Clean Eco-Friendly Cooking Energy as Sustainable Approach and Mitigation to Climate Change: A Case Study of Ankole, Western Uganda. by Kayamba, William Kariiti

“…The study investigates how communities in the Ankole region, western Uganda are coping with a shortage of cooking fuels, climate change and what strategies they have set up to counteract its effects using innovative, sustainable, renewable and affordable technological methods. …”
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Clean eco-friendly cooking energy as sustainable approach and mitigation to climate change: A case study of Ankole, Western Uganda by Kayamba William Kariiti

“…The study investigates how communities in the Ankole region, western Uganda are coping with a shortage of cooking fuels, climate change and what strategies they have set up to counteract its effects using innovative, sustainable, renewable and affordable technological methods. …”
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Temporal Change in Atmospheric Radiocesium during the First Seven Years after the Fukushima Dai-ich Nuclear Power Plant Accident by Tomohisa Abe, Kazuya Yoshimura, Yukihisa Sanada

“…Abstract After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, the Nuclear Regulation Authority monitored the atmospheric radiocesium concentration as a national project to assess its temporal changes from August 2011 till November 2017. The concentration ranged from 10−1 to 100 Bq m−3 during the first two years but from 10−5 to 10−1 Bq m−3 approximately seven years following the accident. …”
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Modeling the Effects of Interrelations Among External Support and Internal Factors on Teachers’ ICT Integration Ability in Less Developed Areas of China by Shun Xu, Tiehao Zhao, Zhongmei Zheng, Sha Zhu

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Exploring medical students’ intention to use of ChatGPT from a programming course: a grounded theory study in China by Chen Wang, Changqi Xiao, Xuejiao Zhang, Yingying Zhu, Xueqing Chen, Yilin Li, Huiying Qi

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Clinical outcomes of neuroendoscopic resection of brain abscess guided by electromagnetic navigation among patients presenting at Jieyang People's Hospital in China by Mindong Huang, Jiandan Zou

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Coupling effect of landscape patterns on the spatial and temporal distribution of ecosystem services: a case study in Harbin City, Northeast China by Yuxin Qi, Peixin Shen, Shu Ren, Tianyi Chen, Yuandong Hu

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Projected climate change impacts on streamflow in the Upper Oum Er Rbia Basin, Upstream of the Ahmed El Hansali Dam, Morocco by Tarik El Orfi, Mohamed El Ghachi, Sébastien Lebaut, Ionel Haidu

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Detecting tropical freshly-opened swidden fields using a combined algorithm of continuous change detection and support vector machine by Ningsang Jiang, Peng Li, Zhiming Feng

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Stability and changes in meaning in life profiles and their impact on mental health among chinese university students: a latent transition analysis by Sylvia Y. C. L. Kwok, Siqi Fang, Bella Meici Huang, Alebel Addis Tesfaw, Xi Deng

“…The few person-centered studies conducted were generally cross-sectional in nature and have failed to address changes in MIL. Furthermore, few studies have explored the stability of and changes in MIL on wellbeing.MethodsWe used latent transition analysis (LTA) to assess the MIL profiles of Chinese university students and to relate their experiences of meaning to their wellbeing. …”
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Correlation between malondialdehyde level and FOXO3 and CASP3 mRNA expression changed in early-onset preeclampsia placenta by Ni Made Wiasty Sukanty, Febriana Catur Iswanti, Syarifah Dewi, Muhammad Faruqi, Alyssa Shafa Andiana, Ani Retno Prijanti

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Shared decision-making competency and its associated factors among palliative care nurses: a cross-sectional study in China by Junchen Guo, Sishan Jiang, Yunyun Dai, Xianghua Xu, Chaoyi Liu, Yongyi Chen

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Changes in Serum Immunoglobulin Levels Play as Predictors of Treatment Response and Prognosis in Pediatric Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome During the Remission Phase by Amin sadat Sharif, Naghmeh Nickravesh, Marzieh Heidarzadeh Arani, Mohammad Javad Azadchehr, Hossein Motedayyen

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Effective dietary interventions during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of behavior change techniques to promote healthy eating by Hannah O’Connor, Nina Meloncelli, Shelley A. Wilkinson, Anna Mae Scott, Lisa Vincze, Alita Rushton, Samantha Dawson, Jenna Hollis, Bree Whiteoak, Sarah Gauci, Susan de Jersey

“…The effective techniques and features for supporting and sustaining dietary change during pregnancy and postpartum are minimally reported. …”
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Tracing the change of the volatile compounds of soy sauce at different fermentation times by PTR-TOF-MS, E-nose and GC–MS by Qixin Kan, Longbipei Cao, Liping He, Peipei Wang, Guangdie Deng, Jun Li, Jiangyan Fu, Qingrong Huang, Chi-Tang Ho, Yunqi Li, Chunhui Xie, Yong Cao, Linfeng Wen

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Development of delayed pulmonary toxicities and transcriptional changes in pre-existing interstitial lung disease mice after partial thoracic irradiation by Jiamei Fu, Xinglong Liu, Yuchuan Zhou, Shengnan Zhao, Liang Zeng, Yan Pan, Jianghong Zhang, Kevin M. Prise, Chunlin Shao, Yaping Xu

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Refined construction of semi-provincial hydrogeological models using hierarchical modeling: A case study in Western Shandong Province, China by Guangjun Ji, Zizhao Cai, Xiaobo Tan, Tao Wang, Chuanqi Wang, Qiuxiao Xu, Bo Zhou, Yang Cui

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Linear dimensional changes and surface hardness of acetal resin in different periods of artificial saliva immersion in comparison with heat cure acrylic. by Sura S. Khalid, Widad A. AL-Nakkash

“…For each test 10 specimens were used. In this study two tests were performed. 10 maxillary denture bases for linear dimensional change by using digital microscope (Dino-lite Digital microscope) to measure the linear distance between reference points on the denture base. …”
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Characterization of a novel covS SNP identified in Australian group A Streptococcus isolates derived from the M1UK lineage by Johanna Richter, Amanda J. Cork, Yvette Ong, Nadia Keller, Andrew J. Hayes, Mark A. Schembri, Amy V. Jennison, Mark R. Davies, Kate Schroder, Mark J. Walker, Stephan Brouwer

“…We found that the CovSAla318Val mutation led to subtle, virulence-specific changes of the CovRS regulon compared to previously characterized covS mutations, highlighting an unappreciated level of complexity in CovRS-dependent gene regulation. …”
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Can nebulised heparin reduce acute lung injury in patients with SARS‑CoV‑2 requiring advanced respiratory support in Ireland: the CHARTER‑Ireland phase Ib/IIa, randomised, parallel... by David Cosgrave, Bairbre McNicholas, Ciara Hanley, John Robert Sheehan, Padraig Calpin, Maeve Kernan, Darragh Murphy, Alberto Alvarez‑Iglesias, John Ferguson, Camilla Giacomini, Christine Greene, Catriona Cody, Shane McGeary, Marion Murphy, Marianne Fitzgerald, Gerard Curley, Barry Dixon, Roger J. Smith, Claire Masterson, Daniel O’Toole, Frank van Haren, John G. Laffey

“…Mean age was 56.6 (SD 11.5) in the heparin group and 51.3 (SD 14.7) in the standard care group, while 60% of participants were male. There was no change in d-dimers from baseline to day 10 (heparin group mean change − 316.5, [SD 1840.3] and control group mean change − 321.7 [SD 3589.4]; p = 0.996). …”
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