Budgeting Practices and Performance of Town Councils in Uganda: A Case Study of Muhanga Town Council. by Kembabazi, Primah

“…The study recommended that zero-based budgets should be the only one to use at Muhanga town council without wasting time on other types since they rotate through all the levels of the organization and enhance service delivery, all heads of departments at Muhanga town council should get involved in budget execution in enhancing the overall budget implementation and the budgeting systems of Muhanga town council need to be supported in order to ensure prudent management of funds by use of better budgeting management practices to provide timely and quality service delivery. …”
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Role of Media in Promoting Civil Education and Awareness of Government Programs: A Case Study of Buyanja Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Ahumuza, Charity

“…Data was entered into the computer and analyzed by developing themes (headings) or subthemes that were derived from the study objectives. …”
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Employee Retention and Organizational Performance: A Case Study of Centenary Bank in Kigezi Region Uganda. by Kaziro, Nicholas

“…The study targeted 97 respondents who constituted branch managers, departmental heads, committee members, audit officers, compliance officers, and support staff. …”
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Information Communication Technology and Employees’ Performance: A case Study of Faculty of Science at Mbarara University of Science and Technology. by Mackline, Atuhaire

“…The study population comprised of Secretaries, Teaching Staff, Non-teaching Staff, Faculty Dean, Coordinator of Science Laboratory and Departmental Heads. Purposive sampling technique was used to select respondents while questionnaire, key informants interview, observation and Focus Group Discussion were used to collect data. …”
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Fusarium Wilt: A New Threat to Florida Lettuce Production by German Sandoya, Jesse J. Murray, Richard N. Raid, Christian F. Miller

“…Following these recommendations may help to avoid the spread of this fungus in muck soils at the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA), where 90% of the lettuce in Florida is planted. …”
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Elevated POSTN expression predicts poor prognosis and is associated with radioresistance in cervical cancer patients treated with radical radiotherapy by Cui-qin Huang, Wen-tao Xiao, Xiang-rong Yao, Zhi-min Li, Jun-yan He

“…Subsequently, in vitro experiments confirmed that POSTN knockdown significantly inhibited HeLa cell proliferation, invasion, and enhanced radiosensitivity, while promoting apoptosis. …”
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LDHA-mediated glycolysis in stria vascularis endothelial cells regulates macrophages function through CX3CL1-CX3CR1 pathway in noise-induced oxidative stress by Ying Yi, Min-Yu Wu, Kai-Tian Chen, An-Hai Chen, Lin-Qiu Li, Qin Xiong, Xian-Ren Wang, Wen-Bin Lei, Guan-Xia Xiong, Shu-Bin Fang

“…Abstract According to the World Health Organization, more than 12% of the world’s population suffers from noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). Oxidative stress-mediated damage to the stria vascularis (SV) is one of the pathogenic mechanisms of NIHL. …”
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3,5,6,7,8,3’,4’- Heptamethoxyflavonoid inhibits TGF-β1-induced epithelial–mesenchymal transition by regulating oxidative stress and autophagy through MEK/ERK/PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalin... by Yiting Wang, Zhiheng Ma, Weiwen Peng, Qinglian Yu, Wenjie Liang, Liu Cao, Zhuqiang Wang

“…Various experiments confirmed that HMF regulated the expression levels of Nrf2, keap-1, HO-1, ROS, MDA, SOD, GSH, and played a role in reducing oxidative stress. …”
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Unveiling the effects of post-monsoon agricultural biomass burning on aerosols, clouds, and radiation in Northwest India by Pradeep Khatri, Tadahiro Hayasaka, Prabir K. Patra, Husi Letu, Hiren Jethva, Sachiko Hayashida

“…Similarly, the intensification of burning activities leads to increased cooling effects at the surface and top-of-the-atmosphere across shortwave and longwave spectral ranges, while inducing a heating effect within the atmosphere. These findings highlight the potential impacts of agricultural biomass burning activities on the regional climate system and hydrological cycle, emphasizing the need for more detailed studies in the future.…”
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Revisiting teacher educators' training in Ethiopia: Implications for a new approach to curriculum development by Haftu Hindeya Gebremeskel, Ahmed Yibrie Ahmed, Dawit Asrat Getahun, Meskerem Lechissa Debele, Dawit Tibebu, Dereje Taye Wondem

“…A total of 37 participants (10 deans and vice-deans, 10 department heads, 6 teacher educators, 2 experts, 2 policy makers, 7 previous graduates) were purposely selected from five CTEs, two universities and from the Science and Mathematics Subjects Improvement Center at the Ministry of Education (MoE). …”
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Determining the Net Present Value of Timber Investments and Comparing Investments of Different Rotations by Andres Susaeta, Chris Demers

“…The net present value (NPV) of a single rotation provides the criterion to choose between different forest project investments of equal lives, whereas the equivalent annuity approach (EAA) is employed when forest project investments have different time lengths. …”
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Mejores Prácticas de Manejo en el Area Agrícola de los Everglades: Prevención de el Derramamiento de Fertilizantes by Orlando A. Diaz, Samira H. Daroub, Ronald W. Rice, Timothy A. Lang, Viviana M. Nadal, Ming Chen

“…It provides current implementation guidelines for this BMP designed to reduce drainage P loads in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA). Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Soil and Water Sciences, May 2007. …”
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Mejores Prácticas de Manejo en el Area Agrícola de los Everglades: Control de la Aplicación de Fertilizantes by Timothy A. Lang, Samira H. Daroub, Orlando A. Diaz, Viviana M. Nadal, Ming Chen

“…It provides current implementation guidelines for this BMP designed to reduce drainage P loads in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) by controlling the timing and placement of fertilizer applications. …”
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Exploring the antibacterial and anti-biofilm activity of two Iranian medical-grade kinds of honey on multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Mustafa Riyadh Alshaybawee, Shahrzad Asgari, Paria Ghadersoltani, Ahmadreza Mehrabian, Parastoo Saniee

“…Therefore, these honeys may serve as natural and safe alternatives or adjuncts to conventional antibiotic therapy for wound healing and infection management.…”
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Chaperones Utilization in Clinical Practice: Intimate and Sensitive Physical Examination Best Practice Strategies and Concepts in Modern Urological Medicine by Tarini Mitra, Nicolas K. Koerber, Harini Shah, Austin C. Kassels, Danyon J. Anderson, Brennen J. Cooper, Meghan B. Schaefer, Alan D. Kaye, Harish B. Bangalore Siddaiah, Jibin S. Mathew, Jeffrey R. Sterritt, Zachary S. Lee, Ivan Urits

“…Studies were identified from PubMed, MEDLINE, and PMC using the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms “chaperones, patient”, “chaperones, medical”, and keywords “chaperones”, and “urology”. …”
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Bioinspired activation strategies for Peano-HASEL artificial muscle. by Zhaozhen Liu, Harrison McAleese, Andrew Weightman, Glen Cooper

“…This study aims to investigate the effect of activation strategies on the displacement-time response, force-length relationship, and force-velocity relationship of a Peano-hydraulically amplified self-healing electrostatic (HASEL) artificial muscle.<h4>Method</h4>This study developed a finite element model of an artificial muscle consisting of four Peano-HASEL actuators arranged in three parallel groups in a diamond pattern (two actuators in series in the middle-middle actuators, with one actuator in parallel either side-side actuators). …”
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Budgetary Factors and the Quality of Education Service Delivery in Public Secondary Schools in Northern Division Kabale District. by Atwongyeire, Redeemer

“…Data was entered into the computer and analyzed by developing themes (headings) or subthemes that were derived from the study objectives. …”
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Kabale University Policy on Promoting Staff Academic Growth and Professional Development by Kabale University

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SHP2 is essential for the progesterone-promoted proliferation and migration in breast cancer cell lines by Hui-Chen Wang, Hui-Chen Wang, Wen-Sen Lee, Wen-Sen Lee, Wen-Sen Lee, Wen-Sen Lee

“…Cell proliferation and migration were examined using MTT technique and wound healing assay, respectively. Immunoprecipitation assay and Western blot analysis were performed to evaluate protein-protein interaction and protein expression, respectively. …”
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Aplikasi Sistem Virtual Tour E-Panorama 360 Derajat Berbasis Android Untuk Pengenalan Kampus Mercu Buana by Slamet Riyadi, Ida Nurhaida

“…Kebutuhan pembuatan virtual tour ini adalah perangkat keras berupa kamera dan laptop serta perangkat lunak berupa photoshop, panoweaver, xampp dan code editor. …”
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