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Engaging ICTs as a “Tool” for eHealth prioritization on human development and poverty reduction in the African region
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Inc., 2011)
The association connecting information and communication technologies (ICTs) and well-being
or poverty remains vague and research today has resulted to divergent conclusions. This paper
defines ICTs as “tools” that facilitate ...
Abstractions for designing and evaluating communication bridges for people in developing regions
(ACM, 2010)
This paper describes two novel abstractions that help soft- ware engineers work in developing regions to align social and technical factors when building communication systems. The abstractions extend two concepts familiar ...
Context-Aware Stemming algorithm for semantically related root words
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Inc., 2012)
There is a growing interest in the use of context-awareness as a technique for developing pervasive computing applications that are
flexible and adaptable for users. In this context, however, information retrieval (IR) is ...
ICT and information security perspectives in E-Health Systems
(Medwell Journals, 2010)
This study examines issues pertinent to the rapidly evolving use of information as a currency of modern economies. Access to information has important benefits that can be achieved in many areas including, social-economic ...
Security of a Mesh Potato Network in Ad Hoc Mode
(Telkom, 2013)
Wireless Mesh Networks can provide low cost and reliable community-owned connectivity in developing rural areas. A rural community can use mesh networks to access a wide range of modern information and communication ...
A Panel of Ancestry Informative Markers for the Complex Five-Way Admixed South African Coloured Population
(PloS, 2013)
Admixture is a well known confounder in genetic association studies. If genome-wide data is not available, as would be the case for candidate gene studies, ancestry informative markers (AIMs) are required in order to adjust ...
Involvement of gamma aminobutyric acid in the anticonvulsant effect of the leaf methanol extract of Ruta graveolens L. (Rutaceae) in mice
(Asian Network for Scientific Information, 2013)
The possible involvement of gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA), in the anticonvulsant effect of Ruta graveolens L. was investigated by studying the effect of the leaf methanol extract against seizures elicited by either ...
Epidemiological analysis of spatially misaligned data: a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus outbreak in Nigeria
(Cambridge University Press, 2013)
This research is focused on the epidemiological analysis of the transmission of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus outbreak in Nigeria. The data included 145 outbreaks together with the locations of ...
Selenium functionalized carbon for high dispersion of platinumeruthenium nanoparticles and its effect on the electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol
(Elsevier, 2013)
Using selenium functionalized carbon as supports, platinumeruthenium nanoparticles were highly dispersed on the carbon surface, and showed improved electrochemical properties for methanol electrooxidation. The method ...
The ongoing pursuit of R Coronae Borealis stars: the ASAS-3 survey strikes again
(EDP Sciences, 2013)
CONTEXT: R Coronae Borealis stars( RCBs) are rare, hydrogen-deficient, carbon rich super giant variable stars that are likely the evolved merger products of pairs of CO and He white dwarfs. Only 55 RCB stars have been found ...