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Showing 1 to 20 of 137 for “"under-resourced"”.
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Outcomes-Based Education and under-resourced schools : an evaluative study
Outcomes-based education, like all other systems, need love, interest, background knowledge to learners as well as educators and proper resources for backing up the learning process. Educators' success in OBE depends on conditions of the country and circumstances like geographical locations that …
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Effective automatic speech recognition data collection for under–resourced languages
As building transcribed speech corpora for under-resourced languages plays a pivotal role in developing automatic speech recognition (ASR) technologies for such languages, a key step in developing these technologies is the effective collection of ASR data, consisting of transcribed audio and …
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Recurrent neural network language models in the context of under-resourced South African languages
… languages, which are commonly referred to as under-resourced languages, have received little attention and have yet to benefit from recent advances. This investigation aims to evaluate the implications of recent advances in neural network language modelling techniques for under-resourced South …
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DFI Funding and Infrastructure Development: A case of the under-resourced Municipalities in South Africa
… by DFIs e.g. the DBSA invested in some of the under-resourced municipalities in all the provinces of the country has resulted in improved service delivery and upliftment of the socioeconomic standard of their communities and if not, what the specific reasons are. A qualitative research …
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Navigating the digital landscape: teachers' digital repertoires in an under-resourced Cape Flats primary school
This small case study examines the digital repertoires of two teachers in a Cape Flats Primary School as they attempt to take hold of digital resources and integrate them into their daily teaching practices. It draws on the interconnected socio-material theories of spatiality, assemblage and affect …
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Disability in under-resourced areas in the Western Cape, South Africa : a descriptive analytical study
Disability is a complex construct, and our understanding of it has evolved over the years from a purely medical description to encapsulating the experience of those with disability in the context in which they live. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) …
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Exploring the sense of coherence and psychological symptomatology of teachers in under-resourced schools in Cape Town
… between these two factors, of teachers from under-resourced schools in Cape Town. The sample consisted of 58 male and female teachers. Data was collected by means of three measures including a Biographical Questionnaire, Symptomatology Check List Revised (SCL-90-R) and the Sense of Coherence …
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DFI funding and infrastructure development In South Africa: A case of under resourced schools in Northern Cape
… (DFIs) in addressing infrastructure deficits in under-resourced schools in the Northern Cape, South Africa, and their impact on educational performance. The research problem is centred on the persistent lack of adequate infrastructure in schools, which hinders access to quality education and …
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Task Shifting To Nursing For A Sustainable Staffing Model Of School-Based Health Center In Under-Resourced Areas
… quality health care for students in rural, under-resourced areas.</p> <p>Conclusion: The evidence from the review supports the nurse-staffed, school-based health center model and deems it an effective strategy for offering high quality, cost effective care to children in under resourced …
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Telling Our Stories: Exploring the Path Toward Successful Mathematics Degree Attainment at an Under-Resourced Predominantly Black Institution
<p>The under-representation of Blacks in mathematics related professions stems from an American educational system of inequity. Many Black students, including a substantial proportion of those who enroll at Predominantly Black Institutions, attend elementary and secondary schools in under-resourced …
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Evaluation of a nutrition and health education program on components of metabolic health on women from under-resourced South African communities
… advice will translate to residents of underserved communities, who may not understand the advice nor be able to afford or access the foods promoted by this diet. Women from these communities are often the gatekeepers to healthy food choices for their families, but they are at a …
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NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR FLOOD RISK MITIGATION: MAPPING AND HYDROLOGICAL MODELING IN AN UNDER-RESOURCED URBAN AREA ON THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST
<p>Flooding is the most frequent and costly disaster in the United States, affecting people disproportionately based on environmental, societal, and economic limitations. Through stakeholder engagement, open-access research, and nature-based solutions (NBS), ecology and hydrology can be bridged …
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Peripheral Normativity: Language and literacy, teaching and learning in two Grade Four classrooms in an under-resourced school in the Western Cape
… certain kinds of readers and writers in poorly-resourced school settings in the Western Cape in South Africa. The aim of this research was to investigate how literacy practices in a socially situated domain, such as a classroom in a poorly-resourced school, are shaped by both the internal …
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Mothers’ facilitation of the occupational engagement of their children with FASD: a qualitative descriptive study in an under-resourced district in South Africa
… the development of their children with FASD. Understanding their needs and strengths will inform intervention programmes to create the stable environments children with FASD require for optimal life outcomes. The aim of the study is to explore the way that mothers facilitate the occupational …
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An exploratory qualitative study of menstrual hygiene management among adult women of reproductive ages from an under-resourced community in Cape Town, South Africa
… ages is limited. This study sought to understand the menstrual hygiene management experiences of adult women from an under-resourced community in Cape Town in South Africa. Methods: In this exploratory qualitative research design, qualitative in-depth interviews were conducted using a …
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An investigation into the risk factors of musculoskeletal diseases and the association between chronic diseases of lifestyle in an under-resourced area of the Cape Town Metropole
Background: A recent shift in the global burden of disease from communicable to noncommunicable has shown that a third of the global burden of disease is attributable to noncommunicable disease, with the heaviest burden affecting poor communities in urban areas. Musculoskeletal disease (MSD) is the …
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The California Music Project Teacher Training Program as an intervention in poverty and income inequality
… personal and professional capacity for work in under-resourced school environments. I viewed CMP within a broader framework of income inequality that directly impacted children, families and neighborhoods, and through those mechanisms indirectly impacted school functions and educational …
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Speech recognition with probabilistic transcriptions and end-to-end systems using deep learning
… is commonly prevalent in languages which are under-resourced. However, in the second half, we train ASR systems with large amounts of labeled data in English. Our objective is to improve modern end-to-end (E2E) ASR using attention modeling. Thus, the two primary contributions of this thesis …
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