Strategic Plan 2016/2017 – 2019/2020 by Kabale University

“…The formulation of this Strategic Plan was guided by the basic question: How can Kabale University reposition itself to meet emerging development needs and challenges in Uganda and beyond? In responding to the aforementioned basic question, the University evaluated strengths and lessons learned in executing the previous Strategic Plan. …”
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Consecutive prediction of adverse maternal outcomes of preeclampsia, using the PIERS-ML and fullPIERS models: A multicountry prospective observational study. by Guiyou Yang, Tünde Montgomery-Csobán, Wessel Ganzevoort, Sanne J Gordijn, Kimberley Kavanagh, Paul Murray, Laura A Magee, Henk Groen, Peter von Dadelszen

“…However, performance declined notably for other risk groups beyond 48 h. Decision curve analysis revealed a diminishing advantage for treatment guided by both models over time. …”
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Providing Web Archive News Articles as Corpus Data by Jon Carlstedt Tønnessen, Magnus Breder Birkenes

“…This article describes the creation of a “Web News Collection” where content from the National Library of Norway’s web archive has been made available for computational text analysis, in a manner that facilitates access for research and beyond – aligning with FAIR principles, while also accounting for copyright restrictions. …”
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B ¯ → D ¯ D $$ \overline{B}\to \overline{D}D $$ decays and the extraction of f d /f u at hadron colliders by Jonathan Davies, Martin Jung, Stefan Schacht

“…These results include all relevant suppressed contributions, thereby providing upper limits on subleading Standard Model (SM) effects like “penguin pollution”, enabling searches for physics beyond the SM. Importantly, allowing in the same fit for the production fractions of charged and neutral B mesons to be different, we find f d /f u = 0.86 ± 0.05, which is 2.5σ away from unity, which, if confirmed, would have important phenomenological consequences.…”
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How to Run Linear Mixed Effects Analysis for Pairwise Comparisons? A Tutorial and a Proposal for the Calculation of Standardized Effect Sizes by Marc Brysbaert, Dries Debeer

“…The second section discusses studies where both participants and stimuli are used as sources of random variation, ensuring robust generalization beyond the specific stimuli tested. In our search for standardized effect sizes, we saw that partial eta squared is even less informative for LME than for ANOVA. …”
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Aid to life – Montessori pedagogy in the service of autism spectrum children by Monika Pawluczuk-Solarz

“…The paper argues that Montessori education should extend beyond specialized institutions to benefit a broader range of children, particularly those on the autism spectrum. …”
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Designing a Digital Platform to Enhance Financial Literacy and Sustainability of Tahfiz Institutions by Muhammad Imran Mohd Irsham, Nooraslinda Abdul Aris, Mira Susanti Amirrudin

“…It is anticipated that the app could extend its impact beyond individual institutions, evolving into a widely recognized and scalable tool for financial empowerment in Islamic educational settings. …”
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Technological self-efficacy and sense of coherence: Key drivers in teachers' AI acceptance and adoption by Asmahan Masry Herzallah, Rania Makaldy

“…The findings underscore the importance of developing TSE and fostering a SOC among teachers as part of the AI implementation process in the education system.The findings offer a new understanding of AI technology adoption processes in education by incorporating psychological variables into the TAM framework and providing practical insights for decision-makers in the Israeli education system and beyond.…”
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The Religious Work of Beverly Jenkins’s Black Historical Romance by Jeania Ree V. Moore

“…From Maria Stewart to Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and beyond, Black chroniclers have written Black history with the sacred aim of rehabilitating Black historical consciousness: rewriting the past to empower the present and reimagine the future. …”
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BRITISH COLONIAL CONQUEST AND POPULATION MOVEMENT IN NORTHERN NIGERIA 1897– 1903 by Umar Zubairu, Mohammed Auwalu, Adamu Babayo Usman

“…This uncertainty led to displacement and movement of people in all direction across and beyond the borders of Northern Protectorate. People irrespective of cultural, religious, ethnic or economic backgrounds migrated from their places of “origin” to unknown destinations within and without the region. …”
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Making room for alternative African epistemologies in Ethiopian higher education by Meskerem Lechissa Debele

“…While this is necessary to a certain extent, the need to make sure that graduates have a well-balanced regional and international outlook that goes beyond too immediate priorities of market forces should be well kept in mind by higher education program developers and curriculum designers. …”
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Noticias sobre ocho mesas del Real Laboratorio de Piedras Duras en el Museo del Prado by María Teresa Cruz Yábar

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THE NEXUS BETWEEN POVERTY AND TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN ILORIN TOWNSHIP by HADIZAT AUDU SALIHU

“…The implication of early sexual activity and pregnancy on the girls and their families goes beyond physical look as many of them are psychologically traumatized, demoralized and can barely pick up the pieces of their lives, thus finding themselves continuing the line of poverty from their parents and wards to the child they deliver. …”
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Assessing the Influence of Tourism Competitiveness on the Development of Tourism Destinations: A Case Study of Queen Elizabeth Nation Park. by Turyamureeba, Frankline

“…The investigation goes beyond the surface to assess how a destination's competitive edge translates into tangible economic benefits. …”
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Document Verification System Using Image Processing: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality. by Ojara, Walter

“…Overall, the proposed document verification system using image processing provides a reliable and efficient solution to the problem of document forgery and has the potential to be adopted by other local administrative units like district councils, and city administrative institutions in Uganda and beyond.…”
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The Effect of Fermented Human Urine on the Cabbage Yields. by Nsanga, John

“…Higher concentration and extended fermentation beyond optimal point do not provide additional benefits and may lead to nutrient stress. …”
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Response of Yield and Quality Attributes to Plant Spacing In potato Growing. by Ekyatuheire, Maryusita

“…It was found that spacing has a significant effect on plant height and leaf area index but an insignificant effect on yields and quality which implied that there are other factors that affect quality and yield beyond spacing. Therefore, it was recommended that farmers practice spacing since plant height was associated with high yields but there was a need for participatory sharing of experiences by experts, traditional farmers, and extension workers to make informed decisions on the optimal spacing.…”
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Kabale University Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Policy by Kabale University

“…WHEREAS Kabale University is a Public University established under the Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act, 2001 (as amended) by Statutory Instrument No. 36 of July, 2015, with the main aim of becoming an efficient and effective University that excels in teaching, learning, research, innovation and community engagement and to become a sustainable vibrant University of academic excellence in the Great Lakes Region and beyond; AND WHEREAS the Government of Uganda enacted the Public Private Partnership Act, 2015 which establishes Public-Private Partnership (PPP) as a model and a framework of providing efficient services and excellent quality public goods, WHEREAS the Kabale University Council through this framework recognizes the increasing involvement and importance of private sector in provision of excellent quality public goods and services in a resource constrained environment as an alternative funding model for acquiring and administering infrastructural projects and other related services on behalf of the University in the medium to long-term; AND WHEREAS, this policy targets to acquire and provide excellent quality public goods and services to the University at competitive costs and utilize private sector expertise and finance, and deliverables at reduced risks that are inherent in delivery of public infrastructures and services. …”
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Exploration of non-pharmacological interventions in the management of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia by Nur Sabiha Md Hussin, Mahmathi Karuppannan, Yogheswaran Gopalan, Kit Mun Tan, Shubashini Gnanasan

“…The lack of family support led to care providers carrying additional workload beyond their job scope. Other barriers to non-pharmacological interventions were cultural and language differences between the care providers and PWD, inadequate staff numbers and training, and time constraints. …”
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Digital Storytelling: Resistive Stories and the “Measurement” of Change by Thas Angela M. Kuga

“…The existential self is severely talked down to for not going beyond that one digital story or those few friends and family members. …”
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