Directive leadership style and staff motivation in private universities in Uganda: a case of Kampala International University by Chrisostom, Oketch, Gerald, K. Karyeija

“…Research findings indicated that whereas supervisor’s instructions accommodates innovativeness by giving employees guidelines on how to execute their tasks, they do not exactly tell employees what to do, they do not appropriately schedule work to be done, they do not set key performance indicators and that directive leadership style is not sufficient in enabling employees persevere during times of hardship let alone failing to strike a work-life-balance. …”
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Electrochemical Sandwich Immunoassay for the Ultrasensitive Detection of Human MUC1 Cancer Biomarker by Zahra Taleat, Cecilia Cristea, Giovanna Marrazza, Robert Săndulescu

“…Preliminary experiments were performed using disposable electrochemical sensors in order to optimize some parameters (i.e., incubation times, concentrations, and blocking agent).…”
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A Surgically Treated Case of Ureterovesical Amyloidosis of the Bladder in a Patient with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia by Sung Han Kim, Weon Seo Park, Jae Young Joung, Kang Hyun Lee, Jinsoo Chung, Ho Kyung Seo

“…Systemic amyloidosis is another bleeding disorder involving amyloid deposits that create defects in coagulation and increased prothrombin and thrombin times. We report a 52-year-old man with ITP and new two-month-duration, painless gross hematuria without clot formation resulting in amyloidosis involving the ureterovesical area of the bladder. …”
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Therapeutic Drug Monitoring-Guided Linezolid Therapy for the Treatment of Multiple Staphylococcal Brain Abscesses in a 3-Month-Old Infant by Anna Cascone, Maia De Luca, Raffaele Simeoli, Bianca Maria Goffredo, Laura Cursi, Costanza Tripiciano, Lorenza Romani, Stefania Mercadante, Martina Di Giuseppe, Francesca Ippolita Calo Carducci, Davide Luglietto, Paola Bernaschi, Laura Lancella

“…This case highlights the role of linezolid for the treatment of complicated CNS infections and the importance of a multidisciplinary approach, combining TDM-based antibiotic therapy with timely and eventually repeated surgery, in order to effectively treat brain abscesses.…”
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RGB Approach for Pixel-Wise Identification of Cellulose Nitrate Photo Negative Yellowing by Anastasia Povolotckaia, Svetlana Kaputkina, Irina Grigorieva, Dmitrii Pankin, Evgenii Borisov, Anna Vasileva, Valeria Lipovskaia, Maria Dynnikova

“…Increased sensitivity to storage conditions makes these objects highly flammable and can lead to irretrievable loss. In this regard, timely identification of the degradation process is a necessary step towards further conservation and restoration. …”
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Acute myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation in young patient with Bardet – Biedl syndrome by I.M. Sichkaruk, O.V. Khrystyuk, M.Ye. Romaniv, O.A. Vasylkova, O.S. Kargol, M.M. Pavelko, A.V. Yagensky

“…According to a number of studies, mortality from MI among young men in Ukraine is 3–5 times higher than in economically developed countries. …”
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Fast 3D printing of fine, continuous, and soft fibers via embedded solvent exchange by Wonsik Eom, Mohammad Tanver Hossain, Vidush Parasramka, Jeongmin Kim, Ryan W. Y. Siu, Kate A. Sanders, Dakota Piorkowski, Andrew Lowe, Hyun Gi Koh, Michael F. L. De Volder, Douglas S. Fudge, Randy H. Ewoldt, Sameh H. Tawfick

“…This process extrudes filaments at 5 mm/s, which is 500,000 times faster than meniscus printing owing to the rapid solidification which prevents capillarity-induced fiber breakage. …”
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Research on the influence of g-C3N4 microstructure changes on the efficiency of visible light photocatalytic degradation by Hong Tu, Bihong Tian, Zhichao Zhao, Renjiang Guo, Ya Wang, Shunhong Chen, Jian Wu

“…Specifically, the degradation rate constants are 11, 4, 12, and 32 times higher, respectively, compared to bulk g-C3N4. …”
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Frequent Home Monitoring of ICD Is Effective to Prevent Inappropriate Defibrillator Shock Delivery by Paolo Bifulco, Luigi Argenziano, Maria Romano, Mario Cesarelli, Mario Sansone, Stefano Casella, Stefano Nardi

“…Continuous remote telemonitoring was able to timely warn cardiologist via GSM-SMS, who were able to detect improper sensing examining the intracardiac electrogram via Web. …”
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Enhancing Activity of Pd-Based/rGO Catalysts by Al-Si-Na Addition in Ethanol Electrooxidation in Alkaline Medium by Minh Dang Nguyen, Lien Thi Tran, Quang Minh Nguyen, Thao Thi Nguyen, Thu Ha Thi Vu

“…This value, 16138 mA·mg−1Pd, is about 1.5 times higer than that of the catalyst modified by Al-Si. …”
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Gamma Oscillations Facilitate Effective Learning in Excitatory-Inhibitory Balanced Neural Circuits by Kwan Tung Li, Junhao Liang, Changsong Zhou

“…This paper aims to study how spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP), a typical mechanism of learning, with its interaction with gamma oscillation in neural circuits, shapes the network dynamics properties and the network structure formation. …”
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Assessment of Hair Aluminum, Lead, and Mercury in a Sample of Autistic Egyptian Children: Environmental Risk Factors of Heavy Metals in Autism by Farida El Baz Mohamed, Eman Ahmed Zaky, Adel Bassuoni El-Sayed, Reham Mohammed Elhossieny, Sally Soliman Zahra, Waleed Salah Eldin, Walaa Yousef Youssef, Rania Abdelmgeed Khaled, Azza Mohamed Youssef

“…Environmental exposure to these toxic heavy metals, at key times in development, may play a causal role in autism.…”
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Positively charged specificity site in cyclin B1 is essential for mitotic fidelity by Christian Heinzle, Anna Höfler, Jun Yu, Peter Heid, Nora Kremer, Rebecca Schunk, Florian Stengel, Tanja Bange, Andreas Boland, Thomas U. Mayer

“…HeLa cells expressing pocket mutant cyclin B1 are strongly delayed in anaphase onset due to multiple defects in mitotic spindle function and timely activation of the E3 ligase APC/C. Pocket integrity is essential for APC/C phosphorylation particularly at non-consensus CDK1 sites and full in vitro ubiquitylation activity. …”
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The Addition of Tomato and Spinach Powder to Semolina Pasta: A Study of the Impact of the Production Process and Cooking on Phenolic Compounds by Silvia Marzocchi, Federica Pasini, Renzo Santi, Maria Fiorenza Caboni

“…The addition of tomato and spinach powders, known for their high content in bioactive compounds, increased the overall phenolic content of the final enriched pasta by three and two times, respectively, compared to the semolina and whole-wheat semolina pasta. …”
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Hominin presence in Eurasia by at least 1.95 million years ago by Sabrina C. Curran, Virgil Drăgușin, Briana Pobiner, Michael Pante, John Hellstrom, Jon Woodhead, Roman Croitor, Adrian Doboș, Samantha E. Gogol, Vasile Ersek, Trevor L. Keevil, Alexandru Petculescu, Aurelian Popescu, Chris Robinson, Lars Werdelin, Claire E. Terhune

“…Abstract The timing of the initial dispersal of hominins into Eurasia is unclear. …”
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Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of Powders (P25) via Calcination Treatment by Guohong Wang, Lin Xu, Jun Zhang, Tingting Yin, Deyan Han

“…The photocatalytic activity of TiO2 powders calcined at was nearly 2 times higher than that of the uncalcined P25 TiO2. …”
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Effects of a Multicomponent Exercise Program on Groups of Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Low Schooling: A Pilot Study by Neildja Maria da Silva, Monalisa Silva de França, Dellis Kariny Freitas Holanda de Almeida, Evelin Suyany Guedes de Lima, Vinícius Hugley Brito dos Santos, João Victor de Araújo Souza, Ana Rodriguez Larrad, Débora de Almeida Aloise, Núbia Maria Freire Vieira Lima

“…Twenty-one older people were randomly assigned to two groups: G1 (n = 11) and G2 (n = 10); sixteen of whom completed the sixteen sessions over a six-week period, three times a week. During eight sessions, G1 performed adapted dual-task multicomponent exercises (strengthening, balance, and cognition) and G2 simple multicomponent exercises (strengthening and balance), and both groups engaged in eight additional sessions of simple multicomponent exercises. …”
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Application of syntrophic co-culture Chlorella sorokiniana and Streptomyces thermocarboxydus in semi-continuous system for cassava wastewater treatment and biomass production by Mohamad Padri, Nittaya Boontian, Maisarah Munirah Latief, Misdar Amdah, Mohamed Sahrul Tamzil

“…Different Hydraulic Retention Times (HRTs) were applied to the system, and it was found that 5 days HRT resulted the highest nutrients removals in single and co-culture conditions. …”
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Class III β-Tubulin Overexpression Induces Chemoresistance to Eribulin in a Leiomyosarcoma Cell Line by Kenichiro Yahiro, Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Jun-ichi Fukushi, Ken-ichi Kawaguchi, Makoto Endo, Nokitaka Setsu, Keiichiro IIda, Suguru Fukushima, Makoto Nakagawa, Atsushi Kimura, Yoshinao Oda, Yasuharu Nakashima

“…The IC50 of eribulin was 125 times higher in the resistant cell line than in the parental cell line, and eribulin did not induce G2/M arrest in resistant cells. …”
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Efficiency of lithium bromide absorption chiller with multi-stage absorption and generation processes with associated mass flow by O. S. Malinina, A. V. Baranenko, M. A. Al-Furaiji, E. E. Lydova, K. A. Komarov

“…Therefore, the degree of cooling in the chiller with the considered cycle is three times higher than this value of a single-stage LBWAC…”
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