The Effectiveness of Multi-Agency Operation Leadership in Mitigating Insecurity in Lamu County, Kenya
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John K. Simiyu
There has been much discussion among various stakeholders on the benefits of multi-agency operations in response to security threats. This discussion is constrained, though, in …
Prediction of the Phytochemical Properties of Luffa Cylindrica Seed Oil Using Artificial Neural Network
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Udemgba Chinonso Stanley, Amarachi Anyawu Solace, Odoemelam Patience Ogechi
The research used an artificial neural network (ANN) to examine optimum extraction conditions and phytochemical contents of Luffa cylindrica seed oil. The oil yield was …
Measures by Organisations to Counter Challenges in the Use of Information Technology in Protecting Personal and Business Data in Nairobi County, Kenya
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Andrew Gitau Kimani
Globally, most states have adopted new technologies that have seen many process improvements and cost optimisations and enabled them to provide value-added services to their …
Domestic Wind Energy Planning for Deprived Communities in the Tropics: A Case Study of Nigeria
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M.E. Emetere, Omoremime Elizabeth Dania, Sunday A. Afolalu
Despite the notable inventions in solar energy, it is still too high for standalone users from developing countries. For example, it cost $2200 to provide …
To what extent do excise taxes affect Malawi’s cigarette trade gap with Kenya and South Africa?
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Michael Masiya, Zurika Robinson
Background: While economic theory supports the perception that cigarette taxes incentivise producers and users to identify ways of evading the tax, leading to the smuggling …
The Analysis of the Sepedi-English Code-switched Radio News Corpus
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Simon P. Ramalepe, Thipe Modipa, Marelie H. Davel
Code-switching is a phenomenon that occurs mostly in multilingual countries where multilingual speakers often switch between languages in their conversations. The unavailability of large-scale code-switched …
Exploring the Quality of Multiple-Choice Question Type of Test Items in Information and Communication Technology Using Item Analysis
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David Arhin, Ruth Keziah Annan‐Brew, Ruth Owusuaah
The study explored the quality of multiple-choice question types of test items in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) using item analysis. The study was an …
First Principles calculation of Half metallic proprieties of QCrAs (Q=Hf, Ti and Zr)
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M. I. Babalola, B. E. Iyorzor, S. O. Ebuwa
The structural, electrical, magnetic, mechanical, and thermodynamic properties of some novel half-Heusler alloys QCrAs(Q=Hf, Ti and Zr) are investigated using first principles calculations. The results …
Impact of heterogeneous cavities on the electrical constraints in the insulation of high-voltage cables
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Badis Bakri, Hani Benguesmia, Aya Mira
The main insulation layer is the most important layer of the high-voltage cable, and the quality of this material directly affects the life of the …
The Effects of COVID-19 on Informal Traders in Undesignated Spaces
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Emmanuel Ndhlovu, David Mhlanga
The literature on COVID-19 impacts overlooks the pandemic’ impact on informal traders who operate in undesignated public spaces. While studies on the impact of COVID-19 …
Importance of palm's heart for pregnant women
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Efrem Negash Kushi, Tefera Belachew, Dessalegn Tamiru
Abstract The consumption of locally nutrient-rich edible plants in rural areas can be used to satisfy the dietary diversity of pregnant women. Date palm is …
Graded Response Models on the Curiosity Measurement of Elementary School Students
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Curiosity is one of the most important characters for elementary school students. However, the facts in the field show that the measurement model used by …
Numerical treatment of singularly perturbed unsteady Burger-Huxley equation
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Imiru Takele Daba, Gemechis File Duressa
This article deals with the numerical treatment of a singularly perturbed unsteady Burger-Huxley equation. The equation is linearized using the Newton-Raphson-Kantorovich approximation method. The resulting …
IOL Research Machine Translation Systems for WMT23 General Machine Translation Shared Task
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Wenbo Zhang
This paper describes the IOL Research team's submission systems for the WMT23 general machine translation shared task.We participated in two language translation directions, including English→Chinese …
The Social, Education, Health, and Economic Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Kenya’s Adolescents
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Julie Mwabe, Karen Austrian
Abstract The first case of COVID-19 was detected in Kenya in March 2020. Initial government responses included several containment measures such as school closures, movement …
BIG-C: a Multimodal Multi-Purpose Dataset for Bemba
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Claytone Sikasote, Eunice Mukonde, Md Mahfuz Ibn Alam
We present BIG-C (Bemba Image Grounded Conversations), a large multimodal dataset for Bemba.While Bemba is the most populous language of Zambia, it exhibits a dearth …
It is a Bird Therefore it is a Robin: On BERT’s Internal Consistency Between Hypernym Knowledge and Logical Words
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Nicolas Guérin, Emmanuel Chemla
The lexical knowledge of NLP systems should be tested (i) for their internal consistency (avoiding groundedness issues) and (ii) both for content words and logical …
Investigating Students’ Understanding of Complex Number and Its Relation to Algebraic Group Using and APOS Theory
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Idowu Oluwaseun Longe, Aneshkumar Maharaj
This study focused on students’ inability to correctly use psychometric tests applied for complex numbers in the context of generating an Algebraic abelian group (closure, …
South Africa: Desegregated Teaching, Democratic Citizenship Education and Integrating of Ethnic Minority Teachers
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Nuraan Davids
Abstract Much of the debates on South Africa’s recently desegregated schools centre on intersectional tensions between access/participation; external inclusion/internal exclusion; and assimilation/integration – as it …
The Impact of interferon lambda 3 Polymorphism on Hepato-Cellular Carcinoma Progression in Hepatitis C Virus Patients: Treatment-Naïve and Experienced
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Mohamed Abd Elrahman, Marwa Ibrahim, Ahmed Khairy
OBJECTIVES: In this study, we investigated the association between the IFN-λ3 rs12979860 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and the transition from late fibrosis to HCC in …