Pub Date : 2023-08-08DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2023/15062
D. Thaldar, Aliki Edgcumbe, D. Donnelly
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Pub Date : 2023-07-31DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2023/13844c
Craig D. Morris, Kevin P. Kirkman, Pete J.K. Zacharias
Original article: https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2022/13844 An error appears in the key (but not the data points) in Figure 3: the square symbol representing Sourveld should be depicted in orange, while the circle symbol representing Sweetveld should be depicted in green.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-05DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2023/14726
Fati Murtala-Ibrahim, J. Jumare, M. Charurat, Chenfeng Xiong, V. Naranbhai, P. Dakum, Shirley-anne Collie, W. Jassat, Gambo Aliyu, Adetifa Ifedayo, Alash’ le Abimiku
Pub Date : 2023-06-05DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2023/14722
Nezerith Cengiz, S. Kabanda
PUBLISHED: 30 May 2023 Big data, data science and artificial intelligence (AI) in research hold enormous potential to improve health and the quality of life for all. However, when harnessing benefit from new digital technologies, a major concern is to minimise harm. Inherent bias in historical data presents a major threat to the veracity of data and the impact thereof on algorithms, machine learning and, ultimately, AI.
{"title":"Biased and sex-aggregated data: The forgotten half of the population","authors":"Nezerith Cengiz, S. Kabanda","doi":"10.17159/sajs.2023/14722","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2023/14722","url":null,"abstract":"PUBLISHED: 30 May 2023 Big data, data science and artificial intelligence (AI) in research hold enormous potential to improve health and the quality of life for all. However, when harnessing benefit from new digital technologies, a major concern is to minimise harm. Inherent bias in historical data presents a major threat to the veracity of data and the impact thereof on algorithms, machine learning and, ultimately, AI.","PeriodicalId":21928,"journal":{"name":"South African Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46870172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-05DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2023/14727
Weiyu Luo, Chenfeng Xiong, Jiajun Wan, Ziteng Feng, Olawole Ayorinde, Natalia Blanco, M. Charurat, V. Naranbhai, Christina Riley, Anna M. Winters, Fati Murtala-Ibrahim, A. Abimiku
We employed emerging smartphone-based location data and produced daily human mobility measurements using Nigeria as an application site. A data-driven analytical framework was developed for rigorously producing such measures using proven location intelligence and data-mining algorithms. Our study demonstrates the framework at the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and successfully quantifies human mobility patterns and trends in response to the unprecedented public health event. Another highlight of the paper is the assessment of the effectiveness of mobility-restricting policies as key lessons learned from the pandemic. We found that travel bans and federal lockdown policies failed to restrict trip-making behaviour, but had a significant impact on distance travelled. This paper contributes a first attempt to quantify daily human travel behaviour, such as trip-making behaviour and travelling distances, and how mobility-restricting policies took effect in sub-Saharan Africa during the pandemic. This study has the potential to enable a wide spectrum of quantitative studies on human mobility and health in sub-Saharan Africa using well-controlled, publicly available large data sets.
{"title":"Revealing human mobility trends during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Nigeria via a data-driven approach","authors":"Weiyu Luo, Chenfeng Xiong, Jiajun Wan, Ziteng Feng, Olawole Ayorinde, Natalia Blanco, M. Charurat, V. Naranbhai, Christina Riley, Anna M. Winters, Fati Murtala-Ibrahim, A. Abimiku","doi":"10.17159/sajs.2023/14727","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2023/14727","url":null,"abstract":"We employed emerging smartphone-based location data and produced daily human mobility measurements using Nigeria as an application site. A data-driven analytical framework was developed for rigorously producing such measures using proven location intelligence and data-mining algorithms. Our study demonstrates the framework at the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and successfully quantifies human mobility patterns and trends in response to the unprecedented public health event. Another highlight of the paper is the assessment of the effectiveness of mobility-restricting policies as key lessons learned from the pandemic. We found that travel bans and federal lockdown policies failed to restrict trip-making behaviour, but had a significant impact on distance travelled. This paper contributes a first attempt to quantify daily human travel behaviour, such as trip-making behaviour and travelling distances, and how mobility-restricting policies took effect in sub-Saharan Africa during the pandemic. This study has the potential to enable a wide spectrum of quantitative studies on human mobility and health in sub-Saharan Africa using well-controlled, publicly available large data sets.","PeriodicalId":21928,"journal":{"name":"South African Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42971684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-05DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2023/16158
K. Moodley, S. Rennie
AFFILIATIONS: 1Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa 2Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA 3UNC Center for Bioethics, Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
{"title":"The many faces of the big data revolution in health for sub-Saharan Africa","authors":"K. Moodley, S. Rennie","doi":"10.17159/sajs.2023/16158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2023/16158","url":null,"abstract":"AFFILIATIONS: 1Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa 2Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA 3UNC Center for Bioethics, Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA","PeriodicalId":21928,"journal":{"name":"South African Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43750220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-11DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2023/15617
K. Marnewick, M.J.N.M. Somers, J. A. Venter, G. Kerley
{"title":"Are we sinking African cheetahs in India?","authors":"K. Marnewick, M.J.N.M. Somers, J. A. Venter, G. Kerley","doi":"10.17159/sajs.2023/15617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2023/15617","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21928,"journal":{"name":"South African Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49329964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-11DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2023/16090
Mduduzi Mbiza, Saurabh Sinha
The topic of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) became significant in South Africa from 2017, through advocacy, amongst others, by the University of Johannesburg and subsequently through the appointment of the Presidential Commission on 4IR. Preceding industrial revolutions each focused on a single technology; 4IR, however, speaks to a confluence of technologies and a synergy of computing, data, and communications technology, with artificial intelligence rapidly redefining the world of work. Conceptual and geopolitical challenges and potential negative societal implications notwithstanding, we argue that the 4IR paradigm shift is critical to South Africa and to realising the Sustainable Development Goals
{"title":"The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Conceptual paradox or catalyst for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals?","authors":"Mduduzi Mbiza, Saurabh Sinha","doi":"10.17159/sajs.2023/16090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2023/16090","url":null,"abstract":"The topic of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) became significant in South Africa from 2017, through advocacy, amongst others, by the University of Johannesburg and subsequently through the appointment of the Presidential Commission on 4IR. Preceding industrial revolutions each focused on a single technology; 4IR, however, speaks to a confluence of technologies and a synergy of computing, data, and communications technology, with artificial intelligence rapidly redefining the world of work. Conceptual and geopolitical challenges and potential negative societal implications notwithstanding, we argue that the 4IR paradigm shift is critical to South Africa and to realising the Sustainable Development Goals","PeriodicalId":21928,"journal":{"name":"South African Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48758320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-11DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2023/15556
C. Callaghan
{"title":"Revisiting how scientific research drives technological change: The Fifth Industrial Revolution","authors":"C. Callaghan","doi":"10.17159/sajs.2023/15556","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2023/15556","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21928,"journal":{"name":"South African Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44209591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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