Loan Monitoring Costs and Loan Payment in SACCOs: A Case Study of Hakashenyi SACCO in Kicumbi Kamuganguzi Sub-County Kabale District. by Mutamureka, Andrew

“…It indicated that loan monitoring determines whether the remaining contingency reserves for cost and schedules are adequate. …”
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The Climate Change Impact on Agriculture Productivity in Karama Sector, Nyagatare District, Rwanda. by Odile, Twagiramariya

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Stress management and Employee performance in Kisoro Hospital, Kisoro District, Uganda by Gregory K.N., Ndongereye

“…Its objectives were: to investigate the relationship between pay and health service delivery in Kisoro Hospital; to analyse factors of stress management techniques and employee performance in Kisoro Hospital; to analyse the effect of pay on the reduction of labour turnover in Kisoro Hospital; to explore whether problem solving can lead to effective health service delivery in Kisoro Hospital. …”
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Board of Governors’ roles and students’ academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Kikagate Sub-County, Isingiro District. by Wilson Mukombe, Bagarukayo

“…The study was guided by a set of specific objectives which include; To find out whether there is a difference in the level of academic performance across the selected secondary schools in Kikagate Sub-County, To establish the relationship between the Board of Governors’ (BOG) supervisory role and academic performance in Secondary Schools and To examine the relationship between the Board of Governors’ (BOG) budgeting role and academic performance in Secondary Schools. …”
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Information Communication Technology and Employees’ Performance: A case Study of Faculty of Science at Mbarara University of Science and Technology. by Mackline, Atuhaire

“…The study was aimed at establishing whether ICT needs of employees were met, establishing the effect of ICT on employees performance and evaluating the extent to which organizational issues (limited financial resources, lack of independent budget and absence of full time technicians)constrain ICT use. …”
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Internal Control Systems and Financial Accountability in Government Business Enterprises: A Case of National Water and Sewerage Corporation Ntungamo Area. by Alexander, Kujuna

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The Affirmative Action and Household Income Status of the Batwa Community Evicted From Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Kanungu District, Uganda by Saulo, Katariko

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Staff Training Programmes and Teachers’ Job Performance in Selected Secondary Schools of Kanungu Town Council, Kanungu District by Richard Bens, Agaba

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Task-Oriented Leadership and Employee Performance: A Case Study of Buhoma Mukono Community Development Association (BMCDA) in Kanungu, Uganda by Orikyiriza, Elli, Moses, Agaba, Alex, Kanyesiime

“…The conclusion of the study, therefore, was that task-oriented leadership has a more significant positive relationship with employee performance, in which situation leader’s behaviour which involves: inspiring a shared vision through timely communication, emphasizing development and recognizing accomplishments explain some of the determinants in whether employees will ensure timeliness, quality, the quantity of work and cost-effectiveness at BMCDA. …”
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Long-term antibody responses to COVAXIN and COVISHIELD vaccines in rheumatoid arthritis patients and healthy control population – A cross-sectional study by Vijaya Prasanna Parimi, Anand Pyati, Madhavi Eerike

“…Disease duration did not significantly impact antispike antibody concentration in either of the vaccination group. Conclusion: RA patients had a decreased antibody response, 1 year after receiving the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. …”
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Assessment of Medication Use by Publics in Sulaimani Province by Kamal Aziz Enayat, Mariwan Abdulla Hama Salih, Muhammed Babakir-Mina

“…Drug uses is a multi-step process starting from consulting doctor, prescribing, ordering and using via individual either public or healthcare staff for therapeutic reasons. …”
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E6AP is essential for the proliferation of HPV-positive cancer cells by preventing senescence. by Alicia Avenhaus, Milica Velimirović, Julia Bulkescher, Martin Scheffner, Felix Hoppe-Seyler, Karin Hoppe-Seyler

“…Thus, although the downregulation of either E6 or E6AP expression also acts partially pro-apoptotic, HPV-positive cancer cells surviving E6 repression proliferate further, whereas they become irreversibly growth-arrested upon E6AP repression. …”
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Factors involved in the recruitment and retention of voluntary blood donors in South Kivu (Democratic Republic of Congo), results from a qualitative study by Susanne Mbaka Ngunza, Isabelle Aujoulat

“…Results Fear presented as a factor influencing the decisions to donate blood either positively or negatively, from recruitment to maintenance to cessation of donation. …”
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Comparison between ELISA and PCR for Detection of Epstein - Barr virus in children with acute cervical lymphadenitis by Nazim Khan, Neeraj Narayan Mathur, Sunil Kumar Singh Bhadouriya, Balvinder Singh Arora, Nidhi Chaudhary, Dhriti Khullar

“…Our study proves that serological antibody could be positive for EBV in many patients either because of cross reactivity with other viruses or past infection with EBV. …”
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In-situ composite formation of vanadium carbide in CrFeCoNiCu high-entropy alloy cladded on AISI304 stainless steel by Saeed Hosseini, Mahmoud Sarkari Khorrami, Mahmoud Heydarzadeh Sohi

“…Based on the variety of morphology, VC was formed either as an epitaxial growth or a primary phase from the molten material. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of Catheter Ablation Versus Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: A Canadian Perspective by Yaariv Khaykin, Peter J. Mallow, John A. Rizzo, Atul Verma, Lauren Chun, Shelby Olesovsky, Matthew R. Reynolds

“…**Methods:** A Markov simulation model was developed for a hypothetical cohort of 55-year-old patients with paroxysmal AF and a low stroke risk. Patients received either CA or AAD. Costs and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) were computed over lifetime, 10-year, and 5-year time horizons. …”
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Small open reading frames (sORFs): Driving big improvements in plant development and quality by Kui Dong, Chaofan Shan, Dongyu Wen, Zifan Cui, Jun Cao

“…In the plant, sORFs are pivotal components that enhance responses to both biotic and abiotic stresses by encoding small peptides that are either intricately involved in complex hormone regulation and signaling networks, or precisely regulate the expression of downstream resistance genes. …”
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Blood-based biomarkers in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint blockade by Yo-Ting Tsai, Jeffrey Schlom, Renee N. Donahue

“…In response, there has been a growing emphasis on the development of “liquid biopsy”‒ derived biomarkers, which offer a minimally invasive means to dynamically monitor the immune status of NSCLC patients either before and/or during the course of treatment. …”
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I tweet, therefore I am: a systematic review on social media use and disorders of the social brain by Nancy Yang, Bernard Crespi

“…The delusions involved may be mental (as in narcissism and erotomania), or somatic (as in body dysmorphic disorder and eating disorders, encompassing either the entire body or specific body parts). In each case, the virtual nature of social media facilitates the delusionality because the self is defined and bolstered in this highly mentalistic environment, where real-life exposure of the delusion can be largely avoided. …”
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Assessing Mean Change in Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness on Optical Coherence Tomography in Glaucoma Patients after Trabeculectomy by Khizir Hayat, Muhammad Younis Tahir, Muhammad Ajmal Chaudhary, Adeel Ahmad Siddiqui, Sadia Haneef

“…Methodology: A total of 30 patients of either gender undergoing trabeculectomy, having a duration of glaucoma >03 months, between the ages of 30-60 years were included. …”
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