Village Savings and Loan Associations and Socio-Economic Empowerment of Vulnerable People in Kamuganguzi Sub-County Kabale, District, Uganda by Mwijukye, Deus, Moses, Agaba

“…According to UBOS 2018, Kamuganguzi Sub County which was the study area was among the poorest sub counties of Ndorwa County, Kabale District where a total of 3,516 people were food insecure, 769 people had no access to safe water, 691 children (6-17years) were out of school, 1,142 children were involved in child labour and 110 children were currently married. …”
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Village Savings And Loan Associations (VSLA) and Socio -Economic Empowerment of Vulnerable People in Kamuganguzi Sub County Kabale District. by Mwijukye, Deus

“…According to UBOS 2018, Kamuganguzi Sub County which was the study area was among the poorest sub counties of Ndorwa County, Kabale District where a total of 3,516 people were food insecure, 769 people had no access to safe water, 691 children (6-17years) were out of school, 1,142 children were involved in child labour and 110 children were married. …”
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Effectiveness and safety of percutaneous endoscopic debridement and drainage for spinal infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Guozhong Zhou, Xiaorong Liu, Zhi Liang, Xuesong Chen, Chao Song

“…Subgroup analyses demonstrated a significantly lower reoperation rate in the group that discontinued antibiotics based on a normal CRP than in the fixed-duration group (2.7% [95% CI 0.3–7.7%] vs 20.1% [95% CI 14.5–26.3%], p = 0.0002). …”
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Genomic insights into ecological adaptation of oaks revealed by phylogenomic analysis of multiple species by Tian-Rui Wang, Xin Ning, Si-Si Zheng, Yu Li, Zi-Jia Lu, Hong-Hu Meng, Bin-Jie Ge, Gregor Kozlowski, Meng-Xiao Yan, Yi-Gang Song

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Efficacy and safety of transanal endoscopic microsurgery for early rectal cancer: a meta-analysis by Chunqiang Wang, Tianye Huang, Xuebing Wang

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The associations between sedentary behavior and neck pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yunchen Meng, Yaqi Xue, Sanjun Yang, Fang Wu, Yanyu Dong

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Contributions of Indoor Household Activities to Inhalation Health Risks Induced by Gaseous Air Pollutants in Hong Kong Home by Lewei Zeng, Kaimin Li, Hai Guo, Beining Zhou, Xiaopu Lyu, Yunxi Huo, Erik Uhde, Jin Yang, Yangzong Zeren, Haoxian Lu, Dawen Yao, Zhe Qian

“…For the first time, several household activities were found to cause acute health risks due to exposure to formaldehyde, benzene, NO2 and acrolein in normal urban daily life. The probability distributions of cancer risks from household activities revealed that formaldehyde was the main carcinogen with an average risk of 2.00 × 10−4, followed by benzene, acetaldehyde, ethylbenzene and dichlorobenzene. …”
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Density functional theory calculation for understanding the roles of biochar in immobilizing exchangeable Al3 + and enhancing soil quality in acidic soils by Debo He, Xinyi Liu, Dongni Hu, Ping Lei, Jinbo Zhang, Zhixin Dong, Bo Zhu

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Comparison of handheld rebound tonometry with Goldmann applanation tonometry in children with glaucoma: a cohort study by Catey Bunce, Peng Tee Khaw, John Brookes, Maria Papadopoulos, Amanda Lewis, Poornima Rai, Renata Puertas, Annegret Hella Dahlmann-Noor, Shenille Tabasa-Lim, Ahmed El-Karmouty, Mustafa Kadhim, Nicholas Kloster Wride, Dawn Grosvenor

“…RBT frequently and significantly overestimates IOP. However, ‘normal’ RBT readings are likely to be accurate and may spare children an examination under anaesthesia (EUA). …”
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Recommendations of the Russian Gastroenterological Association in Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Maev, A. S. Trukhmanov, T. L. Lapina, O. A. Storonova, O. V. Zayratyants, O. B. Dronova, Yu. A. Kucheryavyy, S. S. Pirogov, R. G. Sayfutdinov, Yu. P. Uspenskiy, A. A. Sheptulin, D. N. Andreev, D. E. Rumyantseva

“…Prokinetics can be used in combination with PPIs for their properties to recover normal functionality of esophagus through affecting pathogenetic mechanisms of GERD.Complicated patients (repeated bleedings, peptic esophageal strictures) are recommended anti-reflux surgery with prior examination of esophageal functionality using pH-impedance and high-resolution manometry.Conclusion. …”
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Phytomedicinal armamentarium: A review of inula racemosa-derived alantolactones and isoalantolactones in anticancer therapy by Joshi Gaurav Santoshrao, Smriti Jamwal, Rakesh Kumar, Ekta Bisht, Bisen Harsh Krishnakumar, Shreya Katoch, R.K. Asrani

“…The compounds have demonstrated efficacy in vitro and in vivo, affecting various cancer cell lines with minimal toxicity to normal cells. Conclusion: Alantolactone and isoalantolactone from Inula racemosa show promising potential as anti-cancer agents. …”
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Immune dysfunction revealed by digital spatial profiling of immuno-oncology markers in progressive stages of renal cell carcinoma and in brain metastases by Wei Wei, Michael Hurwitz, Sabina Signoretti, Lucia Jilaveanu, Toni K Choueiri, David L Rimm, Adebowale Adeniran, Sandra Martínez, Harriet M Kluger, David A Schoenfeld, Myrto Moutafi, Dijana Djureinovic, Ross D Merkin, David A Braun, Fabio Parisi

“…We profiled 76 primary tumors, 27 adjacent histologically normal kidney samples, and 86 metastases, including 24 brain metastases.Results We observed lower immune checkpoint (TIM-3 and CTLA-4), cytolytic (GZMA and GZMB), and T cell activation (CD25) protein expression in metastases compared with primary tumors in two separate cohorts. …”
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Cancer Burden Disease Attributable to PM2.5 and Health Risk by PM2.5-bound Toxic Species in Two Urban Chilean Municipalities by Ye Li, Franz Muñoz-lbañéz, Ana Maldonado-Alcaíno, Darby Jack, Beizhan Yan, Li Xu, Marco Acuña, Manuel Leiva-Guzman, Ana Valdés, Dante D. Cáceres

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Report on the Academic Symposium: Youth Quotas − The Answer to Changes in Age Demographics? by Igor Dimitrijoski

“…Some speakers challenged the analogy of youth quotas to quotas for women or ethnic minorities, because women and ethnic minorities can’t change their status whereas today’s young people, in the normal course of life, will be old in the future. …”
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Identifying neurobiological heterogeneity in clinical high-risk psychosis: a data-driven biotyping approach using resting-state functional connectivity by Xiaochen Tang, Yanyan Wei, Jiaoyan Pang, Lihua Xu, Huiru Cui, Xu Liu, Yegang Hu, Mingliang Ju, Yingying Tang, Bin Long, Wei Liu, Min Su, Tianhong Zhang, Jijun Wang

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Peningkatan Performa Ensemble Learning pada Segmentasi Semantik Gambar dengan Teknik Oversampling untuk Class Imbalance by Arie Nugroho, M. Arief Soeleman, Ricardus Anggi Pramunendar, Affandy Affandy, Aris Nurhindarto

“…Aktifitas dan objek yang terekam dalam suatu gambar beraneka ragam. Secara normal, mata manusia dapat dengan mudah membedakan antara foreground dan background dari suatu gambar, tetapi komputer membutuhkan pembelajaran dalam membedakan keduanya. …”
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Clinical manifestations, para-clinical features and outcome of Iranian adults with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection: a report from hospitalized patients by Maryam Shafaati, Abbas Shakoori Farahani, Mohammadreza Salehi, Mohammad Arabzadeh, Helya Bolouki Azari, Arman Soleimany, Maryam Edalatifard, Vahid Salimi, Alireza Abdollahi

“…Notably, biochemical and inflammatory markers such as CRP, ESR, and LDH were significantly elevated beyond the normal range. Finally, five patients (13.9%) who received intensive care treatments died. …”
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miR-182 promoter hypermethylation predicts the better outcome of AML patients treated with AZA + VEN in a real-world setting by Yilan Xu, Danyang Li, Na Wang, Bei Ge, Chen Meng, Min Zhao, Zihan Lin, Min Li, Yigang Yuan, Yue Cai, Liuzhi Shi, Shenmeng Gao, Haige Ye

“…Methods miR-182 promoter methylation was measured in 94 AZA + VEN-treated elderly or unfit AML patients and 20 normal controls (NCs) samples. To determine whether miR-182 promoter methylation is a predictive marker of clinical outcomes in AZA + VEN-treated AML patients in a real-world setting, we analyzed and compared the complete remission (CR)/CR with incomplete hematologic recovery (CRi) rate, overall survival (OS), and leukemia free-survival (LFS) across different methylation groups: miR-182 promoter hypomethylation (median value < 20.21%) and hypermethylation (> 20.21%) in a retrospective study. …”
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Francuski koloryt modlitwy w życiu i pismach Elżbiety od Trójcy Świętej by Jan Krzysztof Miczyński

“…W ten sposób dostrzega się ukryte działanie Boga, który uzdalnia człowieka do podążania za Nim nową ścieżką, według Jego zamysłu, współmiernie do ofiarowanego powołania. …”
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Beistand bei Trauer. Psychologisch-pastorale Aspekte by Jan Dziedzic

“…Otwarcie się na innych pomaga szybciej wejść w nową rzeczywistość i przeorganizować swoje życie. …”
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