Role of Civil Society Organizations in Promoting Transparency and Accountability in Kabale Municipality: A Case Study of Kick Corruption out of Uganda (Kick-U) Kabale Branch. by Namanya, Benson Benon

“…The specific objectives were to: (i) examine the relationship between transparency and corruption in the municipality, (ii) investigate the impact of accountability on citizen participation in decision-making, and (iii) assess the effectiveness of the municipal council's transparency and accountability mechanisms in reducing corruption and enhancing citizen engagement. …”
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Understanding Community Health Care Through Problem-Based Learning With Real-Patient Videos: Single-Arm Pre-Post Mixed Methods Study by Kiyoshi Shikino, Kazuyo Yamauchi, Nobuyuki Araki, Ikuo Shimizu, Hajime Kasai, Tomoko Tsukamoto, Hiroshi Tajima, Yu Li, Misaki Onodera, Shoichi Ito

“…The students were randomly divided into 16 groups (7-8 participants per group). Each group participated in two 3-hour PBL sessions per week over 2 consecutive weeks. …”
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The Closer, The Harder? Investigating the use of peripheral vision in 3vs3 counter-attack VR situations in football by Božo Vukojević, Svitlana Pinchuk, Christian Vater

“…In this experimental study, we challenged the use of peripheral vision by varying the distance between the direct opponent and the participant in a virtual-reality counterattack situation. …”
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Traditional herbal medicine legislative and regulatory framework: a cross-sectional quantitative study and archival review perspectives by Sileshi Dubale, Rashed Edris Usure, Yesuneh Tefera Mekasha, Gemmechu Hasen, Firdos Hafiz, Dereje Kebebe, Sultan Suleman

“…In this study, most study participants raised concerns about the performance of quality control parameters. …”
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Effectiveness of a Web-Based Self-Guided Intervention (MINDxYOU) for Reducing Stress and Promoting Mental Health Among Health Professionals: Results From a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Ra... by Yolanda López-del-Hoyo, Selene Fernández-Martínez, Adrian Perez-Aranda, Alicia Monreal-Bartolomé, Alberto Barceló-Soler, Loreto Camarero-Grados, Carilene Armas-Landaeta, José Guzmán-Parra, Vera Carbonell, Daniel Campos, Xinyuan Chen, Javier García-Campayo

“…The proportion of participants reflecting “low stress” increased after the treatment (n=90, 46.6% vs n=100, 28.8% at baseline). …”
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Evaluation of ocular surface temperature in post-COVID-19 patients with different degrees of fever via infrared thermal imaging by Chunbo Wu, Baicheng Li, Yuanshen Huang, Banglian Xu, Songlin Zhuang, Zhensheng Gu

“…Abstract This study aimed to evaluate ocular surface temperature (OST) in post-COVID-19 patients with different degrees of fever via infrared thermal imaging. There were 16 participants (32 eyes) in the control group, 22 participants (44 eyes) in the moderate and low post-COVID-19 fever group (M & L fever group), and 18 participants (36 eyes) in the high post-COVID-19 fever group (H fever group). …”
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A New Smartphone-Based Cognitive Screening Battery for Multiple Sclerosis (icognition): Validation Study by Stijn Denissen, Delphine Van Laethem, Johan Baijot, Lars Costers, Annabel Descamps, Ann Van Remoortel, Annick Van Merhaegen-Wieleman, Marie D’hooghe, Miguel D'Haeseleer, Dirk Smeets, Diana M Sima, Jeroen Van Schependom, Guy Nagels

“…To establish the validity of icognition, 101 people with MS and 82 healthy participants completed all tests. Of the 82 healthy participants, 20 (24%) repeated testing 2 to 3 weeks later. …”
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Establishment and Maintenance of a Digital Therapeutic Alliance in People Living With Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia: Two Exploratory Single-Arm Studies by Cassandra Snipes, Cornelia Dorner‑Ciossek, Brendan D Hare, Olya Besedina, Tim Campellone, Mariya Petrova, Shaheen E Lakhan, Abhishek Pratap

“…ResultsOf the enrolled participants, 94% (46/49) and 86% (43/50) completed studies 1 and 2, respectively. …”
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The Impact of Health Promotion Using Leaflet Media on Mothers’ Knowledge of the Early Stimulation of Toddlers’ Development and Growth by Shalahuddin I, Salsabila S, Rukmasari EA, Rosidin U, Eriyani T, Pebrianti S, Maulana I

“…After health education, the post-test findings showed that 18 participants showed a good level of knowledge. Following healthcare learning, the post-test results revealed that 26 participants had a good level of understanding. …”
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UX Evaluation with Standardized Questionnaires in Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence: A Systematic Literature Review by Ignacio Díaz-Oreiro, Gustavo López, Luis Quesada, Luis A. Guerrero

“…This SLR seeks to answer five research questions (RQs), starting with identifying the uses of each questionnaire over the years and by geographic region (RQ1) and the median number of participants per study (how many participants is considered enough when evaluating UX?) …”
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Studying and enhancing the methods for distance teaching of computer science in Kazakh secondary school students during the pandemic by M. M. Zhamankarin, A. M. Sivinskiy, M. K. Aitkenova, M. B. Zhanibekov

“…The authors conducted three control evaluations of the quality of knowledge in each of the 320 participants. The t-test for unpaired samples for every group was conducted to prove the statistical certainty of the calculated average reference values, which were required to confirm the viability of the conducted research. …”
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'Contrafacta': le chant, les timbres, la romance et les conditions de la poésie au tournant des Lumières by Martin Wåhlberg

“…La poésie de cette période est en effet, dans une large mesure, un phénomène qui nécessite une performance. L’article considère d’abord, en arrière-plan, la tradition plus générale au dix-huitième siècle d’écrire de nouveaux textes sur des airs préexistants, largement pratiquée au sein de certains cercles littéraires et, plus particulièrement, dans le genre de l’opéra-comique en vaudevilles tel qu’il se développe à Paris dans les théâtres de la Foire à partir de 1715 et jusqu’à la fin des années 1750. …”
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Social Confrontation with Menstruation: A Feminist Ethnography of Menstrual Experience among Female Instagram Users by Rana Mohammad Taghinejad Esfahani, Majid Movahed, Halimeh Enayat, Aliyar Ahmadi

“…We then selected participants from our followers and those we followed. …”
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Prevalence of De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis among Teenage Mobile Users: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mohammad Rehan Asad, Ritu Kumar Ahmad, Husam A. Almalki, Khalid M. Alkhathami, Bijad Alqahtani

“…Results: The total number of teenagers that participated in the study was 200; 111 (55.5%) of them were males, while the remaining 89 (44.5%) were females. …”
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Toward trustworthy COVID-19 interventions: Building vaccine trust through community-university partnerships. by Laura A Bray, Lori L Jervis, Amanda E Janitz, Laura Ross, Gloria Tallbull, Timothy M VanWagoner, CATCH-UP Vaccines Team

“…Focus groups explored participants' experiences serving community health needs and elicited feedback on proposed vaccine hesitancy interventions. …”
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Conformity of Islamic Banks with AAOIFI Standards for General Presentation and Disclosure in Turkey and Bahrain by Yusuf Avşar, Ozan Özdemir

“…Islamic (participation) banks in Turkey are required to apply international accounting standards in their accounting and reporting practices, while their counterparts in Bahrain apply the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) standards. …”
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Investigation of the Relationship Between Breast Cancer Awareness and Health Literacy in Female Textile Workers by Ayla Hendekci

“…The sample included 360 female workers as participants. The Information Form, the Breast Cancer Awareness Scale, and the Health Literacy Scale are the data collection instruments used in the study. …”
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The Moderating Role of Self Silencing in Relationship Between Attachment and Marital Satisfaction in Married People by Parisa Moghadas sharif, zahra Abdekhodaie, Leili Panaghi

“…Participants completed the Enrich Marital Satisfaction, Self-Silencing, and Close Relationship Experience questionnaires. …”
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Comparison of Clinical and Radiographic Success between MTA and Biodentine in Pulpotomy of Primary Mandibular Second Molars with Irreversible Pulpitis: A Randomized Double-Blind Cl... by Alireza Eshghi, Maryam Hajiahmadi, Mohammad Hossein Nikbakht, Mona Esmaeili

“…This study was conducted as a randomized double-blind clinical trial. Participants were selected according to inclusion criteria and 52 samples were randomly selected using random numbers table in group A. …”
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The mediating role of peritraumatic stress in the relationship between childhood psychological maltreatment and optimism and pessimism among earthquake survivors in Turkey by Zafer Güney ÇAĞIŞ, İslam AKÇE, Izaddin Ahmad AZİZ, Amelia RIZZO, Gabriella NUCERA, Nicola BRAGAZZI, Lukasz SZARPAK, Francesco CHIRICO, Arash ZIAPOUR, Mehmet Emin ŞAKAR, Şoreş Hakı ÇELİK, Murat YILDIRIM

“…Methods: Using a snowball sampling technique with a cross-sectional research design, the sample comprised 311 adults who survived earthquake survivors in Turkey. Participants ranged in age between 18 and 61 years (mean age = 27.57±8.03). …”
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