Diaspora Engagement Strategies and Policies by Jovan Filipovic, Srečko Srečko Devjak, Bogomil Ferfila

“…The development of diaspora strategies is essential because it demonstrates how state agencies, policy makers and individual citizens themselves have begun to think beyond national borders and make efforts to build non-territorial forms of organisation, such as Diaspora Virtual University. …”
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Scholarly impact of the dissertation requirement for postgraduate medical education and factors affecting transformation into publication: A bibliometric analysis of 2434 dissertat... by İbrahim Ulaş Özturan, İbrahim Sarbay

“…METHODS: This was a retrospective bibliometric study of EM dissertations submitted between 1998 and 2021 to the National Thesis Center. Research characteristics, publication status, journal characteristics, indexing, citation analysis, and institution characteristics were recorded. …”
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Donkey milk supplementation alleviates renal fibrosis of chronic kidney disease by enhancing anti-inflammatory ability by Cui Huimin, Wang Peng, Chen Man, Lin Hong, Zhao Yuxin, Pu Zhiyu, Yang Jianjun

“…ABSTRACT: Donkey milk, rich in essential nutrients, is not only able to meet the nutritional needs of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) according to the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative Clinical Practice Guideline for Nutrition in CKD, but also has strong anti-inflammatory properties. …”
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Holistic health and social care outreach for people experiencing homelessness with recent non-fatal overdose in Glasgow, Scotland: the Pharmacist and third sector Homeless charity... by Vibhu Paudyal, Nicola Greenlaw, Frances S Mair, Kate Stock, Andrew McPherson, Andrea E Williamson, Richard Lowrie, Donogh Maguire, Steven Ross, James Roy Robertson, Alison Boyle, Clare Duncan, Rebecca Blair, Cian Lombard, Fiona Hughes, Jane Moir, Ailsa Scott, Frank Reilly, Laura Sills, Jennifer Hislop, Stephen Wishart, David Brannan, Rebekah Ramage

“…Objectives To examine randomised controlled trial (RCT) progression criteria including emergency department (ED) attendance and non-fatal overdose, from a holistic, integrated health and social care outreach intervention (PHOENIx), for people experiencing homelessness with recent non-fatal street drug overdose.Design Pilot RCT. 1:1 randomisation to PHOENIx plus usual care (UC) or UC.Setting Glasgow, Scotland.Participants 128 adults experiencing homelessness with at least one non-fatal street drug overdose in the preceding 6 months.Interventions Pharmacists from the National Health Service and third sector homelessness workers offered weekly outreach. …”
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Value of DWI Combined with Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in the Differential Diagnosis between Recurrent Glioma and Radiation Injury: A Meta-Analysis by Hongyi Li, Yang Duan, Na Liu, Junyi Dong, Yuanzi Liang, Ronghui Ju

“…Chinese and English studies related to the diagnosis of recurrent glioma and radiation injury using DWI and MRS and published before 15 October 2022 were retrieved from PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, China Biomedical Literature Database, VIP Journal Database, and Wanfang Database for a meta-analysis. …”
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The Australian and New Zealand Fontan Registry Quality of Life Study: Protocol for a population-based assessment of quality of life among people with a Fontan circulation, their pa... by Daniel S J Costa, Kim Dalziel, Yves d’Udekem, David S Winlaw, David S Celermajer, Nadine A Kasparian, Diana Zannino, Rachel Bishop, Kate H Marshall, Susan R Woolfenden, Gary F Sholler

“…Study findings will be published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international meetings and seminars.…”
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Youthful Choices: A Secondary Analysis of the NFHS-5 Data to Examine Tobacco Use in Indian Adolescent Girls and Young Women by Jobinse Jose, Aditi Chaudhary, Abhishek Ghosh, Sonu Goel

“…Methods: Based on data from the National Family Health Survey-5, this study explored tobacco use among 241,180 young women aged 15–24 in India. …”
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Predictors and Significance of Readmission after Esophagogastric Surgery: A Nationwide Analysis by Richard PT Evans, MBBS, FRCS, Sivesh K Kamarajah, MBChB, MRCS, Felicity Evison, MSc, Xiaoxu Zou, PhD, Ben Coupland, MSci, Ewen A Griffiths, MD, FRCS

“…Methods:. This was a national population-based cohort study using Hospital Episode Statistics of adult patients undergoing esophagectomy and gastrectomy in England between January 2008 and December 2019. …”
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Maintaining operability at a high personal cost – a mixed method study on maternal healthcare workers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic by Magnus Akerstrom, Anna Wessberg, Emina Hadžibajramović, Sofie Graner, Ylva Carlsson, Ola Andersson, Maria Jonsson, Elin Naurin, Malin Veje, Verena Sengpiel, Karolina Linden

“…Results Multiple changes in working routines were implemented to adhere to national and local guidelines aiming to decrease the spread of Sars-CoV-2. …”
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Drug Use Evaluation of Beta-Blockers in Medical Wards of Nedjo General Hospital, Western Ethiopia by Ginenus Fekadu, Firomsa Bekele, Kumera Bekele, Sagni Hanbisa, Gemechis Belay, Mudasir Maqbool

“…So, prescribers of NGH should strictly adhere to the national treatment guideline when prescribing medications. …”
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Multidisciplinary, multicenter consensus for the care of patients affected with Sturge–Weber syndrome by May El Hachem, Andrea Diociaiuti, Angela Galeotti, Francesca Grussu, Elena Gusson, Alessandro Ferretti, Carlo Efisio Marras, Davide Vecchio, Simona Cappelletti, Mariasavina Severino, Carlo Gandolfo, Simone Reali, Rosa Longo, Carmen D’Amore, Lodovica Gariazzo, Federica Marraffa, Marta Luisa Ciofi Degli Atti, Maria Margherita Mancardi, and the Sturge-Weber Syndrome Multidisciplinary Group

“…Though this consensus has been developed taking primarily into account the Italian National Health System organization and rules on rare disorders, it could be translated also to other countries.…”
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Montelukast Use and Patterns of Ambulatory Care among Asian versus Non-Asian Adult Patients with Asthma and/or Allergic Rhinitis in the United States by Joseph Vasey, Shalini Bagga, Huan Huang, Tongsheng Wang, David Thompson

“…**Methods:** Data for adult asthma and AR patients were extracted from a national electronic medical records database for the years 2006-2014. …”
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Spatio‑temporal variations in physicochemical water quality parameters of Lake Bunyonyi, Southwestern Uganda by Saturday,Alex, Lyimo,Thomas J., Machiwa, John, Pamba,Siajali

“…Taking into account standard guidelines for drinking water by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) and the World Health Organization (WHO), the water quality index (WQI) was used to determine the water quality. …”
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Factors Influencing Recentralization of Local Government Functions in Uganda. by Biryomumeisho, Stephen, Ocan, Johnson, Adyanga, Francis Akena

“…However, since 2003, the Central Government started reversing the policy in terms of decentralization of the appointment of Chief Administrative Officers and Municipal Town Clerks and of recent City Town Clerks (for new cities in Uganda) from the District Service Commissions (DSCs) to the Public Service Commission, recentralization of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) under the management of the Executive Director, Procurement of drugs from the district health office to the National Medical Stores (NMS), recentralization of the payroll and the recent recentralization of local revenue collection from LGs. …”
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Effect of Games and Sports on Academic Performance of Pupils in Primary Schools of Kigarama Sub-County Sheema District. by Arinaitwe, Daltone

“…They are also therapeutical to some illnesses and diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, stress, stroke, kyphosis, and lordosis among others, all of which would reduce national medical bills. Farley Thomas (1976). It’s for these reasons that civilized societies have identified these games and sports in the form of exercises and sports and programmed them in their education curriculum, health clubs, and organized competitions. …”
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Assessing the Effects of Solid Waste Dump Sites on the Quality of Water Resources: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality Dumpsite by Mutaawe, Bob Wamala

“…Some sample tests were done at the site while others were carried out at Mbarara National Water and Sewerage Corporation laboratory and among the tests that were done included pH, turbidity, electrical conductivity, TDS, TSS, BOD, and COD. …”
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Monitoring and Evaluation as Key Factor in Performance of Health Institutions, A Case Study of Kigali Health Institute, Kigali Rwanda. by Jean, Pierrekwizera

“…The study recommended KHI as well as MINEDUC that they should have serious measures to introduce national policy in monitoring and evaluation system and different stakeholders should work hand in hand with KHI and other highlighted contributors so that the performance is taken as a priority among other program at KHI.…”
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Naads and Poverty Reduction in Kabale District by Matthew, Jimtexkuule

“…Using a case study of the Uganda National Agricultural Advisory Services in Kabale district, this study sought to investigate the perceptions of farmers on beneficiary participation, analyse the effect of farmer participation on NAADS program performance, investigate the factors affecting beneficiary participation and to suggest best practices for beneficiary participation. …”
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Development Projects of Non-Governmental Organisations towards Social-Economic Welfare in Kisoro Municipality. by Pius, Ngarama

“…Among the development projects included agriculture through empowering the local people with quicker growing crop varieties, better breeds of cattle and goats and supporting poultry farming among others; in addition to promoting and advocating for gender equality where NGOs had invested in boosting the potentials of women in the participation of household, national and international development in many capacities. …”
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Spatio‑temporal variations in physicochemical water quality parameters of Lake Bunyonyi, Southwestern Uganda by Alex, Saturday, Thomas, J. Lyimo, John, Machiwa, Siajali, Pamba

“…Taking into account standard guidelines for drinking water by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) and the World Health Organization (WHO), the water quality index (WQI) was used to determine the water quality. …”
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