• Spatial sampling for a rabies vaccination schedule in rural villages 

  Fabris-Rotelli, Inger Nicolette; Reynolds, Hayley; Stein, Alfred; Loots, Theodor (Springer, 2020-12)

  Efforts are being made to contain rabies in Tanzania, reported in the southern highland regions, since 1954, and endemic in all districts in Tanzania currently. It has been determined that mass vaccination of at least 70% ...
• The effect of tinnitus on hearing-related quality of life outcomes in adult cochlear implant recipients 

  Opperman, Elmien; Le Roux, Talita; Masenge, Andries; Eikelboom, Robert H. (Taylor and Francis, 2021)

  OBJECTIVE : To describe the effect of tinnitus distress on the hearing-related quality of life (QoL) outcomes over time in adult cochlear implant (CI) recipients. DESIGN : A retrospective, longitudinal study of adult CI ...
• A taxonomy of explainable Bayesian networks 

  Derks, Iena Petronella; De Waal, Alta (Springer, 2020-12)

  Artificial Intelligence (AI), and in particular, the explainability thereof, has gained phenomenal attention over the last few years. Whilst we usually do not question the decision-making process of these systems in ...
• Evaluation of a pure-strategy Stackelberg game for wildlife security in a geospatial framework 

  Kirkland, Lisa-Ann; De Waal, Alta; De Villiers, Johan Pieter (Springer, 2020-12)

  Current research on wildlife security games has minimal focus on performance evaluation. The performance of the rangers is evaluated by assessing their game utility, sometimes in comparison with their maximin utility, and ...
• A theoretical framework for Landsat data modeling based on the matrix variate mean-mixture of normal model 

  Naderi, Mehrdad; Bekker, Andriette, 1958-; Arashi, Mohammad; Jamalizadeh, Ahad (Public Library of Science, 2020-04-09)

  This paper introduces a new family of matrix variate distributions based on the mean-mixture of normal (MMN) models. The properties of the new matrix variate family, namely stochastic representation, moments and ...
• First year with COVID-19 : assessment and prospects 

  Bergquist, Robert; Kiani, Behzad; Manda, Samuel (PAGEpress, 2020)

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• A synergetic R-Shiny portal for modeling and tracking of COVID-19 data 

  Salehi, Mahdi; Arashi, Mohammad; Bekker, Andriette, 1958-; Ferreira, Johan; Chen, Ding-Geng (Din); Esmaeili, Foad; Frances, Motala (Frontiers Media, 2020-01)

  The purpose of this paper is to introduce a useful online interactive dashboard (https://mahdisalehi.shinyapps.io/Covid19Dashboard/) that visualize and follow confirmed cases of COVID-19 in real-time. The dashboard was ...
• Concept mapping as a strategy to scaffold concept literacy in accounting for extended programmes 

  Immelman, Susan; Carstens, Adelia; Smith, S.; Masenge, Andries (Higher Education South Africa, 2020-03)

  While great strides have been made to improve accessibility to higher education in South Africa, successful completion of bachelor's degrees within the prescribed time remains a challenge. Research suggests that a lack ...
• Skew generalized normal innovations for the AR(p) process endorsing asymmetry 

  Neethling, Ane; Ferreira, J.T. (Johannes); Bekker, Andriette, 1958-; Naderi, Mehrdad (MDPI Publishing, 2020-07-29)

  The assumption of symmetry is often incorrect in real-life statistical modeling due to asymmetric behavior in the data. This implies a departure from the well-known assumption of normality defined for innovations in time ...
• Joint probabilistic modeling of wind speed and wind direction for wind energy analysis : a case study in Humansdorp and Noupoort 

  Arashi, Mohammad; Nagar, Priyanka; Bekker, Andriette, 1958- (MDPI Publishing, 2020-05-26)

  South Africa has great potential for considering wind energy as an alternative resource. The climatology allows for significant wind energy production. An accurate joint description of the wind speed (linear) and wind ...
• The arts in science? Using poetry to teach Chemistry in Grade 9 

  Mirkin, Philip Joshua; Evans, Rinelle; Ferreira, J.T. (Johannes) (Education Association of South Africa, 2020-12)

  Modern science education the world over deliberately remains in the objective, rational, positivist paradigm. In South African classrooms, this paradigm is often alienating for young learners who then stop learning science ...
• Translating new evidence into clinical practice : a quasi-experimental controlled before–after study evaluating the effect of a novel outreach mentoring approach on knowledge, attitudes and confidence of health workers providing HIV and infant feeding counselling in South Africa 

  Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Doherty, Tanya; Manda, Samuel; Nkwenika, Tshifhiwa; Haskins, Lyn; John, Vaughn; Engebretsen, Ingunn M.S.; Feucht, Ute Dagmar; Dhansay, Ali; Rollins, Nigel; Kroon, Max; Sanders, David; Kauchali, Shuaib; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Horwood, Christiane (BMJ Publishing Group, 2020-08)

  OBJECTIVES: We report the effectiveness of a mentoring approach to improve health workers’ (HWs’) knowledge, attitudes and confidence with counselling on HIV and infant feeding. DESIGN: Quasi-experimental controlled ...
• Understanding alcohol-specific antecedents among Chinese vocational school adolescents 

  Bo, Ai; Wu, Shiyou Y.; Chen, Ding-Geng (Din); Marsiglia, Flavio F.; Zhu, Yuhong; Zhang, Lin; Zhu, Binyu (Elsevier, 2020-11)

  BACKGROUND : Alcohol use among Chinese vocational school students is widespread and associated with many negative consequences. However, alcohol-specific antecedents for this population are understudied. OBJECTIVES : The ...
• Nowhere to hide : the significant impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) measures on elite and semi-elite South African athletes 

  Pillay, Lervasen; Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Jansen van Rensburg, Audrey; Ramagole, Dimakatso Althea; Holtzhausen, Louis; Dijkstra, H. Paul; Cronje, Tanita (Elsevier, 2020-07)

  OBJECTIVES : To describe the perceptions of South African elite and semi-elite athletes on return to sport (RTS); maintenance of physical conditioning and other activities; sleep; nutrition; mental health; healthcare access; ...
• Uncertainty quantification for the extraction of informal roads from remote sensing images of South Africa 

  Thiede, Renate Nicole; Fabris-Rotelli, Inger Nicolette; Stein, Alfred; Debba, P.; Li, M. (Routledge, 2020)

  Informal unpaved roads in developing countries arise naturally through human movement without government authorities being informed. These roads are not authorized nor maintained by council, nor reliably mapped in ...
• A Gamma-Poisson mixture topic model for short text 

  Mazarura, Jocelyn; De Waal, Alta; De Villiers, Johan Pieter (Hindawi Publishing, 2020-04-29)

  Most topic models are constructed under the assumption that documents follow a multinomial distribution. The Poisson distribution is an alternative distribution to describe the probability of count data. For topic modelling, ...
• An enriched α − μ model as fading candidate 

  Ferreira, J.T. (Johannes); Bekker, Andriette, 1958-; Marques, F.; Laidlaw, M. (Hindawi Publishing, 2020-04-25)

  This paper introduces an enriched α − μ distribution which may act as fading model with its origins via the scale mixture construction. The distribution’s characteristics are visited and its feasibility as a fading candidate ...
• The impact of practical experience on theoretical knowledge at different cognitive levels 

  Leask, Rhoda; Cronje, Tanita; Holm, D.E. (Dietmar Erik); Van Ryneveld, Linda (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2020-07-29)

  Although theoretical training of veterinary students is uncomplicated even for larger groups, practical training remains a challenge. Much has been said about the value of practical training in curriculum design. Yet, ...
• Using career counselling with group life design principles to improve the employability of disadvantaged young adults 

  Maree, J.G. (Kobus); Gerryts, Erna W.; Fletcher, Lizelle; Olivier, Joyce (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2019)

  This article explores the effects of group life design counselling on unemployed young adults’ career adaptability skills. Purposive and criterion sampling were used to select 62 participants involved in a skills programme ...
• Virulence and survival of native entomopathogenic nematodes for the management of white grubs in South Africa 

  Abate, Birhan Addisie; Slippers, Bernard; Wingfield, Michael J.; Conlong, Desmond E.; Burger, Divan Aristo; Hurley, Brett Phillip (Elsevier, 2019-10)

  Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) provide a potential alternative to chemical insecticides to control root-feeding pests of agricultural and forestry crops. One of the challenges in using EPNs in these environments is low ...

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