Promotion of healthy eating patterns among employees of a primary health care unit by Paula Martins Horta, Luana Caroline dos Santos, Roseli Gomes de Andrade

“…After that, an intervention program started which lasted six weeks. Six weekly activities relating to food and nutrition education were carried out and their themes were: food groups and healthy eating; physical activity practice and adequate water ingestion; milk and dairy and the importance of calcium; fruits and the importance of using whole foods; nutritional labeling, whole grains and diet vs. light; sodium consumption and aromatic herbs. …”
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Investigating the Use of Open Air Burnt Sorghum and Wheat Straw Ashes to Soften Hard Water. by Bainomugisha, Jonan

“…It was then treated with different dosages of both SSA (sorghum straw ash) and WSA (wheat straw ash) starting from 2.5g and went on increasing uniformly by 2.5g until the maximum hardness removal efficiency of both ashes was reached i.e. where the further addition of ash did not change the hardness of water. …”
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Factors Influencing Recentralization of Local Government Functions in Uganda. by Biryomumeisho, Stephen, Ocan, Johnson, Adyanga, Francis Akena

“…However, since 2003, the Central Government started reversing the policy in terms of decentralization of the appointment of Chief Administrative Officers and Municipal Town Clerks and of recent City Town Clerks (for new cities in Uganda) from the District Service Commissions (DSCs) to the Public Service Commission, recentralization of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) under the management of the Executive Director, Procurement of drugs from the district health office to the National Medical Stores (NMS), recentralization of the payroll and the recent recentralization of local revenue collection from LGs. …”
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Contribution of Savings and Internal Lending Communities to the Youth Livelihood in Rwanda: The Case of Gikongoro Diocese Project 2006-2010 by Jacques, Sezikeye

“…The study's objectives were to assess the social economic impact of SILC on youth livelihood development in Gikongoro diocese, to determine whether SILC has increased youth access to financial services, and to determine the influence of SILC on youth starting small businesses.The study employed qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection, which included the use of questionnaires, the use of interview methods, observation, and also documentary methods while in the field. …”
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Meta-analysis of the association between overexpression of RAD51 family genes and prognosis and clinical features in breast cancer by Yong-Cheng Liu, Jun Shen

“…Two independent researchers screened the literature according to predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria and extracted relevant data. Statistical analyses were conducted using the Meta package in R 4.2.2. …”
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Patterns of failure and prognosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma according to Epstein-Barr virus DNA status by Lin-Feng Guo, Guan-Zhong Lu, Zhen-Zhen Lu, Yi-Feng Yu, San-Gang Wu

“…Receiver operating characteristic analysis, Chi-square test, Wilcoxon rank sum test, Kaplan-Meier method, and Multivariate Cox regression analyses were used for statistical analysis. Results This study involved 108 patients, including 105 (97.2%) who had EBV-DNA detectable at the initial diagnosis of NPC. …”
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The impact of successive Montessori programmes on cognitive achievement by Maria Angelica Paez-Barrameda

“…Group A students, who attended the full spectrum of Montessori programmes, achieved the highest GPAs (92−93), followed by Group B (90−91), and Group C (87−88). Statistical analysis revealed highly significant differences in GPA scores among the groups (alpha ≤ 0.01, P = 0.000 to 0.001). …”
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Effects of moss restoration on surface runoff and initial soil erosion in a temperate vineyard by C. Gall, S. Oldenburg, M. Nebel, T. Scholten, S. Seitz

“…While moss restoration reduced surface runoff slightly more and sediment discharge slightly less compared with cover crops (68.1 % and 87.7 %, respectively), these differences were not statistically significant. Sediment discharge varied seasonally for moss restoration, especially from April to June; this is most likely due to the decline in moss cover and the foliage of the vines in June, as concentrated canopy drip points form on the leaves and woody surfaces of the vines, increasing erosion. …”
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Weaving oral health provider perspectives to guide future dental therapy advocacy and implementation efforts by Amanda J. Llaneza, Amanda J. Llaneza, Kara A. Stone, Julie Seward

“…The goal of this study was to explore oral health provider engagement and perspectives of DT implementation in local communities.MethodsEngagement related to DT from the dental provider perspective from the ADTA conference's attendees were analyzed via optional, electronic post-conference surveys. Descriptive statistics were utilized to report the position type of attendees, years of experience in the role, incorporation of clinical courses for DT scope of practice, and clinic management and administration for their patients. …”
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Fast and Slow Roasting of Alcohol- and Honey-infused Coffee Blends: A Comparative Study of PAH and N-PAH Emissions by Hsin-Chieh Kung, Chung-Hsien Hung, Kun-Hui Lin, Bo-Wun Huang, Nicholas Kiprotich Cheruiyot, Guo-Ping Chang-Chien

“…However, when considering all the coffee formulations, only the mass concentrations between the two roasting methods were statistically different (p = 0.05). The initial concentrations of total mass PAHs and PAH4 (BaA, Chr, BbF, and BaP) in green coffee beans (A) were 57.8 ng g−1 and 0.591 ng g−1, respectively. …”
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Effectiveness of a Social Cognitive Theory-based health education intervention on depression (SCODESS) among mothers of children with cancer in Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia-A q... by Wan Syahirah Wan Ghazali, Halimatus Sakdiah Minhat, Sherina Mohd Sidik, Iqmer Nashriq Mohd Nazan

“…The GEE analysis showed no significant effects of SCODESS intervention on depression scores at T2 (p = 0.909) and T3 (p = 0.622) compared to the control group at baseline. However, statistically significant increases were observed in cancer-related knowledge scores at T2 (β = 0.66, 95%CI: 0.21, 9.20, p = 0.002) and T3 (β = 1.18, 95%CI: 0.65, 1.70, p<0.001), and in the problem-focused coping scores at T2 (β = 2.50, 95% CI 0.42, 4.58, p-value = 0.018), and T3 (β = 2.42, 95% CI 0.13, 4.72, p-value = 0.038) in the intervention group compared to the control group at baseline. …”
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Characterizing avocado production systems for Ugandan exports: the need for consolidation and support for sustainable development by Peter Sseruwagi, Peter Sseruwagi, Edouard Lehmann, Paul Sigombe, Gabriel Ddamulira, Jan Willem Van Casteren, Pieterjan De Bauw

“…Field visits included farm and field surveys, GPS mapping of production areas, and soil sampling for wet-chemistry analysis. Descriptive statistics, multivariate logistic regression, and ANOVA were used to assess the impact of farm and field characteristics on production practices and access to advisory services and certification. …”
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Pancreatic cancer mortality in South Africa: A case-control study by M L Nhleko, I Edoka, E Musenge

“…A matched case-control study with 1:1 matching was conducted using data collected by Statistics SA from 1997 to 2016. Controls were randomly selected to be as similar as possible to the cases, and matched by age, sex and year of death. …”
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Food safety practice and its associated factors among food handlers working in food and drinking establishments in Hargeisa, Somaliland by Mohamed Mussa Abdilahi, Jonah Kiruja, Abdisamad Shukri Ismail, Soheir H. Ahmed, Faisal Nooh, Ayanle Suleiman Ahmed, Abdiqathar Rashid Kulmie

“…Lack of food safety training (AOR = 0.172; 95% CI: 0.070, 0.420), less working experience (AOR = 1.757; 95% CI: 1.026, 3.009), lack of appropriate water storage equipment (AOR = 0.602; 95% CI: 0.364, 0.996), lack of regular sanitary inspection (AOR = 1.691; 95% CI: 1.028, 2.783), and poor knowledge (AOR = 0.589; 95% CI: 0.353, 0.983) were statistically associated with poor food safety practices. …”
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Utility of Visceral Adiposity Index and Lipid Accumulation Products to Define Metabolically-Unhealthy Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Asian Indian Women - A Cross Sectional Study by R. A. Shreenidhi, Reeta Mahey, Monika Rajput, Rohitha Cheluvaraju, Ashish D. Upadhyay, Jai Bhagwan Sharma, Garima Kachhawa, Neerja Bhatla

“…VAI and LAP were calculated and correlated with clinical, endocrine and metabolic parameters. Statistical Analysis Used: Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to study the independent role of VAI and LAP to predict MetS. …”
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Meta-analysis to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of enzalutamide and abiraterone acetate for first-line treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer in real-... by Armen Aprikian, Amit Bahl, Aurelius Omlin, Giulia Baciarello, Abhiroop Chakravarty, Prashanth Kondaparthi, Georgia Gourgioti, Thomas McLean, Alexis Serikoff, Andrew Chilelli

“…These results were consistent across all sensitivity analyses.DiscussionAcross all analyses, enzalutamide demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in OS compared with abiraterone. …”
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Nutritional Analysis of Three Commonly Consumed Varieties of Sorghum (<i>Sorghum bicolor L.</i>) in Bauchi State, Nigeria by Z.S. Mohammed, A.H. Mabudi, Y. Murtala, S. Jibrin, S. Sulaiman, J. Salihu

“…The AAS results for the mineral elements revealed that all the three sorghum varieties contains all the mineral elements analyzed except for white sorghum which does not show any trace of copper. Statistical analysis on the mineral elements of the three sorghum showed that there were no significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) in all the mineral elements analysed with respect to each of the samples except for calcium that showed a significant difference (p ≤ 0.05). …”
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Acceptance of artificial intelligence clinical assistant decision support system to prevent and control venous thromboembolism among healthcare workers: an extend Unified Theory of... by Jingxian Wang, Yun Zhou, Yun Zhou, Kai Tan, Zhigang Yu, You Li

“…However, studies that focused on the acceptance of computerized tools for VTE prevention among healthcare workers were limited.ObjectiveThis study aims to explore what factors are influencing healthcare workers’ acceptance of the Artificial Intelligence Clinical Assistant Decision Support System (AI-CDSS) for VTE prevention based on the extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT).MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional survey among healthcare workers in three grade-A tertiary hospitals in Shanxi, China. Statistically, the hypothesized model was evaluated by AMOS structural equation modeling.Results510 (72.86%) valid surveys were collected in total. …”
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The relationship between vision status and its influencing factors among primary and secondary school students: The masking effect of physical activity level and the moderating eff... by Jiyan Xu, Yanjun Li, Siyuan Ma, Shimeng Dai, Weiwei Xu, Mengjiao Sang, Kaijie Feng

“…The data was tested with descriptive statistics, difference test, correlation analyses, regression analyses, and so on using SPSS 25.0 and SPSSAU, and the target model was established and tested for the goodness-of-fit with AMOS 23.0. …”
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Sentralisasi Pengawasan Informasi Jaringan Menggunakan Blockchain Ethereum by Muhammad Fajar Sidiq, Akbari Indra Basuki, Halim Firdaus, Muhammad Aldi Baihaqi

“…In this paper, we proposed a prototype of a centralized monitoring system that records network statistics and configurations into the blockchain ledger. …”
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