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Starving for Data: Eating Disorders Prevalence and Research Gaps in Southern Africa

open access: yesInternational Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Studies reporting prevalence estimates of eating disorders in Southern Africa are scarce. To fill this gap, the present Research Forum reviews existing literature on the prevalence of eating disorders, including as assessed by clinical interviews, screeners, and self‐reported behaviors, among individuals in Southern Africa.
Bernou Melisse   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The application of some second language teaching/learning principles in multimedia language design : a case study of a multimedia approach to an undergraduate course in Swahili [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Bibliography: leaves 68-70.This study investigates aspects of the learning process that takes place in the Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) classroom in the Department of Linguistics and Southern African Languages at the University of Cape Town.
Kouame, Germain Noel
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DARTS-ASR: Differentiable Architecture Search for Multilingual Speech Recognition and Adaptation

open access: yes, 2020
In previous works, only parameter weights of ASR models are optimized under fixed-topology architecture. However, the design of successful model architecture has always relied on human experience and intuition.
Chen, Yi-Chen   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Musical Property Rights Regimes in Tanzania and Kenya after TRIPS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Despite the passage of relatively uniform copyright legislation throughout East Africa and the formation of regional organizations meant to further standardize these laws, the protection of musical works in East African creative industries has varied ...
Andrew Eisenberg
core   +1 more source

Uundaji wa Istilahi za Kiswahili Kileksikografia na Athari zake

open access: yesNordic Journal of African Studies, 2007
The promotion of terminology has been one of the challenges of the development of Swahili language, especially after the year 1967 when Swahili was handed over the new responsibilities of being the official language in the activities of the government ...
S. S. Sewangi
doaj   +1 more source

“To Everyone Who Told Zanzis That They Are Not Omani”: Young Swahili-speaking Omanis’ Belonging in Postdiaspora Oman

open access: yesArabian Humanities, 2022
In this article, I explore some of the contemporary forms of expression that young Swahili-speakers below the age of 35 turn to in Oman to make claims to Omani citizenship and belonging.
Franziska Fay
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of COVID‐19 on public perceptions of wild meat in Central Africa

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat is a significant source of food and income generation in Central Africa. However, there is little knowledge of how the assumed link between COVID‐19 and wild meat consumption has been discussed by the media and received by the public. In this study, we conducted media content analysis of 264 articles published in 2019–2020 related to
Yuhan Li   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sources of BET [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
We investigate the sources of betting constructions, and specifically their predicates. The notion of risking something of value on an outcome is a complex one. Culturally, some degree of disposability of property is required. The concept is nevertheless
Hollmann, Willem   +2 more
core   +1 more source

A teoria da representação social e o discurso do sujeito coletivo em estudos no campo da política educacional: sentidos da interdisciplinaridade nos BI.

open access: yesRevista Educação e Cultura Contemporânea, 2018
A universidade contemporânea tem se deparado com desafios de ordem social, epistemológica e estrutural que requerem uma profunda reflexão acerca de seu estatuto e função social. No contexto brasileiro, uma série de reformas incompletas agravam ainda mais
Gabriel Swahili Sales de Almeida
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

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