Human Capital Growth and Employee Performance in Local Government in Uganda by moses Agaba

“…The correlation is in fact statistically significant at the 0.05 (two-tailed) level. Results for the association of human capital development to improved employee performance showed r = 0.954, p-value = -0.005, with a correlation coefficient of 0.05. …”
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Training and Employee Performance in Uganda: A Case of National Water and Sewerage Corporation Rukungiri District. by Twongyeirwe, Uster

“…The study further established that both on-the-job and off-the-job training methods are significant predictors of employee performance (p<0.05). However, on-the-job training is a stronger predictor of employee performance (β=0.593, p<0.05) than the job training method (β=0.477, p<0.05). …”
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Behavioural Response To Self-Medication Practice Before and During Covid-19 Pandemic in Western Uganda by Samuel Sunday, Dare, Ejike, Daniel Eze, Isaac, Echoru, Ibe Michael, Usman, Fred, Ssempijja, Edmund Eriya, Bukenya, Robinson, Ssebuufu

“…Respondents who practiced self-medication before the COVID-19 pandemic were 239 (88%); those who practiced self-medication during the COVID-19 pandemic were 156 (57%); those that did not were 115 (43%). There was a statistically significant decrease in the number of respondents who practice self-medication during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown compared to the practice before the pandemic lockdown. p < 0.05 at 95% confidence interval (OR = 5.39, 95% CI = 3.48, 8.32). …”
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The Suitability of Recycled Domestic Wastewater in Plain Concrete Production. by Orishaba, James

“…For concrete grade M10, concrete mixed with FW had 79% compressive strength while one mixed with STWW was76.5%, it was 2.5% less than concrete mixed and cured by FW at 28 days. …”
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Medicinal Plants used for Cutaneous Wound Healing in Uganda; Ethnomedicinal Reports and Pharmacological Evidences. by Gang, Roggers, Okello, Denis, Kang, Youngmin

“…Pearson correlation coefficient between the number of wound-healing plant families per part used and the percent of each plant part used was 0.97, and between the number of wound-healing plant families per method of preparation and percent of each method of preparation was 0.95, showing in both strong positively marked relationships.…”
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Impact of Effective Out Sourcing on Procurement Contract Performance: A Case Study of Kisoro District Local Government. by Ndayisenga, Jack

“…A targeted population of 55 respondents was considered for the study. These included 1 CAO, 2 Procurement officers, 2 personnel officers, 2 accounting officers, and 55 clients. …”
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Factors Associated with Male Partner Support During Pregnancy and Child Birth in Kabale District. by Niwarinda, Denesi

“…The study found a significant association between health-related factors and the support women receive from their male partners (OR=1.16, 95%CI: 1.08 to 1.25, p<0.001). Additionally, contextual / social-cultural-related factors were also significantly associated with the support women received from their male partners during pregnancy and childbirth (OR=1.19 95%CI: 1.03c to 1.38, p=0.017). …”
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The Practice of Accounting Standards And Performance Of Commercial Banks In Kabale Municipality, South Western Uganda by Mbabazi, Mannex, Moses, Agaba

“…Results: : The use of accounting techniques significantly affected the financial performance of studied commercial banks (p=.031<0.05) Accountability was found to have a significant (p<0.05) effect on the performance of studied commercial banks in Kabale Uganda. …”
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Safety of Drinking Water from Primary Water Sources and Implications for the General Public in Uganda by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Sarah, Namubiru, Roland, Kamugisha, Ejike, Daniel Eze, Fred, Ssempijja, Alfred, Omachonu Okpanachi, Hellen, Wambui Kinyi, Jovile Kasande, Atusiimirwe, Dickson Stuart, Tayebwa, Joy, Suubo, Edgar Mario, Fernandez, Nathan, Nshakira, Andrew, Tamale

“…A spatial map was drawn using qGIS®, and analysis of quantitative data was done using MS Excel 2013 at 95% significance. …”
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Upgrading of Rwakiseta Road from Gravel to a Double Surface Bituminous Road. by Akanyijuka, Baram

“…This report consists of a detailed proposed design for upgrading Rwakisenta road to a bituminous Paved surface which stretches a distance of 638M. The main objective was to a design flexible pavement with respect to the route, geometry, drainage and pavement. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Coffee Husk Ash as Partial Replacement of Cement in Concrete C30. by Niwainamani, Laban

“…For this purpose, five different concrete mixes with CHA replacing cement at 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% were prepared for 30 MPa conventional concrete with water to cement ratio of 0.5 and 420 kg/m' cement content. …”
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Partial Replacement of Cement with Ceramic Waste Powder in the Stabilization of Laterite Soils for Interlocking Earth Blocks. by Iteba, Maurice Victor

“…The chemical composition of major oxide of the ceramic powder were 69.38 %( Si03), 18.29 %( AIO3) and 3.92 %(Fe;O) summing up to 91.59% which is more than the minimum requirement of 70% for a material to be used as pozzolanic. 2% ceramic powder gave the highest compressive strength of 3.17 KN/mm. …”
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Effect of High-Risk Versus Low-Risk Pregnancy at the First Antenatal Care Visit On the Occurrence of Complication During Pregnancy and Labour Or Delivery in Kenya: A Double-Robust... by Kadengye, Damazo T., Odero, Henry Owoko, Izudi, Jonathan

“…In the double-robust estimation, a high-risk pregnancy at first ANC visit increased the occurrence of complications during pregnancy (OR 1.23, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.46) and labour or delivery (OR 1.24, 95% CI 1.07 to 1.45). …”
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