Pattern and Predictors of Maternal Healthcare Services Utilization among Women of Reproductive Age in Lagos, Nigeria by Esther Oluwakemi Oluwole, Alero Ann Roberts, Ifeoma Peace Okafor, Victoria Oluwasola Yesufu

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Decision support systems for waste-to-energy technologies: A systematic literature review of methods and future directions for sustainable implementation in Ghana by Theophilus Frimpong Adu, Lena Dzifa Mensah, Mizpah Ama Dziedzorm Rockson, Francis Kemausuor

“…Many existing DSS approaches fail to adequately account for local socio-economic factors, rely on static data, and do not fully incorporate diverse stakeholder perspectives. …”
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Variability and performance of NHS England’s ‘reason to reside’ criteria in predicting hospital discharge in acute hospitals in England: a retrospective, observational cohort study... by Elizabeth Sapey, Simon Ball, David McNulty, Felicity Evison, Suzy Gallier, Katherine Reeves

“…Although case-mix or community care provision may account for some variability, the absence of a SDM prevents standardised reporting. …”
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Prescription pattern, glycemic control status, and predictors of poor glycemic control among diabetic patients with comorbid chronic kidney disease in Ethiopia: a facility-based cr... by Oumer Sada Muhammed, Minimize Hassen, Samuel Mamusha

“…Insulin, metformin, and sodium glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors were the most frequently prescribed anti-diabetic drug classes which accounted for 80.2%, 59.1%, and 41.4%, respectively. …”
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Respiratory pathogen spectrum and epidemiological trends in Hainan Province: a retrospective analysis from 2017 to 2023 by Lvying Wu, Jianan Zhang, Zhiming Wu, Hua Pei, You Zhang

“…Children aged 0–5 years account for the largest proportion of all RTI patients with the highest infection rate, especially in NPI and COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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The Ethical Challenges of Gamification in Iran: Uncovering the Dark Side by Mona Jami Pour, Hamideh Binaei

“…The extracted categories, in order of priority, include negative mental and physical consequences, access-related challenges, security and privacy challenges, content-related challenges, challenges related to the quality and accuracy of information (information pollution), challenges related to intellectual property rights, and challenges of responsibility and accountability. ConclusionA review of studies on gamification reveals that most research has focused on the benefits and positive outcomes of this emerging trend, with fewer studies addressing its ethical issues and negative aspects. …”
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Genetic trends and common BRCA1/2 pathogenic sequence variants in black African and Indian breast cancer patients presenting at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, KwaZulu-Nata... by M Makhetha, C Aldous, N Chabilal

“…These cancers are aggressive, develop early, and account for 5 - 10% of all breast cancer cases. In South Africa (SA), the common variants that predispose to hereditary breast cancer have been well documented among white patients and form part of screening panels during targeted testing. …”
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A Digital Behavior Change Intervention for Health Promotion for Adults in Midlife: Protocol for a Multidimensional Assessment Study by Dagmar Soleymani, Dominique Pougheon-Bertrand, Rémi Gagnayre

“…The protocol’s principles were integrated into the development of a personal account to assess users’ behavior changes. Given the delayed launch of the website, no recruitment or effects analysis of the protocol took place. …”
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Records Keeping and Financial Performance in Local Government: A Case Study of Rubanda District Local Government. by Birungi, Edinah

“…The study findings show that the role of record keeping on financial performance of Rubanda district Local Government were Proper accountability, it improves auditing, it enables Easy of monitoring, Easy control of resources, it reduces waste of resources and it Improves effectiveness. …”
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Records Keeping and Financial Performance in Local Government: A Case Study of Rubanda District Local Government. by Birungi, Edinah

“…The study findings show that the role of record keeping on the financial performance of Rubanda district Local Government was Proper accountability and improved auditing, it enables Easy monitoring, Easy control of resources, reduced waste of resources, and Improved effectiveness. …”
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Distribution and Antifungal Susceptibility Profile of Oropharyngeal Candida Species Isolated from People Living with HIV in the Era of Universal Test and Treat Policy in Uganda. by Musinguzi, Benson, Turyamuhika, Laban, Mwesigwa, Alex, Nalumaga, Pauline Petra, Kabajulizi, Immaculate, Njovu, Israel Kiiza, Mwebesa, Edson, Luggya, Tonny, Ocheng, Francis, Kateete, David Patrick, Itabangi, Herbert, Mboowa, Gerald, Obondo, James Sande, Achan, Beatrice

“…C. parapsilosis, C. dubliniensis and C. krusei accounted for 2 (5.7%) each. Additionally, 7 (20%) isolates were resistant to fluconazole, 1 (2.9%) to flucytosine and 0.2 (5.7%) isolates were intermediate to caspofungin. …”
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Joint Education Provision: A Relief or Challenge to Quality Education Services in Uganda. “A Study in Buganda Region”. by Sempungu, Godfrey

“…A low resource base is reported as one of the key problems that Ugandan schools still have to grapple with. It in turn has accounted for substandard infrastructure, poor library systems, inadequate teacher remunerations, and appalling student housing problems in some schools, among other challenges. …”
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Child Abuse and Intention to Dropout Among Secondary School Students in Rubanda District. by Ninsiima, Patience

“…The age group 11-14 accounted for 54% of dropout cases, while students aged 15-18 and 19 and above had dropout rates of 32% and 14%, respectively. …”
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Assessing water and energy fluxes in a regional hydrosystem: case study of the Seine basin by Kilic, Deniz, Rivière, Agnès, Gallois, Nicolas, Ducharne, Agnès, Wang, Shuaitao, Peylin, Philippe, Flipo, Nicolas

“…These models, by conception, do not account for the groundwater lower boundary that permits a full hydrosystem representation. …”
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Association Between Fentanyl Use and Post-Intubation Mean Arterial Pressure During Rapid Sequence Intubation: Prospective Observational Study by Abdullah Bakhsh, Ahmad Bakhribah, Raghad Alshehri, Nada Alghazzawi, Jehan Alsubhi, Ebtesam Redwan, Yasmin Nour, Ahmed Nashar, Elmoiz Babekir, Mohamed Azzam

“…Logistic regression analysis was conducted to account for potential confounding factors. Results: A total of 278 patients were included in the analysis, of whom 160 received fentanyl and 118 did not. …”
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Exploring the role of district clinical specialist teams in maternal health outcomes in a South African district: A mixed method study from 2012 to 2020 by J Basu, A Stewart, D Basu, J Wing, U Feucht

“…Thematic analysis extracted seven themes, namely clinical effectiveness, clinical risk management, professional development, accountability for maternal and child health, clinical work, monitoring and evaluation, and leadership and governance. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of antimicrobial resistance dynamics among broiler and duck intensive production systems by Zsombor Szoke, Peter Fauszt, Maja Mikolas, Peter David, Emese Szilagyi-Tolnai, Georgina Pesti-Asboth, Judit Rita Homoki, Ildiko Kovacs-Forgacs, Ferenc Gal, Laszlo Stundl, Levente Czegledi, Aniko Stagel, Sandor Biro, Judit Remenyik, Melinda Paholcsek

“…Above-average resistance markers accounted for approximately 10% of all detected resistance determinants. …”
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The prevalence and distribution of malaria in Mpumalanga Province before and during COVID-19 (2017 - 2022) by I Kleinhans, S Mahanjana, F Els, M Mabona, L A Pitso, G Malatje, G Kok, J Raman

“…Limpopo Province (93%) accounted for most of the locally imported cases. Headaches and fever were the most common symptoms before and post COVID-19, while asymptomatic malaria carriage was higher during and post COVID (p<0.05). …”
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Two-year trajectory of functional recovery and quality of life in post-intensive care syndrome: a multicenter prospective observational study on mechanically ventilated patients wi... by Junji Hatakeyama, Kensuke Nakamura, Shigeaki Inoue, Keibun Liu, Kazuma Yamakawa, Takeshi Nishida, Shinichiro Ohshimo, Satoru Hashimoto, Naoki Kanda, Shotaro Aso, Shinya Suganuma, Shuhei Maruyama, Yoshitaka Ogata, Akira Takasu, Daisuke Kawakami, Hiroaki Shimizu, Katsura Hayakawa, Takeshi Yoshida, Taku Oshima, Tatsuya Fuchigami, Hironori Yawata, Kyoji Oe, Akira Kawauchi, Hidehiro Yamagata, Masahiro Harada, Yuichi Sato, Tomoyuki Nakamura, Kei Sugiki, Takahiro Hakozaki, Satoru Beppu, Masaki Anraku, Noboru Kato, Tomomi Iwashita, Hiroshi Kamijo, Yuichiro Kitagawa, Michio Nagashima, Hirona Nishimaki, Kentaro Tokuda, Osamu Nishida

“…Scores were weighted to account for dropouts, and the trajectory of each functional impairment was evaluated with alluvial diagrams. …”
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Using the Oxford Foot Model to determine the association between objective measures of foot function and results of the AOFAS Ankle-Hindfoot Scale and the Foot Function Index: a pr... by Frank Krummenauer, Tanja Kostuj, Felix Stief, Kirsten Anna Hartmann, Katharina Schaper, Mohammad Arabmotlagh, Mike H Baums, Andrea Meurer, Sebastian Lieske

“…Furthermore, reduced walking speed, reduced step length and reduced maximum ankle power generation during push-off were taken into account and correlated to gait abnormalities described in the scores. …”
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