AIMC Topic: South Africa

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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
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...

Intestinal helminth infections amongst HIV-infected adults in Mthatha General Hospital, South Africa.

African journal of primary health care & family medicine
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.

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
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.

Deep learning predicts microsatellite instability status in colorectal carcinoma in an ethnically heterogeneous population in South Africa.

Journal of clinical pathology
BACKGROUND: Deep learning (DL) models are effective pre-screening tools for detecting mismatch repair deficiency (dMMR) in colorectal carcinoma (CRC). These models have been trained and validated on large cohorts from the Northern Hemisphere, without...

Machine learning without borders? An adaptable tool to optimize mortality prediction in diverse clinical settings.

The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
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...