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 …
Non-use of healthcare services among persons with mobility impairments in Cofimvaba, South Africa
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Babalwa Tshaka, Surona Visagie, Lieketseng Ned
Background: Access to primary health care is a fundamental right for all. However, persons with disabilities are experiencing difficulties when accessing healthcare because of various …
Influence of age at slaughter and sex on carcass characteristics and technological and sensory quality of Goliath chicken meat
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A. G. A. Christie Ahokpossi, A. G. Bonou, Kokou Tona
Background and Aim: The Goliath chicken is a slow-growing chicken with a high slaughter weight but whose carcass characteristics and meat quality have not yet …
Bioactivity of an organic farming aid with possible fungistatic properties against some oil palm seedling foliar pathogens
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Joshua Obeng, Daniel Agyei-Dwarko, Peter Teinor
Synthetic fungicides are necessary evil in crop production, their usage cannot be neglected or abandoned but must be alternated/supplemented with other control measures such as …
Seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with increased age in sub-Saharan Africa: Results from a cross-sectional comparative analysis
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Charly Feutseu, Mathurin Kowo, Anne Ongmeb Boli
Background: Several epidemiological studies have established the association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, the determinants and reasons …
Characterization, expression analysis and RNAi-mediated knockdown of two aquaporin genes in the cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
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Sayed M.S. Khalil, Shimaa EL-GAMAL, Samir IBRAHIM
Aquaporins (AQPs) are integral membrane proteins that can transport water and small molecules across cell membranes in organisms. In a previous report, we identified an …
Implementation and effectiveness of a linkage to HIV care intervention in rural South Africa (ANRS 12249 TasP trial)
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Mélanie Plazy, Adama Diallo, Thabile Hlabisa
BACKGROUND: Timely linkage to care and ART initiation is critical to decrease the risks of HIV-related morbidity, mortality and HIV transmission, but is often challenging. …
Integration of COVID-19 and TB screening in Kampala, Uganda: healthcare provider perspectives
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Fred C. Semitala, Rodgers Katwesigye, Dennis Kalibbala
BACKGROUND: Following the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak, Uganda experienced a 40% drop in tuberculosis (TB) screening by June 2020. We sought to identify …
Evaluation of groundwater repositories in parts of Enugu, Eastern Nigeria via electrical resistivity technique
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Mirianrita Ngozi Ossai, F. N. Okeke, Daniel N. Obiora
Abstract Resistivity survey was carried out in Enugu North, Southeastern Nigeria, in order to evaluate the groundwater condition of the area. The inadequacy of surface …
Associations between HIV status and self-reported hypertension in a high HIV prevalence sub-Saharan African population: a cross-sectional study
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Katherine Davis, Louisa Moorhouse, Rufurwokuda Maswera
OBJECTIVES: This study examined whether HIV status and antiretroviral therapy (ART) exposure were associated with self-reported hypertension in Zimbabwe. DESIGN: Study data were taken from …
Effect of hybrid-fiber- reinforcement on the shear behavior of high-strength-concrete beams
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Ahmed Awad, Maged Tawfik, Ahmed Farouk Deifalla
The shear behavior of concrete beams is highly affected by the implementation of better performance concrete. Hybrid fibers addition to concrete mixture has proven to …
Safety and therapeutic efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria at Shecha health centre, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
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Kale Gubae, Hussein Mohammed, Heven Sime
BACKGROUND: ) as first-line treatment for the management of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Continuous monitoring of AL therapeutic efficacy is crucial in Ethiopia, as per …