Reverse logistics and environmental sustainability in selected manufacturing entities in Kampala district, Uganda by Jack, Rugasira, Moses, Agaba, Jotham Mbiito, Byarugaba, Rita, Makumbi, Jill, Kyatuheire, Jane, Asiimwe

“…The study also used quantitative approaches in collecting and analysing the data both descriptively and inferentially. The study population was 675 manufacturing entities. …”
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A Program for Postgraduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation (PGDME) by Kabale University

“…This course recognizes the longevity of the practices of monitoring and evaluation which have trekked the long journey of human civilization and are claimed to be as old as man himself as well as the growing importance attached to this field both as a practice and academic study. The course recognizes that the academic study of the field of monitoring and evaluation has gained immense interest due to the mismatc h between demand and supply of M and E practitioners and Professionals. …”
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Role of In-service Teacher Training as a Tool for the Student’s Performance in Selected Public Secondary Schools in Kisoro District by Ponsiano, Mugarura, Fredrick, Ssempala, Sarah, Nachuha

“…The study applied a mixed methods research design which involved both quantitative and qualitative methods to collect and analyze data. …”
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Operation Wealth Creation and Poverty Reduction in Kabale District: A Case Study of Rubaya Sub-County by Marion, Katusiime

“…Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) faced a number of challenges, such as poor coordination among stakeholders at both national and district levels across the agricultural sector, low quantity and quality inputs, huge losses due to no or limited extension services, a lack of supervision and monitoring of OWC activities, corruption, and elite capture, among others.…”
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Reverse logistics and environmental sustainability in selected manufacturing entities in Kampala district, Uganda by Rugasira, Jack, Moses, Agaba, Jotham Mbiito, Byarugaba, Rita, Makumbi, Kyatuheire, Jill, Asiimwe, Jane

“…The study also used quantitative approaches in collecting and analysing the data both descriptively and inferentially. The study population was 675 manufacturing entities. …”
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Factors Affecting the Growth and Expansion of Business Firms in Ruhinda Sub County Rukungiri District. by Arinaitwe, Fred

“…A cross sectional survey research design was adopted. Both quantitative and qualitative data was collected and this enabled the researcher to draw valid and dependable conclusion and recommendation of the study. …”
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Study on Innovative Practices to Promote Girls’ Retention and Transition to Secondary and Higher Learning Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. by Ayiga, Natal, Adyanga, Francis Akena, Akello, Jacqueline

“…The study used a cross-sectional research design and collected both primary and secondary data. The primary data was collected by using 7 tools containing both quantitative and qualitative data. …”
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Distance Learning and the Quality of Teacher Education in Rwanda: A Case Study of Byumba Distance Learning by Anastase, Mvuyekure

“…All of these make them good sources of information about the program. Besides the tutors who were assisting the teacher trainees in the program, the lecturers from the Kigali Institute of Education who were appointed to take part in the training, and the head teachers whose teachers are following the program were also involved. …”
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Nucleic Acid Aptamers for Human Norovirus GII.4 and GII.17 Virus-Like Particles (VLPs) Exhibit Specific Binding and Inhibit VLPs from Entering Cells by Cheng C, Sun M, Li J, Xue Y, Cai X, Liu J, Wang X, Xu S, Xie Y, Zhang J

“…Binding affinity was enhanced as the concentration of both aptamer and VLPs increased. The specificity of the aptamers was verified by ELASA and dot blotting. …”
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Fourier Descriptor Pada Klasifikasi Daun Herbal Menggunakan Support Vector Machine Dan Naive Bayes by Mutmainnah Samir, Purnawansyah, Herdianti Darwis, Fitriyani Umar

“…The result of this study shows a comparison of the SVM method with FD extraction where the Linear kernel achieves the highest accuracy of 98% in dark scenarios, while the Sigmoid kernel provides the lowest accuracy of 44% in both dark and light scenarios. The result of the naïve bayes method with FD extraction on the Multinomial kernel yield the highest accuracy of 83% in light scenarios while the Bernoulli kernel provides the lowest accuracy 46% in both dark and light scenarios. …”
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Deep Learning Image Classification Rontgen Dada pada Kasus Covid-19 Menggunakan Algoritma Convolutional Neural Network by Leni Anggraini Susanti, Agus Mohamad Soleh, Bagus Sartono

“…Modifications were made by comparing the dropout regularization values of 50% and 80% for both architectures and altering the number of classification layers to 4 classes. …”
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Comparative Analysis of the Outcomes of Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy with D2 and D3 Lymphadenectomy in the Treatment of Patients with Right Colon Cancer by A. A. Nevolskikh, V. A. Avdeenko, Yu. Yu. Mikhaleva, T. P. Pochuev, P. V. Sokolov, R. F. Zibirov, I. P. Reznik, N. D. Silin, L. O. Petrov, S. A. Ivanov, A. D. Kaprin

“…Postoperative hospital stay was 6 days for patients in both groups (p = 0.369). During pathomorphological assessment of the removed specimen, the median number of examined lymph nodes was significantly higher in the group with D3 lymph node dissection: 14 (1–52) and 19 (3–59) lymph nodes, respectively (p < 0.001). …”
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Assessment of Bowel Preparation Using Low-Volume Sulphate-Based Preparations in Comparison with Macrogols: A Multicenter, Randomized, Comparative Clinical Study of the 3rd Phase by Evgeny D. Fedorov, Viktor V. Veselov, Sergey V. Kashin, Ekaterina V. Tikhomirova, Alexey V. Veselov, Dmitry V. Zavyalov, Anne Kornowski, Tatyana Gorskaya, Magali Volteau, Thierry Ponchon

“…The proportion of patients with a successful bowel preparation (BBPS ≥6 scores) was high in both groups (OSS [PP-population]: 97.2 % (95 % confidence interval [CI] 89.5–99.3), Macrogol [PP-population]: 97.7 % (95 % CI: 90.7–99.4)). …”
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Analisis Komparatif Keamanan Aplikasi Pengelola Kata Sandi Berbayar Lastpass, 1Password, dan Keeper Berdasarkan ISO/IEC 25010 by Whisnu Yudha Aditama, Ira Rosianal Hikmah, Dimas Febriyan Priambodo

“…Poor handling of passwords can lead to various risks such as theft of sensitive data, and reputational damage, which can be felt by both individuals and organizations. Password manager apps are available both free and paid to help users manage multiple passwords. …”
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Analisis Perbandingan Model Bert Dan Xlnet Untuk Klasifikasi Tweet Bully Pada Twitter by Teuku Radillah, Okta Veza, Sarjon Defit

“…The results show that both models have a good ability to identify bullying tweets, but XLNet shows superior performance compared to BERT with an accuracy rate of 95%. …”
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Gender Analysis, Milk Value Chain, Kabale Uganda. Kabale: Kabale University. by Tugume, Samuel

“…The male gender was more involved in the distribution of milk to retailers and consumers than the male gender, both the male and the female genders were involved in milk consumption. …”
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THE EFFECT OF TRADE OPENNESS ON POVERTY IN NIGERIA by Benedict Azu, Onyemaechi Ugboh

“…The result of the analysis shows that in the first model trade openness has significant positive effect on per capita income only in the long run, foreign direct investment has a positive effect on per capita income both in the long run and in the short run while exchange rate has a negative effect on per capita income in the short run. …”
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Engineered CAF-cancer cell hybrid membrane biomimetic dual-targeted integrated platform for multi-dimensional treatment of ovarian cancer by Yuwei Yao, Jiarui Zhang, Kexin Huang, Yingying Peng, Shuangshuang Cheng, Shuangge Liu, Ting Zhou, Jinhua Chen, Haojia Li, Yingchao Zhao, Hongbo Wang

“…The nanoparticle PH20/CCM@PMCS could penetrate the extracellular matrix of tumor tissues and target both cancer cells and CAFs. After tumor cell internalization, these nanoparticles significantly inhibited cancer cell proliferation, generated reactive oxygen species, induced endoplasmic reticulum stress, and triggered immunogenic cell death. …”
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Effect of Novel Biomodification Strategies on Bonding to Pulp Chamber Dentin – An In Vitro Study by Saranya Radhakrishnan, Darshana Devadiga

“…Conclusions: Dentin biomodification using both chemical and physical agents such as grape seed extract and diode LASER was shown to improve the shear bond strength of resin composite endodontic access restorations to the pulp chamber dentin.…”
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LEARNING ANALYTICS SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF STUDENTS' OUTCOMES by Ali Alowayr

“…The findings show that the use of learning analytics has many benefits for both learners and instructors. However, its adoption by higher educational institutions has been slow and limited due to a lack of resources, funding, and skills. …”
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