A5034119494- Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
- Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
- Soil and Unsaturated Flow
- Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
- Urbanization and City Planning
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Labor Movements and Unions
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Archaeology and Historical Studies
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
- Public Administration and Governance
- Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography
- Building energy efficiency and sustainability
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Environmental Monitoring and Data Management
- Law in Society and Culture
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Urban Development and Cultural Heritage
- European and International Law Studies
- Education in Diverse Contexts
- Global Health and Surgery
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- HIV Research and Treatment
University of Cape Town
2024
University of KwaZulu-Natal
2023-2024
Makerere University Walter Reed Project
2022
University of Miskolc
2020-2021
Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
2019
Midrand Graduate Institute
2014
BackgroundWHO guidelines recommend dolutegravir plus two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) for second-line HIV therapy, with NRTI switching from first-line tenofovir to zidovudine. We aimed examine whether is non-inferior darunavir, the best-in-class protease inhibitor drug, and maintaining in therapy zidovudine.MethodsIn this prospective, multicentre, open-label, factorial, randomised, non-inferiority trial (NADIA), participants confirmed treatment failure (HIV-1 RNA ≥1000...
In April 2022, the city of Durban in South Africa experienced one its most devastating floods history, with 300 mm or more recorded 24-hour period on 11-12 April. This extreme event led to approximately 430 fatalities and infrastructure damages estimated at 1 billion US dollars.The primary objective this study was calibrate hydrological model (HEC-HMS) hydraulic (HEC-RAS) by using observed precipitation data, high-resolution Digital Elevation Model (DEM) 10 m, soil maps, land use landcover...
Flooding has increasingly posed significant challenges in the Western Cape, South Africa, with September 2023 floods Franschhoek underscoring vulnerability of region to extreme rainfall events. During this event, area received over 220 mm within 48 hours, resulting extensive flooding that inundated approximately 500 hectares, displaced 1,000 residents, and caused substantial damage infrastructure. This study developed an integrated Flood Risk Information System (FRIS) designed for...
Soil water content or soil moisture is considered one of the most critical properties for crop production, irrigation, and environmental studies. The technical development measurement devices swift, but calibration among field conditions still not entirely resolved. Accurate requires samples taken right next to sensor that disturbs site changes conditions. Real operation probe represent larger areas have undisturbed soils around probe. These would describe parcel’s general start providing...
Soil moisture (SM) is a key variable in the climate system and parameter earth surface processes. This study aimed to test citizen observatory (CO) data develop method estimate SM distribution using Sentinel-1B C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Landsat 8 data; acquired between January 2019 June 2019. An agricultural region of Tard western Hungary was chosen as area. In situ soil measurements uppermost 10 cm were carried out 36 fields simultaneously with SAR acquisition. The effects...
Abstract Soil moisture (SM) is a fundamental constituent of the terrestrial environment and hydrological cycle. Owing to its significant influence on catchment responses, it can be utilized as an indicator floods droughts aid early warning systems. This study aimed develop field‐scale method estimate SM using parametric machine learning‐based methods compare whether advanced artificial intelligence give similar results traditional methods. Considering this, monthly observed data (from top 10...
Soil moisture (SM) or soil water content is a critical variable in the climate system and key parameter earth surface processes. This study aimed to assess citizen observatory (CO) data's suitability develop method estimate SM distribution using Sentinel-1B Landsat 8 data; acquired between January 2019 June 2019. Three approaches were developed compared multiple linear regression (MLR), regression-kriging (RK) cokriging (CK). MLR provided more realistic spatial patterns over landscape, even...
The paper examines the spatial and temporal distribution of soil moisture conditions in agricultural areas Tard.The monitoring network was developed within framework "EU" funded "Grow" Horizon 2020 project.The sensors sample area were planted at depths 0 -10 cm, 10 -20 from plough layer most exposed to meteorological anthropogenic influences.The data measured by logged every 15 minutes recorded a geospatial database based on exact coordinates devices.The evaluated weekly chronological...
<p>Soil moisture is a crucial factor for agricultural activity, but also an important weather forecast and climate science. Despite of the technological development in soil sensing, no full coverage global or continental even national scale monitoring system exist.  There new European initiative to demonstrate feasibility citizen observatory based system.  The aim this study characterize approach provide provisional results on interpretation...
Abstract Background Uganda is prone to Emerging Infectious Diseases (EIDs) which can cause serious epidemics and pandemics. Uganda’s capacity for EID research, surveillance control improving but still low partly due inadequate highly knowledgeable skilled human animal health workers. To inform the design of training programs that address workforce gaps, we conducted a needs assessment. Methods A qualitative study involving desk review, 25 key informant interviews 1-day consultative workshop...