Efficacy of vamorolone in treatment of Duchene muscle dystrophy. A meta-analysis
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Rowan H. Elhalag, Karam R. Motawea, Nesreen Elsayed Talat
Background and aim Recent studies evaluated the role of vamorolone in treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), so we aimed in our Meta-analysis to assess the …
Impact of weight loss on sexual and psychological functions and quality of life in females with sexual dysfunction: A forgotten avenue
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Gehan A. Abdelsamea, Mostafa Amr, Ahmed Tolba
Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of weight loss on sexual and psychological health as well as quality of life in females with …
Sociodemographic and lifestyle factors and the risk of metabolic syndrome in taxi drivers: A focus on street food
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Machoene Derrick Sekgala, Maretha Opperman, Buhle Mpahleni
Background: In South Africa, similar to other populous countries, the taxi industry is an important form of transportation that contributes to the country's development. As …
Gender role differentiation in household fuel transition decision-making: Implications for education and training in Uganda
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Joseph Elasu, Joseph Mpeera Ntayi, Muyiwa S. Adaramola
Introduction The role of gender and gender role differentiation has been of long standing interest and has remained a concern regarding the access and use …
Assessing the impact of on-the-job training on employee performance
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Mvuyisi Mabungela, Ifeanyi Mbukanma
The study assessed the effectiveness of On-The-Job training on the performance of employees, focusing on the Integrated Tertiary Software Users at Walter Sisulu University. Data …
Diversity of soil fertility management options in maize-based farming systems in northern Benin: A quantitative survey
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Pierre G. Tovihoudji, Firmin I. Akpo, F. Tassou Zakari
Introduction: Maize-based production systems in Sub-Saharan Africa are largely based on family farming, which is characterized by low-input, nutrient-mining agriculture and practices. These systems usually …
Sport-for-employability as an innovative practice in addressing youth underemployment in sub-Saharan Africa
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Cora Burnett
Youth unemployment reflects the lack of economic growth and prosperity for many nations in sub-Saharan Africa where the average age of the population is estimated …
Gravity inversion method using L 0 -norm constraint with auto-adaptive regularization and combined stopping criteria
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Mesay Geletu Gebre, Elias Lewi
Abstract. We present a gravity inversion method that can produce compact and sharp images to assist the modeling of non-smooth geologic features. The proposed iterative …
Application of Bloom’s Taxonomy in Categorization of Cognitive Process Development in Colleges
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Selina Banda, Florence Phiri, Jack Kaale
Bloom’s Taxonomy is crucial in any teaching and learning environment because it determines direction for a course of study. This study assessed application of Bloom’s …
Birth asphyxia related mortality in Northwest Ethiopia: A multi-centre cohort study
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Daniel Bekele Ketema, Fantu Mamo Aragaw, Fasil Wagnew
BACKGROUND: Birth asphyxia is the second leading cause of neonatal death in Ethiopia, next to preterm-associated infections. Understanding the causes of death in asphyxiated newborns …
Challenges and strategies for the uptake of mass drug administration among pastoralist communities in South Sudan
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Geoffrey Muchiri, Moses Okwii, Paul Bukuluki
Preventive chemotherapy through mass drug administration (MDA) to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) requires the active participation of communities living with NTDs, or …
Prevalence and predictors of gender-based violence among Wolkite University female students, southwest Ethiopia, 2021: Cross-sectional study
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Haile Workye, Zebene Mekonnen Assefa, Wesen Wedaje
Background Gender-based violence is an important topic that needs to be taken into account when identifying gender-related gaps and disadvantages that a person might face …
First isolation and molecular characterization of canine parvovirus-type 2b (CPV-2b) from red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) living in the wild habitat of Turkey
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Hanne Nur Kuruçay, Cüneyt Tamer, Bahadır Müftüoğlu
BACKGROUND: The canine parvovirus, with its many variants, is responsible for a pivotal and common viral infection affecting millions of dogs and other carnivore species …
Associated factors of safe child feces disposal in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from recent demographic and health surveys of 34 sub-Saharan countries
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Getu Debalkie Demissie, Muluken Fekadie Zerihun, Daniale Tekelia Ekubagewargies
INTRODUCTION: Children's feces are thought to pose a greater public health risk than those of adults' due to higher concentrations of pathogens. The aim of …
Load Flow Analysis and the Impact of a Solar PV Generator in a Radial Distribution Network
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Mohamed Ali Zdiri, Bilel Dhouib, Zuhair Alaas
The distribution system acts as a conduit between the consumer and the bulk power grid. Due to characteristics such as a high resistance/reactance ratio, distribution …
HR LC-MS/MS metabolomic profiling of Yucca aloifolia fruit and the potential neuroprotective effect on rotenone-induced Parkinson’s disease in rats
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Dalia E. Ali, Samar M. Bassam, Soha Elatrebi
Yucca aloifolia L. fruit (Yucca or Spanish bayonet, family Asparagaceae) is recognized for its purplish red color reflecting its anthocyanin content, which has a powerful …
Effects of onion extracts (Allium cepa) inclusion in diets on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and bone morphometric of broiler chickens
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Emmanuel Malematja, Tlou Grace Manyelo, J.W. Ng`ambi
OBJECTIVE: Animal feed companies and researchers are currently embarking on quests for feed additives that could combat the pathogens while promoting growth as well as …
The development of a machine learning algorithm for early detection of viral hepatitis B infection in Nigerian patients
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Busayo I. Ajuwon, Alice Richardson, Katrina Roper
Access to Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) testing for people in low-resource settings has long been challenging due to the gold standard, enzyme immunoassay, being prohibitively …
Pure vibrational state energies and statistical-mechanical models for the reparameterized scarf oscillator
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E. S. Eyube, P. P. Notani, G. G. Nyam
In this work, the reparameterized Scarf II oscillator was employed to describe the internal vibration of diatomic systems. Analytical equations for bound state pure vibrational …
Mycoplasma genitalium prevalence, antimicrobial resistance-associated mutations, and coinfections with non-viral sexually transmitted infections in high-risk populations in Guatemala, Malta, Morocco, Peru and South Africa, 2019–2021
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Elena V. Shipitsyna, Ranmini Kularatne, Daniel Golparian
The prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) and MG antimicrobial resistance (AMR) appear to be high internationally, however, prevalence data remain lacking globally. We evaluated the …