Digitalisation and Financial Data Governance in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
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Bitange Ndemo, Ben Mkalama
Abstract Financial technology companies (FinTechs) have taken to digitalisation both to understand their customers and to use data to design more productive and convenient products. …
Stunting at birth: linear growth failure at an early age among newborns in Hawassa city public health hospitals, Sidama region, Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study
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Haileyesus Ejigu, Zelalem Tafese
Abstract On a global basis, 144 million people are stunted, and in Ethiopia, it remains a major public health problem. A limited number of studies …
Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus from mobile phones in Nigeria
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Anthonia Olufunke Oluduro, Yetunde M. Adesiyan, Olumide Owolabi Omoboye
The presence of Staphylococcus aureus, a normal human flora on cellphones of different professionals in Ile-Ife was investigated with a view to determining their antibiotic …
Preliminary study of perceived cardiovascular disease risk and risk status of adults in small rural and urban locations in Ibadan, Nigeria
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Nse A. Odunaiya, Opeyemi M. Adegoke, Abiodun M. Adeoye
The burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been on the rise in developing countries like Nigeria recently. Studies on perceived CVD risk and the risk …
Comparative use of artificial structures and natural vegetation by birds in a built-up urban area in Ghana
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Joseph Kwasi Afrifa, Justus P. Deikumah, Kweku A. Monney
Our understanding of how birds use human supplementary resources, especially artificial structures and patchy vegetation within urban areas, is limited. Our study compared the use …
Machine Learning-Based Uplink Scheduling Approaches for Mixed Traffic in Cellular Systems
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Mohamed W. Nomeir, Yasser Gadallah, Karim G. Seddik
The problem of the uplink resource allocation of mixed-traffic types in cellular networks is a challenging problem that has not been addressed sufficiently in the …
Public beliefs and willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccines among adults in South-Western Nigeria: A cross-sectional study
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Itse Olaoye, Aniebet Ekong, Abiona Samuel
Background Despite the government's and development partners' unmatched efforts to ensure that every eligible person receives vaccinations, there have been concerns about vaccine fear, government …
Parvovirus B19 in Morocco: Seroprevalence of Immunoglobulin G Antibody in Pregnant Women in Marrakesh
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Majda Bouraddane, Karima Warda, Youssef Elkamouni
Background: Parvovirus B19 (B19V) infection is ever-present and contagious. It is acquired during childhood and adolescence, but can occur at any age. B19V infection occurs …
An overview of Sesotho BLARK content
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Johannes Sibeko, Mmasibidi Setaka
This article overviews digital language resources available for Sesotho, an official language of South Africa. The South African Center for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) repository …
“A comparative analysis of risk factors of malaria” case study Gisagara and Bugesera District of Rwanda. RDHS 2014/2015. A retrospective study
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Emmanuel Kubana, Athanase Munyaneza, Steven Sande
BACKGROUND: Malaria is a public health concern worldwide. A figure of 3.2 billion people is at risk of malaria a report of World Health Organization …
Cancer antigen 125 and C-reactive protein inflammatory mediators and uric acid in association with preeclampsia in North Kordofan State, Western Sudan
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Naglaa Abdelbasit Suliman, Khidir E. Awadalla, Khalid Hussein Bakheit
Pathophysiology of pre-eclampsia depends on a defective trophoblastic invasion of uteroplacental blood vessels that leads to placental ischemia and induction of an inflammatory process within …
Chemokine modulation in microscopic and submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection in women at delivery in Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Rosette Megnekou, Chris Marco Mbianda Nana, Jean Claude Djontu
In pregnancy-associated malaria, chemokines such as CXCL-4, CXCL-13, CXCL-16, and CCL-24 play critical roles in leucocyte trafficking to tissue sites in the infected placenta where …
Optimization of Potassium Carbonate-based DES as Catalyst in the Production of Biodiesel via Transesterification
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Abdulwasiu Abdurrahman, Saidu Muhammad Waziri, Olusegun Ayoola Ajayi
Increasing energy demand necessitates the production of sustainable fuels, which can be in the form of bio-fuels. One of such bio-fuels is biodiesel, which is …
A flexible age-dependent, spatially-stratified predictive model for the spread of COVID-19, accounting for multiple viral variants and vaccines
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Kristan A. Schneider, Henri Christian Junior Tsoungui Obama, Nessma Adil Mahmoud Yousif
BACKGROUND: After COVID-19 vaccines received approval, vaccination campaigns were launched worldwide. Initially, these were characterized by a shortage of vaccine supply, and specific risk groups …
Dirac Equation for Energy-Dependent Potential With Energy-dependent Tensor Interaction
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C. A. Onate, Matthew Olanrewaju Oluwayemi, I. B. Okon
The relativistic symmetries of the Dirac equation were investigated with an energy-dependent tensor potential interaction for two different energy-dependent potentials under parametric Nikiforov-Uvarov method and …
A Matching Game-Based Laboratory Learning System for Resources Management in Remote Laboratories
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Ahmed M. Abd El‐Haleem, Mohamed G. Anany, Mahmoud M. Elmesalawy
Recently, increasing demand for remote laboratories is noticed, due to the shifting of the educational systems from face-to-face education to online education through the internet. …
“I decided in my heart I have to complete the sessions”: A qualitative study on the acceptability of an evidence-based HIV risk reduction intervention among women engaged in sex work in Uganda
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Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Proscovia Nabunya, Josephine Nabayinda
BACKGROUND: The HIV burden remains a critical public health concern and women engaged in sex work [WESW] are at significantly higher risk compared to the …
“Right now we are scared of each other, we fear everyone, the whole world has COVID”: The impact of COVID-19 on young female sex workers in Kampala, Uganda, during national lockdowns in 2020–2021
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Rachel King, Ritah Namugumya, Catherine Namuddu
In 2020-2021 the COVID-19 pandemic led to multiple and diverse global public health response strategies globally and in Uganda to slow the spread of the …
MONITORING FOR CRACKS IN METAL L-PBF USING GAS-BORNE ACOUSTIC EMISSION
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Karabo Moore, Dean Kouprianoff, Danie Louw
Delaminations and cracks are detrimental phenomena that hinder the quality of the final product in metal additive manufacturing. The effective use of other online monitoring …
Burnout syndrome among healthcare professionals in the Fako division, Cameroon: Impact of physical activity and sleep quality
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Elysée Claude Bika Lele, Jerson Mekoulou Ndongo, Ako Vera Ashu-akoh
Objectives Burnout syndrome (BOS) is an affection mostly resulting from chronic job-related stress. Many studies have identified job-related and non-job-related factors associated with BOS. Our …