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FACULTY OF SCIENCEContinuedresearch funded by the UNISWA Research Centre,Luyengo conference room, 20 January, 2011.Tevera, D.S. Research Methodology. Presented at theUNISWA Research Board and Mentoring Workshopon Writing Research Proposals, Luyengo, 11 March,2010.Tevera, D.S. Pathways to Nutritional Security: UrbanFood Supply and Access in Manzini. Paper presented atthe Faculty of Science Seminar, Kwaluseni, 15 March, 2011.Tevera, D.S. Gave the offi cial opening speech atthe workshop on the dissemination of results ofresearch projects funded by the UNISWA ResearchBoard, Luyengo, 20 January, 2011.Thwala, J.M., Minghua, L., and Hoek, E. Atomic ForceMicroscopy Studies of Bacterial Adhesion on WaterPurifi cation Membranes, held at the University ofWestern Cape on 22-24 November 2010.International Conferences, Workshops andSeminarsMadzima, K. and Nhamu, I. Linking ICTs toCommunity Development: Case of MasenduCommunity in Zimbabwe (7 pages). Workshop onSocially Relevant Computing, organized and fundedby the US National Science Foundation, AfricanUniversity of Communications, Accra, Ghana, 22-24November, 2010.Magagula, L.A. PMIPv6-HC: Handover Mechanismfor Reducing Handover Delay and Packet Loss inNGWN, Miami, Florida, USA, 6-10 December, 2010.Magagula, L.A. Handover Coordination with Relay-Based Design for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks,Denver, Colorado, USA, 11-14 October, 2010.Magagula, L.A. Achieving Seamless Mobility throughHandover Coordination in Network-based LocalizedMobility Managed Heterogeneous Environment,Istanbul, Turkey, 26-29 September, 2010.Magagula, L.A. Handover Coordinator for ImprovedHandover Performance in PMIPv6-supportedHeterogeneous Wireless Networks, Sydney,Australia, 18-21 April, 2010.Matondo, J.I. Adaptation Options to Climate Changeand Variability on the Water Resources in Africa (20pages). The Second Science with Africa Conference.United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.,Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 23-25 June, 2010.Matondo, J.I. Water Infrastructure Development:Key Adaptation Strategies to Impacts of ExpectedClimate Change and Variability in Africa (20 pages).WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SA Symposium, VictoriaFalls, Zimbabwe, 27-29 October, 2010.Mkhonta, S.K. Gave a talk on Semi-soft Elasticityin Liquid-Crystalline Diblock Copolymers ata workshop on Active Materials, StellenboschUniversity, South Africa, 17-19 November, 2010.Mkhonta, S.K. Gave a talk on Elasticity in Liquid-Crystalline Diblock Copolymers at a NationalInstitute of Theoretical Physics seminar, Cape Town,South Africa, 27 October, 2010.Nkambule, E.S. and Peter, G. Sustainability ofLubombo Region, Swaziland. Poster presentation atthe 11th WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SA Symposium,Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27-29 October, 2010.Peter, G. and Nkambule, E.S. Presented the paper,Factors Affecting Sustainability of Rural WaterSchemes in Swaziland, at the 11th WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SA Symposium, Victoria Falls,Zimbabwe, 27-29 October, 2010.Reddy, A.S. Secure Communications by ImplementingDifferent Circuits and Optical Fiber Communication,at the National Conference on Power SystemsToday (PST-10), AU College of Engineering, AndhraPradesh, India, 29-30 June, 2010.Reddy, A.S. Character Segmentation Methods forTelugu Text, at National Conference on RTCTV,Vardhaman College of Engineering, Andhra Pradesh,India, 1-3 June, 2010.Reddy, A.S. Character Segmentation of PrintedTouching Telugu Text, Gurunanak College, AndhraPradesh, India, 11-13 June, 2010.69REPORT OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR