Background: Acral melanocytic nevi (AMN) of volar skin are common in Asians, Africans, Caucasians and Indians. Some cutaneous melanomas arise from AMN, and it is difficult to determine which nevus will become malignant ...

Brittleness is a critical property in geological formations, influencing the extraction and production processes in the oil and gas industry, as well as in mining and civil engineering applications. Many methods were ...

Patriarchy remains a rooted system that shapes the lives of women in post-colonial Africa, preserving gender inequalities and constraining women‘s independence. For this reason, this study was prompted by a need to investigate ...

Nile crocodiles are common in South Africa, reaching up to 6m in total length. The quality and yield of crocodile skins plays a significant role in it price determination Hence, the aim of this study was to determine the ...

Treated wastewater (TWW) can serve as a substitute option for irrigation to decrease the water scarcity pressures in semi-arid regions of Limpopo Province, South Africa. However, prolonged use of TWW can degrade soil quality ...

This study investigated parental perceptions and monitoring practices concerning teenagers’ smartphone use, an issue that has gained prominence with the rapid proliferation of smartphone technology. While smartphones offer ...

Speech technology includes several approaches and technologies that allow ma- chines to engage with spoken language, which include spoken dialog systems and automatic speech recognition. The end-to-end (E2E) techniques, ...

Background Children under the age of five are frequently treated with herbal remedies, a grim reality that can occasionally be lethal. Although herbal therapies are widely regarded as safe treatments, their effectiveness ...

This study centers on creating an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system for Tshivenda, one of South Africa's under-resourced languages. Utilizing the Connectionist Temporal Classification (CTC) framework and the NCHLT ...

Library and information services in higher education institutions exist to serve and satisfy the information requirements or needs of students by providing some services and resources required to support their academic ...