Investigation of the Content and Dynamics of Nutrients In The Surface Water of Lake Mulehe In Kisoro District, South-Western Uganda. by Saturday, Alex

“…We collected 54 water samples from nine sampling stations between the wet season March–May 2020 and the dry season (June–August 2020). …”
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The Impacts of Revenue Sharing on The Development of Buhoma Community in Kanungu District. by Kato, Jacob

“…Majority respondents revealed that rotating savings schemes had a close relationship with the revenue institutions yet the bataka groups had a close link with Uganda Cooperative alliance. Respondents revealed the impact of revenue sharing on development of residents neighboring Bwindi National Park as training on saving habits, increasing access to revenue services and improvement of household welfare. …”
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Investigation of the Content and Dynamics of Nutrients in the Surface Water of Lake Mulehe in Kisoro District, South-Western Uganda by Saturday, Alex PhD

“…We collected 54 water samples from nine sampling stations between the wet season March–May 2020 and the dry season (June–August 2020). …”
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The Contribution of Lower Local Governments to Health Service Delivery in Kabale Municipality Kabale District: A Case Study of Rushoroza Hospital. by Ayebare, Rosette

“…The findings revealed a strong positive relationship between human resources for health and health service delivery, indicating that adequate human resources are linked to better health service delivery. When analyzing the key challenges faced by lower local governments in health service delivery, there was no significant relationship between these variables (p = 0.249, r = 0.142) since the computed significance value was greater than 0.05. …”
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Internal Control Systems and service delivery in Kabale Municipal Council, Kabale District, Uganda. by Boaz, Abomugisha

“…The study investigated the link between this phenomenon and service quality determinants, including resourcing and accountability and staff capacity gaps and how these gaps may be related to internal control systems in place. …”
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The Impact of Instructional Supervision Practices on Students’ Academic Performance in Uganda Certificate of Education Examinations in Kamwenge District by Herbert, Nzaana

“…The study revealed that the quality of passing was low with majority of students passing in divisions three, four and nine. The low quality of passing was caused by low participation of parents, enrolment of poor grades at senior one, absenteeism of both teachers and learners and low level of supervision by the school administrators. …”
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Spatial and temporal variations of phytoplankton composition and biomass in Lake Bunyonyi, South‑Western Uganda by Alex, Saturday, Thomas, J. Lyimo, John, Machiwa, Siajali, Pamba

“…Samples were collected monthly from nine fixed stations in the lake from October 2019 to September 2020. …”
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Tamarindus Indica Ameliorates Behavioral and Cytoarchitectural Changes in the Cerebellar Cortex Following Prenatal Aluminum Chloride Exposure in Wistar Rats. by Usman, Ibe Michael, Adebisi, Samuel Sunday, Musa, Sunday Abraham, Iliya, Ibrahim Abdullahi, Archibong, Victor Bassey, Lemuel, Ann Monima, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi

“…Aluminium exposure has been linked with developmental neurotoxicity in humans and experimental animals.The study aimed to evaluate the ameliorative effect of Tamarindus indica on the developing cerebellar cortex, neurobehavior, and immunohistochemistry of the cerebellar cortex following prenatal aluminum chloride (AlCl3) exposure. …”
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Generalized Propensity Score Matching with Multilevel Treatment Options by Onur Baser

“…Results are compared with multivariate regression analysis, where the generalized linear model is used with gamma family and log link function. **Results:** Based on the study’s definitions of an asthma episode, we obtained a sample that included 25,124 patients in fee-for-service (FFS) plans and 6,603 patients in non-FFS plans. …”
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Attitudes of healthcare workers at a District in KwaZulu-Natal regarding institutionalisation of antimicrobial stewardship by Andile P. Dlungele, Lehlohonolo J. Mathibe

“…Voluntary participants were purposively recruited from hospitals and community health centres in the uMgungundlovu District, South Africa. Results: Forty-nine (N = 49) participants were recruited. That is, 33% (n = 16), 28% (n = 14), 25% (n = 12) and 14% (n = 7) were nurses, pharmacists as well as pharmacist interns, medical practitioners and healthcare managers, respectively. …”
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Effect of atrial high-rate episodes (AHREs) on functional status and quality of life (QoL) in heart failure—cardiac resynchronization therapy population by Lamyaa Elsayed Allam, Youssef Abdel Moneim, Hayam Mohammad Eldamanhoury, Sherif Mohammad Aziz Eltoukhy

“…It was found that AHRE was statistically linked to a higher total MLHFQ score (46.76 ± 9.82 in the AHRE group vs. 36.97 ± 7.76 in the non-AHRE group, P 0.032), with higher physical scores in the AHRE group. …”
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The Association between Resolvin D1 Levels and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Implications for Perinatal Outcomes by Zeynep Seyhanli, Burak Bayraktar, Mevlut Bucak, Gulsan Karabay, Betul Tokgoz Cakir, Can Ozan Ulusoy, Gizem Aktemur, Selver Ozge Sefik, Serap Topkara Sucu, Sevki Celen, Ali Turhan Caglar

“…Furthermore, maternal plasma Resolvin D1 levels were associated with composite adverse neonatal outcomes [presence of at least one of the following conditions: preterm birth (<37 weeks), low birth weight (LBW) (<2500 grams), neonatal hypoglycemia, hyperbilirubinemia, APGAR score at 5th minute <7, respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), and admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)], with a cut-off of >338.75, showing a sensitivity of 56.3%, a specificity of 79.2%, and an AUC of 0.675 (95% CI: 0.567-0.771, p=0.024). …”
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Factors involved in the recruitment and retention of voluntary blood donors in South Kivu (Democratic Republic of Congo), results from a qualitative study by Susanne Mbaka Ngunza, Isabelle Aujoulat

“…Other motivational factors were found to be linked to the perceived meaning of voluntary donation, such as the meaning given to the blood voluntary donation and material or non-material expectations. …”
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Numerical modelling of the impact of coral reef degradation and sea level rise on coastal protection at The Buccoo Reef, Tobago: implications for reef restoration and management st... by Avinash Boodoo, Deborah Villarroel-Lamb

“…The coral reef roughness is a significant factor in wave attenuation through frictional dissipation and is directly linked to the reef’s health. The influence of reef roughness on frictional dissipation under representative conditions, and the extent to which coral reef degradation and Sea Level Rise (SLR) reduces this coastal protection service remains underexplored, especially at coastal sites in Caribbean Small Island Developing States. …”
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An exploration of the research framework for the coupling of farmland and rural residential land use transition under the perspective of spatial production by LI Jingjing, FENG Yingbin, GU Lei, LI Yue

“…[Objective] The exploration of feature identification, pattern judgment, and mechanism response in the coupling of farmland and rural residential land use transition is a key link in studying the complex correlation characteristics and multiple causal problems of land use transition, which is also a scientific problem that urgently needs to be solved in the land system. …”
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Exploring molecular disparities of H-type vasculature endothelial cells in osteonecrosis of the femoral head through single-cell analysis by Wei Shi, Dong Li, Qian Xu, Kai Zhang, Xinyu Liang, Hui Li, Zhijun Li, Huafeng Zhang

“…Methods We re-analyzed the scRNA-seq data of femoral head samples publicly available in 2022. This study selected nine femoral head samples (3 each from HOA, ONFH stage 3 A, and ONFH stage 4). …”
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Opportunities and challenges for enhancing preconception health in primary care: qualitative study with women from ethnically diverse communities by Joe Kai, Nadeem Qureshi, Helena Tuomainen, Laura Cross-Bardell, Mandeep Bhoday

“…We sought to explore perceptions about preconception health and care among women from these communities to identify opportunities and challenges for intervention development in primary care.Design Qualitative study using focus groups and semistructured interviews.Setting Ethnically diverse and socially disadvantaged community settings of the UK.Participants 41 women aged 18–45 years, of Pakistani, Indian, Caribbean, African, White and mixed ethnic origin, participating in nine focus groups, half of whom (n=19) had one-to-one follow-up telephone interviews.Results Women had modest or poor awareness of preconception health issues. …”
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Narrative Literature Review of Potential Atrial Fibrillation Mechanism of Action Induced by Discontinuation of Benzodiazepines by Agnė Okulevičiūtė, Gabija Laubner Sakalauskienė

“…While there is a potential link between discontinuing benzodiazepines and atrial fibrillation through mechanisms involving peripheral benzodiazepine receptors and cardiac calcium channels, causality remains uncertain and multifaceted. …”
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Exploring benefits of a collaborative Scottish university-organization alternative credentials approach to re-skilling by Christopher J. M. Smith, Constantinos Choromides, Alicia Clyde, Fiona Stewart-Knight

“…However, there is currently almost no evidence on the benefits of such an approach for those involved, so this study focuses on examining the benefits of having a flexible national qualification system (SCQF) that allows ‘credit-rating’ of organizational learning.MethodsAn exploratory research methodology using a single case study design (based on one Scottish university) was used. Nine semi-structured interviews (with both learning providers and university employees) were inductively analyzed using a two-cycle thematic analysis approach to determine themes.ResultsThe SCQF guidance and the business-orientated nature of Scottish universities in credit-rating of learning were highlighted as an important enabler for this alternative form of credentialed learning to being possible. …”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Combined treatment of glibenclamide and CoCl2 decreases MMP9 expression and inhibits growth in highly metastatic breast cancer by Zhe Rong, Li Li, Fei Fei, Lailong Luo, Yang Qu

“…All of these mice were inoculated with TA2 spontaneous breast cancer cells in the left groin. Nine days after inoculation the tumor could be palpated. …”
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