Discharge policies and care practices for children with suspected sepsis: A health facility scan at a nationally representative sample of hospitals and health centres in Uganda
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Jessica Trawin, Martina Knappett, Clare Komugisha
Under-five children in low- and middle-income countries remain at high risk of death after hospital discharge. However, few studies have systematically assessed discharge processes or …
Comparative study of the physicochemical and nutritional characteristics of the grains of two varieties of sesame cultivated in two climatic zones of Burkina Faso
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Edwige Bahanla Oboulbiga, Zénabou Semdé, Fidèle Wend-Bénédo Tapsoba
Introduction In Burkina Faso, sesame is one of the most widely grown oil and rend crops. Several varieties are grown in different regions, but little …
Malnutrition among under-five children in amhara and oromia regions, Ethiopia: Continuous time markov multi-state modeling
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Dafa Duge Wachifo, Dereje Danbe Debeko, Zeytu Gashaw Asfaw
BACKGROUND: Ethiopia faces a high burden of undernutrition prevalence, ranking among the 15 worst-affected nations globally. So, this study aimed to find out how often …
Regulation of coral assemblages: Spatial and temporal variation in the abundance of recruits, juveniles, and adults
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Radonirina Lebely Botosoamananto, Gildas Todinanahary, Lahitsiresy Max Gasimandova
Understanding the processes that maintain coral assemblages is of crucial importance given increasing rates of coral mortality on reefs globally. Here, we compared relationships among …
Predictors of perinatal mortality in the seven major hospitals of Lusaka Zambia: A case control study
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Musonda Makasa, Patrick Kaonga, Choolwe Jacobs
BACKGROUND: In 2023, approximately 2.3 million babies globally were lost before birth or within the first week of life, primarily due to preventable causes. Global …
Postpartum women’s prospective acceptability of long-acting HIV prevention approaches in Kenya: a qualitative study
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Tessa Concepcion, John Kinuthia, Felix Abuna
BACKGROUND: New long-acting pre-exposure prophylaxis (LA-PrEP) options offer an alternative to daily oral PrEP, which poses difficulties for adherence, especially during pregnancy and postpartum. Yet, …
Epidemiological factors associated with immunological resistance in household contacts exposed to active tuberculosis in South Africa: A logistic regression analysis
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Nomfanelo Maenetje, Matthew Oladimeji, Mandla Mlotshwa
INTRODUCTION: Studying individuals who do not get infected with tuberculosis (TB) despite being persistently exposed to infectious TB may enable us to identify TB protective …
Leadership and governance for integrating mental healthcare at the primary healthcare (PHC) level: A mixed methods study in Ghana
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Peter Badimak Yaro, Emmanuel Asampong, Philip Teg‐Nefaah Tabong
Leadership and governance are key components of health systems, nevertheless research into leadership and governance of mental healthcare at the Primary Health Care (PHC) level …
Utilising clinical associates to address mental health service provision challenges in South Africa: the views of healthcare managers and providers
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Saiendhra Vasudevan Moodley, Liz Wolvaardt, Christoffel Grobler
BACKGROUND: A constraint in South Africa's mental health system is the human resources required to provide services. Given the shortage of specialist mental health professionals, …
Heteroskedastic behaviour of stock prices: Evidence from international financial markets
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Samuel Tabot Enow
Traditional financial models assume constant variance in asset returns however, empirical evidence highlights volatility persistence, which are effectively captured by ARCH and GARCH models. The …
Parental perspectives on support for learners with physical disabilities at special schools
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Makwena Midah Sibuyi, Desmond Mathye, Muziwakhe Daniel Tshabalala
Background: Inclusive education for learners with special education needs is challenged with a rigid curricula and inadequate policy monitoring. Parental perspectives are crucial for shaping …
Navigating uncertainty in museum workflows: genomic data mining and curation of the Diptera collections hosted at RMCA
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Lore Esselens, Pia Addison, Jacqueline Bakengesa
As part of its extensive Diptera holdings, the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) houses over 100,000 specimens of Tephritidae and Syrphidae, which represent a …
When caring hurts: Chronic back pain, anxiety, and depression among caregivers of chronically ill children in Nigeria
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Adefunke Omosefe DadeMatthews, Temitope Ogundare, Oluwagbemiga D. DadeMatthews
Children with chronic health conditions need substantial care to address all aspects of their health and recovery. Parents (caregivers) often shoulder significant financial, physical, social, …
Exploring global calcimimetics research trends: a systematic and thematic review of Web of Science and Scopus databases from 1997 to 2024
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Riad Mohammed Abdelrahman, Taha Hussein Musa, Chiamaka Linda Mgbechidinma
Background Calcimimetics are a group of medications that increase the sensitivity of the calcium receptors to extracellular calcium ions and inhibit the release of parathyroid …
Students'psychological patterns and academic performance in public secondary schools in Kazo District, Uganda: a quantitative analysis
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Lucy Aja, Innocent Sunday Odhine, Tukur Muhammad
BACKGROUND: This study investigates students' psychological patterns and academic performance in public secondary schools in Kazo district, Uganda. METHODOLOGY: This study employed a cross-sectional research …
Use of evaluation evidence in municipal decisions: The case of Tshwane’s indigent programme
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Lesedi Senamele Matlala, Diniko Piet Setwaba
Background: Evidence-based decision-making (EBDM) is a fundamental principle in governance, particularly in social welfare policies where programme effectiveness depends on rigorous data analysis. However, in …
Modeling the differential effect of prescribed fire on multi-vector tick-borne tularemia disease
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Folashade B. Agusto, Joshua Atsu, Dorothy Kwarteng-Adjei
Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis bacteria, a gram-negative coccobacillus-shaped bacterium. There are multiple transmission routes of the infection to humans such …
Aspergillus awamori MH2 as a novel maltobionic acid producer: production optimization and application
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Soad M. Yehia, Yousseria M. Shetaia, Ghoson M. Daba
Abstract Background Producing bio-based chemicals using a straightforward and ecologically responsible biotechnological method is intriguing. Maltobionic acid (MBA) is an aldobionic acid obtained from maltose …
Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety: exploring validity with robust measures of classical theory parameters and a rating scale model in university students
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Md Dilshad Manzar, Faizan Zaffar Kashoo, Salahuddin Mohammed
Background No research has assessed Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HRSA) psychometric properties in Ethiopian university students, using item response theory (IRT) and classical theory. …
Microscopic detection and genetic characterization of schistosome eggs within cervicovaginal lavage sediments from cases of female genital schistosomiasis
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J. Russell Stothard, Bright Mainga, Dingase Kumwenda
Abstract Control of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) has gained significant international attention, driven in part, as a newly appreciated underlying aetiological risk factor for HIV, …