Invasive fishes negatively impact ghost frog tadpole abundance
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Daniel van Blerk, Andrea Melotto, Josephine Pegg
Global amphibian populations are declining, and invasive fish are known to impact many threatened species.South Africa has both a biodiverse amphibian fauna and a rich …
A GENERIC COMPUTER VISION TOOL FOR RECOGNISING HUMAN ACTIVITIES
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J. Rebecca Jacobs, S. Nel
A prominent application area in the domain of computer vision is human activity recognition, which involves automatically detecting people’s actions from video footage. In this …
SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODELLING OF THE WATER-ENERGY NEXUS IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CASE OF THE INKOMATI-USUTHU WATER MANAGEMENT AREA
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Justine Geraldine Nanfuka, Rudolph Oosthuizen
The energy demand in African economies, including South Africa, is expected to double by 2040. The water-energy-food nexus, introduced at the Bonn 2011 conference, illustrates …
Lightweight Histological Tumor Classification Using a Joint Sparsity-Quantization Aware Training Framework
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Dina Aboutahoun, Rami Zewail, Keiji Kimura
Cancer decision-making is a complex process that can be exacerbated by the limited availability of oncological expertise. This is particularly true in rural areas and …
Northern Bobwhite ( Colinus virginianus ) breeding season roost site selection in a working agricultural landscape in Clay County, Mississippi
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Olivia Lappin, Kristine O. Evans, Raymond B. Iglay
Appropriate habitat management may be one of the most important factors contributing to Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) population persistence, but biologists lack information on how …
Prevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in people attending the two main Goma markets in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Prudence Mitangala, Léonid M. Irenge, Edgar Tsongo Musubao
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) officially reports low coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) prevalence. This cross-sectional study, conducted between September and November 2021, assessed …
Influence of localized artificial light on calling activity of Common Poorwill ( Phalaenoptilus nuttallii )
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Paul J.E. Preston, R. Mark Brigham
The presence of localized artificial light at night (or ALAN) drastically changes the landscape for organisms by providing areas of darkness and light within an …
Cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying false memories: misinformation, distortion or erroneous configuration?
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Antonio G. Lentoor
Errors can affect our memory, yet even when there are gaps in our recollection of events, memory often serves us fairly well. Memory formation involves …
CSS: A Large-scale Cross-schema Chinese Text-to-SQL Medical Dataset
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Hanchong Zhang, Jieyu Li, Lu Chen
The cross-domain text-to-SQL task aims to build a system that can parse user questions into SQL on complete unseen databases, and the single-domain text-to-SQL task …
A NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTIONS FOR CHILDREN AFFECTED BY HIV AND AIDS
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Nomvuyo Lukelelo
Children are often left orphaned and without adult supervision when the parent or caregiver dies from HIV and AIDS-related illnesses. There is very little information …
The Mediated Relationship Between Secondary School Student Perceptions of Teaching Behaviour and Self-Reported Academic Engagement Across Six Countries
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Ridwan Maulana, Rikkert van der Lans, Michelle Helms‐Lorenz
Abstract Limitations in the current knowledge base on the importance of perceived teaching behaviour and student engagement are visible. Past studies on this topic specifically …
Secondary Education Teachers’ Effective Teaching Behaviour Across Five Countries: Does it Change Over Time?
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Ridwan Maulana, Amanda Maraschin Bruscato, Michelle Helms‐Lorenz
Abstract Over the last decade, a limited number of studies have documented changes in effective teaching behaviour in secondary education over time. However, the studies …
Modeling the effects of Prophylactic behaviors on the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in West Africa
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Elodie Yedomonhan, Chénangnon Frédéric Tovissodé, Romain Glèlè Kakaï
Various general and individual measures have been implemented to limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2 since its emergence in China. Several phenomenological and mechanistic models have …
Controlling malaria in a population accessing counterfeit antimalarial drugs
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Baaba Abassawah Danquah, Faraimunashe Chirove, Jacek Banasiak
A mathematical model is developed for describing malaria transmission in a population consisting of infants and adults and in which there are users of counterfeit …
FACTORS INFLUENCING RELAPSE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS: AN ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
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Nobuhle Ndou, Priscalia Khosa
Substance abuse is a global problem that has generated considerable concern among patients, families, clinicians and researchers. Existing research has not explored the views of …
Assessment of pre-service physics teachers’ conceptual understanding in electricity and magnetism
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Zemenu Mihret, Mekbib Alemu, Shimeles Assefa
This study focused on an assessment of pre-service physics teachers’ conceptual understanding of physics in the domain of electricity and magnetism concepts. The study employed …
Practices of Luganda Language Educators in Using Emerging Technologies at the School of Education, Makerere University
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Rashid Lukwago, Betty Akullu Ezati, Anthony Mugagga Muwagga
The study explored practices of Luganda language educators at the School of Education, Makerere University in using emerging technologies. The study analyzed the practices of …
Online education and organisational space in business schools during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Albrecht Fritzsche, Hendrik S. Kriek
Purpose: The article studies how the shutdown of campuses and subsequent change to online course delivery during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have changed …
Assessing the revised Clinical Institute Withdrawal for Alcohol Scale use at Stikland Hospital
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Creeshen P. Muddapah, Lize Weich
Background: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a major public health concern in South Africa (SA). Abrupt cessation or reduction of alcohol intake in chronic users …
Improving Learners’ Academic Performance through Parent-teacher Collaboration in the Foundation Phase
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Makwalete Johanna Malatji, Cornelia Elizabeth Beeken, Chanzelle Haasbroek
The study investigated strategies that can be used to improve the collaboration between parents and teachers to improve the learners’ academic performance. The study followed …