Examining unit costs for COVID-19 case management in Kenya by Samuel Akech, Edwine Barasa, Vincent Were, Angela Kairu, Wangari Ng'ang'a, Marybeth Maritim, Mercy Mwangangi

“…We obtained input prices from a recent costing survey of 20 hospitals in Kenya and from market prices for Kenya.Results Per-day, per-patient unit costs for asymptomatic patients and patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 disease under home-based care are 1993.01 Kenyan shilling (KES) (US$18.89) and 1995.17 KES (US$18.991), respectively. …”
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Impact of Combined Rural Initiatives for Participatory Agricultural Transformation and Farmer Market School Approaches on Income and Food Security by Suzana Nyanda, Christopher Mahonge, Emanuel Malisa, Rogers Lumenyela

“…The results of rural initiatives for participatory agricultural transformation and farmer market school and rural initiatives for participatory agricultural transformation-only interventions were Tanzania Shilling (TZS) 73,947 and TZS 51,796, respectively, with food diversity scores of 7.454 and 7.418. …”
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Sustainable electricity pricing for Tanzania by Peng, D, Poudineh, R

“…The cost increase is partially attributable to non-favourable hydrology and partially attributable to the depreciation of Tanzanian shilling against the US dollar, in which PPAs are denominated.…”

Rethinking the economic costs of hospitalization for malaria: accounting for the comorbidities of malaria patients in western Kenya by Caroline Watts, Harrysone Atieli, Jason Alacapa, Ming-Chieh Lee, Guofa Zhou, Andrew Githeko, Guiyun Yan, Virginia Wiseman

“…The mean health system cost per patient was Kenyan Shilling (KSh) 4288 (USD 42.0) (95% confidence interval (CI) 95% CI KSh 4046–4531). …”
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Impact of mobile phone delivered reminders and unconditional incentives on measles-containing vaccine timeliness and coverage: a randomised controlled trial in western Kenya by Dustin G Gibson, E Wangeci Kagucia, Benard Ochieng, Joyce Were, Kyla Hayford, David Obor, Katherine L O'Brien

“…We assessed whether SMS reminders and unconditional monetary incentives—more amenable to programmatic implementation—can improve MCV1 uptake in Kenya.Methods Caregivers of eligible infants aged 6–8 months were enrolled into an individually randomised controlled trial and assigned to receive either: no intervention (control), two SMS reminders (SMS) sent 3 days, and 1 day before the scheduled MCV1 date, or SMS reminders coupled with a Kenya Shilling (KES) 150 incentive (SMS +150 KES) sent 3 days before the scheduled MCV1 date. …”
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Orange is the New Black by Eric Bolanos

“…Overall, the series is well-written and the performance by Taylor Shilling in the main role is very strong. The show’s plot is decidedly different from standard TV fare, and the critical acclaim it has received is well justified. …”
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Promised and Lottery Airtime Incentives to Improve Interactive Voice Response Survey Participation Among Adults in Bangladesh and Uganda: Randomized Controlled Trial by Dustin Garrett Gibson, Gulam Muhammed Al Kibria, George William Pariyo, Saifuddin Ahmed, Joseph Ali, Alain Bernard Labrique, Iqbal Ansary Khan, Elizeus Rutebemberwa, Meerjady Sabrina Flora, Adnan Ali Hyder

“…MethodsThe open-label randomized controlled trial had three arms: (1) no incentive (control), (2) promised airtime incentive of 50 Bangladeshi Taka (US $0.60; 1 BDT is approximately equivalent to US $0.012) or 5000 Ugandan Shilling (US $1.35; 1 UGX is approximately equivalent to US $0.00028), and (3) lottery incentive (500 BDT and 100,000 UGX), in which the odds of winning were 1:20. …”
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Is the intention to vaccinate enough? Systematic variation in the value of timely vaccinations and preferences for monetary vs non-monetary incentives among pregnant women in south... by Jan Ostermann, Nicole L. Hair, Sara Moses, Esther Ngadaya, Sayoki Godfrey Mfinanga, Derek S. Brown, Joy Noel Baumgartner, Lavanya Vasudevan

“…The average WTP was Tanzania Shilling (Tsh) 3,066 (95 % confidence interval Tsh 2,523–3,610; 1 USD ∼ Tsh 2,200) for each vaccination. …”
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Genetic Overlap Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Bipolar Disorder Implicates the MARK2 and VAC14 Genes by Ole Kristian Drange, Ole Kristian Drange, Olav Bjerkehagen Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen Smeland, Alexey A. Shadrin, Per Ivar Finseth, Aree Witoelar, Aree Witoelar, Oleksandr Frei, Psychiatric Genomics Consortium Bipolar Disorder Working Group, Yunpeng Wang, Yunpeng Wang, Sahar Hassani, Sahar Hassani, Srdjan Djurovic, Srdjan Djurovic, Anders M. Dale, Anders M. Dale, Anders M. Dale, Ole A. Andreassen, Ole A. Andreassen, Eli A Stahl, Eli A Stahl, Eli A Stahl, Eli A Stahl, Gerome Breen, Gerome Breen, Gerome Breen, Andreas J Forstner, Andreas J Forstner, Andreas J Forstner, Andreas J Forstner, Andreas J Forstner, Andreas J Forstner, Andrew McQuillin, Andrew McQuillin, Stephan Ripke, Stephan Ripke, Stephan Ripke, Stephan Ripke, Vassily Trubetskoy, Manuel Mattheisen, Manuel Mattheisen, Manuel Mattheisen, Manuel Mattheisen, Manuel Mattheisen, Yunpeng Wang, Yunpeng Wang, Jonathan R I Coleman, Jonathan R I Coleman, Heìleìna A Gaspar, Heìleìna A Gaspar, Christiaan A de Leeuw, Stacy Steinberg, Jennifer M Whitehead Pavlides, Maciej Trzaskowski, Tune H Pers, Tune H Pers, Peter A Holmans, Liam Abbott, Esben Agerbo, Esben Agerbo, Esben Agerbo, Huda Akil, Diego Albani, Ney Alliey-Rodriguez, Thomas D Als, Thomas D Als, Thomas D Als, Adebayo Anjorin, Verneri Antilla, Swapnil Awasthi, Judith A Badner, Marie Bækvad-Hansen, Marie Bækvad-Hansen, Jack D Barchas, Nicholas Bass, Michael Bauer, Richard Belliveau, Sarah E Bergen, Carsten Bøcker Pedersen, Carsten Bøcker Pedersen, Carsten Bøcker Pedersen, Erlend Bøen, Marco Boks, James Boocock, Monika Budde, William Bunney, Margit Burmeister, Jonas Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas Bybjerg-Grauholm, William Byerley, Miquel Casas, Miquel Casas, Miquel Casas, Miquel Casas, Felecia Cerrato, Pablo Cervantes, Kimberly Chambert, Alexander W Charney, Danfeng Chen, Claire Churchhouse, Claire Churchhouse, Toni-Kim Clarke, William Coryell, David W Craig, Cristiana Cruceanu, Cristiana Cruceanu, David Curtis, David Curtis, Piotr M Czerski, Anders M Dale, Anders M Dale, Anders M Dale, Anders M Dale, Simone de Jong, Simone de Jong, Franziska Degenhardt, Franziska Degenhardt, Jurgen Del-Favero, J Raymond DePaulo, Srdjan Djurovic, Srdjan Djurovic, Amanda L Dobbyn, Amanda L Dobbyn, Ashley Dumont, Torbjørn Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn Elvsåshagen, Valentina Escott-Price, Chun Chieh Fan, Sascha B Fischer, Sascha B Fischer, Matthew Flickinger, Tatiana M Foroud, Liz Forty, Josef Frank, Christine Fraser, Nelson B Freimer, Louise Friseìn, Louise Friseìn, Louise Friseìn, Katrin Gade, Katrin Gade, Diane Gage, Julie Garnham, Claudia Giambartolomei, Marianne Giørtz Pedersen, Marianne Giørtz Pedersen, Marianne Giørtz Pedersen, Jaqueline Goldstein, Scott D Gordon, Katherine Gordon-Smith, Elaine K Green, Melissa J Green, Tiffany A Greenwood, Jakob Grove, Jakob Grove, Jakob Grove, Jakob Grove, Weihua Guan, Joseì Guzman Parra, Marian L Hamshere, Martin Hautzinger, Urs Heilbronner, Stefan Herms, Stefan Herms, Stefan Herms, Stefan Herms, Maria Hipolito, Per Hoffmann, Per Hoffmann, Per Hoffmann, Per Hoffmann, Dominic Holland, Dominic Holland, Laura Huckins, Laura Huckins, Steìphane Jamain, Steìphane Jamain, Jessica S Johnson, Jessica S Johnson, Anders Jureìus, Radhika Kandaswamy, Robert Karlsson, James L Kennedy, James L Kennedy, James L Kennedy, James L Kennedy, Sarah Kittel-Schneider, Sarah V Knott, James A Knowles, James A Knowles, Manolis Kogevinas, Anna C Koller, Anna C Koller, Ralph Kupka, Ralph Kupka, Ralph Kupka, Catharina Lavebratt, Jacob Lawrence, William B Lawson, Markus Leber, Phil H Lee, Phil H Lee, Phil H Lee, Shawn E Levy, Jun Z Li, Chunyu Liu, Susanne Lucae, Anna Maaser, Anna Maaser, Donald J MacIntyre, Donald J MacIntyre, Pamela B Mahon, Pamela B Mahon, Wolfgang Maier, Lina Martinsson, Steve McCarroll, Steve McCarroll, Peter McGuffin, Melvin G McInnis, James D McKay, Helena Medeiros, Sarah E Medland, Fan Meng, Fan Meng, Lili Milani, Grant W Montgomery, Derek W Morris, Derek W Morris, Thomas W Mühleisen, Thomas W Mühleisen, Niamh Mullins, Hoang Nguyen, Hoang Nguyen, Caroline M Nievergelt, Caroline M Nievergelt, Annelie Nordin Adolfsson, Evaristus A Nwulia, Claire O’Donovan, Loes M Olde Loohuis, Anil P S Ori, Lilijana Oruc, Urban Ösby, Roy H Perlis, Roy H Perlis, Amy Perry, Andrea Pfennig, James B Potash, Shaun M Purcell, Shaun M Purcell, Eline J Regeer, Andreas Reif, Ceìline S Reinbold, Ceìline S Reinbold, John P Rice, Fabio Rivas, Margarita Rivera, Margarita Rivera, Panos Roussos, Panos Roussos, Panos Roussos, Douglas M Ruderfer, Euijung Ryu, Cristina Saìnchez-Mora, Cristina Saìnchez-Mora, Cristina Saìnchez-Mora, Alan F Schatzberg, William A Scheftner, Nicholas J Schork, Cynthia Shannon Weickert, Cynthia Shannon Weickert, Tatyana Shehktman, Paul D Shilling, Engilbert Sigurdsson, Claire Slaney, Olav B Smeland, Olav B Smeland, Olav B Smeland, Janet L Sobell, Christine Søholm Hansen, Christine Søholm Hansen, Anne T Spijker, David St Clair, Michael Steffens, John S Strauss, John S Strauss, Fabian Streit, Jana Strohmaier, Szabolcs Szelinger, Robert C Thompson, Thorgeir E Thorgeirsson, Jens Treutlein, Helmut Vedder, Weiqing Wang, Weiqing Wang, Stanley J Watson, Thomas W Weickert, Thomas W Weickert, Stephanie H Witt, Simon Xi, Wei Xu, Wei Xu, Allan H Young, Peter Zandi, Peng Zhang, Sebastian Zollner, Rolf Adolfsson, Ingrid Agartz, Ingrid Agartz, Ingrid Agartz, Martin Alda, Martin Alda, Lena Backlund, Bernhard T Baune, Frank Bellivier, Frank Bellivier, Frank Bellivier, Frank Bellivier, Wade H Berrettini, Joanna M Biernacka, Douglas H R Blackwood, Michael Boehnke, Anders D Børglum, Anders D Børglum, Anders D Børglum, Aiden Corvin, Nicholas Craddock, Mark J Daly, Mark J Daly, Udo Dannlowski, ToÞnu Esko, ToÞnu Esko, ToÞnu Esko, ToÞnu Esko, Bruno Etain, Bruno Etain, Bruno Etain, Bruno Etain, Mark Frye, Janice M Fullerton, Janice M Fullerton, Elliot S Gershon, Elliot S Gershon, Michael Gill, Fernando Goes, Maria Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, Joanna Hauser, David M Hougaard, David M Hougaard, Christina M Hultman, Ian Jones, Lisa A Jones, Reneì S Kahn, Reneì S Kahn, George Kirov, Mikael Landeìn, Mikael Landeìn, Marion Leboyer, Marion Leboyer, Marion Leboyer, Cathryn M Lewis, Cathryn M Lewis, Cathryn M Lewis, Qingqin S Li, Jolanta Lissowska, Nicholas G Martin, Nicholas G Martin, Fermin Mayoral, Susan L McElroy, Andrew M McIntosh, Andrew M McIntosh, Francis J McMahon, Ingrid Melle, Ingrid Melle, Andres Metspalu, Andres Metspalu, Philip B Mitchell, Gunnar Morken, Gunnar Morken, Ole Mors, Ole Mors, Preben Bo Mortensen, Preben Bo Mortensen, Preben Bo Mortensen, Preben Bo Mortensen, Bertram Müller-Myhsok, Bertram Müller-Myhsok, Bertram Müller-Myhsok, Richard M Myers, Benjamin M Neale, Benjamin M Neale, Benjamin M Neale, Vishwajit Nimgaonkar, Merete Nordentoft, Merete Nordentoft, Markus M Nöthen, Markus M Nöthen, Michael C O’Donovan, Ketil J Oedegaard, Ketil J Oedegaard, Michael J Owen, Sara A Paciga, Carlos Pato, Carlos Pato, Michele T Pato, Danielle Posthuma, Danielle Posthuma, Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga, Marta Ribaseìs, Marta Ribaseìs, Marta Ribaseìs, Marcella Rietschel, Guy A Rouleau, Guy A Rouleau, Martin Schalling, Peter R Schofield, Peter R Schofield, Thomas G Schulze, Thomas G Schulze, Thomas G Schulze, Thomas G Schulze, Thomas G Schulze, Alessandro Serretti, Jordan W Smoller, Jordan W Smoller, Jordan W Smoller, Hreinn Stefansson, Kari Stefansson, Kari Stefansson, Eystein Stordal, Eystein Stordal, Patrick F Sullivan, Patrick F Sullivan, Patrick F Sullivan, Gustavo Turecki, Arne E Vaaler, Eduard Vieta, John B Vincent, Thomas Werge, Thomas Werge, Thomas Werge, John I Nurnberger, Naomi R Wray, Naomi R Wray, Arianna Di Florio, Arianna Di Florio, Howard J Edenberg, Sven Cichon, Sven Cichon, Sven Cichon, Sven Cichon, Roel A Ophoff, Roel A Ophoff, Roel A Ophoff, Laura J Scott, Ole A Andreassen, Ole A Andreassen, John Kelsoe, John Kelsoe, Pamela Sklar, Pamela Sklar, Pamela Sklar, Pamela Sklar

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How does the interaction radius affect the performance of intervention on collective behavior? by Caiyun Wang, Jing Han

“…Two kinds of shills are considered: fixed-heading shills (like leaders that never change their headings) and evolvable-heading shills (like normal agents but with carefully designed initial headings). …”
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Nondestructive intervention to multi-agent systems through an intelligent agent. by Jing Han, Lin Wang

“…However, we add one intelligent agent, called 'shill', which uses online feedback information of the group to decide the shill's moving direction at each step. …”
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Evaluating consumer preferences for reduced cooking time, taste and colour of beans in rural and urban communities in Uganda by Robert Asiimwe, Enid Katungi, Pricilla Marimo, Clare Mukankusi, Jean Claude Rubyogo, Vivienne Anthony

“…About 72% of the urban consumers were willing to pay 41 shillings, 53 shillings and 42 shillings above prices for reduction in cooking time from 120 (status quo) to 90, 75, and 60 min, respectively. …”
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Household characteristics as predictors of access to paediatric malaria treatment in Homa-Bay County, Kenya by Maurice O. Kodhiambo, Beatrice K. Amugune, Julius O. Oyugi

“…Those with monthly income levels of 10,000 to 30,000 shillings had 0.32 higher chance of accessing treatment compared to those with less than 5000 shillings.…”
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Técnica Delphi: identificando as competências gerais do médico e do enfermeiro que atuam em atenção primária de saúde Delphi technique: identifying the generic competence required... by Roseli Ferreira da Silva, Oswaldo Yoshimi Tanaka

“…It teas based on a series of 3 round of the Delphi technique which identified 8 generic competencies: ability to communicate, ability to /u community oriented, ability in teamwork, management shills, educational skills, ability to problem solving, professional shills, ability to make-decision. …”
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Therapeutic Potentials of Colocasia affinis Leaf Extract for the Alleviation of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes and Diabetic Complications: In vivo and in silico-Based Studies by Shill MC, Bepari AK, Khan M, Tasneem Z, Ahmed T, Hasan MA, Alam MJ, Hossain M, Rahman MA, Sharker SM, Shahriar M, Rahman GMS, Reza HM

“…Manik Chandra Shill,1 Asim Kumar Bepari,1 Mahi Khan,1 Zarin Tasneem,1 Tania Ahmed,1 Md Asif Hasan,1 Md Jahir Alam,1 Murad Hossain,1 Md Ashrafur Rahman,1 Shazid Md Sharker,1 Masum Shahriar,2 Ghazi Muhammad Sayedur Rahman,1 Hasan Mahmud Reza1 1Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh; 2Department of Pharmacy, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, BangladeshCorrespondence: Manik Chandra Shill; Hasan Mahmud RezaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, BangladeshEmail manik.shill@northsouth.edu; hasan.reza@northsouth.eduIntroduction: Hypoglycemia in diabetes mellitus (DM) correlates with hepatic impairment, nephropathy, lipid abnormalities, and oxidative stress and subsequently complicates the disease pathogenesis. …”
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اﻟﻌﻼﻗﺔ ﺑﯾن اﻻﺛروﺑوﻟوﺟﯾﺎ واﻟﺗرﺑﯾﺔ دراﺳﺔ ﻧظرﯾﺔ ﺗﺣﻠﯾﻠﯾﺔ ﻓﻲ اﻻﻧﺛروﺑوﻟوﺟﯾﺔ اﻟﺗرﺑوﯾﺔ... by أ.م.د .ﻋﺑد اﻟﻛﺎظم ﺷﻧدل ﻋﯾﺳﻰ

“…Anthropologists see socialization as the process in the child acquires the culture of society tike shills, habits, types of behaviors, norms and social values. …”
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Factors associated with Schistosomiasis control measures in Mwaluphamba Location, Kwale County, Kenya by Ahmad Juma, Arthur K.S. Ng'etich, Violet Naanyu, Ann Mwangi, Ruth C. Kirinyet

“…Respondents’ who had achieved at least a primary level of education and those that earned an income of above one thousand shillings significantly utilized mass treatment. Respondents with income levels below a thousand shillings were less likely to seek both health education and mass treatment compared to those with a higher income. …”
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Appraisal of World Health Organization (WHO) infection prevention and control guidelines by Montes SP, Otaiza F, Watson M, Eremin S, Hill S, Pessoa-Silva CL

Heterogeneity of dopamine release in the primate striatum by Cragg, S, Hille, C

Incipient slip conditions in the rolling contact of tyred wheels by Reina, S, Hills, D, Dini, D