Comparative Analysis of Farm Yard Manure and NPK Fertilizer on Cabbage Yield: A Case Study of Kabale University. by Arinaitwe, Saul

“…Cabbage yield metrics, including average weight per cabbage head and total yield per plot, were recorded and analyzed using appropriate statistical methods to determine significant differences between the two treatments. …”
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¬¬Effect of Soil and Moisture Conservation Technologies on Growth and Grain Yields of Climbing Beans in Lake Mulehe Sub-catchment South-Western Uganda. by Kushaba, Laban Katende

“…Soil samples were collected at a depth of 0-15cm from each field, air dried, and analyzed for the selected soil physical and chemical parameters (soil pH, Total nitrogen, organic matter, available phosphorus, and bulk density). Statistical analysis utilized SPSS 20 and Microsoft Excel 2016. …”
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Influence of Mobile Money Crowding and Financial Service Delivery in Kabale Municipality: A Case Study of Mtn Uganda Kabale Branch. by Ahimbisibwe, Blair

“…Data collected was edited, coded, entered into the computer, and analyzed with Excel, a Microsoft statistical package, the results were presented in tables. …”
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Factors Affecting Teachers in Implementing the Thematic Curriculum in Primary Schools in Uganda: A Case Study of Butogota Primary School Kanungu District. by Twinomujuni, Dorothy

“…The data was coded and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings showed that on factors affecting teachers in implementing the thematic curriculum, the majority of the respondents 60% mentioned thematic curriculums can feel prescriptive as factors affecting teachers in implementing thematic curriculum, it was also found that the majority of respondents 45% of teachers face challenges in implementing thematic curriculums, which often require a variety of engaging materials and activities and the majority 23% of respondents mentioned advocating for teachers to work together in developing thematic units and sharing resources as possible solutions to the challenges facing teachers in implementing the thematic curriculum. …”
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Impact of Small-Scale Businesses on Provision of Employment to Informal Labor Force in Kabale Municipality. by Uwibanze, Frank

“…The collected data was analyzed using quantitative analysis which majorly involved six major activities namely, data preparation, counting, grouping, relating, predicting, and statistical testing. The study concluded that most business owners used their own savings as startup capital for their businesses, hence operating at a small level with a structural hierarchy of bosses and support staff. …”
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The Effect of Delegation of Responsibilities on Teachers’ Performance in Selected Secondary Schools in Kabale Municipality, Kabale District. by Seth, Ahumuza

“…Questionnaires, interviews and documentary review were used in data collection. Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used to analysed data where frequency tables were generated to present the findings. …”
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Provision of Managerial Skills by Micro Credit Institutions and Sustainability of MSMEs During COVID-19 Pandemic in Kigezi Region South Western Uganda by Kyabarongo, Benon, Moses, Agaba, Siraje, Kaaya

“…Results show that training in managerial skills has a significant impact on MSMEs' sustainability The findings demonstrate a statistically moderately significant and favorable association between microcredit institutions' provision of managerial skills and the viability of MSMEs (r=0.479**, p0.01). …”
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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Human African Trypanocide Resistance by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Ewan Thomas, MacLeod, Susan Christina, Welburn

“…Data were analyzed using RevMan and random effect sizes were computed for the statistics at the 95% confidence interval. Results: Pentamidine/melarsoprol/nifurtimox cross-resistance is associated with loss of the T. brucei adenosine transporter 1/purine 2 gene (TbAT1/P2), aquaglyceroporins (TbAQP) 2 and 3, followed by the high affinity pentamidine melarsoprol transporter (HAPT) 1. …”
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Experiments with the use of stems in Pinot noir winemaking by Danila Chiotti, Ulrich Pedri, Christof Sanoll, Eva Überegger

“…Anthocyanin concentration remained almost unchanged, whereas dry extract and total polyphenols increased. At tasting, wines with 0-50% stalks retained fruity aromas, harmony and typicity. …”
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Dietary steviol glycosides mixture supplementation modulates the gene expression of gut chemoreceptors and enhances the antioxidant capacity in weaned piglets by Yunxia Xiong, Zhentao He, Qiwen Wu, Hao Xiao, Shuting Cao, Xuefen Yang, Yajing Li, Zongyong Jiang, Cui Zhu, Li Wang

“…Conclusions Therefore, our results suggest that dietary 100 ~ 150 mg/kg SGs mixture supplementation modulates gene expression of sweet taste recognition receptors and glucose transporters, while also enhancing the antioxidant capacity of weaned piglets.…”
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Fernando Degiovanni. Latinoamericanismos situados. Guerra, mercado, literatura. Villa María: Eduvim, 2024. 432 págs. by Pablo Erazo Rios

“…El trabajo del profesor Mauricio García Villegas lo vengo siguiendo desde hace un muy buen tiempo; se remonta a mi época de estudiante de pregrado cuando en mis clases de derecho constitucional mi buena profesora, Osilda Ramírez Ramírez, nos sugería leer las columnas de García Villegas en el diario colombiano El Espectador como antesala a obras como Normas de papel (2009) o La eficacia simbólica del derecho (2014); sumado, a que mi interés por sus reflexiones y propuestas le subyace una pequeña historia que podría resumir así: en el año 2020, cuando comenzábamos a salir de uno de los más grandes retos que como humanidad tuvimos que enfrentar en las últimas décadas, la COVID-19, en medio de un escenario social convulsionado emocionalmente por el miedo, la tristeza y la incertidumbre, llegó a mis manos El país de las emociones tristes (2020), una obra que terminó por darme el empujón para adentrarme a trabajar las emociones y la influencia de estas en el campo político y del derecho, obra que antecedió a El viejo malestar del nuevo mundo (2023). …”
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Finite-Time Output Robust Control for Restricted Joint Flight Emulator Robotic Arm With Adaptive Tangent Barrier Gains by Isaac Chairez, Alejandra Hernandez-Sanchez, Caridad Mireles, Arthur Mukhamedov, Grigory Bugriy, Stepan Lemak, Viktor Chertopolokhov

“…Given the complete forward characteristic of the recommended manipulation device, a finite-time convergent super-twisting-based differentiator may be employed to conduct the output feedback of the proposed controller specifically. …”
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Concomitant abdominal organ transplantation alongside lung transplantation: An ISHLT transplant database analysis by Renita Wilson, BS, J. Asher Jenkins, MD, Juan Maria Farina, MD, Blake Langlais, MS, Bashar Aqel, MD, Ashraf Omar, MD, Jonathan D’Cunha, MD, PhD, Pedro Reck dos Santos, MD, PhD

“…At 10 years post-transplant, there is no statistically significant difference in survival between LTx-only and Con-AbLTx recipients. …”
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Timing, risk factors, and causes of foetal and preweaning lamb mortality in lowland production systems involving a range of ewe genotypes by D. Shiels, J.F. Mee, J.P. Hanrahan, C.M. Dwyer, S. Fagan, T.W.J. Keady

“…Dystocia accounted for a statistically significant higher proportion of deaths among purebred lambs born to Texel ewes (49.4%, 95%CI (confidence interval) 36.0 – 62.9) compared to purebred lambs born to Belclare ewes (12.8, 95%CI 2.2 – 23.5). …”
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Developing a risk score using liquid biopsy biomarkers for selecting Immunotherapy responders and stratifying disease progression risk in metastatic melanoma patients by Amalia Azzariti, Simona De Summa, Tommaso M. Marvulli, Ivana De Risi, Giuseppe De Palma, Roberta Di Fonte, Rossella Fasano, Simona Serratì, Sabino Strippoli, Letizia Porcelli, Michele Guida

“…Results No biomarker showed statistically significant differences between responders and non-responders. …”
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Community-Based Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Towards COVID-19: an Epidemiological Survey in Kurdistan Region, Iraq by Zhino Rawf Ali, Bayan Omar Sharif, Aram Salih Mohammed Amin Kamali, Varin Tofiq Abbas, Azad Karim Ahmed, Shaho Osman Mahmood, Chiman Jamal ahmed, Sarwat Ahmed Abdulqader

“…0.05 was considered statistically significant. The findings of the current study concluded that the main way for obtaining knowledge of the participants was social media and it was much more than ministry of health, WHO and CDC together. …”
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Effects of trimester-specific urinary aluminum concentrations on ultrasound measures of fetal growth and size at birth: A longitudinal cohort study in Chinese women by Haiying Chen, Wenjing Yan, Xueyan Wu, Yuanyuan Li

“…Results: Trimester-specific Al exposure throughout pregnancy was found to have a negative impact on fetal growth and birth parameters. Besides, statistically significant interactions were detected between biparietal diameter (BPD) (Pinteraction = 0.007), head circumference (Pinteraction = 0.026) at 16 weeks’ gestation in the first trimester, BPD (Pinteraction = 0.015) at 24 weeks’ gestation in the second trimester, BPD (Pinteraction = 0.014) at 31 weeks’ gestation in the second trimester and BPD (Pinteraction = 0.035) at 37 weeks’ gestation in the third trimester and fetal sex, and the strength of the association between the level of Al exposure and BPD was significantly stronger in female fetuses than in male fetuses. …”
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Evaluation of in-office tooth whitening treatment with violet LED: protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial by Lara Jansiski Motta, Anna Carolina Ratto Tempestini Horliana, Sandra Kalil Bussadori, Maria Fernanda Setúbal Destro Rodrigues, Ana Eliza Castanho Garrini dos Santos, Marcelo Mendes Pinto, Dácio Antonio Pantano Junior, Aldo Brugnera Jr, Fátima Antonia Aparecida Zanin

“…A p<0.05 will be considered indicative of statistical significance. After determining the normality of the data, the Kruskal-Wallis test will be used for non-parametric data. …”
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Endothelial Activation and Stress Index (EASIX) to predict mortality after allogeneic stem cell transplantation: a prospective study by Axel Benner, Peter Dreger, Grzegorz W Basak, Christian Koenecke, Olaf Penack, Christophe Peczynski, Lucia López Corral, Ivan Moiseev, Hélène Schoemans, Zinaida Peric, Thomas Luft, Simona Sica, Mutlu Arat, Maija Itäla-Remes, Nicolaas P M Schaap, Michal Karas, Ludek Raida, Thomas Schroeder, Elisabetta Metafuni, Tulay Ozcelik, Brenda M Sandmaier, Lambros Kordelas

“…We were able to validate the cut-off and found that EASIX ≥3 was associated with more than twofold increased risk for NRM in multivariate analysis (HR=2.18, 95% CI 1.2 to 3.94; p=0.01). No statistically significant difference could be observed for the incidence of relapse.Conclusions The results of this study provide a prospectively validated standard laboratory biomarker index to estimate the transplant-related mortality risk after alloSCT. …”
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Predictive factors of thrombosis during autologous stem cell transplantation in multiple myeloma: Experience from EHU Oran (Algeria) by Mohammed Amine BEKADJA, Brahim BENZINEB, Mansour BELKACEM, Hafida OUDJERIOUAT, Badra ENTASOLTAN, Soufi OSMANI, Kamila AMANI, Samira BOUCHAMA, Leila CHAREF, Mohamed BRAHIMI, Abdessamad ARABI, Rachir Amar BOUHASS, Nabil YAFOUR

“…Thepredictive factors studied are: age, co-morbidities, use of IMiDs, use of Granocyte colony stimualing factor in mobilization, the central venous catheter insertion site, cytapheresis count, CD34+ perfused, and finally deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis by a low molecular weight heparin .The statistical analysis focused on a univariate study, followed by a multivariate analysis using binary logistic regression. …”
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