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Impact of Parallel vs. Non Parallel Corpora on the Identification of Arabic Dialects
No full textIn this paper, we conduct a study to evaluate the performance of statistical and neural methods to classify Arabic Dialects (AD). This evaluation is based on two kinds of corpora. The first one is a corpus named PADIC (Parallel Arabic DIalectal Corpus), which is a multi-dialectal corpus composed of six dialects: two Algerian dialects (of Algiers and Annaba cities), Palestinian, Syrian, Tunisian, and Moroccan, in addition to MSA. The second one (AraDial) is a manually collected corpus that contains the same dialects as well as the same number of sentences as PADIC (6412 sentences for each dialect). In our experiments, we used both statistical and neural classifiers, namely: Gaussian Naive Bayes, Bernoulli Naive Bayes, kNN, Logistic Regression, SGD Classifier, Passive Aggressive Classifier, Perceptron, Linear Support Vector, and Convolutional Neural Network Classifiers. We evaluated these classifiers in two setups: training on a parallel corpus (PADIC) and testing on the non-parallel corpus and vice versa. The obtained results have shown that training our system on a non-parallel corpus will give better results, as we achieved a mean score of 92.08\%
Progress of Nigerian National Open Science Roadmap and Infrastructure Development
No full textThis presentation was delivered at Open Repositories 2023 Conference as part of Panel 7: LIBSENSE Africa - Breaking down silos across infrastructures to improve the visibility of African research outputs
Bannayuganda abalina HIV ne puleesa tebafuna kufiibwako kwe beetaaga
No full textLuganda translation of DOI: 10.1186/s43058-020-00033-5Abantu abalina HIV (PLHIV) abali ku ddagala lya mukeenenya balina akatyabaga ka waggulu okufuna obulwadde bw’omutima (CVD). Okutobeka obujjanjabi eri obulwadde bw’entunnunsi (HTN), akatyabaga k’okufuna CVD, mu bulwaliro bwa HIV kyetaagisa mu Uganda. Okunoonyereza kwaffe okwasooka kwalaga emiwaatwa egiwera mu kuteeka mu nkola okutobeka obujjanjabi eri HTN ku kipande ekiriko ebigobererwa mu kujjanjaba HIV. Mu kunoonyereza kuno, twagenderera okuzuula emiziziko n’ebiyambako okutobeka okukebera n’okujjanjaba HTN mu bulwaliro bwa HIV mu Buvanjuba bwa Uganda
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No full textN/ARural communities are vulnerable to shocks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The resilience of these communities depends on their ability to cope with the impacts of such shocks. This study examines the COVID-19 coping strategies of residents of Matatiele and Winnie Madikizela Mandela local municipalities in South Africa. We collected primary data through 11 FGDs and 13 individual interviews. Of the six coping strategies identified, the most cited was resorting to alternative food sources to address food insecurity. Other coping strategies include alternative sources of income; reducing remittance and expenditure; shifting to new activities; and introducing emotional support. The findings reveal that coping strategies entail changes around basic needs such as food and income. To protect these communities against future shocks, strong local institutions working in collaboration will be invaluable in empowering communities to identify and implement alternative livelihoods while building supportive infrastructure.Covid Africa Grant
National research Foundation - South Afric
Leveraging Science, Technology and Innovation to Foster Creative and Innovative Research and Education Communities
No full textExploring the impact of a story-based teacher training programme on language and early literacy in 4- and 5-year-olds. A description of the Afrikaans children in the study sample.
Get PDFMore information about the Little Stars training programme and materials can be found at: www.wordworks.org.zaThis is the fourth in a series of five research briefs that explore the impact of Little Stars, a story-based teacher training programme on language and early literacy in 4- and 5-year-olds. This brief describes the Afrikaans children in the study, their home learning environment and their early development across different developmental domains.The project was funded by a British Academy research grant (ECE 190079). The research briefs were funded by the Lancaster University FST Impact Fund
Psychological Toll of COVID-19 Communication Patterns in Malawi
Get PDFUtilising focus group discussions and face-to-face interviews with selected media managers and reporters, this chapter discusses the psychological effects of COVID-19 information dissemination on emotional well-being in Malawi. Whenever there is a pandemic, people respond differently due to the varied information they receive on the causes, effects, spread, and associated preventive measures. How people respond to the information they receive about the disease could have psychological effects on their mental well-being, such as anxiety and emotional distress, which could further affect how they adhere to the preventive measures and how they might react after contracting the disease. Studies have shown that psychological factors could also affect how a pandemic is managed and how people cope with infection and the fear of death. This chapter argues that infodemics, misinformation, and disinformation about COVID-19 created panic, fear, and anxiety among the people in Malawi. The chapter concludes that these effects and the people’s reaction to infodemics, misinformation, and disinformation were typical, given the nature of the disease and its dramatic effect
Designing A Concept To Facilitate The Setup Of African University Presses
Get PDFA virtual presentation about opportunities and approaches to set up new as well as leverage existing University Presses in Africa.
By invitation from the Harare Institute of Technology; https://www.hit.ac.zw/.
Mentioned resources include:
Association of University Presses; https://aupresses.org/
JISC New University Press Toolkit; https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/new-university-press-toolkit
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Diabetes research in Kenya from 2000 to 2020: A scoping review
Get PDFBackground: The prevalence of diabetes is on the rise globally, with likely disproportionate increase in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, diabetes has been acknowledged as one of the top non-communicable diseases needing prevention and control. Research can contribute to diabetes prevention and control: however, the landscape of diabetes research in Kenya
remains understudied.
Methods: PubMed, MEDLINE, Scopus, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Google Scholar and ProQuest were searched for relevant articles. We included studies on humans, reporting on any type of diabetes, conducted in Kenya between 2000 to 2020.
Results: From the search, 983 records were retrieved out of which 102 met the study inclusion criteria. Most studies were: conducted in Nairobi (38%) and between 2013-2020 (82%); non-public health, i.e., on diabetes control, (71%); cross-sectional (65%); descriptive (71%); facility-based (71%); and funded by organisations/institutions from high income
countries (73%).
Conclusion: Despite the recent increase in research outputs, there is still limited diabetes research being conducted in Kenya necessitating more research in the country and particularly outside Nairobi to inform prevention and control efforts. Specifically, more focus should be given to etiological and intervention studies (which use longitudinal and randomised controlled trial designs) community-based and public health research. Finally, increased local funding for diabetes research is require