Embodied climate impacts in urban development: a neighbourhood case study by Simon Sjökvist, Nicolas Francart, Maria Balouktsi, Harpa Birgisdottir

“…Urban planning significantly influences material flows, with a substantial portion of construction occurring in planned urban development areas (UDAs), such as 76% in Copenhagen, Denmark. …”
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Unraveling the risk of dredging on river bars for mineral sand mining: an engineering geological approach by Md. Shohel Rana, A.T.M. Shakhawat Hossain, Md. Fuad Hasan, Md. Aminur Rahman, Pradip Kumar Biswas, Mohammad Nazim Zaman

“…The findings divulge that the soil in the study area is light gray, unconsolidated, moderately sorted, poorly graded, and classified as fine-to-medium silty sand. …”
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Omicron Positivity in Air of Hospital Settings Gathered COVID-19 Patients, Vaccinated/Unvaccinated Populations by Zeynep Ece Kuloğlu, Zeynep Bengi Eren, Bedirhan Haykar, Cansel Vatansever, Tayfun Barlas, Mert Ahmet Kuskucu, Gülen Güney-Esken, Füsun Can

“…In the cross-sectional part, we collected aerosol samples from clinical and public areas in the hospital. We performed qPCR and viral culture. …”
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The Effect of Banana Bacteria Wilt on The Socio-Economic Welfare of Farmers in Ruhinda Sub-County Rukungiri District . by Tayebwa, Rameka

“…The study recommended that there should be quarantine enforcement by the government agencies to prevent spread of banana bacteria wilt to non-infected areas, there should be policies on the use of clean planting materials and regular inspection/screening for the approved banana nurseries to dispense banana bacteria wilt disease free materials and there should be production of free banana bacteria wilt such as banana tissue culture, train and encourage more banana nurseries producers/tissue culture hardening nurseries to avail clean banana planting materials.…”
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On Job Training and Employee Productivity in Banking Institutions in Uganda: A Case Study of Centenary Bank Kabale Branch. by Nakero, Sarah

“…Centenary bank should take its time to talk to the employees, and explain how their role affects the banks operations, so that they see the big picture. Areas suggested for further research included; the role of motivation and employee performance in the selected financial Institutions in Uganda and the relationship between the recruitment and deployment of female employee and access to quality financial services.…”
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The Effect of Land Degradation on Potato Production in Rubanda District: A Case Study of Muko Sub-County. by Niwaha, Richard

“…Government and other stakeholders need to also invest in extension service in sensitizing potato farmers in the study areas as this has the potential to increase farmer’s productivity and income.…”
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Financial Inclusion and Refugees’ Self-Reliance: An Assessment for Women’s Economic Empowerment at Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Southwestern Uganda. by Mugisha, Abbas, Kaaya, Siraje

“…The study recommends that creating credit facilities to enterprising women refugees will encourage trade within and outside the settlement and this could reduce vulnerability while improving the economy of the refugees and host community. …”
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Supply Chain Practices and Performance of Institutions: A Case Study of Hotloaf Bakery in Kabale Municipality. by Asiimwe, Elias

“…The study results on the roles of efficient planning on timely production in hotloaf bakery was; efficient planning helps in setting the priorities, efficient planning allows managers to evaluate, control, budget and improve different aspects of an organization, efficient planning helps in defining the organizational levels and standards, planning of bakery provides essential feedback to employees and the organization on areas they need to improve and efficient planning helps organization to establish an evaluative frameworks that captures overall organizational goals. …”
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The Role of Humanitarian Organizations in Promotion of The Rights of Refugees in The Host Communities: A Case Study of Nyakabande Reception Centre. by Nyirabavakure, Catherine

“…The highest number of respondents reported that the Nyakabande reception center is congested because of many refugees from different countries like Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo are living in that area. This accounted for 12(23%) of the total respondents who participated in the study. …”
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The Steel Industry and The Development Of Local Community: Case Study of Tembo Steel Industry in Kasolo Division Iganga District. by Kibirige, Eriasafu

“…The study recommends that; the government should intervene by providing free grounds for people to live in if good health is to be attained the people near Tembo Steel Industry, there should be construction of a hospital in the area to cater to those from Tembo Steel Industry to maintain good health of the people and on areas for further research, further research should be on the same topic but on another industry, Quality of steel products on construction and the effect of steel industry on the environment.…”
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Evaluation of Learning Management Systems for Success Factors. by Muhaise, Hussein, Adeyemi, A. L., Muteb,I.J.

“…All factors identified has a positive impact in explaining the variation in intention to use and use of the system with r coefficients of 0.343, 0.406 and 0.406 respectively. …”
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Effectiveness of Health Management Information System in Selected Sub-Counties of Ryakarimira Town Council and Rubaya Sub-County. by Ayebare, Esther Loy

“…These challenges included delays in data entry, limited resources for training, occasionally technical issues, infrastructure, and technological constraints, especially in remote areas, and concerns about data security and patient information privacy. …”
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Loan Monitoring Costs and Loan Payment in SACCOs: A Case Study of Hakashenyi SACCO in Kicumbi Kamuganguzi Sub-County Kabale District. by Mutamureka, Andrew

“…Regarding the challenges faced by loan officers in monitoring loans in SACCOs, respondents identified several issues: poor transport infrastructure to rural areas, clients providing incorrect information, multiple borrowing by clients from different institutions, social factors weakly influencing loan default, lack of a liquidity monitoring system, inadequate managerial competencies, political interference, and significant microfinance losses caused by outright loan default.…”
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Investigating the Efficiency of Coffee Husks in Bio-Retention Model for Storm Water Treatment. by Musasizi, Joseph

“…A bio-retention is the storm water Best Management Practices (BMP) designed to capture and treat the runoff using the natural properties of soil and plants to remove contaminants. …”
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Internal Control Systems and Quality Service Delivery: A Case Study of Kabale Municipal Council. by Ahimbisibwe, Laban Isaac

“…Recommendations encouraged that procurement personnel and accounting officers be given training on the need and value of having functional internal control systems as well as enabling other organizational members to adopt the currently available internal controls for effective and efficient service delivery while areas for further improvement suggested that research be carried out to in other public entities to determine how internal control affects service delivery.…”
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The Role of Faith Bases Organizations in Enhancement of the Social Welfare Among the Rural Poor Households in Nyamweru sub-county, Kabale district; A case Study of Caritas Kabale d... by Hategekimana, Donisian

“…FBOs have for a long time committedly made positive contributions towards provision of education, support in agriculture, skills, health to enhance social welfare but some people in rural areas still have low income, have poor health standards, have no food security, and have limited skills and lack employment due to low levels of education hence poor social welfare. …”
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Micro-credit institution’s services and sustainability of micro, small and medium-scale enterprises during Covid-19 pandemic in Kigezi region south western Uganda by Moses, Agaba, Siraj, Kaaya, Lukman, Nafiu

“…The research population was divided into clusters (areas or districts) and the required sample was selected using simple random sampling. …”
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Territorios rurales en transformación: desafíos y oportunidades frente al reto de la despoblación by Néstor Vercher

“…Aunque los déficits siguen siendo notorios en muchas áreas rurales, se han producido mejoras significativas en movilidad y conectividad (como evidencia la carretera parcialmente visible en la imagen). …”
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Territorios rurales en transformación: desafíos y oportunidades frente al reto de la despoblación by Néstor Vercher

“…Aunque los déficits siguen siendo notorios en muchas áreas rurales, se han producido mejoras significativas en movilidad y conectividad (como evidencia la carretera parcialmente visible en la imagen). …”
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