Factors Affecting the Teaching and Learning of English Language in Primary Schools in Kitumba Sub-County Kabale District. by Owomugisha, Justine

“…Both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies were employed as the research design. The study population ranged from staff members from the selected schools to pupils. …”
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Decentralization and Primary Health Care Service delivery in Local Governments in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality by Julius, Kisembo

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Entrepreneurship skills application among ICT Graduates of Muni University, Uganda by Ritah, Nafuna, Nicholas, Nkamwesiga, Phelix, Businge Mbabazi

“…The study also evaluated the gaps in entrepreneurship skills acquired by ICT graduates of Muni University and the results indicate that the graduates had challenges in: getting finances or loans for starting a new business venture; communications like returning phone calls and emails; taking lead in a group and risk management. The ICT curriculum designers in Muni University should use the findings of this research to improve the curriculum in the courses that relate to entrepreneurship. …”
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Decentralization and Public Health Services Delivery in Kabale Municipality, Kabale District, Uganda by Boaz, Mubangizi

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Village Savings and Loan Associations and Socio-Economic Empowerment of Vulnerable People in Kamuganguzi Sub-County Kabale, District, Uganda by Mwijukye, Deus, Moses, Agaba

“…It was therefore necessary to carry out a study to fill the gap. The research design was cross-sectional in conjunction with qualitative and quantitative approaches. …”
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Factors Associated with Stunting in Children Under Five Years of Age: A Case of Buhara Sub County, Kabale District. by Namanya, Oliver

“…The study employed a cross-sectional descriptive design with qualitative and quantitative strategies in data collection from 380 participants drawn from a population of 5728 households. …”
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Village Savings And Loan Associations (VSLA) and Socio -Economic Empowerment of Vulnerable People in Kamuganguzi Sub County Kabale District. by Mwijukye, Deus

“…It was therefore necessary to carry out a study to fill the gap. The research design was cross-sectional in conjunction with qualitative and quantitative approaches. …”
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Le réseau hydraulique à Pompéi (Italie) de l’époque des Samnites à Auguste (fin ive-fin ier s. av. J.-C.) by Federico Giletti

“…With respect to the supply to the archaic city in the early and middle Samnite era, the evidence shows the use and spread across the main urban area of deep artesian wells, designed to intercept and capture the water present in the subsoil of Pompeii’s high ground. …”
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60-month follow-up of Long Limb vs. Standard Limb Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for type 2 diabetes and obesity: the LONG LIMB RCT by Saleem Ansari, Anna Kamocka, Tina Mazaheri, Ibiyemi Ilesanmi, Lara Jimenez-Pacheco, Kleopatra Alexiadou, Joanna Tan, Harvinder Chahal, Krishna Moorthy, Sanjay Purkayastha, Anne Margot Umpleby, Stephen Robert Bloom, Francesco Rubino, Alexander Dimitri Miras, Ahmed Rashid Ahmed, Tricia Tan

“…Limitations Although the surgical procedures were designed according to United Kingdom clinical practice at the time of study inception, there is substantial variation in practice internationally. …”
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Stage actor tracking method based on infrared ink marking(基于红外油墨标记的舞台演员跟踪算法) by 李平(LI Ping), 陈书界(CHEN Shujie), 王登辉(WANG Denghui), 刘钟淋(LIU Zhonglin), 王勋(WANG Xun), 周迪(ZHOU Di), 丁勇(DING Yong)

“…Then class labels of the ring codes are designated to associated actors as their identities for stable tracking. …”
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Phylogenetic inferences reveal multiple intra- and interhost genetic diversity among bat rabies viruses circulating in northeastern Brazil by Larissa Leão F. de Sousa, Mariana Dias Guilardi, Junior Olimpio Martins, Bruna Stefanie S. Alves, Luiz Henrique S. Tibo, Patrícia da Silva-Antunes, Gustavo Cabral-Miranda, Débora Bellini Caldeira, Paulo Eduardo Brandão, Fabrício Souza Campos, Luiz Mário R. Janini, Ricardo Durães-Carvalho

“…This study provides crucial insights into viral transmission dynamics within and between different host species and is essential for designing effective rabies control and prevention strategies tailored to endemic regions.…”
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Association of coronary revascularisation after physician-referred non-invasive diagnostic imaging tests with outcomes in patients with suspected coronary artery disease: a post ho... by Takao Kato, Moriaki Inoko, Naoya Matsumoto, Yukari Uemura, Masanao Naya, Mitsuru Momose, Satoshi Hida, Takao Yamauchi, Takatomo Nakajima, Eriko Suzuki, Tohru Shiga, Nagara Tamaki

“…Objective We aimed to evaluate the association of the prognostic impact of coronary revascularisation with physician-referred non-invasive diagnostic imaging tests (single photon emission CT (SPECT) vs coronary CT angiography) for coronary artery disease.Design A post hoc analysis of a subgroup from the patient cohort recruited for the Japanese Coronary-Angiography or Myocardial Imaging for Angina Pectoris Study.Setting Multiple centres in Japan.Participants From the data of 2780 patients with stable angina, enrolled prospectively between January 2006 and March 2008 in Japan, who had undergone physician-referred non-invasive imaging tests, 1205 patients with SPECT as an initial strategy and 625 with CT as an initial strategy were analysed. …”
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The contextual adaptation and educational impacts of the mhGAP-IG to address child mental and behavioral disorder treatment gap in China: A mixed-method study by Meng Zheng, Yi Zhang, Feng Chen, Ang Chen, Di Kong, Kun Xie, Jie Li, Brian James Hall, Andre M.N. Renzaho, Jian-hui Gao, Dao-meng Cheng, Qing Zou, Xin-yuan Zhong, Qi-mei Yu, Wen Chen

“…The educational impacts of a two-day training based on the adapted CMBDs-mhGAP-IG were assessed using a pre-post design among 89 participants, including kindergarten teachers or doctors and GPs. …”
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Prevalence of anaemia and the associated factors among hospitalised people living with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy in Southwest China: a cross-sectional study by Jie Yuan, Hai Long, Min Liu, Juan He, Jue Liu, Yu Wu, Wenzhan Jing, Min Du, Manna Zhang, Yaping Wang, Su Song, Siqi Liu, Guiying Cao, Yuedong Liang, Xiaoxin Xie, Yanhua Fu

“…Objectives To estimate anaemia prevalence and the associated factors among hospitalised people living with HIV (PLHIV) receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART).Design A cross-sectional study.Setting PLHIV receiving ART and hospitalised in a specialised hospital for infectious disease in Guizhou Province, Southwest China, between 1 January 2018 and 31 March 2021.Participants A total of 6959 hospitalised PLHIV aged ≥18 years and receiving ART were included in this study.Primary and secondary outcome measures Anaemia was diagnosed as a haemoglobin concentration <120 g/L for non-pregnant females and <130 g/L for males. …”
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Effects of nanocurcumin supplementation on metabolic syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Gofarana Wilar, Cecep Suhandi, Kohji Fukunaga, Masanori Shigeno, Ichiro Kawahata, Rizky Abdulah, Takuya Sasaki

“…However, the variability in study participant ages, treatment durations, and sample sizes suggests the need for further well-designed RCTs to establish optimal usage guidelines.…”
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Global, regional and national sodium intakes in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis of 24 h urinary sodium excretion and dietary surveys worldwide by J Lennert Veerman, Sarah Lewis, John Britton, Bruce Neal, Kathryn G Andrews, Goodarz Danaei, Majid Ezzati, Yanping Li, Yu Chen, Farshad Farzadfar, Jean-Michel Gaspoz, Idris Guessous, Lital Keinan-Boker, Paul Elliott, Carukshi Arambepola, Antonia Trichopoulou, Philippos Orfanos, Martin C Gulliford, Renata Micha, Dariush Mozaffarian, Wen-Harn Pan, Shoichiro Tsugane, Habibul Ahsan, Manami Inoue, Luz Maria Sanchez-Romero, Andrew Fogarty, Christos Pitsavos, Edward Giovannucci, Stefaan De Henauw, Stephen S Lim, Cho-il Kim, Inge Huybrechts, Didier Garriguet, Simón Barquera, Katia Castetbon, Neville Calleja, Peilin Shi, Hsing-Yi Chang, Yasuhiro Matsumura, Hubert Barennes, Guansheng Ma, Shahab Khatibzadeh, Saman Fahimi, John Powles, Morteza Abdollahi, Anahita Houshiar-rad, Eda Koksal, Sahar Zaghloul, Sirje Vaask, Ana Baylin, Simon Forsyth, Rosely Sichieri, Christian Haerpfer, Ian Brown, Demosthenes B Panagiotakos, Jacqui Webster, Androniki Naska, Dorothy Gauci, Rebecca E Engell, Tim E Byers, Stephanie Smith-Warner, Ibrahim Elmadfa, Mayuree Rao, Pamela A Abbott, Enrique O Abeyá Gilardon, Suad N Al-Hooti, Wulf Becker, Peter Bjerregaard, Lesley T Bourne, Mario V Capanzana, Melanie J Cowan, Dulitha N Fernando, Regina M Fisberg, Brahmam NV Ginnela, Wilbur Hadden, Daniel J Hoffman, Nahla C Hwalla, Hajah Masni Ibrahim, Maria D Jackson, Lars Johansson, Hae-Jeung Lee, Chan Mei Fen, Gert BM Mensink, Rafael A Monge-Rojas, Balakrishna Nagalla, Marga C Ocke, Maciej Oltarzewski, Marja-Leena Ovaskainen, Gulden Ayla Pekcan, Stefka Petrova, Noppawan Piaseu, Leanne M Riley, Rusidah BT Selamat, Chansimaly Simmala, Laufey Steingrimsdottir, Gillian Swan, Lucjan Szponar, Heli Tapanainen, Robert Templeton, Anastasia Thanopoulou, Holmfridur Thorgeirsdóttir, Inga Thorsdottir, Aida Turrini, Nowak Verena, Anna Waskiewicz, Gábor Zajkás, Shadi Kalantarian, Pattra Wirojratana, Mary Anne Land, Tricia McKeever, Mohannad Abed Alfattah Al Nsour, Medical Science, Heléne Enghardt Barbieri, Aida Filipovic Hadziomeragic, Nur Indrawaty Lipoeto, Stephen T. McGarvey, Abdulrahman Obaid. Musaiger, Luz Gladys. Posada, Elz˙bieta Halina. Sygnowska

“…Objectives To estimate global, regional (21 regions) and national (187 countries) sodium intakes in adults in 1990 and 2010.Design Bayesian hierarchical modelling using all identifiable primary sources.Data sources and eligibility We searched and obtained published and unpublished data from 142 surveys of 24 h urinary sodium and 103 of dietary sodium conducted between 1980 and 2010 across 66 countries. …”
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Lipopolymers as the Basis of Non-Viral Delivery of Therapeutic siRNA Nanoparticles in a Leukemia (MOLM-13) Model by Panadda Yotsomnuk, Amarnath Praphakar Rajendran, Daniel Nisakar Meenakshi Sundaram, Luis Carlos Morales, Cezary Kucharski, Mohammad Nasrullah, Wanwisa Skolpap, Xiaoyan Jiang, Spencer B. Gibson, Joseph Brandwein, Hasan Uludağ

“…These results demonstrate the potential of designed lipopolymers in implementing RNAi (via delivery of siRNA) for inhibition of leukemia growth and provide evidence for the feasibility of targeting different oncogenes using siRNA-mediated therapy.…”
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Efficacy and safety of the pulsed electromagnetic field in osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis by Ziying Wu, Xiang Ding, Guanghua Lei, Chao Zeng, Jie Wei, Jiatian Li, Hui Li, Tuo Yang, Yang Cui, Yilin Xiong, Yilun Wang, Dongxing Xie

“…Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of the pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy in treating osteoarthritis (OA).Design Meta-analysis.Data sources PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library and Web of Science were searched through 13 October 2017.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Randomised controlled trials compared the efficacy of PEMF therapy with sham control in patients with OA.Data extraction and synthesis Pain, function, adverse effects and characteristics of participants were extracted. …”
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Estimation of tuberculosis incidence at subnational level using three methods to monitor progress towards ending TB in India, 2015–2020 by Swati Mahajan, Amar Shah, Sarit Sharma, Rituparna Das, Kathiresan Jeyashree, Mathavaswami Vijayageetha, Bhavesh Modi, Burugina Nagaraja Sharath, Vijay Singh, Shamim Mannan, Sairu Philip, Jasleen Kaur, Ranjani Ramachandran, Raghuram Rao, Sriram Selvaraju, Bency Joseph, Vaibhav Shah, Kiran Rade, Lalit Sankhe, Surinder Singh, Sandeep Chauhan, Anupam Banerjee, Devender Kumar, Ganapathy Kalaiselvan, Bhavin Vadera, Paras Mehta, Meenakumari Natarajan, Manoj Murhekar, Aswathy Sreedevi, Jeromie Thangaraj, Saravanakumar Velusamy, Sasidharan Akhil, Dhanapal Sudha Rani, Ramasamy Sabarinathan, Sakthivel Manikandanesan, Rajalakshmi Elumalai, Amarendra Mahapatra, Almas Shamim, Ashok Bhardwaj, Anil Purty, Anand Sridhar, Aniket Chowdhury, Asif Shafie, Avijit Choudhury, Deka Dhrubjyoti, Hardik Solanki, Krushna Sirmanwar, Kshitij Khaparde, Malik Parmar, Nisha Dahiya, Parija Debdutta, Quazi Ahmed, Ranjeet Prasad, Rohini Shinde, Rupali Baruah, Sandip Bharaswadkar, Shanta Achanta, Shibu Balakrishnan, Shivani Chandra, Sophia Khumukcham, Sudarsan Mandal, Sumitha Chalil, Venkatesh Roddawar, Kuldeep Sachdeva, Jayakrishna Kurada, Mayank Sharma, Debajyoti Mohapatra, Yogesh Patel, Sapna Thekkepat, Karthikeyan Kumaraswamy, Mallika Tharakan, Shramana Majumdar, Vrinda Manocha, Sukriti Chauhan, Shekhar Waikar, Puja Ambule, Krithika Murali, Devi Madhavi Bhimarasetty, Tulika Goswami, Darshan Mahyavanshi, Krutarth Bhrahmbhatt, Bhautik Modi, Anmol Gupta, Sunil Raina, Rajiv Kumar Gupta, Ratnesh Sinha, Manju Toppo, Gajen Medhi, Swati M Patki, Bishnu Ram Das, Lisa Sarangi, Afsal Hakim, Suresh Balan, Baer Philip Ravikumar, Subrata Baidya, Abhik Sinha, Boddepalli Nagendra Naidu, Bikash Chandra Nayak, Anoop Dev, Pallavi Boro, Debarshi Paul, Amrita Sarkar, Bhavesh Bariya, Jatin Chhaya, Dixit Chauhan, Mithun Sanghavi, Nilesh Thakor, Rohit Ram, Hinal Baria, Abhilash Sood, Anupam Parashar, Yangchen Dolma, Rakesh Bahl, Dilip Kumar, Mohammad Salim Khan, A K Jayasree, Zinia Nujum, Sheela P Haveri, Dinesh Bhatnagar, Subrata Kumar Palo, Priyesh Marskole, Prashant Verma, Dinesh Kumar Pal, Neelam Toppo, Sanjay R Quraishi, Sunil Panigrahi, Rambadan Chauhan, Jayashree Gothankar, Swapnali S Kadam, Dasi Rao, Sudhir Wanje, Pallavi Uplap, Ningombam Joenna Devi, Rikrak Ch Marak, Markordor Lyngdoh, Manoj B Patki, Satyajit Sundar Ray, Kavita Vasudevan, Mahesh Satija, Mahesh Choudhary, Mitin Parmar, Venkatesh Govindasamy, Karlapudi Nitesh Kumar, Goutham Thumari, Amar Tripura, Chanda Mog, Shampa Das, Ritesh Singh, Chandra Shekar Maity, Mamta Gehlawat

“…Objectives We verified subnational (state/union territory (UT)/district) claims of achievements in reducing tuberculosis (TB) incidence in 2020 compared with 2015, in India.Design A community-based survey, analysis of programme data and anti-TB drug sales and utilisation data.Setting National TB Elimination Program and private TB treatment settings in 73 districts that had filed a claim to the Central TB Division of India for progress towards TB-free status.Participants Each district was divided into survey units (SU) and one village/ward was randomly selected from each SU. …”
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Incidence of shoulder dislocations in the UK, 1995–2015: a population-based cohort study by Gary S Collins, Sarah E Lamb, Sally Hopewell, Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Andrew Judge, Amar Rangan, Andrew J Carr, Jonathan L Rees, Nigel K Arden, Katherine Edwards, Tim A Holt, Anjali Shah, Antonella Delmestri, Rafael A Pinedo-Villanueva

“…Further work is commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research to examine treatments and predictors for recurrent shoulder dislocation.Study registration The design of this study was approved by the Independent Scientific Advisory Committee (15_260) for the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.…”
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