Participant Compliance With Ecological Momentary Assessment in Movement Behavior Research Among Adolescents and Emerging Adults: Systematic Review by Shirlene Wang, Chih-Hsiang Yang, Denver Brown, Alan Cheng, Matthew Y W Kwan

“…Findings also highlight the need for greater consistency in reporting and more specificity when explaining procedures to understand how EMA compliance could be optimized in studies examining physical activity and sedentary time among youth. …”
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Resource Management and Health Service Delivery in Rukungiri Municipality: A Case Study of Rwamahwa Health Center IV. by Ndyamuhak,i Faith

“…The study recommended that the health centers should ensure that they procure the basic equipment and facilities to ensure that they can be able to provide better services to the intended beneficiaries, health centers should always adhere to and follow their budgets so that they can be able to achieve their intended goals for better service delivery to their clients and there is a need to ensure that the right procedures for recruitment of the employees are followed so that competent staff can be employed which can lead to improved and better service delivery.…”
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Factors Affecting the Teaching and Learning of English Language in Primary Schools in Kitumba Sub-County Kabale District. by Owomugisha, Justine

“…The study used both simple random sampling and purposive sampling procedures. The data filled in the questionnaires was copied and analyzed by tallying it and tabling it in frequency tables identifying how often certain responses occurred and later evaluation was done. …”
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Conflict Management and Organisational Performance of Nongovernmental Organizations: A Case Study of Compassion International in Greater Kabale District by Laban, Biryomumeisho

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Assessment of Hand-Hygiene Practices Among Health Care Workers at Kisoro Hospital, Kisoro District. by Nsenga, Alex

“…According to WHO, (2017), annual report, 70% of the hospital acquired infections can be averted by the practice of hand hygiene (HH) which is a systematic procedure of cleansing hands using soap and water or using antiseptic hand rub for removal of transient microorganism from hands. …”
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Effects of Heated Pneumoperitoneum on Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Peritoneal Histology in Female Dogs That Underwent Video-Assisted Ovariohysterectomy by Vanessa Milech, Juliana S. de Oliveira, Michelli A. W. de Ataide, Gabriela P. Coradini, Thaís R. Mann, Vanessa Z. Sarturi, Hellen F. Hartmann, Marcella T. Linhares, Bernardo N. Antunes, Cínthia M. de Andrade, Glaucia D. Kommers, Marco A. M. Silva, Daniel C. de M. Müller, Maurício V. Brun

“…Laparoscopic procedures require the creation of pneumoperitoneum. …”
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Biomechanical study of two different fixation methods for the treatment of Neer III proximal humerus fractures by Bangjun Cheng, Xiping Jiang, Xiaofeng Zhang, Shixin Guo, Qi Chen, Shengchao Du, Yi Luo, Yaohua He

“…Abstract Background The lateral locking plate for the proximal humerus is currently the most commonly used surgical procedure for the treatment of elderly proximal humeral comminuted fractures. …”
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Determination of Organic Carbon in Soil and Sediment by the Elemental Analyzer with Silver Cup Digestion Method by Junjie WANG, Qiaohuan WANG, Manyan XIONG, Xiangmei SONG, Meie WANG, Huimin FU, Hong LI, Ling MENG

“…The silver cup digestion-elemental analyzer method was used to process soil samples using 81-porosity copper plates and silver cups by optimizing sample pretreatment, including acid concentration and volume, sample weight as well as digestion temperature. The specific procedure was initially weighing 25mg of sample using Φ5mm×9mm silver cups, then adding 80µL of 2mol/L hydrochloric acid to remove inorganic carbon, followed by drying the sample on an electric hot plate at 70℃. …”
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Assessment of Hematology Laboratory Specimen Rejection Rate and Associated Factors at Northwest, Ethiopia by Dereje Mengesha Berta, Elias Chane, Amare Mekuanint Tarekegn, Negesse Cherie, Zewudu Mulatie, Amanuel Kelem, Bedasa Addisu, Bisrat Brike Teketelew

“…Lack of adherence to standard operation procedures (SOP), specimens from the inpatient department (IPD). specimens from the emergency department, and specimens collected by non‐laboratory health professionals increased the likelihood of sample rejection rate by 6.67, 2.44, 2.23, and 3.54 times, respectively. …”
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Neuromotor functions across the lifespan: percentiles from 6 to 80 years by Tanja H. Kakebeeke, Tanja H. Kakebeeke, Jon Caflisch, Aziz Chaouch, Valentin Rousson, Flavia M. Wehrle, Flavia M. Wehrle, Flavia M. Wehrle, Oskar G. Jenni, Oskar G. Jenni, Oskar G. Jenni

“…Performance on 14 motor tasks was modeled as a function of age and sex while controlling for differences in testing procedures that occurred over the period spanned by the studies. …”
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Construct and Predictive Validity of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire in Adult Congenital Heart Disease by Ryan D. Byrne, MD, Ajith P. Nair, MD, Stephen J. Dolgner, MD, Swati Choudhry, MD, Edward J. Hickey, MD, Alexis C. Wood, PhD, Savitri Fedson, MD, Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD, Christopher R. Broda, MD

“…KCCQ scores were compared across ACHD complexity categories, disease characteristics and physiologic failure, and within 2 primary composite outcomes: death or all-cause hospitalization (DH) and death or interventional cardiac procedures (DP). Survival analysis was performed for each composite outcome. …”
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Percutaneous Image-guided Gastrostomy Insertion with and without Gastropexy by Nehal Alghamdi, Shaima Abdulrahman, Yousof Alzahrani, Hana Alfaleh, Fawziah Alorfi, Ali Rajeh, Mohammed Aljarie, Mohammad Arabi

“…Thirty patients (3.6%) died within 30 days after the procedure due to other comorbidities. Conclusion: Gastropexy does not reduce the incidence of major or minor complications following percutaneous gastrostomy and is associated with increased risk for superficial infections. …”
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Systems biology-based assessment of immune responses to whole cell and acellular pertussis vaccines by Mariana Leguia, Antón Vila-Sanjurjo, Diana Juarez, Alejandra Garcia-Glaessner, Ana I. Gil, Mayita Alvarez, Rubelio Cornejo, Sami Cherikh, Casey E. Gelber, Johannes B. Goll, Leigh M. Howard, Natalia Jimenez-Truque, Kathryn M. Edwards, C. Buddy Creech, Claudio F. Lanata

“…Here, we provide a detailed description of the rationale, experimental design, methodology, and enrollment procedures used. Given the technical complexity of our approach, our objective is to fill knowledge gaps, describe key quality metrics, and support future publications. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the outcomes of colorectal cancer surgical patients treated at a public hospital in Southern Brazil by Thiago Lucas Bastos de Melo Moszkowicz, Tierre Aguiar Gonçales, Mariana Severo Debastiani, Gabriela Klein Herwig, Laura Martin Manfroi, Carolina de Moura Marolli, Rafael José Vargas Alves, Rafael José Vargas Alves, Rafael José Vargas Alves, Claudia Giuliano Bica, Claudia Giuliano Bica

“…PurposeThe pandemic has had a clear impact on surgical procedures, leading to a significant decline in volume due to the postponement of non-emergency operations. …”
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Mechanism-based modular psychotherapy versus cognitive behavioural therapy for adolescents and young adults with childhood trauma experiences: study protocol for a feasibility tria... by Till Bärnighausen, Hanna Zimmermann, Christian Schmahl, Stephanie Bauer, Beate Ditzen, Hans-Christoph Friederich, Markus W Haun, Astrid Berner-Rodoreda, Elisabeth Schramm, Svenja Taubner, Corina Aguilar-Raab, Sabine C Herpertz, Manuel Feisst, Frank Enning, Katja I Seitz, Niklas Schouler, Jan Hundertmark, Maximilian Wilhelm, Svea Franz, Christoph W Korn, Ruben Vonderlin, Eva Vonderlin, Josef Bailer, Elias Bopp, Sophia von Stockert, Laura Tabea Kristalis, Claudia Calvano

“…Techniques from mentalisation-based therapy, cognitive behavioural analysis system of psychotherapy, dialectical behaviour therapy and systemic therapy are integrated in this personalised modular procedure. This proof-of-concept study aims to provide initial evidence for acceptability, feasibility and changes in self-rated and diagnostician-rated psychopathology (post-treatment and 3 months follow-up) of MeMoPsy and elucidate the mechanisms of change using psychotherapy process research, Ecological Momentary Assessment and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).Ethics and dissemination This RCT obtained approval from independent ethics committees of participating centres and is accompanied by a data and safety monitoring board. …”
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Investigating interassay variability between direct oral anticoagulant calibrated anti–factor Xa assays: a substudy of the perioperative anticoagulation use for surgery evaluation... by Ryan M. Baker, Rita Selby, Karen A. Moffat, Melanie St John, Alex C. Spyropoulos, Sam Schulman, James Douketis

“…Background: Direct oral anticoagulant calibrated anti-factor Xa (FXa) assays can assess residual anticoagulant levels in patients requiring urgent procedures or surgery. However, previous studies have shown variability between anti-FXa levels determined by different instrument-reagent combinations. …”
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Comparative effectiveness of small bowel decompression methods in patients with benign small bowel obstruction: results of a multicenter non-randomized controlled retrospective stu... by B. V. Sigua, A. E. Demko, S. V. Petrov, V. А. Samarcev, A. A. Zavrazhnov, P. A. Kotkov, I. A. Solov’ev, E. V. Nishnevich, I. V. Mikhin, I. Ia. Bondarevskiy, A. V. Glebova, M. P. Kuznetsova, A. A. Kurkov, V. P. Zemlyanoy

“…Comparison groups were formed using an optimal matching procedure to avoid the influence of selected confounders on the outcome. …”
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Impact of prostate cancer screening in European ancestry un‐affected men with germline DNA repair pathogenic variants by Vittorio Fasulo, Giuseppe Chiarelli, Giuseppe Garofano, Carla Barbara Ripamonti, Monica Barile, Paolo Bianchi, Emanuela Morenghi, Alessio Benetti, Muhannad Aljoulani, Alessio Finocchiaro, Marco Paciotti, Pier Paolo Avolio, Edoardo Beatrici, Paola Arena, Alberto Saita, Rodolfo Hurle, Federica Maura, Giorgio Da Rin, Rosanna Asselta, Anita Capalbo, Giulia Soldà, Paolo Casale, Nicolò Maria Buffi, Giovanni Lughezzani, Massimo Lazzeri

“…The incorporation of PHI shows promise in improving the efficiency of diagnostic procedures while minimizing unnecessary interventions. …”
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Chaotic Behaviour, Sensitivity Assessment, and New Analytical Investigation to Find Novel Optical Soliton Solutions of M-Fractional Kuralay-II Equation by J. R. M. Borhan, E. I. Hassan, Arafa Dawood, Khaled Aldwoah, Amani Idris A. Sayed, Ahmad Albaity, M. Mamun Miah

“…The various assortments of solutions are provided by the described procedure. Finally, the framework proposed in this investigation addresses additional fractional nonlinear partial differential equations in mathematical physics and engineering with excellent reliability, quality of effectiveness, and ease of application.…”
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Structural characterization and bioactivity of sulfated Galactan GSSG-2 from Gracilaria salicornia: Antioxidant and anticancer potential by Mythileeswari Lakshmikanthan, Sakthivel Muthu, Peer Mohamed Deen Mohamed, Kathiravan Krishnan, Nagaraj Karuppiah, Ramamoorthy Karuppan, Shenbhagaraman Ramalingam, Anandhi Subramanian, Bharathi Venkatachalam, Gholamreza Abdi

“…Purification of GSSG-2 was achieved through a two-step procedure consisting of anion-exchange chromatography utilizing a DEAE-Sepharose column, followed by size-based separation via Sephadex G-100 gel filtration chromatography. …”
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