Essays about: "The South African population"

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  1. 1. Automated Interpretation of Lung Ultrasound for COVID-19 and Tuberculosis diagnosis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematik LTH

    Author : Chloé Soormally; [2023]
    Keywords : Tuberculosis; COVID-19; Lung Ultrasound; Computer-aided detection CAD ; Deep learning; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : BACKGROUND. Early and accurate detection of infectious respiratory diseases like COVID-19 and tuberculosis (TB) plays a crucial role in effective management and the reduction of preventable mortality. READ MORE

  3. 2. Population Pharmacokinetics of Linezolid for Optimization of the Treatment for Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för farmaci

    Author : Viktor Hansen; [2022]
    Keywords : tuberculosis; drug resistance; pharmacometrics; pharmacokinetics; pop-pk; south africa; non linear mixed effects modelling; nlme;

    Abstract : Tuberculosis is one the leading causes of death globally and was before the COVID-19 pandemic the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. Developing active tuberculosis is life threatening and therefore is the rise of drug-resistant tuberculosis alarming as this risk causing current treatments to become ineffective. READ MORE

  4. 3. Elephants and aboveground carbon stocks in a South African protected savanna

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Camille Cheyenne Schröcker; [2022]
    Keywords : above-ground carbon stocks; climate change mitigation; elephant impacts; megaherbivores; conservation; wood density;

    Abstract : Savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) are known to exert transforming impacts on the vegetation. Due to these impacts, one would expect elephants to have significant effects on aboveground carbon stocks. However, we still know relatively little about the magnitude and direction of the effects of elephants on aboveground carbon stocks. READ MORE

  5. 4. Evaluating the Role of Energy Policy for Electrification in Ethiopia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Akram Abdulrahman; [2021]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Electrification; Energy Security; sub-Saharan Africa; Ethiopia; Policy;

    Abstract : Access to electricity is a scarcity throughout sub-Saharan African countries. The region currently has the lowestrate of energy access in the world and a total of 13 countries have an electrification rate of 25%. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Debate of Decent Work in Emerging Economies: Minimum Wage Policy in South Africa.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Elliot Mackenzie; [2021]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : There exists considerable debate on the utility of ILO’s decent work agenda and its four pillars of full employment, rights at work, social dialogue, and social protection in the context of emerging economies. Whether these pillars be achieved in unison or if there a need to prioritize a pillar over another and whether the notion as a whole is complementary with other development objectives like economic growth is dependant on how an emerging economy understand the issue at hand, which is itself a function of the historical and socioeconomic context in which the labor markets exists within. READ MORE