Adaptive-Delta ADWIN for Balancing Sensitivity and Stability in Streaming IDS
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Rodney Buang Sebopelo
In dynamic traffic networks, intrusion detection systems (IDS) must handle dynamic data stream where traffic changes occur, and concept drift is customary. Traditional concept drift …
Robotic Process Automation Readiness Barriers and Enablers in South Africa’s Energy Supply Chain
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Mariah Thokozile Motsoeneng, Mmatshuene Anna Segooa, Ignitia Motjolopane
South Africa’s energy industry faces ongoing challenges including power shortages, ageing infrastructure, and supply chain inefficiencies, while, limited empirical evidence exists on how organisations in …
THE DIGITAL EVOLUTION OF BUSINESS, EDUCATION, AND GOVERNANCE IN EMERGING ECONOMIES
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Richard Mulenga
This review article examines how digital transformation is reshaping business, education, and governance in emerging economies. While these nations face challenges such as limited infrastructure, …
Ethical transgressions among healthcare professionals in South Africa from 2014 to 2023
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Maureen A Pontarelli, Yanet Gezu, Mila Nortjé
Background: Patients have become more comfortable lodging complaints with professional regulatory bodies over the last several years, likely influenced by the trending nature of patient-centred …
Reimagining Consumer Analytics: Predictive and Real-Time Insights Through Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling
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Chacha Magasi, Aloyce M. Nyamwesa
Background: Prior research had predominantly emphasized traditional Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), with limited exploration of dynamic SEM. Yet, dynamic SEM was essential, as it enhanced …
Scattering of a Dirac particle by a Berry phase domain wall
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L. Mandhour, Farah Bouhadida, Frédéric Piéchon
Massless Dirac particles are characterized by an effective pseudospin-momentum locking, which is the origin of the peculiar scattering properties of Dirac particles through potential barriers. …
Building trust in open educational resources for multiliteracies in English and Applied Linguistics
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Aletta Mweneni Hautemo, Sylvia Iithindi
The paper examines the issue of trust in adopting open educational resources (OER) to develop multiliteracies in the field of English and Applied Linguistics. The …
Towards pedagogies of distrust: Higher education learning in the age of generative Artificial Intelligence
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D Joubert, A.E. Strever
Since the release of ChatGPT, generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools have become ubiquitous in higher education teaching-learning-assessment (TLA). This paper explores how generative AI impacts …
Evaluating the advancements and efficacies in pharmacological Mpox treatments: a comprehensive review
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Shuaibu Abdullahi Hudu, Najlaa Saadi, Albashir Tahir
Monkeypox, now known as Mpox, has reemerged as a serious public health threat due to an increasing number of outbreaks outside its primary endemic regions. …
Decentralization of hepatitis B care in sub-Saharan Africa: study protocol for a prospective cohort assessing three models of care in rural Ethiopia
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Kristian Braathen Malme, Nega Berhe, Fufa Hunduma
BACKGROUND: Improving treatment uptake among people with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection who live outside urban centres is crucial to achieving the World Health Organization …
Improving healthcare quality in Sudan: situation and factors influencing healthcare professionals’ engagement
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Swsan A. M. Elsharif, Elaf M. H. Abdelraheem, Hajar Saad Salih
BACKGROUND: Quality improvement (QI) projects depend on the active involvement of healthcare professionals. However, their engagement remains suboptimal, specially in humanitarian settings such as Sudan. …
Factors influencing the use of microbiology services: A cross-sectional study in Ethiopian public hospitals
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Kibrewossen Kiflu Akililu, Workagegnehu Tarekegn, Zerihun Shimelis Kasa
BACKGROUND: Empiric management of infectious diseases is prevalent in low-resource settings. This has resulted in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance. In Ethiopia, there …
First report of the pyrethroid-resistance-associated V1016I mutation in Aedes aegypti at the seaport of Cotonou, Benin, West Africa
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Antoine Salomon Lokossou, Rock Aïkpon, Murielle Dossou
BACKGROUND: Monitoring insecticide resistance in disease vectors is a key strategy to anticipate emerging and re-emerging diseases, particularly in the context of interventions such as …
The BiteBarrier transfluthrin emanator demonstrates significant protection against susceptible and resistant malaria and arbovirus vectors in semi-field trials in Tanzania
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Masudi Suleiman Maasayi, Johnson Kyeba Swai, Joseph B. Muganga
Controlling mosquito-borne diseases is becoming increasingly challenging due to factors such as insecticide resistance and shifts in mosquito behavior. The increasing proportion of early evening, …
Pollination by honeybee increases yield and quality of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) in semi-arid regions of Egypt
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Mostafa A. Seddik, Mahmoud Abbas Ali
Pollinators, particularly honeybees (Apis mellifera L.), play a pivotal role in enhancing the yield and quality of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) crops, especially in …
Perceived family support and undernutrition among older outpatients of a Northern Nigerian hospital: A mixed methods study
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Abdulgafar Lekan Olawumi, Abubakar Abiso Mohammed, Zainab Abdulkadir
BACKGROUND: Population ageing is increasing in developing countries like Nigeria, where declining death rates and high birth rates raise public health concerns, particularly regarding undernutrition. …
Effect of behavioral interventions on schistosomiasis-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices of schoolchildren in Pemba, Tanzania: A 4-year repeated cross-sectional study
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Naomi Chi Ndum, Lydia Trippler, Ulfat A. Mohammed
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that mostly affects school-age children in sub-Saharan Africa. Preventive chemotherapy is the mainstay of control. Other interventions, including behavior …
Prevalence, incidence and associated factors of pneumonia among severely malnourished children hospitalized in Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda
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Harriet Nambuya, Ezekiel Mupere, Nicolette Nabukeera‐Barungi
BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is still a burden in children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition (SAM). However, there is limited published information on the magnitude and characteristics …
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices on anthrax in selected game management areas in Zambia
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Exillia Kabbudula, Laila Gondwe, Chitwambi Makungu
In this study, we investigated anthrax, a zoonotic disease, at the human-wildlife-livestock interface in Zambia, focusing on Simalaha Conservancy, Blue Lagoon, and Lochinvar National Parks. …
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Profitability dynamics of improved and traditional beehive models in Tanzania
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William George
Abstract Despite Tanzania’s strong potential for apiculture, smallholder beekeepers continue to experience low productivity and limited profitability due to the dominance of traditional log hives, …