Loan Management and Performance of Micro Finance Institutions: A Case Study of Kebisoni SACCO in Rukungiri District. by Tayebwa, Timothy

“…This was prompted by the fact that most of the MFIs in Uganda were failing to achieve their performance, yet it was not clear whether this was due to how their loans were managed. …”
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Analysis of Factors Influencing Ugandan Teachers’ Expectations of Learners’ Reading Habits. by Tukwasibwe, Constance, Cekiso, Mzwamadoda Phillip

“…Teacher expectations can be understood as a teacher's belief in the ability of their learners to achieve. The importance lies in the fact that they can determine both the level of educational content and how it is delivered. …”
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Contribution of NGOs Towards the Provision of Health Services in Kamuganguzi Sub-County Kabale District. by Orishaba, Papius

“…Other challenges included poor governance, failed projects, cultural norms and beliefs, understaffing, and lack of financial resources. …”
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Impact of Rukiga Proverbs on the Girl Child Education: A Case Study of Kinkizi High School in Kanungu Town Council Kanungu District. by Amanya, Ritah

“…Features of proverbs commonly used by students included simplicity, straightforwardness, and the ability to convey lessons, while manifestations of discrimination were evident in proverbs such as "a man of straw is worth a woman of gold" and "a woman and a glass are ever in danger," which reinforce stereotypes about women's inferiority. …”
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Effectiveness and safety of metformin in 51 675 patients with type 2 diabetes and different levels of renal function: a cohort study from the Swedish National Diabetes Register by Katarina Eeg-Olofsson, Soffia Gudbjörnsdottir, Ann-Marie Svensson, Björn Eliasson, Linus Schioler, Björn Zethelius, Nils Ekström, Jan Cederholm, Junmei Miao Jonasson

“…Metformin, compared with any other treatment, showed reduced risks of acidosis/serious infection (adjusted HR 0.85, 95% CI 0.74 to 0.97) and all-cause mortality (HR 0.87, 95% CI 0.77 to 0.99), in patients with eGFR 45–60 ml/min/1.73 m2, and no increased risks of all-cause mortality, acidosis/serious infection or CVD were found in patients with eGFR 30–45 ml/min/1.73 m2.Conclusions Metformin showed lower risk than insulin for CVD and all-cause mortality and slightly lower risk for all-cause mortality compared with other OHA, in these 51 675 patients followed for 4 years. …”
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Implementasi Algoritme Clefia 128-Bit untuk Pengamanan Modul Komunikasi Lora by Muhammad Fadhli Iman, Ari Kusyanti, Rakhmadhanny Primananda

“…From the results of the tests carried out in the study, the Clefia 128-bit algorithm is proven to be able to prevent sniffing and known-plaintext-attack attacks. In sniffing attacks test, attackers are only able to get messages that are still in the form of ciphertext so that the original message cannot be read. …”
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INTERNALLY GENERATED REVENUE (IGR) AND CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA: A FOCUS ON TAXES AND RATES by OWENVBIUGIE VINCENT OVENSERI

“…Moreover, the study highlights that corruption not only constrains revenue collection but also erodes public trust in government institutions, leading to a diminished perception of the efficacy and reliability of public services. …”
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Comparison of Learner Self-Evaluations to Preceptor Evaluations for Scored Activities on Introductory and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences by Jennifer Wood, Riley Bowers, Carrie Baker

“… Background: Development of successful, practice-ready pharmacists includes ensuring learners are self-aware and able to reflect on knowledge, skills, and abilities. Single-point rubrics allow for evaluators to provide specific, formative, and actionable feedback to learners while encouraging learner self-reflection. …”
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The Role of Dopamine in Impulsivity and Substance Abuse: A Narrative Review by Connor J Plaisance, Lloyd F Ledet III, Nicholas J Slusher, Charles P Daniel, Zachary Lee, Bradley Dorius, Sonnah Barrie, Tomasina Q Parker-Actlis, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Sahar Shekoohi, Alan D Kaye

“…Impulsive decision making is commonly defined as a reduced ability to choose a delayed large reward instead of a small immediate reward. …”
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Kurumsal Reklamlarda Kurumsal İtibar Unsurlarının Kullanımı Üzerine Bir İnceleme by Sevim Koçer, Nalan Aktaş Arslan

“…Araştırmanın örneklemi, listeye giren kurumlardan Procter and Gamble (P&G) Türkiye’nin ‘Türkiye’de 30. Yıl’ ve Türkiye İş Bankası’nın ‘Türkiye İş Bankası 97 Yaşında’ kurumsal reklamlarıdır. …”
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Trends of climate variability and its association with farmers’ perceptions of climate change in Gassera district, southeastern Ethiopia by Henok W/Yohannes Aniye, Tsegaye Bekele, Walelign Worku

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D-stem mutation in an essential tRNA increases translation speed at the cost of fidelity. by Madison N Schrock, Krishna Parsawar, Kelly T Hughes, Fabienne F V Chevance

“…Our results support a model in which the tRNA bending component of the accommodation step in mRNA translation allows EF Tu time to enhance its ability to differentiate tRNA interactions between cognate and near-cognate mRNA codons.…”
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Ontology-based prompt tuning for news article summarization by A. R. S. Silva, Y. H. P. P. Priyadarshana

“…Despite the progress in natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning, existing methods often rely on extractive summarization, which lacks the ability to generate coherent and contextually rich summaries. …”
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DETERMINANTS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (HRM) ADOPTION AMONG SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES (SMEs) IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA by Helen Afang Andow

“…This is expected to facilitate their ability to grow and build up the required capacity for the promotion of sustainable development in the nation. …”
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Economic Analysis of Water Treatments for Phosphorus Removal in Florida by Daisuke Sano, Alan Hodges, Robert Degner

“…This study compares the cost effectiveness of two different water treatment systems that have demonstrated an enhanced phosphorus removal ability utilizing aquatic plants and biomass: Wetland Stormwater Treatment Areas (STA) and Managed Aquatic Plant Systems (MAPS). …”
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Effects of hyaluronic acid on bone graft healing: An experimental study on sheep by Muhammed A. Mustafa, Othman A. Omar

“…The samples then sacrificed in deferent period interval 2 weeks, 6 weeks and 12 weeks and the sample collected and sent for histological examination. Results: All animals survived till the end of study. Both groups were characterized by new bone formation in defects however the bone formation in group 1 significantly preceded. …”
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Customer segmentation in the digital marketing using a Q-learning based differential evolution algorithm integrated with K-means clustering. by Guanqun Wang

“…Initially, a correlation matrix is used to identify redundant noise and multicollinear features within customer feature groups, and Principal Component Analysis is applied for denoising and dimensionality reduction to enhance the ability of the model to identify potential features. …”
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Impact of Concussions on Postural Stability Performance Using the Head Shake-Sensory Organization Test by John D Heick, Abdulaziz Alkathiry

“…The Head Shake-Sensory Organization Test was developed from the original Sensory Organization Test to measure a subject's ability to maintain balance while moving their head…”
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Forming Students’ Value-meaningful Attitude to the Socio-cultural Heritage of Religion in Scientific and Pedagogical Discourse by Elena V. Lukashina

“…It is noted that the value-meaningful attitude of students to the socio-cultural heritage of religion is expressed in the active, selective position of the student, manifested in the need for getting familiarized with culture, knowledge and understanding of religion, a positively colored emotional response to religious and cultural values, the ability to comprehend and realize spiritual needs.…”
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