The Impact of Domestic Roles on Girls' Academic Performance in English in Maziba Sub County Kabale District. by Mwesigye, Fred

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Morphometric Study of Suprascapular Notch and Scapular Dimensions in Ugandan Dry Scapulae with Specific Reference to the Incidence of Completely Ossified Superior Transverse Scapul... by Adewale, Adesanya Olamide, Segun, Okeniran Olatayo, Usman, Ibe Michael, Monima, Ann Lemuel, Kegoye, Eric Simidi, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Nalugo, Halima, Ssempijja, Fred

“…Methods: This was a cross-sectional analytical study conducted on 50 Ugandan dry scapulae. SSN types and prevalence of completely ossified superior transverse scapular ligament among dry scapulae were quantified and compared with previous data. …”
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Motivation And Employees’ Performance in Local Governments: A Case Study of Kabale Municipal Council, Kabale District by Robert, Ampeire

“…This research was about Motivation and employee performance in local governments, a case study of Kabale Municipal Council. The study was conducted after realizing that employees in the local government and particularly at KMC lacked motivation that would end up with poor performance of their assigned duties. …”
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Factors Associated with Hand Washing Practices Among Secondary School Students in Ndorwa East Constituency in Kabale District. by Twinomuhwezi, Benja

“…A cross-sectional study using quantitative method was conducted among 291 students from five schools. For qualitative data, the researcher used purposive sampling to identify 11 key informants (head teachers and teachers in charge of health and sanitation) and 48 participants in FGDs from the five schools. …”
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Micro-credit institution’s services and sustainability of micro, small and medium-scale enterprises during Covid-19 pandemic in Kigezi region south western Uganda by Moses, Agaba, Siraj, Kaaya, Lukman, Nafiu

“…The specific objectives were to: determine the effect of loan provision by microcredit institutions on the sustainability of MSMEs; determine the effect of the provision of the saving account by microcredit institutions sustainability of MSMEs, The study was conducted in the Kigezi region of Uganda. The region has six (6) districts namely: Kabale, Kisoro, Kanungu, Rukungiri, Rubanda and Rukiga. …”
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Hormonal Influences on ADC Values in Breast Tissues: A Scoping Review of DWI in Pre- and Post-menopausal Women [version 3; peer review: 2 approved] by Neil Barnes Abraham, Abhimanyu Pradhan, Suresh Sukumar, Sneha Ravichandran, Winniecia Dkhar, Rajagopal Kadavigere

“…Method Following the Arksey and O’Malley framework, we conducted a comprehensive search of Scopus, Embase, and PubMed databases for relevant studies published between January 2000 and 2021. …”
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Effects of natural plant growth regulator iron chlorin on photosynthesis, yield, and quality of watermelons grown in greenhouses by Qian Feng, Lu Lu, Qingyun Li, Liu Wang, Qingyu Pei, Shoujiang Pan, Jing Tian, Shaowei Lu, Shao Li

“…To better understand its effects on the growth, photosynthesis, yield, and quality of watermelon in a greenhouse setting, a series of experiments were conducted using the variety 'Sumeng 6'. At the flowering and early fruit expansion stages, the plants were sprayed with iron chlorin with mass concentrations of 0.001, 0.002, 0.004, and 0.008 μg/L (T1, T2, T3, and T4). …”
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Preferences for and drivers of adult vaccination clinic site selection: A cross-sectional study in 30 provinces in China by Yuxi Liu, Yanlin Cao, Yugang Li, Siyuan Liu, Yunshao Xu, Weizhong Yang, Luzhao Feng

“…This contributes to developing more efficient, patient-focused vaccination strategies that tackle vaccine hesitancy and improve access to vaccination sites. We conducted a cross-sectional study through the “YueMiao” platform from November 1 to December 10, 2023, using convenience and purposive sampling to engage 2014 participants. …”
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Evaluation of Long-Term Lymphedema Rate in Patients With Subclinical Lymphedema Diagnosed in the Preoperative Period via Bioimpedance by Zeynep Erdoğan İyigün, Tolga Ozmen, Serkan İlgün, Cansu Nakipoğlu, Enver Özkurt, Filiz Çelebi, Çağlar Ünal, Alper Öztürk, Gül Alço, Çetin Ordu, Gürsel Soybir

“…Materials and Methods: This prospective study was conducted with early-stage breast cancer patients who had been enrolled in a previous study. …”
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Transcatheter Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Elderly Patients: Initial and One-Year Follow-Up Results—Do We Have the Proper Device? by Michal Galeczka, Malgorzata Szkutnik, Jacek Bialkowski, Sebastian Smerdzinski, Mateusz Knop, Adam Sukiennik, Roland Fiszer

“…Different devices were applied depending on PDA morphology; nitinol wire mesh occluders with symmetrical articulating discs have been the most used in recent years (n = 11). Follow-up was conducted at an outpatient clinic (28/33 patients). …”
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CHAT-S study protocol: A randomized controlled trial of a health insurance literacy education program for young adult cancer survivors by Mary Killela, Cindy A. Turner, Amy Chevrier, Monique Stefanou, Perla L. Vaca Lopez, Heydon K. Kaddas, Karely M. van Thiel Berghuijs, Echo L. Warner, Giselle K. Perez, Austin R. Waters, Douglas B. Fair, Richard E. Nelson, Mark A. Lewis, Elyse R. Park, Anne C. Kirchhoff

“…Secondary outcomes include adherence to cancer surveillance guidelines at 18 months. We will also conduct cost-effectiveness and budget impact analyses.Discussion: Anticipated results from this trial could identify key information that YA cancer survivors need to improve health insurance literacy and survivorship care.Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT05829070. …”
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Chinese medicine for headaches in emergency department: a retrospective analysis of real-world electronic medical records by Zhenhui Mao, Shirong Wu, Yuzhen Fan, Jingbo Sun, Shaohua Lyu, Qiaozhen Su

“…This study aims to summarize characteristics of headache patients at EDs and the utilization of Chinese medicine for headache managements in EDs.MethodsThe study conducted a retrospective analysis based on existing electronic medical records at EDs from four branches of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine. …”
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Deep Brain Stimulation in the treatment of disorders of consciousness by Joanna Olszak, Karolina Zalewa, Lidia Bartoszek, Dominika Orłowska, Wojciech Kapłan, Mikołaj Poleszczuk, Karol Poleszczuk, Alicja Milewska, Anna Czuba, Marta Kaus

“…Material and Methods   A comprehensive literature review was conducted using the PubMed database, focusing on articles published up to the end of 2024. …”
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Predicting high sensitivity C-reactive protein levels and their associations in a large population using decision tree and linear regression by Somayeh Ghiasi Hafezi, Toktam Sahranavard, Alireza Kooshki, Marzieh Hosseini, Amin Mansoori, Elham Amir Fakhrian, Helia Rezaeifard, Mark Ghamsary, Habibollah Esmaily, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

“…In this study, we aimed to evaluate the association between hematological and demographic factors with hs-CRP levels using decision tree (DT) and linear regression (LR) modeling. This study was conducted on a population of 9704 males and females aged 35 to 65 years recruited from the Mashhad Stroke and Heart Atherosclerotic Disorder (MASHAD) cohort study. …”
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Understanding how older people with mild frailty engage with behaviour change to support their independence: a qualitative study by Benjamin Gardner, Louise Marston, Kate R Walters, Vari M Drennan, Rachael Frost, Paul Chadwick, Rebecca L Gould, Yolanda Barrado-Martin, Sarah Gibson, Rekha Elaswarapu, Rashmi Kumar, Kalpa Kharicha, Tasmin Alanna Rookes, Christina Avgerinou, Jane Hopkins, Jessica Catchpole, Claire Jowett

“…Objectives To explore barriers and facilitators to behaviour change in older people with mild frailty.Design Qualitative study.Setting Community-dwelling older people living with mild frailty.Participants 64 older people with mild frailty, workers delivering the service and stakeholders.Methods Semistructured interviews were conducted between July 2022 and May 2023 with participants in a randomised controlled trial (‘HomeHealth’) of a 6-month, home-based, personalised goal setting intervention, based around the Capability-Opportunity-Motivation-Behaviour model. …”
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Application of quality control circle activities to improve the implementation of“one-doctor-one-patient”in the outpatient department of an ophthalmology hospital (运用品管圈提高眼病专科医院门诊“... by LAN Yanfei (兰艳飞), FAN Tianli (樊田莉), XING Xiaoying (邢晓英), ZHANG Yu (张瑜), ZHAO Yan (赵燕), LI Wenjing (李文婧)

“…Methods A QCC team was established to conduct QCC activities. The current situation and factors of errors in the implementation of “one-doctor-one-patient” in the outpatient department were analyzed. …”
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Endoscopic Sphincterotomy before Fully Covered Metal Stent Placement Is Not Required for Distal Malignant Biliary Stricture due to a Pancreatic Head Tumor by Kazunari Nakahara, Yosuke Michikawa, Ryo Morita, Keigo Suetani, Nozomi Morita, Junya Sato, Kensuke Tsuji, Hiroki Ikeda, Kotaro Matsunaga, Tsunamasa Watanabe, Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Shinjiro Kobayashi, Takehito Otsubo, Fumio Itoh

“…However, it is not clear whether EST prevents pancreatitis or affects other adverse events (AEs). This study is conducted to evaluate the necessity of EST before FCSEMS placement for distal malignant biliary strictures due to a pancreatic head tumor. …”
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Impact of compost and natural and synthetic water absorbents on soil hydraulic properties and vegetation indices in urban green spaces by Jahangir Abedi Koupai, Farid Reza Salimi, Mohammad Mahdi Matinzadeh, Mohammad Mahdi Dorafshan

“…Method: Using the randomized complete blocks-based split-plot design, the field experiment was conducted for a two-year period. The three soil textures were combined with 4 & 6gr/kg hydrogel, as well as pumice, compost, manure, and perlite at 40 & 60 gr/kg levels. …”
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“A quality of heart, of presence, and of really caring”: toward affirmative intersex health communication in Canada by Terese Knoppers, Angelica Voutsinas, Nicole Palmour, Kaleb Saulnier, Kaleb Saulnier, Morgan Holmes, Marilou Charron, Hortense Gallois, Hortense Gallois, Narges Jamali, Narges Jamali, Leslie Ordal, Yann Joly

“…IntroductionThis qualitative research study aimed to better understand and help improve the Canadian context for health communication with intersex adults by centering the voices of those directly involved and impacted.MethodsWe conducted 22 semi-structured interviews with intersex individuals (14) and healthcare practitioners (HCPs, 8) from diverse areas of care. …”
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Menstrual Hygiene Awareness, Practices and Health Implications Among Adolescent Girls in Ukpom Abak, Akwa Ibom State, South-South Nigeria by Ekpin VI, Johnson OE, Ukpong DE, Akpan EB, Obimah S, Udo ME, Bassey CD, Uyoho PE, Inemesit AE

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 169 adolescent girls. Data were collected using structured questionnaires and analyzed with SPSS version 17.0 using descriptive statistics and Chi-square test to examine the association between menstrual hygiene products and lower urinary tract symptoms. …”
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