Employment Relations and the Performance of Government Entities: A Case Study of Kabale District Local Government. by Asiimwe, Jackline

“…Both qualitative and quantitative methodologies were used to analyze data as a sample size of 50 respondents was used. …”
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Working Environment and Staff Performance In Local Government: A Case Study of Rubanda District Local Government. by Musiimenta, Dan

“…Both qualitative and quantitative methodologies were used to analyze data as a sample size of 50 respondents was used. …”
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Museums and Development of Communities in Rukiga District: A Case Study of Great Lakes Museum. by Tumuheirwe, Judith

“…Qualitative and quantitative research methodologies were used to analyze data collected from the field and to draw recommendations and conclusions. …”
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Role of Political Leaders in Promoting Effective Service Delivery in Central Division Kabale Municipality. by Akampurira, Allan

“…Both qualitative and quantitative methodologies were used for data analysis. The findings highlighted the role of political leadership in promoting the availability of services in Kabale Municipality, including ensuring efficient and effective service delivery, formulating and implementing policies to guide service delivery, resource allocation, establishing systems of accountability and transparency, leading public sector reforms, and engaging citizens in decision-making processes. …”
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Mauvaise Culture de la Lecture chez les Etudiants de FLE en Ouganda: Éléments de Réponses. by Kateregga, Abubakar

“…Il explore les causes de mauvaises pratiques de lecture et les méthodologies didactiques qui s’y rapportent. L’étude s’appuie sur le cadre théorique bronckartiste de l’interactionnisme socio-discursif (Bronckart, 1996) selon lequel des lecteurs lisent et comprennent des textes de tout genre en s’appuyant sur les pratiques socioculturelles qui les aident à résoudre des problèmes sociaux dans des écrits. …”
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Readiness of Christian Religious Education (CRE) Teachers and Implementation of Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC) in Nyakabande Sub-county Kisoro District. by Mugwaneza, Allen

“…This transformative approach requires a corresponding change in teaching methodologies, particularly in subjects like Christian Religious Education (CRE). …”
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A multicriteria method to identify and rank IEQ criticalities: Measurements and applications for existing school buildings by Francesco Leccese, Michele Rocca, Giacomo Salvadori, Elisa Belloni, Cinzia Buratti

“…The presented results can interest not only technical personnel involved in IEQ assessments and interventions for its improvement, but also researchers investigating IEQ that intend to compare methodologies and weighting schemes.…”
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Inclusive digital platforms: Designing for and with users with mild intellectual disabilities or low literacy skills by Julia F.E. van Calis, Jenneken Naaldenberg, Anneke W.C. van der Cruijsen, Monique C.J. Koks-Leensen, Geraline L. Leusink, Kirsten E. Bevelander

“…By integrating participatory methodologies and incorporating these key design elements, digital platforms can be tailored to meet the diverse needs of individuals with MID or LL facilitating greater inclusion and participation in digital research.…”
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The Impact of Physical Activities on Male Fertility: A Systematic Review by Albert Kapla, Alicja Černohorská, Daria Bednarczyk, Julia Białeta, Karolina Siembab, Katarzyna Rowińska, Michalina Jurkiewicz, Wiktor Garbarczyk, Wiktoria Pysiewicz, Agnieszka Napieralska

“…Duplicates, non-peer-reviewed sources, and studies lacking methodological transparency were excluded. The collected data were analyzed and synthesized to provide an up-to-date overview of the topic. …”
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Agroecology and the limits to resilience: extending the adaptation capacity of agroecosystems to drought by Miguel A. Altieri, Clara I. Nicholls, Rene Montalba, Lorena Vieli, Luis L. Vazquez

“…A set of agroecological practices that can extend such limits under prolonged water stress scenarios are described. Two methodologies to assess farms’ resilience to drought provide useful tools, as they can assist farmers and researchers in identifying the practices and underlying mechanisms that reduce vulnerability and enhance response capacity allowing certain farm systems to better resist and/or recover from droughts. …”
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A review of metabolic calorimetric applications in plant stress, waste management, and diagnostics by Michael Bayode, Ifeoluwaposi Ogundana, Oluwatosin Ogundare, Elizabeth Awodire, Patience Abbah, Israel Onifade, Adeola Adeyolanu, Stephen Okunade, Samuel Ogboye, Michael Elabiyi

“…The ongoing integration of DSC techniques with cutting-edge analytical methodologies could also permit the implementation of Smart, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound (SMART) goals for a precise and quantifiable strategy in environmental impact assessments.…”
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From data on gross activity to the characterization of animal behaviour: which metrics for which purposes? by van Dixhoorn, Ingrid, Aubé, Lydiane, van Zyl, Coenraad, de Mol, Rudi, van der Werf, Joop, Lardy, Romain, Mialon, Marie-Madeleine, van Reenen, Kees, Veissier, Isabelle

“…The calculations, however, can be applied to other species and can be performed on data obtained from sensors as well as visual observations. The present methodological article will help researchers to obtain the most benefit from activity data and will support the decision of which metric can be used to address a given purpose.…”
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(State) empathy: how context matters by Katrin Heyers, Katrin Heyers, Robin Schrödter, Lena Sophie Pfeifer, Sebastian Ocklenburg, Sebastian Ocklenburg, Sebastian Ocklenburg, Onur Güntürkün, Ursula Stockhorst

“…Taken together, this review provides a roadmap for enhancing the efficacy of future empathy studies by: (1) outlining the current theoretical and methodological considerations for disentangling trait and state empathy; (2) organizing existing empathy measurement tools to aid researchers in selecting appropriate tools for future studies; (3) describing the interplay between bottom-up processes and top-down control mechanisms for state and trait empathy; and (4) reviewing factors that increase or decrease state empathy to prevent their potential interference and enable a more accurate assessment of empathy.…”
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Need analysis of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in Psychology: Identifying linguistics demands for academic and professional success by Benny Dele Bintang Ananta, Muhammad Firza Thoriq Sholahuddin, Dede Akmal Khotib, Rafika Rabba Farah

“…This study underscores the relevance of ESP methodologies in tailoring English education to the specific needs of Indonesian psychology students, contributing to their language development and preparedness for academic and professional success …”
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A comprehensive environmental index for monitoring ecological quality of typical alpine wetlands in Central Asia by Jiudan Zhang, Junli Li, Changming Zhu, Anming Bao, Amaury Frankl, Philippe De Maeyer, Tim Van de Voorde

“…However, inconsistencies and ambiguities regarding wetland health persist due to methodological variations and differences in spatio-temporal scale among studies. …”
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Sensitivity of Self-reported Opium Use in Cancer Patients: Implications for conducting epidemiological studies by Vahideh Mohseni, Maryam Hadji, Mina Khaki, Omid Nabavian, Kazem Zendehdel, Hamideh Rashidian

“… Background: Underreporting bias related to opium use is a significant methodological issue that can threaten the results of epidemiologic studies, particularly when opium use is the exposure of interest. …”
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Comparative analysis of the DCNN and HFCNN Based Computerized detection of liver cancer by Sandeep Dwarkanth Pande, Pala Kalyani, S Nagendram, Ala Saleh Alluhaidan, G Harish Babu, Sk Hasane Ahammad, Vivek Kumar Pandey, G Sridevi, Abhinav Kumar, Ebenezer Bonyah

“…This research analysis compares two advanced methodologies, DCNN and HFCNN, for liver cancer detection. …”
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Relationship between personality traits and spontaneous coronary artery dissection risk: evidence from Mendelian randomization by Kun Zheng, Kun Zheng, Mengdi Wu, Junhua Wang, Junhua Wang, Jinjin Sun, Yuqian Li, Peng Wang, Zhiyue Zhang, Xiuming Pan, Yifeng Yang, Tianqi Li, Yujie Guo

“…Besides, data regarding SCAD and personality were extracted from expansive genome-wide association studies (GWAS), and rigorous statistical inferences were made using inverse variance weighting (IVW) and ancillary methodologies. Additionally, sensitivity evaluations were performed to bolster statistical assertions.ResultsUnivariate MR analyses indicated heightened neuroticism scores as harbingers of increased SCAD risk [Odds Ratio (OR) = 1.31, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.08–1.60, P = 0.007], while other personality characteristics revealed no causal interplay with SCAD. …”
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Evaluation of PM2.5 Surface Concentrations Simulated by NASA’s MERRA Version 2 Aerosol Reanalysis over India and its Relation to the Air Quality Index by Chimurkar D. Navinya, V. Vinoj, Satyendra K. Pandey

“…More recently, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) has begun estimating the global distribution of PM2.5 mass concentrations at high spatio-temporal resolutions, but the limitations of the applied estimation methodologies must be carefully evaluated in order to understand their strengths and weaknesses. …”
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The Intra- and Inter-rater Reliability of an Arm Care Screening Tool in High School Baseball Coaches by Kyle A. Matsel, Stephanie N. Brown, Matt C. Hoch, Robert J. Butler, Philip M. Westgate, Terry R. Malone, Tim L. Uhl

“… # Study Design Methodological intra- and inter-rater reliability study # Methods Thirty-one male high school baseball players (15.9 years ± 1.06) were independently scored on the Arm Care Screen (ACS) by three examiners (two coaches, one physical therapist) in real-time and again seven days later by reviewing video recordings of each players’ initial screening performance. …”
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