Engineered column treatment of greywater using raw and pyrolyzed coconut husk powder
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Theodora Sophia Taylor, Eugene Appiah–Effah, Kofi Akodwaa-Boadi
Reclaimed water from wastewater has become a prominent water source option to manage water scarcity. This study explores the potential of coconut husk biomass, a …
Effects of major and trace elements from the El Kahfa ring complex on fish: Geological, physicochemical, and biological approaches
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Eman Saad, Mohamed Hamed, Abdelnaby M. Elshahawy
The alkaline rocks are known for enriching rare lithophilic elements, including lithium, uranium, and tin, which negatively impact aquatic life. This study offers an intensive …
Structural and cross-cultural validity of the Afrikaans for the Western Cape Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire
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Susan de Klerk, Christina Jerosch‐Herold, Helen Buchanan
Abstract Background The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire has been translated and cross-culturally adapted to Afrikaans for the Western Cape, within …
Joint modeling of rainfall and temperature in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia: Application of copula
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Haile Mekonnen Fenta, Demeke Lakew Workie, Dereje Tesfaye Zikie
Objective Climate change has effects on the economy development of any country. This paper aimed to fit the best marginal and joint distribution models of …
Hypertension in an Emergency Department Population in Moshi, Tanzania; A Qualitative Study of Barriers to Hypertension Control
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Sophie W. Galson, Msafiri Pesambili, João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci
BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan Africa has a high prevalence of hypertension with a low rate of awareness, treatment adherence, and control. The emergency department (ED) may represent …
The Targeted Maximum Likelihood estimation to estimate the causal effects of the previous tuberculosis treatment in Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Sudan
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Adel Hussein Elduma, Kourosh Holakouie‐Naieni, Amir Almasi‐Hashiani
INTRODUCTION: This study used Targeted Maximum Likelihood Estimation (TMLE) as a double robust method to estimate the causal effect of previous tuberculosis treatment history on …
Knowledge and acceptability of cervical cancer screening among female undergraduates in Babcock University Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
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Julius O. Maitanmi, Temidara E Fabiyi, Oluwadara Eniola
Background: Cervical cancer (CC) is currently the fourth most common cancer among women.There are several factors which have, in recent times, posed a threat to …
Degradation of PET Nanoplastic Oligomers at the Novel PHL7 Target:Insights from Molecular Docking and Machine Learning
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Chidi Edbert Duru, Christian Ebere Enyoh, Ijeoma Akunna Duru
The versatility of Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as a material with numerous applications in the food industry and its recalcitrance to chemical and microbial degradation has …
HIV and SARS-CoV-2 infection in postpartum Kenyan women and their infants
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Emily R. Begnel, Bhavna Chohan, Ednah Ojee
BACKGROUND: HIV may increase SARS-CoV-2 infection risk and COVID-19 severity generally, but data are limited about its impact on postpartum women and their infants. As …
Shall the sun ever rise on South Africa’s new dawn? A missiology of hope redefined
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Zuze Johannes Banda
In his book, Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred, Gevisser laments the demise of the African Renaissance dream, which many had envisaged during the presidency of …
Transnational migrants' philanthropy: Its forms, operations, and implications from the perspectives of Ghanaian residents in Europe
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Mercy DeSouza, Onallia Esther Osei, Erhabor Sunday Idemudia
Introduction: With the emergence of transnational migration studies in the 1990's, migration studies became involved in showing how migrants maintain transnational connections through money and …
Analyzing the effect of fixed and moving bottlenecks on traffic flow and car accidents in a two-lane cellular automaton model
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A. Laarej, N. Lakouari, A. Karakhi
Traffic bottleneck is considered as one of the major causes of the disturbance in traffic flow. The understanding the dynamics between vehicles and bottlenecks is …
THE EXPERIENCES OF SOCIAL WORKERS PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AT A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY IN TSHWANE, SOUTH AFRICA
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Lehlogonolo Kwena Poopedi, Nontembeko Joyce Bila
South Africa presents a high prevalence of mental health problems, with one in six South Africans being diagnosed with anxiety, depression and substance-use problems (excluding …
Aeonium haworthii Webb & Berthel. and Crassula ovata (Mill.) Druce (Crassulaceae): New records for the Algerian alien flora
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Nora Sakhraoui, Amel Boudries, Azzedine Hadef
This paper expands the list of alien species of Crassulaceae that escaped from cultivation in Algeria and mainland North Africa, as a result of the …
Exploring the Physical Properties of Tungsten Diselenide (WSe2): A First Principle Approach
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Mohammed Adamu, Alhassan Shuaibu, S.G. Abdu
The physical properties of crystalline compounds are highly essential for predicting their applications in various nanodevices. Density functional theory is very useful in that regard. …
Ethiopia
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Sisay Regassa Senbeta, Yakob Bekele Hundie
Abstract Fiscal federalism in Ethiopia has been implemented within a unique political context. The adoption of a multiethnic federal system has reshaped the fiscal and …
An exploratory study on excess weight gain: Experiences of Postmenopausal Women in Ghana
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Isaac Mensah Bonsu, Hellen Myezwa, Corlia Brandt
INTRODUCTION: Excess weight gain is a problem with a significant impact on health and quality of life as well as the consequent economic burden on …
THE SEARCH WARRANT PROVISIONS OF THE CYBERCRIMES ACT AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT
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Du Toit
The recently enacted Cybercrimes Act 19 of 2020 regulates the powers of the police and investigators to investigate cybercrimes. Chapter 4 of the Act provides …
Categorization of differences of sex development among Egyptian children and the role of antimullerian hormone and inhibin B
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Shereen Abdelghaffar, Engy Nasr AbdelMoneam, Samah A. Hassanein
Background: Differences of sex development (DSD) are congenital conditions linked to atypical development of chromosomal, gonadal, or anatomical sex. Objective: The aim of this study …
EconBERTa: Towards Robust Extraction of Named Entities in Economics
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Karim Lasri, Pedro Vitor Quinta de Castro, Mona Schirmer
Karim Lasri, Pedro Vitor Quinta de Castro, Mona Schirmer, Luis Eduardo San Martin, Linxi Wang, Tomáš Dulka, Haaya Naushan, John Pougué-Biyong, Arianna Legovini, Samuel Fraiberger. …