Effect of Patient Support Groups for Hypertension on Blood Pressure among Patients with and Without Multimorbidity: Findings from a Cohort Study of Patients on a Home-Based Self-Management Program in Kenya
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Peter Otieno, Charles Agyemang, Calistus Wilunda
Introduction: Patient support group interventions have been widely used to manage chronic diseases in Kenya. However, the potential benefits of these groups on patient health …
TOWARDS SMART CITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA: EVOLUTION, DEFINITIONS, AND FUTURE CITIES
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Brendan Rudolph du Toit, Johann Stimie
High urbanisation rates lead to increasing pressure on governments to provide sustainable living conditions. This article aims to explore the approaches that smart city projects …
Curcumin Nanofiber PCL/PLGA/Collagen Enhanced the Therapeutic Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cells against Liver Fibrosis in Animal Model and Prevented its Recurrence
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Gehan Abd-Elfatah Tawfeek, Hend Ahmed Kasem, Sherif Elsayed Elshoala
The aim of this study is preconditioning of hBM-MSCs using curcumin modified nanomembrane to optimize therapy of hepatic fibrosis and preventing its recurrence.Methods: The nanomembrane …
Molecular characterization of the whole genome in clinical multidrug-resistant strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae
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Amina Rahmani, Laarem Meradi, Rudolph Piris
INTRODUCTION: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health concern. The spread of AMR-encoding genes between enterobacteria, especially in Klebsiella pneumoniae strains, lead to failure …
Chronic diseases of lifestyle curriculum: Students’ perceptions in primary health care settings
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Sanet van Zyl, W Krüger, Corinna M. Walsh
BACKGROUND: Community-based primary health care (PHC) forms the foundation of healthcare in South Africa. Medical programmes need to equip future health practitioners to face the …
Diagnostic performance of optical coherence tomography macular ganglion cell inner plexiform layer and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in glaucoma suspect and early glaucoma patients at St. Paul’s hospital millennium medical college, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Addishiwot Abera, Girum W. Gessesse
PURPOSE: To evaluate glaucoma diagnostic performance of ganglion cell inner plexiform layer and retinal nerve fiber layer parameters measured with cirrus HD optical coherence tomography …
Chemical evidence for milk, meat, and marine resource processing in Later Stone Age pots from Namaqualand, South Africa
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Courtneay Hopper, Julie Dunne, Genevieve Dewar
The subsistence practices of Later Stone Age (LSA) foragers and herders living in Namaqualand South Africa are often difficult to differentiate based on their archaeological …
Preliminary symbiotic performance of indigenous soybean (Glycine max)-nodulating rhizobia from agricultural soils of Tanzania
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Monica D. Nakei, Pavithravani B. Venkataramana, Patrick A. Ndakidemi
Globally, the increase in human population continues to threaten the sustainability of agricultural systems. Despite the fast-growing population in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and the efforts …
Socioeconomic inequalities in food purchasing practices and expenditure patterns: Results from a cross-sectional household survey in western Kenya
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Vincent Were, Louise Foley, Rosemary Musuva
Introduction Socioeconomic inequalities contribute to poor health. Inequitable access to diverse and healthy foods can be a risk factor for non-communicable diseases, especially in individuals …
Performance of food–feed maize and cowpea cultivars under monoculture and intercropping systems: Grain yield, fodder biomass, and nutritive value
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Abroulaye Sanfo, Nouhoun Zampaligré, Abalo Kulo
Livestock feeding in Burkina Faso is characterized by a recurrent deficit in both the quality and the quantity of fodder during the dry season, which …
External cephalic version success rate and associated factors: Experience from a tertiary center in Sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional study
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Abraham Fessehaye Sium, Wondimu Gudu, Tadesse Urgie
OBJECTIVE: To determine the success rate of external cephalic version (ECV) and its associated factors in an Ethiopian setting. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of …
Incidence and predictors of loss to follow-up among women on option B+ PMTCT program in northwest Ethiopia. A retrospective follow-up study
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Habtamu Geremew, Awraris Wolde, Getachew Mullu Kassa
BACKGROUND: Loss to follow-up from lifelong antiretroviral therapy continued to be a major challenge affecting virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus, especially …
The Effect of Different Processing Methods on the Behavior of Minerals Content in Food Products
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Khalid S. Alshallash, Mohammed Shahat, Mohamed Ibrahim
The goal of the current study was to determine the mineral content of different fruit varieties (Na, K, Ca, P, Mg, Fe, Zn, and Cu), …
The Effectiveness of Teaching Derivatives in Vietnamese High Schools Using APOS Theory and ACE Learning Cycle
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Nguyễn Thị Ngà, Lê Thái Bảo Thiên Trung, Tien‐Trung Nguyen
The actions, processes, objects, and schemas (APOS) theory is a constructivist learning theory created by Dubinsky based on Piaget's epistemology and used to teach math …
Case-control study on determinants of uterine rupture among mothers who gave birth at Hawassa University comprehensive specialized hospital
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Getnet Feleke, Temesgen Tantu, Dereje Zewdu
BACKGROUND: Uterine rupture is defined as tearing of the uterine wall during pregnancy or delivery. It can occur during pregnancy or labor and delivery. Rupture …
Meningitis-associated pneumococcal serotype 8, ST 53, strain is hypervirulent in a rat model and has non-haemolytic pneumolysin which can be attenuated by liposomes
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Annelies Müller, Cebile Lekhuleni, Sabrina Hupp
Introduction Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria cause life-threatening invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), including meningitis. Pneumococci are classified into serotypes, determined by differences in capsular polysaccharide and both …
Piecewise differential equations: theory, methods and applications
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Abdon Atangana, Seda İğret Araz
Across many real-world problems, crossover tendencies are seen. Piecewise differential operators are constructed by using different kernels that exhibit behaviors arising in several real-world problems; …
Can Retriever-Augmented Language Models Reason? The Blame Game Between the Retriever and the Language Model
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Parishad BehnamGhader, Santiago Miret, Siva Reddy
Augmenting pretrained language models with retrievers has shown promise in effectively solving common NLP problems, such as language modeling and question answering.In this paper, we …
Antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial stewardship in South Africa: a survey of healthcare workers in academic and nonacademic hospitals
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Kessendri Reddy, Yogandree Ramsamy, Khine Swe Swe-Han
Abstract Objective: Antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASPs) facilitate appropriate antimicrobial use and require contextualization for optimal functioning. We aimed to investigate perceptions of and antimicrobial resistance …
Investigating Sentiment-Bearing Words- and Emoji-based Distant Supervision Approaches for Sentiment Analysis
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Ronny Mabokela, Mpho Roborife, Turguy Celik
Sentiment analysis focuses on the automatic detection and classification of opinions expressed in texts.Emojis can be used to determine the sentiment polarities of the texts …