NLP-LISAC at SemEval-2023 Task 12: Sentiment Analysis for Tweets expressed in African languages via Transformer-based Models
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Abdessamad Benlahbib, Achraf Boumhidi
This paper presents our systems and findings for SemEval-2023 Task 12: AfriSenti-SemEval: Sentiment Analysis for Low-resource African Languages.The main objective of this task was to …
HausaNLP at SemEval-2023 Task 12: Leveraging African Low Resource TweetData for Sentiment Analysis
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Saheed Abdullahi Salahudeen, Falalu Ibrahim Lawan, Ahmad Mustapha Wali
Saheed Abdullahi Salahudeen, Falalu Ibrahim Lawan, Ahmad Wali, Amina Abubakar Imam, Aliyu Rabiu Shuaibu, Aliyu Yusuf, Nur Bala Rabiu, Musa Bello, Shamsuddeen Umaru Adamu, Saminu …
AN ANALYSIS OF DEVOPS’ IMPACT ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATIONS: A CASE STUDY
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Austin Mudadi, Hugo Lotriet
DevOps is a software development philosophy that involves the working together of development, operations, and other software development departments in order to accomplish common business …
HIV prevalence and access to HIV testing and care in patients with psychosis in South Africa
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Mbalenhle P. Mwelase, Vuyokazi Ntlantsana, Andrew Tomita
Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and psychosis share a complex bidirectional relationship, with people living with HIV being at increased risk of psychosis and those …
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) with ketamine induction for catatonia in an HIV positive patient
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Yvette Nel, Craig Bracken
Introduction: The successful use of ECT as treatment for catatonia, in the context of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection, has been described previously. Ketamine has …
Comparative Assessment of p16/Ki-67 Dual Staining Technology for cervical cancer screening in women living with HIV (COMPASS-DUST)–Study protocol
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Kehinde S. Okunade, Kabir Badmos, Austin C. Okoro
The risk of progression of low-grade (CIN1) to high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN2/3) is 3-5 times higher for women living with HIV (WLHIV) than for …
SARS-CoV-2 variants-associated outbreaks of COVID-19 in a tertiary institution, North-Central Nigeria: Implications for epidemic control
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Oluwapelumi O. Adeyemi, Nnaemeka Ndodo, Mariam Kehinde Sulaiman
The COVID-19 global pandemic is being driven by evolving SARS-CoV-2 variants with consequential implications on virus transmissibility, host immunity, and disease severity. Continuous molecular and …
Pediatric diarrhea patients living in urban areas have a higher incidence of Clostridioides difficile infection
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Ayodele Timilehin Adesoji, Osaro Mgbere, Charles Darkoh
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a major cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and an unappreciated contributor to child mortality in low- and middle-income countries where the …
Tobacco use and incident sleep parameters among a rural ageing population in South Africa
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Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer
INTRODUCTION: Tobacco use may be associated with incident insomnia. The aim of the study was to investigate the association between tobacco use and incident sleep …
Utilizing quantitative dried blood spot analysis to objectively assess adherence to cardiovascular pharmacotherapy among patients at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
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David Wata, John Ogwu, Louise Dunford
The burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is rising in Kenya and non-adherence to cardiovascular pharmacotherapy is a growing global public health issue that leads to …
Modeling and simulation of belt bucket elevator head shaft for safe life operation
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Peter Okechukwu Chikelu, Solomon Chuka Nwigbo, Obotowo William Obot
This research paper presents a step by step conceptual design and life prediction approach for the design, modeling and simulation of head shaft of a …
Non-adherence to the World Health Organization’s physical activity recommendations and associated factors among healthy adults in urban centers of Southwest Ethiopia
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Sabit Zenu, Endegena Abebe, Mohammed Reshad
Physical inactivity is a major risk-factor of non-communicable diseases. The World Health Organization has set physical activity recommendations for adults to reduce physical inactivity and …
Graph partitioning MapReduce-based algorithms for counting triangles in large-scale graphs
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Ahmed Sharafeldeen, Mohammed Alrahmawy, Samir Elmougy
Counting number of triangles in the graph is considered a major task in many large-scale graph analytics problems such as clustering coefficient, transitivity ratio, trusses, …
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN COPING STRATEGIES AND SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS AMONG FORENSIC SOCIAL WORKERS IN SOUTH AFRICA
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Baatseba Babra Mashego, Pieter Boshoff, Erika Fourie
Forensic social work in South Africa is challenging, increasing the likelihood of secondary traumatic stress among its practitioners. Proactive coping strategies are necessary to reduce …
Fault-Locator Scheme for Combined Taba-Aqaba Transmission System Based on New Faulted Segment Identification Method
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Mahmoud A. Elsadd, Hala A. Omar, Ahmed R. Adly
In this paper, a new fault locator scheme is introduced to address the non-homogeneity of combined transmission lines (Taba-Aqaba Intertie transmission system). To achieve this …
Preparing the Vuk’uzenzele and ZA-gov-multilingual South African multilingual corpora
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Richard Lastrucci, Jenalea Rajab, Matimba Shingange
This paper introduces two multilingual government themed corpora in various South African languages.The corpora were collected by gathering the South African Government newspaper (Vuk'uzenzele), as …
Syzygium australe (J.C.Wendl. ex Link) B. Hyland (Myrtaceae) in South Africa: current distribution and invasion potential
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Tumeka Mbobo, David M. Richardson, John R. Wilson
Syzygium australe (Australian brush-cherry; the names Eugenia australis and Syzygium paniculatum have been misapplied to this species in some regions) is native to Australia.It has …
Building Capacity of Community Nurses to Strengthen the Management of Uncomplicated Hypertension in Persons Living with HIV in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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Dike Ojji, Angela Aifah, Juliet Iwelunmor
Objectives: Poor training of non-physician healthcare workers (especially community nurses) could hinder the successful integration of cardiovascular disease (CVD) management into HIV chronic care in …
RENDERING SERVICES IN CHILD AND YOUTH CARE CENTRES: EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL WORKERS
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Kagisho Phaswana, Elizabeth Catherine Erlank
Effective social work services in child and youth care centres (CYCCs) depend on how social workers deal with the associated experiences and challenges. This study …
NOW THE SOLUTION IS HERE – SOCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ORPHANED CHILDREN: THE EXTENDED CHILD SUPPORT GRANT
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Sipho Sibanda, Felistus Ndamba
The current crisis in foster care was precipitated by using the child protection system to meet the social assistance needs of orphaned children. The new …