Joint Education Provision: A Relief or Challenge to Quality Education Services in Uganda. “A Study in Buganda Region”. by Sempungu, Godfrey

“…Grounded in the Ugandan education system’s practice of joint education service delivery, without losing sight of the bulk of private education providers, this study sought to test whether the quality of education delivered today is better than what it would be if one stakeholder provided the service. …”
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Exploring English for Academic Purposes Program: Needs analysis and impact evaluation by Ika Lestari Damayanti, Pelin Derinalp, Firly Asyifa, Kurniawan Suryatama

“…The results of the need analysis were then used to inform the design and delivery of an online professional development program for EAP lecturers. …”
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Cost-Efficient Network Design in Multichannel WSNs With Power Control: A Grey Wolf Optimization Approach to Routing and Clustering by Mohammad-Salar Shahryari, Leili Farzinvash, Mohammad-Reza Feizi-Derakhshi

“…Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) require optimized energy consumption and an improved packet delivery ratio (PDR) for optimal performance. Clustering and routing strategies are frequently used to reduce energy usage, while multiradio (MR) multichannel (MC) systems improve PDR levels. …”
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Intranasal Lobular Capillary Hemangioma with Multiple Sites of Origin during Pregnancy: A Case Report and Literature Review by Lama S. Alalula, Abdullah S. Arafat, Riyadh A. Alhedaithy, Mohammed Elkrim

“…She was admitted and managed conservatively until she delivered her baby without complication. After delivery, a CT scan was taken, which showed an enhancing mass in the middle and lower meatus of the nasal cavity with no bony erosions. …”
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“The Early Years are Like a Foundation for the Future” Perspectives, Facilitators, and Challenges of Anganwadi Workers in Supporting Early Child Development Interventions in Hydera... by Gitanjali Lall, Reetabrata Roy, Kunduru Sharath Chandrika, Gauri Divan

“…Background: Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme, a large public health program, addresses the needs of young children with Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) as frontline agents of delivery. A scalable program incorporating early child development interventions (ASPIRE) has been developed to complement the program and address some of its gaps. …”
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Design of a Digital-Based, Multicomponent Nutrition Guidance System for Prevention of Early Childhood Obesity by Keriann H. Uesugi, Anne M. Dattilo, Maureen M. Black, Jose M. Saavedra

“…The multicomponent system consists of scientifically substantiated content, tools, and telephone-based professional support delivered in an anticipatory and sequential manner via the internet, email, and text messages, focusing on educational modules addressing the modifiable factors associated with childhood obesity. Digital delivery formats leverage consumer media trends and provide the opportunity for scale-up, unavailable to previous interventions reliant on resource heavy clinic and home-based counseling. …”
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Umbilical Cord Haematoma and Uterine Torsion: Rare Pregnancy Complications at Tu Du Hospital in Vietnam and a Review of Literature by Anh Dinh Bao Vuong, Phuc Nhon Nguyen

“…Moreover, no available imaging modality could investigate UCH prior to delivery. Surveillance on fetal heart rate monitoring may be helpful in this fatal situation.…”
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A Rationale for Going Back to the Future: Use of Disposable Spacers for Pressurised Metered Dose Inhalers by Mark Sanders, Ronald Bruin

“…This paper spacer requires neither preuse priming nor washing, and has demonstrated reproducible lung delivery of salbutamol sulphate pMDI, comparable to an industry-standard VHC, an alternative paperboard VHC, and pMDI alone. …”
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Novel, low-cost bioreactor for in vitro electrical stimulation of cardiac cells by Joseph P. Licata, Jonathan A. Gerstenhaber, Peter I. Lelkes

“…Finite element analysis and mathematical modeling were used to model the fluid dynamics and to characterize in detail the delivery of pulsatile electrical signals, providing precise control over stimulation parameters such as voltage, current, and charge.ResultsThe bioreactor developed here provides an easy-to-use, inexpensive platform for culturing hiPSC-CMs under the influence of ES and low-shear fluid flow for enhanced nutrient availability, while its “drop-in” design facilitates real-time observation of cultured cells. …”
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Deciphering the mechanisms of long non-coding RNAs in ferroptosis: insights into its clinical significance in cancer progression and immunology by Shengming Ou, Xiaoya Nie, Xiangyu Qiu, Xin Jin, Geyan Wu, Rongxin Zhang, Jinrong Zhu

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Successful Management of Pheochromocytoma Detected in Pregnancy by Interval Adrenalectomy in a VHL Patient by V. T. S. Kaluarachchi, Uditha Bulugahapitiya, Maulee Arambewela, Sonali Gunathilake

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Development of a PM2.5 Forecasting System Integrating Low-cost Sensors for Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by Nguyen Ky Phung, Nguyen Quang Long, Nguyen Van Tin, Dang Thi Thanh Le

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A scoping review of Deaf awareness programs in Health professional education. by Julia Terry, Rhian Meara

“…The review found sparse evidence of research into Deaf awareness programs delivered to health professional students, with delivery often solely to small groups of students, indicating why so few students can access information about how to communicate effectively with Deaf and hard of hearing patients during their initial training programs. …”
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Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome with Stroke in Puerperal Woman with High Titer of Anti-Phospholipid IgM Antibody by Hiroto Hirashima, Masahiro Iwamoto, Tadashi Ozawa, Shigeyoshi Kijima, Shigeki Matsubara, Akihide Ohkuchi

“…A tonic-clonic seizure abruptly occurred without either hypertension or proteinuria 5 days after delivery. Intracerebral hemorrhage involving an area of 2 cm in diameter in the right frontal lobe and subarachnoid hemorrhage with PRES were confirmed. …”
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Neonatal Outcomes of Late-Preterm Birth Associated or Not with Intrauterine Growth Restriction by Cristiane Ortigosa Rocha, Roberto Eduardo Bittar, Marcelo Zugaib

“…The control group consisted of 36 singleton pregnancies with spontaneous preterm delivery at the same GA, in which the infant was AGA. …”
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A Case of Pregnancy Complicated with ATIII Deficiency in a Patient Who Developed Severe Venous Thromboembolism in Her Fourth Pregnancy and Had a Favourable Outcome in Her Subsequen... by Mie Sakai, Jumpei Ogura, Koji Yamanoi, Takahiro Hirayama, Tsutomu Ohara, Haruka Suzuki, Yoshihide Inayama, Koji Yasumoto, Koh Suginami

“…Currently one and one-half years had passed after delivery and no major adverse events or thrombosis has occurred. …”
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Didelphys Uterus: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Shadi Rezai, Pameela Bisram, Isamarie Lora Alcantara, Ruchi Upadhyay, Carla Lara, Malvina Elmadjian

“…Patient had a vaginal delivery with left mediolateral episiotomy and complete tear of vaginal septum. …”
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Triple Negative Breast Cancer in Pregnancy and Postpartum: Two Case Reports in Hispanic Women by Ruchi Upadhyay, Qurat-Ul-Ain Butt, Abraham Hamaoui, Cassandra Henderson, Sydney McCalla, Hamid Gilak

“…The patient underwent chemotherapy during the pregnancy and was delivered with a cesarean at 37 weeks for obstetric indication. After delivery, the patient completed her chemotherapy that was followed by radical mastectomy and radiotherapy. …”
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Performance of Integrated Emergency Surgical Officers at Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Mizan-Aman, Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Margo S. Harrison, Ephrem Kirub, Tewodros Liyew, Biruk Teshome, Andrea Jimenez-Zambrano, Margaret Muldrow, Teklemariam Yarinbab

“…IESOs are performing more operative vaginal and cesarean births than other delivery providers. Outcomes of their deliveries are worse than those of midwives, but this is likely due to the acuity level of the patients and not the provider type.…”
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Physical activity in adult users of inpatient mental health services: A scoping review. by Garry A Tew, Emily Peckham, Suzy Ker, Jo Smith, Philip Hodgson, Katarzyna K Machaczek, Matthew Faires

“…The inpatient environment provides an opportunity to support people to become more physically active; however, there is limited evidence on which interventions are most successful and what contextual factors affect their delivery. A scoping review was conducted to help understand the extent and type of evidence in this area and identify research gaps. …”
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