A grounded theory study on medical students’ proxy online health information seeking behavior by Pan Minghao, He Leyun, Yang Jingying, Huang Wanyu, Wang Fan, Wang Linlin, Shen Meiyu

“…Still, to evaluate the quality of health information from the Internet remains a major challenge that medical students face. Only through the joint efforts of both medical students and the related departments could high quality health information be obtained. …”
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The resilience of parents and carers who administer medicines to children at home: a qualitative systematic review protocol by Stephen Morris, Simon Pini, Beth Fylan, Franki Wilson, Helen Faulkner, David P. Alldred

“…An iterative search strategy, using a scoping search of the major databases (Embase, PyscINFO, CINAHL, Cochrane and PubMed) will be used. …”
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Aspects of Growth Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Related to Neuroprotection, Regeneration, and Functional Plasticity in the Adult Brain by N. David Åberg, Katarina Gustafson Brywe, Jörgen Isgaard

“…Plasticity in the central nervous system (CNS) may be viewed as changes in the functional interplay between the major cell types, neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Structural Characteristics and in Vitro Biological Activities of Polysaccharides from Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and Those from Shiitake Mushroom... by XU Mengyue, TIAN Xin, WANG Junke, WU Aoxue, ZOU Zhiyi, WU Jiahui, WANG Hongbo

“…The results showed that the yield of common bean polysaccharides was significantly higher than that of shiitake mushroom polysaccharides, (7.01 ± 0.57)% versus (5.04 ± 0.38)% (P < 0.05), and the content of uronic acid in common bean polysaccharides was 2.21 times higher than that of shiitake mushroom polysaccharides. The major polysaccharide components of common bean and shiitake mushroom had molecular masses of 77.157 and 559.245 kDa, respectively. …”
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In vivo anti-aging properties on fat diet-induced high fat Drosophila melanogaster of n-butanol extract from Paecilomyces hepiali by Akang Dan, Yushi Chen, Yongqi Tian, Shaoyun Wang

“…It is worth mentioning that dimerumic acid, the major antioxidant compound of PHE (content up to 3 %), was discovered in P. hepiali for the first time. …”
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The association between resilience and fatigue among mariners during ocean voyages: a chain mediating effect of coping style and psychological stress by Zhanying Sun, Nan Tang, Xueyang Gan, Jingru Chen, Qingqing Su, Jie Song, Yuan Gao

“…Abstract Background Fatigue seriously reduces the sensory sensitivity and operational efficiency ofmariners, which is a major safety threat to ship navigation. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between resilience and fatigue and to explore the chain-mediated role of coping style and psychological stress among mariners during ocean voyages. …”
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Clinical and Economic Outcomes in Low-risk Pulmonary Embolism Patients Treated with Rivaroxaban versus Standard of Care by W. Frank Peacock, Craig I. Coleman, Phil Wells, Gregory J. Fermann, Li Wang, Onur Baser, Jeff Schein, Concetta Crivera

“…Propensity score matching (PSM) was used to compare hospital-acquired complications (HACs), PE-related outcomes (recurrent venous thromboembolism, major bleeding, and death), and healthcare utilization and costs between the rivaroxaban and SOC cohorts…”
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Historical biogeography and systematics of yellow-bellied toads (Bombina variegata), with the description of a new subspecies from the Balkans by Christophe Dufresnes, Simeon Lukanov, Sven Gippner, Johanna Ambu, Ilias Strachinis, Dragan Arsovski, Benjamin Monod-Broca, Hugo Cayuela, Petros Lymberakis, Daniele Canestrelli, Dan Cogălniceanu, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Spartak N. Litvinchuk, Tomasz Suchan, Mathieu Denoël, Daniel Jablonski

“…The analyses support four major lineages, one assigned to B. v. variegata (Carpathians and northwestern ranges), one assigned to B. v. pachypus (Apennine Peninsula), and two assigned to B. v. scabra (Dinarides, Hellenides and Balkanides vs. the Rhodope mountains). …”
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The Impact of Domestic Roles on Girls' Academic Performance in English in Maziba Sub-County Kabale District. by Mwesigye, Fred

“…They found that these practices put girls at a disadvantage because they scores poor performance, the role of girls in society and the organization of the schools system to be the major causes of poor academic performance. Decisionmaking power is a proxy of empowerment along with a few other proxies to investigate the effect of credit programs on women, women have limited role in household decision-making limited access and control over household resources (physical and financial assets), low level of individual assets, heavy domestic workloads, restricted mobility and inadequate knowledge and skills that leading to women's vulnerability, despite their tremendous contribution to food production and well-being for the household, rural women are underestimated in development strategies, women's participation in household decision-making. can automatically increase the overall status of women and as well as make them empowered, women have been considered as a docile daughter, a complacent wife and a dependent mother. …”
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Economic Background of Undergraduate Students and their Academic Performance at Kabale University. by Kyarikunda, Miria

“…Government need to increase on the fees bursaries to the needy students because major- ity of the parents are not able to pay school tuition on time due to irregular income and poverty. …”
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Assessment of the Effect of Flooding on Agricultural Lands in Kaharo Sub-County of Kabale District South Western Uganda. by Nyakiti, Dorcas Awino

“…Loss of life (52) was the major effect of flooding on agricultural lands in Kaharo sub county Kabale district (Table 4.2), 49% of the respondents recorded that damage to crops and food supplies were the effects of flooding in an area whereas 46% of the respondents mentioned that Famine was also an effect of flooding due to destruction of crops and other agricultural lands. …”
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The Effect of Land Degradation on Potato Production in Rubanda District: A Case Study of Muko Sub-County. by Niwaha, Richard

“…From the findings, 23.4% of the farmers ranked insufficient capital as the major constraints to potato farming, 20.5% and 17.5% of the farmers ranked high cost of farm inputs and pests and disease respectively, 11.7% reported inadequate storage. …”
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Impacts of Trade Unions on Employees' Welfare in UNATU, Kabale District. by Cyomperwe, Justinah

“…The most hindrance to the enjoyment of these rights and privileges has always been the government's negative attitude towards them as this study explains in the context. The major problems facing labour unions in Uganda are; casualization of labour which leaves workers at the employers' mercy since their terms and conditions of work are not expressly prescribed, unemployment, and insufficient and inadequate facilitated labour officers Due to the decentralization of labour matters, there is need for the establishment of sufficient, well-funded and staffed branches of industrial courts in Uganda, urgency for the grant of the minimum wage that is appropriate to the services rendered to eliminate oppression at workplace and ensure the enforcement of all privileges and rights granted to the workers.…”
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The Role of Internal Auditing Practices on the Performance of Local Government: A Case of Central Division Kisoro Municipality. by Ngabire, Nobert

“…The study also concluded that political interference, corruption, conflict of interest, inadequate skills, inadequate information, inadequate funds, and improper communication flow are the major challenges faced by internal audit and financial performance of Central Division Kisoro Municipality. …”
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Impact of Taxes on Performance of Small-Scale Business Enterprises in Kabale Municipality. by Katusiime, Allen

“…It was concluded that taxes are major limitations to the growth and expansion of Small business enterprises in Kabale Municipality. …”
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Political Interference and Social Service Delivery in Kanaba Sub-County Kisoro District. by Tumushime, Bosco

“…The study found out that the Demand for power by politicians, the Government's ability to grow the economy, the Need of political distribution, Failure to pay attention to politics on service delivery, Redistribution of social justice, Inequality, and uneven advances in education and training, Demand for democracy using social service delivery protests and Government legitimacy respectively were the major causes of political interferences to service delivery. …”
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The Effect of Population Growth on Climate Change in Buhara Sub-County Kabale District Uganda. by Muchunguzi, Christine

“…The study established that the high levels of poverty were the major influence of population growth effects on climate in the Kabale district. infrastructure development has influenced the climate in Kabale. …”
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Youth Involvement in Pornography and Academic Engagement in Selected Secondary Schools in Kabale Municipality. by Kanyesigye, Bens Rogers

“…Indecent dressing, revealing private body parts, was identified as a major source of pornographic material (M=4.61, SD=.490). …”
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Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic on School Dropout in Selected Primry Schools in Nyarusiza Sub-County Kisoro District. by Sibo, Dusabe Chris Jackson

“…The findings of the study revealed that male respondents were highly represented in the study by 56.7%; married respondents were also highly represented by 64%; and 33.3% showed that Reduced pupil ration in Countries which forced to adopt quarantine measures was the major effect of Covid-19 on school enrollment., The recommendations of the study included the following: The government should increase spending for immediate health-related expenditures such as supplies including masks, gloves, and other personally productive equipment, in addition to ICU beds (as Uganda currently has only 55 functional ICU beds, resulting in approximately 1.3 ICU beds per million Ugandans) and ventilators. …”
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Gender Inequality and Education Attainment by Male and Female in Higher Institutions: A Case Study of Kabale University. by Twinomujuni, Promise

“…The study concludes that although women in Uganda today participate in higher education at much higher numbers, gender inequality remains a major factor in the country’s higher education system. …”
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