Investigating Soil Moisture Content and Ph Levels in Eucalyptus Forest: A Case Study of Kabale District South Western Uganda. by Taremwa, Brenan

“…Soil samples were collected at distances of 0 meters (within the plantation), 5 meters, 10 meters, 20 meters, and 30 meters from the plantation, with the sampling conducted at a selected site on Kihumuro Hill, east of Kabale Municipality. …”
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Impact of food and beverage management on customer satisfaction in the hospitality sector: A case study of White Horse Inn Hotel, Kabale District by Tumusiime, Cosmas Bwambale

“…Totally 133 questionnaires were used for further analysis out of 200, representing a response rate of 66.5%. The result of the study revealed that food and beverage presentation has a significant and positive relationship with confirmation of customers’ expectations and in turn, their satisfaction level towards food and beverage management. …”
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Annona muricata Linn and Khaya grandifoliola C.DC. Reduce Oxidative Stress In Vitro and Ameliorate Plasmodium berghei-Induced Parasitemia and Cytokines in BALB/c Mice by Hope, Onohuean, Abdullateef I, Alagbonsi, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi

“…The tested doses (100-, 200-, and 400 mg/kg) of A. muricata and K. grandifoliola attenuated the P. berghei-induced elevation of parasitemia and cytokines (TNF-a, IL-5, and IL-6) in vivo during the experimental period, though not as much as chloroquine. …”
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Perceptions of caregivers on immunization in Ntungamo district, Uganda by Topher, Byamukama, Margaret, Keraka, Eliphas, Gitonga

“…On risks, most caregivers in the intervention group (85.5%) and control group (43.1%) regarded the risk factor associated with immunization as very low and moderate respectively. …”
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Spatial and temporal variations of trophic state conditions of Lake Bunyonyi, south‑western Uganda by Alex, Saturday, Thomas, J. Lyimo, John, Machiwa, Siajali, Pamba

“…The trophic state index (TSI) values based on SD, TP and Chl-a values were 60.82 ± 5.35, 68.99 ± 11.04 and 61.74 ± 7.51, respectively. …”
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Operation Wealth Creation and Poverty Reduction in Kabale District: A Case Study of Rubaya Sub-County by Marion, Katusiime

“…To answer the research questions, the study used an across-sectional research design with quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis methods.Eighty-two (82) questionnaires were administered randomly to selected farmer beneficiaries of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC); five (5) key informant interviews (KLIs) were conducted with purposefully selected Kabale District Officials and Rubaya Sub-County Officials; and four focus group discussions were carried out involving selected farmer group members in Rubaya Sub-County. …”
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Calcium and s100a1 Protein Balance in the brain– Heart axis in Diabetic Male Wistar Rats. by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Nakimbugwe, Dorothy, Ninsiima, Herbert Izo, Kasolo, Josephine, Matama, Kevin, Safiriyu, Abass Alao, Owembabazi, Elna, Ssempijja, Fred, Okpanachi, Alfred Omachonu, Valladares, Miriela Betancourt

“…The brain and heart tissues were harvested after five weeks and processed using standard methods. …”
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The paediatric liver transplant experience in Johannesburg, South Africa: A broad overview and update by K Kinandu, A Beeton, M Beretta, S Berkenfeld, L Brannigan, R Britz, D Demopoulos, L Doedens, M Duncan, P Gaylard, C Hajinicolaou, W Lowman, H Maher, T De Maayer, V Mudau, S Rambarran, M Reynders, F van der Schyff, B Ströbele, S Tager, E Wessels, J Fabian, J Loveland

“…Unadjusted recipient survival was 80% (95% CI: 75-85%) at one year, and 68% (95% CI: 59-75%) at five years. Waiting list mortality decreased from 27.3% in 2017 to 5.9% in 2021. …”
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A multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial comparing LY01011, a biosimilar, with denosumab (Xgeva®) in patients with bone metastasis from solid tumors by Mingchuan Zhao, Xichun Hu, Pengpeng Zhuang, Aiping Zeng, Yan Yu, Zhendong Chen, Hongmei Sun, Weihua Yang, Lili Sheng, Peijian Peng, Jingfen Wang, Tienan Yi, Minghong Bi, Huaqiu Shi, Mingli Ni, Xiumei Dai, Changlu Hu, Hongjie Xu, Dongqing Lv, Qingshan Li, Kaijian Lei, Xia Yuan, Ou Jiang, Xicheng Wang, Baihui Hu, Zhe Hou, Zhaoping Su, Song Zheng, Ming Zhou, Changlin Dou

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Liver damage in patients living with HIV on antiretroviral treatment with normal baseline liver function and without HBV/HCV infection: an 11-year retrospective cohort study in Gua... by Jun Yu, Hao Liang, Fengxiang Qin, Junjun Jiang, Chunwei Qin, Yunxuan Huang, Bingyu Liang, Yuexiang Xu, Jiegang Huang, Zhiliang Xu, Chuanyi Ning, Yanyan Liao, Ning Zang, Jingzhen Lai, Wudi Wei, Li Ye, Xionglin Qin

“…The incidence decreased to 5.56/100 person-years in patients with 12–18 months’ ART and 3.13/100 person years in patients with 18–24 months’ ART, and then maintained at a relatively low and stable level in patients with 2 years’ ART or longer (average of 3.65/100 person-years). …”
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Factors associated with breast lymphedema after adjuvant radiation therapy in women undergoing breast conservation therapy by Summer Sami Yono, Cara Cannella, Madeleine Gonte, Sanjay Rama, Simeng Zhu, Jenna Luker, Maristella S. Evangelista, Jessica Bensenhaver, Eleanor M. Walker, Dunya Atisha

“…Patients with breast volume ≥1500 cm3 (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 2.34; 95 % CI, 1.40–3.91; p = 0.001), Black patients (aOR = 1.78; 95 % CI, 1.12–2.82; p = 0.015), those who received neoadjuvant (aOR = 3.05; 95 % CI, 1.28–7.30; p = 0.012) or adjuvant chemotherapy (aOR = 2.14; 95 % CI, 1.29–3.55; p = 0.003), those with postoperative cellulitis (aOR = 3.94; 95 % CI, 2.20–7.06; p < 0.001), and women who developed arm lymphedema (aOR = 2.94; 95 % CI, 1.50–5.77; p = 0.002) had significantly higher odds of developing BL. …”
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The South African guidelines on enuresis: 2024 update by A Adam, A Badenhorst, F Claassen, T de Maayer, M Fockema, J Fredericks, E Gottlich, J John, N Lala, J Lazarus, S Leahy, H N Lourens, S Maharaj, K M Mathabe, E M Moshokoa, S B A Mutambirwa, K L Petersen, M B Radzuma, A van der Merwe, I van Heerden, C A Zietsman, F Alyami, A Deshpande, G H H Smith

“…Enuresis, also referred to as nocturnal enuresis, is characterised by discrete episodes of urinary incontinence during sleep in children aged ≥5 years in the absence of congenital or acquired neurological disorders. …”
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Analisis Sentimen Kebijakan Penerapan Kurikulum Merdeka Sekolah Dasar dan Sekolah Menengah pada Media Sosial Twitter dengan Menggunakan Metode Word Embedding dan Long Short Term Me... by Alif Rizal Maulana, Satrio Hadi Wijoyo, Yusi Tyroni Mursityo

“…Hasil dashboard tersebut juga diuji menggunakan kuisioner System Usability Scale (SUS) yang dilakukan oleh perwakilan dari dinas dan sekolah sebanyak 6 orang, hasil dari kuesioner tersebut adalah SUS Score sebesar 62,5 yang menunjukkan hasil cukup baik namun dapat dikembangkan lebih lanjut. …”
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Safety and efficacy of edoxaban monotherapy after bioabsorbable polymer everolimus-eluting stent implantation in a human-like coronary atherosclerotic porcine model by Daisuke Kitano, Suguru Migita, Yuxin Li, Yutaka Koyama, Katsunori Fukumoto, Sayaka Shimodai-Yamada, Akira Onishi, Daiichiro Fuchimoto, Shunichi Suzuki, Yoshiyuki Nakamura, Atsushi Hirayama, Hiroyuki Hao, Yasuo Okumura

“…Results: Edoxaban monotherapy demonstrated a significantly thinner neointimal layer (120.0 [92.5–160.0] μm vs. 210.0 [180.0–240.0] μm, p < 0.001) and smaller neointimal area (1.06 [0.82–1.46] mm2 vs. 1.84 [1.61–2.24] mm2, p < 0.001) compared to DAPT. …”
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An aggregation-induced emission-active lysosome hijacker: Sabotaging lysosomes to boost photodynamic therapy efficacy and conquer tumor therapeutic resistance by Hang Zou, Pingping Wang, Zhihao Bai, Liping Liu, Jingtong Wang, Yanfang Cheng, Bairong He, Zujin Zhao, Lei Zheng

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Age-related changes in brain signal variability in autism spectrum disorder by Priyanka Sigar, Nicholas Kathrein, Elijah Gragas, Lauren Kupis, Lucina Q. Uddin, Jason S. Nomi

“…Methods We conducted a cross-sectional examination of resting-state BSV and its relationship with age and RRBs in a cohort of individuals with Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange (n = 351) and typically developing (TD) individuals (n = 402) aged 5–50 years obtained from the Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange. …”
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Massively parallel variant-to-function mapping determines functional regulatory variants of non-small cell lung cancer by Congcong Chen, Yang Li, Yayun Gu, Qiqi Zhai, Songwei Guo, Jun Xiang, Yuan Xie, Mingxing An, Chenmeijie Li, Na Qin, Yanan Shi, Liu Yang, Jun Zhou, Xianfeng Xu, Ziye Xu, Kai Wang, Meng Zhu, Yue Jiang, Yuanlin He, Jing Xu, Rong Yin, Liang Chen, Lin Xu, Juncheng Dai, Guangfu Jin, Zhibin Hu, Cheng Wang, Hongxia Ma, Hongbing Shen

“…Accordingly, we proposed three genetic architectures underlying NSCLC susceptibility: multiple causal variants in a single haplotype block (e.g. 4q22.1), multiple causal variants in multiple haplotype blocks (e.g. 5p15.33), and a single causal variant (e.g. 20q11.23). …”
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Optimal timing of organs-at-risk-sparing adaptive radiation therapy for head-and-neck cancer under re-planning resource constraints by Fatemeh Nosrat, Cem Dede, Lucas B. McCullum, Raul Garcia, Abdallah S.R. Mohamed, Jacob G. Scott, James E. Bates, Brigid A. McDonald, Kareem A. Wahid, Mohamed A. Naser, Renjie He, Aysenur Karagoz, Amy C. Moreno, Lisanne V. van Dijk, Kristy K. Brock, Jolien Heukelom, Seyedmohammadhossein Hosseinian, Mehdi Hemmati, Andrew J. Schaefer, Clifton D. Fuller

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Clinical Guidelines of the Russian Society of Surgeons, the Russian Gastroenterological Association, the Association of Surgeons-Hepatologists and the Endoscopic Society “REndO” o... by V. T. Ivashkin, A. G. Kriger, A. V. Okhlobystin, M. A. Anischenko, S. S. Kardasheva, S. A. Alekseenko, S. F. Bagnenko, M. I. Bykov, S. A. Budzinskiy, I.  M. Buriev, V. A. Vishnevskiy, E. I. Galperin, V. P. Glabay, V. R. Goltsov, T. G. Dyuzheva, G. G. Karmazanovskiy, M. P. Korolev, D. M. Krasilnikov, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, I. V. Maev, N. A. Maystrenko, M. F. Osipenko, M. I. Prudkov, V. I. Simanenkov, E. G. Solonitsin, A. V. Fedorov, E. D. Fedorov, I. B. Khlynov, M. V. Chikunova, A. V. Shabunin, S. G. Shapovalyants, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin

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Gut microbiota derived DCA enhances FOLFOX efficacy via Ugt1a6b mediated enterohepatic circulation in colon cancer by Qian Fang, Xiaoying Hou, Limei Fan, Yufei Deng, Xiaoxuan Li, Hongyun Zhang, Haiping Wang, Zhengqi Fu, Binlian Sun, Xiji Shu, Hongzhi Du, Yuchen Liu

“…FOLFOX (5-Fluorouracil, Calcium Folinate combined with Oxaliplatin) is a preferred chemotherapy regimen for colon cancer, but its limited efficacy remains a major challenge, significantly impairs patient outcomes. …”
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