Investigating the Effect of Bamboo Fibers on The Engineering Properties of Laterite Soils in Road Construction. by Kiiza, Obed

“…Maximum dry density (MDD) increases with fibre contents at 0 - 0.75% from 1.923 – 2.207g/cm3 and 1.980 – 2.092g/cm3 for heavy and light compaction respectively and decreases with further fibre increment while the optimum moisture content (OMC) decreased continually for all compaction efforts with higher fibre contents from 15.7 - 10.2% and 12.6 – 9.8% for (0 – 1.0% fibre) respectively. Generally, soaked and unsoaked CBR increases from 15 to 25% and 20 to 29% (from 0 – 0.75%) and slightly decrease at 1%, while UCS of the treated soil increased from 1130 to 1460KPa at (0 - 0.50% fibre contents) and decreases with further increase in fibre content. …”
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Domestic Violence and Children Emotional Wellbeing in Kabale District: A Case Study of Rubaya Sub-County. by Kakuru, Mackson

“…Abuse is a choice, intended to gain power and control over the victim. Generally, perpetrators of domestic abuse, regardless of how stressed they are. can limit their abusive behavior to their chosen victim/s. …”
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Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Students’ Academic Performance in Selected Secondary Schools: A Case Study of Ishaka Division Ishaka Municipality Bushenyi D... by Serwoga, Evarist

“…The study concluded that the integration of ICT in secondary schools in the Bushenyi District plays a crucial role in enhancing academic performance, fostering engagement, and preparing students for future challenges. Students generally hold positive attitudes towards ICT, recognizing its potential to enrich their learning experience and develop valuable skills. …”
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Epidemiology of Trypanosomiasis in Wildlife—Implications for Humans at the Wildlife Interface in Africa by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Zirintunda, Gerald, Ssempijja, Fred, Buyinza, Bridget, Alzahrani, Khalid J., Matama, Kevin, Nakimbugwe, Helen N., Alkazmi, Luay, Onanyang, David, Bogere, Paul, Ochieng, Juma John, Islam, Saher, Matovu, Wycliff, Nalumenya, David Paul, Batiha, Gaber El-Saber, Osuwat, Lawrence Obado, Abdelhamid, Mahmoud, Shen, Tianren, Omadang, Leonard, Welburn, Susan Christina

“…Wildlife species are generally considered tolerant to trypanosome infection following centuries of coexistence of vectors and wildlife hosts. …”
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Varying circumstances surrounding opioid toxicity deaths across ethno-racial groups in Ontario, Canada: a population-based descriptive cross-sectional study by Tara Gomes, Mina Tadrous, Sophie A Kitchen, Frank Crichlow, Tonya J Campbell, Cynthia Damba, Colin H Johnson, Ashley Smoke

“…Black people (median age: 35 years; SD: 0.40) and Asian people (median age: 37 years; SD: 0.30) generally died younger than white people (median age: 40 years), and there was greater male predominance in deaths among Asian people (86.2%; SD: 0.30), Latin American people (83.0%; SD: 0.21) and black people (80.3%; SD: 0.14) relative to white people (74.6%). …”
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Temporal relationship between symptom cluster and quality of life in rectal cancer patients after laparoscopic anus-preserving surgery by Chaoxiang You, Guiqiong Xie, Shun Lin, Shuang Li, Mengying Jia, Xiufei Wu, Xiaoxuan Zhang, Yi Zhou, Hongyan Kou

“…Abstract Although it is generally recognized that symptom clusters and quality of life are related, major ambiguity arises from the difficulty in determining their causal relationship. …”
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Is joint hypermobility linked to self-reported non-recovery from COVID-19? Case–control evidence from the British COVID Symptom Study Biobank by Hugo D Critchley, Dorina Cadar, Claire J Steves, Kevin A Davies, Alan J Hakim, Nicholas Gall, Jessica A Eccles, Vicky Bowyer, Lisa Quadt, Nathan Cheetham

“…This observation is clinically important through its potential impact for understanding and identifying sub-phenotypes of long COVID for screening and personalised targeted interventions. More generally, greater awareness of GJH and its extra-articular associations is needed for effective patient stratification and implementation of personalised medicine.…”
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Mycotoxilogical monitoring. Part 2. Wheat, barley, oat and maize grain by G. P. Kononenko, A. A. Burkin, Ye. V. Zotova

“…Fusarium toxins including T-2 toxin, diacetoxyscirpenol, deoxynivalenol, zearalenone and fumonisins of group B as well as alternariol, ochratoxin A, citrinin, aflatoxin В1, sterigmatocystin, cyclopiazonic acid, mycophenolic acid, ergot alkaloids and emodin were detected and measured according to the validated competitive ELISA procedure. Generalization of the results demonstrated domination of fusarium toxins and active involvement of alternariol in the contamination of all types of feed grains as well as high occurrence of emodin in ear cereals and increased occurrence of T-2 toxin and ochratoxin A in barley. …”
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Attitudes of radiologists and interns toward the adoption of GPT-like technologies: a National Survey Study in China by Tianyi Xia, Shijun Zhang, Ben Zhao, Ying Lei, Zebin Xiao, Bingwei Chen, Junhao Zha, Yaoyao Yu, Zhijun Wu, Chunqiang Lu, Tianyu Tang, Yang Song, Yuancheng Wang, Shenghong Ju

“…Conclusions Chinese radiologists or interns generally support GPT-like technologies due to their potential capabilities in clinical practice, medical education, and scientific research. …”
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Predictors of Colorectal Cancer Screening and Screening Modalities among Patients seen at Federally Qualified Health Centers Funded by the United States Health Resources and Servic... by Megan R.M. Aaronson, Nadereh Pourat, Connie Lu, Jayraan Badiee, Helen Yu-Lefler, Benjamin Picillo, Hank Hoang, Folasade P. May

“…Methods: We examined data from the 2022 Health Center Patient Survey, 2021 Uniform Data System, and Area Health Resource File. We performed generalized multilevel logistic regression and multinomial regression to measure associations between our independent variables and receipt of any CRC screening and of screening modalities. …”
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ChatGPT, Google, or PINK? Who Provides the Most Reliable Information on Side Effects of Systemic Therapy for Early Breast Cancer? by Stefan Lukac, Sebastian Griewing, Elena Leinert, Davut Dayan, Benedikt Heitmeir, Markus Wallwiener, Wolfgang Janni, Visnja Fink, Florian Ebner

“…A congruence score was calculated for the information on side effects: correct information (2 points), generally appropriate information (1 point), and otherwise no point. …”
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Fast and Slow Roasting of Alcohol- and Honey-infused Coffee Blends: A Comparative Study of PAH and N-PAH Emissions by Hsin-Chieh Kung, Chung-Hsien Hung, Kun-Hui Lin, Bo-Wun Huang, Nicholas Kiprotich Cheruiyot, Guo-Ping Chang-Chien

“…On the other hand, the coffee bean profile had significant fractions of three-ringed compounds. Generally, the PAH congener profiles for both the fast and slow roasting methods were similar. …”
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Twenty-four weeks of combined training in different environments, aquatic and land, in the type 2 diabetes management (Aquatic and Land Exercise for Diabetes -ALED): protocol of a... by Larissa dos Santos Leonel, Ingrid Alessandra Victoria Wolin, Angélica Danielevicz, Mabel Diesel, Marina Isolde Constantini, João Batista de Oliveira Junior, Allana Andrade Souza, Thaís Reichert, João Gabriel Silveira-Rodrigues, Danusa Dias Soares, Marcelo Fernando Ronsoni, Simone Van De Sande Lee, Alex Rafacho, Guilherme Fleury Fina Speretta, Karla Siqueira Lottermann, Josefina Bertoli, Alexandre Pastoris Muller, Aline Mendes Gerage, Cíntia de La Rocha Freitas, Rodrigo Sudatti Delevatti

“…For intra- and inter-group comparisons, generalized estimating equations will be applied and analyzed by intention-to-treat and per-protocol adopting the Bonferroni post hoc test. …”
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Early Palliative Care Following Aborted Cancer Surgery: Results of a Prospective Feasibility Trial by Jordan M. Cloyd, MD, Rakhsha Khatri, BA, Angela Sarna, BS, Lena Stevens, PhD, Victor Heh, PhD, Mary Dillhoff, MD, Alex Kim, MD, Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, PhD, MPH, Aslam Ejaz, MD, Sharla Wells-Di Gregorio, PhD, Erin Scott, MD, Sachin S. Kale, MD

“…Although resection is generally necessary for curative-intent treatment of most solid organ cancers, surgery is occasionally aborted due to intraoperative findings. …”
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A cross-sectional study exploring the predictors of herpes zoster vaccination for people aged over 50 years old in Chaoyang district, Beijing by Jiao Zhang, Shuo Zhang, Bin Jia, Yunhua Bai, Zhen Li, Fang Liu, Yingxue Hu, Xiaojing Guo, Jianxin Ma, Shuming Li, Qian Shi

“…Additionally, the decision tree model confirmed that recommendations from medical staff had the most significant impact on vaccination.ConclusionThe survey reveals a generally low vaccination coverage of the herpes zoster vaccine among residents aged over 50 in this area. …”
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Sex differences in the associations of water, coffee and tea consumption with cardiovascular diseases: a prospective cohort study by Dandan Ke, Dandan Ke, Yueqing Wang, Yabing Hou, Weihao Shao, Jiawen Ke, Xiaoxuan Zhang, Hongxi Yang, Zhong He, Zuolin Lu

“…After adjustments, higher water consumption was generally associated with reduced risk of CVDs among both men and women. …”
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The relationship between non-HDL-C/HDL-C ratio and bone mineral density: an NHANES study by Shuo Qi, Biao Peng, Zhanwang Xu, Daodi Qiu, Guoqing Tan

“…This study aims to determine the potential association between NHHR and lumbar BMD, increase awareness of the impact of lipid levels on bone health.MethodsBy utilizing data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2011 to 2018, we conducted univariate and generalized linear models (GLMs) analysis, stratified analysis, threshold effect analysis, smooth curve fitting and stratified analysis to investigate the association between NHHR and BMD. …”
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Assessment of healthcare providers’ knowledge, attitude, and practice toward medical research in southwest Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study by Hadi Al Sulayyim, Ali Alrashah, Ali Al Mansour, Fahad Al Sleem, Yahya Alfaifi, Mansour Alyami, Ali Alkhudeer, Hassan Al Hutaylah, Yousef Allajam, Abdullah Alkhurais, Noura Alfaifi, Mansour Majrshi, Abdullah Alsulayyim

“…For attitude, the median score was 100%, indicating a generally positive outlook, with scores between 80% and 100% for most participants. …”
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Perspectives on which health settings geriatricians should staff: a qualitative study of patients, care providers and health administrators by Eric Kai-Chung Wong, Andrea C. Tricco, Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, David M. J. Naimark, Sharon E. Straus, Joanna E. M. Sale

“…Results Of the 27 participants (8 patients/caregivers, 9 physicians, 10 administrators), the mean age was 53 years and 14 participants (52%) identified as a woman (13 [48%] identified as a man). CGAs were generally perceived as acceptable but there was a divergence in opinion about which healthcare setting was most important for geriatricians to staff. …”
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Blockchain Technology Applications in Healthcare Supply Chains—A Review by Sarthak Dhingra, Rakesh Raut, Koteswararao Naik, Kamalakanta Muduli

“…This study is done concerning the blockchain’s use in the healthcare sector context, so other emerging technologies and sectors not taken must be considered while generalizing the results. This study is among the few up-to-date consolidated attempts to present a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis for assessing blockchain technology’s potential in the healthcare sector. …”
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