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Inter‐Model Feature Fusion for Robust Low‐Resource Speech Recognition

Applied AI Letters, Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2026.
Our Self‐Supervised Feature Fusion (SSF‐FT) method enhances low‐resource speech recognition by adaptively combining features from self‐supervised models trained with Contrastive, Predictive, and Reconstruction objectives. This attention‐weighted ensemble delivers robust performance, particularly in acoustically challenging conditions, extending current
Ussen Kimanuka, Ciira wa Maina, Osman Büyük   +2 more
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Constraining Greenhouse Gas Cycling and Emissions in Africa's Largest Humic Lake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract Humic tropical lakes and wetlands are globally important sources of atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHGs). However, mechanistic insight into GHG cycling in such systems remains limited—especially in understudied central Africa. To address this, here we measured high‐, falling‐, and low‐water seasonal concentrations and isotopic compositions of ...
M. Barthel, T. W. Drake, A. de Clippele, L. W. de Groot, M. Engelhardt, N. Haghipour, Y. Hou, N. Kueter, D. Lewicka‐Szczebak, A. Ludjwera Bahati, C. L. Tschumbu, K. Van Oost, J. N. Wabakanghanzi, R. A. Werner, J. Zambo Mandea, J. Six, J. D. Hemingway   +16 more
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Use of Insecticide‐Treated Mosquito Net among Pregnant Women and Guardians of Children under Five in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Malaria Research and Treatment, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
Background. Insecticide‐treated mosquito nets (ITNs) are one of the most effective tools for preventing malaria in sub‐Saharan Africa. Objective. This study examined knowledge, attitude, and practice on the use of ITNs in the prevention of malaria among pregnant women and guardians of children under five in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Methods.
Joseph N. Inungu, Nestor Ankiba, Mark Minelli, Vincent Mumford, Dido Bolekela, Bienvenu Mukoso, Willy Onema, Etienne Kouton, Dolapo Raji, Polrat Wilairatana   +9 more
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Laman KiKongo Collection Guide (and Supplementary Materials)

, 2021
This record contains an introduction to the Laman KiKongo Collection, and supplemental materials.This collection is an archival treasure of about 10,000 handwritten pages that records the life of people in the Lower Congo early in the 20th century ...
MacGaffey, Wyatt, Janzen, John M.
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Substrate influences in highland Spanish varieties of South America: Afro-Yungueño and Antioqueño from a comparative perspective

Journal of Ibero-Romance Creoles, 2022
The absence of research into the influence of West African and lesser-studied Amerindian languages on contemporary Spanish varieties in highland regions of South America is a significant yet unexpected gap in knowledge, given the well-developed fields of
Luana Lamberti, Eliot Raynor
doaj  

Shameful or shameless? Anxieties about mothers and women's autonomy on the Central African Copperbelt, 1956–1964

Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 289-306, March 2026.
Abstract This article deals with anxiety about and the shaming of modern urban mothers and wives on the mines of the late colonial Central African Copperbelt. Women's various labours and public presence lead to ambivalent depictions, such as the ‘careless mother’, that were part of a broader array of anxieties about women's autonomy on the mines ...
Stephanie Lämmert
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L'écriture romanesque de Sony Labou Tansi

Studies in African Languages and Cultures, 1998
Sony Labou Tansi est né au Congo Belge. Au début, son éducation à Mbanzalele, à 13 km du village paternel, puis dans une école protestante de Soundi-Loutete, se faisait en kikongo, conformément à la politique culturelle belge.
Janusz Krzywicki
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Déterminants de la mortalité maternelle dans la zone de santé de Kikongo, Province de Kwilu, RD Congo

Revue des Sciences de la Santé
La mortalité maternelle constitue un problème majeur de santé publique dans les pays en développement. En RDC, une femme meurt toutes les deux minutes de causes obstétricales.
Elie WABUKANI NTANGU, Josué ONOYA WEDI, Bernard NTOTO KUNZI, Emery KAFINGA LUZOLO   +3 more
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Comparative Lexical Parallelism Between Kikongo and Middle Egyptian

, 2004
This study presents a comparative morphological and phonosemantic analysis showing that a substantial subset of Old and Middle Egyptian lexical roots can be generated from Kikongo through minimal and reproducible transformation rules.
Nsiangani, Kibavuidi
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Thoughts on the structure of the history of Africana philosophy

The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 62, Issue S1, Page 17-37, September 2024.
Abstract This article seeks to comment insightfully on the way things hang together as we try to chart the history of Africana philosophy. It does so through reflections on the History of Africana Philosophy podcast, part of Peter Adamson's larger series, the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps.
Chike Jeffers
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