Performance of Banana Peelings Extract as A Natural Coagulant in the Treatment of Surface Water Case Study: River Rwizi, Mbarara. by Asingya, Derrick

“…However, many researchers have come up with different plant-based coagulants to replace Aluminum sulphate thus, the main objective of this research was to the investigate performance of banana peelings extract as a natural coagulant in the treatment of surface water by comparing the coagulation action of the raw and ripe banana peelings extracts against Aluminium sulphate, a chemical coagulant as the control experiment. …”
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Contract Management and Health Service Delivery in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale Regional Referral Hospital, Kabale Municipality. by Atwesigire, Banard

“…This created a need for study to be done to determine how contract management relates to the provision of health services in Kabale Municipality. The main objective of the study was to determine the relationship between contract risk management and health service delivery at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital, Kabale Municipality. …”
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Factors Influencing the Growth of Tourism in Uganda: A Case Study of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. by Katwesigye, Jordan

“…The findings revealed that animal species such as mountain Gorillas were the major tourist attractions at Bwindi impenetrable national park because 22% of the respondents or touristsrated them as the main reason for visitingBwindi impenetrable national park. …”
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Assessing the Effects of Land Use Practices on the Environment in Rugarama North Ntungamo District. by Turyahabwe, Deus

“…Data collection tools included questionnaires and interview guide which were used to collect data from 100 respondents mainly staff of Rugarama sub-county, leaders and community members. …”
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Assessment of Hand-Hygiene Practices Among Health Care Workers at Kisoro Hospital, Kisoro District. by Nsenga, Alex

“…Purpose of the study: The main purpose of the study was to assess the hand hygiene practices among health care workers at Kisoro hospital in Kisoro District in order to contribute to the control of poor hygiene related diseases. …”
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Preliminary investigation on the establishment of a new meibomian gland obstruction model and gene expression by Ming Sun, Huanmin Cheng, Zheng Yang, Jiangqin Tang, Shengshu Sun, Zhanglin Liu, Shaozhen Zhao, Lijie Dong, Yue Huang

“…Abstract Meibomian gland dysfunction is a chronic ocular surface disease with a complex pathogenesis, whose main clinical manifestations are meibomian gland obstruction or/and lipid abnormalities. …”
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Efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant therapy with tislelizumab plus axitinib for nonmetastatic renal cell carcinoma with inferior vena cava tumor thrombus: a retrospective study by Zhongjie Zhao, Zhengsheng Liu, Kaiyan Zhang, Wei Li, Lijian Zhang, Bingliang Jiang, Bin Chen, Jinchun Xing, Xuegang Wang

“…In this retrospective study, seven patients of nonmetastatic RCC with IVC tumor thrombus who received 3 cycles of neoadjuvant therapy with tislelizumab plus axitinib at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University from May 2020 to December 2023 were included. The main outcomes included objective response rate (ORR), reduction of tumor thrombus size and level, surgical outcomes, and adverse events (AEs). …”
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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

“…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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Impact of growing conditions on the gum properties of different genotypes of guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.) by I. V. Kruchina-Bogdanov, E. V. Miroshnichenko, R. A. Shaukharov, E. N. Kantemirova, M. A. Golovina, K. M. Abdullaev, A. V. Balashov, E. V. Rusinova, P. G. Rusinov, E. K. Potokina

“…The purpose of the study was to investigate how a region and technology of guar cultivation can affect the main indicators of the final target product: the content and viscosity of guar gum extracted from the seeds of various guar genotypes. …”
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Clinical features and prognostic predictors of C. Psittaci Pneumonia: a systematic review and individual patient meta-analysis by Qingqing Jia, Jibo Sun, Dongguang Wang, Jiao Xu, Xiu Li, Shijie Zhang, Lian Wang, Sitong Liu, Xiang Tong, Hong Fan

“…Patients were divided into severe or non-severe pneumonia groups mainly according to the ATS/IDSA 2007 criteria. Prognostic predictors for severe C. psittaci pneumonia were identified using multivariate logistic regression. …”
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In situ simulation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation training: A systematic review by Andrea Cortegiani, Mariachiara Ippolito, Cristian Abelairas-Gómez, Sabine Nabecker, Alexander Olaussen, Kasper G. Lauridsen, Yiqun Lin, Taylor Sawyer, Joyce Yeung, Andrew S. Lockey, Adam Cheng, Robert Greif, Aaron Donoghue, Barbara Farquharson, Chih-Wei Yang, Heike Geduld, Kathryn Eastwood, Kevin Nation, Sebastian Sch naubelt, Tasuku Matsuyama, Ying-Chih Ko, Katherine S. Allen, Tracy Kidd, Jan Breckwoldt, Ming-Ju Hsieh

“…The certainty of evidence was very low for all the evaluated outcomes mainly due to risk of bias, inconsistency and imprecision. …”
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Anti-influenza effects of Aloe vera gel on MDCK cells: protective efficacy against ultraviolet-C exposure and analysis of biochemical characteristics and microbial activities by Rasha A. Al-Eisa, Rokayya Sami, Ruqaiah I. Bedaiwi, Roqayah H. Kadi, Suzan A. Abushal, Doaa Mahmoud Johari, Afnan M. Alnajeebi, Reham M. Algheshairy, Abeer A. Abu-Zaid, Sami A. Al-Dhumri

“…The main objective of the current study was to examine the anti-influenza effects of Aloe vera gel on the Madin–Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) cell line, as well as its protective efficacy against ultraviolet-C exposure, by studying its biochemical characterization and microbial activities. …”
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A Bibliometric and Visualised Analysis of Proliferative Verrucous Leucoplakia From 2003 to 2023 by Long Zhu, Lijia Ou, Yang Yang, Danwei Zhao, Binjie Liu, Rui Liu, Ousheng Liu, Hui Feng

“…We found that current publications comprise mainly case reports, there is a significant research need to explore the molecular mechanisms, specific diagnostic criteria, and effective management options for PVL. …”
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Applied machine learning for predicting the properties and carbon and phosphorus fate of pristine and engineered hydrochar by Shiyu Xie, Tao Zhang, Siming You, Santanu Mukherjee, Mingjun Pu, Qing Chen, Yaosheng Wang, Esmat F. Ali, Hamada Abdelrahman, Jörg Rinklebe, Sang Soo Lee, Sabry M. Shaheen

“…These results provided optimal production conditions for Fe-engineered manure hydrochar and identified the best performing ML model for predicting hydrochar properties. The main implication of this study is that it offers a high potential to improve the utilization of biowastes and produce biowaste-derived engineered hydrochar with high C stability and P availability on a large scale. …”
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Molecular-genetic pathways of hepatitis C virus regulation of the expression of cellular factors PREB and PLA2G4C, which play an important role in virus replication by E. L. Mishchenko, A. A. Makarova, E. A. Antropova, A. S. Venzel, T. V. Ivanisenko, P. S. Demenkov, V. A. Ivanisenko

“…However, rapid mutation processes in the viral genome and acquisition of drug resistance to the existing drugs remain the main obstacles to fighting HCV. Identifying the host factors, exploring their role in HCV RNA replication, and studying viral effects on their expression is essential for understanding the mechanisms of viral replication and developing novel, effective curative approaches. …”
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Sepiolite immobilizes soil Cd to optimize microbial community structure thereby promoting wheat growth and reducing Cd accumulation by Ziqi Li, Xiaoxun Xu, Xin Qi, Changlian Xu, Guiyin Wang, Shirong Zhang, Zhanbiao Yang, Zhang Cheng, Junzhuo Cai, Guochun Lv, Ting Li, Yulin Pu, Yongxia Jia

“…The findings confirm that applying sepiolite in the field enhanced the main yield traits of wheat, significantly elevated soil pH by 0.30–1.04 units, reduced Cd bioavailability by 55.46 % −93.27 % (P < 0.05), and decreased Cd accumulation in wheat by regulating Cd transport and enrichment in different plant organs. …”
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Image-based robotic (ROSA® knee system) total knee arthroplasty with inverse kinematic alignment compared to conventional total knee arthroplasty by Henriëtte M. Eijking, Isobel M. Dorling, Emil H. van Haaren, Roel Hendrickx, Thijs Nijenhuis, Martijn G.M. Schotanus, Lee Bouwman, Jasper Most, Bert Boonen

“…Outcomes will be analyzed using linear mixed models with time and group as main factors and interaction-term. Secondary outcomes include clinical metrics (leg alignment, implant and patient survival), surgical parameters (adverse events, surgery duration, blood loss, hospital stay length, medication use), patient-reported outcomes (symptoms, quality of life, pain), mobility and physical activity measurements, metabolic syndrome, cost-efficacy, and gait and continuous glucose monitoring. …”
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Phytoplankton growth and succession driven by topography and hydrodynamics in seasonal ice-covered lakes by Ziyue Zhao, Yanfeng Wu, Y. Jun Xu, Yexiang Yu, Guangxin Zhang, Dehua Mao, Xuemei Liu, Changlei Dai

“…Surface curvature and slope gradient were the main factors affecting flow velocity during the non-ice-covered period (p ≤ 0.05, r = −0.58 and − 0.62), directly affecting the spatial distribution of cyanobacterial biomass (p ≤ 0.05, r = 0.65; p ≤ 0.01, r = −0.71). …”
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Growth Performance, Serum Biochemical Profile, Oxidative Status, and Fertility Traits in Male Japanese Quail Fed on Ginger (Zingiber officinale, Roscoe) Essential Oil by Tchoffo Herve, Kana Jean Raphaël, Ngoula Ferdinand, Folack Tiwa Laurine Vitrice, Adoum Gaye, Moussa Mahamat Outman, Ngouozeu Moyo Willy Marvel

“…At the same period, 4 mature male quails per treatment were chosen at random and individually housed in cages, each with four untreated females for fertility and hatchability traits. The main results revealed that growth characteristics were not markedly (P>0.05) affected by essential oil whatever the dose. …”
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Therapeutic effects of traditional Chinese medicine Hua-Feng-Dan in a rat model of ischemic stroke involve renormalization of gut microbiota by Xiaoxia He, Xiaofeng Yuan, Qilin Shu, Yayang Gao, Youli Chen, Yao Liu, Yao Liu, Yao Liu, Jian Xu, Jian Xu, Jian Xu, Yongping Zhang, Yongping Zhang, Yongping Zhang, Guoqiong Cao, Guoqiong Cao, Guoqiong Cao

“…The treatment altered levels of 39 and 38 metabolites produced during gut microbial and brain tissue metabolism respectively, mainly of amino acids, nucleosides, short-chain fatty acids, and essential fatty acids. …”
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