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The interaction between elephants and their environment has profound implications for both ecology and conservation strategies. This study presents an analytical approach to decipher the intricate patterns of elephant movement in Sub-Saharan Africa, ...

This paper analyses the suitability of a Fuzzy Logic (FL) AI-trained machine learning model to assist IoT-based smart hydroponics for deployment with South African rural subsistence farmers. To answer these questions, a fuzzy logic model was developed to ...

This work presents an approach for combining household demographic and living standards survey questions with features derived from satellite imagery to predict the poverty rate of a region. Our approach utilizes visual features obtained from a single-...

Understanding household practices, beliefs, relationships among the members, and their preferences are often overlooked in the design of home-based interventions aiming to reduce consumption. We conducted a survey in the United Kingdom (22 responses) ...

With rapid urbanization and increasing traffic congestion in major cities, alternative modes of transportation have gained significant attention. The ride-sharing app revolution also has sparked a significant transformation in the transportation industry,...

Forests across the world play a crucial role in the fight against the climate catastrophe as well as mass extinction that characterise the Anthropocene. However, they are also increasingly threatened by destructive human practices such as agriculture ...

Support plays a vital role in the teaching profession. A good support system can empower teachers to regulate their emotions and effectively manage stress while working in isolation. The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a hybrid form of education, ...

Food waste presents a substantial challenge with significant environmental and economic ramifications, and its severity on campus environments is of particular concern. In response to this, we introduce FoodWise, a dual-component system tailored to ...

This paper presents a Smart City Hunt app, which was developed to engage diverse citizens by raising awareness, providing smart experiences and collecting data to guide strategies to transform the City of Windhoek into a smart and sustainable city. The ...

Rising sustainability concerns in the food industry have driven the need for innovative approaches in culinary operations. Redesigning the menus and recipes from a sustainability perspective is a promising approach to reducing restaurants' environmental ...

In the context of financial gain, hackers are motivated to exploit vulnerabilities that could result in financial or data loss. Therefore, it is crucial for financial applications to undergo thorough testing to identify and address such vulnerabilities. ...

This paper analyzes the current practices of Indigenous data sovereignty in environmental research and activism in the United States, as known by the settler government. The CARE principles are a widely adopted set of guidelines for Indigenous data ...

This paper presents a demonstration of a collaborative decision-making assistant designed to support healthcare professionals in making informed and personalized treatment decisions for their patients.

The prototype highlights the integration of advanced ...

In this demo, we will show how a mutual credit-based community voucher or currency integrated with a community-owned network and a local content server could incentivise users to become better custodians of commons infrastructure. This could lead to the ...

The process of financial portfolio optimization involves choosing the most suitable mix of assets to meet a particular investment goal. Conventional portfolio optimization primarily focuses on maximizing returns and minimizing risks while overlooking ...

In most American cities commuters on public transit have disproportionately lower incomes than commuters who use automobiles. Given the proven link between geographic and economic mobility, it is critical to offer quality public transit to improve ...

We explored the use of digital stories to support empathy skills training in maternity health workers. Our digital stories build on an existing in-person training approach; the Secret History (SH) that was developed by the Perinatal Mental Health ...

Digital Public Goods (DPGs) play a vital role in achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in low-income and middle-income countries. However, the lack of interoperability among different DPGs could lead to duplication of ...

Usability is the key to making future technology useful to the world, yet it is often ignored. This workshop will introduce Usability, and brainstorm ways to incorporate it into UN SDGs. One example is our effort to add World Usability Day (WUD) to the ...

Community Networks (CNs) worldwide are promising low-resource communities new ways of connecting and interplaying with technology. The embedded infrastructures of the CNs are derived from the sociocultural, political, spatial, and economic practices of ...

In recent years, there has been a growing focus on HCI research in non-western contexts, attracting junior researchers from diverse backgrounds to actively engage in this global community. However, there are limited avenues for junior researchers to ...

Working as Software Engineer in the healthcare industry for four years. There were rules guiding the work environment of healthcare professionals but none for Software engineers, who tend to overwork. Such resulted in health issues. Not ICT-based ...