Production of Sweet-Potato Based Indigenous Micro-Organisms (IMO) for Sustainable Agriculture. by Kobusinguzi, Anociata

“…This project investigated the role of sweet potatoes as a food security crop in Kabale Municipality and explored their potential use in trapping and culturing indigenous microorganisms. …”
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Financial Management and Profitability of Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies in Kabale District: A Case Study of Rukiga SACCO. by Ngabiirano, Shaphat

“…The study recommended that there should be involvement of key stakeholders in the budgeting process to ensure that all perspectives are considered, leading to more accurate and realistic budgets to improve profitability in SACCOs, there should be the development of detailed budgets that cover all aspects of the SACCO’s operations, including income, expenses, investments, and contingencies to improve profitability and there should be exploration and implementation of new revenue streams such as introducing new financial products, expanding membership and providing additional services for profitability.…”
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Tea Growing and Socio-Economic Wellbeing of the Community of Kyamuhunga-Bushenyi. by Nuwasiima, Olivia

“…Additionally, the study explored the social dynamics of tea cultivation, including its impact on community cohesion, gender roles, and cultural practices. …”
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Application of the Natural Decomposition Method to Strongly Coupled Partial Differential Equations: The Gray-Scott Model. by Nsingwire, Godwin

“…While this study employed a fixed parameter approach, it also recommends exploring the infinite series solution to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the system's dynamics. …”
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Corporate Governance and Performance of Dairy Co-Operative Societies in Uganda: A Case Study of Kiruhura District. by Ahabwe, Oliver

“…Future research could explore additional governance factors and their long-term effects on cooperative performance.…”
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Accounting as a performance measurement tool: A case study of Restaurants in Musanze Town/Rwanda. by Elisee, Kaberuka

“…The second study objective was about exploring if accounting tools have been effective in measuring the performance of restaurants in Musanze town. …”
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Innovation and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kabale Municipality, Uganda. by Ben, Atuheire

“…The objectives of the study were; to examine the relationship between innovation and SME performance, to explore strategies being used by SMEs to be more innovative and to analyze the constraints facing innovation strategies for effective performance in Kabale Municipality. …”
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Non-Governmental Organisations and poverty Alleviation in Uganda: A case Study of Kisoro District. by Moses, Ntirandekura

“…The objectives were; to explore the activities performed by Non-governmental Organisations on poverty alleviation in Kisoro District; to investigate the challenges faced by Non-governmental Organisations in poverty alleviation and to analyse the strategies to improve NGOs activities in poverty alleviation in Kisoro District. …”
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Dispensing antiretrovirals during Covid-19 lockdown: re-discovering community-based ART delivery models in Uganda by Henry, Zakumumpa, Christopher, Tumwine, Kiconco, Milliam, Spicer, Neil

“…Background: The notion of health-system resilience has received little empirical attention in the current literature on the Covid-19 response. We set out to explore health-system resilience at the sub-national level in Uganda with regard to strategies for dispensing antiretrovirals during Covid-19 lockdown. …”
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The Influence of Female Teachers’ Reproductive Health Experiences on their Job Performance in Selected Secondary Schools in Kabale Municipality by Hellen, Tuhiriirwe

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Employee Retention and Organizational Performance in Uganda: A Case of Kabale District Local Government by Julius, Ngabirano

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Procurement Process and The Performance of Government Funded Projects: A Case Study of Rulindo District Local Government, Rwanda by Perpetue, Kamuyumbu

“…Its specific objectives were to analyse factors that affect the public procurement process of government projects in Rulindo district local government, explain gaps in the procurement process and their effect on the success of government-funded projects in Rulindo district local government, discuss the support provided by the Rwanda Public Procurement Authority (RPPA) to Rulindo district local government, explore the time it takes Rulindo district local government to complete government-funded projects, and identify possible causes of delays in the public procurement process of government-funded projects in Rulindo district local government. …”
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The Heating Efficiency of Hot Jupiters from a Data-driven Perspective by Sheng Jin, Dong-Hong Wu, Yi-Xuan Cao, Zi-Yi Guo

“…The inflated radii of hot Jupiters have been explored by various theoretical mechanisms. By connecting planetary thermal evolution models with the observed properties of hot Jupiters using hierarchical Bayesian models, a theoretical parameter called the heating efficiency has been introduced to describe the heating of the interiors of these planets. …”
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34th Malaysian Association of Clinical Biochemists Annual Conference in collaboration with 2nd Malaysian Biomedical Science Association Symposium 2024 by Wan Amir Nizam Wan Ahmad, Seri Narti Edayu Sarchio, Nur Najmi Mohamad Anuar, Nor Fadilah Rajab, Suvik Assaw, Rhun Yian Koh, Chooi Ling Lim, Nur Aishah Sharudin, Norlida Harun, Nurulamin Abu Bakar, Mohd Arifin Kaderi

“…Under the theme 'Towards Holistic Integration and Sustainability in Medical Laboratories, the event brought together experts from various disciplines to explore advancements and sustainability in laboratory medicine and biomedical science. …”
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The occurrence and safety evaluation of phthalic acid esters in Oasis agricultural soils of Xinjiang, China by Hejiang Liu, Xiuting Liu, Kai Wang, Xingwang Ma, Haihe Gao, Xuejun Liu, Changrong Yan

“…However, the distribution, accumulation, and potential risks associated with PAEs in agricultural soils have not been fully explored. This study quantified the types, concentrations, and distribution patterns of common PAEs in 29 agricultural soil samples collected from the Xinjiang Oasis, China. …”
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Structural Model for Preparing Safe and Hygienic Complementary Food in Indonesia by Lucy Widasari, Anto J. Hadi, Haslinah Ahmad, Wirawan Setyalaksana, Lusy Damayanti, Elly Sutrisni

“…The study aimed to evaluate how mothers provide complementary feeding (CF) to infants and young children aged 6–23 months. It explored factors influencing the adoption of safe and hygienic CF practices recommended by the WHO and Infant and Child Feeding Guidelines. …”
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LC-Protonets: Multi-Label Few-Shot Learning for World Music Audio Tagging by Charilaos Papaioannou, Emmanouil Benetos, Alexandros Potamianos

“…In addition to training a few-shot learning model from scratch, we explore the use of a pre-trained model, obtained via supervised learning, to embed items in the feature space. …”
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Cancer-associated fibroblasts promote pro-tumor functions of neutrophils in pancreatic cancer via IL-8: potential suppression by pirfenidone by Tomohiko Yagi, Shunsuke Kagawa, Shohei Nogi, Atsuki Taniguchi, Masashi Yoshimoto, Kanto Suemori, Yasuo Nagai, Shuto Fujita, Shinji Kuroda, Satoru Kikuchi, Yoshihiko Kakiuchi, Fuminori Teraishi, Kosei Takagi, Toshiaki Ohara, Hiroshi Tazawa, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara

“…The factors secreted by the activated neutrophils were also explored. Finally, pirfenidone (PFD) was tested to determine whether it could suppress the pro-tumor functions of activated neutrophils. …”
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Comparison of characteristics and immune responses between paired human nasal and bronchial epithelial organoids by Lu Zhu, Wenhao Yang, Jiaxin Luo, Danli Lu, Yanan Hu, Rui Zhang, Yan Li, Li Qiu, Zelian Chen, Lina Chen, Hanmin Liu

“…The different regions of respiratory epithelial cells exhibit distinct immune responses, underscoring their complementary roles in exploring airway immune mechanisms and disease pathophysiology.…”
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A truncated pre-F protein mRNA vaccine elicits an enhanced immune response and protection against respiratory syncytial virus by Min Lin, Yifan Yin, Xiaomeng Zhao, Chen Wang, Xueqing Zhu, Letao Zhan, Li Chen, Siling Wang, Xue Lin, Jun Zhang, Ningshao Xia, Zizheng Zheng

“…These vaccines employ the pre-fusion F (pre-F) protein as the immunogen. In this study, we explored an mRNA vaccine based on a modified pre-F protein called LC2DM-lipid nanoparticle (LC2DM-LNP). …”
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