An octo-aesthetic figuration for learning in times of crisis
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Delphi Carstens
This theoretical paper mobilises a multi-modal figuration – octo-aesthetics – to argue for a transversal approach to HE (higher education) pedagogies appropriate to times of …
Decolonising management education: An empirical study
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Conversations in South Africa around decolonising higher education since the 2015/2016 #RhodesMustFall movements have remained largely theoretical. Recently, much of the attention in many higher …
ASSESSING THE ROLE OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN SERVICE DELIVERY: THE CASE OF EKURHULENI METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY
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Calvin Naidoo
Local governments play an important role in the development of the livelihoods of local communities in South Africa. Local governments are responsible for the provision …
IOL Research’s Submission for WMT 2023 Quality Estimation Shared Task
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Zeyu Yan
This paper presents the submissions of IOL Research in WMT 2023 quality estimation shared task.We participate in task 1 Quality Estimation on both sentence and …
Can Clean Delivery Kits Prevent Infections? Lessons from Traditional Birth Attendants in Nigeria
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Adediwura Oladunni Arowosegbe, Iyabode Olabisi Dedeke, Olufunke Bolatito Shittu
Background: In resource-poor settings, perinatal infections contribute significantly to maternal and neonatal deaths, and the use of clean delivery kits (CDKs) has been proposed as …
In-Air Signature Verification System Based on Beta-Elliptical Approach and Fuzzy Perceptual Detector
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AbdulAzeez R. Alobaidi, Thameur Dhieb, Tarek M. Hamdani
Believing that biometrics trends are moving to distant and contactless mode, in-air signature verification is nowadays considered as one of the principal users biometric identification …
USABILITY OF VIRTUAL TOOLS FOR PARTICIPATORY ENTERPRISE MODELLING
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Anthea Venter, Marné de Vries
Participatory modelling (PM) is focused on actively involving enterprise stakeholders and modelling experts in the modelling process. Typically, participants are co-located and encouraged to collaborate …
FITNESS LANDSCAPE MEASURES FOR ANALYSING THE TOPOLOGY OF THE FEASIBLE REGION OF AN OPTIMISATION PROBLEM
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Nathan van der Westhuyze, Jan H. van Vuuren
Fitness landscape analysis has found numerous applications in industrial engineering, such as estimating optimisation problem complexity, predicting metaheuristic performance, and automating algorithm selection. In these …
Transforming healthcare with the synergy of biotechnology and information technology
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Leelakrishna Reddy, Segun Akinola
We explore the integration of biotechnology and information technology in healthcare innovation. The convergence of these fields has revolutionized diagnostics, therapeutics and patient management. Biotechnology …
Ontology-Driven Semantic Enrichment Framework for Open Data Value Creation
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Oarabile Sebubi, Irina Zlotnikova, Hlomani Hlomani
The CODATA Data Science Journal is a peer-reviewed, open access, electronic journal, publishing papers on the management, dissemination, use and reuse of research data and …
Knowledge, Practices and Associated Factors to Sexual and Reproductive Health of Young People of Cotonou, Bénin in 2022
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Sogbossi D Nancy Lee, Damien Barikissou Georgia, Badirou Aguèmon
Background: The sexual and reproductive health of young people is a public health priority, especially in developing countries such as Benin. The objective of this …
Determination of Heavy Metals in Water Samples within the Southern Part of Kaduna State, Nigeria
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Mathew Samaila, Nicodemus Kure, H. Daniel
This paper investigated the presence of heavy metals in water samples from three selected sites in the southern part of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Twelve (12) …
Effect of Single Atom Doping on Structural, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Hexagonal Silicon Carbide (4H-SiC) for Spintronic Application: A first principle study
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Yakubu A Tanko, Oyedare T Maha, Alhassan Shuaibu
In this paper, the structural geometry, electronic and magnetic properties of single magnesium (Mg) and vanadium (V) atoms doped 4H-SiC system were investigated. For the …
“World Knowledge” in Multiple Choice Reading Comprehension
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Adian Liusie, Vatsal Raina, Mark Gales
Recently it has been shown that without any access to the contextual passage, multiple choice reading comprehension (MCRC) systems are able to answer questions significantly …
Determinates of anemia among Human Immune Deficiency Virus positive children on Anti-retro Viral Therapy in selected health facilities, Northwest Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study
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Misganaw Guadie Tiruneh, Fassikaw Kebede
Abstract Even though antiretroviral therapy (ART) access for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected children increased dramatically, anaemia has continued as a challenge regardless of a cluster …
INVESTIGATING THE TECHNOLOGICAL GROWTH OF THE DRONE INDUSTRY IN SOUTH AFRICA
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Quintin Mokoena, Ilesanmi Daniyan, Khumbulani Mpofu
The regulation of drones is a huge challenge for most countries around the world. The regulation and application processes are as much a challenge in …
Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment: Qualitative Analysis of SMEs from Ghana, Madagascar, Nigeria, and Senegal
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Yiagadeesen Samy, Adeniran Adedeji, Augustine Iraoya
Abstract Using Ghana, Madagascar, Nigeria, and Senegal as case studies, this chapter elucidates the dynamics of trade and women empowerment in Africa through a qualitative …
More Than Just a Policy: Day-to-Day Effects of Data Governance on the Data Scientist
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Vukosi Marivate
Abstract Within a short space of time, the debate about Data Governance has fallen behind the realities of data driven industries and economies. The flow …
Data Governance and Policy in Africa
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Bitange Ndemo, Njuguna Ndung’u, Scholastica Odhiambo
This open access, interdisciplinary book examines data governance and its implications for policy making in Africa.
UM6P at SemEval-2023 Task 3: News genre classification based on transformers, graph convolution networks and number of sentences
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Hamza Alami, Abdessamad Benlahbib, Abdelkader El Mahdaouy
This paper presents our proposed approach for English document genre classification in the context of SemEval-2023 Task 3, Subtask 1.Our method uses an ensemble technique …