Effects of Seasonal Variations in Physical Parameters on Quality of Gravity Flow Water in Kyanamira Sub-County, Kabale District, Uganda by Hannington, Ngabirano, Denis, Byamugisha, Emmanuel, Ntambi

“…TDS, pH and temperature were the most contributing parameters to water quality variations in both seasons. The mean pH values varied between 3.78 - 4.84 from March to August, 2014 at all study sites. …”
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Village Savings and Loan Associations and Socio-Economic Empowerment of Vulnerable People in Kamuganguzi Sub-County Kabale, District, Uganda by Mwijukye, Deus, Moses, Agaba

“…The tools for data collection were both the interviews and questionnaires. The study objectives included; determining the effect of savings on the socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable people, examining the relationship between credit access and socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable people, and examining the effect of social fund on socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable people in Kamuganguzi Sub County Kabale District. …”
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Communication and Delivery of Project Activities: A Case Study of Selected Organisations in Kabale Municipality by Aine, Onan

“…The study used a sample size 0f 90 respondents and both interviews and questionnaires were used to collect data from respondents. …”
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Motivation And Employees’ Performance in Local Governments: A Case Study of Kabale Municipal Council, Kabale District by Robert, Ampeire

“…Local Government is recommended to support employee motivation in both intrinsic and extrinsic ways so that the institutions are able to meet their targeted goals in time. …”
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A Mobile Based Technology to Improve Male Involvement in Antenatal Care. by Gloria, Muhoza B., Mukasa, Ssemaluulu Paul, Mabirizi, Vicent

“…Mobile health could be a potential approach to improving male involvement in antenatal care through sending timely SMS reminders to both the expectant mother and her male partner remaining them of their next antenatal visit. …”
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Julius Kruopis – the pioneer of applied statistics in Lithuania by Vilijandas Bagdonavičius, Vydas Čekanavičius, Rūta Levulienė, Pranas Vaitkus

“…Julius was a person of quick, constructive thinking, always restrained, tactful and modest. Both students and colleagues liked him very much. …”
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Treatment Patterns of Long-Acting Somatostatin Analogs for Neuroendocrine Tumors by Callisia N. Clarke, Paul Cockrum, Thomas J.R. Beveridge, Michelle Jerry, Donna McMorrow, Anh Thu Tran, Alexandria T. Phan

“…Fewer lanreotide patients received rescue treatment with short-acting octreotide (7.9% vs 14.4%; _p_=.011), and a first (6.2% vs 27.3%) and second dose escalation (0.8% vs 5.2%; both _p_<.05). Among patients with doses reported, fewer lanreotide patients received above-label doses (2.5% \[5/202\] vs 14.4% \[60/416\]; _p_<.001). …”
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Implementing a Care Model for Bedridden Stroke Survivors: A Qualitative Study in Northeastern Thailand by Panpanit L, Jongudomkarn D, Doungmungkorn A, Boontoch K, Neelasmith S, Manorat M, Maneerat T

“…Its adoption by local administrative organizations could provide ongoing support, offering a scalable solution for improving the care of bedridden individuals both in Thailand and globally.Keywords: the KKU Bedridden Care Model, community caregivers, family caregivers, stroke survivors, long-term care, Northeastern Thailand…”
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A study to correlate the association of Gender, Age, Physiology (GAP) index and radiological patterns in interstitial lung disease by Aditya Shashi Bhushan, B L Shashibhushan, K Ashwin

“…This approach is advantageous in both resource-limited settings, where HRCT availability is limited, and in advanced medical centers, as it can help minimize the need for frequent CT scans.…”
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Failure of Value Co-creation; Co-destruction of Brand Value in Social Media by Ghazale Taheri, Azim Zarei, Davood Feiz, Mehdi Dehghani soltani

“…Conclusion The findings indicate that the co-destruction of brand value arises from the reciprocal and concurrent negative participation of both customers and companies. In such a way that if during the process of value formation, one of the parties refuses to share resources or abuses them, it increases the possibility of hatred, rejection, and ultimately the destruction of the brand. …”
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Efficacy of a Blended Low-Intensity Internet-Delivered Psychological Program in Patients With Multimorbidity in Primary Care: Randomized Controlled Trial by Alicia Monreal-Bartolomé, Adoración Castro, M Ángeles Pérez-Ara, Margalida Gili, Fermín Mayoral, María Magdalena Hurtado, Esperanza Varela Moreno, Cristina Botella, Azucena García-Palacios, Rosa M Baños, Yolanda López-Del-Hoyo, Javier García-Campayo, Jesus Montero-Marin

“…Path analyses revealed that the intervention had a significant impact on the primary outcome, mediated by both positive and negative affect (positive affect: indirect effect=–0.15, bootstrapped 95% CI –0.28 to –0.03; negative affect: indirect effect=–0.14, bootstrapped 95% CI –0.28 to –0.02). …”
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Algoritma Simulated Annealing untuk Menentukan Rute Kendaraan Heterogen (Studi Kasus) by Andriansyah Andriansyah, Rizky Novatama, Prima Denny Sentia

“…Furthermore, simulated anneling algorithm produces better quality of solutions than insertion heuristic algorithm both from this study and previous study. The solution improves 20,18% with computation time 19,27 seconds.     …”
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Investigating the Role of the basic Components of Smart Governance in Realizing a Smart City with the ISM Method (Case Study: Tehran) by ALi Asghar Pourezzat, Tayebeh Abbasi, Shahryar Maghsoodi Kenari, Mohammad Mehdi Namdar Joybari

“…The research environment was natural, with participants including both academic experts in the field of smart cities and executive professionals working in relevant organizations, such as smart city departments within municipalities and other related institutions. …”
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Coup (d'etat) in the Baltic States (1926, 1934): Similarities and Differences by Zenonas Butkus

“…Neither in Estonian nor in Lithuanian historiography can the above trends be observed; critical analysis of the coup is prevailing in both. …”
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Designing a Stock Recommender System Using the Collaborative Filtering Algorithm for the Tehran Stock Exchange by Marziyeh Nourahmadi, Ali Rahimi, Hojjatollah Sadeqi

“…ResultsThe algorithm was tested as an investment strategy in both in-sample and out-of-sample periods. The results obtained from the algorithm for the out-of-sample periods show that this strategy can achieve a 25-fold return. …”
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Analyzing the Effect of Dividends on Default Probability According to Signaling and Agency Theories by Alireza Najjarpour, Saeed Fathi, Ali Foroush Bastani

“…This article aims to examine the relationship between dividends and the probability of default, exploring its alignment with both dividends signaling theory and agency theory.   …”
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Economic Evaluation of Robotic-assisted Radical Prostatectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Tanan Bejrananda, Win Khaing, Sajesh K. Veettil, Therdpong Thongseiratch, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk

“…RARP showed no statistically significant cost effectiveness over ORP in both HICs ($3322.38 [–$1864.39 to $8509.15], I2 = 90.89%) and MICs ($2222.60 [–$2960.64 to $7405.83], I2 = 58.92%). …”
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Utility of Visceral Adiposity Index and Lipid Accumulation Products to Define Metabolically-Unhealthy Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Asian Indian Women - A Cross Sectional Study by R. A. Shreenidhi, Reeta Mahey, Monika Rajput, Rohitha Cheluvaraju, Ashish D. Upadhyay, Jai Bhagwan Sharma, Garima Kachhawa, Neerja Bhatla

“…Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) women are at risk of developing diabetes, cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome (MetS) due to insulin resistance (IR) and hyperandrogenism (HA). Both visceral adiposity index (VAI) and lipid accumulation product (LAP) are simple outpatient department-based metric tools that have been introduced to screen PCOS women who are metabolically unhealthy and are at risk of development of MetS. …”
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Nitidine chloride inhibits the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma by suppressing IGF2BP3 and modulates metabolic pathways in an m6A-dependent manner by Dan-dan Xiong, Zhen-dong Chen, Jian-di Li, Yu-long Deng, Rong-quan He, Zhi-guang Huang, San-qi An, Yi-wu Dang, Gang Chen

“…Such insights provide a new direction in the study of NC’s anti-HCC mechanisms and offer novel perspectives for the treatment of HCC patients, focusing on both metabolic levels and m6A modification levels.…”
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Impact of donor CYP3A5 genotype on pharmacokinetics of tacrolimus in South African paediatric liver transplant patients by C Wheeler, C Masimirembwa, B Mthembu, J Botha, J Scholefield, J Fabian

“…To compare the pharmacokinetics of tacrolimus in paediatric liver transplant recipients with their donors’ CYP3A5 genotypes, considering both donor and recipient characteristics. Methods. …”
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