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Experimental investigation of sagging and ballooning for a completely voided pressure tube of Indian PHWR under heatup condition

  Nandan, G., Sahoo, P. K., Kumar, R., Chatterjee, B., Mukhopadhyay, D. & Lele, H. G., 2010, In: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology. 61, p. 197-204 8 p.

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

  • Heavy water reactors
  • Loss of coolant accidents
  • Hot Temperature
  • Temperature
  • Moderators
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Experimental investigation of sagging and ballooning in LOCA for Indian PHWR

  Nandan, G., Sahoo, P. K., Kumar, R., Chatterjee, B., Mukhopadhyay, D. & Lele, H. G., 2010, In: Engineering Letters. 18, 3

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

  Open Access

  • Heavy water reactors
  • Loss of coolant accidents
  • Hot Temperature
  • Temperature
  • Moderators
  3 Citations (Scopus)