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An in-depth study of the ICT ecosystem in a South African rural community: unveiling expenditure and communication patterns
(Routledge, 2016)
There is no doubt of the contributions made by mobile phones and mobile network operators in increasing access to communications in rural areas of developing countries. Yet how affordable is this ubiquitous access in such ...
Renewing Felsenstein’s phylogenetic Bootstrap in the era of big data
(Nature Publishing Group, 2018)
Felsenstein’s application of the bootstrap method to evolutionary trees is one of the most cited scientific papers of all
time. The bootstrap method, which is based on resampling and replications, is used extensively to ...
A comprehensive survey on Fog Computing: State-of-the-art and research challenges
(IEEE, 2018)
Cloud computing with its three key facets (i.e.,
Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service, and Softwareas-
a-Service) and its inherent advantages (e.g., elasticity and
scalability) still faces several challenges. ...
Generalization of tooltips: An assistive technology extension
(Springer, 2017)
Software applications use tooltips to assist users to improve their understanding of icons. When hovering over an icon with the cursor, a short text description of the icon appears. Text-based tooltips are helpful for users ...
Mobile video comparison to help Deaf people make informed choices: a South African case study with provincial data
(IIMC International Information Management Corporation, 2018)
Deaf people use sign language to communicate and use mobile video calling to communicate with one another. Mobile video utilises much more bandwidth than text and voice communication modes, resulting in higher expenditure ...
Government facilitated access to ICTs: adoption, use and impact on the well-being of indigent South Africans
(IIMC International Information Management Corporation, 2018)
This paper presents preliminary results of an assessment of the impact of a government facilitated ICT access programme on the well-being of poor citizens. It examines South African government efforts in the application ...
Towards a model for user-centred design using a positive deviance approach: A case for diabetes self-management
(University of Cape Town, 2017)
Over the past twenty years there have been substantive efforts across the African continent to ensure penetration and reach of mobile technology to the citizenry. However there continues to be a debate on precisely how ...
Insights into the use and affordances of social and collaborative applications for student projects
(South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, 2017)
The use of social and collaborative computing has the potential of assisting learning and improving the ability to work
together as part of a team. Team work is a graduate attribute that students need to acquire before ...
Exploration of Deaf people’s health information sources and techniques for information delivery in Cape Town: A qualitative study for the design and development of a mobile health application
(JMIR Publications, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Many cultural and linguistic Deaf people in South Africa face disparity when accessing health information because of social and language barriers. The number of certified South African Sign Language interpreters ...