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Retrospective Post-Hospitalisation COVID-19 Mortality Risk Assessment of Patients in South Africa by Boateng, Alexander, Maposa, Daniel, Mokobane, Reshoketswe

“…Background: This study explores the determinants impacting the mortality risk of COVID-19 patients following hospitalisation within South Africa’s Limpopo…”
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Modeling of the daily dynamics in bike rental system using weather and calendar conditions: A semi-parametric approach by Odoom, Christopher, Boateng, Alexander, Mensah, Sarah Fobi, Maposa, Daniel

“…This study proposes a more robust methodological approach to modeling the effect of weather and calendar variables on the number of bike rentals. We employ…”
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Analysis of COVID-19 cases and comorbidities using machine learning algorithms: A case study of the Limpopo Province, South Africa by Boateng, Alexander, Maposa, Daniel, Mokobane, Reshoketswe, Darikwa, Timotheus, Gyamfi, Charles

“…This study examined the biological, social, and clinical risk factors for mortality in coronavirus of the year 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalised patients. The…”
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Simulating stock prices using geometric Brownian motion model under normal and convoluted distributional assumptions by Mensah, Eric Teye, Boateng, Alexander, Frempong, Nana Kena, Maposa, Daniel

“…This study proposes a modified Geometric Brownian motion (GBM), to simulate stock price paths under normal and convoluted distributional assumptions. This…”
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Depression, anxiety and coping mechanisms among mental healthcare practitioners during COVID-19 by Stals, Yolandi, du Plessis, Edwin, Pretorius, Paul J, Nel, Mariette, Boateng, Alexander

“…Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has placed the psychological functioning of mental healthcare practitioners under severe strain…”
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Optimized Recovery of DNA and Subsequent Short Tandem Repeat Profiling of Different Tissues Sampled from Embalmed Human Cadavers by Afrifah, Kofi, Badu-Boateng, Alexander, Antwi-Akomeah, Samuel, Owusu-Afriyie, Osei, Yankey, Mishael

“…Abstract Introduction: Storage of specimens sampled from human remains for pathological testing, embalming for burial purposes, and for human identification…”
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Geographically weighted principal component analysis for characterising the spatial heterogeneity and connectivity of soil heavy metals in Kumasi, Ghana by Aidoo, Eric N., Appiah, Simon K., Awashie, Gaston E., Boateng, Alexander, Darko, Godfred

“…The use of principal component analysis (PCA) for soil heavy metals characterization provides useful information for decision making and policies regarding the…”
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A comparative study of error distributions in the GARCH model through a Monte Carlo simulation approach by Ampadu, Samuel, Mensah, Eric T., Aidoo, Eric N., Boateng, Alexander, Maposa, Daniel

“…Financial time series data are known to exhibit volatility clustering, which implies that the volatility of financial returns tends to persist over time. This…”
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Using the SITAR Method to Estimate Age at Peak Height Velocity of Children in Rural South Africa: Ellisras Longitudinal Study by Nembidzane, Chris, Lesaoana, 'Maseka, Monyeki, Kotsedi Daniel, Boateng, Alexander, Makgae, Phuti J

“…Various studies have been conducted on children using the Ellisras Longitudinal Study Survey in South Africa, but none of these has addressed growth variations…”
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Forensic identification of missing persons using DNA from surviving relatives and femur bone retrieved from salty environment by Afrifah, Kofi, Badu-Boateng, Alexander, Antwi-Akomeah, Samuel, Motey, Eva, Boampong, Emmanuel, Twumasi, Peter, Sampene, Paul, Donkor, Augustine

“…Human identification using forensic DNA profiling has made enormous advancement over the past two-and-half decades. Forensic DNA profiling provides enormous…”
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Modelling Malaria Incidence in the Limpopo Province, South Africa: Comparison of Classical and Bayesian Methods of Estimation by Sehlabana, Makwelantle Asnath, Maposa, Daniel, Boateng, Alexander

“…Malaria infects and kills millions of people in Africa, predominantly in hot regions where temperatures during the day and night are typically high. In South…”
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Exploring Theological and Biblical perspectives on wealth and poverty by Boaheng, Isaac, Boateng, Alexander Kwasi, Boaheng, Samuel

“…The subject of wealth and poverty is one of the major themes in the JudeoChristian Scriptures. The continent of Africa is one of the regions hugely affected by…”
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Distribution and in-vitro bioaccessibility of potentially toxic metals in surface soils from a mining and a non-mining community in Ghana: implications for human health by Asamoah, Benjamin Darko, Dodd, Matt, Yevugah, Lily Lisa, Borquaye, Lawrence Sheringham, Boateng, Alexander, Nkansah, Marian Asantewah, Darko, Godfred

“…The concentration and bioaccessibility of potentially toxic metals, including As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn, were determined in surface soil samples from a…”
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A comparative study of different laboratory storage conditions for enhanced DNA analysis of crime scene soil-blood mixed sample by Badu-Boateng, Alexander, Twumasi, Peter, Salifu, Samson Pandam, Afrifah, Kofi Adjapong

“…Crime scene investigation is an important step in the entire criminal investigation process because this is where evidence is gathered. Blood from the…”
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Brief Research Report: A Monte Carlo Simulation Study of Small Sample Bias in Ordered Logit Model under Multicollinearity by Aidoo, Eric Nimako, Appiah, Simon K., Boateng, Alexander

“…This study investigated the small sample biasness of the ordered logit model parameters under multicollinearity using Monte Carlo simulation. The results…”
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Exchange rate dynamics in South Africa by Boateng, Alexander, Claudio-Quiroga, Gloria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…The structure of the nominal exchange rates in South Africa is examined by using fractional integration. We investigate the levels and the volatilities against…”
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NON-LINEARITIES, STRUCTURAL BREAKS AND FRACTIONAL INTEGRATION IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE GHANAIAN AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN CPI INFLATION RATES by Boateng, Alexander, Lesaoana, ‘Maseka, Siweya, Hlengani, Belete, Abenet, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…Keeping a low steady rate of inflation is one of the government’s most important responsibilities. Inflation is an important determinant of economic growth…”
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LONG MEMORY AND ARFIMA MODELLING: THE CASE OF CPI INFLATION RATE IN GHANA by Boateng, Alexander, Gil-Alana, Luis Alberiko, 'Maseka, Lesaoana, Siweya, Hlengani, Belete, Abenet

“…In macroeconomic theory and economic policy, changes in the general price level or the rate of inflation plays an essential role. Hence, for example, one of…”
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