This study investigates the spatiotemporal variations in water quality and assesses the associated human health risks in the Luvuvhu River Catchment (LRC), South Africa. Water quality parameters such as pH, total dissolved solids (TDS), turbidity, te...
Environmental monitoring and assessment
Oct 3, 2025
Invasive species management is often constrained by limited resources and complicated by ecological and socio-economic variability across landscapes, leading to inconsistent outcomes. We use water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes) in South Africa as a ...
Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR
Sep 9, 2025
BACKGROUND: The integration of digital health care technologies into speech-language pathology and audiology is rapidly transforming service delivery. In South Africa and other low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), digital tools offer significant...
INTRODUCTION: Diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in children is challenging owing to paucibacillary disease, non-specific symptoms and signs and challenges in microbiological confirmation. Chest X-ray (CXR) interpretation is fundamental for diag...
Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research
May 16, 2025
The imperviousness of urban surfaces is an important parameter in simulating urban hydrological responses, but quantifying imperviousness can be challenging and time-consuming. In response, this study presents a new framework to efficiently estimate ...
International journal of environmental research and public health
Feb 26, 2025
Unplanned readmission within 30 days is a major challenge both globally and in South Africa. The aim of this study was to develop a machine learning model to predict unplanned surgical and trauma readmission to a public hospital in South Africa from ...
BACKGROUND: HIV testing is the cornerstone of HIV prevention and a pivotal step in realizing the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) goal of ending AIDS by 2030. Despite the availability of relevant survey data, there exists a research ...
BACKGROUND: The demand for quality healthcare is rising worldwide, and nurses in South Africa are under pressure to provide care with limited resources. This demanding work environment leads to burnout and exhaustion among nurses. Understanding the s...
INTRODUCTION: Age estimation is crucial in forensic and anthropological fields. Teeth, are valued for their resilience to environmental factors and their preservation over time, making them essential for age estimation when other skeletal remains det...
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