Effectiveness of the Local Natural Methods of Extending Fruit Shelf Life in Selected Cooler Parts of Uganda. by Mwesigye, Deus

“…The avocado of the ‘Hass’ variety continues to be commercially grown worldwide and was used for this study on postharvest decay and disorders affecting fruit quality during storage. The study, conducted in Kabale Municipality, Kabale district in southwestern Uganda, investigated causes of spoilage, and natural and simple preservative methods that would extend shelf life. …”
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Design of a Mechanised Sorghum Sieving Machine Used in Agriculture Production. by Amanya, Davis

“…Comprehensive sizing of key components, including the sieve, crank, connecting rod, pulleys, and belt, was conducted, leading to a successful simulation using Ansys software. …”
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Impact of Small-Scale Businesses on Provision of Employment to Informal Labor Force in Kabale Municipality. by Uwibanze, Frank

“…It was guided by the following objectives; establishing the impact of small-scale businesses in the establishment on the creation of employment opportunities, examining the challenges limiting activities of the small-scale businesses to provide employment opportunities, and assessing the measures to the challenges hindering small-scale business operations in Kabale Municipality. The study was conducted in Kabale Municipality. Kabale is located in the Kabale District of the Kigezi sub-region. …”
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Employee Training and The Adoption of E-Government in Local Governments in Uganda: A Case Study of Jinja Local Government by Mugavu, George, Mbabazi, Phelix Businge, Baremwire, Mary Bekoreire, Mucunguzi, Abel

“…We concluded that Employee Training significantly affected the adoption of e-government in Jinja local government ; The researchers vehemently recommended the need for continuous training of the Jinja District Local government staff in computer hardware and software as these would improve on their skills in those areas which would be very critical in helping the staff to undertake the E-government adoption tasks easily and also contribute to a positive attitude towards electronic work among the staff in Local governments in Uganda, the researchers further recommended the need for local government top officials to always consult with, and involve all the relevant the staff of the local governments on how ICTs hardware and software trainings would be conducted and as would always ensure fruitful trainings which would propel ensure efficiency and effectiveness among staff in using the e-government plat forms in Local Governments in Uganda.…”
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Brand Awareness and Competitive Advantage among Beer Products in Kabale District, South Western Uganda by Moses, Agaba, Eliab Mpora, Byamukama, Eton, Marus

“…The descriptive analysis involving computing the mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis of the brand equity and competitive advantage variables, the inferential analysis was conducted using multiple regression analysis and the t-statistic and the p-value were adopted to test the hypotheses of the study. …”
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Determinants of postnatal care service utilization among mothers of Mangochi district, Malawi: a community-based cross- sectional study by Jonas, Sagawa, Allen, Kabagenyi, Godwin, Turyasingura, Saul Eric, Mwale

“…Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 600 mothers who gave birth in the past 2 years preceding January 1–31; 2016. …”
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Effects of Seasonal Variations in Physical Parameters on Quality of Gravity Flow Water in Kyanamira Sub-County, Kabale District, Uganda by Hannington, Ngabirano, Denis, Byamugisha, Emmanuel, Ntambi

“…The seasonal variations in the physical parameters (pH, temperature, electrical conductivity (EC), turbidity, colour, total dissolved solids (TDS), and total suspended solids (TSS)) were determined during wet and dry seasons. …”
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Brand Awareness and Competitive Advantage among Beer Products in Kabale District, South Western Uganda by Moses, Agaba, Eliab Mpora, Byamukama, Eton, Marus

“…The descriptive analysis involving computing the mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis of the brand equity and competitive advantage variables, the inferential analysis was conducted using multiple regression analysis and the t-statistic and the p-value were adopted to test the hypotheses of the study. …”
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Automatic cervical lymph nodes detection and segmentation in heterogeneous computed tomography images using deep transfer learning by Wenjun Liao, Xiangde Luo, Lu Li, Jinfeng Xu, Yuan He, Hui Huang, Shichuan Zhang

“…The nnUNet model was used as a baseline, pre-trained on a large-scale head and neck dataset, and then fine-tuned with 4,729 LNs from hospital A for detection and segmentation. Validation was conducted on an internal testing cohort (ITC A) and three external testing cohorts (ETCs B, C, and D), with 1684 and 4600 LNs, respectively. …”
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Association of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein with hepatic fibrosis in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease by Yunfei Wu, Yunfei Wu, Guojun Zheng, Guojun Zheng, Fan Zhang, Fan Zhang, Fan Zhang, Wenjian Li, Wenjian Li

“…Additionally, subgroup analyses were conducted to investigate the potential heterogeneity among different characteristic subgroups.ResultsThe results demonstrated a significant correlation between elevated hsCRP levels and an increased risk of significant fibrosis, advanced fibrosis, and cirrhosis in the US cohort of MASLD patients (OR 2.22, 1.69, and 2.85, respectively; all P <0.05). …”
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The Association between Resolvin D1 Levels and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Implications for Perinatal Outcomes by Zeynep Seyhanli, Burak Bayraktar, Mevlut Bucak, Gulsan Karabay, Betul Tokgoz Cakir, Can Ozan Ulusoy, Gizem Aktemur, Selver Ozge Sefik, Serap Topkara Sucu, Sevki Celen, Ali Turhan Caglar

“…STUDY DESIGN: This case-control study included 88 singleton pregnancies, conducted from August 2023 to January 2024, at a tertiary care center. …”
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MnS/MnO heterostructures with dual ion defects for high-performance aqueous magnesium ion capacitors by Minghui Liu, Mudi Li, Siwen Zhang, Yaxi Ding, Ying Sun, Jiazhuo Li, Haixi Gu, Bosi Yin, Hui Li, Tianyi Ma

“…Moreover, DID-MnS/MnO enhances conductivity, improves the kinetics of surface redox reactions, and increases the diffusion rate of Mg2+. …”
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Clinical and microbiological analysis of risk factors for breakthrough bloodstream infection during Tigecycline Therapy by Sol Jin, So Yun Lim, Yun Woo Lee, Heungsup Sung, Mi-Na Kim, Seongman Bae, Jiwon Jung, Min Jae Kim, Sung-Han Kim, Sang-Oh Lee, Sang-Ho Choi, Yang Soo Kim, Eun Hee Song, Yong Pil Chong

“…Methods A retrospective matched case–control study was conducted in a 2700-bed tertiary referral center, involving patients who received tigecycline monotherapy. …”
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Neoandrographolide inhibits mature osteoclast differentiation to alleviate bone loss and treat osteoporosis by Kai Tang, Kai Tang, Kai Tang, Wei Deng, Wei Deng, Wei Deng, Wei Deng, Zhiying Huang, Zhiying Huang, Zhiying Huang, Simin Chen, Simin Chen, Simin Chen, Zilin Zhu, Zilin Zhu, Shukun Lin, Shukun Lin, Lubin Zhong, Lubin Zhong, Quanxin Zheng, Quanxin Zheng, Wenhua Zhao, Wenhua Zhao, Zhida Zhang, Zhida Zhang, Ling Mo, Ling Mo, Ling Mo

“…Therefore, finding more effective treatments for OP remains an urgent challenge.MethodWe first conducted in vitro experiments to determine whether Neoandrographolide (NEO) exhibits cytotoxic or proliferative effects on bone marrow macrophages (BMMs) and to explore the specific timeframe during which NEO exerts its inhibitory action on osteoclast (OC) differentiation. …”
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Waste ceramic powder for sustainable concrete production as supplementary cementitious material by Yasin Onuralp Özkılıç, Yasin Onuralp Özkılıç, Alireza Bahrami, Yusuf Güzel, Ali Sinan Soğancı, Memduh Karalar, Essam Althaqafi, Ali İhsan Çelik, Özer Zeybek, P. Jagadesh

“…Subsequently, several tests, including compressive strength (CS), splitting tensile strength (STS), and flexural strength (FS), were conducted on the specimens to assess the effectiveness of concrete fabricated using WCP. …”
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Dyssynchronous heart failure models in canines: New insights into electrocardiographic, echocardiographic and histological features by Han Jin, Shengwen Yang, Hao Huang, Sijing Cheng, Pengkang He, Sixian Weng, Min Gu, Hongxia Niu, Wei Hua, Yiran Hu, Hui Li

“…Three weeks of follow‐up were conducted to observe the changes in cardiac function and myocardial staining was performed at the end of the experiment. …”
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Structured lactation support for mothers of very low birthweight preterm infants and establishment of human donor milk banks in German NICUs (Neo-MILK): protocol for a hybrid type... by Angela Kribs, Nicole Ernstmann, Nadine Scholten, Martin Hellmich, Antje Hammer, Eva Mildenberger, Andreas Müller, Dirk Horenkamp-Sonntag, Juliane Köberlein-Neu, Tim Ohnhäuser, Katja Matthias, Jens Ulrich Rüffer, Nicola Gabriela Dymek, Julia Jaschke, Anna Katharina Stirner, Isabella Schwab, Daniel Wiesen, Till Dresbach, Friederike Eyssel, Katharina Lugani, Anne Sunder-Plaßmann, Melanie Klein, Christoph Rupprecht

“…This protocol describes the design of a study evaluating the effectiveness, implementation and economic aspects of an intervention, which aims to ensure access to MOM or HDM for VLBW infants from the first day of life in German neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).Methods and analysis The hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation cluster-randomised controlled trial, using a stepped-wedge design, will be conducted in 15 level I and level II NICUs across Germany over 26 months. …”
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Save a trip: Clinical outcomes of cardiac allografts recovered by local surgeons compared to recipient center surgeons. by Awab Ahmad, MD, Timothy R. Harris, MD, Aaron Williams, MD, Alexandra DeBose-Scarlett, MD, Rubayet Kamal, BS, Enock Atta Adjei, MD, Hasan K. Siddiqi, MD, Chen Chia Wang, Mark Petrovic, Clifton D. Keck, Shelley R. Scholl, RN, Ashish S. Shah, MD, Swaroop Bommareddi, MD, Brian Lima, MD MBA, John M. Trahanas, MD

“…Results: 218 recovery attempts were included, 25 conducted by local surgeons. Donor demographics between the two groups were similar, with a mean age of 31.5±10 years. …”
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Balancing legume-cereal proportions in cover crop mixtures to minimize N2O emissions by Guillermo Guardia, Diego Abalos, Emanuele Ribatti, Federico Ardenti, Federico Capra, Giacomo Mortella, Vincenzo Tabaglio, Miguel Ángel Ibáñez, Ji Chen, Andrea Fiorini

“…To address these knowledge gaps, we conducted a two-phase greenhouse experiment. In the first phase, cover crops were grown encompassing six treatments: control (no cover crop), pure vetch (Vicia villosa Roth), pure rye (Secale cereale L.), and mixtures with 33 %, 50 % and 66 % of the pure rye sowing rate paired with 66 %, 50 % and 33 % of the pure vetch sowing rate, respectively. …”
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The safety and effectiveness of tDCS for epileptic patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiao-Tong Ding, Ming-Yu Hu, Chi Wang, Wei-Ye Kang, Jin-Zhao Huang, Rui-Yu Wang, Qiu-Song Shen, Hou-Ming Kan

“…The meta-analysis was conducted using Review Manager 5.4 software. Results: 12 trials were included, 356 participants (219 in the tDCS group and 137 in the sham group). …”
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