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  • A survey of the standing of and demand for internal auditing in South African companies - an overview 
    Plant, Kato; Steyn, Blanche (Southern African Institute of Government Auditors, 2010)
    This article explores the standing of and demand for internal auditing within South African companies. Central to the paper is a study of the changing profile of the internal auditor as well as the expanded roles of internal ...
  • Survey of West Nile and Banzi viruses in mosquitoes, South Africa, 2011–2018 
    MacIntyre, Caitlin; Guarido, Milenha M.; Riddin, Megan A.; Johnson, Todd; Braack, L.E.O.; Schrama, Maarten; Gorsich, Erin; Almeida, Antonio Paulo Gouveia; Venter, Marietjie (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2023-01)
    We collected >40,000 mosquitoes from 5 provinces in South Africa during 2011–2018 and screened for zoonotic flaviviruses. We detected West Nile virus in mosquitoes from conservation and periurban sites and potential new ...
  • A survey of zoonotic pathogens carried by non-indigenous rodents at the interface of the wet tropics of North Queensland, Australia 
    Chakma, S.; Picard, J.; Duffy, R.; Constantinoiu, C.; Gummow, Bruce (Wiley, 2017-02)
    In 1964, Brucella was isolated from rodents trapped in Wooroonooran National Park (WNP), in Northern Queensland, Australia. Genotyping of bacterial isolates in 2008 determined that they were a novel Brucella species. This ...
  • A survey on 5G networks for the Internet of Things : communication technologies and challenges 
    Akpakwu, Godfrey Anuga; Silva, Bruno; Hancke, Gerhard P.; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan Mohammed (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2018)
    The Internet of Things (IoT) is a promising technology which tends to revolutionize and connect the global world via heterogeneous smart devices through seamless connectivity. The current demand for machine-type ...
  • A survey on adaptive data rate optimization in LoRaWAN : recent solutions and major challenges 
    Kufakunesu, Rachel; Hancke, Gerhard P.; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan Mohammed (MDPI Publishing, 2020-09-05)
    Long-Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) is a fast-growing communication system for Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) in the Internet of Things (IoTs) deployments. LoRaWAN is built to optimize LPWANs for battery lifetime, ...
  • A survey on applications of bipartite graph edit distance 
    Stauffer, Michael; Tschachtli, Thomas; Fischer, Andreas; Riesen, Kaspar (Springer, 2017-05)
    About ten years ago, a novel graph edit distance framework based on bipartite graph matching has been introduced. This particular framework allows the approximation of graph edit distance in cubic time. This, in turn, makes ...
  • Survey on knowledge and attitudes regarding diabetic inpatient management by medical and nursing staff at Kalafong Hospital 
    Van Zyl, Danie G.; Rheeder, Paul (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2008-12)
    ObBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate perceptions regarding current practices in the care of diabetic inpatients as well as the knowledge and attitudes of nursing and medical caregivers at a large secondary ...
  • A survey on LPWAN technologies in WBAN for remote health-care monitoring 
    Olatinwo, Segun Olatunbosun; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan Mohammed; Hancke, Gerhard P. (MDPI Publishing, 2019-11-29)
    In ubiquitous health-care monitoring (HCM), wireless body area networks (WBANs) are envisioned as appealing solutions that may o er reliable methods for real-time monitoring of patients’ health conditions by employing ...
  • A survey on smart grid potential applications and communication requirements 
    Gungor, Vehbi Cagri; Sahin, Dilan; Kocak, Taskin; Ergut, Salih; Buccella, Concettina; Cecati, Carlo; Hancke, Gerhard P. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2013)
    Information and communication technologies (ICT) represent a fundamental element in the growth and performance of smart grids. A sophisticated, reliable and fast communication infrastructure is, in fact, necessary for ...
  • A survey on software-defined wireless sensor networks : challenges and design requirements 
    Kobo, Hlabishi Isaac; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan Mohammed; Hancke, Gerhardus P. (Jr.) (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2017)
    Software defined networking (SDN) brings about innovation, simplicity in network management, and configuration in network computing. Traditional networks often lack the flexibility to bring into effect instant changes ...
  • A survey on the current status of laparoscopic training in paediatric surgery in South Africa 
    Stevens, Paul S.; De Villiers, M.; Van Niekerk, Martin Louis (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011-02)
    OBJECTIVES: To document the current status of laparoscopic training of paediatric surgical registrars in South Africa. METHODS: An anonymous questionnaire was distributed. Participants were asked to document their involvement ...
  • A survey on the status of industrial flotation control 
    Le Roux, Johan Derik; Oosthuizen, D.J.; Mantsho, S.; Craig, Ian Keith (Elsevier, 2020)
    A survey was conducted to establish the status-quo of industrial flotation control. The survey focussed on the measurements and actuators generally available in industry, the reliability and accuracy of measurements, and ...
  • A survey on the viability of confirmed traffic in a LoRaWAN 
    Marais, Jaco Morne; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan Mohammed; Hancke, Gerhard P. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2020-01-16)
    Internet of Things (IoT) deployments are on the rise globally with Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) providing the wireless networks needed for this expansion. One of these technologies namely Long Range Wide Area ...
  • A survey on urban traffic management system using wireless sensor networks 
    Nellore, Kapileswar; Hancke, Gerhard P. (MDPI Publishing, 2016)
    Nowadays, the number of vehicles has increased exponentially, but the bedrock capacities of roads and transportation systems have not developed in an equivalent way to efficiently cope with the number of vehicles traveling ...
  • A survey on West Nile and Usutu viruses in horses and birds in Poland 
    Bazanow, Barbara; Jansen van Vuren, Petrus; Szymanski, Piotr; Stygar, Dominika; Fracka, Agnieszka; Twardon, Jan; Kozdrowski, Roland; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz (MDPI Publishing, 2018-02-17)
    West Nile virus (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) are members of the family Flaviviridae which, natural life cycles involve mosquito–bird–mosquito transmission. Both represent emerging viruses in Europe with potential to cause ...
  • Survey on worldwide trauma team activation requirement 
    Waydhas, Christian; Trentzsch, Heiko; Hardcastle, Timothy C.; Jensen, Kai Oliver; Abdelmotaleb, Khaled Tolba Younes; Saad, George Abi; Baacke, Markus; Baftiu, Nehat; Bartsokas, Christos; Becker, Lars; Berlusconi, Marco Luigi Maria; Bespalenko, Artem; Bieler, Dan; Brand, Martin; De Sousa Junior, Edilson Carvalho; Chotirosniramit, Narain; Chung, Yuhsuan; Crichton, Lesley; De Paepe, Peter; Dogjani, Agron; Doll, Dietrich; Molla, Ayene Gebremicheal; Hardcastle, Timothy C.; Haxhirexha, Kastriot; Jain, Kajal; Jensen, Kai Oliver; Korolev, Andrey; Zhanfei, Li; Lim, Jerry K.T.; Linder, Fredrik; Lubis, Nurhayati; Magnitskaya, Nina; MacDonald, Damian; Mauser, Martin; Matthes, Gerrit; Mbugua, Kimani; Mlyavykh, Sergey; Monzon, Barbaro I.; Togtmol, Munkhsaikhan; Mustafa, Khreshi; Mwandri, Michael; Navsaria, Pradeep; Nijs, Stefan; Olmedo, Francisco; Gonzalez, Maria C. Ortega; Fantilli, Jesus Palacios; Pirpiris, Marinis; Pitance, Francois; Pomeroy, Eoghan; Sadakah, M.A.; Sahoo, Tapas Kumar; Saratila, Iurie; Scarpelini, Sandro; Schweigkofler, Uwe; Selmani, Edvin; Soderlund, Tim; Stein, Michael Ashley; Thapa, Buland; Trentzsch, Heiko; Truta, Teodora Sorana; Uranues, Selman; Wolfl, Christoph G.; Yi, Sandar Thein; Yovenko, Ihor; Zapattini, Pablo (Springer, 2021-10)
    PURPOSE : trauma team activation (TTA) is thought to be essential for advanced and specialized care of very severely injured patients. However, non-specific TTA criteria may result in overtriage that consumes valuable ...
  • Survival analysis, consumer perception and physico-chemical analysis of low fat UHT milk stored for different time periods 
    Richards, Melanie; Buys, E.M. (Elna Maria); De Kock, Henrietta Letitia (Elsevier, 2016-06)
    Survival analysis based on consumers' acceptance or rejection of milk of different storage ages, was used to validate the shelf-life of low fat ultra-high temperature treated (UHT) milk in high density polyethylene bottles, ...
  • Survival and development of embryos of Gallus gallus domesticus treated with inorganic bromide 
    Lucht, Heike Luise; Casey, Norman Henry; Sawosz, E. (South African Society for Animal Science, 2018-07-05)
    The range of bromide (Br-) in groundwater sources surveyed in South Africa is 0 - 18.4 mg/L. The research aimed to establish chicken embryo sensitivity to a range of Br- treatments (mg/L) injected into fertilised Ross-308 ...
  • Survival and recruitment of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis (Smith 1834), in a rice agro-ecosystem 
    Mulungu, Loth S.; Ngowo, V.; Mdangi, M.E.; Katakweba, A.S.; Tesha, P.; Mrosso, F.P.; Mchomvu, M.; Massawe, A.W.; Monadjem, Ara; Belmain, S.R. (De Gruyter, 2016)
    We investigated the recruitment and survival of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis, within irrigated rice and fallow field habitats at different time periods related to rice crop growth stages. Capture-Mark-Recapture ...
  • Survival of Bifidobacterium longum LMG 13197 microencapsulated in Vegetal or Vegetal-inulin matrix in simulated gastrointestinal fluids and yoghurt 
    Amakiri, Andreal Chioma; Thantsha, Mapitsi Silvester (SpringerOpen, 2016-12)
    BACKGROUND : Vegetal BM 297 ATO is a food grade lipid based material extracted from vegetables, and certified for human consumption. In this study, Bifidobacterium longum LMG 13197 was encapsulated in Vegetal BM 297 ...