Experiences and challenges Implementing Uganda's Revised English Literature Curriculum: Problematization of Colonization. by Johnson, Ocan

“…Following these investigations, the old English language curriculum has always had a tenuous connection with British political and economic interests in Uganda. …”
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Fetal Adrenal Hemorrhage with Prolonged Pregnancy: A Case Report by Gürhan Güney, Aytekin Tokmak, Ali İrfan Güzel, Aydan Sezer Kara, Melike Doğanay

“…In this case report we presented a case of pregnant woman (41w6d) with a fetus who had intraabdominal mass at right adrenal region. …”
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Extrapelvic Endometriosis: Two Case Reports by Egemen Tolunay, İbrahim Yalçın, Bulut Varlı, Alper Kahraman, Murat Seval, Murat Sönmezer, Cem Atabekoğlu

“…This article includes two patients, one has abdominal wall endometriosis and the other has inguinal endometriosis. Both of them had surgical excision without recieving any medical treatment. …”
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Migration of pupils of boarding establishments from occupation areas: state, problems, perspectives by Lilia Yeromina

“…The article is devoted to an analysis of the social-psychological state of pupils of boarding establishments that had to migrate. On the basis of practical experience of communication and work with pupils of boarding establishments the author of the article analyses the specific nature of giving social-pedagogical help to this category of children. …”
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Impact of healthy lifestyle on diabetes incidence among adults of different socioeconomic status in Guizhou province: a prospective cohort study by Yiying WANG, Min CHEN, Lieqiang ZHANG, Xin WANG, Wei ZHAN, Yunxi PAN, Xiaodeng ZHAO, Tao LIU

“…Among adults with SES scores of 9 – 11, those with 3, 4, and ≥ 5 healthy lifestyle factors had 42.0% (HR = 0.580, 95%CI: 0.397 – 0.848), 36.6% (HR = 0.634, 95%CI: 0.424 – 0.947), and 78.0% (HR = 0.220, 95%CI: 0.094 – 0.514) lower diabetes risk, respectively. …”
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The clinical utility of tissue polymerase chain reaction, tissue culture and tissue histology in blood culture-negative infective endocarditis in South Africa – insights from the G... by W Endres, P Mkoko, M Ntsekhe

“…Tissue culture and histopathology had a poor yield and added little value in identifying the microbiological cause of BCNIE. …”
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Investigating knowledge and attitudes toward genetic testing and counseling among palestinians by Mustafa Ghanim, Maha Rabayaa, Malik Alqub, Ahmad Hanani, Mohammad Abuawad, Belal Rahhal, Shurouq Qadous, Myassar Barahmeh, Sameeha Atout, Saad Al-Lahham, Aseel Aref, Majdi Dwikat, Samar Alkhaldi, Ahmad Makhamreh

“…Participants who were undergoing routine check-ups, those who had reported their health status as poor, and those who had hereditary disorders in their families were more likely to perform predictive cancer genetic testing. …”
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Successful Pessary Use During Pregnancy: Report of Three Cases by Sezen Bozkurt Köseoğlu, Aytekin Tokmak, Metin Kaba

“…All cases were in the second trimester of their pregnancies. One of the cases had subtotal uterine prolapse and the others were under risk of preterm birth. …”
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The Identification of FN1 as an Early Diagnostic Marker for Recurrent Abortion by Single-Exosome Profiling by Wang C, Lu Z, She G, Chen K, Zhou H, Zhan X, Yu H, Pi L, Zuo L, Che D

“…Chenlu Wang,1,* Zhaojin Lu,1,* Guangpeng She,2 Kaining Chen,1 Huazhong Zhou,1 Xueli Zhan,3 Hongyan Yu,1 Lei Pi,1 Liandong Zuo,4 Di Che1 1Department of Clinical Biological Resource Bank, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510620, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510180, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510620, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Andrology, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510620, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Di Che, Department of Clinical Biological Resource Bank, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, No. 9 Jinsui Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510620, People’s Republic of China, Email [email protected] Liandong Zuo, Department of Andrology, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, 9 Jinsui Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510620, People’s Republic of China, Email [email protected]: Recurrent abortion(RA) is a prevalent adverse pregnancy event. …”
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The Safety and Efficacy of Chemical Pleurodesis Agents in Patients with Malignant Pleural Effusion Admitted in Tertiary Care Hospital by Venkateshwaran Kathamuthu, Rajeshkumar Balakrishnan, Saravanavasan Rajendran, Prabhakaran Rathinam

“…Doxycycline had 50% failure and requires repeated pleurodesis for a successful outcome. …”
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The rapid detection of a neonatal unit outbreak of a wild-type Klebsiella variicola using decentralized Oxford Nanopore sequencing by Rhys T. White, Michelle Balm, Megan Burton, Samantha Hutton, Jamaal Jeram, Matthew Kelly, Donia Macartney-Coxson, Tanya Sinha, Henrietta Sushames, David J. Winter, Maxim G. Bloomfield

“…The four isolates involved displayed wild-type susceptibility, so had not been detected via multidrug-resistant organism surveillance. …”
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Hispanic Patients Undergoing Spinal Fusion for Neuromuscular Scoliosis Sustain Health Inequalities by Armando S. Martinez, David Momtaz, Travis Kotzur, Alexandra McLennan, Abdullah Ghali, Farhan Ahmad, Ebubechi Adindu, Alan C. Santiago-Rodriquez, Ali Seifi, Brian Smith

“…Results: Compared to non-Hispanic patients (N=1829), Hispanic patients (N=431) had spinal fusion with instrumentation at younger ages (12.9 vs. 14.1 years old, p=0.011) and had significantly different household incomes with less representation in the 75th to 100th percentile (16.8% vs. 26.5%, p<0.001). …”
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TECHNOLOGY LITERACY AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS FOR ENHANCING NUMERACY AND LITERACY SKILLS OF EARLY-GRADE PUPILS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS IN TANZANIA by Hamadi Mtani, Shubi Kaijage, Neema Mduma

“…The results found that female teachers had higher technological literacy than male teachers. …”
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Ultrasensitive interferons quantification reveals different cytokine profile secretion in inflammatory myopathies and can serve as biomarkers of activity in dermatomyositis by Loïs Bolko, Loïs Bolko, Loïs Bolko, Céline Anquetil, Céline Anquetil, Alba Llibre, Solène Maillard, Damien Amelin, Karim Dorgham, Vincent Bondet, Océane Landon-Cardinal, Océane Landon-Cardinal, Océane Landon-Cardinal, Ségolène Toquet, Ségolène Toquet, Kuberaka Mariampillai, Samuel Malatre, Alexandrine Mahoudeau, Baptiste Hervier, Mathieu Rodero, Guy Gorochov, Darragh Duffy, Olivier Benveniste, Olivier Benveniste, Yves Allenbach, Yves Allenbach

“…Patients with active DM had a higher median IFN-α level (0.49 pg/ml [0.1-3.7]) compared with non-active patients (0.03 pg/ml [0.01-0.07] p&lt;0.05). …”
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Outcomes after Surgery for Malignant Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors by Omar Hama Ghalib Azeez Hawramy, Karzan Seerwan Abdullah, Barham M.M. Salih, Qalandar Hussein A. Kasnazani, Dana Taib Gharib, Dara Ahmed Mohammed

“…Common symptoms were abdominal pain 12 (75%) of them three cases had clinical jaundice 3 (18.8%) and one case had acute pancreatitis and pancreatic necrosis. …”
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Regional hippocampal thinning and gyrification abnormalities and associated cognition in children with prenatal alcohol exposure by Blake A. Gimbel, Jeffrey R. Wozniak, Bryon A. Mueller, Kent A. Tuominen, Abigail M. Ernst, Mary E. Anthony, Erik de Water, the CIFASD, Donovan J. Roediger

“…Of those with PAE, 4.2% had fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), 22.9% had partial FAS, and 72.9% had alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder. …”
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Socio-economic determinants and spatial analysis of access to sanitation among older adults in Ghana by Ebenezer Nana Kwaku Boateng, Yvonne Ami Adjakloe, Addae Boateng Adu-Gyamfi, Amos Apraku, Simon Mariwah, Razak M. Gyasi

“…Specifically, the adjusted logistic regression results indicated that females had higher odds of sanitation access than males (AOR: 1.054, CI 1.023, 1.087, p-value < 0.001). while those in the ‘‘80 + ’’ age group had higher odds of sanitation access compared to those in the ‘‘60–69’’ age group (AOR: 1.171, CI 1.129, 1.214, p-value < 0.001). …”
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Experience of Two-Stage Treatment of Rectal Fistulas Using Low-Thrombin Fibrin Glue “Kriofit” by S. А. Frolov, A. M. Kuzminov, D. V. Vyshegorodtsev, V. Yu. Korolik, I. S. Bogormistrov, A. N. Ryndin

“…Based on examination and transrectal ultrasound data, 13 (46.4 %) patients had intrasphincteric fistulas and 15 (53.6 %) had transsphincteric fistulas. …”
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Attendance of Patients with ophthalmological problems about Eye Protection from UV/blue Light Radiation from Sun light and Electronic Devices in Sulaimani City by Salah Qadir Mahmood, Muhammad Babakir-Mina, Salar Ibrahim Ali, Abdulrahman M. Ibrahem, Bakhtyar Kamal Talabany

“…Furthermore, only the patients with sun light sensitivity and cataract had a significant knowledge about harmful effects of radiation from electronic devices on human eyes. …”
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Describing quality of life trajectories in young Hispanic women with breast cancer: 5-year results from a large prospective cohort by Bryan F. Vaca-Cartagena, Ana S. Ferrigno Guajardo, Hatem A. Azim Jr, Federico Rotolo, Antonio Olivas-Martinez, Alejandra Platas, Alan Fonseca, Fernanda Mesa-Chavez, Marlid Cruz-Ramos, Ana Rodriguez, Alejandro Mohar, Cynthia Villarreal-Garza

“…Patients with a good QoL had clinically meaningful diarrhea for the first 7 months, while those with the best QoL had clinically important nausea and vomiting during the first 2 months since diagnosis. …”
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