A maChine and deep Learning Approach to predict pulmoNary hyperteNsIon in newbornS with congenital diaphragmatic Hernia (CLANNISH): Protocol for a retrospective study. by Ilaria Amodeo, Giorgio De Nunzio, Genny Raffaeli, Irene Borzani, Alice Griggio, Luana Conte, Francesco Macchini, Valentina Condò, Nicola Persico, Isabella Fabietti, Stefano Ghirardello, Maria Pierro, Benedetta Tafuri, Giuseppe Como, Donato Cascio, Mariarosa Colnaghi, Fabio Mosca, Giacomo Cavallaro

“…Moreover, we plan to produce a (semi)automatic fetus lung segmentation system in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), which will be useful during project implementation but will also be an important tool itself to standardize lung volume measures for CDH fetuses.<h4>Methods and analytics</h4>Patients with isolated CDH from singleton pregnancies will be enrolled, whose prenatal checks were performed at the Fetal Surgery Unit of the Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (Milan, Italy) from the 30th week of gestation. …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Bacterial Isolates from Blood Culture among HIV/AIDS Patients at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Mohabaw Jemal, Teshiwal Deress, Teshome Belachew, Yesuf Adem

“…Identification was performed using colony characteristics and standard biochemical techniques. The antimicrobial susceptibility test was determined by the Kirby–Bauer disc diffusion method. …”
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ucumeropsis mannii seed oil protects against Bisphenol A- induced testicular mitochondrial damages by Patrick Maduabuchi, Aja, Hilary Akobi, Ogwoni, Peter Chinedu, Agu, Ejike Ugbala, Ekpono, Joshua Nonso, Awoke, Oliver Ugochukwu, Ukachi, Obasi Uche, Orji, Boniface Anthony, Ale, Chinonso Peter, Nweke, Esther Ugo, Alum, Darlington C., Chukwu, Christian E., Offor, Atamgba Agbor, Asuk, Ejike, Daniel Eze, Ojochenemi E., Yakubu, J. B., Akob, Onyedika Gabriel, Ani, Chinaza Godswill, Awuchi

“…Antioxidant enzymes, glutathione, reactive oxygen species, testicular volume, malon- dialdehyde, body weight, and testicular studies were done using standard methods. The results of the bisphenol A-administered group showed a significant decrease in the antioxidant enzymes, glutathione, body weight, and testicular volume with eleva- tion in the levels of reactive oxygen species, malondialdehyde, and testicular indices. …”
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African animal trypanocide resistance: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Ewan, Thomas MacLeod, Susan, Christina Welburn

“…Dichotomous outputs were presented using risk ratio (RR), while continuous data were presented using the standardized mean difference (SMD) at a 95% confidence interval. …”
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Review of the Effectiveness of the Existing Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems in Uganda. Case Study of Kabale Municipal Council, Kabale Municipality, Kabale District. by Ainebyona, Joseph

“…As an intervention to solve the problems of persisted problems of inadequate solid waste management systems, an integrated solid waste management system was designed per each municipal division to employ the standard approaches of solid waste management, that is; rickshaw van collection system to effect solid waste collection, sorting, composting and a landfill for disposal of non-organic and inert solid waste material. …”
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Tea Growing and Social Economic Development of Local Communities in Rubanda: A Case Study of Ikumba Sub-County Rubanda District. by Aharimpisya, Janet

“…The study survey findings on the effect of tea growing on income levels of local communities, majority of the respondents 70 (53%) agreed that tea is seen as a major source of household income to a few tea farmers in Ikumba sub-county since tea is a major export cash crop and holds potential to improve the living standards of smallholder farmers in Ikumba sub-county with (Mean= 2.78, SD= 1.804) implying that tea is a major source of income to the households in Ikumba sub-county. …”
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Assessing the Effect of Large Class Size and Pupils Academic Performance in Public Primary School in Rukungiri Municipality. by Kashumbusha, Robert

“…These included quality teaching and assessment suffering in large, lack of funding was perceived to impinge well beyond the classroom to the workplace and ultimately to the state of the economy, lack of appropriate value associated with teaching, school administration creating an environment that affects academic standards either positively or negatively. Objective three, it was found out as indicated by the respondents from public primary schools in Rukungiri municipality that the pupil enrollment and number of teachers in public schools and the introduction of Universal Primary Education in Uganda, the skill that teachers exhibit in teaching influences the pupil enrollment, a teachers lack of experience may translate into low enrollment of students, repetition, and dropout, teachers' experience is important to students' learning…”
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In vitro Antibacterial Efficacy of Bidens pilosa, Ageratum conyzoides and Ocimum suave Extracts against HIV/AIDS Patients’ Oral Bacteria in South-Western Uganda by Joseph Obiezu, Chukwujekwu Ezeonwumelu, Muhammad, Ntale, Steve, Okwudili Ogbonnia, Ezera, Agwu, Julius, Kihdze Tanayen, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Okonkwo, Chukwudi Onyeka, Anthonia, Shodunke, Ambrose, Amamchukwu Akunne, Onokiojare, Ephraim Dafiewhare, Jennifer, Chibuogwu Ebosie, Frederick, Byarugaba

“…The susceptibility, MIC and MBC of each extract were determined using standard protocols. The bacteria had significant (p < 0.05) respective total susceptibilities of 35 [28.7%] to BPA; 42 [34.4%] to BPE; 61 [50.0%] to ACA; 45 [36.9%] to ACE; 38 [31.1%] to OSA; 32 [26.3%] to OSE; 105 (86.0%)] to ceftriaxone. …”
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Revenue Management Practices and Service Delivery in Local Government: A Case Study of Rubanda District Local Government Uganda. by Buregyeya, Steven

“…The study also emphasizes the importance of revenue expenditure control, revealing that sound financial management prevents mismanagement and contributes to high standards in public service delivery. Furthermore, the research underscores the need for integrating revenue planning, implementation, and expenditure control to optimize service delivery. …”
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Brand Awareness and Competitive Advantage among Beer Products in Kabale District, South Western Uganda by Moses, Agaba, Eliab Mpora, Byamukama, Eton, Marus

“…The descriptive analysis involving computing the mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis of the brand equity and competitive advantage variables, the inferential analysis was conducted using multiple regression analysis and the t-statistic and the p-value were adopted to test the hypotheses of the study. …”
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Village Savings and loan associations and socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable people in Kamuganguzi Sub-County Kabale, District, Uganda. by Deus, Mwijukye, Moses, Agaba

“…The recommendations were; need to improving the health status of women in families as well as children since they are regarded vulnerable in order to let them live happily; there should be improved nutrition and food supply to all families to let children and other members grow healthy and live a happy life; increased household income should be the ultimate goal fostered by credit accessibility in the area which must be done with ease through the start of small and medium enterprises especially women; it is recommended that the vulnerable groups of people have the replacement of the damaged property in case of any loss aiming at keeping standards of living at household level; achieving flexibility to immense development of social capital required the development of the saving culture that promotes regular income to help the community solve their personal problems; the social fund should be a unifying factor that enhances development through increased social networking to allow information flow since information is power.…”
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Brand Awareness and Competitive Advantage among Beer Products in Kabale District, South Western Uganda by Moses, Agaba, Eliab Mpora, Byamukama, Eton, Marus

“…The descriptive analysis involving computing the mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis of the brand equity and competitive advantage variables, the inferential analysis was conducted using multiple regression analysis and the t-statistic and the p-value were adopted to test the hypotheses of the study. …”
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Anti-obesity effects of Erythrina abyssinica stem bark extract in flies exposed to a high fat diet by Oscar Hilary, Asiimwe, Eddie, Wampande, John, Rubaihayo, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Hellen, Wambui Kinyi

“…E. abyssinica stem bark extract reduced body mass, triglyceride levels (TG/TP), sterol levels, and modulated catalase activity at 7.5 g/ml extract concentration. Though the standard drug fenofibrate had the highest fat accumulation reduction potential, the extract at 7.5 g/ml was much safer in reducing fat accumulation in obese male D. melanogaster than other concentration used. …”
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The Impact of Sanctions’ Reduction and the Financial Strength of Companies on the Development of Garment Exports, Considering the Mediation Role of Direct and Indirect Exports. by Farshad Alidaei, Mostafa Hashemi Tilehnouei, hossein vazifedoost

“…The tool used for data collection is standardized questionnaire. The findings of this research show that the Sanctions’ Reduction has a direct and significant effect on the development of garment exports. …”
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Midostaurin shapes macroclonal and microclonal evolution of FLT3-mutated acute myeloid leukemia by Romane Joudinaud, Augustin Boudry, Laurène Fenwarth, Sandrine Geffroy, Mikaël Salson, Hervé Dombret, Céline Berthon, Arnaud Pigneux, Delphine Lebon, Pierre Peterlin, Simon Bouzy, Pascale Flandrin-Gresta, Emmanuelle Tavernier, Martin Carre, Sylvie Tondeur, Lamya Haddaoui, Raphael Itzykson, Sarah Bertoli, Audrey Bidet, Eric Delabesse, Mathilde Hunault, Christian Récher, Claude Preudhomme, Nicolas Duployez, Pierre-Yves Dumas

“…We conducted a retrospective and multicenter study involving 150 patients with R/R AML harboring FLT3–internal tandem duplication (ITD) (n = 130) and/or FLT3–tyrosine kinase domain mutation (n = 26) at diagnosis assessed by standard methods. Patients were treated with ICT + MIDO (n = 54) or ICT alone (n = 96) according to the diagnosis date and label of MIDO. …”
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Gait physiotherapy with motor imagery in people with Parkinson’s disease: a protocol for randomized control GAITimagery trial by Constanza San Martín Valenzuela, Constanza San Martín Valenzuela, Constanza San Martín Valenzuela, Esperanza Ramírez Murcia, Estela Aznar-Requena, Dalia García Sotolongo, Rebeca Rosas-Martín, M. Luz Sánchez-Sánchez, M. Luz Sánchez-Sánchez

“…All results will be measured at baseline (t0), post-training (t1), and follow-up assessment (t2) 8 weeks after finished physiotherapy programs.DiscussionThe GAITimagery program standardizes the application of MI exercises related to the improvement of parkinsonian gait at the same time that monitoring the vividness referred by the participants session by session. …”
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Are female athlete specific health considerations being assessed and addressed in preparticipation examinations? A scoping review and proposed framework by Jenna M. Schulz, Lois Pohlod, Samantha Myers, Jason Chung, Jane S. Thornton

“…A more comprehensive, standardized PPE with a focus on inclusion of female athlete specific health questions and considerations should be developed to improve health and optimal participation of female athletes around the world.…”
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Urethra-sparing prostate cancer radiotherapy: Current practices and future insights from an international survey by Jennifer Le Guévelou, Paul Sargos, Piet Ost, Filippo Alongi, Stefano Arcangeli, Alejandro Berlin, Pierre Blanchard, Anna Bruynzeel, Olivier Chapet, Alan Dal Pra, Robert T. Dess, Matthias Guckenberger, Andrew Loblaw, Amar U. Kishan, Barbara Alicja Jereczek-Fossa, David Pasquier, Mohamed Shelan, Shankar Siva, Alison C. Tree, Costantinos Zamboglou, Stephane Supiot, Vedang Murthy, Thomas Zilli

“…The lack of consensus on specific urethral dose constraints and optimal sparing techniques underscores the need for further research to standardize practices in this field.…”
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Hybrid Nanocomposite Mini-Tablet to Be Applied into the Post-Extraction Socket: Matching the Potentialities of Resveratrol-Loaded Lipid Nanoparticles and Hydroxyapatite to Promote... by Viviana De Caro, Giada Tranchida, Cecilia La Mantia, Bartolomeo Megna, Giuseppe Angellotti, Giulia Di Prima

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: The here-proposed mini-tablet offers an innovative therapeutic approach for alveolar wound healing promotion as they led to a standardized dose administration, while being handy and stable in terms of physical solid identity as long as it takes to suture the wound.…”
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Risk Factor Analysis and Prediction of Para‐Aortic Lymph Node Metastases in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer by Tinglu Wang, Jinchen Wei, Li Jiang, Lulu Huang, Tingting Huang, Shanshan Ma, Qiufeng Huang, Yong Zhang, Fang Wu

“…Univariate analysis indicated that tumor size > 5.3 cm, tumor maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) > 9.8, bilateral pelvic lymph node (PLN) metastases, the number of positive PLNs ≥ 3, and T3–T4 stages were related to PALN metastases. …”
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