Factors Responsible For School Dropout At Different Levels of Education in Selected Academic Institutions in Kisoro Municipality Southern Division Kisoro District. by Kamahoro, Phionah

“…The researcher also concluded that the major causes of school dropout in Kisoro municipality are due to negligence of the parents whereby some parents are not educated and therefore don't bother sending their children to school. …”
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Records Keeping and Financial Performance in Local Government: A Case Study of Rubanda District Local Government. by Birungi, Edinah

“…More respondents identified lack of records management policy as the major challenge, lack of adequate professionally trained record managers. …”
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Impact of Sexual Harassment on Pupils Academic Performance in Selected Primary Schools of Kitumba Sub-County Kabale District. by Twesigomwe, Rossette

“…The findings of the study revealed that female respondents were highly represented with the study and they were marked with 71%, allows rape with 20% among the major cause of sexual harassment which affects pupils' academic performance in primary schools, 22% revealed that decline in academic performance due to sexual harassment. …”
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Youth Involvement in Pornography and Academic Engagement in Selected Secondary Schools in Kabale Municipality. by Kanyesigye, Bens Rogers

“…The key findings from the study revealed that watching videos of naked persons on computers in the computer lab is the leading form of pornography (M=4.61, SD=.490), while on the sources of pornography, indecent dressing while showing private body parts was considered a major source of pornographic material (M=4.61, SD=.490). …”
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Use of Garden Design to Enhance Mental Health Among the Selected Health Facilities in Kabale Town: A Case Study of Makanga Health Facility. by Nayebare, Maria

“…Included are gardens in a geriatric ward of a major metropolitan hospital, a rehabilitation center garden in suburban Melbourne, an aged care facility in country Victoria, and a disability day care center garden. …”
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Examining the Role Played by Remand Homes Towards Curbing the Rate of Juvenile Delinquency in Kabale Municipality. by Ampurire, Evarine

“…The study concluded that parents need better understanding in dealing with their children and Teachers, Police and education also play a major role in preventing crimes and there is a need to improve the community and institutions so as to help in curbing the rise of crimes in the society. …”
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Factors Associated with Stunting in Children Under Five Years of Age: A Case of Buhara Sub County, Kabale District. by Namanya, Oliver

“…The study made the following findings in line with the objectives: low household income, child illness in the last few weeks incomplete child vaccination (p- Value = 0.005 < 0.05 and p- value = 0.001 < 0.05), the child’s guardian ethnicity with (p- value = 0.013 < 0.05 and 0.000), open defecation, indiscriminate waste disposal, 18(4.7%) 95 CI= 028311725 - .073831273) and use of unprotected water sources, were the major factors associated with stunting. The child gender, child’s care taker and child’s birth order were equally linked with stunting with (p- Value = 0.023 < 0.05, p- value = 0.003 < 0.05 and, p- value = 0.002 < 0.05) respectively. …”
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Assessment of Hand-Hygiene Practices Among Health Care Workers at Kisoro Hospital, Kisoro District. by Nsenga, Alex

“…However, 91(85.8%) of the respondents reported lack of continuous flow of water as the major barrier hindering health care workers from practicing hand hygiene. …”
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Single-cell RNA sequencing and AlphaFold 3 insights into cytokine signaling and its role in uveal melanoma by Hongyan Sun, Cunzi Li, Zuhui Pu, Zuhui Pu, Ying Lu, Ying Lu, Zijing Wu, Zijing Wu, Lan Zhou, Lan Zhou, Hongzhan Lin, Yumo Wang, Tao Zi, Lisha Mou, Lisha Mou, Ming-ming Yang

“…Additionally, we constructed the Dictionary of Immune Responses to Cytokines at single-cell resolution to evaluate cytokine signatures.ResultsScRNA-seq revealed five major cell types within UVMs and subdivided them into seven distinct subtypes. …”
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Inflammatory adhesion mediates myocardial segmental necroptosis induced by mixed lineage kinase domain-like protein in acute myocardial infarction by Lijiang Wei, Naifu Wan, Wentong Zhu, Chenchen Liu, Zeyu Chen, Wuwei Rong, Lujun Zhang, Meifeng Xie, Yueqi Qin, Ting Sun, Qing Jing, Ankang Lyu

“…Abstract Purpose Cardiomyocyte death is a major cytopathologic response in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and involves complex inflammatory interactions. …”
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Evaluation of current gene pool of Kholmogor and Black-and-white cattle breeds based on whole genome SNP analysis by A. V. Dotsev, A. A. Sermyagin, A. V. Shakhin, I. A.  Paronyan, K. V. Plemyashov, H. Reyer, K. Wimmers, G. Brem, N. A. Zinovieva

“…During last decades, in the Russian Federation, local livestock populations were either crossbred or replaced by highly productive imported breeds, which led to a loss of the major part of original breeds identities. The objective of our study was to identify genetic differences between the populations of Kholmogor and Black-and-white cattle with varying degrees of admixture with the Holstein breed. …”
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Electromagnetic navigation system for computed tomography-guided synchronous percutaneous lung biopsy and microwave ablation of pulmonary nodules: a prospective, single-center, sin... by Shengwei Li, Zhixin Bie, Yuanming Li, Jie Sun, Jiangxu Zhang, Xiangyu Zi, Runqi Guo, Xiao-Guang Li

“…The median postoperative hospital stay was 1 (range 1–7) days. No major complications (grade ≥3) occurred and only seven minor complications (14.6%) occurred, including six cases of pneumothorax and one case of hemoptysis. …”
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Multienvironment Evaluation of Tannin-Free Photoperiod-Insensitive Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench) for Yield and Resistance to Grain Mold in Senegal by Cyril Diatta, Mame P. Sarr, Thierry Klanvi Tovignan, Ousmane Aidara, Daniel Kwadjo Dzidzienyo, Elisabeth Diatta-Holgate, Jacques Martin Faye, Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, Samuel Kwame Offei, Ndiaga Cisse

“…Combining resistance to grain mold with high grain yield in tannin-free white-grained photoperiod-insensitive sorghum is of major interest for farmers in Senegal. In this study, GGE biplot analysis was used to assess the performance, adaptability, and stability of eleven sorghum parental lines and their hybrid combinations for yield and grain mold resistance under Senegalese environments. …”
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Global research landscape and emerging trends of non-coding RNAs in prostate cancer: a bibliometric analysis by Yu-Liang Zhou, Yu-Liang Zhou, Wen-Liang Yao, Wen-Liang Yao, Sheng-Hui Chen, Sheng-Hui Chen, Peng Wang, Peng Wang, Jing-Wen Fu, Jing-Wen Fu, Jia-Qin Zhao, Jia-Qin Zhao, Jia-Yi Zhang, Jia-Yi Zhang

“…BackgroundProstate cancer (PC) is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men and continues to be a major cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. …”
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Mannan-Binding Lectin Suppresses Peptidoglycan-Induced TLR2 Activation and Inflammatory Responses by Fanping Wang, Yanhua Li, Can Yang, Yonghui Mu, Yan Wang, Wei Zhang, Yonghui Yang, Chen Chen, Shijun Song, Zhifa Shen, Wenjun Wang, Junpeng Li, Jingjing Zhai, Kang Guo, Ruili Sun, Lili Yu, Mingyong Wang

“…Peptidoglycan (PGN), as the major components of the bacterial cell wall, is known to cause excessive proinflammatory cytokine production. …”
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Indications for an antidepressive effect of thymosin alpha-1 in a small open-label proof of concept study in common variable immune deficiency patients with depression by Daniël G. Aynekulu Mersha, Sarah E. Fromme, Frank van Boven, Gara Arteaga-Henríquez, Annemarie Wijkhuijs, Marianne van der Ent, Raf Berghmans, Bernard T. Baune, Hemmo A. Drexhage, Virgil Dalm

“…These subjects are characterized by reduced naïve T cells and a premature T cell senescence similar to that of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). It is known that T cells are essential for limbic system development/function. …”
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Impacts of the “Coal to Gas” Policy on Rural Air VOC Level and Ozone Potentials in North China by Zhiyong Li, Chen Liu, Chengjing Cao, Zhen Zhai, Changtao Huang, Zhuangzhuang Ren, Jixiang Liu, Lan Chen, Songtao Guo, Dingyuan Yang

“…This study firstly evidenced that the use of WMGS was becoming a major VOC source in rural north China. Meanwhile, the coal combustion for heating was still serious in rural area despite the “Coal Prohibition” law. …”
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Experimental Validation of Antiobesogenic and Osteoprotective Efficacy of Ginsenoside CK via Targeting Lipid and Atherosclerosis Pathways by Md. Niaj Morshed, Reshmi Akter, Imran Mahmud, Ah-Yeong Gwon, Jin Woo Jeang, Yeong-Geun Lee, Dae Won Park, Deok Chun Yang, Yeon Ju Kim, Se-Chan Kang

“…Additionally, CK treatment induced osteoblast development in MC3T3-E1 cells as shown by increased mineralization and calcium distribution, collagen content, alkaline phosphatase activity, and decreased inflammatory cytokines <i>TNFα</i>, and <i>IL-6</i> and increased the regulated expressions of osteogenic genes including <i>Runx2</i>, <i>ALP</i>, <i>BGLAP</i>, <i>OCN</i>, and <i>Col1a1</i>. Significantly, as a major inhibitory regulator, the <i>TP</i>⁵³ gene was down-regulated in both 3T3-L1 and MC3T3E1 cells after the treatment of CK. …”
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Optimal timing of pharmacoinvasive strategy and its impact on clinical and economic outcomes in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a real-world perspective by Andrea Dias Stephanus, Alice Pacheco Santos, Ana Carolina Machado Rodrigues da Cunha, Ana Carolina Augusto Rocha, Amanda de Amorim Meireles, Mariana Guimarães Souza de Oliveira, Pietra Arissa Coelho Matsunaga, Alexandre Anderson de Sousa Munhoz Soares, Alexandre Anderson de Sousa Munhoz Soares, Ana Claudia Cavalcante Nogueira, Ana Claudia Cavalcante Nogueira, Ana Claudia Cavalcante Nogueira, Ana Claudia Cavalcante Nogueira, Adriana de J. B. de Almeida Guimarães, Adriana de J. B. de Almeida Guimarães, Gustavo de Almeida Alexim, Alessandra M. Campos-Staffico, Luiz Sergio Fernandes de Carvalho, Luiz Sergio Fernandes de Carvalho, Luiz Sergio Fernandes de Carvalho

“…The primary outcome was in-hospital major adverse cardiovascular events (4p-MACE), with secondary outcomes such as 3p-MACE, in-hospital mortality, and costs. …”
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Epidemiological Dynamics of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase- or AmpC β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Screened in Apparently Healthy Chickens in Uganda by Steven Kakooza, Damien Munyiirwa, Paul Ssajjakambwe, Edrine Kayaga, Dickson Stuart Tayebwa, Dickson Ndoboli, Loreen Basemera, Esther Nabatta, Maria Agnes Tumwebaze, John Baligwamunsi Kaneene

“…The dynamics of extended-spectrum β-lactamase- (ESBL-) and AmpC β-lactamase-producing bacteria (which are deadly groups of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria) have not been well understood in developing countries. This raises major concerns to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) control. …”
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