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Case study for evaluating benefits of pavement research: final results
(The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2013)
Heavy-duty pavement innovations developed through research for a major rehabilitation project in California were evaluated. The performance benefits of the innovations were examined, and the economic benefits from ...
Analysis of the post-earnings announcement drift anomaly on the JSE
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
The post-earnings announcement drift anomaly has been widely researched and confirmed for several markets around the world. This paper investigates the relationship between the earnings surprise as reflected by the price ...
Teacher pathways to resilience: interpretations of teacher adjustment to HIV/AIDS-related challenges
(Springer, 2013)
Resilience (or the capacity to adjust well to significant risk) is conceptualized as a dynamic, reciprocal transaction that occurs between people and their social ecologies. An outcome of resilience relies on a person, who ...
The Spoken Web Search task at Mediaeval 2012
(Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2013 IEEE International Conference on, 2013)
In this paper, we describe the “Spoken Web Search” Task, which
was held as part of the 2012 MediaEval benchmark evaluation campaign.
The purpose of this task was to perform audio search with audio
input in four languages, ...
Case study: the effects of a variable flow energy saving strategy on a deep-mine cooling system
(Elsevier, 2013)
Cooling systems consume up to 25% of the total electricity used on deep level mines. These systems are integrated with the water reticulation system to provide chilled service water to the mine as well as cooling for mine ...
Prototype super-capacitor photovoltaic streetlight with xLogic SuperRelay functionality
(IRET (Institute of Research in Engineering and Technology), 2013)
In this paper, the authors present and discuss the
design of a prototype super-capacitor photovoltaic (PV)
streetlight with xLogic SuperRelay (PLC) functionality.
Deep-cycle batteries used in solar electrical systems, ...
A discourse model of affect for text-to-speech synthesis
(Pattern recognition association of South Africa (PRASA), 2013)
This paper introduces a model of affect to improve prosody in text-to-speech synthesis. It operates on the discourse level of text to predict the underlying linguistic factors that contribute towards emotional appraisal, ...
West Africa - a safe haven for frogs? A sub-continental assessment of the Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)
(Public Library of Science, 2013)
A putative driver of global amphibian decline is the panzootic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). While Bd
has been documented across continental Africa, its distribution in West Africa remains ambiguous. ...
Effect of ozone on photosynthesis and seed yield of sensitive (S156) and resistant (R123) Phaseolus VulgarisL. genotypes in open-top chambers
(Springer, 2013)
Rising tropospheric ozone (O3) concentrations have been identified as a significant threat to crop production. In the present study two snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes with known difference in sensitivity to ...
Energy management by means of fault conditions on active magnetic bearing systems
(IRET (Institute of Research in Engineering and Technology), 2013)
This paper presents the use of fault conditions on
active magnetic bearing (AMB) systems as an energy
management tool to improve the operation of AMB systems.
Fault conditions on AMB system are broadly classified ...