Association of schistosome infection with adiposity in Tanzania
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Khanh Pham, George PrayGod, Daniel Faurholt‐Jepsen
Background Observational studies in humans have reported a link between schistosome infection and lower adiposity, but this may be explained by socioeconomic and demographic factors, …
Probiotic lactic acid bacteria as a means of preventing in vitro urinary catheter colonization and biofilm formation
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Mohamed Anwar Mahgoub, Aleya Abdel Gawad Abbass, A Abaza
BACKGROUND: Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are the most common infections found in healthcare facilities. Urinary catheters predispose the development of CAUTIs by destroying natural …
Can Pretrained Language Models (Yet) Reason Deductively?
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Zhangdie Yuan, Songbo Hu, Ivan Vulić
Acquiring factual knowledge with Pretrained Language Models (PLMs) has attracted increasing attention, showing promising performance in many knowledge-intensive tasks.Their good performance has led the community …
Mixed Coded RF/FSO EH-Based Communication System Subject to Multiuser Interference and Residual Hardware Impairments
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Souad Labghough, Fouad Ayoub, Faissal El Bouanani
This study investigated the end-to-end performance of a coded dual-hop RF/FSO wireless communication system that operates across both Nakagami-mfading and Málaga-Matmospheric turbulence channels and are …
Modeling the role of public health intervention measures in halting the transmission of monkeypox virus
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Rubayyi T. Alqahtani, Salihu S. Musa
Monkeypox (mpox), a zoonotic viral disease caused by the monkeypox virus (mpoxv), is endemic in many countries in West Africa and is sometimes exported to …
Enhancing the shelf life of injera: design of an evaporative cooler clay chamber derived from local clay in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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Gezahegn Asmare Birhanu, Alebel N. Belay
Abstract Injera is Ethiopian ethnic traditional staple food, made from teff and other crops. The country’s superfoods are highly regarded in many Western countries for …
Degenerative tendon matrix induces tenogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells
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Joongwon Hwang, Seung Yeon Lee, Chris Hyunchul Jo
PURPOSE: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) react dynamically with the surrounding microenvironment to promote tissue-specific differentiation and hence increase targeted regenerative capacity. Extracellular matrix (ECM) would …
Circulating MiRNA-373 as a Predictor of Response to Super-selective Transarterial Chemoembolization Bridging Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation
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Ahmed Tork, Amel Kamel, Moyassar Ahmad Zaki
BACKGROUND: Super selective transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) has emerged as a bridging therapy for early hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients awaiting liver transplantation. This study aimed at …
Spatial distribution and predictive factors of antenatal care in Burundi: A spatial and multilevel baseline analysis for the third burundian demographic and health survey
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Emmanuel Barankanira, Arnaud Iradukunda, Nestor Ntakaburimvo
INTRODUCTION: The use of antenatal care by pregnant women enables them to receive good pregnancy monitoring. This monitoring includes counseling, health instructions, examinations and tests …
Potential Application of Used Coffee Grounds in Leather Tanning
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Ahmed Nasr, Mohammed El Shaer, Mohamed Awad Mahmoud Abd-Elraheem
Safety of environment and human health is an essential requirement of modern industrial techniques.Therefore, using natural agents in tanning industry may emerge as a trusted …
Effect of Magnetite Oxide Nanoparticles and Tungsten Oxide Nanoparticles on Phosphate Removal from Aqueous Solutions
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Amro El-Baz, Mona Mokhtar, Ahmed I. Abdo
Phosphate (P) removal from aqueous solutions were studied by a new mineral adsorbent, tungsten (VI) oxide (WO 3 ) nanoparticles (NPs), which has not been …
Early Detection of Stroke for Ensuring Health and Well-Being Based on Categorical Gradient Boosting Machine
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Isaac Kofi Nti, Owusu Nyarko‐Boateng, Justice Aning
Stroke is believed to be among the leading causes of adult disability worldwide. It is wreaking havoc on African people, families, and governments, with ramifications …
Developing Novel Robust Loss Functions-Based Classification Layers for DLLSTM Neural Networks
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Mohamad Abou Houran, Mohamed H. Essai, Adel B. Abdel-Raman
In this paper, we suggest improving the performance of developed activation function-based Deep Learning Long Short-Term Memory (DLLSTM) structures by employing robust loss functions like …
Attitudes towards receiving COVID-19 vaccine and its associated factors among Southwest Ethiopian adults, 2021
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Mamo Solomon Emire, Bisrat Zeleke Shiferaw
INTRODUCTION: Many countries around the world are still affected by the global pandemic of coronavirus disease. The vaccine is the most effective method of controlling …
Relevance of HLA-DP/DQ and INF-λ4 Polymorphisms to COVID-19 Outcomes
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Amany A. Ghazy, Abdullah N. Al‐Rasheedi, Mohammed Elashri
Background: Single nucleotide polymorphisms provide information on individuals’ potential reactions to environmental factors, infections, diseases, as well as various therapies. A study on SNPs that …
Robust hybrid estimator for the state of charge of a lithium-ion battery
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Ayokunle Awelewa, Koto Omiloli, Isaac Samuel
The use of batteries for diverse energy storage applications is increasing, primarily because of their high energy density, and lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) are of particular …
An Accuracy-preserving Block Hybrid Algorithm for the Integration of Second-order Physical Systems with Oscillatory Solutions
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Joshua Sunday, Joel N. Ndam, Lydia J. Kwari
It is a known fact that in most cases, to integrate an oscillatory problem, higher order A-stable methods are often needed. This is because such …
Enrollment and retention of female sex workers in HIV care in health facilities in Mbarara city
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Bridget Arinaitwe, Philbert Ariho, Christine Hilda Naturinda
Background: Sex work is a global driver of the HIV epidemic, and the risk of acquiring HIV is 13 times higher for female sex workers …
Useful public health countermeasures to control the current multicountry outbreak of Monkeypox disease
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Khadija Leila El Siby Diatta, Oumar Faye, Amadou Alpha Sall
Monkeypox is a viral disease endemic to some countries in Central and Western Africa. However, sporadic human cases have also been reported outside of Africa. …
Effect of school feeding program on body mass index of primary school adolescents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A prospective cohort study
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Bekri Mohammed, Tefera Belachew, Shemsu Kedir
Background: Governments and developmental organizations are encouraged to devote adequate resources to the establishment of free school meals to low-income children in developing countries. In …