Sensor Data Fusion For Air Quality Monitoring by hesham, Mirna

“…Since traditional air quality monitoring methods often rely on geographically sparse and costly air quality monitoring stations, image-based air quality method- ologies are recently offering a compelling alternative that utilizes images from sources like satellites, traffic cameras, and even smartphones to monitor pollution levels by using estimation models, image-processing techniques, and deep-learning models. …”
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Assessing the impact of a waiting time survey on reducing waiting times in primary care clinics in Cape Town, South Africa by Daniels, Johann Alexander

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Entomological examination of the relationship between ante-mortem and post-mortem amitriptyline concentrations in insects by Sanyanga, Taremekedzwa

“…As a result no viable blood, urine or tissue samples may exist that can be collected and utilized in toxicological analyses. Entomotoxicology offers a supplementary method to detect and analyse the presence of drugs post-mortem, especially in cases where viable toxicological specimens such as human tissue cannot be obtained. …”
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Molecular epidemiology, susceptibility profiles, outcomes and transmission dynamics in patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in two provinces of South Afri... by Pietersen, Gerbrecht Elizabeth

“…However, there are no prospective data to inform longterm treatment-related outcomes, design of effective XDR-TB treatment regimens, and public health interventions required to interrupt transmission. In particular, the utility of certain costly drugs, e.g. capreomycin, for the treatment of XDR-TB remain unclear. …”
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Systematic relationships in southern African Francolins as determined from mitochondrial DNA by Jakutowicz, Mariola Barbara

“…Both cladistic and distance-based analytical methods have been used to construct phylogenies from the molecular fragment data. …”
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An evaluation pf palliative care needs for HIV patients in the context of HAART at Phil Moyo Clinic, Gauteng Province by Eyassu, Melaku Alazar

“…AIM: To explore the palliative care needs of adult HIV patients at Philp Moyo clinic Methods: This study utilized a quantitative cross sectional descriptive design which was carried out at Philp Moyo clinic, Ekurhuleni District, Gauteng province. …”
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Young adults' perceptions of the implications of their hereditary, visual impairment: A Cape Town based study by Popel, Kalinka

“…A qualitative design, utilizing a phenomenological approach was used for this study. …”
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Design and validation of a leadership model for South African higher education by Walters, Cyrill

“…The primary data collection methods were both quantitative and qualitative. The quantitative results of the Cassandra© survey and the qualitative findings utilizing semi-structured interviews were merged at the interpretation stage. …”
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Novel Approaches to Global Benchmarking of Risk-Adjusted Surgical Outcomes by Spence, Richard Trafford

“…Background Despite the existence of multiple validated risk-assessment and quality benchmarking tools in surgery, their utility outside of High Income Countries is limited. …”
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Post-operative Trachomatous Trichiasis in Africa: a systematic review and online survey by Mwangi, Grace Wangari

“…A number of the studies included in this review utilized the same data to measure the incidence of post-operative trichiasis and other poor outcomes over different follow-up periods. …”
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Food production, processing and retailing through the lens of spatial planning legislation and regulations in Zimbabwe: evidence from Epworth by Toriro, Percy M

“…Using mixed research methods, the thesis concludes that the legislative framework engages food in a largely inappropriate way for several reasons. …”
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A way to use GIS (incl. geomasking) to understand homelessness: a focus on the spatial characteristics of and around sleeping locations of the homeless in Cape Town City Bowl by Kekana, Dime

“…Data Source and Method: Through the quantitative approach, the individual sleeping locations of The Homeless, including their surrounding characteristics, are observed daily for two weeks, 13-26 Oct. 2018 (total of all locations: n = 9515, daily average, n = 680) between 06:00 am and 08:30am. …”
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Towards the institutionalization of divorce mediation in Nigeria: a case study of Enugu State by Anidi, Ugochinyelu Chikodili Nerissa

“…This thesis employs both desk and empirical research methods. It examines legislation, policy documents and academic treatises on divorce and divorce mediation. …”
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The Impact of Private Capital Flows on South Africa's Developmental State Agenda in the Post-Apartheid Era by Mokoena, Itumeleng

“…By exploring the impact of private capital flows, the study seeks to inform the reader about the nature and composition of private capital flows in South Africa as well as investigate whether these flows hinder or accelerate South Africa's developmental state objective. The study has utilized qualitative methods. It also made use of quantitative data as a secondary supplement to ensure a greater understanding of the research problem. …”
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Innovation in low-cost video-laryngoscopy: Intubator V1-Indirect compared with Storz C-MAC in a simulated difficult airway by De Villiers, Christiaan Tertius

“…Background: Video laryngoscopy has directly impacted airway management, with numerous studies demonstrating its utility in clinical management of anatomically difficult airways. …”
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The Effect and Potential of Digital Health in The Cycle of Care in Tuberculosis Patients from Low and Middle-income Countries by le Roux, Jacobus Johannes

“…Results Out of the 1030 articles identified through the databases, 41 articles were full text screened and eleven included in the synthesis of this review. Seven studies utilized text-based reminders, two employed electronic medication monitors, and two employed call reminders, and one involved video observed therapy (VOT). …”
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Postoperative outcomes associated with procedural sedation conducted by physician and non-physician anaesthesia providers: findings from the prospective, Observational African Surg... by van der Merwe, Freliza

“…Non-physician anesthesia providers are utilized to assist with providing anesthesia and procedural sedation in order to make essential surgeries available. …”
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The revelatory landscape: Archiving memory through indigenous narrative and cosmology by Maponya, Mapula Jessica

“…Could addressing the same site that established socio-political divide in South Africa be utilized to negotiate identity, memory and cultural productivity?…”
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Diagnostic yield of tuberculosis investigations on bone marrow biopsy samples in HIV positive patients at Groote Schuur Hospital by Baloyi, Xikombiso

“…Conclusion: In a tertiary care hospital in South Africa, the utility of TB culture and GeneXpert® MTB/RIF Ultra on bone marrow aspirate specimens in HIV-positive participants was limited. …”
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An analytic framework to advance understanding of power sector reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa by Hampton, Brent

“…The expected improvements in utility efficiency, access and private sector financing have mostly not materialized. …”
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