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Supporting Trusted OA Usage Data Reporting And Analytics Through Shared Infrastructure
No full textThis presentation was delivered at Open Repositories 2023 Conference as part of Panel 5: Supporting Trusted OA Usage Data Reporting and Analytics through Shared Infrastructure
Modeling the associations between socioeconomic risk factors, executive function components, and reading among children in rural Côte d’Ivoire
No full textSupplemental Materials: https://osf.io/bnpyg/Executive Functions (EF; inhibitory control [IC], cognitive flexibility [CF] and working memory [WM]) mediate the relationship between socioeconomic status and reading. However, little is known of the roles of individual EF components in mediating the socioeconomic-reading achievement gap, especially in low- and middle-income countries. In Côte d’Ivoire, children experience many socioeconomic disadvantages (i.e., fewer household resources, maternal illiteracy), and kinship fostering (child in care of extended family while parents pursue economic opportunities elsewhere) is prevalent. This study examines the relation between EF components, socioeconomic risks, and reading among 5th grade children in rural Côte d’Ivoire (N=369). Poorer WM mediated the relationship between higher cumulative socioeconomic risk (poverty, maternal illiteracy, fostering) and lower reading scores. Further, WM fully mediated the negative effects of fostering risk on reading scores. Results suggest that EF components are differentially impacted by environmental socioeconomic risks and play different roles in supporting reading development
An Olive Agenda for Putting Economic and Ecological Justice at the Heart of Faith
No full textThis paper focuses on an “olive agenda” for putting economic and ecological justice at the heart of faith. For many communities in Southern Africa, nature is defined as “that which is created” and “everything in it, is the environment”. This perspective contrasts with many of the lived realities today, where nature is seen less as being summed up in God’s creation and sustenance and is instead regarded more as something to be consumed and used for its benefits. This paper draws from Ekari Mbvundula’s Montague’s Last to argue for economic and ecological justice in dialogue with Steve De Gruchy’s notion of an olive agenda to argue for sustainable, economic and ecological justice
Fakani abalimi besifazane uma kuthuthukiswa futhi kuhlolwa ummbila omelana nesomiso
Get PDFZulu translation of DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-76222-7_5Abesifazane badlala indima ebonakalo kwezolimo nasekuphepheni kokudla. Nokho, ukubandakanyeka kwabesifazane ekuhlolweni kwasemapulazini kobuchwepheshe bezolimo kuphansi. Kulolu cwaningo, ulwazi luqoqwe ngohlu lwemibuzo ehlelwe kahle yanikwa abesifazane abangabalimi abawu-80 ohlelweni lwasemapulazini lokubheka ummbila okwazi ukumelana nesomiso(DT) eNingizimu neSavannah yaseGini(SGS) indawo ebekelwe ezolimo eNayjeriya. Ucwaningo luveze ukuthi bonke abalimi besifazane bashadile, u-23% wabo awuyanga esikoleni nokuthi iminyaka yabo ihamba ko-43.
Abalimi besifazane babeke loluhlobo lommbila (DT) njengoluyikhethelo kuzo zonke izindawo. Ngkho ke, kuyalwa ukuthi abalimi besifazane kumele babe yingxenye yokuthuthukiswa nokuhlolwa kobuchwepheshe bezolimo ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuphepha kokudla kube nokukhula kahle ngokusimama emikhiqizweni yezolimo
Adoption of accounting mobile apps in Kenya: The effect of user reviews and user ratings
Get PDFModern industry improves anthropogenic activities and greatly simplifies human effort and the industrial world. Cloud computing and mobile applications are more than just buzzwords; they are crucial elements of how business is conducted and how it will be conducted in the future. A rising number of SMEs are currently utilizing mobile and cloud computing technology. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the linkages between user reviews and ratings and the adoption of mobile accounting apps among SMEs in Kenya. The study collected data on 35 commonly used mobile accounting applications and performed a regression analysis on 27 apps that had received user reviews. Data on mobile apps' usage rate, volume of user reviews, and user ratings were gathered for this study. The authors also took note of the deficiencies identified by the selected mobile app reviewers. This study's findings revealed a significant relationship between the number of user evaluations and the adoption of mobile accounting apps. However, a significant effect of user reviews on the adoption of mobile accounting apps was not observed. This paper also identifies shortcomings that app users have pointed out in their reviews. It was concluded that Kenya's degree of mobile app adoption has greatly increased due to the volume of app reviews. This study advises entrepreneurs, particularly those who engage with SMEs, to embrace technology and adopt freely downloadable mobile apps for their accounting and bookkeeping requirements
DataCite – Contributing to the PID infrastructure in Africa
Get PDFThe Slides are available at 10.5281/zenodo.10241917
https://africarxiv.pubpub.org/pub/cj9x4ohj#nnozkgs7knzThis session is part of the AfricArXiv Webinar Series on Open Science for the Discoverability of African Research
Navigating the 'fluid' scholarly publishing environment for African academics
No full textIn the dynamic landscape of scholarly dissemination, the traditional models of academic publishing have been subject to substantive change. However, this has often been met with several challenges including resource constraints, language diversity, historical disparities, and infrastructure gaps. These challenges can slow down academic progress and are especially pronounced on the African continent. To navigate such a fluid environment strategically, academics on this continent must enhance the visibility and impact of their research in order to achieve global recognition to attract more international collaborations and research funding, as well as to facilitate knowledge exchange, collaboration, and access to resources. Here, we explore the impact of the fluid nature of scholarly publishing on the continent and provide an overview of how researchers in Africa may navigate this dynamic environment. We explore mechanisms for enhancing the visibility, quantity, and impact of African research
Assessing the performance of regular surgical nose masks as a sampling method for SARSCoV- 2 detection in a cross-sectional study
No full textNose masks are widely worn for protection against respiratory pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2. They have been reported as possible substrates for viral sampling and testing for COVID-19 but, evaluations have so far been purposive; involving individuals known to have the infection and using improved materials on the nose masks to trap the virus. We investigated the feasibility of using the regular 3-ply surgical masks and, voluntary coughing as a mode of particle expulsion for detecting SARS-CoV-2 infections in a cross-sectional study at Ghana’s first COVID-19 testing reference laboratory, the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana. Paired samples of naso-oropharyngeal swabs and nose masks already worn by 103 consenting adult participants (retro masks) were collected. Participants were also required to produce three strong coughs into a newly supplied sterile surgical nose mask. Pre-wetted swabs in Viral Transport Media (VTM) were used in swabbing the inner lining of each nose mask. The swabs used were then stored in VTM to maintain the integrity of the samples. PCR results of SARS-CoV-2 detection from the nose masks were compared to those from naso-oropharyngeal swabs (‘gold-standard’). Out of the 103 participants tested with all three methods, 66 individuals sampled with naso-oropharyngeal swabs were detected as positive, and the retro and new masks matched 9 and 4, respectively. Only 3 individuals were positive across all three sampling methods accessed. The retro nose masks performed better in matching the gold-standard results than the new mask + coughing method, with 90% vs 80% sensitivity, positive predictive value of 13.6% vs 6%, and a weak but significant linear relationship (adj. R2 = 0.1; P = 0.0004). Importantly, we also show that the nose masks would work for sampling whether individuals are symptomatic or asymptomatic since gold-standard PCR cycling threshold (Ct) values for positive individuals did not differ between the two groups (P 3, to improve the performance of sterile nose masks for SARS-CoV-2 detection.The authors are thankful to the Noguchi
Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR)
for funding the study through NMIMR Office for
Research Support Fund (Fund ID- EC/P25421/03)
to JA. The funders had no role in the study design,
data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or
preparation of the manuscript