Investigating the Performance of Epoxy Concentrations in the Self-Healing of Concrete. by Manzi, Evans Evalist

“…The results revealed a consistent decrease in slump as epoxy concentrations increased, indicating a reduction in concrete work-ability. Notably, the compressive strength at 28 days exhibited a fascinating trend. …”
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Language Policy Implementation and Academic Achievement of Pupils in Selected Primary Schools of Kaharo Sub-County Kabale District. by Koburonde, Stella

“…Schools should implement additional academic support systems for learners lacking confidence in their ability to complete assignments and understand classroom content.…”
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Analysis of the Impact of Media on Premarital Sex in Central Division Kabale Municipality. by Kamusiime, Phabith

“…The study results on the strategies being used to prevent premarital sexual, the highest number of respondents mentioned offering youth empowerment programs that focus on building self-esteem, communication skills, and decision-making abilities while the lowest number of respondents mentioned developing media literacy programs that help young people critically analyze and question the portrayal of sex and relationships in the media. …”
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Effect of Washing Bays on Water Quality of Rivers: A Case Study of River Rurigita Muko Sub-County Rubanda District Uganda. by Monday, Innocent

“…Biological water quality indicated contamination of river Rurigita with both Total coliform (83.3 CFU) and E. coli (28.3 CFU) an indicator of animal or human fresh fecal contamination exposing the communities to waterborne diseases. …”
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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

“…It was found out that 29% of the respondents considered career guidance as a means to help students to broaden their knowledge; skills and abilities; though on the hand sighted irregularities that career guidance was meant for the rich who had the capacity to facilitate their children’s future the way they wished; and that career guidance was irrelevant at schools since it never provided anything new that they would get from their family members and their religious backgrounds. …”
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Women Economic Empowerment and Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality. by Gerald, Baguma

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Low-activity [18F]-somatostatin receptor (SSTR) imaging using [18F]SiTATE on a long axial field-of-view PET/CT scanner by Nils F. Trautwein, Eduardo Calderón, Pia M. Linder, Gerald Reischl, Philippe Driessen, Wenhong Lan, Andreas S. Brendlin, Thorben Groß, Helmut Dittmann, Martina Hinterleitner, Christian la Fougère, Fabian P. Schmidt, Lena S. Kiefer

“…Despite a reduction to 1 MBq/kg of [18F]SiTATE all lesions were still detected while at 0.25 MBq/kg lesion detectability decreased to 70% (HS) and 93% (UHS). Only minor changes in SUVmean and TLR were detected with reduced activity. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Edward Page, Konrad Ott

“…It is shown that the precautionary principle fails to adequately deal with uncertainties as they arise in climate modeling. …”
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Preoperative Predictors of Soft Tissue Releases Required for Femoral Exposure in Direct Anterior Total Hip Arthroplasty by Michael S. Barnum, MD, Bryan M. Grommersch, MD, Samuel Hovland, BS, George J. Haidukewych, MD, Cody C. Green, MD

“…Background: Sequential soft tissue releases are utilized in direct anterior approach (DAA) total hip arthroplasty (THA) as incomplete femoral exposure may lead to complications. …”
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Telehealth and people with disabilities in the United Kingdom: a scoping review by Mezhen Ko, Mezhen Ko, Matthew Azzopardi, Constantinos Loizou, Abison Logeswaran, Benjamin Ng, Agata Pacho, Yu Jeat Chong

“…The search terms included variations of “telehealth,” “disability,” “impairment,” “United Kingdom,” and “NHS.” Studies published after January 2010 were included if they addressed the experiences of people with disabilities when using telehealth. …”
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The Role of Nutrients in Supporting The Immune System Against Viral Infection; Newly Emerged Coronavirus (COVID19): A Narrative Review by Halgord Ali Farag, Hardi Rafat Baqi, Yousif Taha Hussein, Osama Hamid Shareef, Syamand Ahmed Qadir, Amany El Afifi, Abdel Hamid El Bilbeisi

“…However, unbalanced diet with high levels of macromolecules could lead to chronic diseases that impair the body’s immune abilities. The micronutrients including vitamins and minerals participate in immune system on a bigger scale that almost all body’s immune mechanism depends on the expressions of micronutrients. …”
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Psychiatric Symptoms in Acute Intermittent Porphyria - Case Report and Course of Treatment Using Placebo by Waldemar Kosiba, Dominika Prystacka-Szar, Jakub Siemko, Wojciech Kupczak

“…For some patients, psychiatric symptoms are the only symptom of the disease. In this paper, the case of a 43-year-old patient struggling with recurrent colicky abdominal pain and depressive and anxiety disorders, which intensify during exacerbation periods, is presented, featuring an ambiguous diagnosis of porphyria in previous laboratory tests. …”
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Transformer-based travel time estimation method for plateau and mountainous environments by Guangjun Qu, Kefa Zhou, Rui Wang, Dong Li, Yingpeng Lu, Zhihong Lv, Dequan Zhao, Aijun Zhang, Qing Zhang

“…A meta-learning strategy was employed to improve the model’s generalization ability, thereby ensuring its applicability for accurate travel time estimation across a range of challenging environments. …”
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Network pharmacology and molecular analysis of mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effects of Rhubarb in treating atherosclerosis and abdominal aortic aneurysm by Huilin Xu, Jun Huang, Youjie Zeng, Xia Wang, Huilin Lian, Siyi Zhang, Ren Guo

“…Five core pharmacological targets were also identified: TNF, IL-1β MMP9, TP53, and PPARG. Molecular docking showed a strong binding ability between the active compounds and the screened targets. …”
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Automatic detection and counting of wheat spike based on DMseg-Count by Hecang Zang, Yilong Peng, Meng Zhou, Guoqiang Li, Guoqing Zheng, Hualei Shen

“…However, in actual production, due to the susceptibility of wheat spike images to factors such as lighting conditions, shooting angles, occlusion, and overlap, the contour and features of wheat spike is unclear, which affects the accuracy of automatic detection and counting of wheat spike. …”
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The dipeptide carnosine alleviates acute pancreatitis in an experimental model by Heresh Rezaei, Saeed Heidari, Mohammad Mehdi Ommati, Babak Taheri, Forouzan Khodaei, Mohammad Ali Dehghani, Ayeh Rowhanirad, Azadeh Veisi-Goshtasb, Zahra Honarpishefard, Negar Azarpira, Hossein Niknahad, Reza Heidari

“…A significant increase in the pancreatic level of pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-1β) was also evident in the l-arginine-treated mice (P<0.001). …”
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Recruitment and retention of participants in randomised controlled trials: a review of trials funded and published by the United Kingdom Health Technology Assessment Programme by Stephen J Walters, Daniel Hind, Richard M Jacques, Steven A Julious, Joanne Rothwell, Oscar Bortolami, Laura Flight, Inês Bonacho dos Anjos Henriques-Cadby, Christopher Knox, Ben Nadin, Michael Surtees

“…Publicly funded randomised controlled trials (RCTs) often recruit participants at a slower than anticipated rate. Many trials fail to reach their planned sample size within the envisaged trial timescale and trial funding envelope.Objectives To review the consent, recruitment and retention rates for single and multicentre randomised control trials funded and published by the UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme.Data sources and study selection HTA reports of individually randomised single or multicentre RCTs published from the start of 2004 to the end of April 2016 were reviewed.Data extraction Information was extracted, relating to the trial characteristics, sample size, recruitment and retention by two independent reviewers.Main outcome measures Target sample size and whether it was achieved; recruitment rates (number of participants recruited per centre per month) and retention rates (randomised participants retained and assessed with valid primary outcome data).Results This review identified 151 individually RCTs from 787 NIHR HTA reports. …”
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Deferiprone ameliorates cisplatin induced peripheral neurotoxicity via ferritinophagy adjustment by Hanan Seddiek, Mira Hanna, Amany Elsayed Mohamed Hamoud, Marawan Abd Elbaset, Ahmed M. A. Akabawy, Mohamed Zakaria Kotb, Mohamed Mansour Khalifa

“…The current results concluded that rapping cisplatin with deferiprone can mitigate neurotoxicity induced by cisplatin in experimental animals through ferritinophagy pathway adjustment.…”
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Breeding for Heat Tolerant Aromatic Rice Varieties and Identification of Novel QTL Regions Associated with Heat Tolerance During Reproductive Phase by QTL-Seq by Surangkana Chimthai, Sulaiman Cheabu, Wanchana Aesomnuk, Siriphat Ruengphayak, Siwaret Arikit, Apichart Vanavichit, Chanate Malumpong

“…Furthermore, the QTL-seq approach was utilized to identify QTLs for seed-setting rate in an F2 population subjected to heat stress. …”
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Randomised control trial to compare the efficacy of traditional Thai massage and ultrasound therapy for treating plantar heel pain by Supamas Somphai, Wiraphong Sucharit, Punnee Peungsuwan, Neil Roberts, Uraiwan Chatchawan

“…Furthermore, only the US group showed a significant increase in DROM immediately and 24 h after treatment (p < 0.001). …”
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