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    Assessing the Role of Harare Municipal Public Libraries in Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Zimbabwe
    (Public Library Quarterly, 2025-12-02) Garande, V.P.; Pasipamire, N.
    This study assesses the contribution of Harare Municipal Public Libraries (HMPL) to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), focusing on education, reduced inequalities, and sustainable communities. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the research included a quantitative questionnaire of library users and qualitative interviews with staff. Findings highlight libraries’ vital role in achieving SDGs, although participants expressed dissatisfaction with information literacy and technology support. HMPL faces challenges such as financial constraints and inadequate ICT infrastructure. Despite these issues, HMPL libraries provide safe spaces for knowledge access and cultural engagement, with recommendations for increased funding and improved visibility on the Council’s website.
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    Assessing Patient Satisfaction in Bulawayo’s Healthcare System: An Ordered Probit Analysis of Public vs Private Hospitals.
    (International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI), 2025-04-01) Nyathi, L.D.; Mutale, J.
    The evaluation of the responsiveness of healthcare services, and thus the quality of healthcare services, can be conducted by measuring the satisfaction of patients with the level of quality they receive from the health services. The study aimed at investigating the level of satisfaction, and the determining factors of satisfaction, for hospitalized patients in public and private hospitals in Bulawayo. A cross-sectional comparative study in two large public hospital United Bulawayo Hospitals and Mpilo Central Hospital including three private hospitals Mater Dei Hospital, Galen House and Corporate 24 Hospital was conducted. 200 patients were enrolled through convenience sampling. A brief and validated questionnaire was used and data was entered into STATA15 and further analysed for satisfaction levels and comparison between the five healthcare systems was studied. By using an ordered probit model regression analysis, findings showed patients in private hospitals had higher scores in all evaluated dimensions compared to patients hospitalized in public hospitals. Mean patient satisfaction score in private hospital was 29.04±3.25 which was significantly higher than that of public hospitals was 24.87±3.69 and private hospitals showed an overall better level of satisfaction (p< 0.01) in all aspects. In conclusion, considering the high satisfaction level of the private hospital patients in the study, it is imperative for public hospitals to enact improvement measures concerning organization and management in order to upgrade their quality of health services, in order to earn a competitive place in the country’s health services market.
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    A Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm–Deep Reinforcement Learning Framework for Spectrum Sharing in 6G Cognitive Radio Networks
    (Applied Sciences, 2025-08-28) Chigaba, A.W.; Nleya, S.M.; Velempini, M.; Dube, S.S.
    The exponential growth in wireless communication demands intelligent and adaptive spectrum-sharing solutions, especially within dynamic and densely populated 6G Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs). This paper introduces a novel hybrid framework combing the Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II (NSGA-II) with Proximal Policy Optimisation (PPO) for multi-objective optimisation in spectrum management. The proposed model balances spectrum efficiency, interference mitigation, energy conservation, collision rate reduction, and QoS maintenance. Evaluation on synthetic and ns-3 datasets shows that the NSGA-II and PPO hybrid consistently outperforms the random, greedy, and stand-alone PPO strategies, achieving higher cumulative reward, perfect fairness (Jain’s Fairness Index = 1.0), robust hypervolume convergence (65.1%), up to 12% reduction in PU collision rate, 20% lower interference, and approximately 40% improvement in energy efficiency. These findings validate the framework’s effectiveness in promoting fairness, reliability, and efficiency in 6G wireless communication systems.
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    Entrepreneurship With and Outside Tithes: The Ambivalence of the Anglican Diocese of Matabeleland for Sustainability and Social Impact
    (Journal of Humanities, Educational Technology and Innovation, 2025) NCUBE, A.
    From a bricolage vintage, this paper interrogates the business model of the Anglican Diocese of Matabeleland towards financial sustainability and social impact. The paper comes against the backdrop that churches in Zimbabwe face financial challenges due to unemployment and economic meltdown since independence. This is coupled with dwindling donor funding due to unfavorable investor policies and poor financial management. The paper is couched in bricolage theory which argues the use local available resources to redress pressing challenges facing people. The paper is a qualitative study premised in transformative paradigm where 10 people responded to two questions, what are the trajectories faced by Anglican church in financial sustainability and social impact, and how can entrepreneurship skills underpinned in theological connotation redress the ambivalent terrain of scarcity? The paper found that a business model of running church is an indispensable way to navigate financial challenges faced by the diocese of Matabeleland. In addition, the study found out that the current resources owned by Anglican diocese of Matabeleland can be reconfigured, reevaluated and repurposed to achieve social impact and sustainability. I conclude the paper by arguing that a theological framing of business model is urgent, doable and needed to repurpose the church as an enterprise that can address the lived reality of the people in which the church is located. In short the paper argues that churches should think beyond tithes and donations for sustainability and social impact.
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    Three New Considerations Applied to a Transportation Model: Accelerated Convergence, Ordered Optimal Solutions, and Analysis of a Protean Transportation System
    (Advances in Mathematics for Engineering Sciences, 2025) Kumar, S.; Munapo, E.; Tawanda, T.; Nyamugure, P.
    The transportation model was recognized as an assignment model and was solved by the Hungarian method of assignment. This aspect of viewing a transportation model as an assignment model opens a few more new possibilities. This chapter investigates three such possibilities in context of a transportation model, which are: (1) accelerated convergence, (2) Kth best solution, and (3) analysis of a protean transportation system.