This study examines the historical and cultural significance of mushrooms within the ethnomedicinal practices of the Baganda of central Uganda, situating these practices within broader frameworks of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS), heritage studies, and the history of medicine in Africa. While mushrooms have long been valued in Buganda as sources of food, medicine, and spiritual meaning, their ethnomedicinal applications and historical evolution remain under-documented in formal scholarship. ...

History 

Personalized dosing of mood stabilizers remains challenging due to substantial inter-individual variability in symptom severity, treatment responsiveness, and vulnerability to adverse effects. Clinical titration is often slow and heuristic, motivating data-driven strategies that can adapt dosage over time while balancing efficacy and safety. In this study, we formulate mood stabilizer dosing as a finite-horizon Markov decision process and develop a reinforcement learning (RL) framework for patie...

Artificial Intelligence  Psychiatry & Psychology 

The pathogenesis and biological behavior of well-differentiated papillary mesothelial tumors (WDPMT) are poorly understood. WDPMT can arise in both the pleura and the peritoneum. As its benign and malignant features are often ambiguous, establishing an optimal treatment strategy can be challenging. In this report on peritoneal WDPMT, we analyzed nine Japanese cases, including our own case involving a 70-year-old male, and eight additional cases identified through a literature review from 2002 to...

Oncology  Surgery & Surgical Specialties 

Introduction: Subthalamic nucleus Deep brain stimulation surgery (STN-DBS) is a treatment used for patients in the fluctuating and advanced stages of PD. For this, patients must meet specific inclusion and exclusion criteria. The objectives of this work were to evaluate the current neurological, neuropsychiatric status, and cognitive status of patients with PD for STN-DBS. Methods: A complete semi-structured neurological and neuropsychiatric interview, validated...

Neuroscience 

Background: Self-medication (SM) is widely practiced worldwide, since many drugs are dispensed without prescription. This phenomenon can lead to an increased resistance of pathogens, drug reaction and drug dependence. The objective of our study was to estimate the prevalence of SM practice, to describe its characteristics among Moroccan medical students, and to identify factors associated with this practice. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out betwe...

Public Health 

The hydroxyapatite crystallization method (HAP) was employed as a phosphorus recovery technology to investigate the effects of different calcium sources on phosphorus removal and recovery from phosphorus-containing wastewater. The results indicate that when CaCl2 was used as the sole calcium source, NaOH was required to be added during the reaction to maintain an alkaline environment, resulting in a PO43--P removal efficiency exceeding 80%. When CaO was used as the sole calcium source, PO43--P r...

Environmental Chemistry 

Although English is widely recognized as a global language, hiring practices in English Language Teaching (ELT) often continue to privilege native-speaker status. This qualitative study explores how non-native English-speaking teachers (NNESTs) experience and interpret recruitment processes in the global TESOL job market. Data were collected through written questionnaires and follow-up online conversations with 12 NNESTs from Central Asia and Eastern Europe who had applied for teaching positions...

Linguistics 

Driven by both the national strategy of cultural “going global” in the new era and the development of “New Liberal Arts”, the traditional education of foreign language majors is in urgent need of paradigm innovation. This study aims to explore the path for the in-depth integration of innovation and entrepreneurship education with foreign language major education, so as to cultivate interdisciplinary talents competent for the mission of cultural global communication. The paper first analyzes the ...

Culture  Sociology  Educational Technology 

To assist in the implementation of the “Mount Taishan ” strategy in Tai’an and address the dual challenges of regional competition and consumption upgrading, this study focuses on the core objective of enhancing tourist satisfaction and conducts a systematic study based on the actual tourism development situation in Tai’an. Firstly, the current status of tourism development in Tai’an is analyzed. The “Mount Taishan ” industrial cluster has achieved remarkable results, but there are still issues ...

Sociology  Economics 

Background: Comparative data on the cardiac impact of different antiretro-viral therapy (ART) regimens in sub-Saharan Africa remain limited. The aim of this study was to determine which ART regimen is most associated with cardiac abnormalities during follow-up of patients at the University Clinics of Kinshasa. Methods: A historical cohort study was conducted at the University Clinics of Kinshasa among adult patients living with HIV who had been receiving ART for...

Cardiology