Investigating the Suitability of Partial Replacement of Basalt with Scoria as a Base Course Material for a Flexible Pavement. by Wambei, Allan

“…According to the general specifications for roads and bridges works, (Ministry of Works, Housing and Communicatins, 2005), the minimum requirements for plasticity index, particle size distribution, flakiness index, linear shrinkage and ten percent fines value are non-plastic, within the specified upper and lower limits, below 35% (<35%), below 3% (<3%) and above 110 kN with a ratio of soaked to dry being greater than 75% respectively. …”
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Financial Institutions and Agricultural development in Rwanda. A Case Study of Rwanda Development Bank. by Boniface, Kabahizi

“…The reasons behind this are the interest rate for agricultural sector and exportation loans is lower compared to other sectors financed by RDB. …”
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Board of Governors’ roles and students’ academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Kikagate Sub-County, Isingiro District. by Wilson Mukombe, Bagarukayo

“…The study findings indicated that Kamubeizi secondary school performs lower (μ=18.08) than the other schools, while Kyezimbire secondary school performs better (μ=22.18) than the other three secondary schools, followed by Kikagate secondary school (μ=22.11) and Rwamurunga community secondary school (μ=22.07), with students’ scores ranging from 8 (Minimum) to 48 (Maximum) aggregates. …”
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Thesis Overview by Editor-in-Chief jCEC

“…Submissions for the publication of the “Thesis Overview” can be made in a continuous flow, following the submission instructions, available through the link: https://periodicos.ufv.br/jcec/about/submissions   [PT] Publique conosco o teu “Thesis Overview”. …”
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Selected Abstracts of the 20th International Workshop on Neonatology and Pediatrics; Cagliari (Italy); October 23-26, 2024 by --- Various Authors

“…Asunis, M. Balzarini, E. Flore, D. Pruna, G. Masnata (Cagliari, Italy) ABS 24. …”
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Identification and analysis of drivers affecting the maturity of knowledge management in Tehran Municipal Sports Organization by ismail khandan, Ali Mohammad Safania, Mohsen Baghrian Farahabadi, Seyyed Salahuddin i Naqshband

“…Also, the drivers of knowledge management processes and flow, information technology infrastructure, and employees are more effected and less effective. …”
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Effect of the Iridoid-rich Fraction from <italic>Valeriana jatamansi</italic> Jones on Oxidative Stress in Rats with Spinal Cord Injury by Jiaojuan HUANG, Wenchun WANG, Deqi XIONG, Hao LU, Wu XIANG, Xiaohua ZHAO, Ruihan ZHOU, Anren ZHANG

“…The results of the biochemical kit tests showed that the activity of GSH-PX and CAT antioxidant enzymes in the spinal cord of the model group was lower than that in the sham-operated group; compared with the model group, in the treatment group with iridoid-rich fraction from <italic>Valeriana jatamansi</italic> Jones the activity of the antioxidant enzymes of GSH-PX(<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.05)and CAT(<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.01)of the spinal cord tissue increased significantly. …”
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The application of Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model-based whole-course nutritional management in elderly patients with esophageal cancer (基于信息-动机-行为技巧模型的全程化营养管理在老年食管癌... by TANG Ping (汤平), SUN Yun (孙云), WANG Lan (王兰)

“…The patient generated-subjective global assessment (PG-SGA) score of the experimental group before discharge and 1 month after operation was lower than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P＜0. 05). …”
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Efficacy of Alginate-Antacid Medication in the Treatment of Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease by O. A. Storonova, A. S. Trukhmanov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Before treatment, high-resolution esophageal manometry was performed to exclude the esophageal hiatal hernia (EHH) and to determine the upper and lower boundaries of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). …”
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Digitalisasi Model Sistem Akuntansi Terintegrasi Bagi Usaha Bersama Simpan Pinjam di Kota Kupang by Yustina Alfira Nay, Selfiana Goetha, Maria Goreti Malut

“…Tahap desain menggunakan Data Flow Diagram (DFD) level 0 dan 1, desain database Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD), flowchart dan metode black box untuk menguji kesesuaian spesifikasi sistem dengan kebutuhan fungsional UBSP. …”
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Ethical issues in the development and implementation of nutrition-related public health policies and interventions: A scoping review. by Thierry Hurlimann, Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas, Abha Saxena, Gerardo Zamora, Béatrice Godard

“…In comparison, ethical issues raised by public health interventions in the fields of undernutrition, breastfeeding, vitamin/mineral supplementation and food fortification, food security, food sustainability and food safety are addressed in a lower proportion of the sample. The results illustrate the various natures, types, and scopes of existing public health nutrition-related interventions, and the various ethical issues that may be raised by these interventions, in addition to the numerous and different contexts in which they may be implemented.…”
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Oxamflatin and ascorbic acid improves developmental competence and quality of buffalo (Bubalis bubalis) cloned embryos by Sonal Gupta, Gaurav Tripathi, Kartikey Patel, Ram Parsad, Tanya Gupta, Naresh L. Selokar, Manoj Kumar Singh

“…The TUNEL assay showed a significantly lower (p<0.05) apoptotic index in combined (OxF+AA) treatment (1.43±0.43) as compared to oxamflatin (3.54±0.46), ascorbic acid (3.24±0.49) and control (5.06±0.48). …”
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MUC5B modulation of early oral biofilm glucose metabolism by Carolina Robertsson, Carolina Robertsson, Julia Davies, Gunnel Svensäter, Anders Bay Nord, Niclas Norrström, Claes Wickström

“…In early biofilms where they were each present, pyruvate, ethanol, and metabolite 134 were present in significantly higher abundance in the presence of 25% MUC5B with 20 mM glucose (MUC5B + G) compared with a physiologic buffer with 20 mM glucose (PBS + G), while metabolites 84, 97, and sarcosine were present at significantly lower abundance. Metabolite 72 was unique to biofilms grown in MUC5B + G, and eight unannotated metabolites were unique to biofilms grown in PBS + G. …”
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Funding liquidity on bank lending growth: The case of India by Erum Shaikh, Muhammad Nawaz Tunio, Vishal Dagar

“…This indicates that higher capital can limit the effect of funding liquidity on the growth of the banks’ loans, therefore the findings are consistent with the hypothesis that higher capital can lower the effect of funding liquidity. This study’s model also reveals the significantly favorable impact that funding liquidity has on the expansion of banks’ loan portfolios, which ultimately results in a more sophisticated increase in the growth rate of bank lending. …”
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Factors associated with perceived changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior in the Brazilian university community during the COVID-19 pandemic by Marcos Cezar Pitombo da Silva Junior, Enaiane Cristina Menezes, Sand Araújo Tenório, Sueyla Ferreira da Silva dos Santos, Thiago Ferreira de Sousa, Luiz Rodrigo Augustemak de Lima

“…The likelihood of higher SB was lower among women with a good health perception (58.0%) or aged 30–39 (34.0%) or 40+ (50.0%), and among men with a good health perception (61.0%) or aged 30–39 (42.0%) or 40+ (54.0%). …”
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Effects of two kinds of vestibular function training on reducing motion sickness in college students by Linyao Shi, Jing Zhao, Jiamei Lu, Chuanxia Cao, Qikun Zhang, Chuanjing Qiu, Zhanguo Jin, Shengguang Yan, Shengguang Yan, Shengguang Yan

“…When the two groups were stratified into high and low-susceptibility subgroups, the low-susceptibility subgroup of the electric rotating chair group had lower Graybiel scores and diastolic blood pressures than the low-susceptibility visual-motion cage rotating chair subgroup, whereas in the high susceptibility subgroup, LF, rMSSD, and pNN50 were significantly higher in the visual-motion cage rotating chair group than in the electric rotating chair group.DiscussionThis study compared the effects of two types of vestibular function training on Graybiel scores and heart rate variability (HRV). we found that seven days of training with both the electric rotating chair and the visual-motion cage rotating chair relieved MS symptoms and enhanced sympathetic regulation. …”
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Evaluation and Comparison of the Academic Quality of Open-Access Mega Journals and Authoritative Journals: Disruptive Innovation Evaluation by Yuyan Jiang, Xue-li Liu, Liyun Wang

“…ConclusionsWhile the average disruptive innovation level of papers published by OAMJs is significantly lower than that of authoritative journals, OAMJs have become an important publication channel for innovative research in various research directions. …”
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Oral health risks in adults who use electronic nicotine delivery systems and oral nicotine pouches: a critical review of the literature and qualitative synthesis of the available e... by Gerhard Scherer, Nikola Pluym, Max Scherer

“…Significant increases (indicating a worsening in oral health), significant decreases (indicating a lower level of detrimental effects) and no significant difference between groups were assigned scores of + 1, -1 and 0, respectively. …”
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Plasma Levels of Propionylcarnitine Improved Prediction of Heart Failure and All-Cause Mortality in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease by Jairo Lumpuy-Castillo, Francisco J. Rupérez, Brenda Lee Simas Porto, Carmen Cristóbal, Nieves Tarín, Ana Isabel Huelmos, Joaquín Alonso, Jesús Egido, Ignacio Mahíllo-Fernández, Lorenzo López-Bescós, José Tuñón, Óscar Lorenzo

“…These patients showed increased plasma levels of NT-proBNP (1300 vs. 250 pg/mL; <i>p</i> < 0.001), pro-inflammatory/fibrotic MCP-1 (1.7 vs. 1.4 × 10² pg/mL; <i>p</i> = 0.043), Gal-3 (12.7 vs. 7.9 ng/mL; <i>p</i> < 0.001), and NGAL (2.7 vs. 1.6 × 10² ng/mL; <i>p</i> < 0.001), and lower acetyl- and propionylcarnitines (0.59 vs. 0.99 µM, <i>p</i> = 0.007, and 3.22 vs. 6.49 × 10⁻² µM, <i>p</i> < 0.001, respectively). …”
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Survival status of women with cervical cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2024 by Tadele Emagneneh, Chalie Mulugeta, Betelhem Ejigu, Abebaw Alamrew, Aynalem Yetwale Hiwot, Sefineh Fenta Feleke

“…The 2-year survival rate was 60% (95% CI, 46–74) with I² = 99.12 and p-value &lt; 0.001, the 3-year survival was 48% (95% CI, 35–62) with I² = 98.45 and p-value &lt; 0.001, the 4-year survival was 42.9% (95% CI, 32.7–53.1) with I² = 96.80 and p-value &lt; 0.001, and the 5-year survival was 35% (95% CI, 27–44) with I² = 98.74 and p-value &lt; 0.001.ConclusionsThis systematic review and meta-analysis found that the survival rates for patients with cervical cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa are much lower than the global averages. The results show that the 5-year survival rate can be as low as 35%, highlighting serious challenges in managing cervical cancer in this region. …”
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