Primary ciliary dyskinesia: Meeting the challenges of diagnosis in South Africa by Z Dangor, M Birkhead, C Verwey, D Gray, A Vanker, L Githinji, A Goga, R Masekela, M Zampoli

“…The prevalence of PCD in low- and middle-income settings, including South Africa (SA), is unknown, largely owing to challenges with diagnosis, and identifying children or adults with PCD is challenging in a setting with a high prevalence of other infectious diseases, including lower respiratory tract infections and tuberculosis. …”
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Confidential communication scheme based on uncertainty of underwater noisy channels by Ming XU, Fang CHEN

“…Aiming at the influence of the uncertainty of underwater noise on information transmission and the security problem of the communication over noisy channels,a confidential communication scheme based on the uncertainty of underwater noisy channels was proposed.The proposed scheme was composed of an interactive key extraction protocol based on Godel’s code and a privacy amplification protocol based on r-circulant Toeplitz matrix.During the process of key extraction,the key sequence comparing number was reduced through the Godel’s code.When calculating the key length after privacy amplification,the uncertainty of underwater noise was considered to make the proposed scheme more practical.Experimental results show that under the condition of satisfying protocol security,it takes 11.99 s to transmit 119 940 bit string where the lower bound of the generated secret key length is 117 331 bit after privacy amplification and the upper bound of the adversary’s information about the secret key is 2 609 bit.Moreover,the proposed scheme (nt+s)×(nt+s)-order r-circulant Toeplitz matrix decreases(nt+s)-1 bit memory space compared to the traditional Toeplitz matrix with the same order.…”
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Restoration of Degraded Agricultural Land by Alex, Saturday

“…Restoration of saline agricultural land can be achieved through recharge stabilization and reconstruction of saline land through fencing, retain remnant vegetation, revegetation, runoff interception earthworks, and water table lowering.…”
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Characterizing absolutely irreducible integer-valued polynomials over discrete valuation domains by Hiebler, Moritz, Nakato, Sarah, Rissner, Roswitha

“…Additionally, we provide other (larger) lower bounds…”
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Assessing the Effect of Different Particle Sizes of Coarse Aggregates on Concrete Properties. by Ahabwe, Reinhard

“…Additionally, workability was found to increase with larger aggregate sizes, with slumps measured at 76, 81, 87, and 98 mm for 10, 14, 20, and 28 mm aggregates, respectively, due to larger aggregates having a lower surface-to-volume ratio, which reduces contact between aggregate particles and the cement paste.…”
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Using Fabric Cutoffs to Create Branding Patchwork Designs Around Kabale Town. by Amutuheire, Anold

“…The findings are significant for artists and designers, emphasizing how recycling fabric offcuts can lower costs and promote environmental conservation. …”
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Effect of Child Abuse on Academic Performance of Pupils in Selected Primary Schools in Kamuganguzi Sub-County Ndorwa West Kabale District. by Kesande, Novias

“…The analysis shows a strong correlation between child abuse and poor academic performance, with abused pupils demonstrating lower grades, decreased school attendance, and higher dropout rates compared to their non-abused peers. …”
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Synergistic action of propolis with levodopa in the management of Parkinsonism in Drosophila melanogaster by Herbert Izo, Ninsiima, Emmanuel Tiyo, Ayikobua, Josephine, Kasolo, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Ejike, Daniel Eze

“…Propolis in combination with levodopa significantly (P<0.05) improved physiological parameters at higher than lower concentrations in Parkinsonism Drosophila melanogaster demonstrating its importance in managing side effects associated with levodopa. …”
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Pesticide residues in vegetables produced in rural south-western Uganda by Hannington, Ngabirano, Grace, Birungi

“…Pesticide residues may lower food quality and pose risk to human health. …”
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Post-craniotomy intracranial pressure monitoring: a novel approach combining optic nerve sheath diameter ultrasonography and cervical-cerebral arterial ultrasound by Zunfeng Fu, Lin Peng, Laicai Guo, Naixia Hu, Yamin Zhu, Shouxin Tang, Hongliang Lou, Jiajun Zhang, Chongqiang Wang

“…ObjectiveElevated intracranial pressure (ICP), a common complication in traumatic brain injuries (TBI), can lead to optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) enlargement and flow spectrum changes from the internal carotid artery (ICA) to middle cerebral artery (MCA). …”
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Transcranial Doppler sonography follow-up study in mild vascular cognitive impairment. by Mariagiovanna Cantone, Manuela Pennisi, Giuseppe Lanza, Raffaele Ferri, Francesco Fisicaro, Francesco Cappellani, Emanuele David, Vito Nicosia, Klizia Cortese, Giovanni Pennisi, Valentina Puglisi, Rita Bella

“…Namely, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), the 17-items Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS), and the Stroop Color-Word Interference Test (StroopT) were administered to screen for global cognitive status, to quantify depressive symptoms, and to explore executive functions, respectively. Mean blood flow velocity (MBFV), peak systolic blood flow velocity (PSV), end-diastolic blood flow velocity (EDV), pulsatility index (PI), and resistivity index (RI) were recorded from the middle cerebral artery, bilaterally.…”
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Financial Management Practices and Financial Performance of Micro Finance Institutions. A Case Study of Lyamujungu SACCO Kabale District. by Komuhangi, Jacenta

“…The findings indicate that internal control systems, cash flow management, and working capital management significantly affect financial performance of microfinance institutions. …”
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Creation of the permanent inferior vena cava filter for prevention of pulmonary artery embolism by Yа.O. Povar, I.O. Skiba, B.M. Todurov, A.V. Khokhlov, I.V. Altman, V.M. Shivanyuk

“…The inferior vena cava filter installation is safe and controllable, the filter self-positioning and reposition are possible, the delivery system size is 6F, the blood flow changing is minimal.…”
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The Cushing Reflex: Oliguria as a Reflection of an Elevated Intracranial Pressure by K. Leyssens, T. Mortelmans, T. Menovsky, D. Abramowicz, Marcel Th. B. Twickler, L. Van Gaal

“…We hypothesize that the Cushing reflex is translated towards the sympathetic nervous system and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system with a subsequent reduction in medullary blood flow and oliguria. Recently, we were confronted with a patient who had complicated pituitary surgery and displayed multiple times an oliguria while he developed ICH.…”
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Modeling of Unsteady Sheet Cavitation on Marine Propeller Blades by Spyros A. Kinnas, HanSeong Lee, Yin L. Young

“…The authors summarize a lifting-surface and a surface-panel model to solve for the unsteady cavitating flow around a propeller that is subject to nonaxisymmetric inflow. …”
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Using Cellular Automata to Investigate Pedestrian Conflicts with Vehicles in Crosswalk at Signalized Intersection by Xiaomeng Li, Xuedong Yan, Xingang Li, Jiangfeng Wang

“…The operational efficiency and safety of pedestrian flows at intersections is an important aspect of urban traffic. …”
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CFD Analysis of a Void Distribution Benchmark of the NUPEC PSBT Tests: Model Calibration and Influence of Turbulence Modelling by E. Krepper, R. Rzehak

“…Only a turbulence model with the capability to resolve turbulent secondary flows is able to reproduce at least qualitatively the observed void distribution patterns.…”
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A model for steady state stage III creep regime at low-high stress/temperature range by Nicola Bonora, Luca Esposito

“…Although diffusional flow creep is often considered out of practical engineering applications, the need for a model capable to account for the resulting action of both diffusional and dislocation type creep is justified by the increasing demands of reliable creep design for very long lives (exceeding 100.000h), high stress-low temperatures and high temperature-low stress regimes. …”
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GRCBox: Extending Smartphone Connectivity in Vehicular Networks by Sergio M. Tornell, Subhadeep Patra, Carlos T. Calafate, Juan-Carlos Cano, Pietro Manzoni

“…Using GRCBox each application can choose the interface for its data flows, which increases flexibility and will allow developers to easily implement applications based on ad hoc connectivity, such as VDTN applications.…”
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THE APPLICATION OF MODERN TOOLS OF PREINVESTMENT ANALYSIS by D. D. Kuznetsova, T. M. Rogulenko

“…The article deals with the tools of pre-investment analysis, applied by oil refining companies in the analysis of future financial flows from implemented investment projects.…”
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