Energy Shocks and Food System Transmission: A Rapid Assessment Framework for Import-Dependent Economies with Evidence from Malawi
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Greenwell Matchaya
This technical report develops a rapid assessment framework for understanding how global shocks transmit into domestic food systems, with particular emphasis on import-dependent economies. Drawing …
Tension Viscerothorax with Concomitant Pneumothorax and Associated Intrathoracic Gastric Perforation after Thoracoabdominal Stab Wound in a Resource-Limited Setting: A Case Report
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Amanuel Mesfin Oljira, Sinbona Ararsa Keneni, Solomon Guteta
INTRODUCTION: Traumatic diaphragmatic injury after penetrating thoracoabdominal trauma is rare and can be missed when CT is not available. Tension viscerothorax can mimic tension pneumothorax …
Critical Interconnections Between Cultural and Biological Diversity in the Congo Basin
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Aida Cuní‐Sanchez, Maximiliano Fero Meñe, Milena Beekmann
Abstract In this chapter, we explore the interconnections between biological and cultural diversity in the Congo Basin. This chapter focuses on the worldviews, human-nature relationships, …
The Social Construction of Race: Ubuntu as an Ethical Foundation for Addressing Racism and Promoting the Cultivation of Humanity in South Africa
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Grey Magaiza, Brenda Muchabveyo
Race remains one of the most persistent and divisive social constructs in contemporary society. Its historical legacies continue to shape economic inequalities, educational hierarchies, and …
Rekindling the Love of Learning through Service-learning
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Pedro Alexis Tabensky, Lindsay Kelland
This paper explores how critical service-learning can help to rekindle students’ love of learning by reorienting their attention from an instrumental ‘having mode’ to an …
Reimagining Community Engagement in Higher Education Institutions to Cultivate Humanity through Integral Education and Ubuntu
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Kanya Padayachee
This chapter explores the notion of cultivating humanity in higher education community engagement in South Africa through the application of an integral education and Ubuntu …
Concluding remarks
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Claire McCann, Savathrie Margie Maistry
This concluding chapter reflects on the central argument of the book: that the cultivation of humanity is not a peripheral concern but a core educational, …
Community Engagement and the Work of Cultivating Humanity: Insights from Young People’s Experiences at the Community-University Interface in Makhanda
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Lizole Jalajala, Nwabisa Nkani, Zanoxolo Nyangiwe
Although universities increasingly express commitment to ideals of community engagement and access, the lived experiences of those who sit at the intersection of these two …
Community-University Engagement as a Model for University Transformation and the Cultivation of Humanity
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George Ladaah Openjuru, David Monk, Robert Jjuuko
This article explores the critical role of healthy community-university engagement in fostering transformative development and enhancing institutional vitality. It argues that universities must move beyond …
Applying the Adaptive Systemic Approach to activate community participation in waste management and pollution control in the Inner Murchison Bay, Uganda
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David Gwapedza, Andrew State, Christine Namuddu
Managing waste and preventing water pollution are urgent and interconnected challenges in rapidly urbanizing African cities. In Uganda, unregulated waste disposal is threatening the ecological …
A multi-criteria framework for scaling low-emission food systems innovations: a case study of Nandi County, Kenya
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George Amenchwi Amahnui, Hanna Ewell, Martha Vanegas-Cubillos
Abstract This study presents a framework for assessing the scalability of innovations aimed at achieving low-emission development, using a case study of Nandi County, Kenya. …
The impact of egg-based supplementation on child malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
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Legese Petros, Alemneh Kabeta Daba, Abadi Gebre Mezgebe
Abstract Malnutrition remains a major public health challenge in low- and middle-income countries and disproportionately affecting children under five. Eggs, given their high nutrient density …
Assessing knowledge and lifestyle behaviours for hypertension management among adults in urban Ghana: a cross-sectional study
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Theodora Ojangba, Solomon Boamah, Yudong Miao
Abstract Aim: This study aimed to assess knowledge, lifestyle behaviours, and sociodemographic associations regarding hypertension control among adults in urban Ghana. Background: Hypertension is a …
A workers’ education curriculum with no production issues? Gaps in workers’ education in South Africa
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Mondli Hlatshwayo
Despite massive changes in production, workers’ education, especially in South Africa, is misaligned with the radical transformation of the labour process and the introduction of …
Performance Evaluation of a Thermo-luminescent Dosimetry System for Occupational Monitoring in Federal Teaching Hospital Katsina, Nigeria
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B. G. Muhammad, Maryam L Maikudi, Suleiman Bello
Thermo-luminescent dosimeters (TLDs) are widely used for occupational radiation monitoring due to their sensitivity, reusability, and tissue equivalence. This study evaluates the performance of a …
Cities, Infrastructure, Energy, and the Future of the Congo Basin
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Lee J. T. White, Bila‐Isia Inogwabini, Suspense Averti Ifo
Abstract The Congo Basin is more highly urbanized than most of the African continent. Gabon, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo have been majority urban populations …
Central African Rainforest Archaeology
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Richard Oslisly, Pascal Nlend Nlend, Louis Champion
Abstract Although it remains largely unknown to the general public, archaeological research in Central Africa has uncovered an extraordinarily rich heritage. Lack of awareness is …
Bayesian component separation and power spectrum estimation for 21 cm intensity mapping data cubes
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Geoff Murphy, Philip Bull, Mario G. Santos
Foreground removal remains an ongoing challenge in radio cosmology, and increasingly sensitive experiments necessitate more robust analysis techniques. In this work, we model simulated data …
Community-Based COVID-19 Surveillance and Antimicrobial Use During the Pandemic: Implications for Pandemic Preparedness and Antimicrobial Resistance Control in Nigeria
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Oliver Uchechukwu Okwor
The COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria was associated with unprecedented challenges, including limited surveillance infrastructure, limited laboratory capacity, and a concurrent high burden of antimicrobial resistance. …
Breastfeeding self-efficacy status and determinant factors among postnatal women in public hospitals of the Gurage Zone, Central Ethiopia: a mixed study design
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Mangistu Abera, Megertu Obsa Gelmesa, Ayele Sahile Abdo
BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding self-efficacy is a mother's confidence in her ability to breastfeed, influencing her decision to do so. Across the world, due to low breastfeeding …