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Article ; Online: The future of e-Service provision in Marginalised Areas-Online Negotiation

Nobert Rangarirai Jere / Mamello Thinyane / Alfredo Terzoli

International Journal of Computer Science Issues, Vol 8, Iss 4, Pp 221-

2011 Volume 229

Abstract: ... an interesting research topic. Several e-marketing strategies through various online websites have been developed ... In rural communities e-services applications such as e-commerce, ehealth, e-judiciary and e-government have been ... the development of an intelligent negotiation module to enhance an e-commerce platform. The paper explains ...

Abstract	As the amount of commercial transactions carried out on the Internet increases, the interest to partially or totally automate the negotiation of the terms of these transactions has rapidly become an interesting research topic. Several e-marketing strategies through various online websites have been developed. In rural communities e-services applications such as e-commerce, ehealth, e-judiciary and e-government have been developed. However, most of these applications are failing to fully benefit the people in the societies because they are no modifications which are done to the applications as technology changes. This paper discusses the development of an intelligent negotiation module to enhance an e-commerce platform. The paper explains a negotiation application that has been developed and plugged to any existing e-Commerce shopping portal for the Dwesa Community in the Eastern cape province of South Africa and proposes an architecture for all other e-Services. This project explained is undertaken within the Siyakhula Living Lab.
Keywords	e-services ; e-commerce ; negotiation ; DRP ; IJCSI ; Electronic computers. Computer science ; QA75.5-76.95 ; Instruments and machines ; QA71-90 ; Mathematics ; QA1-939 ; Science ; Q ; DOAJ:Computer Science ; DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
Subject code	380
Language	English
Publishing date	2011-07-01T00:00:00Z
Publisher	IJCSI Press
Document type	Article ; Online
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Article ; Online: Caribou in the cross-fire? Considering terrestrial lichen forage in the face of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) expansion.

Nobert, Barry R / Larsen, Terrence A / Pigeon, Karine E / Finnegan, Laura

PloS one

2020 Volume 15, Issue 4, Page(s) e0232248

Abstract: Mountain pine beetle (MPB) has become an invasive forest pest of mature pine in western North America as it spreads beyond its former endemic range. Management actions such as timber harvest can reduce the spread of MPB but may affect species of ... ...

Abstract	Mountain pine beetle (MPB) has become an invasive forest pest of mature pine in western North America as it spreads beyond its former endemic range. Management actions such as timber harvest can reduce the spread of MPB but may affect species of conservation concern like woodland caribou. Our goal was to inform MPB management within caribou ranges by exploring the impacts of MPB on caribou habitat-focusing on terrestrial lichens, an important winter food for caribou. We evaluated differences in lichen cover among four MPB management actions: timber harvest, wildfires, leaving MPB killed trees as-is, and single-tree cut-and-burn control. We found little evidence that leaving MPB killed trees as-is or controlling MPB using single-tree cut-and-burn impacted lichen cover. However, we found that lichen cover was lower in timber harvested and burned areas compared to intact undisturbed forest but only 10 to 20 years post-disturbance, respectively. Our results suggest that despite short-term reductions in lichen cover, using timber harvesting and prescribed burns to control MPB may balance management needs for MPB while maintaining lichen cover over time. However, using timber harvesting and prescribed burns to manage MPB is likely to have detrimental population-level effects on caribou by increasing the proportion of disturbed habitat and thus predators within caribou ranges. Among the four management actions that we evaluated, the cut-and-burn control program balances the need to limit the spread of MPB while also limiting negative impacts on caribou food. Our work addresses some of the challenges of managing competing forest and ecosystem values by evaluating the consequence of forest pest management actions on an important food resource for a species-at-risk.
MeSH term(s)	Animals ; Coleoptera/physiology ; Conservation of Natural Resources/methods ; Ecosystem ; Forests ; Lichens/physiology ; North America ; Pest Control/methods ; Pinus/physiology ; Reindeer/physiology ; Seasons ; Wildfires
Language	English
Publishing date	2020-04-30
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
ISSN	1932-6203
ISSN (online)	1932-6203
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0232248
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Article ; Online: Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus) avoid wellsite activity during winter

Doug MacNearney / Barry Nobert / Laura Finnegan

Global Ecology and Conservation, Vol 29, Iss , Pp e01737- (2021)

2021

Abstract: ... activity phases (i.e., drilling, producing, and inactive). We used location data from 37 GPS-collared caribou ...

Abstract	Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus) are threatened in Alberta in part due to the development of oil and gas resources. To inform best management practices for caribou, we assessed how proximity to wellsites influenced caribou habitat selection, and whether habitat selection varied across wellsite activity phases (i.e., drilling, producing, and inactive). We used location data from 37 GPS-collared caribou monitored between 2007 and 2013 in west-central Alberta to model habitat selection. Our results suggest the influence of wellsites on caribou habitat selection are temporally dynamic. The largest impacts occur when human activity at wellsites is greatest, however wellsites continue to influence caribou habitat selection after human activity ceases. Caribou avoided wellsites, and avoidance increased relative to the degree of activity at the nearest wellsite. During early winter, caribou avoided wellsites in the drilling phase more than inactive and producing wellsites. During late winter, caribou avoided wellsites in producing phases more than inactive wellsites. Caribou may benefit from management practices that include i) seasonal timing restrictions on drilling, ii) reductions of human activity at wellsites, whether in duration or intensity, iii) land-use planning to coordinate the placement of wellsites to minimize impacts to caribou and their habitat, and iv) prompt and effective restoration of wellsites to match original habitat conditions once production has stopped.
Keywords	Woodland caribou ; Rangifer tarandus ; Oil and gas ; Wellsite ; Disturbance ; Alberta ; Ecology ; QH540-549.5
Subject code	333
Language	English
Publishing date	2021-09-01T00:00:00Z
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Article ; Online: Invasive Adenocarcinoma of the Head of a Boreal Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), Alberta, Canada.

Slater, Owen M / Goldsmith, Dayna / Nobert, Barry / Melnycky, Natalka A / Flasko, Amy / Seip, Caroline / Hegel, Troy / Price, Elena / Hervieux, Dave

Journal of wildlife diseases

2022 Volume 58, Issue 4, Page(s) 931–934

Abstract: An emaciated, 14-yr-old female boreal woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) was found dead with an ulcerated wound on the left side of the head. Radiographs documented osteolysis of portions of the mandible and cranium. Histopathology revealed an ... ...

Abstract	An emaciated, 14-yr-old female boreal woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) was found dead with an ulcerated wound on the left side of the head. Radiographs documented osteolysis of portions of the mandible and cranium. Histopathology revealed an invasive adenocarcinoma infiltrating the soft tissues and bones of the head.
MeSH term(s)	Female ; Animals ; Alberta/epidemiology
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-07-22
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	410709-3
ISSN	1943-3700 ; 0090-3558
ISSN (online)	1943-3700
ISSN	0090-3558
DOI	10.7589/JWD-D-21-00192
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Article ; Online: The impact of mountain pine beetle outbreaks and their treatment methods on the abundance of plant-foods important to caribou and grizzly bears

McClelland, Cameron J.R. / Nobert, Barry / Larsen, Terrence A. / Pigeon, Karine E. / Finnegan, Laura

Forest Ecology and Management. 2023 Mar., v. 532 p.120841-

2023

Abstract: In Alberta, Canada, mountain pine beetle (MPB) infestations overlap with threatened caribou and grizzly bear ranges. While MPB is a natural part of the ecosystem, increased intensity of infestation due to fire suppression and a changing climate has ... ...

Abstract	In Alberta, Canada, mountain pine beetle (MPB) infestations overlap with threatened caribou and grizzly bear ranges. While MPB is a natural part of the ecosystem, increased intensity of infestation due to fire suppression and a changing climate has required mitigating actions in the form of MPB control treatments, including accelerated forest harvesting, prescribed burns, and single-tree cut and burn. However, little is known on how MPB and MPB treatments affect understory shrub and forb forage taxa important to threatened caribou and grizzly bear populations. Using data collected in west-central and north-west Alberta, we investigated how the occurrence and abundance of 25 shrub and forb taxa varied among MPB kill, MPB treatments: single-tree cut and burn, harvesting, fire, and uncut forest strata. We determined that MPB kill and MPB treatments impacted 13 forage taxa preferred by threatened caribou and grizzly bear populations. These caribou and grizzly bear forage taxa generally had a positive response to MPB kill and single-tree cut and burn, a positive response to fire, or a positive response to MPB kill, single-tree cut and burn, and fire. Our results suggest that less-intensive MPB treatments like single-tree cut and burn might balance the threat of MPB against maintaining food resources and habitat for threatened species. As MPB continues to be a significant problem in Alberta and across the boreal forest, the results from our study, combined with ongoing assessments on the impact of MPB on wildlife species will provide essential information for evidence-based landscape management.
Keywords	Dendroctonus ponderosae ; Rangifer tarandus ; Ursus arctos ; administrative management ; boreal forests ; climate ; ecosystems ; fire suppression ; forage ; forbs ; forest ecology ; habitats ; landscape management ; shrubs ; threatened species ; understory ; wildlife ; Alberta
Language	English
Dates of publication	2023-03
Publishing place	Elsevier B.V.
Document type	Article ; Online
ZDB-ID	751138-3
ISSN	0378-1127
ISSN	0378-1127
DOI	10.1016/j.foreco.2023.120841
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Article: Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus) avoid wellsite activity during winter

MacNearney, Doug / Nobert, Barry / Finnegan, Laura

Global ecology and conservation. 2021 Sept., v. 29

2021

Abstract: ... activity phases (i.e., drilling, producing, and inactive). We used location data from 37 GPS-collared caribou ...

Abstract	Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus) are threatened in Alberta in part due to the development of oil and gas resources. To inform best management practices for caribou, we assessed how proximity to wellsites influenced caribou habitat selection, and whether habitat selection varied across wellsite activity phases (i.e., drilling, producing, and inactive). We used location data from 37 GPS-collared caribou monitored between 2007 and 2013 in west-central Alberta to model habitat selection. Our results suggest the influence of wellsites on caribou habitat selection are temporally dynamic. The largest impacts occur when human activity at wellsites is greatest, however wellsites continue to influence caribou habitat selection after human activity ceases. Caribou avoided wellsites, and avoidance increased relative to the degree of activity at the nearest wellsite. During early winter, caribou avoided wellsites in the drilling phase more than inactive and producing wellsites. During late winter, caribou avoided wellsites in producing phases more than inactive wellsites. Caribou may benefit from management practices that include i) seasonal timing restrictions on drilling, ii) reductions of human activity at wellsites, whether in duration or intensity, iii) land-use planning to coordinate the placement of wellsites to minimize impacts to caribou and their habitat, and iv) prompt and effective restoration of wellsites to match original habitat conditions once production has stopped.
Keywords	Rangifer tarandus caribou ; habitat preferences ; habitats ; humans ; oils ; winter ; Alberta
Language	English
Dates of publication	2021-09
Publishing place	Elsevier B.V.
Document type	Article
ZDB-ID	2814786-8
ISSN	2351-9894
ISSN	2351-9894
DOI	10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01737
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Article ; Online: Caribou in the cross-fire? Considering terrestrial lichen forage in the face of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) expansion.

Barry R Nobert / Terrence A Larsen / Karine E Pigeon / Laura Finnegan

PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 4, p e

2020 Volume 0232248

Abstract	Mountain pine beetle (MPB) has become an invasive forest pest of mature pine in western North America as it spreads beyond its former endemic range. Management actions such as timber harvest can reduce the spread of MPB but may affect species of conservation concern like woodland caribou. Our goal was to inform MPB management within caribou ranges by exploring the impacts of MPB on caribou habitat-focusing on terrestrial lichens, an important winter food for caribou. We evaluated differences in lichen cover among four MPB management actions: timber harvest, wildfires, leaving MPB killed trees as-is, and single-tree cut-and-burn control. We found little evidence that leaving MPB killed trees as-is or controlling MPB using single-tree cut-and-burn impacted lichen cover. However, we found that lichen cover was lower in timber harvested and burned areas compared to intact undisturbed forest but only 10 to 20 years post-disturbance, respectively. Our results suggest that despite short-term reductions in lichen cover, using timber harvesting and prescribed burns to control MPB may balance management needs for MPB while maintaining lichen cover over time. However, using timber harvesting and prescribed burns to manage MPB is likely to have detrimental population-level effects on caribou by increasing the proportion of disturbed habitat and thus predators within caribou ranges. Among the four management actions that we evaluated, the cut-and-burn control program balances the need to limit the spread of MPB while also limiting negative impacts on caribou food. Our work addresses some of the challenges of managing competing forest and ecosystem values by evaluating the consequence of forest pest management actions on an important food resource for a species-at-risk.
Keywords	Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
Subject code	333
Language	English
Publishing date	2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
Publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Document type	Article ; Online
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Article ; Online: Private sector antimalarial sales a decade after “test and treat”

Victoria Shelus / Nobert Mumbere / Edgar M. Mulogo / Clare Barrington / Emmanuel Baguma / Rabbison Muhindo / James E. Herrington / Michael Emch / Suzanne Maman / Ross M. Boyce

Frontiers in Public Health, Vol

A cross-sectional study of drug shop clients in rural Uganda

2023 Volume 11

Abstract: BackgroundThe World Health Organization has promoted “test and treat” guidelines for malaria since 2010, recommending all suspected malaria cases be confirmed with a parasitological test, typically a rapid diagnostic test (RDT), prior to treatment with ... ...

Abstract	BackgroundThe World Health Organization has promoted “test and treat” guidelines for malaria since 2010, recommending all suspected malaria cases be confirmed with a parasitological test, typically a rapid diagnostic test (RDT), prior to treatment with antimalarial medications. However, many fevers at private drug shops in Uganda continue to be treated presumptively as malaria without diagnostic testing.MethodsThe purpose of this study was to document private sector malaria case management in rural Uganda through a cross-sectional survey of drug shop clients in Bugoye sub-county. Drug shop vendors (n = 46) recorded information about sales interactions with clients reporting fever or requesting antimalarials and collected capillary blood samples from clients who purchased medications without an RDT. We estimated the proportion of clients who purchased an RDT, adhered to the RDT result, and received antimalarials without having laboratory-confirmed malaria.ResultsMost drug shops were unlicensed (96%) and sold RDTs (98%). Of 934 clients with suspected malaria who visited study drug shops during the data collection period, only 25% bought an RDT. Since some clients reported previous RDTs from the public sector, 40% of clients were aware of their malaria status at the drug shop. Among those with negative tests, 36% still purchased antimalarials. Sixty-five percent of clients who purchased an antimalarial without an RDT subsequently tested negative.ConclusionsDespite national guidelines, drug shop clients who purchase antimalarials from drug shops in Bugoye are often not tested to confirm a malaria diagnosis prior to treatment. Most clients treated presumptively with antimalarials did not have malaria. Interventions are needed to improve malaria case management and rational drug use in the private sector.
Keywords	malaria case management ; malaria diagnosis ; drug shops ; private health sector ; rational drug use ; Public aspects of medicine ; RA1-1270
Subject code	360
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-03-01T00:00:00Z
Publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
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Article ; Online: Private sector antimalarial sales a decade after "test and treat": A cross-sectional study of drug shop clients in rural Uganda.

Shelus, Victoria / Mumbere, Nobert / Mulogo, Edgar M / Barrington, Clare / Baguma, Emmanuel / Muhindo, Rabbison / Herrington, James E / Emch, Michael / Maman, Suzanne / Boyce, Ross M

Frontiers in public health

2023 Volume 11, Page(s) 1140405

Abstract: Background: The World Health Organization has promoted "test and treat" guidelines for malaria since 2010, recommending all suspected malaria cases be confirmed with a parasitological test, typically a rapid diagnostic test (RDT), prior to treatment ... ...

Abstract	Background: The World Health Organization has promoted "test and treat" guidelines for malaria since 2010, recommending all suspected malaria cases be confirmed with a parasitological test, typically a rapid diagnostic test (RDT), prior to treatment with antimalarial medications. However, many fevers at private drug shops in Uganda continue to be treated presumptively as malaria without diagnostic testing. Methods: The purpose of this study was to document private sector malaria case management in rural Uganda through a cross-sectional survey of drug shop clients in Bugoye sub-county. Drug shop vendors ( Results: Most drug shops were unlicensed (96%) and sold RDTs (98%). Of 934 clients with suspected malaria who visited study drug shops during the data collection period, only 25% bought an RDT. Since some clients reported previous RDTs from the public sector, 40% of clients were aware of their malaria status at the drug shop. Among those with negative tests, 36% still purchased antimalarials. Sixty-five percent of clients who purchased an antimalarial without an RDT subsequently tested negative. Conclusions: Despite national guidelines, drug shop clients who purchase antimalarials from drug shops in Bugoye are often not tested to confirm a malaria diagnosis prior to treatment. Most clients treated presumptively with antimalarials did not have malaria. Interventions are needed to improve malaria case management and rational drug use in the private sector.
MeSH term(s)	Humans ; Antimalarials/therapeutic use ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Uganda ; Private Sector ; Malaria/diagnosis ; Malaria/drug therapy ; Fever
Chemical Substances	Antimalarials
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-03-28
Publishing country	Switzerland
Document type	Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
ZDB-ID	2711781-9
ISSN	2296-2565 ; 2296-2565
ISSN (online)	2296-2565
ISSN	2296-2565
DOI	10.3389/fpubh.2023.1140405
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Article ; Online: Deploying machine learning with messy, real world data in low- and middle-income countries: Developing a global health use case.

Finnegan, Amy / Potenziani, David D / Karutu, Caroline / Wanyana, Irene / Matsiko, Nicholas / Elahi, Cyrus / Mijumbi, Nobert / Stanley, Richard / Vota, Wayan

Frontiers in big data

2022 Volume 5, Page(s) 553673

Abstract: ... based (e.g., Dropbox, Google Drive) and open source tools (e.g., R). We organized our work as a "sprint ...

Abstract	The rapid emergence of machine learning in the form of large-scale computational statistics and accumulation of data offers global health implementing partners an opportunity to adopt, adapt, and apply these techniques and technologies to low- and middle-income country (LMIC) contexts where we work. These benefits reside just out of the reach of many implementing partners because they lack the experience and specific skills to use them. Yet the growth of available analytical systems and exponential growth of data require the global digital health community to become conversant in this technology to continue to make contributions to help fulfill our missions. In this community case study, we describe the approach we took at IntraHealth International to inform the use case for machine learning in global health and development. We found that the data needed to take advantage of machine learning were plentiful and that an international, interdisciplinary team can be formed to collect, clean, and analyze the data at hand using cloud-based (e.g., Dropbox, Google Drive) and open source tools (e.g., R). We organized our work as a "sprint" lasting roughly 10 weeks in length so that we could rapidly prototype these approaches in order to achieve institutional buy in. Our initial sprint resulted in two requests in subsequent workplans for analytics using the data we compiled and directly impacted program implementation.
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-07-27
Publishing country	Switzerland
Document type	Journal Article
ISSN	2624-909X
ISSN (online)	2624-909X
DOI	10.3389/fdata.2022.553673
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