Content and Dynamics of Nutrients in the Surface Water of Shallow Lake Mulehe in Kisoro District, South–western Uganda. by Saturday, Alex, Kangume, Susan, Bamwerinde, Wilson

“…The water quality index (WQI) was used to determine the water quality of Lake Muhele using drinking water quality standards developed by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards and the World Health Organization.Results indicated that nutrients (TN, NO3– N, TP, NH4-N, NO2–N and SRP) did not differ substantially between study stations (p > 0.05) but did reveal significant differences (p < 0.05) across study months. …”
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A quantitative model of hierarchical product design by Ferdinand Wöhr, Simon Königs, Max Stanglmeier, Markus Zimmermann

“…It includes, first, a product model which structures physical product properties in a hierarchical dependency graph; second, an organizational model which formalizes the assignment of stakeholder responsibility; third, a process model which describes the top-down and bottom-up flow of design information; fourth, an actor model which simulates the combination of product, organization and process by using computational agents. …”
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TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES FROM CRUDE OIL SPILL by OYETUNJI BABATUNDE OKEDERE, ADEWOLE JOHNSON ADESANMI, JACOB ADEMOLA SONIBARE, OLUSOLA ADEDAYO ADESINA, GBADEBO OMONIYI ADENIYI

“…The statutory limits used were those of Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Environment (FMENV), World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO). For temperatures between 15 ºC and 35 ºC and spill media (over fresh water, sea water and soil), the extrapolated 24 – hour averaging period concentrations ranged between 186.79 – 584.28 μgm-3, 186.98 - 584.48 μgm-3 and 247.40- 350.21 μgm-3 for sample A; 183.44 – 571.99 μgm-3, 183.63 -572.19 μgm-3 and 244.05-337.92 μgm-3 for sample B and 178.41 – 566.96 μgm-3, 178.61 - 567.16 μgm-3 and 332.89- 280.60 μgm-3 for sample C. …”
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The Effect of Architectural Forms on Aesthetic Response : Study Case by Lawand Kamal Othman, Alan Faraydoon Ali

“…A medium to a strong relationship has been recognized between aesthetic response with moderate complexity and moderate to high levels of order and organization also with near high levels of novelty and mystery. …”
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Determination of 5-fluorouracil anticancer drug solubility in supercritical CO 2 using semi-empirical and machine learning models by Gholamhossein Sodeifian, Ratna Surya Alwi, Reza Derakhsheshpour, Nedasadat Saadati Ardestani

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Quantifying Impacts of Local Traffic Policies on PM Concentrations Using Low Cost Sensors in Berlin by Sean Schmitz, Alexandre Caseiro, Andreas Kerschbaumer, Erika von Schneidemesser

“…Abstract Urban air pollution remains a challenge in European cities, despite decades of improvement, especially with respect to recent updates to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) air quality guidelines in 2021. At the same time, a new generation of small sensors for air pollution measurement have opened up new avenues for understanding air pollution in cities. …”
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DYNAMIC INTERACTIONS AMONG EXCHANGE RATE, PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND INFLATION IN NIGERIA: AN ARDL APPROACH by Adedayo O. ADEDEJI, Oyeyemi O. ADEBIYI, Barakat I. SHOBANDE

“…Secondary and annual time series data that covered 1981 to 2018 are sourced from World Development Indicator (WDI) published by World Bank Organization. This study employed the Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF), Philip-Perron (PP), Johanson cointegration, VEC multivariate Granger causality/Exogeneity and Autoregressive Distributed Lags (ARDL) bounds tests. …”
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Enhancing depression recognition through a mixed expert model by integrating speaker-related and emotion-related features by Weitong Guo, Qian He, Ziyu Lin, Xiaolong Bu, Ziyang Wang, Dong Li, Hongwu Yang

“…Abstract The World Health Organization predicts that by 2030, depression will be the most common mental disorder, significantly affecting individuals, families, and society. …”
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A Comparative Study Evaluated the Performance of Two-class Classification Algorithms in Machine Learning by Shilan Abdullah Hassan, Maha Sabah Saeed

“…In recent years, machine learning techniques have shown great promise in aiding the diagnosis and prediction of heart attacks. The Organization for World Health (WHO) reports that around 17 million individuals worldwide pass away from cardiovascular diseases (CVD), notably heart attacks and strokes, each year. …”
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Pathways and processes to adopting or switching to a single-dose HPV vaccination schedule in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative study. by Sunny Roy, Megan D Wysong, Erica N Rosser, Ishani Sheth, Casey Geddes, Rupali J Limaye, Joseph G Rosen

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) recently endorsed a single-dose human papillomavirus vaccination (HPVV) schedule, but adoption of the revised immunization schedule has not been uniform, notably in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with outsized cervical cancer burdens. …”
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Effects of dump site soil on the leaf structures of <i>Luffa cylindrical</i> (sponge gourd) and <i>Amaranthus viridis</i> (green amaranth) by S.I. Musa, K.O. Awayewaserere, K.I. Njoku

“…All the HMs detected at the three spots and control were below the World Health Organization (WHO) and Dutch pollutant standard level, except for (Zn) which was at the exact limit (50.000Mg/kg). …”
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INVESTIGATING RISKS IN DEPENDENCE PRODUCING DRUGS USERS AMONGSUB-POPULATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES IN KARACHI;.A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY by Shamsul Arfin Qasmi et al

“…A self administered self-administered screening questionnaire designed by World Health Organization ASSIST (i.e. (Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test) for assessing various levels of substance abuse was used to collect the information, which was then noted and analyzed using SPSS version 20. …”
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Bioprinting of bespoke islet-specific niches to promote maturation of stem cell-derived islets by Myungji Kim, Seungyeon Cho, Dong Gyu Hwang, In Kyong Shim, Song Cheol Kim, Jiwon Jang, Jinah Jang

“…Interactions among these cells markedly affect the glucoregulatory functions of islets along with the surrounding niche and pancreatic tissue-specific geometrical organization. However, stem cell (SC)-derived islets generated in vitro often lack the three-dimensional extracellular microenvironment and peri-vasculature, which leads to the immaturity of SC-derived islets, reducing their ability to detect glucose fluctuations and insulin release. …”
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The differential impacts of team diversity as variability versus atypicality on team effectiveness by Neelam Modi, Alina Lungeanu, Leslie DeChurch, Noshir Contractor

“…Others prioritize “highly atypical” teams, where members contribute attributes underrepresented within the broader organization or field, regardless of variety. These two approaches entail markedly different assumptions about maximizing team diversity’s benefits. …”
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D-2-hydroxyglutarate impairs DNA repair through epigenetic reprogramming by Fengchao Lang, Karambir Kaur, Haiqing Fu, Javeria Zaheer, Diego Luis Ribeiro, Mirit I. Aladjem, Chunzhang Yang

“…CTCF depletion leads to the disruption of chromatin organization around the DNA damage sites, which abolishes the recruitment of essential DNA damage repair proteins BRCA2 and RAD51, as well as impairs homologous repair in the IDH mutant cancer cells. …”
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SMART E-HEALTH: THE BENEFITS OF ENHANCING THE AWARENESS AND BEHAVIOR OF SOLUTIONIST TECHNOLOGY USE by Żywiołek Justyna, Muhammad Irfan, Zahid Yousaf, Radosław Wolniak, Gilberto Santos

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Comparison of Birth Weights of Pre-Delivery Anemic and Non-Anemic Routine Iron Supplemented Pregnant Women by Tolga Atakul

“…When all patients are evaluated, 300 (28%) of them were found to be anemic according to Word Health Organization criteria but not for the former ACOG cut-off, which was 9.5 g/dL. …”
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A cross-sectional study of essential surgical, obstetric, and anaesthesia care capacity in the public sector in Fiji. by Ashneel Sundar, Jope Makutu, Ifereimi Waqainabete, Grace Zhang, Jemesa Tudravu, Josese Turagava, Kiki Maoate, Rajeev Patel, Rennie Xinrui Qin

“…In February 2021, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of public hospitals in Fiji using the World Health Organization-Program in Global Surgery and Social Change surgical assessment tool. …”
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Exhaust Gas Heat Recovery from a Marine Engine Using a Thermal Oil System by Nguyen Thanh Hai, Le Van Vang, Duong Xuan Quang, Bui Van Hung, Rudzki Krzysztof, Nguyen Van Nhanh, Hai Truong Thanh

“…The use of waste heat recovery technology offers the opportunity to lower fuel consumption and improve systems, and this approach also falls in line with the stringent emissions guidelines of the International Maritime Organization. This paper describes a unique exhaust gas heat recovery system in which a thermal oil system is used to heat fuel and feed cargo, in order to lower exploitation costs while also addressing environmental issues. …”
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