Management Control System and Financial Performance of Micro Finance Institutions in Central Region Uganda by Arthur, Sunday, Caleb, Tamwesigire, Caroline Masiko, Murezi, George Stanley, Kinyata, Godfrey, Barigye, Keneth, Nuwagira, Moses, Agaba

“…Therefore, this study is important not only because it fills the gap, but also it is set out to address this evident knowledge gap. The study adopted positive-phenomenological, epistemology and quantitative-qualitative methodology dimension with cross sectional and correlation designs, the unit of analysis was Microfinance Institutions registered with Association of Microfinance Institutions, and employees were the units of inquiry. …”
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Human Resource Practices and Employee Retention in Local Governments in Uganda: A Case of Kabale District Local Government. by Baingana, Alex

“…The study targeted 134 participants, but 119 managed to respond, including 117 who filled out the questionnaire and 02 who were interviewed. …”
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Human Resource Practices and Employee Retention in Local Governments in Uganda: A Case of Kabale District Local Government. by Baingana, Alex

“…The study targeted 134 participants, but 119 managed to respond, including 117 who filled out the questionnaire and 02 who were interviewed. …”
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Adverse Maternal Outcomes and Associated Factors Among Mothers of Advanced Age delivering at a Tertiary Hospital, Southwestern Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study. by Masembe, Sezalio, Migisha, Richard, Turyasingura, Godwin, Aheisibwe, Hillary, Nzabandora, Emmanuel, Lule, John C.

“…We identified factors associated with adverse outcomes using modified Poisson regression. Results Out of 417 participants, most were aged 35–37 years (n=206; 49.4%), and had parity≥5 (65.5%). …”
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Application Of ArtifiCial Intelligence in E-Governance: A Comparative Study of Supervised Machine Learning and Ensemble Learning Algorithms on Crime Prediction. by Niyonzima, Ivan, Muhaise, Hussein, Akankwasa, Aureri

“…Advancement in information and communications technology enables law enforcement agencies to collect a huge amount of crime data, and the data collected by these organizaions have been doubling every two years. It has been found out that only 17% of the collected crime data is used in their operations today and several studies have noted that Law Enforcement Agencies are data rich but information poor. …”
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Information Communication Technology and Service Delivery in Nyagatare District Local Goverment, Rwanda. by Wellars, Kanamugire

“…The study further recommends that special emphasis is needed in working out revenue models, ensuring the full implementations of ICT through appropriate tenure appointment of project champions, ensuring effective monitoring and maintenance of ICT systems, among others.…”
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Community Work Participation and Outcomes in Nyagatare District, Rwanda. by Jean Marie Vianney, Ruzindana

“…Among the challenges included limited equipment and materials to use while carrying out community work activities in the study area and the culture of the people especially those from the traditional loyal wealth families posed a challenge to community work in the study area. …”
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Modelling and Analysis of Bioretention Systems for Removal of Stormwater Pollutants by Nuwagaba, Emmanuel, Abdulkadir, Taofeeq Sholagberu, Agwe, Michael Tobby, Philip, Tibenderana, Ako, Terseer, Moses N., Twesigye-omwe

“…The plants were introduced into columns C leaving out B as control experiment. Materials used in the media structure were analyzed to meet the standards according to the design manual. …”
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Misconceptions on COVID-19 Risk Among Ugandan Men: Results From a Rapid Exploratory Survey, April 2020 by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, MacLeod, Ewan, Ssempijja, Fred, Mahero, Michael W., Matama, Kevin, Musoke, Grace Henry, Bardosh, Kevin, Ssebuufu, Robinson, Wakoko-Studstil, Florence, Echoru, Isaac, Tiyo Ayikobua, Emmanuel, Mujinya, Regan, Nambuya, Grace, Onohuean, Hope, Zirintunda, Gerald, Ekou, Justine, Welburn, Susan Christina

“…Methods: A cross-sectional survey carried out in early April 2020 was conducted with 161 Ugandans, who purposively participated in the online questionnaire that assessed understandings of COVID-19 risk and infection. …”
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Single-cell transcriptome-wide Mendelian randomization and colocalization reveals immune-mediated regulatory mechanisms and drug targets for COVID-19Research in context by Hui Ying, Xueyan Wu, Xiaojing Jia, Qianqian Yang, Haoyu Liu, Huiling Zhao, Zhihe Chen, Min Xu, Tiange Wang, Mian Li, Zhiyun Zhao, Ruizhi Zheng, Shuangyuan Wang, Hong Lin, Yu Xu, Jieli Lu, Weiqing Wang, Guang Ning, Jie Zheng, Yufang Bi

“…Methods: We conducted a Mendelian randomization (MR) and colocalization analysis using 26,597 single-cell expression quantitative trait loci (sc-eQTL) to proxy effects of expressions of 16,597 genes in 14 peripheral blood immune cells and tested them against four COVID-19 outcomes from COVID-19 Genetic Housing Initiative GWAS meta-analysis Round 7. We also carried out additional validations including colocalization, linkage disequilibrium check and host–pathogen interactome predictions. …”
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Proteogenomic annotation of T6SS components identified in Bacteroides fragilis secretome by Natalya B. Zakharzhevskaya, Olga Yu Shagaleeva, Daria A. Kashatnikova, Daria A. Kashatnikova, Anton O. Goncharov, Anton O. Goncharov, Daria V. Evsyutina, Dmitry A. Kardonsky, Elizaveta A. Vorobeva, Artemiy S. Silantiev, Viktoria D. Kazakova, Irina V. Kolesnikova, Ivan O. Butenko, Anna A. Vanyushkina, Svetlana V. Smirnova, Andrei V. Chaplin, Andrei V. Chaplin, Boris A. Efimov, Boris A. Efimov

“…Proteogenomic annotation and comparative genomic study of the T6SS loci of the toxigenic Bf BOB25 were carried out by comparison with the reference genomes of the following Bf strains: JIM10, NCTC 9343 and 638R.ResultsAccording to the data obtained, T6SS components were represented in all types of the analysed samples. …”
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Designing a Policy Making Model in Iran' Sport with the Approach of Sport for All Development by Behdad Sadeghi, Rahmatollah Gholipour, Mojtaba Amiri, Marjan Saffari

“…These experts were either professors or managers of organizations related to sports, possessing over a decade of executive and decision-making experience. Sampling was carried out using targeted and snowball methods. The quantitative section utilized interpretative structural modeling, an approach based on expert opinions, effective for exploring qualitative variables with mutual effects at various levels of importance. …”
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Failure of Value Co-creation; Co-destruction of Brand Value in Social Media by Ghazale Taheri, Azim Zarei, Davood Feiz, Mehdi Dehghani soltani

“…Additionally, "conflict in co-creating brand value management" stood out as the most relevant variable among others in the analysis.   …”
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Klasifikasi Tingkat Stress dari Data Berbentuk Teks dengan Menggunakan Algoritma Support Vector Machine (SVM) dan Random Forest by Naufal Fathirachman Mahing, Alifi Lazuardi Gunawan, Ahmad Foresta Azhar Zen, Fitra Abdurrachman Bachtiar, Satrio Agung Wicaksono

“…Early detection of stress is something that is very important to do. One way to find out someone's stress level is through text analysis.This research was conducted to classify stress levels based on text data using the Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Random Forest algorithms. …”
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Parejas heterosexuales serodiscordantes en Chiapas, México. La influencia del género en la expresión de la agencia/Heterosexual HIV-Discordant Couples in Chiapas, Mexico. The Influ... by Francisco Chong-Villareal, Teresa Margarita Torres-López

“…Based on the assumption that people do not lack the power to confront and occasionally transform social structures, this study was carried out in order to explore and compare the strategies followed by two men and two women with HIV, in forming couples, with people who did not have it (HIV-discordant couple). …”
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Sistem Pakar untuk Diagnosis Penyakit Tiroid dengan Gejala Psikologis Beserta Pengobatan Etnobotaninya by Rosyid Ridlo Al-Hakim, Yanuar Zulardiansyah Arief, Muhammad Haikal Satria, Agung Pangestu, Hexa Apriliana Hidayah, Glagah E. Setyowisnu, Prihantini Prihantini, Antonius Darma Setiawan, Esa Rinjani Cantika Putri

“…Validation of the system is carried out by doctors and botanists. The result is that this expert system is able to provide validity above 90% for thyroid disease and can be used by doctors to help diagnose patients with indications of thyroid disease and their psychological symptoms. …”
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Pengembangan Automated Image Analysis untuk Menentukan Jumlah Bakteri Tahan Asam (BTA) pada Kasus Tubercolosis by Safri Adam, Puji Astuti, Puspa Amalia, Fadli Sukandiarsyah

“…The general diagnosis used in TK 1 Health Facilities (Faskes) is carried out by revealing a patient's sputum specimen using the Ziehl-Neelsen method to detect the presence of acid-fast bacteria such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes TB. …”
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