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  • The application of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in speeding up the flow of materials in an industrial manufacturing process 
    Gatsheni, B.N.; Aghdasi, F. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 6, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2007)
    RFID can work in conjunction with sensors in material handling especially on a conveyor belt. A dozen different graded tagged products can be picked up by the RFID system in real-time and transported to respective chutes ...
  • The impact of HIV and AIDS on education as perceived by secondary school learners in Masilonyana District in the Free State Province 
    Kolobe, A.B.M.; Rambuda, A.M. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 6, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2007)
    This paper reports on secondary school learners' perceptions of the impact of human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV and AIDS) on education. A questionnaire on the impact of HIV and AIDS ...
  • Automatic student attendance register using RFID 
    Kuriakose, R.B.; Aghdasi, F. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 6, Issue 2: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2007)
    The purpose of this project is to investigate the application of Radio Frequency Identification, RFID, to automatic student attendance register. The aim is that the students in any class can be recorded when they carry ...
  • Machine learning through self generating programs 
    Lubbe, H.G; Kotze, B.J. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 6, Issue 2: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2007)
    People have tried different ways to make machines intelligent. One option is to use a simulated neural net as a platform for Genetic Algorithms. Neural nets are a combination of neurons in a certain pattern. Neurons in a ...
  • Using RP to promote collaborative design of customised medical implants 
    Truscott, Michèle; de Beer, Deon; Vicatos, George; Hosking, Keith; Barnard, Ludrick; Booysen, Gerrie; Campbell, R. Ian (Emerald: Rapid Prototyping Journal, 2007)
    The last decade has seen major advances in rapid prototyping (RP), with it becoming a multi‐disciplinary technology, crossing various research fields, and connecting continents. Process and material advancements open up ...
  • Design evolution through customer interaction with functional prototypes 
    Campbell, R. I.; De Beer, D. J.; Barnard, L. J.; Booysen, G. J. (Taylor & Francis: Journal of Engineering Design, 2007)
    There can be a tendency, even within companies who practice concurrent engineering, to limit customer involvement to the initial and final stages of the new product development process only. This invites the possibility ...
  • The impact of the abolition of corporal punishment on teacher morale: 1994–2004 
    Naong, Matsidiso (South African Journal of Education, 2007)
    There is a direct correlation between (teacher) morale and (learner) discipline at sch ool. Since the scrapping of corporal punishment, a sense of despair seems to have taken over amongst teachers in South Africa. The ...
  • Tillage–crop residue management and rainfall–runoff relationships in the Alemaya catchment of Eastern Ethiopia 
    Woyessa, Y. E.; Bennie, A. T.P. (Taylor & Francis: South African Journal of Plant and Soil, 2007-07-05)
    A field study was conducted in the Alemaya catchment, Eastern Ethiopia, with the objective of determining the effect of tillage practices, crop reside cover and rainfall characteristics on runoff during two rainfall seasons ...
  • Product development for play therapy : stimulating children with learning disabilities through the use of their own senses 
    Olivier, Y.; De Lange, R.W.; Reyneke, J.J. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    Various, multidisciplinary approaches can be used for the treatment of children with learning disabilities (LD). A multidisciplinary approach can include play therapy, remedial therapy, physiotherapy as well as a stimulant ...
  • Identifying critical factors to deal with research ethics 
    Lategan, L.O.K. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    In this article the focus is on the role of ethics in the research cycle. The author argues that current thinking with regard to ethics in research is very often scattered and limited to certain disciplines and certain ...
  • The impact of additive fabrication technologies on Institutional Research Development and the SA product development community-the CRPM story 
    De Beer, D.J. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    The Centre for Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing (CRPM) made a humble start in 1997 as a spin-off from a proposed research activity in 1995, at a stage when Technikons were still being seen as occupational training ...
  • Graphic material as an element to enhance personalised funerals 
    Mano, M.C.D. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    Personalised funerals are defined as modernised, innovative, customised and specialised types of funerals. Personalised funerals are performed to reflect the individual's life and what he or she has accomplished (Broadbent ...
  • Linguistics + Mathematics = twins 
    Esterhuizen, H.L. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 1 :Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    Language and Mathematics are both so-called "tools" that are used by other disciplines to explain / describe phenomena in those disciplines, but they are scientific disciplines in their own right. Language is a system of ...
  • Customised patient implants : future lifeline of the medical industry 
    Truscott, M.; Janse van Vuuren, M.; Booysen, G.; De Beer, D. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    Long-term growth in the additive fabrication industry will come from designs that are difficult, time-consuming, costly, or impossible to produce using standard techniques. Growth will occur with advances in the current ...
  • Carrier recovery for 49 quadrature partial response signals 
    Jordaan, G.D. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    A reference carrier signal should be regenerated from a received partial response (PR) signal in order to facilitate optimal demodulation of the received signal. This paper describes the development and evaluation of such ...
  • An integrated control system for an Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV) 
    Boje, E.P.; Kotze, B.J. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    An immense amount of research is currently, being done on the development and use of Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs) in industry. An important component of this research often involves navigation and route-optimization ...
  • Ultrasonic borehole flowmeter 
    Du Preez, M.; Hertzog, P. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    Although research has been conducted in the field of Acoustic Doppler Borehole Flowmeters (ADBF), it has been focused on point source of flow and three dimensional borehole flow techniques. However as of yet, no studies ...
  • Overcoming challenges of the new curriculum statement - a progress report 
    Naong, M.N. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 2: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    With the dawn of the new curriculum in this country, namely, Curriculum 2005 (C2005) in 1997, and the Revised National Curriculum Statement (RNCS) in 2002, which are the two major curriculum policy developments in South ...
  • The impact of leadership and management of host schools on the construction of professional identity of teacher trainees 
    Matoti, S.N. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 2: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    The paper reports on the findings of a study that investigated the impact of leadership and management on the construction of professional identity of teacher trainees. The writer argues that the overall leadership and ...
  • Problems first-year university students bring to science classes and implications for teaching and learning 
    Matoti, S.N.; Lekhu, M.A. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 2: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    An exploratory study was conducted to investigate firstly, the contextual problems first-year university students experienced at their respective schools and secondly, the subject related-problems that they could be bringing ...

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