Community Participation and Performance of Uganda Revenue Authority in Kabale District, Uganda. by Moses Owino, Wanjala

“…Community under this study were individuals, private enterprises and institutions that are living along the border of Rwanda and Uganda and also those at the border posts of Katuna and Kamwezi, all in Kabale District; they contribute in one way or another in tax administration, and tax payments. …”
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Women Economic Empowerment and Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality. by Gerald, Baguma

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Attention-Based Multi-Learning Approach for Speech Emotion Recognition With Dilated Convolution by Samuel, Kakuba, Alwin, Poulose

“…It has been applied in human-to-machine interaction applications like social living assistance, authentication, health monitoring and alertness systems. …”
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Understanding how older people with mild frailty engage with behaviour change to support their independence: a qualitative study by Benjamin Gardner, Louise Marston, Kate R Walters, Vari M Drennan, Rachael Frost, Paul Chadwick, Rebecca L Gould, Yolanda Barrado-Martin, Sarah Gibson, Rekha Elaswarapu, Rashmi Kumar, Kalpa Kharicha, Tasmin Alanna Rookes, Christina Avgerinou, Jane Hopkins, Jessica Catchpole, Claire Jowett

“…Objectives To explore barriers and facilitators to behaviour change in older people with mild frailty.Design Qualitative study.Setting Community-dwelling older people living with mild frailty.Participants 64 older people with mild frailty, workers delivering the service and stakeholders.Methods Semistructured interviews were conducted between July 2022 and May 2023 with participants in a randomised controlled trial (‘HomeHealth’) of a 6-month, home-based, personalised goal setting intervention, based around the Capability-Opportunity-Motivation-Behaviour model. …”
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Unpacking the Mood States of Children and Youth in Saskatchewan, Canada, in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from the “See Us, Hear Us 2.0” Study by Nahin Shakurun, Tamara Hinz, Daniel A. Adeyinka, Nazeem Muhajarine

“…The ethnic minority groups (BIPOC) living in mid-sized cities/towns experienced more negative moods compared to Whites residing in cities. …”
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Two new species of Plagiostomum (Prolecithophora, Plagiostomidae) from China with its morphology, phylogeny, and reproductive strategy by Leyuan Feng, Shiyan Zhang, Ming Tao, Ting Sun, Antai Wang

“…Plagiostomum flatworms are small, free-living organisms frequently found in saltwater or freshwater habitats, but their biological characteristics remain largely unknown. …”
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The Life Functioning Scale: A Measurement Tool Developed to Assess the Physical Functioning Abilities of Community-Dwelling Adults Aged 50 Years or Older by Yunhwan Lee, Eunsaem Kim, Jihye Yun, Jaewon Choi, Jinhee Kim, Chang Won Won, Miji Kim, Soongnang Jang, Kyungwon Oh, Jihee Kim

“…Background This study aimed to develop an instrument for assessing physical functioning among adults aged 50 years or older living in the community. Methods Based on a review of various national health surveys and cohort studies, a 144-item bank was constructed for assessing physical functioning. …”
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Impact of hydroxyurea on clinical and biological parameters of sickle cell anemia in children in Abidjan by MIREILLE YAYO- AYE, Adia Eusèbe Adjambri, Boidy Kouakou, Rebecca N'guessan-Blao, Louis Missa Adjé, Taïratou Kamagaté, Vincent Yapo, Duni Sawadogo

“… Background: The lives of individuals affected by sickle cell disease are marked by painful crises sometimes accompanied by complications. …”
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Dynamic retinal vessel analysis: flickering a light into the brain by Anna Peterfi, Anna Peterfi, Anna Peterfi, Ana Clara da C. Pinaffi-Langley, Ana Clara da C. Pinaffi-Langley, Zsofia Szarvas, Zsofia Szarvas, Zsofia Szarvas, Mihaly Muranyi, Mihaly Muranyi, Mihaly Muranyi, Zalan Kaposzta, Zalan Kaposzta, Zalan Kaposzta, Cheryl Adams, Camila Bonin Pinto, Camila Bonin Pinto, Peter Mukli, Peter Mukli, Peter Mukli, Konstantin Kotliar, Andriy Yabluchanskiy, Andriy Yabluchanskiy, Andriy Yabluchanskiy, Andriy Yabluchanskiy

“…IntroductionGrowing aging populations pose new challenges to public health as the number of people living with dementia grows in tandem. To alleviate the burden of dementia, prodromal signs of cognitive impairment must be recognized and risk factors reduced. …”
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Retrospective study of factors associated with the clinical severity of covid-19 in older adults in Minas Gerais: structural equation modeling by Flavia Aparecida Dias Marmo, Nayara Gomes Nunes Oliveira, Érica Midori Ikegami, Neilzo Nunes Oliveira, Joilson Meneguci, Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares

“…METHODS: This study included 51,141 elderly adults with COVID-19 living in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Data were collected through the Individual Registration Form – Hospitalized Cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome from January 28, 2020, to January 27, 2022. …”
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Development of face image recognition algorithm using CNN in airport security checkpoints for terrorist early detection by Eca Indah Anggraini, Fachdy Nurdin, Mohammad Obie Restianto, Sudarti Dahsan, Andini Aprilia Ardhana, Asep Adang Supriyadi, Yahya Darmawan, Syachrul Arief, Agus Haryanto Ikhsanudin

“…Ensuring airport security is of paramount importance to safeguard the lives of passengers and prevent acts of terrorism. …”
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Metabolic Alteration in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Mechanism of Lipid Accumulation in Well-Differentiated Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Hideo Suzuki, Motoyuki Kohjima, Masatake Tanaka, Takeshi Goya, Shinji Itoh, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Masaki Mori, Mariko Tsuda, Motoi Takahashi, Miho Kurokawa, Koji Imoto, Shigeki Tashiro, Akifumi Kuwano, Masaki Kato, Seiji Okada, Makoto Nakamuta, Yoshihiro Ogawa

“…Tissue samples were obtained from 103 HCC patients who had undergone hepatic resection and 12 living donors of liver transplantation. We evaluated metabolic gene expressions in cancer tissues as well as background noncancer tissues and compared the expressions by the degree of cancer differentiation and by liver disease states. …”
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Hearing loss prevalence and burden of disease in China: Findings from provincial-level analysis by Yu Wang, Yang Xie, Minghao Wang, Mengdan Zhao, Rui Gong, Ying Xin, Jia Ke, Ke Zhang, Shaoxing Zhang, Chen Du, Qingchuan Duan, Fang Wang, Tao Pan, Furong Ma, Xiangyang Hu, Jing Ni

“…We estimated the national prevalence using multiple linear regression of the age-group proportions and prevalence in 31 provinces with clustering analysis. We used years lived with disability (YLDs) to analyze the disease burden and forecasted the prevalence of hearing loss by 2060 in China. …”
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Microneedle technology for enhanced topical treatment of skin infections by Tingting Peng, Yangyan Chen, Xuanyu Luan, Wanshan Hu, Wentao Wu, Bing Guo, Chao Lu, Chuanbin Wu, Xin Pan

“…., antibiotics, antimicrobial peptides, photosensitizers, metals, sonosensitizers, nanoenzyme, living bacteria, poly ionic liquid, and nanomoter). …”
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Knowledge and attitudes about human papillomavirus infection and prevention methods among medical science students in Novi Sad, Serbia: a cross-sectional study by Nikola Denda, Nemanja Maletin, Aleksandar Rašković, Dušan Prodanović, Zoran Golušin, Biljana Vučković, Marko Nemet, Milica Paut Kusturica

“…Abstract Background It is estimated that more than 80% of people are infected with human papilloma virus (HPV) at some point in their lives. Knowledge about HPV infection and methods of its prevention is important for society as a whole. …”
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Parental Attitudes, Motivators and Barriers Toward Children’s Vaccination in Poland: A Scoping Review by Krystyna Szalast, Grzegorz Józef Nowicki, Mariola Pietrzak, Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas, Aleksander Biesiada, Elżbieta Grochans, Barbara Ślusarska

“…Parents that were better educated, were of younger age, lived in cities, and had a higher income were much more likely to vaccinate their children. …”
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Spatial analysis of teen births near the New Bedford Harbor Superfund site by Nicole V DeVille, Carolina Villanueva, Susan A Korrick, Verónica M Vieira

“…We examined associations between teen births (age < 20 years) from 1993–2009 and maternal residence at time of birth among mothers living in towns adjacent to the NBH Superfund site. …”
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Relationships among COVID-19 causal factors perceived by children, basic psychological needs and social anxiety by Higinio González-García, Leandro Álvarez-Kurogi, Joel Prieto Andreu, Javier Tierno Cordón, Rosario Castro López, Jesús Salas Sánchez

“…Background The pandemic caused by COVID-19 had a great impact on our society as the lives of children have been affected, as well as their psychological health and social anxiety. …”
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Podocyte-related biomarkers' role in evaluating renal toxic effects of silver nanoparticles with the possible ameliorative role of resveratrol in adult male albino rats by Eman El-Sayed Khayal, Mona G. Elhadidy, Sulaiman Mohammed Alnasser, Manal Mohammad Morsy, Azza I. Farag, Samah A. El-Nagdy

“…Extensive uses of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) in different industries result in exposure to these nanoparticle imperatives in our daily lives. Resveratrol is found in many plants as a natural compound. …”
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Inhalation of Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) Marchand (BREU-BRANCO) essential oil as an analgesic and anxiolytic in fibromyalgia. Case reports by Tauany Milan Ribeiro-Lacerda, Luciana Kazue Otutumi, Cristiane Mengue Feniman Moritz, Daniela de Cassia Faglioni Boleta-Ceranto, Ezilda Jacomassi

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Fibromyalgia (FM) refers to a chronic pain condition with a multifactorial etiology, which negatively impacts the lives of its sufferers and is often refractory to conventional treatment. …”
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