The Kab Quartery News Leter. Issue 08, 2024 Graduation Edition. by Kabale University

“…As a result of this newsletter, we are also growing our database of local knowledge so that we can make use of it in the future. …”
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A Systematic Review of Self-directed Learning in Medical Education in Undergraduate Medical Students by Dharmendra Kumar Gupta, Arunima Chaudhuri, Dip Gaine

“…A methodical exploration was carried out within the PubMed database to locate pertinent research articles released between 2012 and 2024. …”
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The use of ecological momentary assessment for family caregivers of adults with chronic conditions: A systematic review by Areum Han, Laurie A. Malone, Hee Yun Lee, Jiaqi Gong, Ryan Henry, Xishi Zhu, Hon K. Yuen

“… # Methods A systematic search was conducted within six databases for articles published from the inception of the database through September 2023. …”
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Trends in the disease burden of cystic echinococcosis in China, 1990–2044 analysis and forecasting study by Jianping Li, Jingjing Wei

“…Using the Global Burden of Disease 2019 (GBD 2019) database, we analyzed the trends in annual percentage change (APC) and average annual percentage change (AAPC) for incidence, prevalence, death, and disability-adjusted life years (DALY) rates of cystic echinococcosis in China via the Joinpoint Regression Program 4.8.0.1 software. …”
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Factors influencing the determination of dosing weight in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) by Cassandra R. Montoya, Janine Y. Khan, Delphine Nelson, Gustave Falciglia

“…Infants were identified from a database of very low birth weight infants. Before regaining birth weight (BW), dosing and birth weight% difference was described. …”
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INSTITUTIONAL DETERMINANTS OF NON-PERFORMING LOANS OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA by Olusegun Opeyemi Oni, Henry Jonathan

“…The data was collated from the World Bank Governance Indicators, World Bank Development Indicators and Heritage Foundation Database for the period under study. This study applied System GMM technique with an elaborated econometric method, based on a panel set from 23 Sub-Sahara African countries. …”
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The role of Airbnb creating a “new”-old city centre: facts, problems and controversies in Porto by Pedro Chamusca, José Rio Fernandes, Luís Carvalho, Thiago Mendes

“…We make use of qualitative and quantitative methods and draw on the official AirDNA database to analyse the relation between Airbnb and urban transformation, and the governance context. …”
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BTT-ECMO Trends and Outcomes Under Revised Heart Allocation System by Aniket S. Rali, MD, FACC, FCCP, Het Patel, Matthew M. Lander, Kaitlyn Brennan, John Trahanas, Kelly Schlendorf, JoAnn Lindenfeld, Manreet Kanwar

“…We queried the UNOS database for all adult heart-only BTT-ECMO recipients between January 2019 and December 2022. …”
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A framework for conceptualizing integrated prescriptive maintenance and production planning and control models by Kevin Wesendrup, Bernd Hellingrath, Zoi Nikolarakis

“…Limitations of the investigation: The study is limited to only one scientific database. Additionally, the quantitative analyses might be sensitive due to a low sample size for some components, and we only measure the linear dependency between two components. …”
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A Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization-Tuning Algorithm for the Prediction of Nanoparticle Morphology from Microscopic Images by Abhishek Singh, Thaseem Thajudeen

“…Typically, 2-dimensional features from the images are compared to available structures in a database or regression equations are used to predict 3-dimensional morphological parameters including fractal dimension and pre-exponential factor. …”
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Canal configurations of mandibular anterior teeth in Erbil city by CBCT by Azhin Mustafa Goran, Fareed Hanna Rofoo

“…Mandible anterior teeth including six teeth for each of 388 central incisor, lateral incisor and canine were analyzed in the database. For classification of morphology of the root canal, Vertucci method was used. …”
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ADAPTATION OF DELONE AND MCLEAN MODEL FOR ERP SYSTEM QUALITY EVALUATION by Vesna Pavković, Dražena Gašpar, Mario Jadrić

“…The main limitation of the research is the lack of a database of companies using ERP systems that makes the data collection phase more difficult and more complex. …”
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Integrative approaches across green energy technologies: the role of innovations in human capital by Wadim Strielkowski, Evgeny Kuzmin, Maksim Vlasov

“…Employing a bibliometric approach, this study analyzes a collection of 1933 documents, encompassing research articles, conference papers, and book chapters, indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) database. Through a network cluster analysis of the textual and bibliometric data using the VOSviewer software, our findings suggest that investments in human capital are deemed crucial for fostering long-term sustainable economic growth within energy companies globally. …”
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Shedding light on development: Leveraging the new nightlights data to measure economic progress. by Prachi Jhamb, Susana Ferreira, Patrick Stephens, Mekala Sundaram, Jonathan Wilson

“…Addressing this, we employ a novel harmonized NTL dataset (VIIRS + DMSP), which provides the longest and most consistent database available to date. We evaluate the association between newly available harmonized NTL data and various indicators of economic activity at the subnational level across 34 countries in sub-Saharan Africa from 2004 to 2019. …”
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A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF MOBILE-ASSISTED VOCABULARY LEARNING AND TEACHING IN ESL/EFL CONTEXT by Muhammad Nawaz, Malini Ganapathy, Sadaf Manzoor, Tess Ezzy, Shahzad Ul Hassan Farooqi

“…First, a bibliometric analysis was employed to provide a comprehensive overview of the field, encompassing 774 publications retrieved from the Scopus database. Second, 20 empirical articles were analyzed to determine technological and pedagogical trends in MAVL studies. …”
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The classification of absence seizures using power-to-power cross-frequency coupling analysis with a deep learning network by A.V. Medvedev, B. Lehmann

“…The analysis is done on the EEG records from the Temple University Hospital database. Absence seizures (n = 94) from 12 patients were taken into analysis along with segments of background activity. …”
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KUKHARENKOITE-(Ce) AND ITS MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE IN PEGMATITES OF THE VISHNEVYE MOUNTAINS (SOUTH URALS) by V.I. Popova, M.A. Rassomakhin, V.A. Popov, A.M. Kuznetsov, S.M. Lebedeva

“…R110190 of kukharenkoite- (Ce) from the RRUFF database. The mineral assemblage of pegmatite from vein no. 35 includes feldspars, annite, yangzhuminite (?)…”
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ADAPTATION OF DELONE AND MCLEAN MODEL FOR ERP SYSTEM QUALITY EVALUATION by Vesna Pavković, Dražena Gašpar, Mario Jadrić

“…The main limitation of the research is the lack of a database of companies using ERP systems that makes the data collection phase more difficult and more complex. …”
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Radiographic Evaluation of the Lower First Permanent Molars of Children from Southeastern Brazil by Luciana Arruda Mendes de Paula, Francielle Silvestre Verner, Maria Augusta Visconti, Rafael Binato Junqueira

“…Material and Methods: 1300 digital panoramic radiographs (2600 lower first permanent molars) from a database were analyzed by a calibrated examiner for the presence of carious lesions in dentin, pulp involvement, presence of restorative and/or filling material, and periapical lesion. …”
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Coronavirus disease 2019 in kidney transplant recipients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Quan Yao Ho, Rehena Sultana, Tung Lin Lee, Sobhana Thangaraju, Terence Kee, Htay Htay

“…Methods: We performed a meta-analysis to examine the presenting features, outcomes and the effect of treatment on outcomes of KTRs with COVID-19. Database search was performed up to 5 September 2020 through PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus and CENTRAL. …”
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