Effect of one Laptop per Child Policy on academic Performance in Social Studies in Ruhango District, Rwanda. by Jean, Libanje Pierre

“…It was also found out that parents do not assist their children in learning and revising their lessons at home. One major recommendation was that the Ministry of Education should motivate the teachers by improving their lifestyle so that they should fully use their time in improving the teaching-learning process through updated materials and new teaching methods, including the integration of OLPC based learning as this requires extra time.…”
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Thematic Curriculum and Pupils’ Academic Performance: A case study of Kitumba Sub-County, Kabale District. by Bibian, Kemigisha

“…The third objective revealed that the quality of instructors using thematic curriculum was influential to pupils’ academic performance (R= 0.621, P-Value=0.005) and finally the fourth objective found out that inadequate teaching resources, lack of proper training for implementers were the major challenges in implementing thematic curriculum. …”
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The Rise of SARS-CoV-2 Variants and the Role of Convalescent Plasma Therapy for Management of Infections by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi

“…The emergence of more virulent variants of SARS-Cov-2 remains challenging for effective disease control during this pandemic. Major variants identified to date include B.1.1.7, B.1.351; P.1; B.1.617.2; B.1.427; P.2; P.3; B.1.525; and C.37. …”
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Financial Resource Mobilization and Accountability in Localgovernments of Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale District Local Government by Paul, Rubarema

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Utilization of Teacher Supervision Tool in Influencing Teacher Effectiveness in Secondary Schools in Rukungiri District – Uganda by Evans, Tayebwa

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Temporal and Spatial Seasonal Variations in Quality of Gravity Flow Water in Kyanamira Sub-County, Kabale District, Uganda by Hannington, Ngabirano, Denis, Byamugisha, Emmanuel, Ntambi

“…Temperature, pH, TDS dissolved oxygen, cations, anions (chemical parameters) and salmonella, faecal coliforms were the major contributing parameters to gravity flow water’s quality variations during both seasons. …”
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Technical and Vocational Education and Training as Factors in the Socio-Economic Development of Rwanda A Case Study of Bushoki Sector, Rulindo District by Albertine, Bamutake Zikama

“…Among the challenges of TVET, the study found the major ones to be limited access to credits, a skills gap, inadequate infrastructure, insufficient raw materials, and an uninformed population. …”
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Dynamic Challenges of Active Tuberculosis: Prevalence and Risk Factors of Co-Infection in Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah... by Mokhtar JA, Attallah DM, Jiman-Fatani AA, Al-Rabia MW, Alqarni MA, Saleh BH, Amboon MM, Altorki TA, Alkuwaity KK, Abujamel T, Kaki R, Albarakati TN, Daghistani H, Ismail MA, Alharbi O, Abu ITM, Alfadil A, Ibrahem K, Mufrrih M, Sait AM

“…Box 80205, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia, Email kaibrahem@kau.edu.saBackground: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health issue in Saudi Arabia, particularly impacting the elderly. …”
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Antenatal Care - How to ensure quality! by Lubna Ejaz

“…Lack of health awareness and poor compliance by patients and their families are other major social contributors towards this grim situation15. …”
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Les fours « à pain » dans les Gaules et les Germanies (ve s. av. J.-C.-ve s. apr. J.-C.), un regard technique by Nicolas Monteix, Camille Noûs

“…Vertical hearth ovens represent the second major group of ovens. In this case, the hearth and sole are strictly separate. …”
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A Study on the Genotype × Environment Interaction in Promising Advanced Genotypes of Soybean using Graphical GGE-biplot Analysis by Bahram Masoudi, Amir Gholizadeh, Parastoo Majidian, Ebrahim Hezarjaribi, Nasrin Razmi, Farnaz Shariati

“…Improving seed yield is always a major goal in soybean breeding programs. The economic performance of soybeans can be increased by using new and high-yield varieties. …”
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Immunogenicity and vaccine efficacy of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae-derived extracellular vesicles as a novel vaccine candidate by Su Hyun Park, Yun Hye Kim, Hyeon Jin Lee, Jeong Moo Han, Byoung-Joo Seo, Gyeong-Seo Park, Chonghan Kim, Young Bae Ryu, Woo Sik Kim

“…These EVs demonstrated stability under external stressors, such as pH changes and enzymatic exposure and were found to contain 86 major metabolites. Additionally, APP-EVs induced dendritic cell (DC) maturation in a Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-dependent manner without cytotoxicity. …”
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Construction of a Vero cell line expression human KREMEN1 for the development of CVA6 vaccines by Dongqing Zhang, Yuxiang Zou, Jiaying Wu, Longfa Xu, Zhifeng Ke, Yuanyuan Wu, Zhenhong Zhou, Mujin Fang, Ling Chen, Henggang Xu, Jianping Chu, Ningshao Xia, Rui Zhu, Tong Cheng

“…Abstract Coxsackievirus A6 (CVA6) has emerged as a major pathogen causing hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreaks worldwide. …”
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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

“…There was one embolisation, followed by implantation of a larger device. No major complications were noted. A small residual shunt was present in echocardiography in one patient after one year. …”
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A prediction model for guiding tumor microwave ablation surgery based on simulation by Lu Qian, Yamin Yang, Pan Chen, Jia Liu, Xiaofei Jin, Zhiyu Qian, Chunxiao Chen

“…Purpose: The major limitation of tumor microwave ablation (MWA) operation is the lack of predictability of the ablation zone before surgery. …”
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Enhancing cybersecurity via attribute reduction with deep learning model for false data injection attack recognition by Faheed A.F. Alrslani, Manal Abdullah Alohali, Mohammed Aljebreen, Hamed Alqahtani, Asma Alshuhail, Menwa Alshammeri, Wafa Sulaiman Almukadi

“…The state estimation algorithm plays a major role in defining the grid’s operating scenarios. …”
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Prognostic Value of Plasma Pentraxin-3 Levels in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease after Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation by Liu Haibo, Guo Xiaofang, Wang Chunming, Yuan Jie, Chen Guozhong, Zhang Limei, Cao Yong, Fang Yu, Bao Yingchun, Yu Wangjun, Ge Junbo

“…Patients were followed up for a median of 3 years (range 1–5) for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs). We found that the post-PCI plasma PTX3 levels were significantly higher at 24 h after PCI than pre-PCI, patients with MACEs had higher post-PCI PTX3 levels compared with MACEs-free patients, patients with higher post-PCI PTX3 levels (median > 4.384 ng/mL) had a higher risk for MACEs than those with PTX3 < 4.384 ng/mL, and post-PCI PTX3, cTnI, multiple stents, and age but not high-sensitivity CRP (hsCRP) were independently associated with the prevalence of MACEs after DES implantation. …”
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Factors affecting perception and acceptance of colonoscopy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease by Chang-Hung Liao, Peng-Jen Chen, Yu-Lueng Shih, Wei-Kuo Chang, Tsai-Yuan Hsieh, Tien-Yu Huang

“…Our findings can promote colonoscopy adherence and facilitate early detection of major complications in patients at high risk and those with long-term IBD.…”
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The association between rapid antiretroviral therapy initiation and brain structure and function based on multimodal magnetic resonance imaging in HIV-positive men who have sex wit... by Yihui He, Yang Zhang, Taiyi Jiang, Miaotian Cai, Guangqiang Sun, Yundong Ma, Jiahao Ji, Bo Yang, Bin Yang, Junyi Duan, Dongxia Wu, Lijun Sun, Lili Dai, Yulin Zhang, Hao Wu, Wenhao Jiang, Tong Zhang, Lei Wang

“…Moreover, the results of the main effects and interactions indicated that rapid ART initiation had main effects on major imaging outcomes. The validation analysis results in participants who started ART within 7 days of confirmed HIV diagnosis generally corroborated and complemented the aforementioned findings. …”
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Identification and genetic analysis of the recent Avian pox viruses from infected pigeons and chickens by Amira M. Helal, Osama Mahana, Ali Zanaty, Karim Selim, Mohamed. E. Taha, Mostafa M. Saleh, Mohamed I. Hassan, Mona S. Abdallah

“…Abstract Background Avian pox viruses (APVs) are highly contagious poultry diseases, posing a major economic threat to poultry production systems, and have a high mortality rate among young birds, Infected birds also face condemnation of affected carcasses due to the unsightly appearance of the nodular skin lesions. …”
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