Stakeholder Engagement and Quality of Roads in Kabale District: A Case Study of Kamuganguzi Sub-County. by Kyomugisha, Scarlet

“…Results of the study revealed the relationship between stakeholder planning and project implementation of roads in Kamuganguzi sub-county thus P = .000 which is less than 0.01 as the level of significance and Pearson coefficient of correlation r =.315 which is high. This also implies that there is a positive direction associated with the effect of stakeholder planning and project implementation of roads in Kamuganguzi sub-county. …”
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Stress management and Employee performance in Kisoro Hospital, Kisoro District, Uganda by Gregory K.N., Ndongereye

“…Based on the findings it was concluded that pay had a significant relationship with health service delivery. The study also concluded that giving employees enough time to relax and working in shifts and good working environment and conditions coupled with specific working hours were the major factors for stress management and employee performance. …”
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Board of Governors’ roles and students’ academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Kikagate Sub-County, Isingiro District. by Wilson Mukombe, Bagarukayo

“…The study findings indicated that Kamubeizi secondary school performs lower (μ=18.08) than the other schools, while Kyezimbire secondary school performs better (μ=22.18) than the other three secondary schools, followed by Kikagate secondary school (μ=22.11) and Rwamurunga community secondary school (μ=22.07), with students’ scores ranging from 8 (Minimum) to 48 (Maximum) aggregates. The study findings also indicated that board of governors has helped in supervision of the schools’ activities. …”
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Savings and Credit Co-Operative Societies (Saccos) and Poverty Reduction in Kabale District. by Anita, Kamagara

“…The majority of the respondents (77.7%) agreed that there are services offered by SACCOs that eradicate poverty in households of Kabale District while the minority (22.3%) disagreed. It was also found out that majority of the respondents (81%) agreed that SACCOs influence the level of income in Rural Households while the minority (19%) disagreed. …”
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Civil Servants and Political Leaders’ Performance in Service Delivery in Kisoro District Local Government, Uganda. by Zigira Sam, Niyonzima

“…The study thus recommended that civil servants in health and education as well as political leaders should put in place an ethical code of conduct for staff so as to promote the health units as one that is ethical in the delivery of their services to customers. Routine monitoring, supervision and evaluation of performance should be encouraged so that errors and misappropriations are reduced or eliminated in order to enhance effective health service delivery.…”
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Bee Venom—A Potential Complementary Medicine Candidate for SARS-CoV-2 Infections by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Simon Peter, Musinguzi

“…Melittin is associated with the underexpression of proinflammatory cytokines, including nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kB), extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK1/2), and protein kinase Akt. BV therapy also involves group III secretory phospholipase A2 in the management of respiratory and neurological diseases. …”
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Magnitude and Factors Associated With Risky Sexual Behaviours among Undergraduate Students in Selected Universities in Kigezi Sub Region by Amon, Bahati

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Factors associated with knowledge on the spread of HIV/AIDS among Secondary School Students of Groupe Scolaire De Rugando in Kigali City, Rwanda by Mercy Nwankwo, Chinenye, Denyse Sibomana, Uwizeye

“…Youths are particularly vulnerable to HIV/AIDS due to the fact that they are not sufficiently prepared to address problems related to their sexuality and also because they do not have enough real knowledge about HIV and AIDS. …”
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Task-Oriented Leadership and Employee Performance: A Case Study of Buhoma Mukono Community Development Association (BMCDA) in Kanungu, Uganda by Orikyiriza, Elli, Moses, Agaba, Alex, Kanyesiime

“…The study findings revealed a correlation coefficient of r = .682 which shows a significant relationship between task structure and employee performance. The study findings also revealed that there was a significant relationship between the level of authority and employee performance as indicated by a correlation coefficient of r = .490. …”
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Wildlife Authority Revenue sharing Scheme and Women Empowerment; A Case Study of Mghahinga Conservation area Kisoro District, Uganda by Iradunkunda, Sam, Moses, Agaba

“…The study recommends that government puts a law to deal with corrupt officials and even empower women to always refuse money in exchange for things agreed in project proposals. The study also recommends that women should be allowed to access some materials for weaving which can be sold to both foreigners and the local population to earn them extra income.…”
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The Impact of Batwa Settlement Patterns on their Social Economic Development: A Case Study of Kisoro Municipality by Aiijshakiye, Vincent

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Transcriptome analysis and cytochrome P450 monooxygenase reveal the molecular mechanism of Bisphenol A degradation by Pseudomonas putida strain YC-AE1 by Adel, Eltoukhy, Yang, Jia, Imane, Lamraoui, M. A., Abo‑Kadoum, Omar, Mohammad Atta, Ruth, Nahurira, Junhuan, Wang, Yanchun, Yan

“…Furthermore, Transformation of E. coli with pET‑32a‑bisdAB empowers it to degrade 66 mg l−1 of BPA after 24 h. Alto‑ gether, the results showed the role of CYP450 in biodegradation of BPA by YC‑AE1. …”
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Learners' Perception of English Language Learning in Universal Secondary Schools in Kisoro District. by Ndagijimana, Ngenda

“…From the findings, it was established that they had not got any great wish to learn more than the basics of English. The study also established that students who claimed they got nervous in English classes were just making excuses. …”
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Real-world outcomes with tisagenlecleucel in aggressive B-cell lymphoma: subgroup analyses from the CIBMTR registry by Frederick L Locke, Grant Schofield, Marcelo Pasquini, Matthew J Frigault, Cameron J Turtle, Stephen Lim, Brian Hill, Samantha Jaglowski, Caron A Jacobson, Gunjan Shah, Daniel J Landsburg, Michael Heim, Stephen Ronan Foley, Ron Ram, Peter A Riedell, Leslie L Popplewell, Ranjan Tiwari, Marta Majdan, Aisha Masood

“…Patients with DLBCL (vs HGBCL), complete response before infusion, prior autologous or allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant, and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) within normal limits experienced more favourable efficacy outcomes, and those with Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status ≥2, ≥3 prior lines of therapy, elevated LDH, and fludarabine-based lymphodepleting chemotherapy experienced less favourable safety outcomes.In conclusion, this real-world study of tisagenlecleucel for patients with R/R DLBCL/HGBCL shows consistent efficacy and better safety outcomes than the pivotal trial. This study also identifies baseline disease characteristics and prior or concurrent treatments that may affect clinical outcomes.…”
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Astaxanthin-loaded brain-permeable liposomes for Parkinson’s disease treatment via antioxidant and anti-inflammatory responses by Thai-Duong Nguyen, Shristi Khanal, Eunhee Lee, Jinsol Choi, Ganesh Bohara, Nikesh Rimal, Dong-Young Choi, Soyeun Park

“…The developed formulation also alleviated behavioral impairment and neuroinflammation, reducing astrocyte and microglial activation in the striatum and substantia nigra of the MPTP-treated animals. …”
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Adherence to First-Line Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Therapy in the Context of Guideline Recommendations for US Patients With High-Risk Non-muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer by Franklin D. Gaylis, Bruno Emond, Ameur M. Manceur, Anabelle Tardif-Samson, Laura Morrison, Dominic Pilon, Patrick Lefebvre, Lorie A. Ellis, Hiremagalur Balaji, Andrea Ireland

“…**Discussion:** Among patients with NMIBC treated with first-line intravesical BCG, most received adequate BCG induction but less than half had adequate BCG maintenance. BCG treatment was also inadequate for patients with CIS, with only half of patients receiving adequate BCG maintenance and a higher proportion undergoing cystectomy following first-line BCG. …”
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Enhancing detection of STEC in the meat industry: insights into virulence of priority STEC by Mai-Lan Tran, Sabine Delannoy, Patrick Fach

“…Subsequent analysis of the presumptive positives combining the O-group and the eae-subtype provided also a significant reduction of the number of the presumptive positive for the top 8 eae-positive STEC serogroups; and showed that O26, O103 and O157 were the most prevalent ones. …”
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A systematic review of military-to-civilian transition, The role of gender. by Alexandria Smith, Laura Rafferty, Bethany Croak, Neil Greenberg, Rafiyah Khan, Victoria Langston, Marie-Louise Sharp, Anne Stagg, Nicola Fear, Sharon Stevelink

“…For female veterans, adjustments and adaptations learned in the military clashed with civilian feminine norms and stereotypically male veteran culture. Female veterans also struggled with the legacies of gender inequality, discrimination, and sexual assault which affected their development of a female veteran identity and affected the provision of services designed to meet their needs as a female. …”
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Comparison of h-index and other bibliometrics in Google Scholar and Scopus for articles published by translational science trainees by Laura D. Davis, Corbyn M. Gilmore, Adriana Vargus, Henry Ogbeifun, Yong-Hee P. Chun, Christopher R. Frei

“…Google Scholar and Scopus provide useful bibliometric information for scholars, including the h-index; however, a search of the literature revealed h-index was higher in Google Scholar than Scopus in other scholar populations; therefore, we hypothesized that h-index might also be higher in Google Scholar than Scopus for translational science (TS) trainees. …”
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Opportunities for Prevention of Complications in Intestinal Stoma Surgery by V. S. Groshilin, V. D. Kuznetsov, D. V. Kuznetsov, A. A. Pogosyan

“…The average number of hospital-stay days was also less in patients of clinical group 1 — 12.1 ± 3.4 days vs. 16 ± 4.7 in group 2.Conclusions. …”
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