This paper presents a dataset of 4507 annotated images of African plums collected across diverse regions in Cameroon, marking the first dataset specifically designed for AI-driven quality assessment of this fruit.The dataset is categorized into six quality grades: unaffected, bruised, cracked, rotten, spotted, and unripe.These categories represent

In concentrating solar systems, it is essential to study the optical losses of the collectors.A fundamental parameter is the intercept factor, namely, the fraction of sunrays reflected by the concentrator that reaches the receiver.Optical profilometry studies the relationship CENTAURY between the collector profile and the intercept factor, which in

Abstract Background In South Africa, community health workers (CHWs) working in community-based care (CBC) programmes provide care to patients most of whom are living with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB).Although studies have shown that the caregiving activities provided by the CHWs generate health care waste (HCW), there is limited information abou

This paper presents a comparison of conventional and modern machine (deep) learning within the framework of anomaly detection in self-organizing networks.While deep learning has gained significant traction, especially in application scenarios where large volumes of data can be collected and processed, conventional methods may yet offer strong stati

Bone defects and improper healing of fractures are an increasing public health burden, and there is an unmet clinical need in their successful repair.Gene therapy has been proposed as a possible approach to improve or augment bone healing with the potential to provide true functional regeneration.While large numbers of studies have been performed i