Smallholder irrigation farming is valuable for improving the welfare of rural communities in Accessories South Africa.Irrigation schemes in South Africa perform below average as some collapsed.Boosting performance of irrigation schemes will ensure economic sustainability for low-income earners.There is little scholarly literature on factors affecti
Association study to evaluate TFPI gene in CAD in Han Chinese
Abstract Background Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) is the main physiological inhibitor of TF-induced blood coagulation process, and may play essential roles in the pathogenesis of major adverse cardiac events.This study was designed to determine whether the variation of TFPI was related with coronary artery disease (CAD) in the Han Chinese
Digital entanglements: Medical drones in African healthcare systems
The intensified scramble for the digitalisation of healthcare across Africa, coupled with the general drive for digital economies, has ushered in digital health innovations that are reconfiguring national discourses on Cabinet Bench humanitarian and development contexts.Through these innovations, imaginaries of health have become entangled with asp
Irregular Repetition Slotted ALOHA Over Rayleigh Block Fading Channels: Bounds and Threshold Saturation via Spatial Coupling
In irregular repetition slotted ALOHA (IR-SA) systems, a population of devices transmits their packets to an access point (AP) within a frame of slots.The AP decodes these packets by iterative processing between intra- and inter-slot successive interference cancellations.The average normalized offered traffic, as a performance metric, represents th