Contract Management and Health Service Delivery in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale Regional Referral Hospital, Kabale Municipality. by Atwesigire, Banard

“…Contract administration, relationship management, and contract closing do in fact have a connection to service delivery (Alinaitwe, 2007; Soliman, 2011; and Young, 2008). The extents of these associations, with a focus on the provision of health services, have not been established in the numerous studies the researcher has evaluated. …”
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Identifying the educational components of technology commercialization of universities with metacombination method by Mohammad Khorasani, Hassanali Aghajani, Abdolhamid Safaei Ghadikolaee, HamidReza Fallah Lajimi

“…The commercialization process requires skills such as: product development, market evaluation, market strategies, etc. (Musaei, 2008).As knowledge storage bases, universities have paid special attention to the development of science, and senior managers have always thought about academic thinking. …”
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L’amphithéâtre de Reims/Durocortorum : nouveaux éléments de localisation et de datation by Pierre Mathelart

“…Several ancient plans either directly mention or allude to the presence of this amphitheater. In 2007-2008, the installation of a new tramway line presented the opportunity to excavate this area, specifically along the outskirts of the current Saint-Thomas church. …”
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Habitual alcohol consumption associated with reduced semen quality and changes in reproductive hormones; a cross-sectional study among 1221 young Danish men by Anders Juul, Niels Jørgensen, Niels E Skakkebæk, Shanna H Swan, Tina Kold Jensen, Mads Gottschau, Jens Otto Broby Madsen, Anne-Maria Andersson, Tina Harmer Lassen, Lærke Priskorn

“…Objective Study associations between three measures of alcohol consumption (recent, typical/habitual, binging), semen quality and serum reproductive hormones.Design Cross-sectional population based study.Setting and participants 1221 young Danish men, aged 18–28 years were recruited when they attended a compulsory medical examination to determine their fitness for military service from 2008 to 2012. Total alcohol consumption: (1) in the week preceding (habitual/typical) the visit (recent alcohol intake), (2) in a typical week and (3) frequency of ‘binge drinking’ (consuming more than 5 units/day)) in the past 30 days was estimated.Main outcome measures Semen quality (volume, sperm concentration, total sperm count, and percentages of motile and morphologically normal spermatozoa) and serum concentration of reproductive hormones (follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinising hormone, testosterone, sex hormone binding globulin, oestradiol, free testosterone and inhibin B).Results Sperm concentration, total sperm count and percentage of spermatozoa with normal morphology were negatively associated with increasing habitual alcohol intake. …”
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Presenting a Model of Self-sacrificial behaviors of Leaders in Organizations; Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) Method by Amir Hossein Abdallahzadeh, Seyyed Mohammad Moghimi, Hossein Imani

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EL DELITO EN LA CIUDAD DE RÍO GALLEGOS EN EL AÑO 2007 by Paula Diez, Miriam Vazquez, Pamela Barria, Jacquelina Diaz, Soledad Borquez

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The clinical role of blood coagulation and platelet receptors gene allelic variants in development of cryoglobulinemic vasculitis at chronic hepatitis C by Yekaterina Ye. Starostina, M. V. Sokolova, L. M. Samokhodskaya, T. П. Rozina, T. N. Krasnova, Ye. B. Yarovaya, N. A. Mukhin

“…CGV patients in comparison to those with ACG had 4G mutant allele are significantly more frequent (odds ratio (OR): 4G=2,008) as well as genotypes 5G4G+4G4G (OR: 5G4G+4G4G=4,950) of the gene PAI-675 5G/4G, and in comparison to patients without CG - CC mutant genotype of the gene ITGB3 1565 T/C (р =0,047). …”
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Presenting a Multi-objective Mathematical Model for Smart Grids Considering Load Response Programs by Mohammad Hossein Tahari-Mehrjardi, Aliyeh Kazemi, Hamed Shakouri Ganjavi

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Exploring the Impact of Homophily Attitude, Physical, and Social Attractiveness on Purchase Intentions by Honya Ghasemi, Ramin Bashir Khodaparasti, Hooshmand Bagheri Garbollagh

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Unveiling inequalities: Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in diabetes: Findings from the 2007-2020 NHANES data among U.S. adults by Yangyang Deng, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Breanna Rogers, Lu Hu, Ram Jagannathan, Kosuke Tamura

“…Methods: The data came from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES; N = 30,754, mean age = 47.4) using cross-sectional survey cycles from 2007 to 2008 through 2017–2020. Diabetes status was self-reported by physician diagnosis. …”
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A Decade of GRB Follow-Up by BOOTES in Spain (2003–2013) by Martin Jelínek, Alberto J. Castro-Tirado, Ronan Cunniffe, Javier Gorosabel, Stanislav Vítek, Petr Kubánek, Antonio de Ugarte Postigo, Sergey Guziy, Juan C. Tello, Petr Páta, Rubén Sánchez-Ramírez, Samantha Oates, Soomin Jeong, Jan Štrobl, Sebastián Castillo-Carrión, Tomás Mateo Sanguino, Ovidio Rabaza, Dolores Pérez-Ramírez, Rafael Fernández-Muñoz, Benito A. de la Morena Carretero, René Hudec, Víctor Reglero, Lola Sabau-Graziati

“…Follow-ups by BOOTES-1B from 2005 to 2008 were given in a previous article and are here reviewed and updated, and additional detection data points are included as the former article merely stated their existence. …”
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Recent Advances of Surfactant-Polymer (SP) Flooding Enhanced Oil Recovery Field Tests in China by Chen Sun, Hu Guo, Yiqiang Li, Kaoping Song

“…The field test in Shengli was so successful that many enlarged field tests and industrial applications were carried out, which finally lead to a commercial application of SP flooding in 2008. However, other SP projects are not documented except two (SP7 and SP8). …”
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Identifying Organizational Factors and Components Influencing Customer Experience Management Maturity: A Meta-synthesis Approach by Payam Mardazad Navi, Kambiz Heidarzadeh Hanzaee, Seyyed Buik Mohammadi, Mohsen Khoon Siavash

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Examining the Impact of Cognitive and Emotional Factors on Consumer Behavioral Responses in Online Behavioral Advertising by Hossein Norouzi, Bahareh Osanlou, Ali Saleh Gohari

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Beneficial Effects of Combining Computed Tomography Enteroclysis/Enterography with Capsule Endoscopy for Screening Tumor Lesions in the Small Intestine by Hiroaki Shibata, Shinichi Hashimoto, Kensaku Shimizu, Ryo Kawasato, Tomohiro Shirasawa, Takayuki Yokota, Hideko Onoda, Takeshi Okamoto, Jun Nishikawa, Naofumi Matsunaga, Isao Sakaida

“…We included 98 patients who underwent CE during the observation period and were subjected to CTE at our hospital from April 2008 to May 2014. Results. CTE had a significantly higher sensitivity than CE (84.6% versus 46.2%, P=0.039), but there were no significant differences in specificity, positive or negative predictive values, or diagnostic accuracy rates. …”
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The Association Between the CALLY Index and All-Cause Mortality in Patients with COPD: Results from the Cohort Study of NHANES 2007–2010 by Ding Y, Liu Y, Yu J, Cai C, Fu L, Zhu J, Yang S, Jiang Y, Wang J

“…The objective of this study is to examine the correlation between the CALLY index and all-cause mortality in COPD patients.Methods: We calculated the CALLY index using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for the 2007– 2008 and 2009– 2010 cycles, extracted from the participants’ peripheral blood samples. …”
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The Innovation Intermediaries Role in the Adoption of Emerging Technologies in Iran's Automotive Industry by Ali Maleki, Hadi Nilforoushan

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Gene networks and metabolomic screening analysis revealed specific pathways of amino acid and acylcarnitine profile alterations in blood plasma of patients with Parkinson’s disease... by A. A. Makarova, P. M. Melnikova, A. D. Rogachev, P. S. Demenkov, T. V. Ivanisenko, E. V. Predtechenskaya, S. Y. Karmanov, V. V. Koval, A. G. Pokrovsky, I. N. Lavrik, N. A. Kolchanov, V. A. Ivanisenko

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Factors Predicting Ventilator Dependence in Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia by Chia-Cheng Tseng, Kuo-Tung Huang, Yung-Che Chen, Chin-Chou Wang, Shih-Feng Liu, Mei-Lien Tu, Yu-Hsiu Chung, Wen-Feng Fang, Meng-Chih Lin

“…A retrospective study was conducted at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, from January 1, 2007 to January 31, 2008. Methods. This study evaluated 163 adult patients (aged ≥18 years). …”
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Correlates of and Body Composition Measures Associated with Metabolically Healthy Obesity Phenotype in Hispanic/Latino Women and Men: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of L... by Mayra L. Estrella, Amber Pirzada, Ramon A. Durazo-Arvizu, Jianwen Cai, Aida L. Giachello, Rebeca Espinoza Gacinto, Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Martha L. Daviglus

“…Data from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (2008–2011) were used to estimate the age-adjusted distribution of obesity phenotypes among 5,426 women and men (aged 20–74 years) with obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) and to compare characteristics between individuals with MHO and MAO phenotypes. …”
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