Efficacy and Interindividual Variability in Motor-Cortex Plasticity following Anodal tDCS and Paired-Associative Stimulation by Wolfgang Strube, Tilmann Bunse, Berend Malchow, Alkomiet Hasan

“…In two experiments 30 subjects received 1mA a-tDCS and PAS25. Data analysis focused on motor-cortex excitability change and response defined as increase in MEP applying different cut-offs. …”
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Duodenal Chromogranin A Cell Density as a Biomarker for the Diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome by Magdy El-Salhy, Odd Helge Gilja, Doris Gundersen, Jan Gunnar Hatlebakk, Trygve Hausken

“…The control group comprised 86 healthy subjects without gastrointestinal complaints (77 females and 9 males; mean age, 38 years; range, 18–67 years). …”
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Covid-19 as a Catalyst for Strengthening Research Practice in BRICS’ Universities by Ntsofa Monyela, Neo Mofokeng

“…The autobiographic element study allows the researchers to explore the intersection between themselves and the subject they are studying, permitting the reader to understand this intersection and reflect on their own experiences (Given, 2008). …”
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Proposing Indonesia History Teaching that Transcends Political Ideologies by Nasution Nasution

“…The method used in this paper is the analysis of an Indonesian National History textbooks that have been used as the main textbook for the history subject in schools. The teaching of Indonesian history in schools is still dominated by a single version of historical events. …”
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Gorilla habituation and the role of animal agency in conservation and tourism development at Bwindi, South Western Uganda by Christine, Ampumuza, Clemens, Driessen

“…They are involved in intricate relations with each other, with other non-human and human subjects, and their shared environment. Furthermore, gorillas are not completely and passively controlled by humans through habituation: we argue that habituation as a relational process is more complex. …”
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An Investigation into Information Security Managerial Practices in Selected Public Sector Organizations. by Ahimbisibwe, Benjamin K., Nabende, Peter, Musiimenta, Florence

“…The respondents were purposively selected based on their knowledge in the subject area, cost-effectiveness and delivery of timely results. …”
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Analysis of Viability of Core Inflation Components Based on Excluded Items in Uganda. by Munyambonera, Ezra, Mukiza, Chris Ndatira, Niyimpa, Ediga Mfite

“…Particularly, this was achieved through subjecting all Energy, Fuel and Utilities (E,FU) and Food crops to volatility and persistence tests. …”
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The Impact of ICT On Students' Academic Performance in Selected Secondary Schools in Western Division Rukungiri Municipality. by Agaba, Goddie

“…Based on the findings, recommendations were made to increase access to ICT tools, provide training in ICT skills, review the curriculum to incorporate f CT as a core subject and establish ICT resource centers. The study contributes to the literature on the effective integration of ICT in education and provides insights into policy and practice in Uganda.…”
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Participatory Budgeting in Local Governments:The case of kabale district local government, uganda by Eton, Marus, Perpetua, Arinaitwe, Fabian, Mwosi, Benard, Patrick Ogwel, Arthur, Sunday, Labson, Turyamushanga

“…Using a cross-sectional research design, in which both quantitative and qualitative approaches were adopted, the study investigated 117 units; which were randomly and purposively selected from 174 subjects. The study adopted self-administered questionnaires and interview guides to collect data. …”
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Information Communications Technology and Revenue Mobilization in Local Governments in Uganda: A Case of Mbarara District Local Government. by Apunyo, Henry Anthony

“…A sample of 133 respondents constituting Mbarara District Finance Committee members, CAO, CFO, District Planner, Commercial Officer, SASs, town agents, parish chiefs, and traders was drawn from a population of 200 study subjects using simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques. …”
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Effects of Domestic Violence on Suicide Among Students: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality. by Atuhura, Fred

“…The collected data was analyzed manually using tallies and the responses of the subjects were then categorized in frequency counts and score tables with varying percentages calculated and later tabulation method was used to present data. …”
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Financial Inclusion and Access to Higher Education An Empirical Study of Selected Districts in Eastern Uganda by Eton, Marus, Sammy, Godfrey Poro, Denis, Sekiwu, Fabian, Mwosi, Francis Akena, Adyanga

“…Since students from low-income families attend high schools of low quality, they have insufficient understanding of some subjects, and thus unable to join higher education. …”
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A Liquid-Based Cytology System, without the Use of Cytocentrifugation, for Detection of Podocytes in Urine Samples of Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy by Moritsugu Kimura, Masao Toyoda, Nobumichi Saito, Noriko Kaneyama, Han Miyatake, Eitaro Tanaka, Hirotaka Komaba, Masanori Hara, Masafumi Fukagawa

“…Materials and Methods. The study subjects were patients with type 2 diabetes. Urine samples from these patients were analyzed by the conventional method (Cytospin®) and the modified method (SurePath™). …”
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Tumor Necrosis Factor Induces Developmental Stage-Dependent Structural Changes in the Immature Small Intestine by Kathryn S. Brown, Huiyu Gong, Mark R. Frey, Brock Pope, Matthew Golden, Katerina Martin, Mitchel Obey, Steven J. McElroy

“…Premature infants are commonly subject to intestinal inflammation. Since the human small intestine does not reach maturity until term gestation, premature infants have a unique challenge, as either acute or chronic inflammation may alter the normal development of the intestinal tract. …”
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Predictive Trajectory-Based Mobile Data Gathering Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks by Fan Chao, Zhiqin He, Renkuan Feng, Xiao Wang, Xiangping Chen, Changqi Li, Ying Yang

“…Afterwards, a tour planning of MS based on prediction is proposed subject to minimizing the traveling distance to collect data. …”
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Discovery and Validation of Potential Serum Biomarkers for Heart Failure by Untargeted Metabolomics by Guisheng Zhou, Junzhi Zhang, Hongli Guo, Xiaochao Hu, Yingzhuo Wang, Kunqun Shi, Tongtong Liu, Shengyan Yin, Huanhuan Liu, Chunling Liu, Shijia Liu

“…In this study, serum samples from 83 patients with HF and 35 HCs were used as the research subjects for untargeted metabolomic analysis using ultraperformance liquid chromatography combined with quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-QTOF/MS) technology. …”
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The Influence of Backpack Weight and Hip Belt Tension on Movement and Loading in the Pelvis and Lower Limbs during Walking by Katja Oberhofer, Patrick D. Wettenschwiler, Navrag Singh, Stephen J. Ferguson, Simon Annaheim, Rene M. Rossi, Silvio Lorenzetti

“…Data from optical motion capture and ground reaction forces (GRF) during walking were acquired in nine healthy male subjects (age 28.0 ± 3.9 years). Six configurations of a commercial backpack were analyzed, that is, 15 kg, 20 kg, and 25 kg loading with 30 N and 120 N hip belt tension. …”
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IMAGE QUALITY ANALYSIS 4 CHAMBER SECTIONS OF CARDIAC MRI WITH AND WITHOUT UTILIZING SHIM VOLUME IN THE STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION SEQUENCES by Clinton Johan Ade Wicaksono, Susy Suswaty, Nursama Heru Apriantoro, Ary Sasongko

“…The total samples used are 13 subjects ranging from 7 to 80 years old and 5 respondents and the sample undergone into a series of examinations of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging. …”
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The Beneficial Effect of Human Amnion Mesenchymal Cells in Inhibition of Inflammation and Induction of Neuronal Repair in EAE Mice by Jun Shu, Xiaojuan He, Hong Li, Xue Liu, Xuemei Qiu, Tongliang Zhou, Ping Wang, Xiaojie Huang

“…Mesenchymal stem cell- (MSC-) based therapy is recently the subject of intense interest in autoimmune diseases. …”
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A Real-Time and Closed-Loop Control Algorithm for Cascaded Multilevel Inverter Based on Artificial Neural Network by Libing Wang, Chengxiong Mao, Dan Wang, Jiming Lu, Junfeng Zhang, Xun Chen

“…Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed closed-loop control algorithm is able to quickly stabilize load voltage and minimize the line current’s THD (<5%) when subjecting the DC sources disturbance or load disturbance. …”
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