Internal Control Systems and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Uganda: A Case Study of Katuna Town Council. by Mubangizi, Martin

“…Internal control activities should highlight policies and procedures that help ensure management directives are carried out. …”
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Financial Management Practices and Profitability of Small-Scale Business Enterprises in Uganda: A Case Study of Selected Small-Scale Industries in Kabale Municipality. by Nimusiima, Dichus

“…The study recommends that; SME owners should be advised to strengthen and put up policies regarding debtors on how to collect receivables, be able to know when to write off bad debts to minimize losses that accrue as a result of none payment, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Bank of Uganda should provide a favorable platform for SM Es to access financing that can enable them to run their businesses at a reasonable cost of financing and trainings should be organized for SMEs owners to help them understand why they should keep updated books to know their levels of performance on whether they are making profits or losses as well as know how to control costs through looking at the previous data.…”
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Micro Finance Institutions and Poverty Eradication: A Case Study of Pride Africa Mbarara Branch. by Musinguzi, John

“…The study findings showed that there are educational services in Mbarara are sufficiently available as reported by 92%, the educational establishment is operated on better policy for the management 90%, and there is supportive government education for the people in Mbarara city 100%. …”
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Domestic Violence and Children Emotional Wellbeing in Kabale District: A Case Study of Rubaya Sub-County. by Kakuru, Mackson

“…Secondary data was collected from documents and policies. Literature was reviewed using secondary data sources including other reports. journals. internet. research projects and information from the University library. …”
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Assessment of the Impact of Floods to the Local Community in Nyarusiza Sub-County Kisoro District. by Murengezi, Innocent

“…The study investigated the impact of floods on the local communities and developed policy options not only to mitigate flooding in communities of Kisoro District but also Uganda at large Nyarusiza Sub-county, Kisoro District. …”
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Teachers' Motivation and Students' Academic Performance in Schools in Kanungu Town Council Kanungu District. by Arineitwe, Benson

“…The study recommended that the head teachers should take into consideration the feelings of teachers since teachers are the key assets of the school therefore they should be motivated always so that they can perform and there should be a good education policy to guarantee quality outputs, it must be serviced optimally with appropriate trained and motivated teaching staff. adequately supplied with necessary facilities scholastic materials and equipment.…”
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The Contribution Of Universal Education Towards Girl Child Education: A Case Study Of Nyarubuye Sub-County Kisoro District. by Nizeyimana, Bakunzi Moses

“…The study concluded that although universal education policy had achieved much in terms of access and retention of school-age pupils in primary schools in Nyarubuye sub-county in Kisoro District, it had, on the contrary, compromised the quality of education not only in Nyarubuye sub-county but in Uganda as a country at large. …”
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Corporate Financing and Risk Management in the Banking Sector in Uganda During and Post Covid-19. Evidence from Kabale District by Semusu, Alex, Byamukama , Eliab Mpora

“…The study revealed that the board of directors set strategies on bond issuance and were effectively communicated within the bank in the form of policies and procedures by the top management (M =4.2, SD = 0.34). …”
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Enhance Research and Innovation in ICT products, Applications, and Services by Businge, Phelix Mbabazi

“…The study was guided by MICTIVO model (2009) of ICT integration which captures most of the factors for the Integration of ICT in education by looking at infrastructure and policy, perceptions, competences and integration at micro-level, and not only at ICT integration in curriculum development. …”
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Role of Government Projects and Youth Employment in Kisoro District: A Case Study of Youth Livelihood Program. by Zaninka, Esther

“…The study also showed that lack of training of the youth and policy implementers was the major challenge affecting the YLP in the provision of quality service delivery among people in Kisoro district, YLP put more emphasis on multiple areas, namely to provide capital to young entrepreneurs, avail business development services, facilitate linkages in supply chain and create market opportunities for goods and services produces by youth services such as training and mentorship, business plan competition and developing partnership with public and private institutions. …”
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Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Students’ Academic Performance in Selected Secondary Schools: A Case Study of Ishaka Division Ishaka Municipality Bushenyi D... by Serwoga, Evarist

“…The study recommends that it is worthy to note that successful use of ICT as a stimulant to secondary school education depends to a large extent, on the supportive policy of the three tiers of government. Therefore, the following recommendations are made to promote and improve the development of ICT education in public secondary schools. …”
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Multi-Media Tools and Service Delivery in Academic Libraries: A Case Study of Bishop Berham University. by Barigye, Damas

“…The study recommended the policymakers formulate or update policies that prioritize funding and support for integrating multimedia tools in academic libraries.…”
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Understanding stakeholder views of the use of digital therapeutic interventions within children and young people’s mental health services by Brioney Gee, Brioney Gee, Tim Clarke, Tim Clarke, Jess Garner, Bonnie Teague, Bonnie Teague, Georgianna Coote, Aoife Dunne, Rachel McGuire, Andrew Laphan, Manjul Rathee, Jon Wilson, Jon Wilson

“…Study 2 involved eight focus groups with children and young people’s clinicians, service managers, commissioners, and policy leads (n=28), exploring participants’ views and experiences of implementing and sustaining digital therapeutic interventions. …”
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Cancer Burden Disease Attributable to PM2.5 and Health Risk by PM2.5-bound Toxic Species in Two Urban Chilean Municipalities by Ye Li, Franz Muñoz-lbañéz, Ana Maldonado-Alcaíno, Darby Jack, Beizhan Yan, Li Xu, Marco Acuña, Manuel Leiva-Guzman, Ana Valdés, Dante D. Cáceres

“…These results deserve further study to help guide policy in different environments, mainly carcinogenic PM2.5-bound toxic species from other emission sources, particularly firewood burning.…”
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Extrapulmonary manifestations and complications of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection: a systematic review by Jiacai Cho, Joanne Lee, Ching-Hui Sia, Chieh Sian Koo, Benjamin YQ Tan, Weizhen Hong, Ellie Choi, Xueying Goh, Louis Chai, Nisha Suyien Chandran, Horng Ruey Chua, Bernard PL Chan, Mark Muthiah, Ting Ting Low, Eng Soo Yap, Manjari Lahiri

“…Uncommon disease presentation and complications comprised Guillain-Barré syndrome, rhabdomyolysis, otitis media, meningoencephalitis and spontaneous pneumomediastinum. …”
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Otodectes cynotis (Acari: Psoroptidae) infestations in Southern pudus (Pudu puda): In situ and ex situ data of an unexpected host-parasite record by Caroline Wilhelm, Edwin Kniha, Pamela Muñoz, Ángelo Espinoza, Laura Platner, Saskia Dreyer, Lisa Grund, Zoë Tess Lara Lindhorst, Ulrich Gärtner, Julia Walochnik, Anja Taubert, Dominik Fischer, Stephan Hering-Hagenbeck, Carlos Hermosilla, David Ebmer

“…During clinical work, two free-ranging pudus temporarily rehabilitated at the Centro de Rehabilitación de Fauna Silvestre (CEREFAS), Valdivia, Chile, were observed with low to moderate yellowish-brown secretions and encrustations inside the pinna and external auditory canal accompanied by an inflammatory Otitis externa. Analysis via light microscopy exhibited the presence of mange mites, which were identified as O. cynotis via morphological characteristics and molecular analysis. …”
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The rapid detection of a neonatal unit outbreak of a wild-type Klebsiella variicola using decentralized Oxford Nanopore sequencing by Rhys T. White, Michelle Balm, Megan Burton, Samantha Hutton, Jamaal Jeram, Matthew Kelly, Donia Macartney-Coxson, Tanya Sinha, Henrietta Sushames, David J. Winter, Maxim G. Bloomfield

“…An increased incidence of K. pneumoniae bacteremia on the NICU of our institution was notified to the infection prevention and control (IPC) team in May 2024. …”
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Inpatient preferences among patients with multiple chronic conditions in China: A discrete choice experiment by Yueqin Wang, Shiyin Wu, Yuehua Chen, Ling Xiao, Qingling Su, Xiaoyin Huang, Weikang Wang, Wanxin Li, Shanshan Du, Wenbin Liu, Weimin Ye

“…Although a series of policies has been implemented to promote patients’ rational access to health care, patients still prefer a higher level of inpatient service, hampering the efficient utilization of resources in county hospitals, which are the first point of contact for inpatient care. …”
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‘I no longer worry about money for transport to the health centre’ - economic empowerment of caregivers of children living with HIV through Village Savings and Loan Associations: e... by Joseph Rujumba, Carmen Roebersen, Susan Namara, Richard Ochen, Sharon Eva Ahumuza, Allen Tushabe, Mathias Akugizibwe, David Bitira, Innocent Mwesigye, Stella Kentusi, Henry Zakumumpa, Japheth Kwiringira, Merian Natukwatsa Musinguzi

“…Such support should be prioritised by policy makers and programme implementers in Uganda and other low income countries.…”
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Remote sensing-based maize growth process parameters revel the maize yield: a comparison of field- and regional-scale by Minghan Cheng, Xiuliang Jin, Chenwei Nie, Kaihua Liu, Tianao Wu, Yuping Lv, Shuaibing Liu, Xun Yu, Yi Bai, Yadong Liu, Lin Meng, Xiao Jia, Yuan Liu, Lili Zhou, Fei Nan

“…This method not only facilitates the optimization of agronomic practices based on UAV observations but also supports the decision of regional agricultural policies based on satellite observations. Furthermore, crop yield estimation utilizing process-based parameters provides a new perspective for related studies.…”
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