Design of a Solar Powered Precision Irrigation System. by Othieno John Wangara

“…Flood irrigation wastes between 40 to 65 percent of the water due to factors like overtopping, runoff in the drain, rat holes in the canal bunds, evaporation from the water surface among others. [ 1] This is also accompanied by the fact that most used energy sources are fuel energy since hydro electrical energy (HEP) is not extended in most rural areas where actual agriculture is practiced and even the few rural areas having the hydroelectric power face frequent black outs thus leaving H.E.P unreliable thus fossil energy source the only alternative. …”
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Effects of Eucalyptus Tree Plantations and Croplands on Selected Soil Physicochemical Properties in Lake Bunyonyi Sub-Catchment of South-Western Uganda. by Byamukama, Simon

“…Landsat TM/ETM images for spatial temporal variations of EP alongside other land uses, and a field survey design accompanied by laboratory analysis of soil samples were used to determine the effect of EP on selected soil physicochemical properties. …”
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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

“…The improper management of the leachate from the dump site accompanied with the uncontrolled access to runoff in the rainy season together with the impaired rainwater harvest system on the dump site structures makes it very vulnerable. …”
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Fiscal Decentralisation and the Performance of Health Sector in Kabale District, Uganda. by Ali Khamis, Hashir

“…Third, decentralization of expenditure needs to be accompanied by sufficient fiscal decentralization of revenue. …”
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Hsp90α promotes lipogenesis by stabilizing FASN and promoting FASN transcription via LXRα in hepatocellular carcinoma by Zihao Deng, Lixia Liu, Guantai Xie, Zhenming Zheng, Jieyou Li, Wenchong Tan, Yaotang Deng, Jinxin Zhang, Manfeng Liang, Yingxia Wu, Zhifeng Zhou, Yan Li, Yukui Chen, Yaling Huang, Hairou Su, Guibing Wu, Xiongjie Shi, Shengpei Cen, Yandan Liao, Yilin Liu, Fei Zou, Xuemei Chen

“…Excessive lipid accumulation promotes the occurrence and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), accompanied by high levels of fatty acid synthetase (FASN) and more active lipogenesis. …”
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Transcriptional regulation of miR528-PPO module by miR156 targeted SPLs orchestrates chilling response in banana by Xiangjin Kong, Kuan Peng, Youxia Shan, Ze Yun, Tamas Dalmay, Xuewu Duan, Yueming Jiang, Hongxia Qu, Hong Zhu

“…We have previously reported that banana chilling injury is accompanied by a reduction of miR528 accumulation, alleviating the degradation of its target gene MaPPO and raising ROS levels that cause peel browning. …”
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Hyaluronic acid-curcumin nanoparticles for preventing the progression of experimental autoimmune uveitis through the Keap1/Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway by Weiwei Tang, Xiaomin Huang, Yun-Di Yi, Fan Cao, Manli Deng, Jiawei Fan, Zheng-Xuan Jiang, Li-Ming Tao, Xianwen Wang, Lei Shi

“…Nevertheless, current therapeutic methods for uveitis are limited and are accompanied by several serious adverse effects. Recently, nanotechnology-based antioxidant strategies have provided novel options for the treatment of ocular diseases. …”
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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. Curative treatments such as bone marrow transplantation or gene therapy exist, but are not currently performed in Côte d'Ivoire. …”
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Variation in APOL1 Contributes to Ancestry-Level Differences in HDLc-Kidney Function Association by Amy Rebecca Bentley, Ayo P. Doumatey, Guanjie Chen, Hanxia Huang, Jie Zhou, Daniel Shriner, CongQing Jiang, Zhenjian Zhang, Guozheng Liu, Olufemi Fasanmade, Thomas Johnson, Johnnie Oli, Godfrey Okafor, Benjamin A. Eghan, Kofi Agyenim-Boateng, Jokotade Adeleye, Williams Balogun, Clement Adebamowo, Albert Amoah, Joseph Acheampong, Adebowale Adeyemo, Charles N. Rotimi

“…Low levels of high-density cholesterol (HDLc) accompany chronic kidney disease, but the association between HDLc and the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in the general population is unclear. …”
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Oral manifestations of Nance Horan syndrome: A systematic review of case reports by Ankita Mathur, Sapna Negi, Snehasish Tripathy, Shalini Aggarwal, Felix Amekpor, Vini Mehta

“…Screwdriver-shaped incisors (75 %) often accompanied by the presence of supernumerary teeth and diastema (66 % studies), Hutchinson incisors (50 % studies), Mulberry molar (41.6 %) malocclusion (58.3 % studies) were commonly seen. …”
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Vascular Contractility Relies on Integrity of Progranulin Pathway: Insights Into Mitochondrial Function by Shubhnita Singh, Ariane Bruder, Rafael M. Costa, Juliano V. Alves, Sivakama Bharathi, Eric S. Goetzman, Thiago Bruder‐Nascimento

“…In addition, in vivo treatment with mitochondrial fission inhibitor restored mitochondrial quality and vascular contractility, while vascular smooth muscle cells overexpressing PGRN displayed higher lysosome biogenesis, accelerated mitophagy flux, and mitochondrial respiration accompanied by vascular hypercontractility. Finally, angiotensin II failed to induce vascular contractility in PGRN−/−, suggesting a key role of PGRN to maintain the vascular tone. …”
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Synthesis, Physicochemical Properties, and Ion Recognition Ability of Azulene-Based Bis-(Thio)Semicarbazone by Anamaria Hanganu, Catalin Maxim, Andreea Dogaru, Adrian E. Ion, Coralia Bleotu, Augustin M. Madalan, Daniela Bala, Simona Nica

“…Despite this limited antiproliferative effect, further analysis using propidium iodide staining revealed a concentration-dependent decrease in cell viability, with high concentrations inducing a marked reduction in cell number, accompanied by morphological changes characteristic of apoptosis and necrosis.…”
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A Peculiar ICME Event in August 2018 Observed With the Global Muon Detector Network by W. Kihara, K. Munakata, C. Kato, R. Kataoka, A. Kadokura, S. Miyake, M. Kozai, T. Kuwabara, M. Tokumaru, R. R. S. Mendonça, E. Echer, A. Dal Lago, M. Rockenbach, N. J. Schuch, J. V. Bageston, C. R. Braga, H. K. Al Jassar, M. M. Sharma, M. L. Duldig, J. E. Humble, P. Evenson, I. Sabbah, J. Kóta

“…It is likely that this event became geoeffective because the flux rope was accompanied by a corotating interaction region and compressed by high‐speed solar wind following the flux rope. …”
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Upregulating Nonneuronal Cholinergic Activity Decreases TNF Release from Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated RAW264.7 Cells by Yi Lv, Sen Hu, Jiangyang Lu, Ning Dong, Qian Liu, Minghua Du, Huiping Zhang

“…The results showed that, in RAW264.7 cells incubated with LPS for 20 hours, the secretion of ACh was significantly decreased at 4 h and then gradually increased, accompanied with the enhancement of α7nAChR expression level. …”
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Opioid use and opioid overdose in the Netherlands – a 10 years retrospective study of naloxone administration in Dutch emergency departments by Bram Kok, Joris Holkenborg, Alba van der Have, Brigitte van de Kerkhof – van Bon, Joris Datema, Pieter Veenstra, Djoke Douma-den Hamer, Cornelis Kramers

“…The almost twofold increase in prescription opioids in the Netherlands during the study period is not accompanied by an increase in opioid intoxications in the emergency department.…”
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Advances and applications on non-Hermitian topological photonics by Yan Qiuchen, Zhao Boheng, Zhou Rong, Ma Rui, Lyu Qinghong, Chu Saisai, Hu Xiaoyong, Gong Qihuang

“…Non-Hermitian photonics and topological photonics, as new research fields in optics, have attracted much attention in recent years, accompanying by a great deal of new physical concepts and novel effects emerging. …”
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Synergistic effect of nitrocellulose coating on structural and reactivity stabilization of ammonium nitrate oxidizer by Amir Abdelaziz, Djalal Trache, Ahmed Fouzi Tarchoun, Hani Boukeciat, Yash Pal, Sourbh Thakur, Weiqiang Pang, Thomas M. Klapötke

“…The thermal decomposition analysis shows a two-step thermolysis process for coated AN, with a significant increase in the released heat by about 78% accompanied by an increase in the activation barrier of NC and AN thermolysis, demonstrating a stabilized reactivity of the AN-NC particles. …”
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A co-registration method to validate in vivo optical coherence tomography in the breast surgical cavity by Rowan W. Sanderson, Renate Zilkens, Peijun Gong, Imogen Boman, Ken Y. Foo, Skandha Shanthakumar, James Stephenson, Wei Ling Ooi, José Cid Fernandez, Synn Lynn Chin, Lee Jackson, Mireille Hardie, Benjamin F. Dessauvagie, Anmol Rijhumal, Saud Hamza, Christobel M. Saunders, Brendan F. Kennedy

“…Breast-conserving surgery accompanied by adjuvant radiotherapy is the standard of care for patients with early-stage breast cancer. …”
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Naringin prevents heart mitochondria dysfunction during diabetic cardiomyopathy in rats by Ilya Zavodnik, Tatsiana A. Kavalenia, Siarhei N. Kirko, Elena B. Belonovskaya, Irina A. Kuzmitskaya, Yulia V. Eroshenko, Elena A. Lapshina, Vyacheslav U. Buko

“…Key results: Diabetes resulted in typical signs of hyperglycemia, which were accompanied by a rat cardiac mitochondria dysfunction, manifested by decreased V2 and V3 rates of oxygen consumption, while the initial membrane potential value remained unchanged. …”
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Knockout of <i>dhx38</i> Causes Inner Ear Developmental Defects in Zebrafish by Mengmeng Ren, Xiang Chen, Liyan Dai, Jiayi Tu, Hualei Hu, Xiaohan Sun, Jiong Luo, Pei Li, Yiyang Fu, Yuejie Zhu, Weiqiang Sun, Zhaohui Tang, Mugen Liu, Xiang Ren, Qunwei Lu

“…These structural abnormalities were accompanied by substantial DNA damage and p53-dependent apoptosis within the inner ear cells. …”
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