Inaugural Lecture by Kabale University

“…Makara graduated with a PhD in Political Studies at Wits University (South Africa), MPA from the University of Liverpool (UK) and a BA (Hons.) …”
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Parental Roles and Challenges in Managing Pediatric Obesity: Insights from Focus Group Interviews in Korea by Jieun Ju, Jahye Jung, Yong Hee Hong, Minsoo Shin, Yoon Lee, Ah-Ram Sul

“…Background : Pediatric obesity is a global public health concern. South Korea is witnessing a notable increase in obesity rates among children and adolescents, despite various governmental interventions. …”
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Spatio-Temporal Feature Aware Vision Transformers for Real-Time Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Tracking by Hao Zhang, Hengzhou Ye, Xiaoyu Guo, Xu Zhang, Yao Rong, Shuiwang Li

“…Driven by the rapid advancement of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology, the field of UAV object tracking has witnessed significant progress. This study introduces an innovative single-stream UAV tracking architecture, dubbed NT-Track, which is dedicated to enhancing the efficiency and accuracy of real-time tracking tasks. …”
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An experimental analysis of air flow-induced piezoelectric energy harvesting using flexible poly (vinylidene fluoride) nanocomposite films by D. M. Nivedhitha, S. Jeyanthi, B. Rithish, B. G. Sai Charan, S. Ravi, G. Vinayagamurthy, Senthil Muthu Kumar Thiagamani

“…Abstract Globally, it has been witnessed that the demand for energy has been increasing daily due to the rapid expansion of industries. …”
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Spatio-temporal patterns and drivers of irrigation water requirement in mainland China by Xiaorui Shi, Wenbin Zhu

“…At the provincial scale, total IWR and planting area were the highest in the north and lowest in the northwest, and both have been witnessed significantly increase in the north, especially in the northeast. …”
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A Dual Active Black Hole Candidate with Mass Ratio ~7:1 in a Disk Galaxy by Xiao Cao, Yan-Mei Chen, Yong Shi, Junfeng Wang, Zhijie Zhou, Min Bao, Qiusheng Gu, Alexei Moiseev, Luis C. Ho, Lan Wang, Guangquan Zeng

“…Dual active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with comparable masses are commonly witnessed among the major merged galaxies with interaction remnants. …”
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Oxygen Vacancy-Mediated Interfacial Charge Transfer of Au/ZnO Schottky Heterojunctions for Enhanced UV Photodegradation by Zhufeng Shao, Hui Jia, Yufeng Zhang, Xiujuan Yang, Min Zhong, Chun Chang

“…We intend to report an interesting phenomenon related to the different interfacial transfer processes between ellipsoidal-like ZnO (E-ZnO) and rod-like ZnO (R-ZnO) nanoheterojunctions witness by the nanosecond time-resolved transient photoluminescence (NTRT-PL) spectra. …”
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Molecular imprinted polymer-based potentiometric approach for the determination of carvedilol and ivabradine hydrochloride in dosage form, spiked human plasma and in presence of th... by Nermine V. Fares, Haitham A. El Fiky, Dina A. Ahmed, Maha F. Abd El Ghany, Amr M. Badawey, Mahmoud A. Tantawy

“…Interference from excipients of pharmaceutical formulation, common plasma ions, and possible oxidation byproducts was not witnessed, permitting direct and simultaneous measurement of carvedilol and ivabradine in their tablet solution and spiked human plasma. …”
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Inhibition of A2B Adenosine Receptor Attenuates Intestinal Injury in a Rat Model of Necrotizing Enterocolitis by Lie Huang, Juan Fan, Yan-Xiang Chen, Jian-Hui Wang

“…Meanwhile, a similar trend was also witnessed in the changes of MPO activities and proinflammatory cytokines including IL-6, IFN-γ, and TNF-α. …”
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Pregnancy after kidney and liver transplantation by A Wise, N E Diana, B Bobat, R T Saggers, S Bhoora, S Budhram, L Chauke, V G Lala, A Mahomed, D Mokgoko, M Seabi, B Moore, S Naidoo, R B Nyakoe, N Odell, G Paget, L Wium, J Zamparini

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Evaluation of long‐acting cabotegravir safety and pharmacokinetics in pregnant women in eastern and southern Africa: a secondary analysis of HPTN 084 by Sinead Delany‐Moretlwe, Brett Hanscom, Xu Guo, Clemensia Nkabiito, Patricia Mandima, Patricia Ntege Nahirya, Juliet Mpendo, Muchaneta Bhondai‐Mhuri, Nyaradzo Mgodi, Rebecca Berhanu, Jennifer Farrior, Estelle Piwowar‐Manning, Susan L. Ford, Craig W. Hendrix, Alex R. Rinehart, James F. Rooney, Adeola Adeyeye, Raphael J. Landovitz, Myron S. Cohen, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Mark A. Marzinke, the HPTN 084 Study Team

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Vulnerability and adaptation in flood-prone ecosystems of Bangladesh: a case study of rice farming households by Mohammad Chhiddikur Rahman, Md Abdur Rouf Sarkar, Md. Jahangir Kabir, Md. Shajedur Rahaman, Jatish C. Biswas, Md. Abdullah Aziz, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Md. Abdullah Al Mamun, Niaz Md. Farhat Rahman, Andrew M. McKenzie

“…Importantly, whereas floods prior to 2007 often resulted in substantial rice shortages, the post-2007 era, despite frequent and severe flooding, has witnessed a surplus in rice production. We estimated that despite five flood events in 2020, the country maintained a surplus of 2.9 million tons with minimal reliance on imports. …”
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Metabolic adaptations to acute glucose uptake inhibition converge upon mitochondrial respiration for leukemia cell survival by Monika Komza, Jesminara Khatun, Jesse D. Gelles, Andrew P. Trotta, Ioana Abraham-Enachescu, Juan Henao, Ahmed Elsaadi, Andriana G. Kotini, Cara Clementelli, JoAnn Arandela, Sebastian El Ghaity-Beckley, Agneesh Barua, Yiyang Chen, Mirela Berisa, Bridget K. Marcellino, Eirini P. Papapetrou, Masha V. Poyurovsky, Jerry Edward Chipuk

“…Furthermore, we examined the therapeutic potential of these observations by treating a cohort of primary AML patient samples with KL-11743 and witnessed similar dependency on mitochondrial respiration for sustained cellular survival. …”
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Donor age contributes more to the rheological properties of stored red blood cells than donor sex and biological age distribution by Olga Mykhailova, Mackenzie Brandon-Coatham, Sanaz Hemmatibardehshahi, Mahsa Yazdanbakhsh, Carly Olafson, Qi-Long Yi, Tamir Kanias, Jason P. Acker

“…The strongest correlations between Ohyper and mean corpuscular hemoglobin content (R2 > 0.5) were witnessed with O-RBCs from senior donors, and to a lesser extent with teenage males. …”
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ANN-based software cost estimation with input from COCOMO: CANN model by Chaudhry Hamza Rashid, Imran Shafi, Bilal Hassan Ahmed Khattak, Mejdl Safran, Sultan Alfarhood, Imran Ashraf

“…The domain of software cost estimation has witnessed a prominent surge in research activities in recent years and being an evolving process, it keeps opening new avenues, each with advantages and disadvantages, making it important to work out better options. …”
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Global hotspots and trends of nutritional supplements for sick populations from 2000 to 2024 by Chaofan Shi, Haitao Liu, Haitao Liu, Haitao Liu, Te Fu, Yuanquan Li, Haichang Zhao, Feiyue Liu

“…Analyses performed using CiteSpace and VOSviewer software.ResultsThe field of NS for the sick population has witnessed an overall rapid growth in the number of publications, which is divided into three phases: 2000–2008 was the exploratory phase, 2009–2017 was the sustained development phase, and 2018 to date is in the rapid development phase. …”
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Behaviours preceding suicides at railway and underground locations: a multimethodological qualitative approach by Lisa Marzano, Jay-Marie Mackenzie, Jo Borrill, Emily Hawkins, Bob Fields, Ian Kruger, Ian Noonan

“…Objectives Suicides by train have devastating consequences for families, the rail industry, staff dealing with the aftermath of such incidents and potential witnesses. To reduce suicides and suicide attempts by rail, it is important to learn how safe interventions can be made. …”
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Bullying in the healthcare workplace: a cross-sectional study among Nigerian physiotherapists by Ifeoma Uchenna Onwuakagba, Ebubechukwu Ogochukwu Uchendu, Sochima Johnmark Obiekwe, Favour Chidera Kanu, Ifeoma Adaigwe Amaechi, Anita Chinwendu Okafor, Christopher Olusanjo Akosile, Emmanuel Chiebuka Okoye

“…A high proportion of participants (83.1%) witnessed someone else being bullied at their workplace. …”
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Correlation of Clinical Severity and Laboratory Parameters with Various Serotypes in Dengue Virus: A Hospital-Based Study by Pooja Rao, Achappa Basavaprabhu, Suchitra Shenoy, Nikhil Victor Dsouza, Basavaiah Sridevi Hanaganahalli, Vaman Kulkarni

“…Coinfection with more than one serotype was witnessed in our study. Raised liver enzymes and increased ferritin are good biomarkers in differentiating dengue from severe dengue with cutoff levels for AST (134 U/L), ALT (88 U/L), and ferritin (3670 ng/ml). …”
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Utilization of bauxite residue as fine aggregate for the development of structural concrete: An approach towards sustainable construction materials by Gali Kusumanjali, S. Tejas, Amit Chatterjee, Dinakar Pasla

“…Contemporary society has witnessed a significant surge in construction activities to cater to the expanding needs of the populace. …”
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