Mentorship and supervision in Ugandan higher education institutions universities: challenges and prospects by John Michael, Edoru, Sanni Tajudeen, Adebayo

“…Mentoring at a higher education institution or university entails long time passing on of support, guidance and advice. …”
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Teacher rewards and their performance: a case study of selected secondary schools in southern division, Kabale municipality by Agnes, Nyinamasiko, John Michael, Edoru

“…Teachers’ performance management is a continuous process for identifying, evaluating and developing the work performance of teachers, so that the goals and objectives of the schools are more effectively achieved, while at the same time benefiting teachers. This study was carried out to establish how teacher rewards influence their performance. …”
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Outcomes with bridging radiation therapy prior to chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in patients with aggressive large B-cell lymphomas by Gohar S. Manzar, Chelsea C. Pinnix, Stephanie O. Dudzinski, Kathryn E. Marqueen, Elaine E. Cha, Lewis F. Nasr, Alison K. Yoder, Michael K. Rooney, Paolo Strati, Sairah Ahmed, Chijioke Nze, Ranjit Nair, Luis E. Fayad, Michael Wang, Loretta J. Nastoupil, Jason R. Westin, Christopher R. Flowers, Sattva S. Neelapu, Jillian R. Gunther, Bouthaina S. Dabaja, Susan Y. Wu, Penny Q. Fang

“…Survival was modeled using Kaplan-Meier or Cox regression models for events distributed over time, or binary logistic regression for disease response. …”
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The added value of coupling anti-dsDNA and anti-chromatin antibodies in follow-up monitoring of systemic lupus erythematosus patients by Caroline Carlé, Françoise Fortenfant, Chloé Bost, Julie Belliere, Stanislas Faguer, Dominique Chauveau, Antoine Huart, David Ribes, Laurent Alric, Gregory Pugnet, Laurent Sailler, Yves Renaudineau

“…During follow-up, anti-dsDNA and Chr Ab levels in the SP-C+ and SP-D+ groups remained stable over time irrespective of disease activity, flares, and therapeutic response. …”
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Dynamic changes and future trend predictions of the global burden of anxiety disorders: analysis of 204 countries and regions from 1990 to 2021 and the impact of the COVID-19 pande... by Si Chen, Wei Huang, Min Zhang, Yan Song, Chunshan Zhao, Hongwei Sun, Yanyu Wang, Jihong Wang, Yali Sun, Lei Zhou, Yan Zhu, HongYuan Wang, ZhengYang Xu, YuRui Bai, Cheng Chang

“…Previous studies have not examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety disorders over the entire time series, nor have they offered predictions regarding future trends of global anxiety disorders in the aftermath of the pandemic. …”
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Optimization and evaluation of precision distribution of loaned instruments and implants for orthopedic surgery (骨科外来器械及植入物精准配送的流程优化与效果评价)... by XIA Yesong (夏叶松), ZOU Xiufang (邹秀芳), FU Chaojuan (付朝娟)

“…Results The averaged time cost in checking loaned surgical instruments in the observation group was (283. 70±24. 55) s, which was lower than (732. 06±43. 06) s in the control group (P＜0. 05). …”
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Comparison on the effect of different dressings on poor wound healing after surgery via posterior midline approach (不同敷料对后正中手术入路切口愈合不良的影响差异研究)... by ZHANG Tingting (张婷婷), ZHANG Hongyang (张宏扬), ZHU Ruifang (朱瑞芳)

“…This intervention not only shorten wound healing time but also reduced the frequency of dressing changes, thereby alleviating pain and promoting prompt wound recovery among pediatric patients. …”
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Application of finger-pressing on Tiantu acupoint to induce cough in postoperative patients with early-stage lung cancer (指压天突穴引咳法在早期肺癌术后患者中的应用)... by BIAN Guanjun (边冠军), ZHANG Chunmei (张春梅), LIU Lifeng (刘丽峰)

“…Results The rate of effective cough-inducing in the observation group was significantly higher than that of the control group(P＜0. 01). The time (h) to cough up the first sputum after nebulization on the first postoperative day was shorter in the observation group (1. 73±0. 81) than in the control group (3. 02±0. 88), with a significant difference(P＜0. 01). …”
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Editorial by Lindsay B. Flynn

“…These include measures to facilitate first-time homeownership, as well as measures that create more affordable housing through both rental policy changes and broader measures to increase housing supply. …”
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Integration of LoRa IoT with Cloud Platform in a Stingless Beehive Remote Monitoring System by Yasser Asrul Ahmad, Nurul Salshabila Mustapa, Anis Hannani Razaman, Muhammad Nasrin Aqil Abdul Hamid, Noreha Abdul Malik, Mohd Faizal Jamlos

“…However, conventional monitoring practices are time-consuming and labor-intensive, especially for beekeepers in rural or remote areas. …”
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The Role of Potassium Phosphite in Enhancing the Activity of Defense Enzymes in Rice Infected by Sheath Blight by Milad Habibi Daronkolaei, Mohammad Ali Tajick Ghanbary, Valiollah Babaeizad, Heshmatollah Rahimian, Ali Dehestani

“…At 96 hours, however, it reached the highest level of activity compared to the initial time. The PPO enzyme activity increased in all time periods while the activity of SOD increased gradually, reaching its peak at 72 h, which then decreased at 96 h. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Edward Page, Konrad Ott

“…The capacity of the atmosphere to serve as a sink for CO2e is non-renewable in a human time-scale. How should this unique absorptive function be divided between members of different generations? …”
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Association of the blood urea nitrogen to serum albumin ratio and all-cause mortality in critical ill acute ischemic stroke patients: a retrospective cohort study of MIMIC-IV datab... by Yongwei Huang, Zongping Li, Jianjun Wang, Jianjun Wang, Decai Wang, Decai Wang, Xiaoshuang Yin

“…The connection between BAR and ACM at various time intervals was ascertained with the multivariate Cox regression (MCR) models after the adjustment for covariates. …”
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Bridge Employment Model of Qualified Employees in Iran's Public Organizations by Seyedeh Sanaz Sadafi Mousavi, Mir ali Syed nagavi, Seyed Mehdi Alvani, Alireza Koushki Jahromi

“…On the other hand, increasing the age and the aging process of the population, improving life expectancy, reducing the number of births and the economic and social situation of the society, the desire of retired employees to return to the labor market has increased and it is necessary to address the conditions and expectations of this working group in the society. to be Employment after retirement from regular full-time jobs and before complete withdrawal from income-generating activities is known as bridge employment. …”
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Call for Papers: Demography Prize for Young Researches 2016/2017 by IF and FRFG

“…• In a cross-sectional or time-series comparison, how well do “ageing societies” such as Germany, Sweden or Finland respond to the challenges of intergenerational justice? …”
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Crack of a helicopter main rotor actuator attachment: failure analysis and lessons learned by L. Allegrucci, F. De Paolis, A. Coletta, M. Bernabei

“…The investigation of the manufacturing process highlighted how one of the servo actuator batches was not properly produced due to poor control and accuracy of heat treatment temperature and/or cooling time. This led to hydrogen embrittlement and to a microstructural problem (globular formations and boundary grain precipitates). …”
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Effect of the Iridoid-rich Fraction from <italic>Valeriana jatamansi</italic> Jones on Oxidative Stress in Rats with Spinal Cord Injury by Jiaojuan HUANG, Wenchun WANG, Deqi XIONG, Hao LU, Wu XIANG, Xiaohua ZHAO, Ruihan ZHOU, Anren ZHANG

“…The results of the HE staining showed that the structure of gray matter and white matter of the spinal cord tissue in the sham-operated group were normal at the perilesional area, the structure of the neurons was also clear, and no significant spinal cord injured was found; compared with the sham-operated group, the spinal cord structure was severely damaged in the model group: the gray matter of the central part of the spinal cord and the white matter of the surrounding part of the spinal cord turned into blur because of injury and a large number of neurons degenerated, a number of nerve cells even appeared necrosis, and the cell structure was seriously destroyed at the same time, and in addition, the nuclear turned into shrinkage or dissolution and passed away, accompanying with varying degrees of neutrophil infiltration and a large number of microglia proliferation; compared with the model group, the spinal cord structure of the treatment group with iridoid-rich fraction from <italic>Valeriana jatamansi</italic> Jones significantly improved, and there were only small areas presenting a neuronal necrosis, a small amount of eosinophils increasing and a small number of eosinophils microglia infiltration in the spinal cord tissue at the perilesional area, and at the same time, the histopathological scores in tissue sections were lower(<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.05). …”
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Utilization of fermented sago pulp as a source of carbohydrate in feed for Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus by I Kadek Sumiana, Julie Ekasari, Dedi Jusadi, Mia Setiawati

“…Fermentation of sago pulp with tapai yeast at a dose of 50 g/kg at 72 hours incubation time could reduce crude fiber by 35.76%, neutral detergent fiber (NDF) by 32.68%, and hemicellulose by 60.39%. …”
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Practice and effective analysis of continuous quality improvement in nosocomial infection prevention and control (医院感染防控持续质量改进及效果) by XU Xu (徐旭), REN Guqun (任顾群), SU Yuqiang (苏玉强), XU Yuanle (许远乐), WANG Yuena (王岳娜)

“…Totally 500 hospitalized patients with hospital admission from January to December 2020 were selected as the control group, and 500 hospitalized patients with hospital admission from January to December 2021 were selected as the observation group, At the same time, 60 medical and nursing staffs were selected for clinical research. …”
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Fur Processing in Raižiai in the 20th Century: Craft and Image by Jonas Mardosa

“…The forms of fur processing craft transfer between gene­ rations and their change over time are examined. The aim of the article is to reveal the essence of the Tatar ­famous business in Raižiai in the context of the history of Lithuanian crafts and to highlight the specific features of the life of the local Tatar community. …”
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