RNA Polymerase II, the BAF remodeler and transcription factors synergize to evict nucleosomes
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Sandipan Brahma, Steven Henikoff
Chromatin accessibility is a hallmark of active transcription and requires ATP-dependent nucleosome remodeling by Brahma-Associated Factor (BAF). However, the mechanistic link between transcription, nucleosome remodeling, …
DISCOVER-EEG: an open, fully automated EEG pipeline for biomarker discovery in clinical neuroscience
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Cristina Gil Ávila, Felix S. Bott, Laura Tiemann
ABSTRACT Biomarker discovery in neurological and psychiatric disorders critically depends on reproducible and transparent methods applied to large-scale datasets. Electroencephalography (EEG) is a promising tool …
Molecular surveillance leads to the first detection of Anopheles stephensi in Kenya
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Eric Ochomo, Sylvia Milanoi, Bernard Abong’o
Decision-making processes for essential packages of health services: experience from six countries
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Rob Baltussen, Omar Mwalim, Karl Blanchet
Many countries around the world strive for universal health coverage, and an essential packages of health services (EPHS) is a central policy instrument for countries …
Methylomic change in TET1 and TET2 promoters is increased in children with acute lymphocytic leukemia
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Rofaida Refaai, Dina Ragab, Adel A. Guirgis
Objective: Methylomic changes have been recognized as essential contributors to the development of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). While ALL has traditionally been considered a genetic …
THE APPLICATION OF COST VOLUME PROFIT ANALYSIS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN MINIBUS TAXI INDUSTRY
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Mukhodeni Muthige, John Beneke, Natasha Robbetze
The rapid and strong flow of economic development and competition has compelled businesses in both the informal and formal sectors to be competitive in every …
Financial Literacy Operationalization Model For Agribusiness Entrepreneurs In Zimbabwe
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Lilian Gumbo, Ferina Marimuthu, Vengesai Edson
Agribusiness is the cornerstone of the Zimbabwean economy as most people survive on agricultural related activities and it is regarded as the first step to …
IOL Research Machine Translation Systems for WMT23 Low-Resource Indic Language Translation Shared Task
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Wenbo Zhang
This paper describes the IOL Research team's submission systems for the WMT23 lowresource Indic language translation shared task.We participated in 4 language pairs, including en↔as, …
Legend at ArAIEval Shared Task: Persuasion Technique Detection using a Language-Agnostic Text Representation Model
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Olumide Ebenezer Ojo, Olaronke Oluwayemisi Adebanji, Hiram Calvo
In this paper, we share our best performing submission to the Arabic AI Tasks Evaluation Challenge (ArAIEval) at ArabicNLP 2023.Our focus was on Task 1, …
AraDetector at ArAIEval Shared Task: An Ensemble of Arabic-specific pre-trained BERT and GPT-4 for Arabic Disinformation Detection
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Vian Sabeeh, Hanan Belhaj, Serry Sibaee
The rapid proliferation of disinformation through social media has become one of the most dangerous means to deceive and influence people's thoughts, viewpoints, or behaviors …
Assessment of Heavy Metals in Fish Tissues of Tilapia and Catfish from River Hadejia, Northern Nigeria
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Lawan Musa Yalwa, Haruna Ahmad
Kidney failure has become a growing problem at Hadejia Emirates over the last decade. This can be attributed to water pollution, possibly due to heavy …
A Dataset of Self-Reported Attitudes to Afrikaans Swearwords
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Gerhard van Huyssteen, Roald Eiselen, Jakobus S. du Toit
Until recently, no research has ever been done on user attitudes to Afrikaans taboo language. To address this shortcoming, a multidisciplinary research project was initiated …
Effect of technology on staff retention: case study of pick Npay Namibia
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Elingua Kuume, Nikodemus Angula
When business leaders have retention measures in place, they generally see increased profitability. The expense of replacing IT professionals, on the other hand, poses substantial …
PERCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS REGARDING THE ASSET-BASED COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT (ABCD) APPROACH: A SOUTH AFRICAN STUDY
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Hanna Nel, Natalie Mansvelt, Yolisa Shugu
Asset-based community-driven development (ABCD) has gained momentum in social work education over the last ten years. This mix-method study presents students’ perceptions of the relevance …
COVID-19 second wave and clinical characteristics of cases in Uganda: A retrospective cross-sectional survey of confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases, March–June 2021
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Abel Wilson Walekhwa, Brenda Nakazibwe, Mary Nantongo
We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional population-based survey among recovered COVID-19 cases in Uganda to establish the case presentations of the second wave SARS-CoV-2 infections. We …
Opinion Leadership and Achievement of Sustainable Health Care in Nigeria: Analyzing the Two-Step Flow Paradigm
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Ifeanyi Martins Nwokeocha
This study examined the influence of opinion leadership in the achievement of sustainable health care delivery in Nigeria using this two-step flow paradigm. Two previous …
Alphabet Size Matching Techniques Based on Non-Binary Gilbert-Varshamov Bounded Limits for Synchronization Finite State Markov Channel
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Shamin Achari, Ling Cheng
The Gilbert-Varshamov (GV) lower bound is used to provide indications and prescriptions for the outer code coding parameters for a memory synchronisation model that focuses …
Plasma Fat Status is Associated with the Prevalence of Opportunistic Infections and may Predict Disease Progression in HIV/AIDS
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Christopher Nyirend
Objective: To establish the association between plasma fat status and the prevalence of opportunistic infections in HIV/AIDS patients. Design and Methods: A Cross Sectional and …
EFFECTS OF WEED CONTROL METHODS ON WEEDS AND PRODUCTIVITY OF RANGE GRASSES IN SEMI-ARID KENYA
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Bosco Kidake Kisambo, Bryan Peter Ogillo, David Mutisya Musyimi
Background: Weeds are a common occurrence and challenge in different crops eventually influencing crop development and yields. Weed control and management are key in enhancing …
IMPACT OF TILLAGE PRACTICES ON PROPERTIES OF SOIL, EVAPOTRANSPIRATION AND PRODUCTIVITY OF COWPEA IN NIGERIA
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Kabiru Alani Shittu, Omotayo B. Adeboye, Durodoluwa Joseph Oyedele
Background: Tillage is one of the major threats to soil health which often results into soil physical degradation if not properly managed. Zero tillage is …