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

“…Research methodology: The method used in this study focuses on secondary literature to refute the claim that the British forced English into Uganda while extinguishing native tongues. Results: According to the major results of the study, students in Uganda had the opportunity to enroll in kindergarten through university-level schooling, where English was the predominant medium of instruction. …”
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Exploring the Use of Language and Style in Runyankole-Rukiga Cautionary Proverbs. by Aijukire, Eliot

“…Qualitative methods, including documentary analysis and interviews with native speakers, were employed to investigate how these proverbs use figurative language, rhetorical techniques, and thematic content to impart moral lessons. …”
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Experiences and challenges Implementing Uganda's Revised English Literature Curriculum: Problematization of Colonization. by Johnson, Ocan

“…Research methodology: The method used in this study focuses on secondary literature to refute the claim that the British forced English into Uganda while extinguishing native tongues. Results: According to the major results of the study, students in Uganda had the opportunity to enroll in kindergarten through university-level schooling, where English was the predominant medium of instruction. …”
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Uniform impact on individual megakaryocytes is essential for efficient in vitro platelet production by Andrei K. Garzon Dasgupta, Anaïs Pongérard, Léa Mallo, Anita Eckly, François Lanza, Olivier Boiron, Yannick Knapp, Catherine Strassel

“…We have demonstrated that such a system allows obtaining high number of in vitro platelets per megakaryocyte with native-like morphology and functional properties. …”
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Relaparotomy Two Years after Incisional Hernia Repair Using a Free Fascia Lata Graft by Yuuki Sekine, Hiroyuki Sugo, Naoki Iwanaga, Shigefumi Neshime, Ikuo Watanobe

“…During surgery, the fascia lata graft had survived well and become incorporated into the native fascia. We incised this fascia lata graft in the same way as for a normal laparotomy. …”
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Complement activated granulocytes can cause autologous tissue destruction in man by E. Löhde, H. Raude, M. Lück, E. Kraas, W. Lierse

“…After 4 min the mesothelium was completely destroyed, and connective tissue and fat cells exposed. Native plasma and minimum essential medium did not induce any morphological changes. …”
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Digging Into Digital: Investigating the Self-perceived Social Media Competency of Oklahoma Extension Master Gardeners by Brooklyn Evans, Audrey E.H. King, Lauren Lewis Cline, Justin Quetone Moss, Kenna Sandberg

“…Statistical differences existed between digital natives and digital immigrants for technical usability only, indicating that generational technology exposure affects platform navigation abilities. …”
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Influence of Calcium Phosphate and Apatite Containing Products on Enamel Erosion by A. Kensche, S. Pötschke, C. Hannig, G. Richter, W. Hoth-Hannig, M. Hannig

“…Afterwards, samples were exposed in the oral cavity for 28 min. Native enamel slabs and slabs exposed to the oral cavity for 30 min without any rinse served as controls. …”
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Chemical constituents, biological functions and pharmacological effects for comprehensive utilization of Eucommia ulmoides Oliver by Yi-Fan Xing, Dong He, Yi Wang, Wen Zeng, Chong Zhang, Yuan Lu, Nan Su, Yan-Hua Kong, Xin-Hui Xing

“…Eucommia ulmoides Oliver is a native plant and valuable tonic Chinese medicine in China with a long history, great economic value and comprehensive development potential. …”
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Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone and Its Analogues: Significance for MSCs-Mediated Angiogenesis by Xiangyang Xia, Quanwei Tao, Qunchao Ma, Huiqiang Chen, Jian’an Wang, Hong Yu

“…Accumulating evidence suggests that the inherent properties of cytoprotection and tissue repair by native MSCs can be enhanced by various preconditioning stimuli implemented prior to cell transplantation. …”
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Betaine Treatment Attenuates Chronic Ethanol-Induced Hepatic Steatosis and Alterations to the Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Proteome by Kusum K. Kharbanda, Sandra L. Todero, Adrienne L. King, Natalia A. Osna, Benita L. McVicker, Dean J. Tuma, James L. Wisecarver, Shannon M. Bailey

“…Chronic ethanol ingestion resulted in triglyceride accumulation which was attenuated in the ethanol plus betaine group. Blue native gel electrophoresis (BN-PAGE) revealed significant decreases in the content of the intact oxidative phosphorylation complexes in mitochondria from ethanol-fed animals. …”
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Restoring tendon microenvironment in tendinopathy: Macrophage modulation and tendon regeneration with injectable tendon hydrogel and tendon-derived stem cells exosomes by Danmei Li, Shuai Li, Shukun He, Hongpu He, Guangxun Yuan, Binbin Ma, Yijun Zhang, Chengjie Yuan, Zhiqin Liu, Zhenhan Deng, Jian Xu

“…This hydrogel provides a more cytocompatible microenvironment while retaining certain bioactive factors of native tendon extracellular matrix (ECM), compared to collagen hydrogel. …”
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In silico data mining of large-scale databases for the virtual screening of human interleukin-2 inhibitors by Halim Sobia Ahsan, Zaheer-Ul-Haq, Khan Ajmal, Al-Rawahi Ahmed, Al-Harrasi Ahmed

“…Surflex-Dock and FRED were the best in predicting the native pose in its top-ranking position. Shapegauss and CGO scoring functions identified the known inhibitors of IL-2 in top 1, 5 and 10 % of library and differentiated binders from non-binders efficiently with average AUC of > 0.9 and > 0.7, resp. …”
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Abundance and Symbiotic Rhizobia Colonizing Soybean (Glycine max) in Soils of Kakamega County, Western Kenya by Samuel Mulama, Rose Onamu, Fredrick Odongo, John Muoma

“…This study was carried out to establish the abundance and symbiotic efficiency of native rhizobia strains in soil samples collected from 12 sites in four agroecological zones within the region. …”
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Molecular Identification of Fungal Communities in a Soil Cultivated with Vegetables and Soil Suppressiveness to Rhizoctonia solani by Silvana Pompéia Val-Moraes, Eliamar Aparecida Nascimbem Pedrinho, Eliana Gertrudes Macedo Lemos, Lucia Maria Carareto-Alves

“…For this purpose, total DNA was extracted from bulk soils cultivated with tomato (STC), vegetables (SHC), and native forest (SMS) from three sites of the Taquara Branca river basin in Sumaré County, São Paulo State, Brazil. …”
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Prominosomes - a particular class of extracellular vesicles containing prominin-1/CD133? by Jana Karbanová, Kristina Thamm, Christine A. Fargeas, Ilker A. Deniz, Aurelio Lorico, Denis Corbeil

“…., as biomarkers in liquid biopsies or as native (or bioengineered) biological nanocarriers in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and cancer therapy. …”
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A Single Lung Transplant in a Patient with Fabry Disease: Causality or Far-Fetched? A Case Report by Martina Gaggl, Renate Kain, Peter Jaksch, Dominik Haider, Gerald Mundigler, Till Voigtländer, Raute Sunder-Plassmann, Paulus Rommer, Walter Klepetko, Gere Sunder-Plassmann

“…Ultrastructural changes in a native lung biopsy were consistent with the diagnosis. …”
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Competitive Interaction of Axonopus compressus and Asystasia gangetica under Contrasting Sunlight Intensity by B. Samedani, A. S. Juraimi, M. P. Anwar, M. Y. Rafii, S. H. Sheikh Awadz, A. R. Anuar

“…Axonopus compressus is one of the native soft grass species in oil palm in Malaysia which can be used as a cover crop. …”
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Utilizing Colpocleisis to Repair a Vesicovaginal Fistula in a Cervical Cancer Patient with History of Pelvic Radiation: A Case Report and Literature Review by Ahmad Dahman, Daniel McClelland, Stanley Zaslau, Valerie Galvan Turner, Omar Duenas, Robert Shapiro

“…Because of the adjacent tissue having been compromised by pelvic radiation, we opted to use a biologic graft made of human cadaveric pericardial tissue (CPT) instead of a native tissue flap to provide additional support for the fistula repair. …”
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Diversity of potamodromous fishes in the Tocantins-Araguaia basin by Thiago Nascimento da Silva Campos, Hasley Rodrigo Pereira, Phâmela Bernardes Perônico, Carine Cavalcante Chamon, Philip Teles Soares, Fernando Mayer Pelicice

“…The study consolidated a list of 77 potamodromous fish species (three orders, 12 families and 41 genera), including eight endemic, three threatened and two non-native species. Pimelodidae summed most species, followed by Serrasalmidae and Curimatidae. …”
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