Transitioning health workers from PEPFAR contracts to the Uganda government payroll by Everd, Bikaitwoha Maniple

“…We utilized the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to guide thematic analysis. At the sub-national level, facilitators of transition in ‘high absorber’ districts were identified as the presence of transition ‘champions’, prioritizing HWs in district wage bill commitments, host facilities providing ‘bridge financing’ to transition workforce during salary delays and receiving donor technical support in district wage bill analysis—attributes that were absent in ‘low absorber’ districts. …”
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Temporal and Spatial Seasonal Variations in Quality of Gravity Flow Water in Kyanamira Sub-County, Kabale District, Uganda by Hannington, Ngabirano, Denis, Byamugisha, Emmanuel, Ntambi

“…Statistical presentations of data including cluster analysis, dendrograms and principal component analysis were used with the assistance of PAST software. Temperature, pH, TDS dissolved oxygen, cations, anions (chemical parameters) and salmonella, faecal coliforms were the major contributing parameters to gravity flow water’s quality variations during both seasons. …”
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Prospective Single-Arm Study of Remifentanil-Propofol Anesthesia with Manual Right Hypochondrial Compression for Painless Gastroscopy in Obese Patients by Wang M, Tang J, Pan Z, Jiang H, Hu D, Zhu B, Liang Z, Zhao X, Li Y

“…Furthermore, our findings contribute to the understanding of the lowest SpO2 values that obese patients can tolerate during such procedures, establishing Nadir SpO2 as the cut-off point. …”
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The Role of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in Promoting Access to Women's Education in Northwestern Nigeria: A Case Study of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) by Shehu Usman Adamu, Bala Kwata Waziri, Adewale Adesina, Babangida Iro

“…Generally, Open and Distance Learning has given women tremendous opportunities to higher education in the region considering that over twenty-five thousand women registered for various programmes using the ODL during the period under review. Résumé : Une enquête a été menée à l’aide de la base de données de l’Université Nationale Ouverte pour déterminer le nombre de femmes de l’État du Nord-Ouest de Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto et Zamfa qui étudient à l’Université en fonction des dossiers d’admission de 2018 à 2022. …”
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Turkish suicide patterns: Longitudinal analysis of suicide trends in Turkiye (2000 -2022) by Ayhan Tabur, Feruza Turan Sonmez

“…In contrast, the male suicide rate peaked at 6.94/100,000 during the same year. The highest suicide rates were observed in the 20–24 age group, with a peak of 7.43/100,000 in 2020. …”
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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

“…Method A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted using a peer-reviewed survey questionnaire, circulated to 2217 anaesthetists via a national communication platform. …”
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Video Analysis of 26 Cases of Second ACL Injury Events in Collegiate and Professional Athletes by Manuela Vargas, Grace K Chaney, María C. Mejía Jaramillo, Paige Cummings, April McPherson, Nathaniel A. Bates

“…# Background Significant effort has gone into the identification and quantification of the underlying mechanisms of primary ACL injury. …”
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Hospitalisation from seasonal influenza among persons with type 1 diabetes: a cohort study from the Swedish National Diabetes Register by Katarina Eeg-Olofsson, Björn Eliasson, Hanne Krage Carlsen, Lena Svensson, Magnus Gisslén, Elin Allansson Kjölhede, Oliver Martyn

“…Persons with T1D had an unadjusted HR 4.7 (95% CI 4.0 to 5.5) for risk of hospitalisation from influenza during the study period and HR 3.4 (95% CI 2.9 to 4.0) when adjusted for age, sex, socioeconomic factors and chronic medical conditions at baseline. …”
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Effectiveness of a pharmacist-led tele-psychiatric clinic in managing drug-related problems by Majed Al Shakhori, Savera Arain, Suhaj Abdulsalim, Mohammed Salim Karattuthodi, Marwa Al Dhamen, Shoruq Almutairi, Shabeer Ali Thorakkattil, Dina Alahmdi, Vijayanarayana Kunhikatta, Abdul Sammad AlJishi

“…Detailed and meticulously recorded notes from patient chart reviews, documented by the pharmacist in the Electronic Health Record (EHR), during each encounter, were reviewed. These notes provided significant information on psychiatric diagnosis, identified DRPs and the specific interventions and recommendations proposed by the clinical pharmacist to the attending physician. …”
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Individualized Technique Feedback for Instant Technique Improvements and Knee Abduction Moment Reductions – A New Approach for ‘Sidestepping’ ACL Injuries? by Kevin Bill, Patrick Mai, Lasse Mausehund, Sigurd Solbakken, Tron Krosshaug, Uwe G. Kersting

“… # Study Design Controlled laboratory cohort study # Methods Three-dimensional biomechanics of 48 adolescent female handball players were recorded during a handball-specific sidestep cut. Following baseline cuts to each side, leg-specific visual and verbal technique feedback on foot strike angle, knee valgus motion, or vertical impact velocity using a hierarchically organized structure accounting for the variables' association with performance was provided. …”
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A longitudinal study on the professional identity formation of health promotion practitioners: evidence from undergraduate students in Switzerland by Verena Biehl, Verena Biehl, Andreas Bänziger, Frank Wieber, Frank Wieber

“…Mixed effect models were used to analyze these determinants of PI formation.ResultsThe study included 276 participants. …”
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Impacts of the “Coal to Gas” Policy on Rural Air VOC Level and Ozone Potentials in North China by Zhiyong Li, Chen Liu, Chengjing Cao, Zhen Zhai, Changtao Huang, Zhuangzhuang Ren, Jixiang Liu, Lan Chen, Songtao Guo, Dingyuan Yang

“…Abstract A unique study was enacted during the heating season (HS) in 2020 and 2021 at a rural site in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region to evaluate the policy impacts of “Coal to Gas” (CTG) on ambient volatile organic compounds (VOCs). …”
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Early and Late Complications Associated with Penile Cancer Surgery and the Impact of Human Papillomavirus Status: Findings from a Retrospective Norwegian Cohort Study by Patrick Juliebø-Jones, Ida M. Nordanger, Christian Beisland, Tor K. Thorkelsen, Alfred Honoré, Christian A. Moen

“…One in four patients underwent reoperation due to recurrence during follow-up. HPV status had no association with the rate of either early or late complications. …”
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Uptake and hesitancy of the second booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine among the general population in China after the surge period of the COVID-19 pandemic: a large-scale national st... by Xin Liu, You Xin, Ling Zhang, Yijin Wu, Shu Jing, Zhenwei Dai, Tianrui Ren, Xiaoyang Liu, Jiaqi Fu, Xu Chen, Weijun Xiao, Hao Wang, Yiman Huang, Wenjun Wang, Xiaofen Gu, Li Ma, Shaokai Zhang, Yanqin Yu, Li Li, Tianzuo Gao, Tianyou Zhao, Yimin Qu, Xinyan Liu, Xiaoyou Su, Youlin Qiao

“…Abstract Background Although the second booster dose of COVID-19 vaccines is available, vaccine hesitancy among the public may have peaked due to the surge in infections caused by the Omicron variant. …”
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Timing, risk factors, and causes of foetal and preweaning lamb mortality in lowland production systems involving a range of ewe genotypes by D. Shiels, J.F. Mee, J.P. Hanrahan, C.M. Dwyer, S. Fagan, T.W.J. Keady

“…Data were collected from all foetuses and lambs that died (between ∼120 days gestation and weaning at 14 weeks of age); 221 cases in 2017 and 241 cases in 2018. All cases were submitted to a Regional Veterinary Laboratory for necropsy examination using standardised protocols that were developed in advance of case submissions. …”
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Link between bilaterality and type 2 inflammation in respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartomas: A two-center retrospective cohort study. by Yujin Heo, Sang Duk Hong, Hyo Yeol Kim, Gwanghui Ryu, Kyung Won Kwon, Yong Gi Jung

“…<h4>Results</h4>Among 21 patients (17 males, 4 females; mean age 46.5 years), 11 cases (52.4%) exhibited bilateral origins (REAH_bi) in the superior nasal septum and olfactory cleft, while 10 cases (47.6%) presented as isolated unilateral lesions (REAH_uni). …”
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Prognostic factors in severe dengue patients: A multi-center retrospective cohort study. by Cheng-Hsun Yang, Ing-Kit Lee, Yi-Chun Chen, Wen-Chi Huang, Jui-Chi Hsu, Chien-Hsiang Tai, Chung-Hao Huang, Chun-Yu Lin, Yen-Hsu Chen

“…Multivariable regression analysis revealed increasing odds of death associated with older age (odds ratio [OR], 1.037; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.009-1.066), altered consciousness (OR, 8.591; 95% CI, 2.914-25.330), gastrointestinal bleeding (OR, 1.939; 95% CI, 1.037-3.626), and leukocytosis (OR, 2.504; 95% CI, 1.124-5.578) upon arrival, as well as organ impairment during hospitalization, including acute kidney injury (OR, 2.627; 95% CI, 1.373-5.028), severe hepatitis (OR, 5.324; 95% CI, 2.199-12.889), and pneumonia (OR, 2.250; 95% CI, 1.054-4.802).…”
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A Bore-Integrated Patch Antenna Array for Whole-Body Excitation in Ultra-High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Svetlana S. Egorova, Nikolai A. Lisachenko, Egor I. Kretov, Yang Gao, Xiaotong Zhang, Stanislav B. Glybovski, Georgiy A. Solomakha

“…The human body&#x2019;s ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging suffers from the inhomogeneity of the radio frequency magnetic field <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$B_{1}^{+}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and the high-peak levels of SAR created in body tissues during transmission. Both issues are typically addressed in the research domain using a tight-fit local array of antenna elements attached to the body and driven with customized phases by multiple transmit channels. …”
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Effects of supplementing a polyphenol-rich sugarcane extract through drinking water on egg production and quality of laying hens. by Namalika D Karunaratne, Sasmitha De Silva, Minoli Herath, Ruvini Liyanage, Pabodha Weththasinghe, Barana C Jayawardana, Eranga De Seram, Anil Pushpakumara, Mathew Flavel

“…A total of 120 Shaver Brown hens, aged 43 weeks, were randomly allocated to 12 litter-floor pens in two open-sided poultry houses. …”
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Pelnac® artificial dermis assisted by vacuum sealing drainage for treatment of severe avulsion injuries of the fingers by Zhenmu Lv, Yujie Wang, Jingliang Chen, Qingfu Zhang, Haitao Zhao

“…No infections or hematomas were reported during hospitalization or after discharge. Conclusion Pelnac, assisted by VSD, proved to be an effective approach for managing severe avulsion injuries of the fingers. …”
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