Lifestyle as a Predictor of Socio-Economic Status in Retirement: Evidence from Pensioners from the Busoga Sub-Region, Uganda by Fabian, Mwosi, Charles, Edaku, Robina, Mirembe, Eton, Marus

“…We used descriptive measures to report on lifestyle and Spearman’s correlation coefficient to document the relationship between workers’ lifestyle and socio-economic status in retirement. …”
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Improving women and children refugees’ livelihoods through self-reliance at Nakivale settlement, south western Uganda by Abbas, Mugisha, Emmanuel, Patroba Mhache, Reguli, Baltazar Mushy

“…UNHCR reports that of the 82.4 million people who have been forced into displacement, over half are women and children. …”
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Credit Risk Management Practices and Loan Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda. A Case Study of Commercial Banks in Mbarara City by Francis, Agaba

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Credit Risk Management Practices and Loan Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda. A Case Study of Commercial Banks in Mbarara City by Agaba, Francis

“…However, with all these practices in place, Uganda’s banking sector has experienced poor Loan Performance over the years, where both portfolio at risk and bad debts written-off have scaled upwards due to non-performing loans (Bank of Uganda Annual Supervision Reports, 2014-2020). A critical analysis of the Bank of Uganda Annual Supervision Reports (2014-2020) indicate that the asset quality of commercial banks which is measured by Loan Portfolio at Risk (PAT) also referred to as NPL ratio increased from 4.2% in December 2012 to 5.6% in December 2013, reduced marginally to 4.1% in December 2014 and again rose to 5.3% in December 2015. …”
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Kajian Strategi Pendidikan Vokasi Bidang Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi Menghadapi Bonus Demografi by Faizatul Amalia, Waras Kamdi, R. Machmud Sugandi

“…Langkah penelitian SLR yang digunakan dalam penelitian yaitu Planning, Conducting, dan Reporting. Planning menghasilkan pertanyaan penelitian yaitu bagaimana strategi Pendidikan vokasi dalam menghadapi bonus demografi. …”
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Prevalence of Myocardial Infarction With Obstructive and Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries in a Middle-Aged Population With Chronic Airflow Limitation: A Cross-Sectional Study by Sundh J, Ekström M, Blomberg A, Lindberg E, Malinovschi A, Olin AC, Sköld CM, Torén K, Wollmer P, Östgren CJ, Jernberg T

“…MI-CAD was defined as a self-reported MI with coronary computed tomography angiography findings of previous revascularization or at least one significant coronary stenosis (> 50%), and MINOCA as self-reported MI with no previous revascularization and no significant coronary stenosis.Results: In total, 1735 (8.3%) of 20,882 included participants had CAL. …”
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Users’ Perspectives of Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine Services: Survey Study by Kate Churruca, Darran Foo, Andrew Turner, Emily Crameri, Maree Saba, Samantha Spanos, Matthew Vickers, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Louise A Ellis

“…“Costs of services” (40/115, 34.8%) and “privacy” (31/115, 27%) were the most frequently reported concerns with using digital health care technologies such as DTC telemedicine. …”
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Menciptakan Layanan Pengawasan Ketenagakerjaan secara Profesional, Moderm dan Bermartabat Berbasis Teknologi Digital by Yeni Nuraeni, Nurlia Rahmatika, Firdausi Nuzula, Faizal Amir Nasution

“…The lack of coordination between agencies related to labor inspection has resulted in the system of data collection and reporting on the implementation of labor inspection that has not been running properly. …”
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Exploratory study of nocebo effect in senior medical students by Charalampos Pischos, Antonios Politis, Petros Sfikakis, Charalampos Papageorgiou

“… # Conclusion Students reported the occurrence of adverse symptoms in the investigated psychometric parameters, which should be noted in order to avoid potential educational clinical failure.…”
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Impaired cognitive function and decreased monoamine neurotransmitters in the DNAJC12 gene knockout mouse model by Shunan Wang, Ming Shen, Bo Pang, Bo Zhou, Yuan Yuan, Mei Lu, Xiangling Deng, Min Yang, Shufang Liu, Qiong Wang, Mei Xue, Qisheng Xia, Zhixin Zhang

“…Additionally, we utilized High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) to measure serum aromatic amino acids and brain monoamines, facilitating an investigation into the metabolism of phenylalanine and tyrosine. Results We reported two patients with mutations in the DNAJC12 gene. …”
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Validity, Accuracy, and Safety Assessment of an Aerobic Interval Training Using an App-Based Prehabilitation Program (PROTEGO MAXIMA Trial) Before Major Surgery: Prospective, Inter... by Sara Fatima Faqar Uz Zaman, Svenja Sliwinski, Lisa Mohr-Wetzel, Julia Dreilich, Natalie Filmann, Charlotte Detemble, Dora Zmuc, Felix Chun, Wojciech Derwich, Waldemar Schreiner, Wolf Bechstein, Johannes Fleckenstein, Andreas A Schnitzbauer

“…International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)RR2-10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069394…”
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Key prognostic risk factors linked to poor functional outcomes in cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lili Lin, Senfeng Liu, Wei Wang, Xiao-kuo He, Muhammad Hibatullah Romli, Ruthpackiavathy Rajen Durai

“…The blood biomarkers of NLR (log OR = 1.72, 95% CI 0.96–2.47), lymphocytes (Cohen’s d = -0.63, 95 CI -0.78—-0.47), and D-dimer (lnOR = 1.34, 95% CI 0.87–1.80) were the three most frequently reported factors. Parenchymal lesion (OR = 4.71, 95% CI 1.12–19.84) and deep cerebral venous thrombosis (OR = 6.30, 95% CI 2.92–13.63) in radiological images were two frequently reported factors. …”
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Effectiveness of a universal film intervention in reducing violence against children and increasing positive parenting among migrant and displaced caregivers from Myanmar: a commun... by Amanda Sim, Khaing Zar Lwin, Stephanie Eagling-Peche, G.J. Melendez-Torres, Seema Vyas, Francisco Calderon, Tawanchai Jirapramukpitak, Jamie Lachman, Sureeporn Punpuing, Andrea Gonzalez, Mary Soan, Nway Nway Oo, Ivet Castello Mitjans, Greg Tyrosvoutis, Eve Puffer

“…Primary outcomes were caregiver self-reported use of physical and psychological violence and positive parenting, analysed using both imputed and non-imputed multilevel models estimating differences between study arms at endline and follow-up. …”
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Christianity, ‘supernatural’ beliefs and COVID-19 by E. Shoko

“…Methodologically, the researcher iewed and listened to uploaded YouTube video clips of news related to the church and COVID-19, uploaded by media outlets and the neo-Pentecostal church leaders themselves as well as online newspaper reports from the period 2 March to 19 June 2020. The findings of the study reveal that neo-Pentecostal church leaders attributed the origins of SARS-COV-2 to “evil” spirits. …”
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Yield and horticultural performance of seed-oil pumpkin in south Florida by Geoffrey Meru, Yuqing Fu

“…Despite growing popularity of pumpkin seeds in the US, a majority of naked seeds consumed in the US is imported; hence, the need to identify/ develop cultivars adapted to local growing conditions. This article reports yield and horticultural performance of two ‘naked-seed’ pumpkin cultivars under south Florida (Miami-Dade County) spring growing conditions. …”
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A combination of topical and systemic administration of brimonidine is neuroprotective in the murine optic nerve crush model. by Ruta Maciulaitiene, Giedrius Kalesnykas, Dainius Haroldas Pauza, Ingrida Januleviciene

“…Brimonidine is an intraocular pressure-lowering drug with reported neuroprotective properties. This study aimed to compare the neuroprotective effects of topical and intraperitoneal (IP) brimonidine on RGCs from different retinal segments in a murine optic nerve crush (ONC) model.…”
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Isolation of Mesophyll Protoplasts from Leaves of <i>Dalbergia sissoo</i> Roxb by I Mukhtar, R Bajwa, G Nasim

“…This study described a procedure for the rapid isolation, in high yield, of photosynthetically active mesophyll protoplasts from young leaves of D. sissoo. The present study reports the isolation of protoplasts from leaf mesophyll of D. sissoo. …”
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Cactus Bug, Chelinidea vittiger aequoris McAtee (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coreidae) by Frank W. Mead, J. R. Herring

“…DeVol and Goeden (1973) discussed the value of this species in biological weed control and reported that it was ineffective in controlling prickly pears in Australia and Santa Cruz Island, California. …”
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Integrity of Best-Answer Assignments in Large Enrollment Classes; the role of Compulsory Attribution by Kurt Schmitz, Veda Storey

“…A field experiment collects, analyzes, and reports empirical data in the form of qualitative student comments, quantitative survey data, and actual misappropriation events. …”
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