The Rise of SARS-CoV-2 Variants and the Role of Convalescent Plasma Therapy for Management of Infections by Mohamed, Moubarak, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Helal F., Hetta, Hazem M., Shaheen, Abdur, Rauf, Hayder M., Al-kuraishy, Safaa, Qusti, Eida M., Alshammari, Emmanuel Tiyo, Ayikobua, Fred, Ssempijja, Adam Moyosore, Afodun, Ritah, Kenganzi, Ibe Michael, Usman, Juma John, Ochieng, Lawrence Obado, Osuwat, Kevin, Matama, Ali I., Al-Gareeb, Emmanuel, Kairania, Monica, Musenero, Susan, Christina Welburn, Gaber, El-Saber Batiha

“…This review examines the limited number of clinical trials published, to date that have deployed this therapy and explores clinical trials in progress for the treatment of COVID-19…”
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Social Media Marketing for Small and Medium Enterprise Performance in Uganda: A Structural Equation Model by .Kikawa, Cliff R, Kiconco, Charity, Moses, Agaba, Ntirampeba, Dimas, Ssematimba, Amos, Kalema, Billy M.

“…Age and gender as moderating variables all have a positive moderating effect. With limited studies available on the subject, this research contributes to already existing literature by combining two components of the TAM model and one component of the IDT to explain the impact of SMM on SMEs when moderated by both age and gender in a developing economy.…”
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Nyege Nyege Music Festival in Uganda: A Growing Leisure Activity with a Moral Dilemma by Amos, Ochieng, Brenda, Bonabaana, Francis Akena, Adyanga

“…The festival involves an all-night event characterized by wild partying and diverse leisure activities usually lasting four days. Despite its growing popularity, the festival has received sharp criticisms in the national media and other public forums across the country. …”
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Design of a Flexible Pavement For Nyakabande–Mutolere Road, Nyakabande Sub County, Kisoro District. by Habimana, Stephen

“…This study intended to provide a suitable pavement design for Nyakabande – Mutolere link, which is about 2.0km and forms a quickest link between Nyakabande and Mutolere trading centres in Kisoro District. The design was limited to flexible pavement since it is the commonest pavement structure used on almost all the countryside roads. …”
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Investigating the Potential of Using Soya Beans Powder as a Natural Coagulant. by Imalingat, Gabriel

“…The pH value is also within the acceptable limits of 6.5-8.5 < 8.0. WHO recommends maximum of 15 TCU, however the best colour removal was not up to the WHO recommended value of 15 TCU, when alum was used to treat the same water, it showed some good performance giving an optimum at dosage of 25mg/l with values of 1.2 NTU, 4 TCU, 229.1µS/cm, TDS of 45 mg/l, pH of 6.9 and finally TSS of 4mg/l. …”
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Investigating the Use of Open Air Burnt Sorghum and Wheat Straw Ashes to Soften Hard Water. by Bainomugisha, Jonan

“…All these parameters were increased but remained within the acceptable Ugandan standard limits for portable water except for the alkalinity which still increased beyond the standard maximum of 500mg/l much as the initial results on the sample before addition of the ashes was at 576 which was still beyond the standard. …”
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Account Ability Practices and Service Delivery of Non-government Organizations in Kabale District: A Case Study of ICOBI Kabale Branch. by Ainembabazi, Bridget

“…The researcher used this research design because of limited resources in terms of time, distance and finances for field work and all other research demands that are required to complete the study. …”
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Archiving of Records in Kanungu Local Government Registry. by Atuhaire, Catherine

“…The challenges faced by records officers in archiving records included; lack of enough data capture tools, inadequate training skills for record staff, integration of records systems, risk of fire, water, and rats, uncoordinated officers working in a similar co-operation, short retention periods for archiving records, costs associated with maintaining records, limited storage space of the achi val repository. …”
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The Contribution of Archives Management in the Performance of Local Government Central Registry, Rwanda. by Judith, Uwamwezi

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Communication Technologies and Tourism development in and around Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda. by Eugene, Kagayano

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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Versus Standard of Care Recovery for Emergency Cesarean Deliveries at Mbarara Hospital, Uganda by Moris, Baluku, Francis, Bajunirwe, Joseph, Ngonzi, Joseph, Kiwanuka, Stephen, Ttendo

“…Despite the potential benefits of enhanced recovery protocols, limited research has been done in lowresource settings, where 95% of cesarean deliveries are emergent and could possibly benefit from the application of ERAS protocols. …”
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Influence of Parents’ Socio-Economic Status on Pupils’ Academic Performance in Primary Schools of Kabale Municipality by Wilberforce, Nabaasa

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Non-Performing Loans and Performance of Financial Institutions in Kabale District by Alex, Semusu

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Promoting Private Sector Investment in Rwanda: Acase study of Rwanda Private Sector Federation by Nkundimana, Vincent

“…Among the challenges raised by Private Sector operators with regards to investment promotion in Rwanda are shortage of skilled labor (20 percent), limited access to finance (16 percent), tax barriers (20 percent) and low business management skills (11 percent), while robust governance and absence of corruption (30 percent), access to markets (25 percent) untapped opportunities in agriculture, energy and tourism (14 percent).and sustained high economic growth (16 percent) are the main opportunities available to them. …”
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Level of Pollution of Water from River Rwabakazi Indicated by Metal Ions and Suspended Solids Concentrations. by Habimana, Michael

“…The concentrations decreased downstream as follows; iron (II) from 60.04 to 54.40 mg/L; iron (Ill) from 19.50 to 16.50 mg/L; calcium from 99.00 to 68.00 mg/L; magnesium from 7 .20 to 6.00 mg/L and TSS from 15.6 to 10.5 mg/Lall of which exceeded the allowed limits by EPA and WHO guidelines for safe water for human use. …”
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Factors Affecting Immunization Coverage for Children Under Five Years in Rwanyamahembe Sub-County, Mbarara District- Uganda. by Omia, Santos

“…It therefore recommends the provision of vaccine related targeted health education to mothers at home and during ANC visits is an effective strategy to improve immunization completion rates in low literacy and income settings. …”
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Examining the Role of Preserving Medical Records at Kamuganguzi HCIV. by Mugabirwe, Gift

“…The Challenges faced in preservation of medical records included Storage Scalable, Lack of Backups & Limited Security, Inconsistent Layouts, and No Clear Audit Trails & Version History and finally the Measures in which medical records preservation can be improved included Digitalization, Cloud storage, Training and Central records preservation system and the study recommended that Kamuganguzi HCIV should shift from paper-based recordkeeping to a completely digital records creation and management system by converting their current paper-based patient records to digital images by scanning and capturing them into the electronic system, with metadata attached to each record image. …”
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Effect of Poverty and Child Prostitution in Kamuganguzi Sub¬-county Kabale District. by Katusiime, Marvellous

“…Based on the results from the study, 100% of the respondents agreed that the role poverty plays in child prostitution in the Kamuganguzi sub-county includes Poverty is the primary driving force behind women becoming prostitutes, limited and extremely scarce opportunities for women Leads to prostitution, populations experiencing extreme poverty leads to prostitution, families suffering from poverty are purposely targeted by traffickers as a means of exploitation resulting to poverty, some parents sell their children. …”
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Emerging Anthelmintic Resistance in Poultry: Can Ethnopharmacological Approaches Offer a Solution? by Zirintunda, Gerald, Biryomumaisho, Savino, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Batiha, Gaber El-Saber, Kateregga, John, Vudriko, Patrick, Nalule, Sarah, Olila, Deogracious, Mariam Kajoba, Mariam, Matama, Kevin, Kwizera, Mercy Rukundo, Ghoneim, Mohammed M., Abdelhamid, Mahmoud, Alshehri, Sultan, Abdelgawad, Mohamed A., Acai-Okwee, James, Zaghlool, Sameh S.

“…Limited pharmacological studies have been conducted on plant species used against poultry helminths. …”
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Design of a SMS Based Voting System. by Owembabazi Justus

“…It was a well written code using the Arduino IDE was simulated, measured the output voltage, current and the output wave form displayed using the oscilloscope. Lastly a well-functioning system was obtained.…”
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