PREVENTING VIOLENCE CRIMES (KIDNAPPING, ARMED ROBBERY, BRIGANDAGE OR COMMUNITY MASSACRE) WITH DRONES: AN EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO VEHICULAR PATROLS IN NIGERIA by BABALOLA SUNDAY EMMANUEL

“…Descriptive statistics was used to answer the research questions while R2 value Regression analysis was applied to test the hypotheses of the study at a 0.05 level of significance. …”
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Adapting the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist: A collaborative study in West Africa by Kadidiatou R. Kourouma, Tieba Millogo, Aissatou Diallo, Wambi M.E. Yaméogo, Marie L. Agbré-Yacé, Mamadou D. Baldé, Issaka Tiembré, Alexandre Delamou, Séni Kouanda

“…This process included the contextual adaptation of the tool by local technical advisory groups in each country based on national guidelines, the harmonisation and production of a single modified SCC by the Cross-Country Technical Advisory Group, a pre-test of the modified SCC, and adoption. Results: Minor modifications were made on 27 items. …”
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Los instrumentos de ordenación del territorio: seguimiento, evaluación y enseñanzas en el marco ibérico (Portugal-España) by Noelia Ruiz Moya, Luis Miguel Sánchez Escolano, Eugenio Cejudo García

“…Finalmente, se extraen lecciones que permiten avanzar en la creación de herramientas de control interterritoriales favoreciendo la coordinación y gobernanza en estos espacios. …”
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Behavior of eco-friendly concrete reinforced with hybrid recycled fibers by Radwa Defalla Abdel Hafez1, Raghda Osama Abd-Al Ftah, Bassam Abdelsalam Abdelsalam, Ibrahim Saad Agwa

“…The workability and mechanical tests of eco-friendly concrete were investigated. …”

Paediatric one-day admission: why and is it necessary? by Jing Zhan Lock, Zi Xean Khoo, Jen Heng Pek

“…An unnecessary admission was defined as one with no diagnostic test ordered, intravenous medication administered, therapeutic procedure performed or specialty review made in the inpatient unit. …”
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Design and Implementation of a Chatbot for Kurdish Language Speakers Using Chatfuel Platform by Hemn Karim Ahmed, Jamal Ali Hussein

“…The proposed chatbot is tested on an electronic tourist guide that helps visitors to the religious places in the mountainous village of Barzanja that is located in Iraqi Kurdistan. …”
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Physicochemical parameters, microbiological quality, and antibacterial activity of honey from the Bucovina region of Romania by Liliana Luca, Daniela Pauliuc, Florin Ursachi, Mircea Oroian

“…The antibacterial activity was examined against the growth of four pathogenic bacterial strains (Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213, Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853, and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium ATCC 14028) by the diffusion test in the agar well and by determining the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and the minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC). …”
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The Incidence of Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections in Children With Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Study by Mohammad Mehdi Rajabi, Behdad Gharib, Mohammad Reza Mirzaaghayan

“…Statistical analysis was performed using descriptive statistics (including frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (including Chi-square and Independent t-test) in SPSS version 23. The results showed that the incidence of BSIs in pediatric CHD patients after cardiac surgery was 3.21%. …”
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Malaria Parasitemia and Anaemia among Pregnant Women in Umuahia Metropolis by ANC Amadi, PC Nwankwo

“…Data were collected and analyzed statistically using chisquare test. A total of 270 (54.0%) pregnant women out of 500 examined were positive for malaria parasites, while 254 (94.1%) were aneamic. …”
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Ordenación territorial supramunicipal de tipo bottom-up y top-down en España: el caso valenciano by Joan Carles Membrado Tena, Joaquín Martín Cubas, Ghaleb Fansa, Jorge Hermosilla Pla

“…La escasa eficiencia que ha mostrado, en general, la institución provincial como entidad local, y la necesidad de crear una organización territorial autonómica propia y eficiente, ha llevado a las comunidades autónomas a implementar otro tipo de entes locales supramunicipales, tanto de tipo top-down (comarcas, áreas funcionales, áreas metropolitanas) como, sobre todo, de tipo bottom-up (mancomunidades, consorcios). Estos entes locales intermedios entre municipio y provincia tienen funciones diversas (descentralización, planificación, desarrollo local) que a menudo entran en competencia con las de la diputación. …”
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Construction and validation of a predictive model for the risk of osteoporosis in patients with chronic kidney disease based on NHANES data. by Chunjie She, Hefeng Liu

“…The performance of the prediction model was assessed using various metrics, including the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), calibration curve, the Hosmer-Lemeshow test, and decision curve analysis (DCA).<h4>Results</h4>The construction of the nomogram was based on five predictors, namely age, height, weight, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and history of fracture. …”
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A rare neurosurgical emergency: case report of spontaneous lumbar subdural empyema by Svetozar Stanković, Milan Lepić, Ivan Bogićević, Jadranka Stanković, Goran Pavlicević

“…The patient’s condition deteriorated, developing severe radicular pain, high-grade fever, and signs of sepsis within seven days. Laboratory tests showed elevated inflammatory markers. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed lumbar SDE at the L3-L5 levels. …”
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Rett syndrome complicated by diabetes mellitus type 1 by Yasutaka Kuniyoshi, Satoru Takahashi

“…At 10 years of age, genetic testing revealed a pathogenic MECP2 mutation. Clinical features, including breathing abnormalities, bruxism, abnormal tone and inappropriate laughing, met the diagnostic criteria for RS. …”
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High-Prevalence Stunting in Preschool Children (1–5 Years) Attending Selected Health Centers in a Food Rich Area-Bushenyi District Southwestern Uganda by Douglas, Mugarura, Herbert Izo, Ninsiima, Hellen, Kinyi, Ejike, Daniel Eze, Sam, Tumwesigire, Andrew, Ndamira

“…Logistic regression with adjusted prevalence ratio was performed to test the association between the sociodemographic and clinical factors and stunting at bivariate levels of analysis. …”
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Web-Based File Sharing System: A Case Study of Kabale University. by Akandinda, Abraham

“…The study was guided with three specific objectives and these included; studying and analyzing the current file sharing system used at Kabale University, developing a Web-based file sharing system for Kabale University, and to test and validate the proposed Web-based file sharing system. …”
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Upgrading of Rwakiseta Road from Gravel to a Double Surface Bituminous Road. by Akanyijuka, Baram

“…The project road was characterized by a broken back curve, reverse curve and sharp curves, which brought about so many traffic delays. Lab and field tests, surveys, consultations, and observations were some of the methods that were used to collect data . …”
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Water Accounting and Productivity Analysis to Improve Water Savings of Nile River Basin, East Africa: From Accountability to Sustainability by Hirwa, Hubert, Zhang, Qiuying, Li, Fadong, Qiao, Yunfeng, Measho, Simon, Muhirwa, Fabien, Xu, Ning, Tian, Chao, Cheng, Hefa, Chen, Gang, Ngwijabagabo, Hyacinthe, Turyasingura, Benson, Itangishaka, Auguste Cesar

“…The Mann-Kendall (MK) statistical test and Sen’s slope estimator were applied to detect the trends of climatic factors, and the AquaCrop model was used to simulate the crop yields in response to water balance and consumption based on crop physiological, soil water, and salt budget concepts. …”
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Analysis of Viability of Core Inflation Components Based on Excluded Items in Uganda. by Munyambonera, Ezra, Mukiza, Chris Ndatira, Niyimpa, Ediga Mfite

“…Particularly, this was achieved through subjecting all Energy, Fuel and Utilities (E,FU) and Food crops to volatility and persistence tests. The study used time series data obtained from the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) for the period July 2010 to June 2017 and covered all the 10 baskets monitored by UBOS. …”
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Prevalence of Bacterial Urinary Tract Infections and Associated Factors among Patients Attending Hospitals in Bushenyi District, Uganda by Martin, Odoki, Adamu, Almustapha Aliero, Julius, Tibyangye, Josephat, Nyabayo Maniga, Eddie, Wampande, Charles, Drago Kato, Ezera, Agwu, Joel, Bazira

“…Data for the factors associated with UTI were obtained by use of questionnaires and standard laboratory tests for selected underlying conditions. (e study revealed 86/267 (32.2%) UTI prevalence among patients attending hospitals in Bushenyi District, Uganda. …”
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Students Results Tracking Tool: A Case Study of Kabale Secondary school. by Kebirungi, Susan

“…This study was guided by three specific objectives and these included; analyzing the existing methods used to track student results at Kabale Secondary School, developing an automated Students Results Tracking Tool, and testing and validating the developed Students' Results Tracking Tool. …”
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