Robust Optimization of a Wireless Power Transfer Coupler Against Manufacturing and Fabrication Tolerances
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Sampath Jayalath, Azeem Khan
The design variables are optimized to improve the overall performance of wireless power transfer (WPT) coils or couplers. However, failure to consider their uncertainties and …
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in Republic of Congo, February 2022
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Gilbert Ndziessi, Fabien Roch Niama, Axel Gilius Aloumba
In resource-limited countries, the lack of widespread screening masks the true situation of COVID-19. We conducted this study to assess SARS-CoV-2 spread by detection of …
First escaped populations of Gazania ×splendens Hend. & Andr. Hend. (Asteraceae) in Algeria
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Nora Sakhraoui, Sonia Rouidi, Franz Essl
During field surveys carried out in north-eastern Algeria, the escape of Gazania ×splendens Hend.& Andr.Hend.was observed; it is reported here as in the process of …
ASSESSING ORGANISATIONS’ READINESS TO ADOPT GREEN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: THE CASE OF A SOUTH AFRICAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES VENDOR
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Isaac Muranganwa, Rennie Naidoo
Green information technology (IT) adoption is an important topic in the fields of information systems, business sustainability, and corporate social responsibility. This case study applies …
FROM ‘VICTIM’ TO ‘SURVIVOR’: DECONSTRUCTING THE PERVASIVE NOTION OF VICTIMHOOD IN DISCOURSES AROUND PROGRAMMES DEALING WITH GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
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Goitseone Leburu
Social workers are among key professionals rendering empowerment services to people affected by gender-based violence in South Africa. These services are rendered within the developmental …
Not All Counterhate Tweets Elicit the Same Replies: A Fine-Grained Analysis
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Abdullah Albanyan, Ahmed E. Hassan, Eduardo Blanco
Counterhate arguments can effectively fight and limit the spread of hate speech.However, they can also exacerbate the hate, as some people may respond with aggression …
UM6P at SemEval-2023 Task 12: Out-Of-Distribution Generalization Method for African Languages Sentiment Analysis
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Abdelkader El Mahdaouy, Hamza Alami, Salima Lamsiyah
This paper presents our submitted system to AfriSenti SemEval-2023 Task 12: Sentiment Analysis for African Languages.The AfriSenti consists of three different tasks, covering monolingual, multilingual, …
Pathways from information to the adoption of conservation agriculture practices in Malawi and Tanzania
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Paswel Marenya, Josephine Gakii Gatua, Dil Bahadur Rahut
Abstract To reduce agriculture's carbon, land and water footprint, the diffusion of conservation farming methods is one commonly cited proposition. Yet the process of translating …
Translating Ethics into Practice: Providing Long-Term Cardiometabolic and Cardiovascular Disease Care for Research Participants in Africa
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Cody Cichowitz, Godfrey Kisigo, Grace Ruselu
In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), health systems face significant challenges responding to the growing burden of cardiometabolic and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) [1,2], and most adults in …
Financial Structure, Firm Size and Financial Growth of Non-Financial Firms Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
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David Haritone Shikumo, Oluoch Oluoch, Joshua Matanda Wepukhulu
A significant number of the non-financial firms listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) have been experiencing declining financial performance and financial growth, which deter …
Temporal patterns of gelatinous zooplankton distribution and environmental drivers in the south-western Mediterranean Sea.
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Ghollame Ellah Yacine Khames, Aldjia Kherchouche, Zakia Alioua
are the most abundant species. The nMDS and ANOSIM analysis reveal significant differences in the ecological community structures between the Habibas Islands and Sidi Fredj. …
AN ANALYSIS OF POLICIES AND LEGISLATION RELATING TO CHILD PARTICIPATION BY CHILDREN IN ALTERNATIVE CARE IN SOUTH AFRICA
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Ulene Schiller, Marianne Strydom, Antoinette Lombard
Worldwide, children in the care of the state constitute one of the most vulnerable groups in society. They are often not heard, or their views …
Determinants of tuberculosis treatment support costs to the treatment supporters in rural Ghana
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Robert Bagngmen Bio, Patricia Akweongo, Augustine Adomah-Afari
Background: The Ghana Health Service has been implementing the Directly Observed Therapy Short Course (DOTS) strategy for decades now, to cure and reduce the transmission …
Combating coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in rural areas of Malawi: Factors affecting the fight
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Winner Dominic Chawinga, Wales Singini, John Phuka
BACKGROUND: Owing to their detachment from urban areas, people living in rural areas of Malawi are on the receiving end of health services and socio-economic …
“A disease that God has given me” patients and caregivers’ perspectives on diabetes in southeastern Tanzania
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Emmy Metta
BACKGROUND: Prompt diagnosis and appropriate management of diabetes has the potential of improving survival and patient health outcomes. Yet many diabetes patients present themselves to …
Deriving lexical statistics for psycholinguistic research on isiXhosa
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Robyn Berghoff
Psycholinguistic research on isiXhosa and related Bantu languages is scarce. For research on lexical processing in particular, a prerequisite is data on lexical properties that …
Potential clinical utility of plasma D-dimer levels among women with cervical cancer in Lagos, Nigeria
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Lucky E Tietie, Kehinde S. Okunade, Adaiah P Soibl-Harry
The link between plasma D-dimer levels and underlying malignancy has been established.How this translates in clinical practice as a marker of detection and prognosis of …
Expression of Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 (EZH2) Gene in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
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Nahla A M Hamed, Ashraf El Ghandour, Reham Abo Elwafa
BACKGROUND: Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 (EZH2) is the catalytic subunit of the chromatin modifying enzyme polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2). As a complex, these …
Investigation of Point Refractivity Gradient and Geoclimatic Factor at 70 m Altitude in Yenagoa, Nigeria
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Yusuf Babatunde Lawal, E. Omotoso
The quality of services provided via Inter-Terrestrial radio communication links such as GSM networks, Wide Area Network (WAN), Radio and TV broadcasts is largely influenced …
Socio-economic factors correlating with illegal use of giraffe body parts
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Arthur Muneza, Bernard Amakobe, Simon Kasaine
Abstract Unsustainable hunting, both illegal and legal, has led to the extirpation of many species. In the last 35 years giraffeGiraffaspp. populations have declined precipitously, …