The Effect of Economic Factors on Coffee Consumption in Rukungiri District, South-Western Uganda by moses Agaba

“…Coffee consumption is influenced by the economic status in terms of higher incomes, wages, and general standards of living because these factors have a tendency to affect people's consumption habits. …”
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Design and Prototyping of a Mechanical Pedaling System for Separating and Sieving Sand. by Ahimbisibwe, Peter Marvin

“…The machine will impact the lives of the user because affordable, time-saving, less human effort during operation, and flexible. …”
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Design of an Appropriate Combined Sheet Metal Roll Forming and Bending Machine for Small Scale Fabrication Enterprises. by Kaggwa, William Namutale

“…To conclude, implementing this project will give the target market an economized system, fitting within their very limited resources, that can be used to better their lives. The various sources of the data (references) given in this report are also provided at the end of the document.…”
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Social vulnerability and genetic service utilization among unaffected BRIDGE trial patients with inherited cancer susceptibility by Jemar R. Bather, Melody S. Goodman, Adrian Harris, Guilherme Del Fiol, Rachel Hess, David W. Wetter, Daniel Chavez-Yenter, Lingzi Zhong, Lauren Kaiser-Jackson, Rachelle Chambers, Richard Bradshaw, Wendy Kohlmann, Sarah Colonna, Whitney Espinel, Rachel Monahan, Saundra S. Buys, Ophira Ginsburg, Kensaku Kawamoto, Kimberly A. Kaphingst, on behalf of the BRIDGE research team

“…Covariates included study arm, study site, age, sex, race/ethnicity, language preference, rural residence, having a recorded primary care provider, and number of algorithm criteria met. Results Patients living in areas of medium socioeconomic status (SES) vulnerability had lower odds of initiating pre-test genetic services (adjusted OR [aOR] = 0.81, 95% CI: 0.67, 0.98) compared to patients living in low SES vulnerability areas. …”
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Exposure of insects to current use pesticide residues in soil and vegetation along spatial and temporal distribution in agricultural sites by Carolina Honert, Ken Mauser, Ursel Jäger, Carsten A. Brühl

“…We calculated in-field additive risks for earthworms, collembola, and soil-living wild bees using the measured soil concentrations of CUPs. …”
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Creation of national regions as a means of ensuring rights and freedoms of Russian Germans: on the example of Azovsky Nemetsky (German) National District by M. S. Novikov

“…Of interest there are also the conclusions about the possibilities within the framework of the Azovsky Nemetsky (German) National District to resolve the problems of emigration and migration, as well as the issues of raising the standard of living of the population.…”
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Practices and pain points in personal records by Matt Balogh, William Billingsley, David Paul, Mary Anne Kennan, Melanie Robertson-Dean

“…This paper reports the findings of a survey on personal electronic records management practices focussing on records that people deal with in their everyday lives at home. The aim of this research was to determine which personal electronic records practices were most effective in averting oversights and generating satisfaction in participant’s records management practices. …”
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Study of the Radical Chain Mechanism of Hydrocarbon Oxidation for In Situ Combustion Process by Alexandra Ushakova, Vladislav Zatsepin, Mikhail Varfolomeev, Dmitry Emelyanov

“…To investigate the initial stages of oxidation, the paper considers the sequence of chemical reactions, including intermediate short-living compounds and radicals. We have attempted to correlate the main stages of the reaction with areas of heat release observed in the experiments. …”
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Comparison of Globus Pallidus Interna and Subthalamic Nucleus in Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson Disease: An Institutional Experience and Review by Shazia Mirza, Umar Yazdani, Richard Dewey III, Neepa Patel, Richard B. Dewey, Svjetlana Miocinovic, Shilpa Chitnis

“…Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) has revolutionized the lives of patients of Parkinson disease, offering therapeutic options to those not benefiting entirely from medications alone. …”
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Enhancing Accessibility in Public Spaces: A Computational Study of Hatirjheel Lakefront Using Space Syntax by Sharif Tousif Hossain, Baqer Al-Ramadan, Muhammad Bilal, Hamad Ahmed Altuwaijri

“…Public spaces are vital for urban living, contributing to the environmental, social, and economic aspects of city life. …”
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Patterns of Biomass and Carbon Allocation across Chronosequence of Chir Pine (Pinus roxburghii) Forest in Pakistan: Inventory-Based Estimate by Muhammad Amir, Xiaodong Liu, Adnan Ahmad, Sajjad Saeed, Abdul Mannan, Muhammad Atif Muneer

“…The results showed an increasing trend in living tree biomass carbon with stand age. However, soil carbon showed gradually decreasing trend from young to overmature stand. …”
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Comprehensive assessment of water and sediment quality in Lake Nasser, Egypt, using various potential risk indices by Abdel-Satar Amaal M., Salem Salem G., El-Sayed Seliem M., Goher Mohamed E., Abdelaziz Ghada S., Al-Afify Afify D.G.

“…The obtained results revealed that Cd and Ni in the sediments may pose a threat to organisms living in Lake Nasser.…”
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Seismic Analysis of a Viscoelastic Damping Isolator by Bo-Wun Huang, Jao-Hwa Kuang, Jung-Ge Tseng, Jyun-Cin Wang, Yu-Xian Qiu

“…People can feel the earthquake even if living hundreds of miles away. This study is a seismic simulation analysis for an innovated and improved design of viscoelastic damping isolator, which can be more effectively applied to earthquake prevention and damage reduction of high-rise buildings, roads, bridges, power generation facilities, and so forth, from earthquake disaster. …”
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Peer and parental support for sweet snack consumption habits among suburban adolescents in Palu City by Utami Dewi Nikmah, Ayu Hartini Diah, Aisyah Solechah Siti, Nurul Fadjriah Rasyika

“…A total of 395 adolescents, aged 15-17, living in the suburbs of Palu, were randomly selected. …”
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Multi-omics approach in tea polyphenol research regarding tea plant growth, development and tea processing: current technologies and perspectives by Jingwen Li, Yu Wang, Joon Hyuk Suh

“…Recent advances in multi-omics approaches and data analysis have enabled mining and mapping of enormous number of datasets at different biological scales from genotypes to phenotypes of living organisms. These new technologies combining genomics, metagenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and/or metabolomics can pave a new avenue to address fundamental questions regarding polyphenol formation and changes in tea plants and products. …”
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Exploring the effect of digital applications on toddlers’ cognitive and language abilities: Frequency and duration by Juniarti Wiharti Ifta, Murniati, Triana Noor Yunida, Putri Noor Rochmah Ida Ayu Trisno

“…Toddlers’ lives are increasingly reliant on digital apps, which has led to worries about how they may affect their linguistic and cognitive development. …”
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Improved Method for the Detection and Quantification of Naegleria fowleri in Water and Sediment Using Immunomagnetic Separation and Real-Time PCR by Bonnie J. Mull, Jothikumar Narayanan, Vincent R. Hill

“…Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rare and typically fatal infection caused by the thermophilic free-living ameba, Naegleria fowleri. In 2010, the first confirmed case of PAM acquired in Minnesota highlighted the need for improved detection and quantification methods in order to study the changing ecology of N. fowleri and to evaluate potential risk factors for increased exposure. …”
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Evacuation after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident Is a Cause of Diabetes: Results from the Fukushima Health Management Survey by Hiroaki Satoh, Tetsuya Ohira, Mitsuaki Hosoya, Akira Sakai, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Akira Ohtsuru, Yukihiko Kawasaki, Hitoshi Suzuki, Atsushi Takahashi, Gen Kobashi, Kotaro Ozasa, Seiji Yasumura, Shunichi Yamashita, Kenji Kamiya, Masafumi Abe

“…This study included Japanese men and women who were living near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima prefecture before the disaster. …”
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Enhancing Place Identity Through Food Customization and Customer Delight: Evidence from Healthy Food Restaurants by Abdullah Abdulaziz Alhumud, Sally Mohamed Amer, Eman AbdelHameed Hasnin, Maha Ali Alsahely

“… Nowadays, customization allows customers to become co-designers of a product by add- ing symbolic and emotional values to the product. Thus, customers' lives are shaped by the customiz- ing process and the decisions they must make. …”
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Parasites and plantations: Disease, environment and society in efforts to induce extinction of hookworm in Jamaica, 1919–1936 by Jonathan D. Roberts, Lorna L. Waddington, Rupert J. Quinnell, Graham Huggan, Alison M. Dunn

“…Worm burden (and thus pathology) varied greatly between individuals, even those living together; hookworm infection varied between environments, socioeconomic conditions and individuals. …”
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