Financial Accessibility and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kabale Municipality-Uganda by Ambrose, Turyomunsi

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Financial Accountability and Service Delivery in Local Governments in Uganda: A Case of Kisoro Municipal Council. by Benon, Rutungana

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Institutional Rewards and Employee Performance in Local Governments: A Case Study of Kisoro District Local Government , Uganda by Thembo, Stephenson

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Internal Control Systems and Performance of Microfinance Institutions in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality by Nandaula, Mwebe Lilian

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Chayote—A Potential Vegetable Crop for Florida by Yuheng Qiu, Guodong Liu

“…Florida’s suitable climate combined with chayote’s excellent taste and nutrition indicate that it could be an economically viable crop for commercial production. …”
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Refined Source Apportionment of Atmospheric PM2.5 in a Typical City in Northwest China by Yiting Wang, Yong Zhang, Xia Li, Junji Cao

“…Organic carbon (18.2%), nitrate (17.0%), and sulfate (13.1%) were the main chemical components of PM2.5. A refined statistical assessment of sources was conducted using the CAS-HERM receptor model, and it showed that primary sources accounted for ~58.5% of the PM2.5 annual mass, of which dust accounted for 23.3% (road, construction, and soil dust accounted for 11.4%, 8.0% and 3.9%, respectively) while motor vehicles contributed 10.1% (diesels 8.7% and gasoline vehicles 1.4%). …”
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Aerosol Filtration Testing of Fabrics for Development of Reusable Face Masks by Adrian Stan, Sandro Steiner, Shoaib Majeed, Sandra Schorderet Weber, Samik Gosh, Tanja Živković Semren, Philippe Alexandre Guy, Stefan Lebrun, Jérôme Steinhauser, Yanik Tardy, Andreas Hogg, Sophie Chiquet, Jean-Luc Perret, Arkadiusz Kuczaj, Manuel Peitsch, Julia Hoeng

“…In addition, we demonstrate how a hydrophobic coating can provide a statistically significant increase in the fabrics’ filtration efficiency. …”
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Pegilated interferon α2а in treatment of chronic hepatitis C by P. O. Bogomolov, S. V. Koblov, A. O. Buyeverov, M. V. Matsiyevich, O. S. Kuzmina, N. A. Barsukova, N. V. Dubinina

“…Sustained virologic response (SVR) after the termination of antiviral therapy was achieved in 70,1% of patients. Statistically significant differences by gender, body mass index, virus genotype were revealed between groups which have achieved and not achieved SVRs. …”
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Estimation of malondialdehyde and catalase activity in pregnant women at IIMS&R Hospital, Lucknow, India by Niharika Singh, Saba Khan, Mohammad Mustufa Khan, Haseeb Ahsan, Roshan Alam

“…A p-value 0.05 was statistically significant. Results: Compared to non-pregnant women, the mean plasma level of MDA was considerably elevated in pregnant women (p<0.0001). …”
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Sex ratio at birth in Kogi state, North-Central Nigeria by Adekunle Bakare, Deborah Peter, Motunrayo Mojoyin Coker, Silas Fagbenro, Okunola A. Alabi

“…Data on childbirth from 1991 to 2020 collected from the Federal Medical Centre Lokoja, General Hospital Mopa-Muro, Zonal Hospital Kabba, Specialist Hospital Obangede, Zonal Hospital Okene, and Prince Audu Abubakar University Teaching Hospital Anyigba were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The annual SRB was 98.1:100, 104.6:100, 101.5:100, 108.3:100, 102.2:100, and 104.9:100 for the six hospitals, respectively. …”
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Explication of the mixture of <i>Piper betle</i> and <i>Eugenia polyantha</i> on oral bacteria by Neneng Nurjanah, Megananda Hiranya Putri, Yenni Hendriani Praptiwi, Dewi Sodja Laela, Susi Sukmasari

“…However, the differences in inhibition between the combinations themselves were not statistically significant, with p>0.05. Streptococcus sp, Klebsiella sp, Enterobacteriaceae sp (Coliform sp), Pseudomonas, and Staphylococcus aureus are the contaminant bacteria on used toothbrushes. …”
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The Effect of Cord Blood Bile Acid Levels on the Meconium Passage in Utero in Normal Pregnancies by Saynur Sarıcı Yılmaz, Deniz Hızlı, Yaprak Engin Üstün, Engin Yılmaz, Elif Gül Yapar Eyi, Leyla Mollamahmutoğlu

“…The mode of delivery was significantly different between the two groups. We didn’t find a statistically significant difference in cord blood bile acid levels between the two groups. …”
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Spatiotemporal evolutionary patterns of the hydrochemistry of Jurassic conglomerate aquifers under the influence of curtain walls by Luwang CHEN, Minghui WU, Xiaowei HOU, Yongsheng HU, Miao ZHANG, Xinyue CAI, Xiaoxi YIN, Xiaoping SHI

“…MethodsThis study investigated the Jurassic conglomerate aquifers in the Zhuxianzhuang Coal Mine, Huaibei coal field. Based on the statistics of conventional hydrochemical composition, Piper diagrams, ion combination proportions, and principal component analysis (PCA), this study explored the impacts of curtain walls on the hydrochemistry of the aquifers and determined the spatiotemporal hydrochemical evolutionary patterns under the influence of the curtain walls. …”
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Impact of tube shapes on the energy storage and thermal-hydraulic performances of finned latent heat energy storage systems by Zihao Cheng, Juan Du, Shuao Jia, Chengxiang Xiao, Feng Jiao, Yuxiang Hong

“…The effects of fins' maximum vertical height (Lmax) and tube shapes on the LHTES performance are investigated statistically. The results demonstrate that compared to the traditional circular tube LHTES system, employing the polygonal LHTES system can increase average integral heat flux by up to 14.53 %, enhance power by up to 21.21 %, and reduce average integral thermal entropy generation by up to 23.97 %, which effectively reduces the energy consumption of the system. …”
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Improving tropical cyclone rapid intensification forecasts with satellite measurements of sea surface salinity and calibrated machine learning by Ryan Eusebi, Hui Su, Longtao Wu, Pingping Rong, Karthik Balaguru, Ruby Leung, Yong-Sang Choi, Pak Wai Chan, Jianping Gan, Mark DeMaria, Galina Chirokova

“…To investigate the impact and efficacy of using salinity information in state-of-the-art forecasting, we use a statistical model consisting of a variety of machine learning (ML) methods. …”
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A comparative analysis of height trend and nutrition among 1983 to 2005 birth cohort of Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria by Ade Stephen Alabi, Peace Eyitayo Olagunju, Adeola Alabi, Joshua Abidemi Owa, Yetunde Elizabeth Owa, Abosede Mary Ayoola, Dare Ezekiel Babatunde, Oluwatoyin Ezekiel Olasehinde, Titilayo Temitope Adeoye

“…Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 27.0 and results were computed using Pearson’s Chi-square analysis and ANOVA. …”
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The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Abnormal Uterine Bleeding According to the PALM-COEIN Classification by Onur Bektas, Kivilcim Bektas, Sirin Aydin, Gulsen Dogan Durdag, Husnu Celik

“…RESULTS: During the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase in abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) was observed. This was statistically shown to be due to ovulatory dysfunction and endometrial problems (with p-values of 0.033 and 0.024, respectively). …”
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Serum Ischemia Modified Albumin Levels in Infertile Couples Underwent in Vitro Fertilization by Fatma Beyazıt, Osman Balcı, Magdi Adam, Hasan İnal, Yeşim Bardakcı, Nafiye Yılmaz

“…RESULTS: Serum IMA levels were 0.27 (0.07-0.58), 0.35(0.08-0.88), and 0.37(0.06-1.07) ABSU for patients with IVF cycle failure, successful IVF cycle and controls respectively. No statistically significant difference was observed between study participants. …”
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Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer&#x2019;s Disease Using Adaptive Neuro K-Means Clustering Technique by Karan Kumar, Shweta Agrawal, Isha Suwalka, Celestine Iwendi, Cresantus N. Biamba

“…Compared to existing techniques such as Fuzzy C-means (FCM) and hybrid Self-Organizing Mapping-K-means (SOM-FKM), the proposed method demonstrates statistically significant improvements in tissue segmentation and classification. …”
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VULNERABLITY OF RURAL LIVELIHOODS IN NINH THUAN PROVINCE TO DROUGHT by Tan Luc Chau, Ha Anh Hoang, Thai Hiep Vo, Thanh Ha Dang

“…In addition to descriptive statistics, a Tobit regression model was used to identify the factors influencing livelihood outcomes during mild and severe droughts. …”
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