The Relationship between Academic History and Audio-Visual History in Lithuania: A Closing of the Gap? by Rūta Šermukšnytė

“…Stumbling blocks on the part of audio-visual communications specialists arise from the artistic / individual / creative documentary tradition in Lithuania which developed during the Soviet period. This tradition gave rise to attempts to transform history to conform more to the author's vision of the past than to provide information based on the latest advances of formal, academic history. …”
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Management of volume load for patients undergoing hemodialysis via WeChat and home monitoring in China: a protocol for a cluster-randomized trial by Xiaocui Wang, Bonan Yan, Shipeng Zhang, Yuanke Zhou, Qinxiu Zhang, Xueying Li

“…Data will be collected during the baseline period, one, two, and three months after the intervention starts, and three months after the intervention ends to evaluate the effectiveness of this intervention measure. …”
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How can Blood Flow Restriction Exercise be Utilised for the Management of Persistent Pain Following Complex Injuries in Military Personnel? A Narrative Review by Luke Gray, Peter Ladlow, Russell J Coppack, Robyn P Cassidy, Lynn Kelly, Sarah Lewis, Nick Caplan, Robert Barker-Davies, Alexander N Bennett, Luke Hughes

“…The aims of this narrative review are to: (1) explore the use of BFR exercise to elicit hypoalgesia; (2) briefly review the mechanisms of BFR-induced hypoalgesia; (3) discuss potential implications and applications of BFR during the rehabilitation of complex conditions where persistent pain is the primary limiting factor to progress, within defence rehabilitation healthcare settings. …”
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Physicochemical properties of water quality of Imeh, Edegelem and Chokocho communities located along Otamiri-oche River in Etche Ethnic Nationality of Rivers State, Nigeria by BM Onyegeme-Okerenta, C Obia, MO Wegwu

“…The number of coliform bacteria during rainy season was 25.00±0.00, 25.00±0.00, and 35.00±0.00 for Imeh, Edegelem and Chokocho respectively. …”
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The Epidemiological Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Halabja Province/Kurdistan –Iraq by Osama Hamid Shareef, Othman Abdulrahman Mohammed, Dashty Aziz Ghafor, Ari Shareef Ali, Hardi Rafat Baqi, Ali Aziz Ali, Aryan Mahmood Faraj, Syamand Ahmed Qadir, Ali Muhi Aldeen Omar Aljabary

“…The data were collected from 14th April to the end of December, 2020 and included name and age of the infected persons. Samples were obtained nasopharyngeal using a sterilized swab following WHO guidelines and then the real time PCR (RT-PCR) machine was used for analysis. …”
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Computational modeling of bone allograft reconstruction following femoral shaft tumor resection: Investigating the impact of supplementary plate fixation. by Petr Boháč, Vasileios Apostolopoulos, Petr Marcián, Tomáš Tomáš, Michal Mahdal, Tomáš Návrat

“…<h4>Background and objective</h4>The use of bone allograft reconstructions after tumor resection can introduce significant complications. …”
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Treatment Preferences for Acute Allergic Reactions: A Discrete Choice Experiment by Sofia Löfvendahl, Emelie Andersson, Sara Olofsson, Karin Wahlberg, Leif Bjermer, Göran Tornling, Jonas Hjelmgren

“…Corticosteroid tablets dissolved in water are commonly used in mainstay treatment. A new oral film that dissolves on the tongue provides a faster and less cumbersome alternative to tablets for corticosteroid administration during AARs. …”
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Design and Prototyping of Solar Operated Fertilizer Sprayer. by Nduhura, Whycliffee

“…The main drawback with these sprayers is that they cannot be used for long working hours due to human drudgery and cause fatigue to the person spraying due to back pains and muscular problems making the entire operation tedious and time consuming and they also have low pressure. …”
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Impact of Taxes on Performance of Small-Scale Business Enterprises in Kabale Municipality. by Katusiime, Allen

“…The study further revealed that taxes mainly affects the performance of Small business enterprises through lost sales during closure of the business premises by URA, the loss of machinery and equipment due to delay in remitting the tax and the loss of capital due to the fines imposed by URA onto Small business enterprises that default on their tax obligation. …”
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The Effect of Poverty on Rural Livelihoods in Uganda: A Case Study of Katooke Sub-County Kyenjojo District. by Mukabazaire, Mary

“…Data collection instruments used included questionnaires and interview guides. …”
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Impact of Taxes on Performance of Small-Scale Business Enterprises in Kabale Municipality. by Katusiime, Allen

“…The study further revealed that taxes mainly affect the performance of Small business enterprises through lost sales during the closure of the business premises by URA, the loss of machinery and equipment due to delay in remitting the tax, and the loss of capital due to the fines imposed by URA onto Small business enterprises that default on their tax obligation. …”
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Linkages with Practice for Higher-Education Curriculum Innovation. by Nampala, Paul, Kalule, Stephen W., Mshenga, Patience M., Okello, Daniel M., Egeru, Anthony, Ekwamu, Adipala

“…Experiences from the implementation of a three-year joint project are enriched by a desk review, stakeholder feedback, and interpretative analysis of process documents during the development of the regional graduate curriculum on Agri-Enterprise Development for Egerton and Gulu Universities in Kenya and Uganda, respectively. …”
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Effect of Household Income on Household Welfare in Kitumba Sub-County Kabale District. by Kakuru, Richard

“…A cross-sectional study design was used and data was collected using interviews and questionnaires. …”
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Role of Media in Promoting Civil Education and Awareness of Government Programs: A Case Study of Buyanja Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Ahumuza, Charity

“…Both quantitative and qualitative techniques were used during data analysis. The findings who participants in the study revealed that dissemination of Information is one of the primary ways in which the media promotes civil education in Buyanja Sub-County, Rukungiri District and Uganda by disseminating accurate and relevant information to the public. …”
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Design of a Solar Dryer for Tomatoes. by Bwire, Samlex Sibagaya

“…The project budget will cover instrumentation for data collection during testing and potential travel for field testing. …”
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Career Guidance and Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Kisoro District; A case Study of Namirembe and Nyanamo Comprehensive Secondary Schools in Bukimbiri Sub-County. by Robert, Mwesigwa

“…To gather primary data for the study during the field, the researcher used, questionnaire, interview observation guides and focused group discussion guide and the documentary review for secondary data respectively. …”
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Performance Management Innovations and Local Government Employees Performance in Kabale District: A case Study of Kabale District Local Government Administration. by Alex, Museveni

“…The study found out that performance management innovations employed to improve employee’s performance include Various Acts and statutory guidelines ,Local governments need for constant feedback from service-users , The White Paper on Local Government, conforming to Integrated Development Plan (IDP) framework , broader framework in place to improve financial management in local government and development of a guide, that performance management innovations have improved employee’s performance in the following ways: Review of the performance of staff, regular review meetings have increased, targets have been maintained, submission of reports, that the Challenges met during the implementation of performance management innovations are, Difficulty in measuring performance, The lack of clear roles and responsibilities, Political factors, non-performance culture and Organizational factors. …”
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Influence of Omega-3 and Green Tea Extract on Alcohol-Induced Liver Injury in Rats by Ridha Hassan Hussein, Zana Hassan Ibrahim

“…Fatty liver (steatosis) was induced in male albino rats by alcohol 40% orally (3.76gm/kgm BW/day) for the period of 4 weeks, then green tea extract (GTE) and omega-3 (OMG-3) fish oil were used as treatments for improvement and investigating their comparison potential role for the next 4 weeks. …”
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Establishment of a rapid and quantitative method for detecting the range of infection exposure in preclinical dental education by Ayaka Ueda, Yuki Shinoda-Ito, Kazu Takeuchi-Hatanaka, Takashi Ito, Shintaro Ono, Kimito Hirai, Kazuhiro Omori, Tadashi Yamamoto, Shogo Takashiba

“…The mixed liquid of yogurt and hand lotion was used as artificial saliva. Second, we used this artificial saliva in preclinical education. …”
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Dihydroquercetin attenuated Prevotella copri-caused intestinal injury by modulating gut microbiota and bile acids in weaned piglets by Long Wang, Ruizhi Hu, Siqi Ma, Xizi Yang, Jiatai Gong, Hongkun Xiang, Mingkun Shi, Xupeng Yuan, Liang Chen, Hongfu Zhang, Bie Tan, Xi He, Jianhua He, Shusong Wu

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