Prevalence and pattern of child sexual abuse among secondary adolescents in Sokoto Metropolis, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study
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Memunat Omar, Awosan Kehinde Joseph, Auwal Usman Abubakar
Background: Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a major public health concern with long-term physical, psychological, and social consequences. In sub-Saharan Africa, particularly northern Nigeria, evidence …
Stroke Knowledge and Its Determinants Among At-Risk Middle-Aged Adults in a Semi-Urban Nigerian Community
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Ikeanyi Chinelo Nneka, Odeke Dorathy Akunna, Ugochukwu Ezinwanne Jane
Abstract Background Stroke is a leading cause of premature mortality and disability in sub-Saharan Africa. Effective prevention depends on timely recognition of stroke symptoms and …
Effects of Varying Manganese Concentrations on Growth Performance and Proximate Composition of Amaranthus hybridus L.
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ANTHONY OLUWADAMILOLA OGUNGBEMI, Emmanuel Esther Ebikaboere
“… Infections are not confined in labs…”: Community engagement for Controlled Human Infection Studies: Opinions of researchers, bioethicists and research regulators in Uganda
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Winfred Nazziwa, Stella Neema, Alison M. Elliott
Controlled human infection studies play a critical role in advancing our knowledge of infectious diseases and developing therapeutics. However, these studies involve knowingly exposing research …
Evaluation of hydrological flow regime alteration and its ecological consequences in the Gilgel Abay River Basin, Ethiopia
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Endalh Mekonnen
SignatureGuard: hybrid CNN–transformer model for signature verification and identification across Arabic and English datasets
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Mazen Balat, Esraa Mamdouh, Rewaa Awaad
Offline signature verification has a persistent Latin-script bias: most systems are built and evaluated on English datasets, while Arabic and other non-Latin scripts are largely …
Multi-decadal remote sensing assessment of Urban heat Island intensification and biophysical transformation in Al Taif, Saudi Arabia
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Ahmed Ali A. Shohan, Abdulla ‐ Al Kafy, Saleh Alsulamy
Abstract Urban environments in arid regions face escalating environmental pressures from rapid development and climate change, making systematic monitoring of their thermal and biophysical dynamics …
Monkey orange (Strychnos spinosa lam): a review of phytonutrients, bio-accessibility, value-added products, and potential as a functional food
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Tyson T. Mokgalabone, Semakaleng Mpai, Nontuthuko Rosemary Ntuli
Introduction Strychnos spinosa Lam. (monkey orange) is a drought-tolerant indigenous fruit tree distributed across sub-Saharan Africa, valued traditionally for nutrition and medicine but remaining underutilised …
What it takes to implement AI in Africa: health-system lessons from developing an ML-enabled maternal risk stratification algorithm in Tanzania
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Augustino Hellar, Isaac Lyatuu, Alen Kinyina
Background Machine learning (ML) has growing potential to support early identification of high-risk pregnancies in resource-constrained settings. However, most studies focus on model development and …
Advisor quality and productive resources as complementary drivers of farmers’ satisfaction with agricultural extension services in Benin
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Oluwatogni Akpado Alfred Ayédoun, Comlan Hervé Sossou, Afio Zannou
Abstract Pluralistic delivery systems, in which private providers operate alongside public structures, are reshaping agricultural advisory services across sub-Saharan Africa, yet little is known about …
MinID-X: a crystallographic database architecture for offline mineral identification on Android Devices
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Smaine Chellat
A national atlas of tsetse flies and African animal trypanosomosis in Ghana
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Benita Anderson, Yahaya Adam, Charles Mahama
Household Size and Financial Capability: Evidence from an Informal Financial Economy
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Muhiyadin Aden
Plasmodium falciparum non-synonymous Kelch13 mutations mediating artemisinin resistance in East Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis: 2014–2024
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Anthony Kapesa, Vito Baraka, Richard Mwaiswelo
BACKGROUND: Resistance to antimalarial drugs has posed a significant challenge to global efforts to control and eliminate malaria. Partial artemisinin resistance has been observed in …
Temporal trends and epidemiological patterns of Lassa fever outbreaks in Ebonyi State, Nigeria: A retrospective study (2018–2023)
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Paul M. Iziomo, Emmanuel Awosanya, Olalekan John Taiwo
Ebonyi State in southeastern Nigeria has experienced a notably high number of deaths from Lassa fever (LF). Despite this, there is a dearth of studies …
Knowledge–Practice Gap, Attitudes, and Determinants of Dengue Management Practices Among Physicians in Sudan: A Cross-Sectional Study, 2026
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Mohannad Abdalfdeel Almahie Shaban, Thoraya Salah Murtada Sidahmed, Mohamed Faroug Ali Yassin
Swin-Qwen3: a three-stage vision–language framework for automated radiology report generation with multi-agent verification
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Hamida Abdaoui, Sabri Barbaria, Ahmed Al Kuwaiti
Background Automated chest x-ray reporting could substantially reduce the burden on radiology services worldwide; however, the implementation of current vision–language models (VLMs) in clinical workflows …
Patient perceptions and preferences during a community-based telehealth care model for moderate-to-severe hypertension in rural communities in Kenya and Uganda
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Jason Johnson‐Peretz, Andrew Mutabazi, Ambrose Byamukama
INTRODUCTION: Hypertension is a growing health concern in sub-Saharan Africa, yet access to care can be challenging, especially in rural areas. Overcoming barriers to hypertension …
Benzoic acid versus salicylic acid efficacy in regulating growth, accumulation of secondary metabolites and NO3 content of Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris L. var. cicla)
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Nora A. AbdelMotlb, Gamal S. Riad, Dina M. Salama
PURPOSE: Salicylic acid (SA) and benzoic acid (BA) are important phenolic regulators involved in plant growth and defense; however, their comparative roles in modulating growth …
“They delay them, and some died unattended.” Voices of midwives on barriers that delay pregnant women in seeking early medical intervention in Limpopo province of South Africa.
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Langanani C. Makhado, Ndidzulafhi Selina Raliphaswa
Background Providing specialized treatment for maternal and child health is essential for medical health institutions. This study aimed to lower the rates of maternal and …