Men's more frequent predisposing factors in infectious endocarditis facilitate improvement of outcomes by shortening of diagnostic delay by S. Andreß, K. Reischmann, S. Markovic, F. Rohlmann, B. Hay, W. Rottbauer, D. Buckert, S. d'Almeida

“…Men diagnosed within 3.5 days had a mortality rate of 13.5% compared to 31.8% for those diagnosed later (p = 0.028).ConclusionMen with suspected IE are younger, have more predisposing factors and experience a more complicated course of disease, while benefiting from early diagnosis. …”
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Deteksi Cepat Kadar Alkohol Pada Minuman Kopi dengan Metode Dielektrik dan Jaringan Syaraf Tiruan by Sucipto Sucipto, Yuyun Rohmawati, Dyah Ayu Widyaningrum, Danang Triagus Setiyawan

“…Sensitivity analysis with bioelectric properties as input (inductance, capacitance, resistance, and impedance) and alcohol and also pH as output obtained the best ANN topology, 4-10-30-2. The best ANN topology had Mean Standard Error (MSE) of training of 0.000948 and validation MSE of 0.0011 with the correlation coefficient (R) of training and validation of 0.99929 and 0.99985, respectively. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of calculated serum osmolarity to predict dehydration in older people: adding value to pathology laboratory reports by Lee Shepstone, John F Potter, Lee Hooper, Asmaa Abdelhamid, Amy Jennings, Paul R Hunter, W Garry John, Neil P Walsh, Adam Ali, Diane K Bunn, Susan Kerry, Gregor Lindner, Carmen A Pfortmueller, Fredrik Sjöstrand, Susan J Fairweather-Tait

“…Of 39 osmolarity equations, 5 showed reasonable agreement with directly measured osmolality and 3 had good predictive accuracy in subgroups with diabetes and poor renal function. …”
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Elastosonographic Evaluation of Endometrium in Postmenopausal Bleeding by İsmail Burak Gültekin, Orhan Altınboğa, Serap Gültekin, Elif Akkaş Yılmaz, Gökşen İnanç İmamoğlu, Afra Alkan, Tuncay Küçüközkan

“…However, the need for a noninvasive method with high sensitivity and specificity is still under search. Some women who had been offered biopsy but did not accept the intervention because of the invasive nature of the procedure will be eft undiagnosed for a possible malignancy. …”
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Genetic trends and common BRCA1/2 pathogenic sequence variants in black African and Indian breast cancer patients presenting at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, KwaZulu-Nata... by M Makhetha, C Aldous, N Chabilal

“…Black African patients were young (mean 37.6 years, standard deviation 11.16) and had the majority of triple-negative tumours (37.5%). …”
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Severe subcutaneous infection with Clostridium septicum in a herd of native Icelandic horses by Charlotta Oddsdóttir, Ólöf G. Sigurðardóttir, Vala Friðriksdóttir, Vilhjálmur Svansson, Birkir Þór Bragason, Sigríður Björnsdóttir

“…Case presentation In November 2022, 16 out of 32 horses, that some days earlier had received a subcutaneous injection of Noromectin® 1% injectable solution, developed clinical signs indicating malignant oedema. …”
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Assessment of sleep problems in patients with Kawasaki disease: a survey-based study by Samar Tharwat, Mohammed Kamal Nassar

“…KD Patients who exhibited lethargy, and received corticosteroid medication had significantly higher sleep scores than those who did not. …”
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus’ impact on heart failure patients’ exercise tolerance: a focus on maximal fat oxidation during exercise by Huiying Zhu, Huiying Zhu, Jianchao Pan, Jianxuan Wen, Jianxuan Wen, Xiaojing Dang, Xiaojing Dang, Xiankun Chen, Xiankun Chen, Yunxiang Fan, Yunxiang Fan, Weihui Lu, Weihui Lu, Wei Jiang, Wei Jiang

“…In addition, the T2DM group had lower FATox at exercise intensity levels of 40% (P < 0.05) and 50% (P < 0.05) of peak VO2, compared to the non-T2DM group.ConclusionsT2DM is associated with a decrease in exercise tolerance and fat oxidation capacity in patients with heart failure. …”
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Covid-19 And Performance of Selected Non-Governmental Organizations in Kabale District, Uganda. by Karungi, Molly

“…The major conclusion was that the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on networking and funding activities of organizations, as a majority of respondents agreed that networking was not possible and funds were diverted to other activities. …”
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The Effect of Gender Inequality in Education on Rural Poverty in Kamuganguzi Sub-County Kabale District. by Niwamanya, Obed

“…They argued that some students had to travel 4-6 km to school every day. 17(11 %) of the respondents added that an increased infant and child mortality rate is also another effect of gender inequality in school. …”
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Public-Private Partnership and Early Childhood Education in Kasese District, Uganda. by Kategaya, Raymond Mwesigye, Adyanga, Akena Francis, Ocan, Johnson

“…The scholar thus used stratified and, later on, random sampling techniques. The sample selected had 312 respondents from an estimated total number of 1.417 ECD stakeholders in Kasese District. …”
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Teacher Professional Development on Students Learning and Academic Performance: A Case Study of Selected Schools in Rubanda Town Council. by Owomugisha, Edith

“…The findings of the study revealed that there were impacts of Teacher professional development on pupils’ academic performance as they included; Teacher effectiveness increases pupil's performance, High performing schools took more interest in staff training programs, Training provides knowledge and skills to improve and encourages better performance and quality output, Teacher training programs promote knowledge on choice and use of effective teaching methods, Training had visible influence in student academic achievement and Trained teacher receiving students from untrained teacher can facilitate excellent academic gain for his/her students during the school. …”
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Credit Access and Performance of Women Owned Businesses in Kabale District: A Case Study of Southern Division Kabale Municipality. by Twikiriize, Immaculate

“…Also concerning the educational background, it was concluded that many respondents were secondary school students and fewer respondents had attained diplomas and degrees as their qualifications like women, chairpersons, loan officers, accountants, and cashiers. …”
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Effect of one Laptop per Child Policy on academic Performance in Social Studies in Ruhango District, Rwanda. by Jean, Libanje Pierre

“…This was because teachers using OLPC in class had access to a greater range of resources to use with their pupils as well as diversify their lessons using the laptops. …”
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Girl-Child Empowerment and Socio-Economic Welfare in Urban Southwestern Uganda: A case study of Kanungu Town Council, Kanungu District. by Ian, Byoonanebye

“…The study concluded that, the town council had been implementing interventions that sought to empower the girl-child and improve her welfare and these included legal framework and policies, and access to education. …”
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Learners' Perception of English Language Learning in Universal Secondary Schools in Kisoro District. by Ndagijimana, Ngenda

“…From the findings, it was established that they had not got any great wish to learn more than the basics of English. …”
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Penerapan Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Network Untuk Menciptakan Data Sintesis Perilaku Pengemudi Dalam Berkendara by Michael Stephen Lui, Fitra Abdurrachman Bachtiar, Novanto Yudistira

“…One of the solutions to prevent vehicle crash is by using external sensor to detect road condition. Yet, most crash happened because of driver distraction, which is hard to detect using external sensor. …”
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The sport and Lithuanian national identity by Ingvaras Butautas, Rasa Čepaitienė

“…During the Soviet times, sport had to serve state image and communist ideology needs. …”
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Potential role of dietary white poplar (Populus alba L.) in stimulating growth, digestion, and antioxidant/immune status of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by Rowida E. Ibrahim, Mohamed Shaalan, Mohamed ElHady, Hanan A. Ghetas, Faten I. Elsayed, Elsayed M. Younis, Abdelwahab A. Abdelwarith, Mohamed F. Badran, Simon J. Davies, Afaf N. Abdel Rahman

“…For 60 days, fish (n = 160; 34.61 ± 0.16 g) were divided equally into four groups, each had four replicates. Fish were fed on four isonitrogenous and isolipidic diets supplemented with varying levels of WP; 0 g/kg (WP0, crude protein (CP) = 37.18%; crude lipid (CL) = 9.98%), 2 g/kg (WP2, CP = 37.22%; CL = 9.56%), 4 g/kg (WP4, CP = 36.95%; CL = 9.47%), and 6 g/kg (WP6, CP = 36.88%; CL = 9.33%), where WP0 was the control diet. …”
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Comparison of h-index and other bibliometrics in Google Scholar and Scopus for articles published by translational science trainees by Laura D. Davis, Corbyn M. Gilmore, Adriana Vargus, Henry Ogbeifun, Yong-Hee P. Chun, Christopher R. Frei

“…A total of 38 trainees (13 TS PhD students and 26 TST trainees) had active profiles in both Google Scholar and Scopus. …”
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