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State-of-the-Art Deep Learning Methods for Objects Detection in Remote Sensing Satellite Images.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Jun 23, 2023
Object detection in remotely sensed satellite images is critical to socio-economic, bio-physical, and environmental monitoring, necessary for the prevention of natural disasters such as flooding and fires, socio-economic service delivery, and genera...
Remote Sensing Technology Algorithms South Africa Deep Learning Satellite Imagery
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Performance evaluation of machine learning and Computer Coded Verbal Autopsy (CCVA) algorithms for cause of death determination: A comparative analysis of data from rural South Africa.

Frontiers in public health Sep 27, 2022
Computer Coded Verbal Autopsy (CCVA) algorithms are commonly used to determine the cause of death (CoD) from questionnaire responses extracted from verbal autopsies (VAs). However, they can only operate on structured data and cannot effectively harne...
Humans Machine Learning Algorithms Cause of Death Computers South Africa Adult Autopsy
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Artificial intelligence: A strategic opportunity for enhancing primary care in South Africa.

South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care Sep 1, 2022
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Artificial Intelligence Primary Health Care South Africa
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Objective and automatic grading system of facial signs from selfie pictures of South African women: Characterization of changes with age and sun-exposures.

Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) May 1, 2022
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the capacity of the automatic detection system to accurately grade, from smartphones' selfie pictures, the severity of fifteen facial signs in South African women and their changes related to age and sun-exposure habits.
Skin Aging Face Black People Humans Artificial Intelligence Female Young Adult Adult South Africa
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Estimating the COVID-19 prevalence and mortality using a novel data-driven hybrid model based on ensemble empirical mode decomposition.

Scientific reports Nov 1, 2021
In this study, we proposed a new data-driven hybrid technique by integrating an ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD), an autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA), with a nonlinear autoregressive artificial neural network (NARANN), cal...
Prevalence Nigeria Models, Statistical Forecasting SARS-CoV-2 South Africa Data Accuracy Uncertainty Humans Neural Networks, Computer Pandemics COVID-19
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Predicting Colorectal Cancer Recurrence and Patient Survival Using Supervised Machine Learning Approach: A South African Population-Based Study.

Frontiers in public health Jul 7, 2021
South Africa (SA) has the highest incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, there is limited research on CRC recurrence and survival in SA. CRC recurrence and overall survival are highly variable across studies. Accu...
Humans Machine Learning South Africa Supervised Machine Learning Colorectal Neoplasms Bayes Theorem
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Deep learning of HIV field-based rapid tests.

Nature medicine Jun 17, 2021
Although deep learning algorithms show increasing promise for disease diagnosis, their use with rapid diagnostic tests performed in the field has not been extensively tested. Here we use deep learning to classify images of rapid human immunodeficienc...
Rural Health Services AIDS Serodiagnosis HIV Infections South Africa Time and Motion Studies Sensitivity and Specificity Deep Learning Humans Algorithms
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Application of artificial neural networks for predicting the physical composition of municipal solid waste: An assessment of the impact of seasonal variation.

Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA Feb 18, 2021
Sustainable planning of waste management is contingent on reliable data on waste characteristics and their variation across the seasons owing to the consequential environmental impact of such variation. Traditional waste characterization techniques i...
Artificial Intelligence South Africa Seasons Solid Waste Neural Networks, Computer
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Application of artificial neural networks to predict the COVID-19 outbreak.

Global health research and policy Nov 23, 2020
BACKGROUND: Millions of people have been infected worldwide in the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we aim to propose fourteen prediction models based on artificial neural networks (ANN) to predict the COVID-19 outbreak for policy makers.
South Africa Japan Iran Disease Transmission, Infectious United States Singapore Italy Disease Outbreaks China Pandemics Humans COVID-19 Neural Networks, Computer SARS-CoV-2
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The implementation of a rapid sample preparation method for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in a diagnostic laboratory in South Africa.

PloS one Oct 20, 2020
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has resulted in shortages of both critical reagents for nucleic acid purification and highly trained staff as supply chains are strained by high demand, public health measures and frequent quarantining and isolation of staff. ...
Laboratories, Hospital Sensitivity and Specificity Clinical Laboratory Techniques Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Betacoronavirus Robotics COVID-19 Testing South Africa Specimen Handling RNA, Viral Pneumonia, Viral COVID-19 Coronavirus Infections Reproducibility of Results Humans SARS-CoV-2 Pandemics
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