Assessment of the Impact of Floods to the Local Community in Nyarusiza Sub-County Kisoro District. by Murengezi, Innocent

“…During this time, rainwater flows and is collected in dams. When this tired or collected water reaches beyond the storage capacity limit, it ends up in flood. …”
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Village Savings and loan associations and socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable people in Kamuganguzi Sub-County Kabale, District, Uganda. by Deus, Mwijukye, Moses, Agaba

“…The recommendations were; need to improving the health status of women in families as well as children since they are regarded vulnerable in order to let them live happily; there should be improved nutrition and food supply to all families to let children and other members grow healthy and live a happy life; increased household income should be the ultimate goal fostered by credit accessibility in the area which must be done with ease through the start of small and medium enterprises especially women; it is recommended that the vulnerable groups of people have the replacement of the damaged property in case of any loss aiming at keeping standards of living at household level; achieving flexibility to immense development of social capital required the development of the saving culture that promotes regular income to help the community solve their personal problems; the social fund should be a unifying factor that enhances development through increased social networking to allow information flow since information is power.…”
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Village Savings and Loan Associations and Socio-Economic Empowerment of Vulnerable People in Kamuganguzi Sub-County Kabale, District, Uganda by Mwijukye, Deus, Moses, Agaba

“…The recommendations were; need to improving the health status of women in families as well as children since they are regarded vulnerable in order to let them live happily; there should be improved nutrition and food supply to all families to let children and other members grow healthy and live a happy life; increased household income should be the ultimate goal fostered by credit accessibility in the area which must be done with ease through the start of small and medium enterprises especially women; it is recommended that the vulnerable groups of people have the replacement of the damaged property in case of any loss aiming at keeping standards of living at household level; achieving flexibility to immense development of social capital required the development of the saving culture that promotes regular income to help the community solve their personal problems; the social fund should be a unifying factor that enhances development through increased social networking to allow information flow since information is power…”
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Possible scenarios of sustainable supply chain in dairy industry with future research approach by Meysam Abedini, Narges Mohammadalipour, Ashraf Shahmansouri, Mahnaz Rabiei

“…The supply chain includes all activities related to the flow and conversion of goods from the stage of conversion of raw materials to the final products, as well as information flows related to them. …”
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Analysis of some error-causing factors in two-dimensional geoelectrical studies and providing a solution to minimize them by Hosein Moghaddasi, Mohsen Moghaddasi, Ahmad Neyamadpour

“…However, according to the authors of this article, even these values should be considered with caution and we suggest data acquisition with an even lower “n”. In fact, in the real world, and especially in IP/Rs investigation, many factors are the source of noise and we should use lower “n” factors to get the correct and real data. …”
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Characteristics and quality of biofloc in vannamei shrimp culture with different carbon sources by Muhammad Faris Allam, Julie Ekasari, Ichsan Achmad Fauzi, Wiyoto Wiyoto

“…Meanwhile, the water quality between the treatments had relatively close values, but the CL treatment was able to suppress TAN and NO2 lower than the DX and ST treatments during the rearing period. …”
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Clinical efficacy and safety of acupuncture at Houtian Baguapoint around umbilicus combined with acupoint massage in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea (针刺脐后天八卦穴联合穴位按摩治疗原发性痛经的临床... by HE Yan (何宴), DUI Minjie (杜敏杰)

“…After 3 menstrual cycles of treatment, the VAS score and CMSS score in the treatment group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P＜0. 05). …”
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Trifluridine-tipiracil in previously treated patients with oestrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer (BOOG 2019-01 TIBET trial): a single-arm, multicentre... by Niels A.D. Guchelaar, Ron H.J. Mathijssen, Maaike de Boer, Marlies L. van Bekkum, Joan B. Heijns, Birgit E.P.J. Vriens, Mandy M. van Rosmalen, Lonneke W. Kessels, Lisanne Hamming, Karin J. Beelen, Peter Nieboer, Susan M. van den Berg, Esther Oomen-de Hoop, Rhodé M. Bijlsma, Monique E.M.M. Bos

“…The primary endpoint was considered met, justifying further research of this treatment regimen, if the lower boundary of the 80% confidence interval (CI) exceeded 30%. …”
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Immune Cell-Based versus Albumin-Based Ratios as Outcome Predictors in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients by Zeba S, Surbatovic M, Udovicic I, Stanojevic I, Vojvodic D, Rondovic G, Mladenovic K, Abazovic T, Hasanovic A, Ilic AN, Abazovic D, Khan W, Djordjevic D

“…White blood cell and neutrophil counts were significantly higher, while lymphocyte and platelet counts were significantly lower in nonsurvivors. MPV, MPV/PC, NLR, d-NLR, MLR, N/LP, CRP, LDH, CPR, CLR, LLR, SII, and SIRI values were significantly higher in nonsurvivors. …”
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Clinical effect of Chinese medicine preparation at Shenque and Dazhui acupoints on relieving the symptoms of sleep disorders in patients with laryngocarcinoma (中药制剂贴敷神阙和大椎改善喉癌患者睡眠障... by SHI Wei (石炜), LIU Chunyan (刘春艳)

“…The TCM syndrome score decreased in both group after intervention, and TCM syndrome score in the treatment group was lower than that in the control group (P＜0. 05). One person in the treatment group experienced skin reaction. …”
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Control of Ectoparasitic Monogenean Infestation on GIFT Tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) using Salt Addition by Yani Hadiroseyani, L.S. Harti, Sri Nuryati

“…The intensity of both parasites was found to be lower as salt concentration increase. Salt concentration of 24 g/l was the most effective concentration to reduce parasites infestation and could totally treat the infested fish within 6 days. …”
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Application of “Tree Hole Listening” psychological support service in emotional management of neurology nurses (“树洞倾听”心理支持服务在神经内科护士情绪管理中的应用)... by FEI Cailian (费才莲), WANG Yu (王瑜), ZHANG Jingyi (张静怡), XIE Juan (谢娟)

“…The post-intervention score of ELS-C (46. 74 ± 7. 84) was notably lower than pre-intervention score (53. 11 ± 7. 06), with a significant difference (P＜0. 05). …”
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Comparative efficacy of incretin drugs on glycemic control, body weight, and blood pressure in adults with overweight or obesity and with/without type 2 diabetes: a systematic revi... by Song Liu, Jiaqiang Hu, Chen Zhao, Hang Liu, Chunyang He

“…For blood pressure management, Tirzepatide significantly reduced systolic blood pressure (MD: -6.69 mmHg, 95% CI: -7.62 to -5.75, P-score: 0.84, p < 0.0001) and diastolic blood pressure (MD: -3.73 mmHg, 95% CI: -4.75 to -2.71, P-score: 0.92, p < 0.0001), with nearly all agents lowering systolic blood pressure by more than 5 mmHg. …”
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Establishment and Evaluation of a Rat Model of Non-Puerperal Mastitis by YIN Yulian, MA Lina, TU Siyuan, CHEN Ling, YE Meina, CHEN Hongfeng

“…IL-1β levels were higher on the 3rd, 7th, and 14th days compared with the control group (P<0.01) but lower than the control group on the 28th day (P>0.05). iNOS levels were significantly higher on the 7th day after the final immunization (P<0.001). …”
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Application of a 3D Fusion Model to Evaluate the Efficacy of Clear Aligner Therapy in Malocclusion Patients: Prospective Observational Study by Chaofeng Liu, Yan Liu, Chunyan Yi, Tao Xie, Jingjun Tian, Peishen Deng, Changyu Liu, Yan Shan, Hangyu Dong, Yanhua Xu

“…Outcomes included upper core discrepancy (UCD), upper incisors anteroposterior discrepancy (UAP), lower Spee curve deep discrepancy (LSD), upper anterior teeth width discrepancy (UAW), upper canine width discrepancy (UCW), upper molar width discrepancy (UMW), and total scores. …”
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Study on the status of liver function abnormalities and its related factors in patients with severe mental disorders in Shanghai community by ZHANG Yixuan, CHEN Chunmei, ZHU Youwei, ZHU Yi, HE Siyuan, LIU Yanli, WANG Na, CAI Jun, XIE Bin, ZHANG Weibo

“…Univariate analysis showed that the rate of liver function abnormalities was higher in males than that in females (χ2=45.026, P<0.001), higher in suburbs than that in urban areas (χ2=25.317, P<0.001), higher in those with higher BMI than in those with lower BMI (χ2=63.748, P<0.001), higher in those with elevated blood pressure (BP) than in those without elevated BP (χ2=24.774, P<0.001), higher in those with elevated blood glucose than in those without elevated blood glucose (χ2=43.345, P<0.001), higher in those with abnormal triglyceride (TG) than in those with normal TG (χ2=15.551, P<0.001), and higher in those with abnormal total cholesterol (TC) than in those with normal TC (χ2=10.962, P=0.001). …”
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Therapeutic Effect of Cardiac Exercise Rehabilitation Program Based on Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test on Patients with Stable Coronary Heart Disease Complicated with Hypertension by TONG Yiman, GAO Min, WANG Xinyu, CAO Yuhan, CHEN Wei

“…Compared with the control group, SBP_rest, DBP_peak, HR_rest and VE/VCO_{2 slope} in the observation group were significantly lower after treatment, HRR₁-HRR₄, VO_{2 peak}, AT, VO₂/HR_peak, METs_peak, Work_peak, SF-36 scores (physical functioning, role physical, bodily pain, general health, social functioning and mental health) were significantly higher after treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), PSQI score decreased significantly (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).ConclusionThe cardiac exercise rehabilitation program based on CPET can improve cardiac autonomic function, cardiopulmonary function, exercise ability, sleep and quality of life of patients with stable coronary heart disease complicated with hypertension, which is recommended for clinical application.…”
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Design and application of inter-hospital transfer form based on SBAR communication mode for transferring critically ill patients in the Psychiatric Department (基于SBAR沟通模式的院内转科交接单在精... by GU Liqin (顾丽琴), KONG Fanzhen (孔凡贞), JI Caifang (季彩芳), ZHU Xiaolan (朱晓岚)

“…Results The incidence of adverse events in hospital transfer in the observation group was lower than that in the observation group (3. 19% vs. 12. 77%, P＜0. 05). …”
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Protective effects and possible mechanisms of mesenchymal stem cells and mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles against kidney fibrosis in animal models: a systematic... by Yuanchen Lv, Zibo Hua, Xiaomei Lu

“…The hUCB MSC and MSC-Exos offer a promising alternative due to their lower price and accessibility. Nevertheless, further high-quality studies are required in the future to address the methodological limitations identified in this review.Systematic Review RegistrationIdentifier INPLASY2022100104.…”
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Faktor Risiko Terjadinya Ulkus Diabetikum pada Pasien Diabetes Mellitus yang Dirawat Jalan dan Inap di RSUP Dr. M. Djamil dan RSI Ibnu Sina Padang by Rizky Loviana Roza, Rudy Afriant, Zulkarnain Edward

“…<br />Kata kunci: faktor risiko, DM, ulkus diabetikum</p><p>Abstract<br />Diabetic foot ulcer is defined as the presence of infection, ulceration and/or destruction of deep tissues associated with neurologic abnormalities and various degrees of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in the lower limb on patients with diabetes. Foot ulceration is preventable, and relatively simple interventions can reduce amputations by up to 80%. …”
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