Assessing the Factors Affecting the Adoption of Organic Farming Practices in Banana Cropping System in Kamwenge District. by Tukasingura, Francis

“…Higher education levels correlated positively with the adoption of IPM, while access to credit, extension services, social group memberships, and weather/climate information significantly enhanced the adoption of various organic farming practices. …”
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Effect of Post Handling Practices on the Quality of Coffee Produced in Kihihi Sub-County Kanungu District. by Byabazeire, Tobias

“…Employing a mixed-methods design, data were collected from 90 respondents, including coffee farmers and key informants, through structured questionnaires and in-depth interviews. …”
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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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Corporate Governance and Performance of Dairy Co-Operative Societies in Uganda: A Case Study of Kiruhura District. by Ahabwe, Oliver

“…The sample was drawn from three active dairy cooperatives, with additional insights gathered from key informants, including board members and supervisory committees. …”
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Evaluation of risk factors associated with fragility fractures and recommendations to optimise bone health in children with long-term neurological condition by Xue Yi Jessica Leow, Jonathan Tian Ci Tan, Tong Hong Yeo, Kenneth Pak Leung Wong, Arjandas Mahadev, Bixia Ang, Rashida Farhad Vasanwala, Zhi Min Ng

“…Methods: In this study, the search for fragility fractures was done by a retrospective review of patients with LTNC on follow-up in the paediatric neurology clinic and patients who presented with fracture to the paediatric orthopaedic clinic. Information on patients’ demographics, medical history, intervention, biochemical bone markers and fracture history was collected. …”
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STUDI FENEMONOLEGI: STRATEGI KOPING ORANG TUA DALAM MERAWAT ANAK AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD) by Ridhoyanti Hidayah, Ahmad Yusuf, Rizky Fitryasari

“…Eight themes were extracted according to the spesific purposes: (1) caring demand; (2) social stigma; (3) level of ASD severity; (4) life stressor of parent as a caregiver; (5) constructive coping strategies: seeking for information, formal support, spiritual approach, relaxation, and positif thinking (6) destructive coping strategies: physical and verbale action; (7) positive life meaning: change of the way of thinking and behavior, and (8) negative life meaning: stress feeling of having ASD children. …”
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Scan-to-BIM-to-Sim: Automated reconstruction of digital and simulation models from point clouds with applications on bridges by Yunping Fang, Stergios-Aristoteles Mitoulis, Daniel Boddice, Jialiang Yu, Jelena Ninic

“…Major limitations also exist in achieving real-time data exchange and mapping between Building Information Modelling (BIM) models and simulation (Sim) models. …”
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Acceptance and use of demand-responsive transport by older people in old new town: Evidence from Senboku new Town by Haruka Kato, Kento Yoh

“…Regarding the importance of social influence, older people acquire face-to-face information via consultation meetings about DRT usage and referrals from family and friends. …”
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Creating National Weights for a Patient-level Longitudinal Database by Onur Baser, Li Wang, Jon Maguire

“…**Results:** The following variables were used in the logistic regression: Age group, gender, race, location, income level and health status (Charlson Comorbidity Index scores and chronic condition diagnosis). …”
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CORPORATE ATTRIBUTES AND FIRMS’ DISCLOSURE OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: AN INSIGHT INTO NIGERIAN LISTED COMPANIES by Sunday Azeita Okoughenu, Michael Adeyemi OLAYIWOLA, Olutunji OPADIJO

“… The financial reports that incorporate economic, social, environmental and governance information raised a global concern in the recent times due to its shortcomings weaknesses on the conventional financial reports. …”
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ADAPTING TO A CHANGING WORLD: STRATEGIES FOR MITIGATING THE GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE by FRANK FUNKEYE SAPELE, AKUMKA JOSEPH YABAYANZE, KANYINSOLA AZEEZ

“…The paper recommends that government should provide alternative means   like renewable energy, reduction of industrial carbons in tackling the menace of climate change globally, there should be reduction of emission of greenhouse gases by stopping deforestation, the use of high yield and disease tolerant crops, and also crops adaptable to high level of weather conditions, there should be easy accessible information on climate change effects to the public. …”
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Research on bias stress characteristics and influencing factors of concrete stacked columns with thin-walled steel tubes restrained by spiral ribs by Zhen-Shan Wang, Qian-Li Huang, Jia-Yi Han, Jun Wei, Jun-Long Lu

“…This study introduces an innovative spiral stiffener to mitigate the local buckling issue of thin-walled steel tubular concrete. …”
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La brecha de genero en el acceso a la tierra: Una mirada desde la política agropecuaria dirigida a las mujeres rurales en Costa Rica by Marylaura Acuña Alvarado

“…Posteriormente, en el marco del enfoque de desarrollo sostenible promovido desde los noventas, las mujeres han tomado un rol protagónico frente a la política pública. …”
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Cartografiando el movimiento de justicia ambiental a escala regional: el mapa digital colaborativo de los conflictos del agua en Andalucía by Leandro del Moral Ituarte, Cesare Laconi, Belén Pedregal

“… Apoyándose en experiencias anteriores desarrolladas a diferentes escalas, este artículo propone la investigación colaborativa entre académicos y sociedad en general como el enfoque necesario para entender en profundidad los conflictos ambientales en una perspectiva regional. …”
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Is it possible to do theology without philosophical presuppositions? by D. F. M. Strauss

“…The (theo-ontological) circle is completed when these “properties” (for example the infinity of God) are then, in a derivative sense, brought back to the domain of creation from where it was “kidnapped” in the first place. …”
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La lucha contra la pobreza en Marruecos: logros realizados. De la planificacióna la Iniciativa Nacional para el Desarrollo Humano by Mohamed Laghdas, Eugenio Cejudo García, Francisco Antonio Navarro Valverde

“…Los escasos resultados obtenidos obligaron a afrontar tales problemas a través de un nuevo enfoque de desarrollo. Así, a partir de 2005, se puso en marcha la Iniciativa Nacional para el Desarrollo Humano. …”
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Specificity and tunability of efflux pumps: A new role for the proton gradient? by Matthew Gerry, Duncan Kirby, Boian S Alexandrov, Dvira Segal, Anton Zilman

“…We have investigated the origins of this broad specificity using theoretical models informed by the experimentally determined structural and kinetic properties of efflux pumps. …”
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Misuse of prescription medicines is as prevalent as the use of recreational drugs and novel psychoactive substances in Singapore: an unrecognised public health issue? by Wui Ling Chan, Paul Ivor Dargan, Colleen Michelle Haynes, Jody Lynn Green, Joshua Curtis Black, Richard Charles Dart, David Michael Wood

“…The survey collected information on participant demographics, and their awareness, self-reported lifetime and past-year misuse of commonly available prescription medicines in Singapore as well as the use of a range of recreational drugs and novel psychoactive substances (NPS). …”
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