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The use of disruptive information technologies for competitive advantage in the banking sector of South Africa.
(Hempstead, NY : International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA), 2009)
The main focus of this paper is to determine the impact of disruptive technology in the ICT environment and how new technologies can be
managed in a secured architecture framework of organisations in the banking sector. ...
Measurement and verification baseline development and service level adjustments for fridge plant systems
(2009)
In this article the authors provide an overview of a fridge plant system and discuss the data requirements and data selection for baseline development. The baseline development is divided into two scenarios: 1) where ...
Evaluating methods to binarize historic cosmic-ray recordings
(IEEE, 2009)
Three adaptive image binarization
approaches are evaluated to find the method best suited
for the binarization of historic cosmic-ray data. The
methods are optimized by fine tuning their parameters
and they are then ...
Export market selection methods and the identification of realistic export opportunities for South Africa using a decision support model
(2009)
Market selection methods, of which a vast number exist, are a critical tool in firms’ and government’s policy, planning and budgeting processes. To this end, the primary aim of this paper is to determine the international ...
Unraveling the emission geometry of the Fermi millisecond pulsars
(Fermi, 2009)
The nine millisecond pulsars (MSPs) that have now been detected by Fermi-LAT are providing
an excellent opportunity to probe the emission geometry of these ancient compact objects. As they
are radio-loud, one may use the ...
Modeling of gamma-ray millisecond pulsar light curves revealed by Fermi-LAT
(Thê Giói Publishers, 2009)
Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) has recently detected 8 gamma-ray millisecond pulsars
(MSPs), providing an unprecedented opportunity to probe the magnetospheres of these lowspin-down pulsars. We performed 3D emission ...
Analysis of the porous structure of an annular pebble bed reactor
(Atomic Energy Society of Japan, 2009)
This paper discusses the numerical analysis of the porous structure of an annular packed bed. Numerical procedures are described to determine the variation in the porosity, the variation in the coordination number (measure ...
Using an effective viscosity to account for the effect of the walls on the pressure drop through an annular packed bed
(ASME, 2009)
The question arose whether the correlation for the pressure drop prescribed for cylindrical pebble bed reactors by the Nuclear Safety Commission (KTA) of Germany could still be applied to the proposed annular configuration ...
Accounting for porous structure in effective thermal conductivity calculations in a pebble bed reactor
(Atomic Energy Society of Japan, 2009)
A proper understanding of the mechanisms of heat transfer, flow and pressure drop through a packed bed of spheres is of utmost importance in the design of a high temperature pebble bed reactor. A thorough knowledge of the ...
On the development of a power quality benchmarking model
(IEEE, 2009)
The development of a Power Quality (PQ) Benchmarking model is presented. Practical results are discussed to motivate the need of adding value to recorded PQ data by means of benchmarking PQ performance. The importance, ...