Evaluation of the protective efficacy of OlysetPlus ceiling nets for reduction of malaria incidence in children in Homa Bay County, Kenya: a cluster-randomised controlled study pro... by Daisuke Yoneoka, Jesse Gitaka, James Kongere, Wataru Kagaya, Akira Kaneko, Yura K Ko, Chim W Chan, Mariko Kanamori, Bernard N Kanoi, Gordon Odhiambo Okomo, Protus Omondi, Kelvin B Musyoka, Takatsugu Okai, Victor Opiyo, Jared Oginga, Samuel Mungai, Kibor K Keitany, Elijah Songok, Noboru Minakawa

“…Study results will be shared with study participants and communities, the Homa Bay County government and the Kenya National Malaria Control Programme. Results will also be disseminated through publications, conferences and workshops to help the development of novel malaria control strategies in other malaria-endemic countries.Trial registration number UMIN000053873.…”
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Two-dimensional semantic morphological feature extraction and atlas construction of maize ear leaves by Hongli Song, Hongli Song, Weiliang Wen, Weiliang Wen, Ying Zhang, Ying Zhang, Yanxin Zhao, Xinyu Guo, Xinyu Guo, Chunjiang Zhao, Chunjiang Zhao, Chunjiang Zhao

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Radiation dose and fraction in immunotherapy: one-size regimen does not fit all settings, so how does one choose? by Marka Crittenden, Sandra Demaria, C Norman Coleman, Jonathan Schoenfeld, Arta Monjazeb, Samir Khleif, Seema Gupta, Andrew Sikora, Zachary Morris, Chandan Guha, Stephen Shiao, Silvia Chiara Formenti, Bhadrasain Vikram, Mansoor M Ahmed

“…Radiation oncologists and immunologists convened a virtual consensus discussion to identify current deficiencies, challenges, pitfalls and critical gaps when combining radiotherapy with immunotherapy and making recommendations to the field and advise National Cancer Institute on new directions and initiatives that will help further development of these two fields.This commentary aims to raise the awareness of this complexity so that the need to study radiation dose, fractionation, type and volume is understood and valued by the immuno-oncology research community. …”
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Evaluación de indicadores edáficos y biomasa aérea en pasturas con áreas de parches en la región semiárida pampeana by Romina Fernández, Cristian Álvarez, Nanci Kloster, Alberto Raúl Quiroga

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Advancements in 3D printing technologies for personalized treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head by Tingting Chen, Lincong Luo, Jiaying Li, Jiamin Li, Tao Lin, Mingrui Liu, Hang Sang, Xinyu Hong, Jiahao Pu, Wenhua Huang

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Survey research in practical theology and congregational studies by C. Hermans, W. J. Schoeman

“…Surveys make a valuable contribution to congregational studies, as they provide a quantitative perspective on congregational life and its context. National and local demographics are an important part of the positioning and ecology of a congregation. …”
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Assumptions vs the reality – a case study on developing writing in a foreign language at the level of early school education in Poland and Lithuania by Paula Budzyńska, Gerda Mazlaveckiene

“… The study aims at providing a potential answer to the question about the extent to which selected currently available ELTs for early school education in Poland and Lithuania allow developing pupils’ writing skills in English described in the most recent academic studies and official regulations at both European (e.g. the CEFR Volume Companion) and national level (e.g. the Core Curriculain the countries in question). …”
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Alcohol and Drug Use During Adolescence: Problems and Solutions that Youth Professionals Need to Know by Kate Fogarty, Mark A. Brennan

“…Statistics on the problem at a national and local level, solutions at the community and family levels, and implications for extension programming will be discussed. …”
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Hurricane Preparation: A Q&A Guide to Water and Food Safety and Quality by Amy H. Simonne, Ronald Schmidt

“…Answers for each question have been prepared by using resources from UF/IFAS, federal agencies and other reputable sources including Talking About Disaster: Guide for Standard Messages (National Disaster Education Coalition, NDEC, 2004). …”
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Challenges in providing correctional service education: A case study in a correctional institution in Amhara regional state, Ethiopia by Genet Gelana Kabeta, S G Pretorius

“… The purpose of this study was to identify the challenges encountered in the provision of correctional service education in a correctional institution in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. Guided by the constructivist paradigm, the study employed qualitative case study as a strategy, involving sixteen participants selected through purposive sampling from one institution. …”
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Gambling and Consumption by Riitta Matilainen

“…Sociologist Emma Casey (2008: 3), who has studied British working-class women’s  xperiences of the National lottery, points out that buying a lottery ticket is a very popular routine purchase with unique mass appeal. …”
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‘Trustworthy Allies’: International Organisations, Ernest Hemingway, Women Activists, and Spanish Republican Exiles in Cuba by Daniel Fernandez Guevara

“…Buoyed by files in the American Friends Service Committee archive and my research in Cuba, I reveal that the confluence of Cuban state hostility against Spanish exile settlement, US private aid´s penchant for advancing a ‘national’ image abroad, and the author Ernest Hemingway´s close relationships to the ‘loyalist’ cause and its exiles, resulted in a selective distribution of aid by mostly women at ‘neutral’ private aid organisations. …”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Typhoid Fever—Salmonella Typhi by Keith R. Schneider, Renée Goodrich Schneider, Rachael Silverberg

“…Typhoid fever is easily controlled and relatively uncommon in the United States, but an estimated 21.5 million people per year are affected by typhoid fever in developing nations including regions in Asia, Africa, and South America. …”
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Preparing muslims with diabetes mellitus for Ramadan fasting in Singapore: a clinical approach and review of current practice by Sueziani Binte Zainudin, Ester Yeoh

“…While there are ongoing efforts to reduce risk during this period, larger-scale national programmes are needed to avert complications and assess the long-term effects of Ramadan fasting in the local population.…”
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'n Narratiewe teologiese verkenning van negatiewe koronêre vatomleidingsoperasieuitkomste: 'n chirurgiese hermeneutiek by M. J. Swart, G. J. van Zyl, J. A. van den Berg

“…Fellow cardiac surgeons on a national level are involved by way of a Delphi research model, providing for a collective tracing of God’s involvement in surgical outcomes. …”
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Overview of energy policy in Iran: the proper path to clean energy by Maryam Hasheminejad, Hasan Raei, Abbas Maleki

“… This article evaluates the existing energy policy in Iran, focusing on the nation’s heavy reliance on fossil fuels and the implications of such dependency. …”
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“Invisible” and “unheard” children in fragile contexts – reflections from field research among the Ba’Aka in the Central African Republic by Urszula Markowska-Manista

“…Despite the fact that the Central African Republic broke free from colonial oppression, since 1960s it has been experiencing internal colonisation and civilising missions by the countries of the Global North so as to be “fruitfully” written in the narrative of national development. Thus, referring to key categories, I discuss postcolonial representations: images and narratives perceived through the perspective of a female researcher who, since 2002, has conducted field research among excluded and marginalised children and young people in fragile (vulnerable) contexts in Central Africa. …”
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Measuring Technical Efficiency in Venezuela: The Dual-Purpose Cattle System (DPCS) by Leonardo Ortega, Ronald W. Ward, Chris Andrew

“…In Venezuela, this system represents approximately 90% of total national milk production and around 60% of total milk consumption (Plasse, 1992).  …”
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THE ROLES OF CIVIL SOCIETIES, GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION IN SUSTENANCE OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA by MAS’UD BELLO

“…In Nigeria democratic governance has not produced the expected results of the dreams of Nigerian. Nigeria as a nation has made attempts since 1960 when it attained its political independence to establish durable democratic governance. …”
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The African Charter on Democracy, Election and Governance and Constitutionalism in Nigeria by Baba Isaac Ibrahim

“…The article therefore, submits that the ACDEG should not only be made justifiable but a mechanism for monitoring compliance among African nations be put in place like the case of African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) initiative. …”
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