Supply Chain Practices and Performance of Institutions: A Case Study of Hotloaf Bakery in Kabale Municipality. by Asiimwe, Elias

“…The study results on the impact of efficient distribution on increased sales in hot loaf bakery in Kabale municipality was; that efficient distribution makes products or services available for use which leads to increased sales, using the right distribution strategy helps in marketing and has a serious impact on business' future success due to increased sales, better distribution channels leads to increased market share and sales volume, efficient distribution involves wholesalers, distributors, and third parties to supply the products customers which lead high sales and efficient distribution is cost-effective in the bakery sales which leads high sales of the bakery. …”
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Birthing experience and quality of life after vacuum delivery and second-stage caesarean section: a prospective cohort study in Uganda by Barbara, Nolens, Thomas, van den Akker, John, Lule, Sulphine, Twinomuhangi, Roosmalen, Jos van, Josaphat, Byamugisha

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Investigating the Effect of Seasonal Variation on Road Traffic Accident Occurance Along Selected Routes in Western Uganda. by Kwesiga, Ivan

“…However, the month of December and January had a highest number of registered road accidents which was associated with the higher volume of road traffic as people tend to travel more. …”
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Assessing the Use of Crushed Rock Aggregate and Carbon Black for Laterite Soil Stabilization in Road Construction. by Turyamureeba, Emmanuel

“…This research and design project aimed to explore the use of carbon black to reduce the volume of crushed rock aggregates required for the mechanical stabilization of lateritic soils for road base construction. …”
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Unexpected Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on the Air Quality in the Metro Atlanta, USA Using Ground-based and Satellite Observations by Guanyu Huang, Reyla Ponder, Amber Bond, Hailey Brim, Akua Temeng, Aaron R. Naeger, Lei Zhu

“…This slight air quality improvement is primarily caused by the reduced human activities, as COVID-19 lockdowns have reduced ~50% human activities, measured by traffic volume. Higher wind speed and precipitations also make the meteorological conditions favorable to this slight air quality improvement. …”
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Balloon dilation for the treatment of male urethral strictures: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tianyu Cai, Xiaoyu Li, Jian Lin, Chunru Xu, Xing Ji, Zhenpeng Zhu, Zhenke Guo

“…The aim of this study was to review and discuss the safety, efficacy and factors influencing the clinical application of balloon dilation for the treatment of male urethral strictures.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources Embase, Medline, Web of Science, Cochrane Library and Scopus were searched for publications published before 17 July 2022.Study selection Two independent researchers screened and assessed the results, and all clinical studies on balloon dilation for the treatment of urethral strictures in men were included.Data extraction and synthesis The success rate, rate of adverse events, International Prostate Symptom Scores, maximum uroflow (Qmax) and postvoid residual urine volume were the main outcomes. Stata V.14.0 was used for statistical analysis.Results Fifteen studies with 715 patients were ultimately included in this systematic review. …”
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Optimal Thermal Output of an Absorption Heat Pump with Steam Heating Integrated in a PT-60/70-130/13 Steam Turbine by Oleksandr L. Shubenko, Viktoriia O. Tarasova, Mykola Yu. Babak, Oleksii Yu. Boiarshynov

“…Their feature is the provision of "useful" generation in volumes corresponding to the work of PT-60/70-130/13 without AHP with a closed rotary diaphragm. …”

Understanding crystallinity indexes benchmarking concept from optimized parametric ionic liquid pretreatment using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate [EMIM]Ac on oil palm biomass by Amizon Azizan, Rosmaria Abu Darim, Intan Suhada Azmi, Rafidah Jalil, Shareena Fairuz Abdul Manaf

“…The optimized pretreatment strategy indicated a moderate balance between ionic liquid concentration percentage and operating temperature on a solid loading per volume basis. With this optimization data route, the challenge of determining which highly efficient ionic liquid is costly during pretreatment on any biomass can be shortened by preliminary CrI value benchmarking.…”
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Cloud-edge hybrid deep learning framework for scalable IoT resource optimization by Umesh Kumar Lilhore, Sarita Simaiya, Yogesh Kumar Sharma, Anjani Kumar Rai, S. M. Padmaja, Khan Vajid Nabilal, Vimal Kumar, Roobaea Alroobaea, Hamed Alsufyani

“…Efficient resource allocation and workload distribution are vital to ensuring continuous and reliable service in growing IoT ecosystems with increasing data volumes and changing application demands. This study proposes a novel optimisation approach utilising deep learning to tackle these challenges. …”
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Oncological outcomes following extreme oncoplastic breast conserving surgery (eOPBCS) for locally advanced breast cancer (LABC): A systematic review and meta-analysis by Megan Chua Wern Ee, Ashley Lee Shi Hui, Wong Hung Chew, Emmeline Elaine Cua-Delos Santos, Sean Li Siwei, Sng Ming Xian, Qin Xiang Ng, Serene Goh Si Ning

“…Extreme oncoplastic BCS (eOPBCS) has expanded the boundaries of BCS, enabling large-volume resections with breast reshaping. However, its oncologic outcomes compared to mastectomy remain unclear, particularly in LABC. …”
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Who is to blame for the ‘problem’ of teenage pregnancy? Narratives of blame in two South African communities by Zoe Duby, Brittany Bunce, Chantal Fowler, Kate Bergh, Kim Jonas, Nevilene Slingers, Catherine Mathews, Fareed Abdullah

“…Findings were arranged into key thematic areas that emerged in the data relating to blame for teenage pregnancy: the individual centred ‘wrong-girl’ and developmental discourses, in which blame was apportioned to AGYW for being immature, reckless, irresponsible, disobedient and greedy; the ‘wrong-family’ discourse in which blame was attributed to parents of AGYW for poor parenting and failing to adequately care for the adolescents in their responsibility; the ‘wrong-men’ discourse in which blame was attributed to men for luring AGYW into transactional sex, and for perpetrating gender-based violence; and lastly the ‘wrong-society’ discourse which attributed blame to contextual/structural factors such as poverty, a high volume of unregulated drinking establishments, and a lack of youth-friendly services. …”
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Safety and efficacy of oral edible bird’s nest supplementation: Anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory benefits for Arabian race stallions during exercise by Khalid Obaid AL-Khaldi, Khalid Hamed Al-Ruzaiqi, Abdul Salam Babji, Seng Joe Lim, Mohammed Babatunde Sadiq, Nurhusien Yimer

“…Hematological indices, including mean corpuscular volume, red cell distribution width, and platelet counts, were significantly improved in the EBN group, indicating potential immunomodulatory benefits. …”
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Synthetic CT generation from CBCT and MRI using StarGAN in the Pelvic Region by Paritt Wongtrakool, Chanon Puttanawarut, Pimolpun Changkaew, Supakiet Piasanthia, Pareena Earwong, Nauljun Stansook, Suphalak Khachonkham

“…Dosimetric evaluation showed a mean dose difference (DD) within 2% for the planning target volume (PTV) and body, with a gamma passing rate (GPR) > 90% under the 2%/2 mm criteria. …”
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Escherichia coli combination with PD-1 blockade synergistically enhances immunotherapy in glioblastoma multiforme by regulating the immune cells by Guochen Li, Haiyan Yang, Tengfei Ke, Na Tan, Xiaolan Du, Xirui Duan, Xinyan Zhou, Guangrong Zheng, Chengde Liao

“…Flow cytometry and immunofluorescence staining were used to investigate T cells. Tumor volume of tumor-bearing mice was recorded to evaluate the combined treatment efficacy. …”
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The assessment of the facial skin microbiota in patients with seborrheic dermatitis and metabolic syndrome by Kristina Yu. Molodykh, Elena R. Araviiskaia, Evgeny V. Sokolovskiy, Lyudmila A. Kraeva

“…In patients with moderate to severe seborrheic dermatitis, an increase in bacterial species isolated from the skin surface and their number in the unit volume of the investigated material. It was found that the colonization of microorganisms on the facial skin was significantly higher in patients of groups 2 and 3 compared to group 1. …”
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Co-administration of Hibiscus sabdariffa linn and Daflon-500® mitigates weight loss, hyperglycemia, hematological and oxidative changes in male rats with type-2 diabetes by Aishat Omobolanle Olatunji, Root Oluwapelumi Alegbe, Suleiman Folorunsho Ambali, Muftau Shittu, Ganiu Jimoh Akorede, Abdulfatai Aremu, Afisu Basiru, Jamila Abdulhamid Atata, Kolawole Yusuf Suleiman, Charles Amoto Shuaibu

“…Significantly higher packed cell volume, hemoglobin levels, red blood cell counts, lymphocytes, and mean corpuscular hemoglobin were observed in groups 5–7. …”
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Incidence and risk factors for mortality of vertebral osteomyelitis: a retrospective analysis using the Japanese diagnosis procedure combination database by Hideo Yasunaga, Hirotaka Chikuda, Kiyohide Fushimi, Hiromasa Horiguchi, Toru Akiyama, Kazuo Saita

“…Dependent variables included patient characteristics (age, sex and comorbidities), procedures (haemodialysis and surgery) and hospital factors (type of hospital and hospital volume).Results Overall, 58.9% of eligible patients were men and the average age was 69.2 years. …”
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Utilizing the Ethereum blockchain for retrieving and archiving augmented reality surgical navigation data by Sai Batchu, Michael J. Diaz, Lauren Ladehoff, Kevin Root, Brandon Lucke-Wold

“…Insertion and retrieval times for different record volumes were collected. Results: It took 276 milliseconds to insert 50 records and 713 milliseconds to insert 350 records. …”
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Safety and efficacy of total colectomy with D3 lymph node dissection at colorectal cancer, developed at inflammatory bowel diseases (case control study) by P. V. Tsarkov, I. A. Tulina, S. K. Efetov, Yu. E. Kitsenko, D. N. Fedorov

“…IBD-CRC patients had longer operation time (313±37 vs 240±16 min, p=0.05), while there was no significant difference in mean volume of blood loss and postoperative stay duration (383±145 and 186±29 ml, p=0.24; 15.7±3.2 and 14.1±0.9 days, p=0.5 respectively). …”
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A Case of Exacerbation of Chronic Pancreatitis Against the Background of COVID-19 Complicated by Pancreaticopleural Fistula with Enzymatic Pleurisy by I. I. Kotov, I. Yu. Kalinina, A. R. Propp, D. A. Sulim

“…Recurrent exudative pleurisy in chronic pancreatitis with rapid accumulation of exudate in a large volume with a high amylase content is a sign of pancreaticopleural fistula. …”
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