Financial Inclusion and Women Empowerment in Uganda A Case of Lango Sub Region, Northern Uganda by Eton, Marus, Fabian, Mwosi, Benard, Patrick Ogwel, Charles Edaku, Dennis, Obote

“…Financial services providers, government and other development partners should offer both formal and informal business education training.…”
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Population growth and Socio-Economic Development in Musanze District, Rwanda. by Jean Paul, Kabera

“…Ninety four (94) interviews with respondents were conducted. Fifteen (15) key informants were also interviewed. Simple sampling and purposive sampling methods were used. …”
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Support Vector Regression and Beta Distribution for the Modeling of Incumbent Party vote for Presidential Elections by R., Kikawa, M, N. Ngungu, D., Ntirampeba, A., Ssematimba

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What is spirituality? by K. Waaijman

“… This essay provides, first of all, a historical perspective on the nature of spirituality by investigating its early forms, followed by a discussion of two approaches in the last century. …”
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Supervised Injecting Room Cohort Study (SIRX): study protocol by Lisa Maher, Thomas Kerr, Matthew Hickman, Alexander Thompson, Peter Higgs, Paul Dietze, Paul A Agius, Nick Scott, Daniel O’Keefe, Mark A Stoové, Jack Stone, Dylan Vella-Horne, Ashleigh C Stewart, Amanda Roxburgh, Sione Crawford, Josephine Norman, Zachary Lloyd, Nico Clark

“…Participants will be assessed for capacity to provide informed consent following a detailed explanation of the study. …”
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Gauged supergravity from the Lunin-Maldacena background by James T. Liu, Brian McPeak

“…In particular, we construct a consistent truncation of IIB supergravity on a β-deformed AdS5 × S5 background retaining a dynamical metric and graviphoton in five dimensions. …”
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School Governance and Secondary School Performance in Ndorwa County Kabale District Uganda. by Kyomuhangi, Hope

“…It focuses on four key objectives: (i) assessing the levels of school governance established in these schools, (ii) determining the relationship between governance levels and staff performance, (iii) identifying challenges affecting governance and staff performance, and (iv) proposing reforms to enhance staff performance. The findings aim to provide actionable insights for improving governance practices and educational outcomes in the region.…”
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VERTEBRAL PEDICULAR TETHERING - GROWTH MODULATION TECHNIQUE FOR IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS by ANDRÉ SANTOS DE BARROS, PEDRO BIZARRO, PEDRO JORDÃO, JOÃO LAMEIRAS CAMPAGNOLO, JORGE MINEIRO

“…Conclusions: VPT demonstrated promising results in correcting spinal deformities while preserving mobility and growth in selected AIS patients (Sanders stages 3-5). …”
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Alternative splicing expands the antiviral IFITM repertoire in Chinese rufous horseshoe bats. by Nelly S C Mak, Jingyan Liu, Dan Zhang, Jordan Taylor, Xiaomeng Li, Kazi Rahman, Feiyu Chen, Siddhartha A K Datta, Kin Kui Lai, Zhengli Shi, Nigel Temperton, Aaron T Irving, Alex A Compton, Richard D Sloan

“…In parallel with human IFITM1-3, bat IFITM isoforms localize to distinct sites of virus entry which influences their antiviral potency. …”
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Crystal plasticity modeling for grain size and texture effects on laser shock clinching of ultra-thin foils by Yaxuan Hou, Zhong Ji, Haiming Zhang

“…In contrast, the 10 μm grain size joint exhibits the most uniform deformation with the lowest thinning rate and neck thickness. …”
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A Study to Assess the Carrying Angle in Children Aged between 8 to 16 Years of Age by Pradip Patil, Umesh D. Jain, Amol Gowaikar, Salim A. Lad, Shivaji Kolli

“…Any mal-union or Inaccurate reduction in these fracture will result in disabling and unsightly cubitus varus deformity. In order to prevent such defects pre-operative assessment of the deformity need to be done with a knowledge of carrying angle at that particular age of the children. …”
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Design, synthesis, and in vitro, in vivo, and in silico evaluation of novel substituted 1,3,4-thiadiazole derivatives as anticonvulsant agents by Tulika Anthwal, Swati Pant, Preeti Rana, Sumitra Nain

“…The synthesized compounds were assayed for in vitro human carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibition against two isoforms II and IX. The neurotoxicity of the synthesized derivatives was also evaluated using the rotarod test, along with their in vivo anticonvulsant activity, which was determined using the maximal electroshock seizure (MES) and subcutaneous pentylenetetrazole (sc-PTZ) methods. …”
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UNSTABLE LUMBAR FRACTURE-DISLOCATION TREATED BY LONG SEGMENT POSTERIOR PEDICLE SCREW INSTRUMENTATION by Ferdiansyah Danang, Primadenny Ariesa Airlangga

“…Conclusion: Thoracolumbar fracture and dislocation fixation aim to restore alignment and stability, to reduce kyphotic deformity, and to decompress the spinal canal. The long segment pedicle screw instrumentation can resist the deforming force of thoracolumbar fractures and dislocations that will inevitably collapse into further kyphosis, resulting in a better outcome.…”
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Validation of the Spanish Version of the Parent Diabetes Distress Scale by Marina Beléndez, Lawrence Fisher

“…Participants completed the PDDS-SP, a well-being measure, and provided information about their child’s diabetes and treatment. …”
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A Successful Heat Wave Prevention in Ahmedabad Calls for Segregated Health Record: Highlights from Existing Heat Action Plan by Priya Dutta, Prashant Rajput, Polash Mukherjee, Prima Madan, Dileep Mavalankar

“…Though the city continued to disseminate the necessary information for public heat preparedness from the existing heat action plan, there was no record made separately for COVID-19 and heat stress-related mortality/morbidity by the health department. …”
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The Bushland, Texas, maize evapotranspiration, growth, and yield dataset Collection by Steven R. Evett, Gary W. Marek, Paul D. Colaizzi, Karen S. Copeland, Brice B. Ruthardt, Terry A. Howell

“…Crop planting, harvest, fertilization, pest control, and other agronomic information are presented in agronomic calendars by day of year. …”
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EVALUATION OF THE MODEL PREDICTION TOXICITY (LD50) FOR SERIES OF 42 ORGANOPHOSPHORUS PESTICIDES by HANANE FIKRI, TAOUFIQ FECHTALI, MOHAMED MAMOUMI

“…The selected descriptors indicate the importance of lipophilicity and widths radicals R1 and R2 in the contribution of the toxicity of pesticides derived from OPs used in this study. This information is relevant for the design of a new model of non-toxic pesticides OPs. …”
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Possibilities for the Application of Low-Temperature Argon Plasma in the Treatment of Postoperative and Long-Term Non-Healing Wounds by S. A. Frolov, A. M. Kuzminov, D. V. Vyshegorodtsev, V. Yu. Korolik, N. V. Tuktagulov, M. A. Sukhina, I. A. Mukhin

“…To review available information on the use of low-temperature argon plasma in the treatment of postoperative and long-term non-healing wounds.General findings. …”
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Using Crop Models and Climate Forecasts to Aid in Peanut Crop Insurance Decisions by Clyde W. Fraisse, James L. Novak, Axel Garcia y Garcia, James W. Jones, Charles M. Brown, Gerrit Hoogenboom

“…Are there options for a farmer to reduce these weather and climate-based risks, and can a grower take advantage of climate forecast information to decide about insurance levels? This paper explores this idea for peanuts and provides examples of how to use crop growth simulation models in combination with climate forecasts to decide about coverage levels. …”
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Differentiating self-disclosure interventions from self-involving interventions based on the assessment of the short-term therapeutic effects: preliminary results by Fabio Monticelli, Chiara Massullo, Antonino Carcione, Lucia Tombolini, Flaminia Guerra, Marianna Liotti, Cecilia Monticelli, Elena Gasperini, Marianna Russo, Samanta Novaretto, Letizia La Vista, Paola Mallozzi, Claudio Imperatori, Chiara Del Brutto, Benedetto Farina

“…The TSD interventions involve the revelation of personal information to the patient, while the TSI implicates the direct expressions of the therapist’s reaction to the patient’s statements and behaviors within the session. …”
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