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

“…The study also recommended that Commercial banks should as well consider having in place effective credit standards, credit policy, credit terms and collection policies or procedures as mechanisms to guide their business, since the effectiveness of credit management is important to the successful management of banking institutions; that Commercial banks should as well operate their credit businesses based strictly by the established lending guidelines that outline the business growth priorities of the senior management, as well as the conditions to satisfy in order to qualify for loan approval; and that there should be prior customer evaluation before xiv loans are granted, and a continuous process of assessment before and during the course of loan repayment. …”
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Construction of a prostate adenocarcinoma molecular classification: integrating spatial transcriptomics with retrospective cohort validation by Bingnan Lu, Yifan Liu, Guo Ji, Yuntao Yao, Zhao Yang, Bolin Zhu, Lei Wang, Keqin Dong, Yuanan Li, Jiaying Shi, Junzhe He, Runzhi Huang, Wang Zhou, Xinming Cui, Xiuwu Pan, Xingang Cui

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Physico-Chemical Properties of Granular Sorbents Based on Natural Bentonite Modified by Polyhydroxocations of Aluminum and Iron (III) by Co-Precipitation by Bakytgul Kussainova, Gaukhar Tazhkenova, Ivan Kazarinov, Marina Burashnikova, Raigul Ramazanova, Yelena Ivashchenko, Bekzat Saurbayeva, Batima Tantybayeva, Ainur Seitkan, Gulsim Matniyazova, Khalipa Sadiyeva, Aisha Nurlybayeva, Aidana Bazarkhankyzy

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Development of a Recombinant Fusion Vaccine Candidate Against Lethal <i>Clostridium botulinum</i> Neurotoxin Types A and B by Eun-Sun Choi, Seong-Wook Pyo, So-Hyeon Kim, Jun-Ho Jeon, Gi-Eun Rhie, Mi-Ran Yun, Hwajung Yi, Yoon-Seok Chung

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Small Shifts, Big Impacts: Using Probabilistic Genotyping Software in Forensic Genetics by Camila Costa, Carolina Figueiredo, Sandra Costa, Paulo Miguel Ferreira, António Amorim, Lourdes Prieto, Nádia Pinto

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A deep learning aided bone marrow segmentation of quantitative fat MRI for myelofibrosis patients by Humera Tariq, Lubomir Hadjiiski, Dariya Malyarenko, Moshe Talpaz, Kristen Pettit, Gary D. Luker, Brian D. Ross, Thomas L. Chenevert

“…Except for AVE, for majority of performance metric comparisons 2D versus 3D model differences were significant in both bones (p&lt;0.001).ConclusionAll four tested U-Net models effectively automated BM segmentation in pelvic MRI of MF patients. …”
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Telehealth services for acute diseases management: principles, trends and challenges in selected health facilities in the greater Accra region, Ghana by Jonathan Kissi, Godwin Adzakpah, Caleb Annobil, Nathan Kamasenu Mensah, Daniel Kwame Kwansah Quansah, Kennedy Dzamvivie, Vivian Kruh, Grace Amoah-Anomah, Abdul-Basit Kassim

“…Changes within healthcare organizations also had mixed effects, lowering perceptions of usefulness in some cases but slightly improving satisfaction. …”
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Engagement with healthcare providers and healthcare system navigation among Australians with chronic conditions: a descriptive survey study by Jeffrey Braithwaite, Yvonne Zurynski, Joanna Holt, Louise A Ellis, Chiara Pomare, James Ansell, James Gillespie, Jo Root, Isabelle Meulenbroeks, Leanne Wells

“…Objectives With the rate of chronic conditions increasing globally, it is important to understand whether people with chronic conditions have the capacity to find the right care and to effectively engage with healthcare providers to optimise health outcomes.We aimed to examine associations between care navigation, engagement with health providers and having a chronic health condition among Australian adults.Design and Setting This is a cross-sectional, 39-item online survey including the navigation and engagement subscales of the Health Literacy Questionnaire, completed in December 2018, in Australia. …”
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How does the Dorr classification of proximal femur affect the total hip arthroplasty of hemophilic patients: a retrospective study by Yichen Gong, Hua Huang, Hai Su, Haojin Zhou, Peijian Tong, Shuaijie Lv

“…Ultimately, the study supports that THA is an effective treatment for PWH with all Dorr classifications by alleviating the pain and improve the motor function.…”
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Rationale and feasibility of a rapid integral biomarker program that informs immune-oncology clinical trials: the ADVISE trial by Akshita Gupta, Riyue Bao, F Stephen Hodi, Jaclyn Neely, Jason J Luke, Ashish Massey, Santanu Dutta, Janis Taube, George Lee, Katherine Bever, Peter Szabo, David Yao, Rachel Tam, Tim Reilly

“…The safety profile appeared to generally align with those reported for the individual combinations from other trials. …”
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Challenges of Statin Therapy in Clinical Practice (According to Outpatient Register «PROFILE» Data) by S. Yu. Martsevich, Yu. V. Lukina, N. P. Kutishenko, A. V. Zagrebelnyy, S. N. Tolpygina, V. P. Voronina, N. A. Dmitrieva, O. V. Lerman, E. S. Nekoshnova, I. V. Budaeva, S. V. Blagodatskikh, B. B. Aslanova

“…To identify the main problems of statin therapy in patients with high and very high cardiovascular (CV) risk in real clinical practice.Material and methods. The general information of the study was based on data from 2,457 patients who were included in the register before November 30, 2020: 1,250 men (50.9%) and 1,207 (49.1%) women. …”
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Usage of post-exposure prophylaxis and its impact on risk behaviors among men who have sex with men in Qingdao, China by Rong Su, Yi Liu, Peilong Li, Lin Ge, Meizhen Liao, Yong Fu, Xin Song, Houlin Tang, Dongmin Li

“…Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) has been confirmed to be an effective measure for preventing HIV transmission. …”
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Impact of host factors and invasive meningococci on bacterial adhesion, proliferation, primary nasal epithelial barrier function, and immune response by Daan W. Arends, Debbie van Rooijen, Esther van Woudenbergh, Janine Wolf, Milou Ohm, Marien I. de Jonge, Gerco den Hartog

“…Understanding these host-strain-specific effects could help to identify individuals at risk of IMD and meningococcal strains with future outbreak potential.…”
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Improvement in postoperative pain control by combined use of intravenous dexamethasone with dexmedetomidine after erector spinae plane block and serratus anterior plane block for t... by Li Zhang, Zhibiao Xu, Yuyun Liu, Zijie Ling, Sumin Yuan, Yuxiang Meng, Ziwei Li, Shoujie Feng, Su Liu, Linlin Zhao

“…All patients underwent erector spinae plane block and serratus anterior plane block 30 min before anesthesia induction and all drugs were infused intravenously 30 min after general anesthesia induction. The primary outcome was incidence of moderate-to-severe pain at 24 h on movement postoperatively. …”
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Acceptability and barriers of a GP–physiotherapist partnership in the diagnosis and management of COPD in primary care: A qualitative study by Lisa Pagano, Zoe McKeough, Sally L. Wootton, Andrew S. L. Chan, Sriram Mahadev, Nicholas Zwar, Deborah Pallavicini, Sarah Dennis

“…Responses were mixed on the effectiveness of the model in facilitating teamwork between clinicians with different perspectives concerning management, communication pathways and logistical issues, such as time and room availability, being cited as barriers. …”
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Spatial and temporal variation of malaria incidence in children under 10 years in a pyrethroid-resistant vector area in southern Benin by Edouard Dangbenon, Mintodê Nicodème Atchadé, Martin C. Akogbéto, Mahouton N. Hounkonnou, Landry Assongba, Hilaire Akpovi, Manisha A. Kulkarni, Natacha Protopopoff, Jackie Cook, Manfred Accrombessi

“…Strategies to target the most vulnerable populations, the periods of high transmission and the most affected geographical areas, should make vector-borne disease control and prevention programmes more cost-effective. The present study focuses on the spatial and temporal dynamics of malaria cases and the exogenous factors influencing the transmission in an area with pyrethroid-resistant mosquito vector populations. …”
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Factors influencing the adoption of telemedicine services among middle-aged and older patients with chronic conditions in rural China: a multicentre cross-sectional study by Li Yao, Qiaoxing Li, Qinqin Li, Tingshu Wang, Shuangfei Peng, Xinyun Fu, Wenfen Wang, Chen Yu, Ling Zhou, Mi Chen

“…SI (z = 4.767, P<0.001), PU (z = 2.894, P = 0.004), and ATU (z = 4.545, P<0.001) showed significant direct positive effects on patients’ intention to adopt telemedicine services. …”
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Comparative transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of hypoxia response in wild and cultivated tomato roots by Zhihan Zhang, Yabing Hou, Hao Yin, Song Lu, Daliang Liu, Lin Cheng, Houlin Yu, Tao Li, Yiyong Zhao

“…Although cultivated tomato varieties (Solanum lycopersicum) are generally sensitive to low-oxygen conditions, their wild relatives (Solanum habrochaites) display substantially lower sensitivity. …”
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Early life risk factors of motor, cognitive and language development: a pooled analysis of studies from low/middle-income countries by Aluísio J D Barros, Günther Fink, Goodarz Danaei, Christopher R Sudfeld, Rose McGready, Nynke van den Broek, Joseph M Braun, Karim Manji, Shams E Arifeen, Melissa Gladstone, Jena Hamadani, Fahmida Tofail, Alicia Matijasevich, Sunita Taneja, Honorati Masanja, Wafaie Fawzi, Ayesha Sania, Dana C McCoy, Zhaozhong Zhu, Mary C Smith Fawzi, Mehmet Akman, David Bellinger, Maureen M Black, Alemtsehay Bogale, Verena Carrara, Paulita Duazo, Christopher Duggan, Lia C H Fernald, Alexis J Handal, Siobán Harlow, Melissa Hidrobo, Chris Kuzawa, Ingrid Kvestad, Lindsey Locks, Christine McDonald, Arjumand Rizvi, Darci Santos, Leticia Santos, Dilsad Save, Roger Shapiro, Barbara Stoecker, Martha-Maria Tellez-Rojo, Aisha K Yousafzai

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