Emergency Physicians’ and Nurses’ Perspectives on Transgender, Intersexual, and Non-Binary Patients in Germany by Torben Brod, Carsten Stoetzer, Christoph Schroeder, Stephanie Stiel, Kambiz Afshar

“…Conclusion: Both emergency physicians and nurses in Germany demonstrated deficits in knowledge of and clinical preparedness to care for patients in the ED who identify as transgender, intersexual and non-binary, indicating a clear need for enhanced education, training, and institutional support to improve emergency care for this vulnerable patient population.…”
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Predictors of biochemical and structural response to medical therapy in patients with active acromegaly following surgery: a real-world perspective by Maryam Rafieemanesh, Manizhe Ataee Kachuee, Ali Zare Mehrjardi, Alireza Khajavi, Mohammad Ghorbani, Mohammad Reza Mohajeri-Tehrani, Nahid Hashemi-Madani, Mohammad E. Khamseh

“…Abstract Background Somatostatin receptor analogs (SRAs) and dopamine agonists (DAs) are the main medical treatments for patients with acromegaly who fail to achieve remission after surgery. We aimed to explore the potential role of select clinical, biochemical, and radiological factors in predicting biochemical and structural responses to medical therapy in a real-world setting. …”
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The Role of School Management Committee and Pupils' Performance in Government Primary Schools in RuhiJa Town Council Rubanda District.

“…The recommendations included; the school management committee through meetings with members of teaching staff and their head teachers should advise them properly and allow them to execute their duties as expected in order to alleviate levels of understanding to children that lead to excellent academic performance; more research should be carried out to allow the school management committees not to dwell on advising head teachers only on matters of children's performance by suggesting strategies but also the entire stakeholders whose effort can promote academic performance of children in primary schools; need to formulate academic committees advised by the members of school management committee on how to perform through motivational element aiming at doing well academically to promote the names of the school; it is imperative that the schools get in touch with the members of the school management committees who have some formal education to quickly understand the value of education and how plans for developments of certain sectors in school especially academic performance could be made; need to foster supervision that involves cooperation towards pupils 'performance by all stakeholders; appointing an active team that can do supervision to let children advance academically is healthy.…”
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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

“…In addition to this some incentives should be given to the members with a good number of shares such as life schemes, to the most saving clients commissions, some token and give some small percentage to loan creditors who pay on time.…”
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Factors Influencing the Growth of Tourism in Uganda: A Case Study of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. by Katwesigye, Jordan

“…-The findings of this research are expected to be useful to policy makers, academicians and other key players in the tourism industry and community development sector.Although the results have established that local communities participate in the tourism decision-making process through their leaders who are members of the decision-making bodies, overall the local people in Ruhija sub-county felt they were generally not involved. …”
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Resource Management and Health Service Delivery in Rukungiri Municipality: A Case Study of Rwamahwa Health Center IV. by Ndyamuhak,i Faith

“…The study findings on the influence of human resource management on health service delivery at Rwamahwa Health Center IV, Rukungiri Municipality were; the health center has all staffing gaps filled which helps to ensure better service delivery, the health center has a medical doctor in place who delivers services promptly, health staff is facilitated to perform their tasks hence better service delivery in the organization, recruitment of health staff is on merit which leads to better provision of services, and deployment of health staff is on merit which leads to better delivery of services. …”
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Effect of Learning Environment on Academic Performance of Pupils and Students in Kagango Division Sheema Municipality. by Andonzire, Steve James

“…Both a questionnaire and interview guide were used to collect data and findings indicated that more males participated in the study than females. Respondents who were below 20 years old participated more than the rest of and respondents. …”
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Utilizing A Multi-Stage Transition Model for Analysing Child Stunting in Two Urban Slum Settlements of Nairobi: A Longitudinal Analysis, 2011-2014. by Oduro, Michael S., IddiI, Samuel, Asiedu, Louis, Asiki, Gershim, Kadengye, DamazoT.

“…In Korogocho, children whose parents were married and those whose mothers had attained primary or post-primary education were associated with a transition from a mild state into a moderately stunted state. Children who were breastfed exclusively were less likely to transition from a moderate to severe stunting state. …”
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Effect of Gender Equality on Economic Development of Household Heads in Uganda: A Case Study of Rwamucucu Sub-County, Rukiga District. by Nsimire, Millicent

“…Purposive sampling was also used to collect data from respondents who participated in the study. Findings of the study were obtained from the field interpreting the results analyzing based on the specific objectives of the study and chapter five portrayed the summary of findings, and recommendations the Ministry of Labor, Gender and Social Development should address the problem of poverty in relation to gender equality among women in Uganda, there should be awareness rising regarding gender-based violence, The gender equality should be addressed through social protection programs like equal enjoyment of social services for example clean water in the community, In order for women to contribute in the development process their potential should be unfolded by sensitizing them about development and providing them with the necessary knowledge to help them to be included in the development process and women should get access to economic assets like land and houses that can be used as collateral to secure soft loans. …”
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Youth Involvement in Pornography and Academic Engagement in Selected Secondary Schools in Kabale Municipality. by Kanyesigye, Bens Rogers

“…The study further found out that those adolescent students who encounter explicit materials in the form of images of naked persons, sex videos, and written material, were likely to experience potential addiction, reduced self-control, and cognitive impairment. …”
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Entrepreneurship skills application among ICT Graduates of Muni University, Uganda by Ritah, Nafuna, Nicholas, Nkamwesiga, Phelix, Businge Mbabazi

“…Questionnaires were administered to a population of 60 former students of Bachelor of Information Systems and Bachelor of Science in Information Technology who graduated from Muni University under the faculty of Technoscience. …”
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Assessment of Hand-Hygiene Practices Among Health Care Workers at Kisoro Hospital, Kisoro District. by Nsenga, Alex

“…According to WHO, (2017), annual report, 70% of the hospital acquired infections can be averted by the practice of hand hygiene (HH) which is a systematic procedure of cleansing hands using soap and water or using antiseptic hand rub for removal of transient microorganism from hands. …”
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Adherence to four healthy lifestyle factors and their influencing factors among residents aged 35 – 75 in South China: a cross-sectional survey by Wenyan HE, Xingyi ZHANG, Chunqi WANG, Xueke BAI, Yang YANG, Wei XU, Lijuan SONG, Yan ZHANG, Hao YANG, Xi LI, Jianlan CUI

“…Female residents, those aged 70 – 75 years, and those who were married were more likely to adhere to no or moderate alcohol consumption. …”
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Evaluation of Health Science Students’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Toward Artificial Intelligence in Northern Saudi Arabia: Implications for Curriculum Refinement and... by ALruwail BF, Alshalan AM, Thirunavukkarasu A, Alibrahim A, Alenezi AM, Aldhuwayhi TZA

“…Knowledge (p = 0.001) and practice (p = 0.002) were significantly higher among the students who participated in a formal AI training program. …”
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The clinical role of blood coagulation and platelet receptors gene allelic variants in development of cryoglobulinemic vasculitis at chronic hepatitis C by Yekaterina Ye. Starostina, M. V. Sokolova, L. M. Samokhodskaya, T. П. Rozina, T. N. Krasnova, Ye. B. Yarovaya, N. A. Mukhin

“…Original study included overall 200 patients with CHCs and liver cirrhosis in its outcome, who were divided into 3 groups: patients without cryoglobulinemia (CG, n=123), those with asymptomatic cryoglobulinemia (ACG, n=40) and with cryoglobulinemic vasculitis (CGV, n=37). …”
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Analisis Penerimaan SIMPUS Ditinjau dari Persepsi Pengguna di Puskesmas Mojoagung dengan Metode TAM by Mochammad Choirur Roziqin, Demiawan Rachmatta Putro Mudiono, Nuril Amalia

“…Abstract   Mojoagung Public Health Center had been using Public Health Center Management Information System (SIMPUS) until now, but in application there are still many complaints from several SIMPUS users who are dissatisfied with the system has been running, it can be seen from the user's mistrust of the data  that exist in SIMPUS. …”
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Access to water and sanitation among people with disabilities: results from cross-sectional surveys in Bangladesh, Cameroon, India and Malawi by Islay Mactaggart, Hannah Kuper, Sarah Polack, Mahfuzar Rahman, Wolf-Peter Schmidt, Kristof Bostoen, Joseph Chunga, Lisa Danquah, Amal Krishna Halder, Saira Parveen Jolly, Marielle Snel, Adam Biran

“…Objectives To assess access to adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) among people with disabilities at the household and individual level.Design Cross-sectional surveys.Setting Data were included from five district-level or regional-level surveys: two in Bangladesh (Bangladesh-1, Bangladesh-2), and one each in Cameroon, Malawi and India.Participants 99 252 participants were sampled across the datasets (range: 3567–75 767), including 2494 with disabilities (93–1374).Outcome Prevalence of access to WASH at household and individual level.Data analysis Age/sex disaggregated disability prevalence estimates were calculated accounting for survey design. The Unicef/WHO Joint Monitoring Programme definitions were used to classify facilities as improved/unimproved. …”
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ECONOMIC ASPECT OF CRIMINAL LAW COUNTERACTION TO JUSTIFICATION OF ARMED AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE: RISKS FOR THE STATE BUDGET IN THE LIGHT OF THE PRACTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF... by Andrii Lapkin, Daryna Yevtieieva, Daria Kukovynets

“…Consequently, this may result in a negative economic effect, manifesting as potential expenditures from the state budget for the purpose of compensating individuals who have been subjected to violations of the aforementioned Convention provisions. …”
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