Experiences of HIV Positive Serostatus Disclosure to Sexual Partner Among Individuals in Discordant Couples in Mbarara City, Southwestern Uganda. by Atwijukiire, Humphrey, Nakidd, Gladys, Tweheyo, Otwine Anne, Kabami, Jane

“…Half of the participants disclosed their serostatus to partners immediately after testing HIV positive. Key emerging themes as experienced benefits of HIV serostatus disclosure included: 1) social support and care; 2) decisions regarding health, fertility, and childbearing; 3) sharing information on HIV prevention and protection measures; 4) positive living; and 5) ease of HIV serostatus disclosure. …”
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Influence of Information Technology on the Performance of Financial Institutions in Ntungamo: A Case Study of Centenary Bank Ntungamo Branch. by Murungi, Doreen

“…These aspects of ICT have helped institutions in carrying out business activities more effectively and efficiently and information technology has emerged as a strategic resource for achieving higher efficiency, control of operations, and reduction of cost by replacing paper-based and labor-intensive methods with automated processes thus leading to higher productivity and profitability. …”
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Impact of Interactive Digital Tools on Agriculture Education in Secondary Schools: A Case Study of Rwamucucu Sub-county Rukiga District. by Akampurira, Ronald

“…The study findings indicated that curriculum alignment and content development emerged as the most significant solution, with 30(37.5%) of the respondents.…”
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Effect of Household Income on Household Welfare in Kitumba Sub-County Kabale District. by Kakuru, Richard

“…The study recommended that there should be implementation of financial literacy programs to educate households on managing finances, saving for emergencies, and planning for healthcare needs. This can lead to more prudent spending and investment in health-related expenses.…”
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Experiences and Challenges of the Integrated Development Model on Job Creation in Rwanda’s Gasabo District. by Rutarindwa, Alphonse, Ocan, Johnson, Adyanga, Francis Akena

“…A strong correlation (R = 0.807) was found between various predictors and job creation, with skills development emerging as a significant predictor (B = 0.149, p < .001). …”
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Savings and Credit Co-Operative Societies (Saccos) and Poverty Reduction in Kabale District. by Anita, Kamagara

“…Findings revealed that SACCOs helped to build financial and business management capacity of rural households hence improving their asset holdings, SACCOs mitigate income fluctuations, minimizes unexpected expenditures and emergencies which builds a small asset base over time among rural households, they enhance savings and investment which later promotes greater asset accumulation. …”
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Opioid consumption frequency and its associations with potential life problems during opioid agonist treatment in individuals with prescription-type opioid use disorder: explorator... by Anne Bouthillier, Gabriel Bastien, Christina McAnulty, Hamzah Bakouni, Bernard Le Foll, M. Eugenia Socias, Didier Jutras-Aswad

“…The interaction was non-significant for employment (p = 0.264), family status (p = 0.352) and legal status (p = 0.050). Life improvements emerged with ≤ 21 days of opioid use per 28-day period. …”
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A qualitative study of how clinicians reach agreement in perioperative pathway development: the Consensus Model for Standardising Healthcare by Lisa Pagano, Janet C. Long, Emilie Francis-Auton, Andrew Hirschhorn, Gaston Arnolda, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Mitchell N. Sarkies

“…Seeking evidence to support decision-making emerged as the primary driver of consensus. Strong research evidence in support of a pathway component facilitated swift agreement. …”
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Assessment of point-of-care quantitative serum canine pancreatic lipase testing for diagnosing acute pancreatitis in dogs by Pin-Chen Liu, Pin-Chen Liu, Kendy Tzu-yun Teng, Kendy Tzu-yun Teng, Tsia-Lu Lin, Chi-Hsuan Sung, Tsun-Li Cheng, Chi-Chung Chou, Chi-Chung Chou

“…Recently, a commercial point-of-care testing method (Vcheck CPL) that offers quantitative measurement of CPL has emerged. However, clinical studies on its value (or utility) are limited. …”
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Outcomes of COVID-19 in the Omicron-predominant wave: large-scale real-world data analysis with a comparison to influenza by Koichi Miyashita, Hironao Hozumi, Kazuki Furuhashi, Eiji Nakatani, Yusuke Inoue, Hideki Yasui, Yuzo Suzuki, Masato Karayama, Noriyuki Enomoto, Tomoyuki Fujisawa, Naoki Inui, Toshiyuki Ojima, Takafumi Suda

“…Abstract Purpose Studies on COVID-19 mortality during the Omicron-predominant wave have focused primarily on the inpatient/emergency room setting, and real-world data including both inpatients and outpatients are lacking. …”
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Clinical Recommendations of Russian Gastroenterological Association and RENDO Endoscopic Society on Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastritis and Duodenitis by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Maev, T. L. Lapina, E. D. Fedorov, A. A. Sheptulin, A. S. Trukhmanov, A. V. Kononov, R. A. Abdulkhakov, O. P. Alexeeva, S. A. Alekseenko, D. N. Andreev, E. K. Baranskaya, N. N. Dekhnich, I. L. Klyaritskaya, R. S. Kozlov, E. A. Kogan, M. P. Korolev, N. V. Korochanskaya, S. A. Kurilovich, M. A. Livsan, M. F. Osipenko, P. V. Pavlov, S. S. Pirogov, A. S. Sarsenbaeva, V. I. Simanenkov, A. S. Tertychny, A. V. Tkachev, Yu. P. Uspensky, I. B. Khlynov, V. V. Tsukanov

“…Chronic gastritis is a cohort of chronic diseases uniting a typical morphology of persistent inflammatory infiltration, impaired cellular renewal with emergent intestinal metaplasia, atrophy and epithelial dysplasia of gastric mucosa. …”
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Impact of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation on cardiopulmonary function and prognosis in ST elevation myocardial infarction after PCI patients in extremely cold regions by Shenglong Hou, Li Liu, Jing Yao, Qi Zhao, Wei Feng, Qingqing Liu, Mou Zou, Ruoxi Zhang, Hongtao Yin, Huimin Xian

“…All included patients underwent emergency coronary angiography and PCI. Based on whether they received exercise-based CR, patients were divided into a CR group and a non-CR group. …”
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An initial benchmark of the quality of the diagnosis and surgical treatment of breast cancer in South Africa by S Nietz, H Cubasch, I Buccimazza, S Čačala, B Phakathi, M Joffe, W C C Chen, S Norris, P Ruff

“…We evaluated local quality indicators for an initial benchmark, and the most emergent gaps in care are the receipt of radiotherapy and underutilisation of sentinel node biopsy. …”
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The causal relationship of cigarette smoking to metabolic disease risk and the possible mediating role of gut microbiota by Jingda Zhang, Lin Hou, Shanxiang Lei, Yan Li, Guogang Xu

“…Background: Cigarette smoking is a leading cause of preventable death worldwide, with its associated diseases and conditions. Emerging evidence suggests that cigarette smoking contributes to a range of pathological metabolic injuries, including diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). …”
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Auditory confounds can drive online effects of transcranial ultrasonic stimulation in humans by Benjamin R Kop, Yazan Shamli Oghli, Talyta C Grippe, Tulika Nandi, Judith Lefkes, Sjoerd W Meijer, Soha Farboud, Marwan Engels, Michelle Hamani, Melissa Null, Angela Radetz, Umair Hassan, Ghazaleh Darmani, Andrey Chetverikov, Hanneke EM den Ouden, Til Ole Bergmann, Robert Chen, Lennart Verhagen

“…Transcranial ultrasonic stimulation (TUS) is rapidly emerging as a promising non-invasive neuromodulation technique. …”
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Small molecule metabolites drive plant rhizosphere microbial community assembly patterns by Yanwei Ma, Heqi Wang, Yalong Kang, Tao Wen

“…The genus Rhizobium, significantly associated with βNTI (R = 0.25, p = 0.009), emerged as a keystone taxon shaping community structure. …”
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Electrocardiography-based artificial intelligence predicts the upcoming future of heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction by Dae-Young Kim, Sang-Won Lee, Dong-Ho Lee, Sang-Chul Lee, Sang-Chul Lee, Ji-Hun Jang, Sung-Hee Shin, Dae-Hyeok Kim, Dae-Hyeok Kim, Wonik Choi, Wonik Choi, Yong-Soo Baek, Yong-Soo Baek, Yong-Soo Baek

“…BackgroundHeart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF) has emerged as the predominant subtype of heart failure (HF). …”
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GAZE DIRECTION MONITORING MODEL IN COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT by Olesia Barkovska, Yaroslav Liapin, Tetiana Muzyka, Ihor Ryndyk, Pavlo Botnar

“…The implemented and tested system is relevant and necessary in higher educational institutions, particularly in Ukraine, where remote education has emerged as the safest means of acquiring knowledge. …”
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Improving health outcomes and quality at the subdistrict level: Evaluation of the ‘3 feet model’ in Waterberg District, Limpopo Province, South Africa by H Schneider, F Mukinda, J Cupido, J Wessels, P Kupa, P Leboho, N Nkoana, N Bosch, Y Pillay

“…Plausible factors in implementation successes were the presence of stable and committed hybrid (clinical-managerial) subdistrict leaders and their ability to overcome entrenched silos between a variety of system actors; new collaborative relationships between primary healthcare facilities, hospitals and emergency medical services; the generation and packaging of information in ways that directed responses (‘actionable intelligence’); and support from senior district managers. …”
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In vitro inhibition of Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum, the causal agent of banana Xanthomonas Wilt, using medicinal plant extracts from North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic... by Franchement Mukeshambala, Angele Ibanda, Ludivine Lassois, Gakuru Semacumu, Dhed’a Djailo, Leon Nabahungu, Guy Blomme, Godefroid Monde

“…Abstract Banana Wilt caused by Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum (Xvm), has emerged as a significant threat to food security in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (Kivu). …”
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