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How Employability Attributes Mediate the Link Between Knowledge Workers' Career Adaptation Concerns and Their Self-Perceived Employability.

Psychological reports May 6, 2019
The study examines employability attributes as psychological mechanisms that explain the link between the career adaptation concerns and self-perceived employability of a sample of professionally qualified knowledge workers (N = 404). A cross-section...
Humans Female Adult Cross-Sectional Studies Male Workforce Motivation Employment Adaptation, Psychological Professional Autonomy Middle Aged Surveys and Questionnaires Self Concept South Africa Knowledge Bases
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Metabarcoding and machine learning analysis of environmental DNA in ballast water arriving to hub ports.

Environment international Jan 17, 2019
While ballast water has long been linked to the global transport of invasive species, little is known about its microbiome. Herein, we used 16S rRNA gene sequencing and metabarcoding to perform the most comprehensive microbiological survey of ballast...
Ships Machine Learning Los Angeles China DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic Water Microbiology Introduced Species Bacteria Escherichia coli RNA, Ribosomal, 16S Singapore South Africa
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Learning zero-cost portfolio selection with pattern matching.

PloS one Sep 25, 2018
We replicate and extend the adversarial expert based learning approach of Györfi et al to the situation of zero-cost portfolio selection implemented with a quadratic approximation derived from the mutual fund separation theorems. The algorithm is app...
Machine Learning Algorithms Cluster Analysis South Africa Models, Economic New York City
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Depression and alcohol use disorder at antiretroviral therapy initiation led to disengagement from care in South Africa.

PloS one Dec 27, 2017
We sought to assess mental health at the time of antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation and subsequent retention in care over a six-month follow-up period. A total of 136 people living with HIV in South Africa were administered surveys measuring dem...
Humans Anti-HIV Agents South Africa Female Patient Compliance Adult Alcoholism Male Depression HIV Infections
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Evaluation of a Urine-Based Rapid Molecular Diagnostic Test with Potential to Be Used at Point-of-Care for Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Cape Town Cohort.

The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD Dec 18, 2017
Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis among sputum-scarce patients is time consuming. Thus, a nonsputum diagnostic alternative is urgently needed. The Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific transrenal (Tr) DNA from urine is a potential target for TB diagnostics. ...
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cross-Sectional Studies Diagnostic Tests, Routine Male Polymerase Chain Reaction Cohort Studies Point-of-Care Systems Humans Sputum Aged Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Molecular Diagnostic Techniques Biomarkers Aged, 80 and over South Africa HIV Infections Young Adult Female Microscopy Risk Factors Tuberculosis, Pulmonary Adult Sensitivity and Specificity DNA, Bacterial Logistic Models Universities
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Vitamin D status, hypertension and body mass index in an urban black community in Mangaung, South Africa.

African journal of primary health care & family medicine Oct 31, 2016
BACKGROUND: A strong relationship exists between hypertension and body weight. Research has linked both higher blood pressure and body weight with lower vitamin D status.
Vitamin D Vitamin D Deficiency Obesity Blood Pressure South Africa Body Weight Thinness Black People HIV Infections Urban Population Hypertension Overweight Body Mass Index Female Adult Male Middle Aged Humans
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Problematic internet use (PIU): Associations with the impulsive-compulsive spectrum. An application of machine learning in psychiatry.

Journal of psychiatric research Aug 15, 2016
Problematic internet use is common, functionally impairing, and in need of further study. Its relationship with obsessive-compulsive and impulsive disorders is unclear. Our objective was to evaluate whether problematic internet use can be predicted f...
Online Systems Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Behavior, Addictive Compulsive Behavior United States Predictive Value of Tests South Africa Internet Reproducibility of Results Aged Aged, 80 and over Young Adult Humans Adult Machine Learning Male Psychiatry Middle Aged Female Surveys and Questionnaires Adolescent ROC Curve
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Intestinal helminth infections amongst HIV-infected adults in Mthatha General Hospital, South Africa.

African journal of primary health care & family medicine Dec 9, 2015
BACKGROUND: In South Africa, studies on the prevalence of intestinal helminth co-infection amongst HIV-infected patients as well as possible interactions between these two infection sare limited.
Humans Female Intestinal Diseases Prevalence Adult Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic HIV Seropositivity Comorbidity Cross-Sectional Studies Qualitative Research Helminthiasis Animals Interviews as Topic Helminths Male South Africa Hospitals, General
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Two-year longitudinal health-related fitness, anthropometry and body composition status amongst adolescents in Tlokwe Municipality: The PAHL Study.

African journal of primary health care & family medicine Oct 30, 2015
AIM: To evaluate a two-year longitudinal development of health-related fitness, anthropometry and body composition status amongst adolescents in Tlokwe Municipality, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Humans Anthropometry Female Male Longitudinal Studies Adolescent Body Composition South Africa Physical Fitness
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Machine learning without borders? An adaptable tool to optimize mortality prediction in diverse clinical settings.

The journal of trauma and acute care surgery Nov 1, 2018
BACKGROUND: Mortality prediction aids clinical decision making and is necessary for quality improvement initiatives. Validated metrics rely on prespecified variables and often require advanced diagnostics, which are unfeasible in resource-constrained...
Humans Machine Learning Forecasting Female Adult Partial Thromboplastin Time Wounds and Injuries Developed Countries United States Male Health Services Accessibility Middle Aged Area Under Curve Cameroon South Africa ROC Curve Developing Countries
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