B-cell epitopes in NTS-DBL1α of PfEMP1 recognized by human antibodies in Rosetting Plasmodium falciparum. by Letusa Albrecht, Davide Angeletti, Kirsten Moll, Karin Blomqvist, Davide Valentini, Fabio Luiz D'Alexandri, Markus Maurer, Mats Wahlgren

“…In conclusion, human antibody reactivity with short linear-peptides of NTS-DBL1α of PfEMP1 suggests subdomains 1 and 2 to hold anti-rosetting epitopes recognized by anti-rosetting antibodies. The data suggest rosetting to be mediated by the variable areas of PfEMP1 but also to involve structurally relatively conserved areas of the molecule that may induce biologically active antibodies.…”
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Collaboration: The key to managing discipline in South African schools by Amy Sarah Padayachee, Ntombizandile Gcelu

“…Through purposive sampling, 16 participants from 4 secondary schools in KwaZulu-Natal were chosen to take part in semi-structured interviews. The sample of participants comprised school management team members (SMT); the principal, 1 head of department, 1 post-level 1 educator and 1 school governing body (SGB) member from 4 schools in the iLembe education district. …”
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Cognitive function changes during a course of electroconvulsive therapy in patients with various psychiatric illnesses: A prospective observational study by Harita Patel, Parth Patel, Roshani Patel, Nilesh Kanaujiya, Kalpesh Chandrani, Yogesh Murugan

“…Socio-demographic and clinical data were collected using a semi-structured proforma. …”
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Web-Based File Sharing System: A Case Study of Kabale University. by Akandinda, Abraham

“…The general strategy of this study outlined the use of the Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology (SSADM) in the system's development life cycle. …”
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Effect of Small and Medium Enterprises on Growth of Business in Kabale Municipality: A Case Study of Kabale Central Market. by Atukunzire, Pross

“…Typically, these businesses were structured with a single entrepreneur acting as both the boss and the operational staff. …”
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Effect of Physical Education on Pupils' Motor Skill Development: A Case Study of Hamurwa Primary School Rubanda District. by Bagye, Jassy

“…A mixed-methods approach was employed, incorporating both quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews to evaluate the effects of structured PE programs on motor skills like balance, agility, and coordination. …”
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Effect of Physical Education on Pupils' Motor Skill Development: A Case Study of Hamurwa Primary School Rubanda District. by Bagye, Jassy

“…The research utilized a mixed-methods approach, combining quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews to assess the impact of structured PE programs on motor skills such as balance, agility, and coordination. …”
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Socioeconomic sustainability of bioenergy exploitation in Uganda: A GBEP-indicator narrative review by Sekajja, Robert Kakebe, Nabuuma, Betty, Lubwama, Michael, Kanyamumba, Liberty

“…This study applies, for the first time in Uganda, a comprehensive set of GBEP socioeconomic indicators through a structured narrative review organized into seven thematic do-mains. …”
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Credit Risk Management Practices and Loan Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda by Agaba, Francis, Tamwesigire, Caleb, Eton, Marus

“…Method: A correlational design was used to establish the relationship between different credit risk management practices and Loan Performance in selected commercial banks in the city. The study used a structured questionnaire to collect numerical data from the credit staff and management of 19 commercial banks. …”
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Credit Risk Management Practices and Loan Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda by Francis, Agaba, Caleb, Tamwesigire, Eton, Marus

“…Method: A correlational design was used to establish the relationship between different credit risk management practices and Loan Performance in selected commercial banks in the city. The study used a structured questionnaire to collect numerical data from the credit staff and management of 19 commercial banks. …”
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Use of Artificial Intelligence in Psychiatric Research and Practice: A Qualitative Interview Study with Experts from Psychiatry, Computer Science and Philosophy in Germany by Eike Buhr, Marc Fischer, Olga Biernetzky, Stefan Teipel, Oliver Gruber, Mark Schweda

“…Methods To explore these questions, we conducted 15 semi-structured interviews with experts from psychiatry, computer science, and philosophy. …”
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Augmented intelligence with voice assistance and automated machine learning in Industry 5.0 by Alexandros Bousdekis, Mina Foosherian, Mattheos Fikardos, Stefan Wellsandt, Katerina Lepenioti, Enrica Bosani, Gregoris Mentzas, Klaus-Dieter Thoben

“…The proposed approach was evaluated in a real manufacturing environment. We followed a structured evaluation methodology, and we analyzed the results, which demonstrates the effectiveness of our proposed approach.…”
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A scalable, low‐cost phenotyping strategy to assess tuber size, shape, and the colorimetric features of tuber skin and flesh in potato breeding populations by Max J. Feldman, Jaebum Park, Nathan Miller, Collins Wakholi, Katelyn Greene, Arash Abbasi, Devin A. Rippner, Duroy Navarre, Cari Schmitz Carley, Laura M. Shannon, Rich Novy

“…Our results provide an example of quantitative measurements acquired using machine vision methods that are reliable, heritable, and capable of being used to understand and select multiple traits simultaneously in structured potato breeding populations.…”
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Use of psychotropic drugs among Indigenous and Quilombola communities in Brazil by Gabriela da Silva Gonçalves Loures, Telmo Mota Ronzani, Patrícia Aparecida Baumgratz de Paula, Magda Dimenstein, Saulo Luders Fernandes, Jáder Ferreira Leite, João Paulo Sales Macedo, Gabriel Martins Silva

“…This study presents a descriptive analysis of psychotropic drug use among Indigenous and Quilombola communities in the states of Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Norte, Alagoas, and Piauí in Brazil. Data collection was conducted between March and June 2023 using two structured questionnaires with closed-ended questions applied during home visits. …”
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Waterpipe tobacco smoking in healthcare students in the University of Jordan by Amjad Bani Hani, Shahd Mansour, Moaath M. Al Smady, Farah Bani Hani, Seba Mohanned Obeidat, Eman Ahmed Zahran, Nour Awamleh, Rama Rayyan, Farah T. Bani-Khaled, Mahmoud Odeh, Lana T. Alshdaifat, Rami Addasi, Raed Al-Taher

“…This study aimed to assess the prevalence, socio-demographic effects, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors toward waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) among healthcare students in Jordan.MethodsUsing a quantitative cross-sectional design, data was collected from August 2022 to February 2023 through a structured, anonymous online survey. …”
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Early Active Mobilization of Mechanically Ventilated Patients in the ICU: A Qualitative Study on Patient Experience by Xiaomeng Han MSc, Qian Wang MSc, Hengyang Wang MSc, Donghui Jia MSc, Jie Cheng MSc, Rui Wang MSc, Caiyun Zhang MD, Jiajia Kong MSc, Zhigang Zhang MD

“…A qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews and thematic content analysis was employed, with interviews conducted face-to-face between March and December 2021 across 5 comprehensive hospitals. …”
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Transformer-Based Approach for Predicting Transactive Energy in Neurorehabilitation by Naveed Ahmad Khan, Tanishka Goyal, Fahad Hussain, Prashant K. Jamwal, Shahid Hussain

“…The model learns from the data obtained from the experiments carried out using the ankle robot with five stroke patients on two types of controllers: an impedance controller operated in zero impedance control mode and a trajectory tracking controller. …”
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Vision-Based Localization Method for Picking Points in Tea-Harvesting Robots by Jingwen Yang, Xin Li, Xin Wang, Leiyang Fu, Shaowen Li

“…To address the issue of accurately recognizing and locating picking points for tea-picking robots in unstructured environments, a visual positioning method based on RGB-D information fusion is proposed. …”
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A GPT-4o-powered framework for identifying cognitive impairment stages in electronic health records by Yu Leng, Yingnan He, Samad Amini, Colin Magdamo, Ioannis Paschalidis, Shibani S. Mukerji, Lidia M. V. R. Moura, M. Brandon Westover, Ana-Maria Vranceanu, Christine S. Ritchie, Deborah Blacker, John R. Dickson, Sudeshna Das

“…Readily available electronic health records (EHRs) contain valuable cognitive health data, but much of it is embedded in unstructured clinical notes. …”
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Psychosocial outcomes of risk-adapted prevention for prostate cancer predisposition: study protocol for a longitudinal observational mixed-methods study by Dagmar Wieczorek, Tanja Fehm, Gerald Antoch, Günther Carl, Peter Albers, Andre Karger, Ralf Schäfer, Ulrike Dinger, Maike K Klett, Jale Lakes, Guenter Niegisch, Matthias Boschheidgen, Bernadette Jäger, Silke Redler

“…To assess facilitators and barriers to participation in the risk-adapted PCa prevention clinic, a minimum of n=12 semi-structured qualitative interviews will be conducted, with recruitment continuing until data saturation is reached. …”
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