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Design and Analysis of Control Systems: Driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Written to inspire and cultivate the ability to design and analyse feasible control algorithms for a wide range of engineering applications, this comprehensive text covers
A case study of monkeypox disease in the United States using mathematical modeling with real data
Mathematics and Computers in Simulation Volume 213, 2023 Abstract In this article, we propose the mathematical modeling of monkeypox, a viral zoonotic disease, to study
The Japa syndrome and the migration of Nigerians to the United Kingdom: an empirical analysis
Comparative Migration Studies Volume 11, 2023 – Issue 27 Abstract Since the early years of independence, Africa has witnessed varying degrees of migration-regular and irregular.
Data Science Masters Programme
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Transnational Activities of Women-Focused Civil Society Actors in Southern Africa
This book focuses on southern Africa by engaging with ‘norms’ from various perspectives and how they have proliferated within a neo-liberalising context since the 1990s.
The Breakfast Club with Prof Arthur Mutambara
[embedpress]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4dnaZq26eGA[/embedpress] Professor Mutambara speaks on his new volume: Ideas and Solutions – In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream: An Autobiography of Thought Leadership Vol.
The Diaspora’s Soft Power in an Age of Global Anti-Nigerian Sentiment
Commonwealth & Comparative Politics Volume 61, 2023 – Issue 2 Abstract The global anti-Nigerian sentiment that has engendered the state’s image crisis cannot be denied.
Ideas and Solutions – In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream: An Autobiography of Thought Leadership, Vol. III
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: Great Expectations and Daunting Existential Risks
The starting point is to understand the basic definitions of key concepts such as Robotics, AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Single-Task AI, Artificial General Intelligence
Why West African states do not go to war with each other: ‘Pan-West Africanism’ and constructivist international relations
African Security Review ABSTRACT Realism and liberalism theories have had the most significant influence on the analyses for international relations. While the theories have proven
Procurement practices, leadership style and employee-perceived service quality towards the perceived public health sector performance in Zimbabwe
Cogent Social Sciences Volume 9, 2023 – Issue 1 Abstract The public sector performance can be judged through the ability to deliver expected service to
Water Scarcity in South Africa – Who Wins and Who Loses
Amandla! 85/86: 23-25 All discussions about water scarcity in South Africa begin by telling us that the county is water scarce. It’s the 39th driest
Optimum Power Flow with Respect to the Capacitor Location and Size in Distribution Network
Processes Volume 10, 2022 – Issue 12 Abstract In the past few decades, there has been increasing recognition of the importance of optimum power flow
Challenges Associated with Hybrid Energy Systems: An Artificial Intelligence Solution
Energy Reports Volume 9, 2023 Abstract Hybrid Energy Systems (HES) combine multiple energy sources to maximize energy efficiency. Due to the unpredictability and dependence on
Some Existence and Uniqueness Results for a Class of Fractional Stochastic Differential Equations
Symmetry Volume 14, 2022 – Issue 11 Abstract Many techniques have been recently used by various researchers to solve some types of symmetrical fractional differential
Role of fractional derivatives in the mathematical modeling of the transmission of Chlamydia in the United States from 1989 to 2019
Nonlinear Dynamics Nowadays, the mathematical modeling of infectious diseases is a big trend worldwide. The mathematical models help us to forecast future outbreaks of diseases
Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis and the Question of the Right to Self-Determination
The Round Table The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs Volume 111, 2022 – Issue 5 Abstract Is Southern Cameroons entitled to self-determination under international law?
A Novel Study on a Fractional-Order Heat Conduction Model for the Human Head by Using the Least-Squares Method
International Journal of Dynamics and Control Volume 11, 2023 Abstract In this research article, a model of the temperature distribution in the human skull is
Some Novel Mathematical Analysis on the Fractional‐Order 2019‐nCoV Dynamical Model
Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences Volume 46, 2023 – Issue 4 Abstract Since December 2019, the whole world has been facing the big challenge
Some Novel Mathematical Analysis on the Fractal–fractional Model of the AH1N1/09 Virus and its Generalized Caputo-type Version
Chaos, Solitons & Fractals Volume 162 Abstract In this paper, we formulate a new model of a particular type of influenza virus called AH1N1/09 in
Fractional-Order Dynamics of Chagas-HIV Epidemic Model with Different Fractional Operators
AIMS Mathematics Volume 7, 2022 – Issue 10 Abstract In this research, we reformulate and analyze a co-infection model consisting of Chagas and HIV epidemics.
COVID-19 and South Africa-China’s Asymmetric Relations
World Affairs Volume 185, 2022 – Issue 3 ABSTRACT While South Africa–China relations were only formalized in 1998, relations between these states date back to
Apartheid Racism and Post-apartheid Xenophobia: Bridging the Gap
Migration in Southern Africa Rugunanan, P and Xulu-Gama, N. (Eds) Cham: Springer Abstract Media images of Africa seems to suggest that the continent is characterised
First Comes Love, then Comes Marriage? Exploring the Narratives and Experiences of South African Partners of Nigerian Male Immigrants in South Africa’.
Conflict and Concord Isike, C and Isike, EM. (Eds) Singapore. Palgrave Macmillan Abstract Xenophobic policies and violence have marred South Africa’s experience with immigrants. While
International Collaboration from an African Perspective: Strengthening Partnerships for our Common Goals
Higher Education in the World Report 8 Special Issue: New Visions for Higher Education towards 2030 Global University Network for Innovation (GUNi) Abstract Immediately after
Nigeria’s Space Programme and Counter-Terrorism: Tracking Boko Haram with Nigerian Satellites
Peace Review A Journal of Social Justice Volume 34, 2022 – Issue 3 Abstract Nigeria’s counter-terrorism campaign against the dreaded Boko Haramsect has relied heavily
Nigeria’s Democracy Promotion in Africa: Hard, Soft or Smart Power Stratagem?
Journal of Asian and African Studies Volume 57, 2022 – Issue 6 Abstract Democracy promotion is undoubtedly one of Nigeria’s most important foreign policy objectives
South Africa’s Curriculum Transformation: Insights from Post-Independence Africa and the era of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States
Strategic Review for Southern Africa Volume 43, 2021 – Issue 2 Abstract The #MustFall campaigns, student-led protests that began at the University of Cape Town
Africa’s Soft Power: Philosophies, Political Values, Foreign Policies and Cultural Exports
This book investigates the ways in which soft power is used by African countries to help drive global influence. Selecting four of the countries most
A Sleeping Giant? Nigeria’s Domestic and International Politics in the Twenty-First Century
This edited volume explores Nigeria’s domestic and international politics and its implications for the country’s national development and international status. Coinciding with the twenty year
Soft Power Individuals in Nigeria and South Africa: An Appraisal of Olusegun Obasanjo’s and Thabo Mbeki’s Power of Attraction
The Round Table The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs Volume 109, 2020 – Issue 5 ABSTRACT Despite the increasing influence of non-state actors in international
A Framework for Decisions in a Post-COVID World
This document presents simple, high-level, qualitative assessments of lockdown from the perspective of seven policy priorities. It then presents an extremely simple way to combine
Sacrificing the Fukushima 50 again?
Volume 42, Issue 1 March 2020 Background In the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant accident, many workers helped restore the contaminated site, exposing
2020 Annual Report
2020 was the first year of operation for the Institute for the Future of Knowledge (IFK). This was not an easy year in which to