Management and Utilisation of Land Resources to Attain Economic Sustainability among Christians in West Ankole Diocese, Uganda. by Ahereza, Madelean, Ocan, Johnson, Adyanga, Francis Akena

“…It was anticipated that the primary conclusions of the results would clarify some shortcomings, highlighting gaps in the methods used for the utilization of terrestrial resources, which resulted in development imbalances, high rates of malnutrition, and food shortages while other resources remained idle. The reasons for this were further explored, and potential mitigation strategies were put forth. …”
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Factors Influencing Recentralization of Local Government Functions in Uganda. by Biryomumeisho, Stephen, Ocan, Johnson, Adyanga, Francis Akena

“…The paper recommended that the Parliament should harmonize with the central government on the issue of returning Local revenue collection and management at the local level; give reasonable powers to the local Governments to control top technical leadership; increase funding to Central Government staff to monitor Local Government programs and build the capacity of local leaders to improve service delivery.…”
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Vocational and Technical Training and Promotion of Employment in Kabale District: A Case Study of Kabale Municipalty. by Mercy, Orikiriza

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Factors associated with delays in seeking tuberculosis treatment among patients at Muhima district hospital, Rwanda by Mercy Nwankwo, Chinenye, Yasmin Omar, Umubyeyi

“…Background: Few studies exist in Rwanda to establish the reasons behind delays in seeking treatment in the health institutions which further affected timely diagnosis and case detection. …”
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A Systemic Approach to Inceptive Constructions in Lithuanian by Rolandas Mikulskas

“…From the emergent grammar (Hopper 2011, 26–29) perspective, adopted in the article, all such “semi-grammaticalized” cases in the samples can reasonably be seen as instantiations of the category of inceptive constructions along with its more grammaticalized instances.  …”
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Classification of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder with comorbid traits and deep learning algorithms by Xiangning Chen, Yimei Lu, Joan Manuel Cue, Mira V. Han, Vishwajit L. Nimgaonkar, Daniel R. Weinberger, Shizhong Han, Zhongming Zhao, Jingchun Chen

“…The finding that PRSs from comorbid traits alone can classify and differentiate SCZ, BIP and MDD reasonably well implies that a majority of the risk variants composing target PRSs are shared with comorbid traits. …”
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Dynamic control of a 10 MW solar-autothermal hybrid biomass gasifier for round-the-clock processing with stable syngas production by Axel Curcio, Sylvain Rodat, Valéry Vuillerme, Stéphane Abanades

“…The feasibility of dynamic control of a solar-autothermal biomass gasifier was successfully demonstrated for the determination of annual process performance with reasonable computational costs, paving the way to stable and controllable solar gasification process operation.…”
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Analysis of Non-linear Relationship of PM2.5 Mass Concentration with Aerosol Extinction Coefficient and RH in Hefei, China by Yinan Chen, Shiguo Zhang, Yonghua Wu, Kee Yuan, Jian Huang, Dongfeng Shi, Shunxing Hu

“…Finally, by applying the analytical function of PM2.5 and aerosol extinction, we obtained the spatial and vertical distribution of PM2.5 from the NASA/CALIPSO-observed aerosol extinction profiles, which showed reasonable agreement and good correlation with the TEOM-measured PM2.5 in several major cities in Anhui Province, China.…”
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The Impact of Physical Activities on Male Fertility: A Systematic Review by Albert Kapla, Alicja Černohorská, Daria Bednarczyk, Julia Białeta, Karolina Siembab, Katarzyna Rowińska, Michalina Jurkiewicz, Wiktor Garbarczyk, Wiktoria Pysiewicz, Agnieszka Napieralska

“… Background Semen quality appears to have declined over the past decades but reasons for this decline are unresolved. It may seem that an increase in the share of a sedentary lifestyle, at least due to the way of working or spending free time, and a decrease in the share of physical exercises during everyday activities may have an impact on this. …”
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Occupational health risk assessment and risk monetization based on xylene exposureMendeley Data by Fei Li, Boshen Wang, Baoli Zhu

“…Subsequently, a risk monetization method was used to convert the health risks of xylene exposure into currency. the results of the study showed that the EPA and MOM models were more reasonable and could accurately identify occupational health risks due to xylene exposure, while the ICMM model overestimated the health risks due to xylene exposure by assessing the risk level of all industries as level 4 or higher. …”
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Standard reference values of the postural control in healthy young female adults in Germany: an observational study by David A Groneberg, Daniela Ohlendorf, Charlotte Doerry, Vanessa Fisch, Sebastian Schamberger, Christina Erbe, Eileen M Wanke

“…Objective Many people of all ages suffer from vertigo due to different reasons. The comparison of patient data with standard values can highlight deteriorations or changes in postural control and thus indicate, for example, an increased risk of falling. …”
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Traffic light system regulation of induced seismicity under multi-well fluid injection by Miao He, Qi Li, Xiaying Li, Yao Zhang

“…How seismic magnitudes can be reduced through reasonable adjustments to injection operations in engineering remains unclear. …”
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Correlation of ferritin and glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) level as a marker of ferroptosis process in endometrioma by Rina Nulianti, Hartanto Bayuaji, Mulyanusa Amarullah Ritonga, Tono Djuwantono, Dian Tjahyadi, Anita Rachmawati, Sri Ratna Dwiningsih, Aisyah Shofiatun Nisa, Putri Nadhira Adinda Adriansyah

“…Observational analytic data were gathered between February and July 2023 from female patients diagnosed with endometrioma who underwent either laparoscopic or laparotomy surgery, either for therapeutic or diagnostic reasons. There were 58 patients who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria in this study. …”
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Rural-urban disparities and socioeconomic determinants of caesarean delivery rates in Zimbabwe: Evidence from the 2019 National Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey by G N Musuka, G Murewanhema, H Herrera, E Mbunge, R Birri-Makota, T Dzinamarira, D Cuadros, I Chingombe, A Mpofu, M Mapingure

“…Further research should explore reasons for these disparities and inform interventions to ensure equitable access to optimum childbirth in Zimbabwe. …”
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Model Analyses of Changes in Spring Surface Ozone Concentrations over Shandong Province in the Period of 2014–2017 by Jialin Li, Juzhen Cai, Houfeng Liu, Xiao Han, Yongfu Xu, Xiaofang Cai, Meigen Zhang

“…Measurements at 14 stations in Shandong Province showed that the monthly mean O3 concentrations in the late spring (May) increased by 22.2 µg m−3 from 2014 to 2017. To investigate the reasons of the increase of O3 in springtime from 2014 to 2017, the changes of O3 concentrations due to meteorological conditions and emissions in May were studied based on ambient measurements and simulations with the RAMS-CMAQ modeling system. …”
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Anal Sphincter Function After Hemorrhoidectomy by A. M. Kuzminov, O. Yu. Fomenko, I. A. Mukhin, S. A. Frolov, D. V. Vyshegorodtsev, V. Yu. Korolik, S. T. Minbaev, S. V. Belousova

“…The haemorrhoid disease is one of the most common human diseases and the most common reason for visiting a coloproctologist. In Russia, the prevalence of haemorrhoids amounts to 130–145 people per 1,000 adult population, with its proportion in the structure of colon diseases varying from 34 to 41 %. …”
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Post-disaster food insecurity: Hurricane Maria as a case study by Jill Mark, David de Angel Sola, Nicolas Rosario-Matos, Leyao Wang

“…The primary causes of food insecurity were identified as grocery store closures, a lack of food in stores, or other reasons not listed in the survey. These findings support what is known about the post-disaster setting with supply chain issues being a prominent mechanism of food insecurity as well as there being multiple mechanisms difficult to describe due to the complexity of the situation. …”
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Cooperative game scheduling and revenue sharing strategy for virtual power plants considering scenery uncertainty by SONG Duoyang, XUE Tianliang, LI Yipu, TU Jintong, BI Yuhao, WANG Mankang

“…Finally, the example results show that the proposed method effectively improves the prediction accuracy of wind power, realizes the cooperative and complementary operation among alliances within the virtual power plant, and ensures the fairness and reasonableness of the revenue distribution among multiple subjects.…”
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Determinants of inappropriate antibiotic prescription in primary care in developed countries with general practitioners as gatekeepers: a systematic review and construction of a fr... by Mattijs E Numans, Frederike L Büchner, Martijn Sijbom, Nicholas H Saadah, Mark G J de Boer

“…The framework can be used to identify several reasons for inappropriate antibiotic prescription in a specific primary care setting and from there, choose the most suitable intervention(s) and assist in implementing them for combatting AMR.Conclusions The type of infection, comorbidity and the GPs perception of a patient’s desire for antibiotics are consistently identified as factors driving inappropriate antibiotic prescription in primary care. …”
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Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Cycle Outcomes in Women Aged 40 Years and Over by Oya Aldemir, Runa Ozelci, Serdar Dilbaz, Berna Dilbaz, Emre Baser, Yaprak Ustun

“…In patients between the ages of 40-43, the live birth rate is acceptable but starting an in vitro fertilization cycle beyond 43 years of age does not seem to be reasonable. …”
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