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Using failure modes and effects analysis as a problem-solving guideline when implementing SPC in a South African chemical manufacturing company
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020-05-29)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Quality management has ceased to be an operational extra, and has become imperative to doing business in a saturated market environment with demanding clients. It is now a significant component of holistic ...
Production scheduling heuristics for frequent load-shedding scenarios : a knowledge engineering approach
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020-11-11)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Most industrial machinery and equipment used by the South African manufacturing sector is powered by either a direct current or an alternating current electricity supply. With the recent frequent power ...
Exploring factors that influence the mainstreaming of gendered energy interventions in poor urban environments : a structured literature review
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020-11-11)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Energy sectors are faced with the interconnected challenges of urbanisation and providing a growing population with accessible and sustainable energy that facilitates economic development, energy security, ...
Transparent polyvinyl-alcohol cryogel as immobilisation matrix for continuous biohydrogen production by phototrophic bacteria
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-06-09)
Background: Phototrophic purple non-sulfur bacteria (PNSB) have gained attention for their ability to produce a
valuable clean energy source in the form biohydrogen via photofermentation of a wide variety of organic wastes. ...
System development for the five-axis extrusion of a photopolymer
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020-11-11)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The development of a novel method of additive manufacturing involving the support-free extrusion of a photopolymer is discussed. The objectives of the paper are the presentation of mechanical and electrical ...
A framework for the sustainability assessment of (Micro)transit systems
(MDPI, 2019-10-24)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The increasing global focus on sustainability is bringing the question of the sustainability of transport systems—which are still exhibiting numerous negative effects as evidence of their unsustainability—to ...
Pro-poor value chains for small scale farming innovation : sustainability improvements through ICT
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2019-12-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The success of small-scale farmers in pro-poor value chains is constrained by aspects related to government policies, research and training, community issues, and the quality of existing information and ...
The state of the art of gendered energy innovations : a structured literature review
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2020-11-11)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The impact of restricted access to sustainable energy is the worst in vulnerable urban poor areas, and so an alternative approach to energy innovations is needed. To explore the possibilities for energy ...
Delivery of antibiotics from cementless titanium-alloy cubes may be a novel way to control postoperative infections
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2015-02)
Bacterial colonisation and biofilm formation onto orthopaedic devices are difficult to eradicate. In most cases infection is treated
by surgical removal of the implant and cleaning of the infected area, followed by extensive ...
Titanium-based hip stems with drug delivery functionality through additive manufacturing
(Hindawi, 2015)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Postoperative infections are a major concern in patients that receive implants.These infections generally occur in areas with poor
blood flow and pathogens do not always respond to antibiotic treatment. ...