Tracing a sound knowledge base from indigenous knowledge: The integration of indigenous and Western medical systems

2006 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Manyaka
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Medical Systems

scholarly journals INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR EVALUATION OF THE STATE OF INTOXICATION OF THE ORGANISM BASED ON THE BAYES NETWORK

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (163) ◽  
pp. 144-151
Author(s):  
O. Moyseenko
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information System ◽  
Expert System ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Experimental Testing ◽  
Postoperative Treatment ◽  
Formal Representation ◽  
Medical Systems ◽  
Electrode Potentials

An expert system is a computer program that simulates the judgment and behavior of a human or an organization that has expert knowledge and experience in a particular field. It is a program that emulates the interaction a user might have with a human expert to solve a problem. The end user provides input by selecting one or more answers from a list or by entering data. An Expert System is a problem solving and decision making system based on knowledge of its task and logical rules or procedures for using knowledge. Both the knowledge and the logic are obtained from the experience of a specialist in the area. This paper considers approaches to building a knowledge base for medical systems. In developing the knowledge base of the information system, Bayesian networks were chosen as the basis for the decision-making model by type of patient pathology. This choice was due to the availability of these networks the ability to work with uncertain knowledge used in the diagnosis of diseases, in choosing the optimal course of treatment and subsequent prediction of patients. In addition, they offer the most adequate formal representation of inaccurate knowledge, as they are the result of a synthesis of statistical methods of data analysis and artificial intelligence. The presence of hydrosulfide ion intoxication (HS-intoxication), divalent iron ion intoxication (Fe-intoxication), the patient's absence of pathology and the value of Ag2S and Pt electrode potentials were selected as nodes of this network. Based on the accumulated experience of monitoring the condition of patients during their postoperative treatment (data obtained in collaboration with Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University), as well as experimental data, conditional probabilities of values that can take the readings of the electrodes were established. Experimental testing of the adequacy of the proposed and implemented model was performed on an array of data from potentiometric measurements of patients' biomaterial. The prediction made by the network was taken as the node that had the highest probability of being in a state that indicates the presence of a pathology. Comparison of the results of the network with data obtained by other methods showed their convergence in 85% of cases. Thus, the developed network can be used to facilitate the process of diagnosing the presence and type of intoxication of the patient and is included in the information system for monitoring the patient's condition.

scholarly journals Deconstruction as a Functional Tool in Decolonizing Nigerian Educational System: A Biblical Response.

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-205
Author(s):  
Osbert Uyovwieyovwe Isiorhovoja
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
System A ◽  
The People ◽  
Critical Approaches ◽  
The Government ◽  
Biblical Perspective

The paper examines the role of deconstruction in the Nigerian educational system vis-à-vis its functionality to the growing needs and challenges be devilling the nation. Arguably, the content of the system has been commonly viewed sometimes as dysfunctional, tilted toward the needs of the colonial agenda. This phenomenon did only leave the endeavour handicapped but also totally reliant on foreign ideology; a system that estranged the people. The paper adopts hermeneutical, historical, and critical approaches to the phenomenon. From a biblical perspective, while searching for relevance, there has been the need to decolonize certain aspects which otherwise have alienated the people, with the aim of targeting functionality and acceptability among Africans. The need to contextualize a foreign curriculum that will bring about a total overhauling of the system to achieve a vibrant curriculum remains a necessity in order to service the needs of the people. As in the decolonisation exercise among biblical scholars, chances are that we can achieve a great feat in our nation’s education sector. It concludes by resounding that the present educational system is deconstructed with the aim of removing dysfunctional elements; with full integration of a rich indigenous knowledge base that serves the people’s uniqueness amidst conflicting curriculum, the government should be proud to introduce into the educational system a fresh idea that meets the needs as posited by biblical scholars.

scholarly journals Deconstruction as a Functional Tool in Decolonizing Nigerian Educational System: A Biblical Response

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-89
Author(s):  
Osbert Uyovwieyovwe Isiorhovoja
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
System A ◽  
The People ◽  
Critical Approaches ◽  
The Government ◽  
Biblical Perspective

The paper examines the role of deconstruction in the Nigerian educational system vis-à-vis its functionality to the growing needs and challenges be devilling the nation. Arguably, the content of the system has been commonly viewed sometimes as dysfunctional, tilted toward the needs of the colonial agenda. This phenomenon did only leave the endeavour handicapped but also totally reliant on foreign ideology; a system that estranged the people. The paper adopts hermeneutical, historical, and critical approaches to the phenomenon. From a biblical perspective, while searching for relevance, there has been the need to decolonize certain aspects which otherwise have alienated the people, with the aim of targeting functionality and acceptability among Africans. The need to contextualize a foreign curriculum that will bring about a total overhauling of the system to achieve a vibrant curriculum remains a necessity in order to service the needs of the people. As in the decolonisation exercise among biblical scholars, chances are that we can achieve a great feat in our nation’s education sector. It concludes by resounding that the present educational system is deconstructed with the aim of removing dysfunctional elements; with full integration of a rich indigenous knowledge base that serves the people’s uniqueness amidst conflicting curriculum, the government should be proud to introduce into the educational system a fresh idea that meets the needs as posited by biblical scholars.

scholarly journals Plague Mortality and Control Policies in Colonial South India, 1900–47

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-343
Author(s):  
Vempalli Raj Mahammadh
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
South India ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Medical Systems ◽  
Control Policies ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Colonial Government ◽  
And Control

Focused on colonial South India, this article presents and assesses detailed archival records of public health measures in response to plague outbreaks between 1900 and 1947. Starting in 1897 in the Madras Presidency, the colonial government strictly implemented anti-plague measures and introduced various health schemes and medical policies for plague prevention. However, despite partly vigorous government efforts, plague outbreaks could not be fully controlled. In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the plague remains among South Asia’s most feared epidemics, with an outbreak in Surat in 1994 causing major havoc. Neither indigenous knowledge nor Western medical systems provided fully effective remedies regarding causation, cure and prevention of plague epidemics. Since the article gained new relevance in light of current struggles faced by India’s public health system in handling the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, some lessons from history emerge in the concluding discussion.

Preservation of Indigenous Knowledge through Indigenous Languages in Zimbabwe

2017 ◽  
pp. 289-309
Author(s):  
Lawton Hikwa ◽  
Esabel Maisiri
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Indigenous Languages ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Knowledge Resources ◽  
Intangible Heritage ◽  
Linguistic Determinism

The chapter seeks to demonstrate the need to preserve indigenous knowledge through the preservation of indigenous languages in Zimbabwe. This is premised on linguistic determinism which states that language precedes thought and determines one's worldview. Therefore, by preserving indigenous languages, which in Zimbabwe have continued to be marginalized, the country would be preserving its intangible heritage and maintaining the diversity of its knowledge base. Activities undertaken to preserve indigenous languages are assessed and suggestions put forward on how library and information science professionals could also take part in preserving the knowledge resources. The chapter is based on a literature review.

Indigenous technical knowledge based sustainable production of horticulture enterprise in North Lakhimpur district of Assam

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (02) ◽  
pp. 208-212
Author(s):  
Shubham Singh ◽  
Sanjay Swami ◽  
G. N. Gujjar
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Indigenous Technical Knowledge

Integrated crop management strategy is inadequate without involvement of indigenous knowledge. Indigenous Technical Knowledge based on local knowledge of environment, natural resources and peoples' experience accumulated over many years. Further, the traditional technologies are eco-friendly because of being free from use of chemicals. North Eastern states are the sleeping giants and considered as store house of indigenous knowledge base due to presence of many different tribes which may be helpful in utilizing their practices for sustainable development of the rural areas without hampering the ecological pursuits of the region. The horticulture is one of the important enterprises of the north eastern hill region people and their management practices are ancient, indigenous and traditional in nature. Therefore, it is important to explore the indigenous knowledge base associated with the horticultural enterprise in the north eastern region for sustainable development. Keeping the above consideration in view, the present study is conducted to document the utilization of Indigenous knowledge system by farmers in the production of horticultural enterprise in North Lakhimpur district of Assam. The participatory methodology was followed to construct and conduct the whole research study. The key informant methods and focus group discussion methods were followed to collect the information.

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