Psychological and autonomous nervous system features of functional gastric dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome, duloxetine treatment efficacy by A. P. Pogromov, G. M. Dyukova, M. L. Leonova

“…After 8 wks of treatment clinical improvement was accomplished in the majority of patients, however preserved symptoms and signs have required continuation of therapy up to achievement of clinical remission. …”
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Loan Monitoring Costs and Loan Payment in SACCOs: A Case Study of Mitooma People's SACCO in Mitooma Town Council Mitooma District. by Mugarura, Adison

“…The study findings also revealed that loan clearance and dealing with the defaulters affects the recipients negatively, loan monitoring also determines whether the remaining contingency reserves for cost and schedules are adequate, loans with high loan monitoring have higher monthly payments or take longer to pay off than loans with low loan monitoring, therefore the higher loan monitoring charged by most financial institutions as a loaning requirement hinders loan request which affects the socio-economic status of the recipients and women are given little or no loans because they lack collaterals as a requirement from the financial institution and this retards development, the interest rate mostly does not favor women who are considered to be the agents for development. …”
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Tracheostomy-related indications, early complications and their predictors among patients in low resource settings: a prospective cohort study in the pre-COVID-19 era by Nyanzi, Daniel J., Daniel, Atwine, Kamoga, Ronald, Birungi, Caroline, Nansubuga, Caroline A., Nyaiteera, Victoria, Nakku, Doreen

“…Emphasis on multidisciplinary team care,standardization of tracheostomy care protocols, and continuous collection of patient data as well as paying attention to patient quality of life factors such as early return to oral feeding, ambulation and normal speech may have great potential for improved quality of tracheostomy care in low resource settings.…”
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Utilizing A Multi-Stage Transition Model for Analysing Child Stunting in Two Urban Slum Settlements of Nairobi: A Longitudinal Analysis, 2011-2014. by Oduro, Michael S., IddiI, Samuel, Asiedu, Louis, Asiki, Gershim, Kadengye, DamazoT.

“…The associations between explanatory factors and the transitions between four child stunting states were modeled using a continuous-time multi-state model. Results We observed that 48%, 39%, 41%, and 52% of children remained in the normal, marginally stunted, moderately stunted, and severely stunted states, respectively. …”
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Adherence to Viral Load Testing Guidelines, Barriers, and Associated Factors Among Persons Living with HIV on ART in Southwestern Uganda: a Mixed-Methods Study. by Lubega, Polly, Nalugya, Sylivia Juliet, Kimuli, Angella Namyalo, Twinokusiima, Majoreen, Khasalamwa, Mercy, Kyomugisa, Richard, Kabami, Jane, Owaraganise, Asiphas

“…Patient chart review using a checklist that captured age, gender, and level of a healthcare facility, dates of ART initiation, dates VL specimens were drawn, line of ART, and patient adherence to ART was done. Continuous data were summarized using mean and median and Chi-square was used for categorical data. …”
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Entrepreneurship skills application among ICT Graduates of Muni University, Uganda by Ritah, Nafuna, Nicholas, Nkamwesiga, Phelix, Businge Mbabazi

“…There is a need to continuously conduct more similar studies with other subsequent graduates in order to track the application of entrepreneurial skills by the ICT graduates of Muni University. …”
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Cerebral Cortical Activity During Academic Stress Amongst Undergraduate Medical Students at Kampala International University (Uganda) by Mujinya, Regan, Kalange, Muhamudu, Ochieng, Juma John, Ninsiima, Herbert Izo, Eze, Ejike Daniel, Afodun, Adam Moyosore, Nabirumbi, Ritah, Sulaiman, Sheu Oluwadare, Kairania, Emmanuel, Echoru, Isaac, Okpanachi, Alfred Omachonu, Matama, Kevin, Asiimwe, Oscar Hilary, Nambuya, Grace, Usman, Ibe Michael, Obado, Osuwat Lawrence, Zirintunda, Gerald, Ssempijja, Fred, Nansunga, Miriam, Matovu, Henry, Ayikobua, Emmanuel Tiyo, Nganda, Ponsiano Ernest, Onanyang, David, Ekou, Justine, Musinguzi, Simon Peter, Ssimbwa, Godfrey, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi

“…Background: Stress among medical students is related to their academic lifespan; however, information on brain health among medical students from developing countries continues to be scarce. The objective of this study was to establish perceived academic stress levels, assess the ability to cope with stress, and investigate its effects on the visual reaction time (VRT), audio reaction time (ART), and tactile reaction time (TRT) in the somatosensory cortex among medical students of Uganda. …”
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Factors Associated with Stunting in Children Under Five Years of Age: A Case of Buhara Sub County, Kabale District. by Namanya, Oliver

“…Under nutrition, especially stunting has continued to be a health burden among children of less than five years of age living in low- and middle-income countries. …”
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Assessment of Hand-Hygiene Practices Among Health Care Workers at Kisoro Hospital, Kisoro District. by Nsenga, Alex

“…However, 91(85.8%) of the respondents reported lack of continuous flow of water as the major barrier hindering health care workers from practicing hand hygiene. …”
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Balancing selection at a wing pattern locus is associated with major shifts in genome-wide patterns of diversity and gene flow by Rodríguez de Cara, María Ángeles, Jay, Paul, Rougemont, Quentin, Chouteau, Mathieu, Whibley, Annabel, Huber, Barbara, Piron-Prunier, Florence, Ramos, Renato Rogner, Freitas, André V. L., Salazar, Camilo, Silva-Brandão, Karina Lucas, Torres, Tatiana Teixeira, Joron, Mathieu

“…By contrast, monomorphic populations of H. numata as well as its sister species and their ancestral lineages all show lower effective population sizes and genetic diversity, and higher levels of geographical structure across the continent. One hypothesis is that the large effective population size of polymorphic populations could be caused by the shift to a regime of balancing selection due to the genetic load and disassortative preferences associated with inversions. …”
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The importance of genotyping within the climate-smart plant breeding value chain – integrative tools for genetic enhancement programs by Ana Luísa Garcia-Oliveira, Rodomiro Ortiz, Fatma Sarsu, Søren K. Rasmussen, Paterne Agre, Asrat Asfaw, Moctar Kante, Subhash Chander

“…Considering particularly Africa, this continent has several agro-climatic zones, hence crops need to be adapted to these. …”
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Being a tree crop increases the odds of experiencing yield declines irrespective of pollinator dependence by Aizen, Marcelo A., Gleiser, Gabriela, Kitzberger, Thomas A., Milla, Ruben

“…In particular, yield declines were more common among tree than herbaceous and shrub crops in all major regions but in Africa, a continent showing a high incidence of yield declines irrespective of growth form. …”
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One stage transanal versus one stage laparoscopic-assisted transanal endorectal pull-through in managing Hirschsprung’s disease in pediatric age group; a retrospective study by Ahmed Elrouby, Sameh Shehata, Saber Waheeb, Ahmed Khairi, Doaa AbdAl-Aziz, Baher Looka

“…Moreover, the frequency of defecation, constipation, enterocolitis, anastomotic stricture, and continence were assessed. Results The age at operation was significantly lower (p < 0.001*) in patients of Group A (13.95 ± 18.18) than in patients of Group B (32.03 ± 16.20). …”
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Global cervical cancer elimination: quantifying the status, progress, and gaps by Liangru Zhou, Yi Li, Hongyun Wang, Ruixi Qin, Zhen Han, Ruifeng Li

“…This retrospective analysis examined data from 194 countries and regions, stratified by national income (high-income countries (HICs) vs low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)) and geographic location (continents such as Europe, Asia, and North America). …”
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Association between the low-density lipoprotein to high-density lipoprotein ratio and prognosis in critically ill intracerebral hemorrhage patients: a retrospective cohort study fr... by Yuchen Liu, Houxin Fu, Yue Wang, Yi Zhong, Rongting Zhang, Jingxuan Sun, Tianquan Yang, Yong Han, Yongjun Xiang, Bin Yuan, Ruxuan Zhou, Min Chen, Hangzhou Wang

“…Initially, the association between LHR and short-term outcomes in ICH patients, including ICU mortality, in-hospital mortality, and 28-day mortality, was analyzed using Cox regression in both continuous and categorical models. Additionally, restricted cubic spline (RCS), subgroup, and sensitivity analyses were conducted to further validate our findings. …”
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Out-of-Pocket Expenditure (OOPE) on Selected Surgeries in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department incurred by Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya  Yojana (AB-PMJAY), Privat... by Dr. Kumar Sumit, Reena Verma, Prajwal Salins, Helmut Brand, Siddhartha Sankar Acharya, Sagarika Kamath, rajesh kamath, Dr. Vidya Prabhu

“…High OOPE rates for uninsured patients (100%) and private health insurance (38.15%) compared to 0% OOPE in AB-PMJAY emphasizes the need for the continued expansion of AB-PMJAY.…”
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The AMD-associated genetic polymorphism CFH Y402H confers vulnerability to Hydroquinone-induced stress in iPSC-RPE cells by Angela Armento, Inga Sonntag, Ana-Cristina Almansa-Garcia, Merve Sen, Sylvia Bolz, Blanca Arango-Gonzalez, Ellen Kilger, Ruchi Sharma, Kapil Bharti, Rosario Fernandez-Godino, Berta de la Cerda, Simon J. Clark, Simon J. Clark, Simon J. Clark, Marius Ueffing

“…There has been, and continues to be, much discussion around the functional consequences of this Y402H polymorphism, whether the soluble FH protein confers its risk association, or if the cells expressing the protein themselves are affected by the genetic alteration. …”
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Effect of prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation on birth weight in Ethiopia: protocol for a pragmatic cluster-randomised trial by Joanna Schellenberg, Charles Opondo, Tanya Marchant, Lars Åke Persson, Masresha Tessema, Atkure Defar, Alemneh Kabeta Daba, Girum Taye, Senait Alemayehu, Elias Asfaw, Anene Tesfa, Bedasa Tessema, Kalkidan Zenebe

“…During the study period, the birth weights of all eligible babies born in enrolled health facilities in these 42 districts are continuously recorded alongside data on maternal receipt and use of either multiple micronutrient or iron-folic acid supplementation. …”
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Regulatory signatures involved in the cell cycle pathway contribute to egg production heterosis in chicken by Jingwei Yuan, Yuanmei Wang, Yanyan Sun, Yunlei Li, Aixin Ni, Qin Li, Hanhan Yang, Xinying Xu, Yunhe Zong, Hui Ma, Jilan Chen

“…Results In present study, we measured the continuous manifestation of heterosis ranging from 2.67% to 10.24% for egg number in the crossbreds generated by reciprocal crossing White Leghorn and Beijing You chicken. …”
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DAILY – A personalized circadian Zeitgeber therapy as an adjunctive treatment for alcohol use disorder patients: results of a pilot trial by Naomi Springer, Naomi Springer, Lisa Echtler, Lisa Echtler, Paul Volkmann, Anisja Hühne-Landgraf, Anisja Hühne-Landgraf, Jasmin Hochenbleicher, Eva Hoch, Eva Hoch, Gabi Koller, Dominic Landgraf

“…In our view, these data justify a continuation of the DAILY study with the addition of further measurements such as the determination of endogenous circadian rhythms.Clinical trial registrationhttps://drks.de, identifier DRKS00019093.…”
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