Village Savings and Loan Associations and Socio-Economic Empowerment of Vulnerable People in Kamuganguzi Sub-County Kabale, District, Uganda by Mwijukye, Deus, Moses, Agaba

“…The study objectives included; determining the effect of savings on the socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable people, examining the relationship between credit access and socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable people, and examining the effect of social fund on socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable people in Kamuganguzi Sub County Kabale District. …”
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Village Savings And Loan Associations (VSLA) and Socio -Economic Empowerment of Vulnerable People in Kamuganguzi Sub County Kabale District. by Mwijukye, Deus

“…The study objectives included; determining the effect of savings on the socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable people, examining the relationship between credit access and socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable people, and examining the effect of social fund on socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable people in Kamuganguzi Sub County Kabale District. …”
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Assessment of Hand-Hygiene Practices Among Health Care Workers at Kisoro Hospital, Kisoro District. by Nsenga, Alex

“…Specific objectives of the study were; to examine the level of knowledge of health workers on hand-hygiene practice, to determine the level of adherence to hand-hygiene practice among health workers and to identify key barriers m implementation of hand-hygiene practice among health workers at Kisoro hospital in Kisoro District. …”
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Automatic Recognition of Authors Identity in Persian based on Systemic Functional Grammar by Fatemeh Soltanzadeh, Azadeh Mirzaei, Mohammad Bahrani, Shahram Modarres Khiabani

“…Author identification involves determining the writer of a text from a set of potential authors. …”
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Presenting the model of portfolio management in investment funds based on behavioral financial variables by Seyed Mohammad Hadi Shahamat, Mahdi Mohammad Bagheri, Ali Raispour Rajabali, Mohsen Zayandeh Roudi

“…Diversification is sharing risk and reward across asset classes because it is difficult to determine which particular subset of assets is likely to perform better than another. …”
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Developing and validation of religious education curriculum in preschool by Zeinab Ashrafi Soltan-Ahmadi, Sadegh Maleki Avarsin, Javad Keyhan, jahangir yari

“…To ensure the validity of the instrument, expert consensus was used using Delphi method and Cronbach's alpha method was used to determine reliability (α = 0.83). The data were collected with convergent validity (AVE > 0.5) and composite reliability (CR > 0.7), and were analyzed by PLS software to validate the model from structural equation modeling using partial least squares. …”
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Alteration, mineralization, geochemistry and fluid inclusion investigations in Joftrud prospect area, southwest of Birjand by Omid Shareipour, Azadeh Malekzadeh Shafaroudi, Maryam Javidi Moghaddam

“…Microthermometric tests and salinity determination of fluid inclusions were performed on 3 wafers of quartz minerals using a heating-freezing system, model THM 600 at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran. …”
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Révision de l’espèce Homo erectus (Dubois, 1893) by Valéry Zeitoun

“…Individuals instead of a priori constituted sets of individuals are taken into account since the subject of the study is to determine the taxonomic belonging and the phylogenetic position of the specimens. …”
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Designing a causal model of factors affecting the Lars supply chain by mojtaba khalesi, mojdeh rabani, Hasan Dehghan Dahnavi, Abolfazl Sadeghian, mohammad taghi honari

“…Dimtel method was used to determine the effectiveness of each of the indicators, and for this purpose, the Dimtel questionnaire was completed by professors and experts in this field, and finally, the relationships between the indicators were determined in the Cartesian coordinate system. …”
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Dietary supplementation of mulberry leaf oligosaccharides improves the growth, glucose and lipid metabolism, immunity, and virus resistance in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoide... by Donglai Zhou, Donglai Zhou, Wenhao Zhong, Wenhao Zhong, Bing Fu, Erna Li, Erna Li, Le Hao, Qingrong Li, Qiong Yang, Yuxiao Zou, Zhenxing Liu, Fubao Wang, Sentai Liao, Dongxu Xing

“…The appropriate addition amount of MLO to the diet was determined to be 1.0%.…”
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Quantitative Physiologic MRI Combined with Feature Engineering for Developing Machine Learning-Based Prediction Models to Distinguish Glioblastomas from Single Brain Metastases by Seyyed Ali Hosseini, Stijn Servaes, Brandon Hall, Sourav Bhaduri, Archith Rajan, Pedro Rosa-Neto, Steven Brem, Laurie A. Loevner, Suyash Mohan, Sanjeev Chawla

“…Cross-validation and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses were performed to determine the diagnostic performance. <b>Results</b>: A random forest classifier with ANOVA F-value feature selection algorithm using both interacting and non-interacting features provided the best diagnostic performance in distinguishing GBMs from BMs with an area under the ROC curve of 92.67%, a classification accuracy of 87.8%, a sensitivity of 73.64% and a specificity of 97.5%. …”
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Habitual alcohol consumption associated with reduced semen quality and changes in reproductive hormones; a cross-sectional study among 1221 young Danish men by Anders Juul, Niels Jørgensen, Niels E Skakkebæk, Shanna H Swan, Tina Kold Jensen, Mads Gottschau, Jens Otto Broby Madsen, Anne-Maria Andersson, Tina Harmer Lassen, Lærke Priskorn

“…Objective Study associations between three measures of alcohol consumption (recent, typical/habitual, binging), semen quality and serum reproductive hormones.Design Cross-sectional population based study.Setting and participants 1221 young Danish men, aged 18–28 years were recruited when they attended a compulsory medical examination to determine their fitness for military service from 2008 to 2012. …”
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Feedback of aggregate patient-reported outcomes (PROs) data to clinicians and hospital end users: findings from an Australian codesign workshop process by Monique F Kilkenny, Dominique A Cadilhac, Shaun L Hancock, Violet Marion, Paulette Kelly, Sibilah Breen, Benjamin Clissold, Lauren Sanders, Olivia Francis Ryan, Penina Gunzburg, Shae Cooke, Lauren Guy

“…The aim of this study was to determine the preferred formats for reporting service-level PROs data to clinicians, researchers and managers to support greater utility of these data to improve healthcare and patient outcomes.Setting Healthcare professionals receiving PRO data feedback at the health service level.Participants An interdisciplinary Project Working Group comprised of clinicians participated in three workshops to codesign reporting templates of summarised PRO data (modified Rankin Scale, EuroQol Five Dimension Descriptive System, EuroQol Visual Analogue Scale and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) using a modified Delphi process. …”
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Clinical implementation of next-generation sequencing testing and genomically-matched therapy: a real-world data in a tertiary hospital by Jin Won Kim, Hee Young Na, Sejoon Lee, Ji-Won Kim, Koung Jin Suh, Se Hyun Kim, Yu Jung Kim, Keun-Wook Lee, Jong Seok Lee, Jaihwan Kim, Jin-Hyeok Hwang, Kihwan Hwang, Chae-Yong Kim, Yong Beom Kim, Soomin Ahn, Kyu Sang Lee, Hyojin Kim, Hye Seung Lee, So Yeon Park, Gheeyoung Choe, Jee Hyun Kim, Jin-Haeng Chung

“…Genomically-matched treatment was determined based on the novel information obtained from NGS testing, while results from conventional molecular tests were excluded. …”
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Immuno-PET Imaging of the Programmed Cell Death-1 Ligand (PD-L1) Using a Zirconium-89 Labeled Therapeutic Antibody, Avelumab by Elaine M. Jagoda PhD, Olga Vasalatiy PhD, Falguni Basuli PhD, Ana Christina L. Opina PhD, Mark R. Williams BS, Karen Wong MS, Kelly C. Lane BS, Steve Adler PhD, Anita Thein Ton MS, Lawrence P. Szajek PhD, Biying Xu PhD, Donna Butcher BS, Elijah F. Edmondson DVM, PhD, Rolf E. Swenson PhD, John Greiner PhD, James Gulley MD, PhD, Janet Eary MD, Peter L. Choyke MD

“…Biodistributions were determined at 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 days post coinjection of [ 89 Zr]Zr-DFO-PD-L1 mAb without or with unlabeled avelumab (10, 20, 40, and 400 µg). …”
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Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a physical activity intervention in adults with lymphoma undergoing treatment by Juliana V. Costa, Alexander R. Lucas, Shannon L. Mihalko, Peter H. Brubaker, Alexandra Marshall, Brianna Leitzelar, Brianna R. Wolle, Samuel Norton, R. Lee Franco, Jeremy Via, Victor Yazbeck, Rakhee Vaidya, Mary Beth Seegars, Ralph D’Agostino, Lynne Wagner, W. Gregory Hundley

“…Abstract Background To determine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a 6-month tailored non-linear progressive physical activity intervention (PAI) for lymphoma patients undergoing chemotherapy. …”
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Exploring gender dynamics in climate-smart agriculture adoption: a study in semi-arid Dodoma, Tanzania by Mahlet Degefu Awoke, Mahlet Degefu Awoke, Mahlet Degefu Awoke, Katharina Löhr, Katharina Löhr, Anthony A. Kimaro, Marcos Lana, Boris D. Soh Wenda, Kwabena Buabeng, Kwabena Buabeng, Johannes Michael Hafner, Johannes Michael Hafner, Stefan Sieber, Stefan Sieber

“…Probit and Poisson regression analyses identify several key determinants of adoption and adoption intensity, including marital status, livestock ownership, land access, and the availability of extension services. …”
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Extended-spectrum β-lactamase production and antimicrobial resistance among Enterobacteriaceae causing clinical infections in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2012–20... by Getahun Kahsay Abay, Mebrahtu Teweldemedhin Shfare, Teklay Gebrecherkos Teklu, Kibriti Mehari Kidane, Tsega Kahsay Gebremeskel, Atsebaha Gebrekidan Kahsay, Kebede Embaye Gezae, Saravanan Muthupandian, Tsehaye Asmelash Degene

“…As a visual and statistical way assessment, the funnel plot and Egger's test were utilized to assess the risk of bias or publication bias, with a statistically significant level of bias being determined at p < 0.05. Results Twenty-six studies were included in the meta-analysis. …”
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The Acute VertEbRal AugmentaTion (AVERT) study: protocol for a randomised controlled, feasibility trial of spinal medial branch nerve block in hospitalised older patients with vert... by Avril Drummond, Opinder Sahota, Simon Bishop, Dritan Pasku, Apostolos Fakis, Anastasios Bastounis, Chia Wei Tan, Maribel Cameron, Yuriy Arlachov, Michal Czernicki

“…The primary objective is to determine the feasibility and design of a future trial, including specific outcomes of recruitment, adherence to randomisation and safety. …”
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Applied machine learning for predicting the properties and carbon and phosphorus fate of pristine and engineered hydrochar by Shiyu Xie, Tao Zhang, Siming You, Santanu Mukherjee, Mingjun Pu, Qing Chen, Yaosheng Wang, Esmat F. Ali, Hamada Abdelrahman, Jörg Rinklebe, Sang Soo Lee, Sabry M. Shaheen

“…Therefore, the aims of this study were (1) to determine the optimal production conditions of engineered swine manure HC with high C stability and P availability, and (2) to develop the best ML models to predict the properties of HC derived from different feedstocks. …”
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