Early Detection of Stroke for Ensuring Health and Well-Being Based on Categorical Gradient Boosting Machine
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Isaac Kofi Nti, Owusu Nyarko‐Boateng, Justice Aning
Stroke is believed to be among the leading causes of adult disability worldwide. It is wreaking havoc on African people, families, and governments, with ramifications …
Developing Novel Robust Loss Functions-Based Classification Layers for DLLSTM Neural Networks
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Mohamad Abou Houran, Mohamed H. Essai, Adel B. Abdel-Raman
In this paper, we suggest improving the performance of developed activation function-based Deep Learning Long Short-Term Memory (DLLSTM) structures by employing robust loss functions like …
Attitudes towards receiving COVID-19 vaccine and its associated factors among Southwest Ethiopian adults, 2021
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Mamo Solomon Emire, Bisrat Zeleke Shiferaw
INTRODUCTION: Many countries around the world are still affected by the global pandemic of coronavirus disease. The vaccine is the most effective method of controlling …
Relevance of HLA-DP/DQ and INF-λ4 Polymorphisms to COVID-19 Outcomes
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Amany A. Ghazy, Abdullah N. Al‐Rasheedi, Mohammed Elashri
Background: Single nucleotide polymorphisms provide information on individuals’ potential reactions to environmental factors, infections, diseases, as well as various therapies. A study on SNPs that …
Robust hybrid estimator for the state of charge of a lithium-ion battery
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Ayokunle Awelewa, Koto Omiloli, Isaac Samuel
The use of batteries for diverse energy storage applications is increasing, primarily because of their high energy density, and lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) are of particular …
An Accuracy-preserving Block Hybrid Algorithm for the Integration of Second-order Physical Systems with Oscillatory Solutions
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Joshua Sunday, Joel N. Ndam, Lydia J. Kwari
It is a known fact that in most cases, to integrate an oscillatory problem, higher order A-stable methods are often needed. This is because such …
Enrollment and retention of female sex workers in HIV care in health facilities in Mbarara city
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Bridget Arinaitwe, Philbert Ariho, Christine Hilda Naturinda
Background: Sex work is a global driver of the HIV epidemic, and the risk of acquiring HIV is 13 times higher for female sex workers …
Useful public health countermeasures to control the current multicountry outbreak of Monkeypox disease
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Khadija Leila El Siby Diatta, Oumar Faye, Amadou Alpha Sall
Monkeypox is a viral disease endemic to some countries in Central and Western Africa. However, sporadic human cases have also been reported outside of Africa. …
Effect of school feeding program on body mass index of primary school adolescents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A prospective cohort study
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Bekri Mohammed, Tefera Belachew, Shemsu Kedir
Background: Governments and developmental organizations are encouraged to devote adequate resources to the establishment of free school meals to low-income children in developing countries. In …
Assessment of safe injection awareness and practices among healthcare providers at primary health care facilities
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Lamia Ali, Randa Eldessouki
BACKGROUND: Unsafe injection necessitates some preventive steps including promoting and assuring the execution of safe injection administration and waste disposal methods. The present study aimed …
Reimagining mission and missiology amid global ecological crisis: An oikomissiological theoretical and conceptual framework for building a sustainable world.
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Lukwikilu Credo Mangayi
The starting point is that mission and missiology must work to sustain the whole web of life on earth emulating the cosmic Christ. I have …
Afrocentricity and decoloniality in disciplinarity: A reflective dialogue on academic literacy development
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This study explores a transformative method to revise an academic literacy study guide in a Humanities faculty in South Africa. The methodology includes a critical …
Socioeconomic Factors and Navigational Safety among Marine Pilots in Lagos Ports
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Adeniyi Olufemi Oluwakoya
Marine transportation is a critical component of global trade and commerce, with ports serving as key nodes for the movement of goods and people. However, …
South Africa
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Ramos Mabugu, Eddie Rakabe
Abstract This chapter focuses on contemporary issues in South Africa’s evolving and unique system of quasi-federal governance. In what appears to be an unending and …
Bending and buckling responses of functionally graded nanoplates embedded in an elastic medium
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R. Bentabet, Amina Attia, Mahmoud M. Selim
This research is devoted to the study of the flexural response and buckling analysis (thermal and mechanical) of functionally graded (FG) nanoscale plates integrated in …
Establishment of an interdisciplinary vascular anomalies program in Tanzania, East Africa
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Daniel Puhr‐Westerheide, Max Masthoff, Jay Shah
Purpose The aim of this project is the sustainable implementation of a vascular anomalies (VA) program in Tanzania. Materials and methods In 2021 the first …
Effects of non-classical boundary conditions on the free vibration response of a cantilever Euler-Bernoulli beams
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Abderrachid Afras, Abdelouafi El Ghoulbzouri
In this article, the problem of the free vibration behavior of a cantilever Euler-Bernoulli beam with various non-classical boundary conditions, such as rotational, translational spring, …
Structural and Electronic Properties of Cu2+ Doped LiMn2O4 Cathode Material for Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery: A DFT Study
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Owolabi Joshua Adeyemi, M. Y. Onimisi, Victor A Odoh
Spinel LiMn2O4 offers a potentially attractive alternative to the commercialized LiCoO2 because of its low cost, non-toxicity, good rate performance and superior safety, but experiences …
Effect of Substrate Type on Survival and Growth of Sweet Potato Vitroplants Under Acclimatization
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Katembo Vihabwa Abishay, Arnaud Agbidinoukoun, Badou Bienvenu Témidouan
The lack of healthy planting materials is one of the major constraints of sweet potato cultivation in Benin. One of the solutions to this problem …
Comparative Analysis of the Effectiveness of Polymerase Chain Reaction and Microscopy in Malaria Diagnosis
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Ismail Muhammad, Tanko Mohammed, Asiya Usman
Malaria is a life-threatening parasitic disease which causes enormous morbidity and mortality in tropical African countries. Successful prevention and treatment of infected individuals heavenly depend …