Impact of a two-way short message service (SMS) to support maternally administered childhood mid-upper arm circumference monitoring and expand malnutrition screening in Kenya: the Mama Aweza trial protocol by Jennifer A Unger, Barbra A Richardson, Kirkby D Tickell, Mareme M Diakhate, Jeanne L Goodman, Arianna Rubin Means, Keshet Ronen, Carol Levin, Esther M Choo, Catherine Achieng, Mary Masheti, Benson O Singa, Christine J McGrath

“…Mobile health (mHealth) programmes may provide an opportunity to rapidly identify malnourished children in the community and link them to care.Methods and analysis This randomised controlled trial will recruit 1200 children aged 6–12 months at routine vaccine appointments in Migori and Homa Bay Counties, Kenya. Caregiver–infant dyads will be randomised to either a maternally administered malnutrition monitoring system (MAMMS) or standard of care (SOC). …”
Get full text

Translating Project Achievements into Strategic Plans: A Case Study in Utilization-Focused Evaluation by Ricardo Ramírez, Galin Kora, Dal Brodhead

Subjects: Get full text

Evaluation of vegetable pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp] genotypes for yield stability by J. D. Ojwang, R. Nyankanga, N. V. P. R. G. Ganga Rao, J. Imungi

Subjects: Get full text

Study protocol for a multi-center stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial to explore the usability and outcomes among young people living with HIV in Kiambu and Kirinyaga counties of Kenya, using an online health portal. by Eric Nturibi, Jared Mecha, Elizabeth Kubo, Albert Orwa, Florence Kaara, Faith Musau, Christine Wamuyu, Justus Kilonzi, Randeep Gill, Sanne Roels

“…However, the effectiveness of such digital health interventions on young HIV patients in Kenya remains uncertain. We will conduct a 12-month stepped wedge cluster randomized trial involving 15-24-year-old HIV patients with smartphone access. …”
Get full text

Enhancing quality of care for older adults: The age‐friendly health system (4Ms framework) and the role of general medicine physicians as system‐based complexologists by Masaya Higuchi, Takashi Watari, Kenya Ie

Get full text

Successful Closed Reduction of a Lateral Elbow Dislocation by Kenya Watanabe, Takuma Fukuzawa, Katsuhiro Mitsui

Get full text

Addressing the Rural and Underserved Healthcare Workforce Needs: Residency Specialty Selection and Workforce Outcomes of the WWAMI AHEC Scholars Program by Kenya Morales-Luna, Stacey Morrison, Toby Keys

Get full text

Kansyore Fisher-Hunter-Gatherers Abandoned the Northeastern Lake Victoria Shoreline during an Arid Period in the Middle Holocene: A Reconsideration of Dates from Western Kenya with New Radiometric and Faunal Evidence from the Namundiri A Shell Midden, Eastern Uganda by Mica B., Jone, Ruth, Tibesasa

“…Within the context of other sites in nearby west- ern Kenya, radiometric and faunal data from the site indicate a move from the lake to a greater reliance on riverine habitats with middle Holocene aridity ~5–4 cal ka and the arrival of food producers to the region after ~3 cal ka.…”
Get full text

Kansyore Fisher-Hunter-Gatherers Abandoned the Northeastern Lake Victoria Shoreline during an Arid Period in the Middle Holocene: A Reconsideration of Dates from Western Kenya with New Radiometric and Faunal Evidence from the Namundiri A Shell Midden, Eastern Uganda by Jones, Mica B, Ruth, Tibesasa

“…Within the context of other sites in nearby western Kenya, radiometric and faunal data from the site indicate a move from the lake to a greater reliance on riverine habitats with middle Holocene aridity ~5–4 cal ka and the arrival of food producers to the region after ~3 cal ka.…”
Get full text

A Japanese man with community-onset carbapenem-resistant Stutzerimonas nitrititolerans bacteremia and a sacral pressure ulcer: a case report by Kohei Hasegawa, Kenya Murata, Yuki Suzuki, Yoshihiko Ogawa, Hisakazu Yano

Get full text

Usefulness of Infrared Thermal Imaging Camera for Screening of Postoperative Surgical Site Infection after the Nuss Procedure by Kenya Fujita, Masahiko Noguchi, Shunsuke Yuzuriha, Daisuke Yanagisawa, Kiyoshi Matsuo

Get full text

A Case of Old Calcifying Epithelioma Processed Symptomless over 40 Years by Shinji Yamaguchi, Madoka Inui, Takashi Takeoka, Kenya Okumura, Toshiro Tagawa

Get full text

Diagnosis and Management of Gastrointestinal Foreign Bodies by Kenya Kamimura, David C. Evans, Ken-ichi Mizuno, Juan E. Sola

Get full text

Development of a Japanese version of the patient perceptions of deprescribing – Short form by Mio Kushibuchi, Kenya Ie, Masaki Takahashi, Amy M. Linsky, Steven M. Albert

Get full text

Safety and Efficacy of Two Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stents as the Sole Procedure in Japanese Patients with Medically Uncontrolled Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Pilot Case Series by Daisuke Shiba, Shingo Hosoda, Saori Yaguchi, Naoki Ozeki, Kenya Yuki, Kazuo Tsubota

Get full text

11p15.4 Microdeletion Associates with Hemihypertrophy by Surasak Puvabanditsin, Mehrin Sadiq, Marianne Jacob, Maaz Jalil, Kenya Cabrera, Omer Choudry, Rajeev Mehta

Get full text

Prevalencia de maloclusiones en niños de la escuela Carlos Cuquejo del municipio Puerto Padre, Las Tunas by Haideé Tamara Díaz Méndez, Bernardo Ochoa Fernández, Lisett Paz Quiñones, Kenya Casanova Sales, Yudenia Coca García

Get full text

A Comparative Study of Ground-Based and Drone-Based GPR: Opportunities, Challenges, and Applications in Bromo, Indonesia by Jannah Afni Nur, Paramita Eksi Galih Kenya, Zukhrufah Syabibah Zakiyya, Rochman Juan Pandu Gya Nur, Azhali Firmansyah Maulana

Get full text

Critical review on the derivative of graphene with binary metal oxide-based nanocomposites for high-performance supercapacitor electrodes by Kandwal Kenya, Jain Alok, Kumar Rajeev, Sharma Shubham, Bains Pardeep Singh, Sharma Ashish, Joshi Sanjeev Kumar, Kozak Dražan, Abbas Mohamed, Lozanovic Jasmina

Get full text