Real-Time Analytics and AI for Managing No-Show Appointments in Primary Health Care in the United Arab Emirates: Before-and-After Study by Yousif Mohamed AlSerkal, Naseem Mohamed Ibrahim, Aisha Suhail Alsereidi, Mubaraka Ibrahim, Sudheer Kurakula, Sadaf Ahsan Naqvi, Yasir Khan, Neema Preman Oottumadathil

“… Abstract BackgroundPrimary health care (PHC) services face operational challenges due to high patient volumes, leading to complex management needs. Patients access services through booked appointments and walk-in visits, with walk-in visits often facing longer waiting times. …”
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Evaluation of Delay Characteristics at A 4- Legged Signalised Intersection for Improvement in The Level of Service. A Case Study of Jinja Road Intersection. by Babirye, Joanitor

“…This section explores intersection design and operation, from signal timing to crosswalk, and investigates each concept as it relates to citywide goals for safety, mobility, and more vibrant, accessible public spaces. Their strength lies in their ability to reduce the number of vehicular conflicts at places where the roads meet and thereby enhance intersection capacity and safety. …”
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An Assessment of Microfinance Institution Services and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kabale Municipality. by Mugarura, Elijah

“…SME Clubs and marketing associations offered personal liability protection, business security, access to capital and resources, created a less competitive business environment, contributed to business networking and offered a collective voice for small business owners. …”
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Loan Monitoring Costs and Loan Payment in SACCOs: A Case Study of Mitooma People's SACCO in Mitooma Town Council Mitooma District. by Mugarura, Adison

“…The study findings also revealed that loan clearance and dealing with the defaulters affects the recipients negatively, loan monitoring also determines whether the remaining contingency reserves for cost and schedules are adequate, loans with high loan monitoring have higher monthly payments or take longer to pay off than loans with low loan monitoring, therefore the higher loan monitoring charged by most financial institutions as a loaning requirement hinders loan request which affects the socio-economic status of the recipients and women are given little or no loans because they lack collaterals as a requirement from the financial institution and this retards development, the interest rate mostly does not favor women who are considered to be the agents for development. Women's access to formal sources of loans is restricted because they often lack collateral as a requirement needed by the microfinance and the inability to retrieve all loans due to the relocation of business activity or the residence of defaulters also affects loan monitoring in SACCOs affects of loan monitoring on loan repayment and recovery in SACCOs. …”
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Assessing The Influence of Upland Rice on Household Income in Nyamirama Sub-County Kanungu District. by Byamukama, Chrispus

“…There is a need for efforts by the government and the entire citizenry to make accessible roads especially feeder roads to far-reaching areas to ease transportation of both agricultural inputs and upland rice produce.…”
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Youth Involvement in Pornography and Academic Engagement in Selected Secondary Schools in Kabale Municipality. by Kanyesigye, Bens Rogers

“…Social media platforms, internet sources, and private messaging applications were revealed as the primary sources for obtaining pornographic content, together with the widespread use of the internet and smartphones in the area of study, and unrestricted access and absence of proper supervision mechanisms by parents, teachers, and other school administrators on what the youth should watch in the digital era. …”
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Effects of Job Stress on Teachers Productivity in Primary Schools of Katuna Town Council in Kabale District. by Faida, Elias

“…The study findings showed that the different forms of job stressors such as excessive workload, lacking instructional resources, disruptive student behaviors, school's administrative pressure, parents and community members' high academic expectations, balancing work with personal life, limited access to opportunities for professionalism, job instability with uncertain salary and frequent staff changes and lack of school leadership support affected teachers productivity in Primary schools of Katuna Town Council of Kabale District. …”
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Land Use and is Impact on Agricultural Productivity in Mutara Sub-County Mitooma District. by Tusingwire, Pamellah

“…The study concludes that Collaborative farming initiatives within communities have shown positive results in enhancing productivity by pooling resources for better input access and shared knowledge on best practices. The study concluded that Traditional farming methods and cultural beliefs significantly influence land management decisions. …”
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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 findings obtained in the study indicated that the effect of the factors affecting the teaching and learning of English in Primary schools were reduced access to quality learning resources, ineffective teaching methods, poor Pupil outcomes, lack of support at home, decreased motivation, limited individual attention, poor classroom control, difficulty in comprehension, slower language acquisition, challenges in curriculum delivery, teacher frustration and distraction. …”
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Investigating the cost of mechanized unpaved road maintenance operations in Uganda by Obeti, Andrew Moses, Byaruhanga, Chris Bic, Muhwezi, Lawrence, Kakitahi, John Muhumuza

“…The selected case study areas were accessible and reachable in terms of data. Control parameters affecting unpaved mechanized road maintenance were identified as machine repair costs, tool costs, labour costs, material costs, fuel costs and machine fuel costs. …”
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Group B streptococcus colonization in pregnancy and neonatal outcomes: a three-year monocentric retrospective study during and after the COVID-19 pandemic by Gregorio Serra, Lucia Lo Scalzo, Maria Giordano, Mario Giuffrè, Pietro Trupiano, Renato Venezia, Giovanni Corsello

“…Since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the preventive measures implemented to mitigate the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection led to the reduction in the access to many health facilities and services, including the obstetric and perinatal ones. …”
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Ethics of Procuring and Using Organs or Tissue from Infants and Newborns for Transplantation, Research, or Commercial Purposes: Protocol for a Bioethics Scoping Review [version 1;... by Sebastian Porsdam Mann, Joe Brierley, Jerry Menikoff, Trung Nguyen, Brian D. Earp, Dominic Wilkinson, Julian Savulescu, Xiu Lim, Maide Barış, David Shaw, Melanie T Almonte

“…We will exclude sources if (a) the full text is not accessible, (b) the main text is in a language other than English, or (c) the focus is exclusively on scientific, legal, or religious/theological arguments. …”
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Designing and explaining the political behavior model of managers in government organizations by Mehdi Izadi, Amir Hoshang Nazarpuri, Reza Sepahvand, Hojat Vahdati, Mohammad Hakak

“…The results showed that the political behavior of managers is, respectively, receiving control of access to information at the highest level, followed by showing calmness, resistance to change, pleasing others, playing with time, forming groups, blaming and attacking others, dealing with the opposite, strengthening a favorable impact, creating a communication network, support and empathy, and presenting oneself through other powerful people in the next priorities. …”
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Qualitative Insights on Barriers to Receiving a Second Dose of Measles-Containing Vaccine (MCV2), Oromia Region of Ethiopia by Kalkidan Solomon, Brooke N. Aksnes, Abyot Bekele Woyessa, Chala Gari Sadi, Almea M. Matanock, Monica P. Shah, Paulos Samuel, Bekana Tolera, Birhanu Kenate, Abebe Bekele, Tesfaye Deti, Getachew Wako, Amsalu Shiferaw, Yohannes Lakew Tefera, Melkamu Ayalew Kokebie, Tatek Bogale Anbessie, Habtamu Teklie Wubie, Aaron Wallace, Ciara E. Sugerman, Mirgissa Kaba

“…Health system barriers identified included the lack of human, material, and financial resources to deliver vaccines and provide immunization outreach services, which caretakers reported as their preferred way of accessing immunization. <b>Conclusions:</b> Barriers to MCV2 uptake occur at multiple levels of immunization service delivery. …”
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Mathematical modelling-based blockchain with attention deep learning model for cybersecurity in IoT-consumer electronics by Hayam Alamro, Mohammed Maray, Jawhara Aljabri, Saad Alahmari, Monir Abdullah, Jehad Saad Alqurni, Faiz Abdullah Alotaibi, Abdelmoneim Ali Mohamed

“…Strong security measures are required to protect against unauthorized access, data breaches, and cyberattacks as these smart devices gather, transfer, and save sensitive information. …”
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Effect of environmental enrichment on relapse rates in patients with severe alcohol use disorder: protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Lila Barillot, Claudia Chauvet, Marc Besnier, Nematollah Jaafari, Marcello Solinas, Armand Chatard

“…All information on ethical considerations and open science practices can be accessed at https://osf.io/b57uj/Trial registration number NCT05577741.…”
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CompSafeNano project: NanoInformatics approaches for safe-by-design nanomaterials by Dimitrios Zouraris, Angelos Mavrogiorgis, Andreas Tsoumanis, Laura Aliisa Saarimäki, Giusy del Giudice, Antonio Federico, Angela Serra, Dario Greco, Ian Rouse, Julia Subbotina, Vladimir Lobaskin, Karolina Jagiello, Krzesimir Ciura, Beata Judzinska, Alicja Mikolajczyk, Anita Sosnowska, Tomasz Puzyn, Mary Gulumian, Victor Wepener, Diego S.T. Martinez, Romana Petry, Naouale El Yamani, Elise Rundén-Pran, Sivakumar Murugadoss, Sergey Shaposhnikov, Vasileios Minadakis, Periklis Tsiros, Harry Sarimveis, Eleonora Marta Longhin, Tanima SenGupta, Ann-Karin Hardie Olsen, Viera Skakalova, Peter Hutar, Maria Dusinska, Anastasios G. Papadiamantis, L. Cristiana Gheorghe, Katie Reilly, Emilie Brun, Sami Ullah, Sebastien Cambier, Tommaso Serchi, Kaido Tämm, Candida Lorusso, Francesco Dondero, Evangelos Melagrakis, Muhammad Moazam Fraz, Georgia Melagraki, Iseult Lynch, Antreas Afantitis

“…The CompSafeNano project has also focused on implementing and further standardising data reporting templates and enhancing data management practices, ensuring adherence to the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data principles. …”
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Health checks for autistic adults: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial by Jeremy R. Parr, Helen Taylor, Colin Wilson, Clare Scarlett, Sarah Al-Asmori, Carole Buckley, Sally-Ann Cooper, Cristina Fernandez-Garcia, Tracy Finch, Rhianna Lees, Nicholas Lennox, Hannah Merrick, Sebastian Moss, Christina Nicolaidis, Malcolm Osbourne, Dora M. Raymaker, Tomos Robinson, Anna Urbanowicz, James M. S. Wason, Barry Ingham

“…They also frequently experience barriers to accessing healthcare, contributing to problems identifying and treating health conditions. …”
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Enhancing doctor-patient communication using large language models for pathology report interpretation by Xiongwen Yang, Yi Xiao, Di Liu, Yun Zhang, Huiyin Deng, Jian Huang, Huiyou Shi, Dan Liu, Maoli Liang, Xing Jin, Yongpan Sun, Jing Yao, XiaoJiang Zhou, Wankai Guo, Yang He, WeiJuan Tang, Chuan Xu

“…Conclusion This research demonstrates the efficacy of LLMs like GPT-4 in enhancing doctor-patient communication by translating pathology reports into more accessible language. While this study did not directly measure patient outcomes or satisfaction, it provides evidence that improved understanding and reduced communication time may positively influence patient engagement. …”
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Implementing adaptive e-learning for newborn care in Tanzania: an observational study of provider engagement and knowledge gains by Peter Andrew Meaney, Christine Lynn Joyce, Ambrose Agweyu, Joseph R Mwanga, Marc Berg, Adolfine Hokororo, Hanston Ndosi, Alex Dahlen, Theopista Jacob, Florence Salvatory Kalabamu, Rishi Mediratta, Boris Rozenfeld, Zachary Haines Smith, Neema Chami, Namala Mkopi, Castory Mwanga, Enock Diocles

“…Providers averaged 78% (SD ±31%) completion of initial learning and 7% (SD ±11%) of refresher assignments. 130 (67%) providers had ≥1 episode of inactivity &gt;30 day, no episodes were due to lack of internet access. Baseline conscious-competence was 53% (IQR: 38%–63%), unconscious-incompetence 32% (IQR: 23%–42%), conscious-incompetence 7% (IQR: 2%–15%), and unconscious-competence 2% (IQR: 0%–3%). …”
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