SACCOs and Agricultural Production in Uganda: A Case Study of Kitenga Village in Kebisoni Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Nitwikiriza, Racheal

“…These are administrative officers, the accounting department, the finance department, community members, employees, and shareholders. …”
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Experimental study of the piezoelectricity of Middle Pleistocene loess in the Weibei region, China by Yanlin JING, Jie LIU, Qingying LIU, Xiaoxiao DUAN, Na XIE, Dengke YANG

“…The widely distributed loess worldwide is composed primarily of quartz, accounting for 37.0% to 69.9%. However, there is a lack of studies on the piezoelectricity of loess both domestically and internationally. …”
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Genetic parameters and parental and early-life effects of boar semen traits by Pedro Sá, Rodrigo M. Godinho, Marta Gòdia, Claudia A. Sevillano, Barbara Harlizius, Ole Madsen, Henk Bovenhuis

“…A repeatability model accounting for effects at collection was used to (1) estimate heritabilities and repeatabilities for semen traits and genetic and phenotypic correlations between traits, (2) test the significance of early-life effects, (3) quantify the contribution of exclusive dam and sire inheritances to the phenotypic variation, i.e., mitochondrial DNA and the Y chromosome, identified using a pedigree-based approach, and (4) quantify the contribution of maternal and paternal environment effects to the phenotypic variation of semen traits. …”
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Mortality trends of traumatic brain injuries in the adult population of the United States: a CDC WONDER analysis from 1999 to 2020 by Muhammad Hamza Dawood, Yusra Fazli, Sejal Lund, Shurjeel Uddin Qazi, Rija Tahir, Areehah Zafar Masood, Aiman Azam Qureshi, Saleha Safdar, Heraa Zaheer, Muhammad TayyabMuzaffar Chaychi

“…Abstract Background Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a critical public health issue in the United States, contributing significantly to morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Accounting for a substantial proportion of injury-related deaths and disabilities, TBI impacts a wide demographic, with particularly high incidence rates among young and elderly populations. …”
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A Framework for Analyzing Absorptive Capacity Using Social Network Analysis (Case Study: Sharif University Innovation Ecosystem) by Mahdi Mohammadi, Mahdi Elyasi, Azadeh Savehshemshaki

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Super-twisting sliding mode control of grid-side inverters for wind power generation systems with parameter perturbation by Weiqi Zhang, Yanmin Wang, Muhammad Zeeshan, Fengling Han, Kai Song

“…First, the GSI model is constructed by integrating the DC voltage outer loop, AC current outer loop, and AC voltage inner loop, accounting for instantaneous power fluctuations at the DC connection and perturbations in internal component parameters. …”
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Geological characteristics of deep coal rock and main geological factors controlling coalbed methane enrichment: a case study of the M area in the eastern Ordos Basin by Xiaojiao GUO, Lei WANG, Xianzhou YAO, Xu LI, Linke ZHANG, Xiaoshuang WANG

“…Organic components are mainly vitrinite, accounting for 79.8%. Industrial components exhibit medium to high levels of volatile matter and ash, abundant fixed carbon, and low moisture content. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of VOCs in an Industrial Harbor City: Spatiotemporal Distribution, Health Risk, and Potential Sources by Thi-Hieu Le, Chung-Shin Yuan, Chitsan Lin, Zhi-Ping Hsu, I-Hsin Hsu, Lin-Chi Wang

“…OFP results indicated that toluene was primary OFP contributor, accounting for an average of 30.4%, followed by C2-VOCs at 16.2% and m/p-xylenes at 12.5%, collectively contributing nearly 60% to OFP. …”
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Community disaster exposure and first onset of depression: A panel analysis of nationally representative South African data, 2008-2017. by Andrew Tomita, Busisiwe P Ncama, Yoshan Moodley, Rashieda Davids, Jonathan K Burns, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Albert T Modi, Rob Slotow

“…Risk of first depression onset between individuals exposed and unexposed to community disaster was measured, accounting for multiple disaster exposure over time by fitting generalized estimating equation (GEE) regression models. …”
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Predicting dengue incidence in high-risk areas of China through the integration of Southeast Asian and local meteorological factors by Shaowei Sang, Yiguan Wang, Qiyong Liu, Peng Chen, Chuanxi Li, Anran Zhang

“…From 2005–2023, a total of 117,839 dengue cases were reported, with Guangdong and Yunnan provinces accounting for 57.8 % and 26.2 % of cases, respectively. …”
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Black Carbon Exposure Characteristics in Diesel Engine Vehicle-related Jobs by Sangjun Choi, Ju-Hyun Park, Won Kim, Seung Won Kim, Kyong-Hui Lee, Taejin Chung, Jihoon Park, Seung-Hun Ryu, Jungah Shin, Dong-Hee Koh, Dong-Uk Park

“…Among the participants, the geometric mean (GM) exposure was highest for forklift operators in indoor environments (9.5 µg m−3), followed by toll operators (GM = 7.4 µg m−3), machinery operators (GM = 7.4 µg m−3), and garbage collectors (GM = 5.5 µg m−3). After accounting for the random effects of the individual workers and working dates (evaluated per occupation) as well as the fixed effects of the determinants and their pairwise interaction terms (p < 0.001), we found that all four of the determinants significantly differed in their associated levels of BC exposure. …”
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Impact of Pre-existing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Disease on Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs in Patients With COVID-19 by Chi Nguyen, Christopher L. Crowe, Effie Kuti, Bonnie Donato, Rachel Djaraher, Leo Seman, Nancy Graeter, Thomas P. Power, Rinku Mehra, Vincent J. Willey

“…**Conclusion:** HCRU and costs in patients were incrementally higher with COVID-19 and pre-existing T2DM + CVD compared with those with T2DM-only and neither T2DM/CVD, even after accounting for baseline differences between groups, confirming that pre-existing T2DM + CVD is associated with increased HCRU and costs in COVID-19 patients, highlighting the importance of proactive management.…”
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Epidemiologic characteristics of infectious disease-related public health emergencies in Guangdong province, 2014 – 2023: a surveillance data analysis by Weiyi CHEN, Runing GUO, Yun HUANG, Jianhua HUANG, Meiling YANG, Jiya DAI, Fengxiang SHI, Wenjia LIANG

“…The top five infectious diseases causing these public health emergencies were influenza (accounting for 18.82% of all reported emergencies), other infectious diarrheal diseases (17.42%), dengue fever (17.23%), varicella (17.00%), and hand, foot, and mouth disease (6.93%). …”
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Eukaryotic plankton community and assembly processes in a large-scale water diversion project in China by Liming Zhu, Lihui Feng, Daoxi Zhang, Fang Shi, Xi Zou, Qing Yang, Shan He, Wen Zhu

“…However, in comparison to DJK, deterministic processes have a more pronounced impact on MRP, accounting for 39.29% and 1.82%, respectively. The variations in total nitrogen (TN), chlorophy IIa (Chl.a), and conductivity (Spc) have led to a transition in the assembly of eukaryotic phytoplankton communities in MRP from a stochastic process to a deterministic process. …”
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Differences in pyrolysis behavior and volatiles of tar-rich coal with various origins by Qingmin Shi, Xinyue Zhao, Shuangming Wang, Hongchao Zhao, Ruijun Ji, Chunhao Li, Bingyang Kou, Jun Zhao

“…The reason for S-1 had more bonds with lower energies, accounting for 76 % of the total fragmented bonds, which was 10 % higher than others. …”
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Modifiable factors for irritable bowel syndrome: evidence from Mendelian randomisation approach by Jinling Tang, Zhirong Yang, Shanshan Wu, Feng Sha, Tengfei Lin, Di Liu, Meiling Cao, Yiwen Jiang, Weijie Cao, Fuxiao Li

“…We aimed to systematically investigate the modifiable factors associated with IBS, while accounting for the impact of unobserved confounders and coexisting disorders.Methods Genetic correlation and Mendelian randomisation (MR) analyses were integrated to identify potential modifiable factors and coexisting disorders linked to IBS. …”
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Improving antibiotic utilization in West Africa: enhancing interventions through systematic review and evidence synthesis by Eric S. Donkor, Abdul-Halim Osman, Bill Clinton Aglomasa, Aaron Awere-Duodu, Alex Odoom, Bismark Opoku-Asare, Gilbert Lazarus

“…Antibiotic consumption for inpatients has a pooled estimate of 620.03 defined daily dose (DDD) per 100 bed-days (confidence interval [CI] 0.00–1286.67; I2 = 100%) after accounting for outliers while prescribing appropriateness ranged from 2.5% to 93.0% with a pooled estimate of 50.09 ([CI: 22.21–77.92%], I2 = 99.4%). …”
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Comprehensive analysis of publications concerning combinations of immunotherapy and targeted therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma: a bibliometric study by Biling Gan, Lei Wu, Shunan Zhou, Zhihong Chen, Fan Wu, Lianqun Xu, Zhenrong Chen, Honghui Ma, Peijia He, Dan Fang, Ning Shi

“…Kindai University led institutional contributions, accounting for 7.9% of the total (N = 40). The authors Kudo Masatoshi and Hatanaka Takeshi were the most prolific, each with nine publications. …”
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Designing a Stock Recommender System Using the Collaborative Filtering Algorithm for the Tehran Stock Exchange by Marziyeh Nourahmadi, Ali Rahimi, Hojjatollah Sadeqi

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SKYSURF. VI. The Impact of Thermal Variations of HST on Background Light Estimates by Isabel A. McIntyre, Timothy Carleton, Rosalia O’Brien, Rogier A. Windhorst, Sarah Caddy, Seth H. Cohen, Rolf A. Jansen, John MacKenty, Scott J. Kenyon

“…Based on this improved modeling, we provide new upper limits on the level of DL of 21, 32, and 25 nW m ^−2 sr ^−1 for F125W, F140W, and F160W. Additionally, by accounting for all known sources of measurement uncertainty, we report lower limits on the level of DL of 12, 20, and 2 nW m ^−2 sr ^−1 for F125W, F140W, and F160W.…”
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