Prevalence of Dengue and Chikungunya in the Horn of Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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Aamir M. Osman, Mercy Mwenya, Francis Oketch Ochieng
Abstract Background Dengue virus (DENV) and Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) are important mosquito-borne arboviruses with expanding global distributions. Although recurrent outbreaks have occurred in the Horn …
What drives clean solar technology adoption in West Africa? A case study of Ghana and Nigeria
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Norbert Edomah, Oliver Weber, Nicholas Ugwu
Abstract Clean energy innovation and adoption is critical to addressing energy poverty in West Africa. This article focuses on identifying which drivers actually govern solar …
Teacher-Mediated, Not Learner-Facing: A Bayesian Quasi-Experimental Study of Agentic AI Support in Grade 10 Functions and Graphs
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Lehlohonolo V. Dlamini, Moeketsi Mosia, Felix Oromena Egara
Background Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being integrated into school mathematics, yet most research has focused on learner-facing systems rather than AI that supports teachers …
Hardware Reconfigurable Secure Data Acquisition System of a Shared ADC in Heterogenous Multi-channel Inputs with Automatic Sampling Frequency Configurations
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Upper-Expectile Multi-Step Q-Learning for Off-Policy Reinforcement Learning
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Abdelghani Ghanem, Mounir Ghogho
Multi-step returns accelerate reward propagation in off-policy reinforcement learning, but couple the evaluation of each decision to the suboptimal logged actions that follow it, inducing …
Tertiary music students’ hearing health behaviors: ignorance is not bliss
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Sarah-Ann Soltau, Bridget Rennie-Salonen
Introduction: Hearing loss is a serious concern among musicians due to the hearing health risks associated with their profession and the high prevalence of music-induced …
Do inflation, growth, and exchange rate converge? Some North African evidence
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Hassan Tawakol Ahmed Fadol
Bipolar soft neighborhoods with application in decision-making
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Saif Z. Hameed, Heba Mustafa, Abdelaziz E. Radwan
This paper introduces bipolar soft (BS) neighborhood structures within the framework of soft set theory. First, several properties associated with lower and upper approximations based …
CT-to-MRI Synthesis with Dual CycleGAN: Advancing Radiotherapy Planning in Brain Glioblastoma Multiform
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Mohamed O. F. Elzoghby, Ahmed Hesham Said, Ahmed A. G. El‐Shahawy
Editorial: Diseases with immune dysregulation in Africa
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Lydia Lamara Mahammed, M. Gharnaout, Najla Mekki
Immune dysregulation encompasses a broad spectrum of disorders, including inborn errors of immunity (IEIs), autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases, allergic disorders, and cancers.Although traditionally considered distinct …
Association Between Source of Insecticide-Treated Nets (Facility-Based vs. Mass Campaigns) and ITN Use Among Pregnant Women in Uganda
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Charles Karanja Wanjiku
Gamification and Motivation of Secondary School Students in Physics, Osun State, Nigeria
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Ademola Sunday Adedeji
Autoparametric Resonance and Fractional-Order Viscoelastic Damping in Cable-Stayed Bridges: A Multiple-Scales Analysis with Finite-Element Verification
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Oluwatosin Gabriel Oyesanya
Predictive Value of Intraoperative Urine Culture for Postoperative Urinary Tract Infections in Endourological Surgery: A Prospective Observational Study
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Zakaria Laanibi, Mohamed Tetou, Abderrazak Benazzouz
An Evidence-Grounded Retrieval-Augmented Transformer Framework for Health Misinformation Verification
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Isah M. Bukar, Bala Mairiga Abduljalil, Bashir Saleh Maina
The rapid spread of false and misleading health information through digital platforms has become a major public health challenge, particularly during infectious disease outbreaks where …
Beyond prevalence: diagnostic heterogeneity in population-based glaucoma studies in Africa–a systematic review
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Albert Kwadjo Amoah Andoh, Alexander Karl-Georg Schuster, Josephine Ampong
Background The burden of glaucoma is disproportionately high in Africa. While numerous population-based studies have reported prevalence estimates, little attention has been given to the …
How do Global, US, and Domestic Uncertainty Shocks Impact Inflation and Monetary Policy in BRICS Countries? Evidence from PSVAR
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Hassan Tawakol Ahmed Fadol
Editorial: Engineered 2D nanomaterial based diagnostic platforms for human disease detection
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Bulelwa Ntsendwana, Lucky Sikhwivhilu, Zhuofu Liu
Infectious diseases such as HIV, Malaria, Tuberculosis, are viewed as a global health threat contributing to the major causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. The …
Green-Synthesised Silver Nanoparticles from Solanum aethiopicum Leaves: Physicochemical Characterisation and In Vitro Antioxidant Activity
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Chinwe Priscilla Okonkwo, Matthew Chiemezie Obiadi, Anthony A. Anyogu
District-level ecological analysis of the association between stunting and infectious diseases among children under 2 years in Rwanda, 2020–2024
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Seleman Ntawuyirushintege, Nouh Saad Mohamed, Ayman Ahmed
Background Stunting among children under 2 years remains a major public health problem in Rwanda despite substantial investments in nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), …