Impact of Coffee Production and People’s Household Income: A Case Study of Kibatsi Sub-County in Ntungamo District. by Oumo, David

“…The findings revealed that the fanning of coffee has enabled the farmers to improve their standards of living since they earn money from the sale of coffee which has enabled farmers to pay school fees for their children in institutions of higher learning. …”
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Financial Institutions and poverty Alleviation: A case study of Peoples Bank of Zanzbar (Pbz) in Western District of Zanzibar. by Mohamed, Dadi

“…The majority of the respondents felt that they had attained a real change in their lives as compared to themselves before they joined the bank and accessing training services. …”
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Gender differences in response to warrelated trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder – a study among the Congolese refugees in Uganda by Herbert, E. Ainamani, Thomas, Elbert, David Kani, Olema, Tobias, Hecker

“…Methods: In total, 325 (n=143males, n = 182 females) Congolese refugees who lived in Nakivale, a refugee settlement in the Southwestern part of Uganda were interviewed within a year after their arrival. …”
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Participation in gardening activity and its association with improved mental health among family caregivers of people with dementia in rural Uganda by Herbert, E. Ainamani...[et al]

“…Our study estimated the association between participation in gardening and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress among caregivers of people living with dementia in rural, southwestern Uganda. …”
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Influence of Parents’ Socio-Economic Status on Pupils’ Academic Performance in Primary Schools of Kabale Municipality by Wilberforce, Nabaasa

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Contribution of Savings and Internal Lending Communities to the Youth Livelihood in Rwanda: The Case of Gikongoro Diocese Project 2006-2010 by Jacques, Sezikeye

“…Also, they increase individual wealth and allow members to invest money in income-generating assets, though they face some problems in trying to enhance financial access to the youth, like corruption among the members of the groups, a lack of knowledge to handle finance issues among the youth since most of them are school dropouts, poor management accountability of funds given to many youth, and a failure to make proper decisions among many youth; but in a nutshell, they have contributed greatly towards improving the living standards of the youth in Gikongoro diocese.…”
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Influence of Exposure to Different Green Rooftop Spaces on Stress Restoration of College Students by Zhixiong ZHUO, Liang DONG

“…ObjectiveAlong with the continuous progress of urbanization, the number of people living in cities is increasing. Although urbanization can offer people many conveniences, a large number of people also face different degrees of health risks in their daily lives, such as the increasing spread of various diseases, the growing prominence of psychological problems and the increasing health risks in cities. …”
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Antiedemic Effect of the Myosin Light Chain Kinase Inhibitor PIK7 in the Rat Model of Myocardial Ischemia Reperfusion Injury by Dmitry L. Sonin, Mikhail S. Medved, Asker Y. Khapchaev, Maria V. Sidorova, Marina E. Palkeeva, Olga A. Kazakova, Garry V. Papayan, Daniil A. Mochalov, Sarkis M. Minasyan, Ilya E. Anufriev, Daria V. Mukhametdinova, Natalia M. Paramonova, Ksenia M. Balabanova, Anastasia S. Lopatina, Ilia V. Aleksandrov, Natalya Yu. Semenova, Anna A. Kordyukova, Kirill V. Zaichenko, Vladimir P. Shirinsky, Michael M. Galagudza

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Designing an educational model based on identity development with an Iranian-Islamic approach for primary school students. by Ali Oladhamzehzadeh, masoumeh oladiyan, Mahmoud Safari

“…Rashedi et al, (2020) examined the views of experts regarding the factors affecting the formation of the Iranian-Islamic identity of young people based on their lived experience. In the process of text analysis and coding, 5 general concepts and 12 subcategories were counted. …”
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Measurement and influencing factors of urban waterfront street vitality from the perspectives of behavior and perception by Xiang Ji, Yao Fu, Jiaxuan Shi, Haixiao Liu

“…Serving as the direct interface for interaction between the waterfront and urban dwellers, the street space environment significantly influences people’s living experiences and social interactions. Despite progress in the renovation and development of waterfront streets, these areas remain underutilized and lack the vitality expected of such locations. …”
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Implantable Multifunctional Micro‐Oxygen Reservoir System for Promoting Vascular‐Osteogenesis via Remodeling Regenerative Microenvironment by Min Rui, Jiannan Mao, Hongshuai Wu, Yujian Hui, Hao Shen, Yilin Yang, Tao Ma, Kewei Ren, Juan Wang, Wenguo Cui, Qin Shi, Huilin Yang

“…The CSP‐GM with extra cellular matrix (ECM)‐mimicking structures reconstructed living niches, promoting the adhesion and proliferation of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs). …”
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A hybrid setup for rodent hyperpolarized metabolic imaging using a clinical magnetic resonance scanner by Ditte Bentsen Christensen, Ingeborg Sæten Skre, Jan Henrik Ardenkjær-Larsen, Mor Mishkovsky, Mathilde H Lerche

“…The technique involves hyperpolarizing a contrast agent in a polarizer, administering it to a living system, and then imaging its distribution and metabolites using a magnetic resonance scanner. …”
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Biomonitoring PhIP, a Potential Prostatic Carcinogen, in the Hair of Healthy Men of African and European Ancestry by Robert J. Turesky, Clarence Jones, Jingshu Guo, Kari Cammerrer, Laura A. Maertens, Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Zhanni Lu, Logan G. Spector

“…Heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAAs), formed during the cooking of meat, are potential human carcinogens, underscoring the need for long-lived biomarkers to assess exposure and cancer risk. …”
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Residue behaviors and dietary risk of cyazofamid in turnip, onion and romaine lettuce assessed by a QuEChERS-LC-MS/MS method by Ruijuan Li, Xue Men, Rumei Li, Tongjin Liu, Hui Liang, Feng Fang, Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse, Yongli Wang

“…The average recoveries of cyazofamid and CCIM in turnip, onion and romaine lettuce were 79 %–97 % and 77 %–99 %, respectively. The half-lives of cyazofamid in these crops were 5.7–6.5, 5.3–8.7 and 5.8–6.5 days in turnip, onion and romaine lettuce, respectively, with the final cyazofamid residues at harvest all lower than limit of quantitation (LOQ, 0.01 mg/kg). …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on the qualitative and quantitative aspect of household solid waste by O. Ouhsine, A. Ouigmane, El. Layati, B. Aba, R. Isaifan, M. Berkani

“…The qualitative and quantitative aspects depend on the lifestyle and standard of living of citizens. Hence a change in habits, following an economic or health crisis, can influence the production of waste and its composition. …”
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Epidemiological characterization of congenital heart disease at different altitudes in Ecuador: a four-year retrospective study in a pediatric referral hospital by Juan S. Izquierdo-Condoy, Fabian D. Arias-Rodríguez, Walter I. Díaz-Chamba, Diego A. Mena-Noroña, Lizbeth Cueva Toaquiza, Beanjuly Espín-Sambache, Emilia J. Valdivieso-Andrade, Amanda Cangas-Isacaz, Susana García-Cañarte, Mario Rubio-Niera, Esteban Ortiz-Prado

“…Although most cases occurred in children living above 2,500 meters, no clear influence of altitude on specific types of CHD was found. …”
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Consistent individual positions within roosts in Spix’s disc-winged bats by Giacomini, Giada, Chaves-Ramírez, Silvia, Hernández-Pinsón, H. Andrés, Barrantes, José Pablo, Chaverri, Gloriana

“…In social bats, we would expect a similar consistent arrangement for groups at roost-sites, which is where these mammals spend the largest portion of their lives. Here we study the relative position of individuals within a roost-site and establish if sex, age, and vocal behavior are associated with a given position. …”
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Massive Hemoptysis in Children by Juan Yang, Fengqin Liu, Yan Liang, Chunyan Guo, Jinrong Wang, Xing Chen

“…Rapid identification of the etiology and symptomatic treatment are critical to saving the lives of children.…”
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The role of lipids and lipids lowering drugs in human papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV-associated cancers by Ehsan Shabani, Aida Hasanzadi, Omer Qutaiba B. Allela, Radhwan Abdul Kareem, Riyad E. Abed, Ali M. Ali Al-Nuaimi, Zainab H. Athab, Shiva Khodarahmi

“…It is estimated that 80% of women may encounter HPV over their lives. In the preponderance of cases involving anal, head and neck, oral, oropharyngeal, penile, vaginal, vulvar, and cervical malignancies, high-risk HPV (HR-HPV) is the causative agent. …”
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Revealing the fireworks-set-off pattern of spatial multi-function expansion across cities leveraging big geodata – a case of the Greater Bay Area, China by Ku Gao, Xiaomei Yang, Zhihua Wang, Yueming Liu, Huifang Zhang, Xiaoliang Liu, Qingyang Zhang

“…We found that (1) across-cities SMFE exhibited a fireworks-set-off pattern, including sprawling along river in the plains between coastal port cities and inland core cities and diffusing from inland core cities on the plains to inland node cities in the mountains; (2) social-living, business-trade, and industry-production functions were sequentially primary expanding functions; (3) paddy and forest were two major land cover types encroaching upon inland cities, while coastal cities primarily suffered from losses of water. …”
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