Factors affecting Academic Performance of Primary Schools in Ikumba Subcounty, Kabale District. by Christopher, Musinguzi

“…To analyze data chi square goodness of fit (x2) test was used with the aim of establishing the relationship between parents’ provision of scholastic materials, teacher quality, homework and academic performance of pupils in primary schools in Ikumba sub-county. …”
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Spatio‑temporal variations in physicochemical water quality parameters of Lake Bunyonyi, Southwestern Uganda by Alex, Saturday, Thomas, J. Lyimo, John, Machiwa, Siajali, Pamba

“…According to these values, the water quality of Lake Bunyonyi generally belongs to the ‘good’ class in terms of drinking water quality based on the WQI classification. …”
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Capital Structure, Investment Decision and Financial Performance of SMEs in Uganda A Case of Central Uganda by Turyahebwa, Abanis

“…From the results, we confirm that capital structure, investment decision, predict up to 66.2% of the change in financial performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Central Uganda The results show good model fits and fig.2 defines the model of capital structure and investment decisions on financial performance of SMEs in Uganda and is encompassed of 4 proportions of capital structure in terms of Equity, Long term Debt, Short term debt as well as investment decisions and their predictive power on financial performance of SMEs in Uganda. …”
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Attention-Based Multi-Learning Approach for Speech Emotion Recognition With Dilated Convolution by Samuel, Kakuba, Alwin, Poulose

“…It has been applied in human-to-machine interaction applications like social living assistance, authentication, health monitoring and alertness systems. In order to ensure a good user experience, robust, accurate and computationally efficient deep learning models are necessary. …”
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The impact of a humanized bile acid composition on atherosclerosis development in hypercholesterolaemic Cyp2c70 knockout mice by Tess Yntema, Tim R. Eijgenraam, Niels J. Kloosterhuis, Rick Havinga, Mirjam H. Koster, Milaine V. Hovingh, Jan Freark de Boer, Debby P. Y. Koonen, Folkert Kuipers

“…We overexpressed a PCSK9 gain-of-function (GOF) mutation in the liver of male Cyp2c70 −/− and Cyp2c70 +/− control mice, and fed these mice a Western-type diet (WD) for 12 weeks. …”
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Eye Collateral Channel Characteristic Analysis and Identification Model Construction of Mild Cognitive Impairment by WU Tiecheng, CAO Lei, YIN Lianhua, HE Youze, LIU Zhizhen, YANG Minguang, XU Ying, WU Jinsong

“…The overall performance was relatively good.ConclusionCompared with normal cognitive subjects, MCI patients have unique eye collateral channel characteristics. …”
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Identification and Spatial Mapping of Locality of Streetscapes in Shanghai Hengfu Historic and Cultural Preservation Area by Yuhan SHAO, Sinan YIN, Dongbo MA, Yuting YIN

“…In the social aspect, safety is rated good overall, but the human scale is rated moderate and the imageability level is low. …”
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Origins of COVID-19: A Comprehensive Analysis of Zoonotic Drift Patterns and Gain-of-Function Research by Sanjay Pooran

“…This paper analyzes the origins of SARS-CoV-2, examining zoonotic drift patterns and the controversial role of gain-of-function (GoF) research. The zoonotic spillover hypothesis, emphasizing the virus’s natural emergence, and the lab-origin hypothesis, exploring its potential laboratory escape, are critically evaluated. …”
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A mechanistic-statistical approach to infer dispersal and demography from invasion dynamics, applied to a plant pathogen by Saubin, Méline, Coville, Jérome, Xhaard, Constance, Frey, Pascal, Soubeyrand, Samuel, Halkett, Fabien, Fabre, Frédéric

“…We first check the identifiability of the parameters and the confidence in the selection of the dispersal process. We observed good identifiability for all parameters (correlation coefficient >0.9 between true and fitted values). …”
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Drug administration errors among anaesthesia providers in South Africa: a cross-sectional descriptive study by René van Wyk, Ryan Alroy Davids

“…DAEs mostly reported in cases involving adult patients (80.5%, n = 243/N = 302), receiving a general anaesthetic (71.8%, n = 216/N = 301), where the drug-administrator prepared the drugs themselves (78.7%, n = 218/N = 277), during normal daytime hours (69.9%, n = 202/N = 289) with good lightning conditions (93.0%, n = 265/N = 285). 26% (n = 80/N = 305) of DAEs involved ampoule misidentification, whilst syringe identification error reported in 51.6% (n = 150/N = 291) of cases. …”
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Knowledge Regarding Mechanical Ventilation and Practice of Ventilatory Care among Nurses Working in Intensive Care Units in Selected Governmental Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia... by Kedir Abdureman Hassen, Micheal Alemayehu Nemera, Andualem Wubetie Aniley, Ararso Baru Olani, Sofoniyas Getaneh Bedane

“…Knowledge of nurses about mechanical ventilators and good practice of nursing care for the ventilated patient plays a crucial role in improving the effectiveness of mechanical ventilation, preventing harm, and optimizing the patient outcome. …”
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Seaweed Fly Larvae Cultivated on Macroalgae Side Streams: A Novel Marine Protein and Omega-3 Source for Rainbow Trout by Niklas Warwas, Emma L. Berdan, Xintian Xie, Elisabeth Jönsson, Jonathan A. C. Roques, Darragh Doyle, Markus Langeland, James Hinchcliffe, Henrik Pavia, Kristina Sundell

“…No difference in intestinal health parameters was noted between the insect diets and the control diet, indicating good intestinal health across all treatments. However, changes in electrogenic intestinal transport were observed between the SWFL and BSFL diets, illustrating the heterogeneous effect of different insect products. …”
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An online intelligent electronic medical record system via speech recognition by Xin Xia, Yunlong Ma, Ye Luo, Jianwei Lu

“…Our results show that the proposed electronic medical record system is expected to revolutionize the traditional working approach of clinical departments, and it serves more efficient in clinics with low time consumption compared with traditional electronic medical record systems depending on keyboard inputs, which has less recording mistakes and lows down the time consumption in modification of medical recordings; due to the proposed speech recognition electronic medical record system is built on knowledge database of medical terms, so it has a good generalized application and adaption in the clinical scenarios for hospitals.…”
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Translation and psychometric evaluation of the Danish version of the knee outcome survey - activities of daily living scale in patients with anterior cruciate ligament injuries by Kamilla Arp, Claus Varnum, Ulrik Dalgas, Bettina Mølri Knudsen, Signe Timm, Bjarke Viberg, Kim Gordon Ingwersen

“…Construct validity was not perfect as only five of seven hypotheses were confirmed, but there was a good reliability (ICC = 0.88) and test-retest agreement showed equal distribution of measurement error across the scale and the SEM was 4.9% and SDC was 13.6%. …”
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Navigating Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: A Case Series from a Tertiary Care Facility Highlighting Rare Presentations, Diagnostic Challenges, Drug Resistance, and Therapeutic Complex... by Megha R. Pathak, Karan Jaykrushna Pandya, Surabhi P. Ramwani, Anil Pingalsur, Shifa Karatela, Jitendra A. Sisodia, Amit R. Dedun

“…Addressing treatment adherence, with emphasis on good nutrition to tackle cachexia, is necessary for favorable outcomes.…”
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Validation of a tele-robotic ultrasound system for abdomen and thyroid gland explorations: a comparison with standard ultrasound by Andreu Antolin, Nuria Roson, Marina Planes, Mar Castillo, Anna Alberti, Manuel Escobar

“…Conclusion Tele-robotic US achieves equal performance in comparison with the standard US when evaluating abdominal structures in this cohort of patients, as well as a relatively fast learning curve and good patient satisfaction. The performance when assessing the thyroid gland is almost identical to the standard US, which makes it a strong first candidate for a future clinical implementation.…”
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Post-harvest conservation practices, related insect pests of stored pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L) R. Br.), and their management in northern Benin by Tayé Obédatou Alagbe, Yeyinou Laura Estelle Loko, Innocent Djègbè, Julien Gandjala, Dieudonné Gavoedo, Manuele Tamò

“…Raising awareness among pearl millet producers on good storage practices and the biological management of storage insect pests were recommended. …”
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Support Needs of Patients with Cushing’s Disease and Cushing’s Syndrome: Results of a Survey Conducted in Germany and the USA by Ilonka Kreitschmann-Andermahr, Sonja Siegel, Christa Gammel, Karen Campbell, Leslie Edwin, Agnieszka Grzywotz, Victoria Kuhna, Maria Koltowska-Häggström, Oliver Müller, Michael Buchfelder, Bernadette Kleist

“…Patients in both countries indicated to suffer from Cushing-related symptoms, reduced performance, and psychological problems. 48.8% US patients and 44.4% German patients stated that good medical care and competent doctors helped them the most in coping with the illness. …”
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Kan man utbilda Professionellt omdöme? by Eva Schwarz, Carl Cederberg, Petra Lundberg Bouquelon, Maria Pröckl

“…Thus, we have chosen to collect some “good advice” from the texts in this introduction. …”
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Knowledge of COVID-19 and the psychological status of parents: a retrospective survey in Wuhan, Hubei by Lei Wang, Jing Cheng, Lin Lv, Yaqi Xu, Yutong Zhang, Honghui Gan, Change Xiong, Guiping Wang, Can Mei, Linwanyue Chen, Lu He, Shuliu Pan, Jianbo Zhan

“…Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that a negative perception of the pandemic’s impact on one’s life (OR 0.367, 95% CI: 0.272 to 0.493) was associated with psychological distress.Conclusion Parents of school children in Ezhou City have a good knowledge base on COVID-19 infection and have a high awareness of the corresponding protective measures. …”
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