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  New QC-LDPC codes implementation on FPGA platform in Rayleigh fading environment

  Ghani, F., Yahya, A. & Kader, A., 2011, ISCI 2011 - 2011 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Informatics. p. 206-210 5 p. 5958912

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

  • Computer hardware description languages
  • Rayleigh fading
  • Field programmable gate arrays (FPGA)
  • Fading channels
  • Modulation
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Nonlinear Forchheimer effect on the forced convection in porous-saturated ducts of a rectangular cross section

  Akyildiz, F. T. & Siginer, D. A., May 5 2011, In: Journal of Porous Media. 14, 1, p. 81-90 10 p.

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

  • Forced Convection
  • Nonlinear Effects
  • Pseudospectral Method
  • Temperature Field
  • Aspect Ratio
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Nonthermal Synthesis of Three-Dimensional Metal Oxide Structures under Continuous-Flow Conditions and Their Catalytic Applications

  King'ondu, C. K., Opembe, N. N., Genuino, H. C., Garces, H. F., Njagi, E. C., Iyer, A., Huang, H., Dharmarathna, S. & Suib, S. L., 2011, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 115, 47, p. 23273-23282 10 p.

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

• On the method of alternating resolvents

  Boikanyo, O. A. & Moroanu, G., Oct 1 2011, In: Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications. 74, 15, p. 5147-5160 14 p.

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

  • Resolvent
  • Alternating Projections
  • Converge
  • Norm
  • Zero
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• On the progenitor system of Nova V2491 Cygni: (Research note)

  Darnley, M. J., Ribeiro, V. A. R. M., Bode, M. F. & Munari, U., May 23 2011, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 530, A70.

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

  • outburst
  • periodicity
  • accretion
  • periodic variations
  • accretion disks
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• On the pulse-width statistics in radio pulsars - I. Importance of the interpulse emission

  Maciesiak, K., Gil, J. & Ribeiro, V. A. R. M., Jun 1 2011, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 414, 2, p. 1314-1328 15 p.

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

  • pulsars
  • radio
  • pulse duration
  • statistics
  • distribution functions
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Open pit geometry modeling and economic analysis of novel at-face-slurry options

  Suglo, R. S., Frimpong, S. & Brown, O. F., Sep 12 2011, SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit and CMA 113th National Western Mining Conference 2011. p. 520-524 5 p.

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

  • economic analysis
  • Economic analysis
  • slurry
  • Excavators
  • Belt conveyors

• Operational costs reduction for the WWTP by means of substrate to dissolved oxygen correlation, a simulation study

  Ostace, G. S., Gal, A., Cristea, V. M. & Agachi, P. S., 2011, Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2011. Newswood Limited, Vol. 2. 6 p.

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

  Open Access

  • cost reduction
  • dissolved oxygen
  • substrate
  • simulation
  • wastewater treatment plant

• Optimal harvesting when the exchange rate is a semimartingale

  Offen, E. R. & Lungu, E. M., Dec 1 2011, In: International Journal of Stochastic Analysis. 2011, 942478.

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

  • Exchange rate
  • Optimal Harvesting
  • Harvesting
  • Semimartingale
  • Value Function

• Optimal template removal from molecularly imprinted polymers by pressurized hot water extraction

  Batlokwa, B. S., Mokgadi, J., Nyokong, T. & Torto, N., Mar 1 2011, In: Chromatographia. 73, 5-6, p. 589-593 5 p.

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

  • Polymers
  • Water
  • Ultrasonics
  • Chlorophyll
  • Hemorrhage
  27 Citations (Scopus)

• Optimization of cooling load for a lecture theatre in a composite climate in India

  Kulkarni, K., Sahoo, P. K. & Mishra, M., 2011, In: Energy and Buildings. 43, 7, p. 1573-1579 7 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Theaters
  • Cooling
  • Composite materials
  • Retrofitting
  • Ceilings
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Ozone pollution during stratosphere-troposphere exchange events over equatorial Africa

  Ture, K. & Mengistu Tsidu, G., Jan 1 2011, Air Pollution XIX. WITPress, Vol. 147. p. 411-420 10 p.

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

  • stratosphere
  • troposphere
  • ozone
  • Africa
  • pollution

• Performance analysis of cooperative wireless communication system with diversity scheme

  Hanah, A., Ghani, F., Norazura, Yahya, A., Ahmad, R. B., Norlydiana, Hafiizh, A., Ehkan, P. & Faiz, F., Dec 1 2011, 2011 International Conference on Multimedia, Signal Processing and Communication Technologies, IMPACT 2011. p. 118-121 4 p. 6150452

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

  • Cooperative communication
  • Communication systems
  • Diversity reception
  • Signal to noise ratio
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Petrochemistry of subvolcanic dike swarms associated with the Golden Revenue Au-Cu and the Stoddart Mo-Cu±W mineralizations (Dawson Range, Yukon Territory, Canada) and implications for ore genesis

  Bineli Betsi, T. & Lentz, D., Jun 1 2011, In: Ore Geology Reviews. 39, 3, p. 134-163 30 p.

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

  • Petroleum chemistry
  • Levees
  • petrochemistry
  • dike swarm
  • Ores
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Petrography, geochemistry and geochronology of the metavolcanic rocks of the mesoproterozoic Leerkrans Formation, Wilgenhoutsdrif Group, South Africa - back-arc basin to the Areachap volcanic arc

  Bailie, R., Gutzmer, J. & Rajesh, H. M., Mar 2011, In: South African Journal of Geology. 114, 1, p. 167-194 28 p.

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

  • metavolcanic rock
  • volcanic arc
  • petrography
  • geochronology
  • craton
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Phase change problems using the MLPG method

  Thakur, H., Singh, K. M. & Sahoo, P. K., 2011, In: Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications. 59, 6, p. 438-458 21 p.

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

  Open Access

  • predictor-corrector methods
  • Phase Change
  • least squares method
  • Enthalpy
  • interpolation
  23 Citations (Scopus)

• Polymeric strontium ranelate nonahydrate

  Stahl, K., Frankaer, C. G., Raffalt, A. C., Srensen, S. R. & Andersen, J. E. T., Apr 1 2011, In: Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online. 67, 4

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

  • strontium ranelate
  • Strontium
  • strontium
  • Water
  • Molecules
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Predictive validity of the personal qualities assessment for selection of medical students in Scotland

  Dowell, J., Lumsden, M. A., Powis, D., Munro, D., Bore, M., Makubate, B. & Kumwenda, B., Sep 1 2011, In: Medical Teacher. 33, 9

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

  • medical student
  • professionalism
  • applicant
  • ranking
  • performance
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Preference of foraging ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for bait toxicants in South African vineyards

  Nyamukondiwa, C. & Addison, P., Aug 1 2011, In: Crop Protection. 30, 8, p. 1034-1038 5 p.

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

  • vineyards
  • baits
  • toxic substances
  • Formicidae
  • Hymenoptera
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Preferential oxidation of CO in H-2-rich feeds over mesoporous copper manganese oxides synthesized by a redox method

  Njagi, E. C., Genuino, H. C., King'ondu, C. K., Chen, C-H., Horvath, D. & Suib, S. L., 2011, In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 36, 11, p. 6768-6779 12 p.

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

• Process engineering tools to reduce river in-stream pollution

  Ani, E. C., Cristea, V. M. & Agachi, P. S., Jan 1 2011, In: Chemical Engineering Transactions. 24, p. 1075-1080 6 p.

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

  • Pollution control
  • Process engineering
  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Rivers
  • Pollution
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Properties, evolution and morpho-kinematical modelling of the very fast nova V2672 Oph (Nova Oph 2009), a clone of U Sco

  Munari, U., Ribeiro, V. A. R. M., Bode, M. F. & Saguner, T., Jan 1 2011, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 410, 1, p. 525-534 10 p.

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

  • clone
  • novae
  • ejecta
  • outburst
  • declination
  34 Citations (Scopus)

• Protein-DNA interaction: Effect of helicity on bubble size

  Tabi, C. B., Fouda, H. P. E. & Kofané, T. C., Nov 2011, In: Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience. 8, 11, p. 2220-2226 7 p.

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

  • Helicity
  • Interaction Effects
  • Bubble
  • Protein
  • DNA
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Provenance and paleogeography of the Nama Group (Ediacaran to early Palaeozoic, Namibia): Petrography, geochemistry and U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology

  Blanco, G., Germs, G. J. B., Rajesh, H. M., Chemale, F., Dussin, I. A. & Justino, D., May 1 2011, In: Precambrian Research. 187, 1-2, p. 15-32 18 p.

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

  • Geochronology
  • zircon
  • Petrography
  • Geochemistry
  • Ediacaran
  53 Citations (Scopus)

• Proximal point methods revisited

  Boikanyo, O. A. & Moroşanu, G., Nov 28 2011, Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics, ICNAAM 2011 - International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics. Vol. 1389. p. 893-896 4 p.

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

  • operators
  • contraction
  • nonlinear equations

• Pyrolytic Decomposition of Ammonia Borane to Boron Nitride

  Frueh, S. J., Kellett, R., Mallery, C., Molter, T., Willis, W. S., King'ondu, C. K. & Suib, S. L., 2011, In: Inorganic Chemistry. 50, 3, p. 783-792

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

  Open Access

  • boron nitride
  • boranes
  • Ammonia
  • boron nitrides
  • ammonia
  139 Citations (Scopus)

• Regional droughts and food security relationships in the Zambezi River Basin

  Tirivarombo, S. & Hughes, D. A., Aug 29 2011, In: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. 36, 14-15, p. 977-983 7 p.

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

  • river basins
  • drought
  • Drought
  • food
  • food security
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Relativistic description of inclusive quasielastic proton-nucleus scattering with relativistic distorted-wave impulse approximation and random-phase approximation

  Van Niekerk, D. D., Van Der Ventel, B. I. S., Titus, N. P. & Hillhouse, G. C., Apr 13 2011, In: Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics. 83, 4, 044607.

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

  • impulses
  • protons
  • nuclei
  • approximation
  • scattering
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Relativistic distorted-wave analysis of quasielastic proton-nucleus scattering

  Titus, N. P., Van Der Ventel, B. I. S., Van Niekerk, D. D. & Hillhouse, G. C., Apr 25 2011, In: Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics. 83, 4, 044616.

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

  • protons
  • nuclei
  • cross sections
  • scattering
  • tensors
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Removal and recovery of Ni, Cu and Fe from heavy metal effluent by reduction crystallization

  Phetla, T. P., Ntuli, F. & Muzenda, E., Jan 1 2011, Water Resources Management VI. WITPress, Vol. 145. p. 681-690 10 p.

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

  • crystallization
  • heavy metal
  • effluent
  • removal
  • feasibility study
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Removal of nickel from wastewater using an agricultural adsorbent

  Moodley, K., Singh, R., Musapatika, E. T., Onyango, M. S. & Ochieng, A., 2011, In: Water SA. 37, 1, p. 41-46 6 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Waste Water
  • Nickel
  • Adsorption
  • nickel
  • adsorption
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Reply to the comment on: "Provenance of the Arroyo del Soldado Group (Ediacaran to Cambrian, Uruguay): Implications for the paleogeographic evolution of southwestern Gondwana" [Precambrian Res. 171 (2009) 57-73] by Zimmermann

  Blanco, G., Rajesh, H. M., Gaucher, C., Germs, G. J. B. & Chemale, F., Apr 1 2011, In: Precambrian Research. 186, 1-4, p. 237-242 6 p.

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

• San junior secondary students' home-school literacy disconnection: A case study of a remote area dweller school in Botswana

  Ketsitlile, L. E., Apr 1 2011, In: Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education. 5, 2, p. 88-99 12 p.

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

  • Botswana
  • literacy
  • student
  • singing
  • pedagogics
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Second-layer induced island morphologies in thin-film growth of fullerenes

  Körner, M., Loske, F., Einax, M., Kühnle, A., Reichling, M. & Maass, P., 2011, In: Physical Review Letters. 107, 1

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

  38 Citations (Scopus)

• Serviceability of corrosion-affected RC beams after patch repairs and FRPs under load

  Malumbela, G., Alexander, M. & Moyo, P., Jan 1 2011, In: Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions. 44, 1, p. 331-349 19 p.

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

  • Reinforced concrete
  • Repair
  • Corrosion
  • Steel corrosion
  • Concrete construction
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Simulation of a tunnel boring machine

  Balideh, S., Sepehri, M., Liu, W. V., Suglo, R., Szymanski, J. K. & Planeta, S., 2011, In: Cuprum Ore Mining Scientific and Technical Magazine. 57, p. 45-58

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

  Open Access

• Sliding mode simulation and robustaness controller

  Ahmed, A. A., Ahmad, R. B., Alobaidi, S. A., Yahya, A., Hassnawi, L. A., Ali, Z. G. & Tahir, H. H., Dec 1 2011, Proceedings - 2nd International Conference on Engineering and Industries, ICEI 2011. p. 91-96 6 p. 6218534

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

  • Controllers
  • MATLAB
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Social epidemiology of adverse nutritional status outcomes among women in Nigeria: NDHS, 2008

  Adebowale, S. A., Adepoju, O. T., Okareh, O. T. & Fagbamigbe, F. A., Dec 8 2011, In: Pakistan Journal of Nutrition. 10, 9, p. 888-898 11 p.

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

  • N-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-2-hydroxysuccinimide
  • Nigeria
  • nutritional status
  • Nutritional Status
  • epidemiology
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Solubility of organics in water and silicon oil: A comparative study

  Muzenda, E., Jul 2011, In: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology. 79, p. 208-211 4 p.

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

  • Activity coefficients
  • Volatile organic compounds
  • Solubility
  • Dilution
  • Silicon
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Sorption of melanoidin onto surfactant modified zeolite

  Onyango, M. S., Kittinya, J. O., Mthombeni, N. H., Ojijo, V. O. & Ochieng, A., 2011, In: Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly. 14, 4, p. 385-395 11 p.

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

  Open Access

  • melanoidin polymers
  • Zeolites
  • Sorption
  • Surface active agents
  • Surface-Active Agents
  28 Citations (Scopus)

• Spatial and seasonal variability in surface water chemistry in the okavango delta, botswana: A multivariate approach

  MacKaỳ, A. W., Davidson, T., Wolski, P., Mazebedi, R., Masamba, W. R. L., Philippa, H. M. & Todd, M., Oct 1 2011, In: Wetlands. 31, 5, p. 815-829 15 p.

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

  • Surface waters
  • water chemistry
  • surface water
  • Water
  • hydroperiod
  29 Citations (Scopus)

• Spatial variability in fish species assemblage and community structure in four subtropical lagoons of the Okavango Delta, Botswana

  Mosepele, K., Mosepele, B., Bokhutlo, T. & Amutenya, K., Sep 19 2011, In: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. 36, 14-15, p. 910-917 8 p.

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

  • Botswana
  • lagoons
  • fishes
  • Fish
  • lagoon
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Stochastic characteristics of solar irradiation and temperatures in Botswana: ARIMA models

  Prakash, J., Lungu, E. M. & Jain, P. K., Apr 1 2011, In: International Journal of Meteorology. 36, 359, p. 91-101 11 p.

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

  • irradiation
  • temperature
  • autocorrelation
  • analysis
  • paper

• Strong convergence theorems for a semigroup of asymptotically nonexpansive mappings

  Zegeye, H., Shahzad, N. & Daman, O. A., Nov 1 2011, In: Mathematical and Computer Modelling. 54, 9-10, p. 2077-2086 10 p.

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

  • Banach spaces
  • Asymptotically Nonexpansive Mapping
  • Strong Theorems
  • Strong Convergence
  • Convergence Theorem
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Strontium is incorporated into the fracture callus but does not influence the mechanical strength of healing rat fractures

  Brüel, A., Olsen, J., Birkedal, H., Risager, M., Andreassen, T. T., Raffalt, A. C., Andersen, J. E. T. & Thomsen, J. S., Feb 1 2011, In: Calcified Tissue International. 88, 2, p. 142-152 11 p.

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

  • strontium ranelate
  • Strontium
  • Bony Callus
  • Fracture Healing
  • X-Ray Emission Spectrometry
  25 Citations (Scopus)

• Synthesis and antibacterial activities of cyclodimers of styrene oxides

  Mazimba, O., Masesane, I. B. & Majinda, R. R. T., 2011, In: Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia. 25, p. 299-304 5 p.

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

  • formal glycol
  • styrene oxide
  • 1,4-dioxane
  • Electrons
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Technical evaluations of carbon capture options for power generation from coal and biomass based on integrated gasification combined cycle scheme

  Cormos, C. C., Padurean, A. & Agachi, P. S., Jan 1 2011, In: Energy Procedia. 4, p. 1861-1868 8 p.

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

  • Carbon capture
  • Gasification
  • Biomass
  • Power generation
  • Coal
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Techno-economical and environmental evaluations of IGCC power generation process with carbon capture and storage (CCS)

  Cormos, C. C., Cormos, A. M. & Serban Agachi, P., Jun 20 2011, In: Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 29, p. 1678-1682 5 p.

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

  • Carbon capture
  • Gasification
  • Power generation
  • Coal
  • Carbon Dioxide
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Temperature and soil organic matter decomposition rates - synthesis of current knowledge and a way forward

  Conant, R. T., Ryan, M. G., Agren, G. I., Birge, H. E., Davidson, E. A., Eliasson, P. E., Evans, S. E., Frey, S. D., Giardina, C. P., Hopkins, F. M., Hyvonen, R., Kirschbaum, M. U. F., Lavallee, J. M., Leifeld, J., Parton, W. J., Megan Steinweg, J., Wallenstein, M. D., Martin Wetterstedt, J. A. & Bradford, M. A., 2011, In: Global Change Biology. 17, p. 3392-3404 13 p.

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

  • Biological materials
  • soil organic matter
  • Carbon
  • Soils
  • Decomposition
  803 Citations (Scopus)

• The abundance of galaxy clusters in modified Newtonian dynamics: Cosmological simulations with massive neutrinos

  Angus, G. W. & Diaferio, A., Oct 2011, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 417, 2, p. 941-949 9 p.

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

  • neutrinos
  • galaxies
  • cosmology
  • cold
  • simulation
  35 Citations (Scopus)