Impact of Vernacular Speaking on Pupils Academic Performance in Upper Primary Classes of Buyanja Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Batangaire, Lydia

“…It helps them to learn the English language easily since skills gained using the local language can be transferred to English since both languages, that is local language and English nurture each other. The main language of instruction in primary is local language together with a bit of English. …”
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Application of the Critical Path Method in Project Planning and Management. by Kateu, Victor

“…A weighted digraph was drawn to represent the relationship between the activities, the weights on each arrow (edge) represented the duration of the project, and vertices (nodes) represented the various activities. …”
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Community Participation and Fisheries Management in Western Uganda Case Study of Rwenshama Landing Site on Lake Edward. by Tumwesigye, Paul

“…Regression analysis revealed that community participation explained 21.5% of the variance in fisheries management (R² = 0.215), with an adjusted R² of 0.173. Each unit increase in community participation improved fisheries management by 0.278 units, as indicated by a standardized Beta coefficient of 0.278, with a significance level of 0.003. …”
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Bamboo Growing and Poverty Reduction in Musanze and Burera Districts, Rwanda. by Eric, Hitimana

“…This study adopted both qualitative and quantitative designs so that the two approaches complemented each other. To achieve this, a total of 80 cooperative members (who are the community members) were interviewed selected from a total population of 604 bamboo growers was interviewed. …”
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Decentralized Planning, Budgeting and Service Delivery in Local Governments. A Case Study of Health and Education Services in Musanze District, Rwanda. by Samson, Maniragaba

“…A sample was taken from each category using the Solvein’s formula to arrive at the minimum sample size of 244. …”
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Internal Control Systems and service delivery in Kabale Municipal Council, Kabale District, Uganda. by Boaz, Abomugisha

“…It is therefore recommended that all stakeholders should follow internal controls put in place for effective and efficient delivery of services, the division of work and segregation of duties should be upheld, Each department should be represented on the procurement committee for transparency purposes; the control environment should be improved by management to allow any stakeholder to access documents, and culprits that breach norms and regulations are found, they should be punished accordingly, Finally the management of the Council should prioritize services which are critical to the public, like Road construction, Waste disposal, Education, Security and Health.…”
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Analysis of variation in charges and prices paid for vaginal and caesarean section births: a cross-sectional study by Renee Y Hsia, Yaa Akosa Antwi, Ellerie Weber

“…Objective To examine the between-hospital variation of charges and discounted prices for uncomplicated vaginal and caesarean section deliveries, and to determine the institutional and market-level characteristics that influence adjusted charges.Design, setting and participants Using data from the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), we conducted a cross-sectional study of all privately insured patients admitted to California hospitals in 2011 for uncomplicated vaginal delivery (diagnosis-related group (DRG) 775) or uncomplicated caesarean section (DRG 766).Outcome measures Hospital charges and discounted prices adjusted for each patient's clinical and demographic characteristics.Results We analysed 76 766 vaginal deliveries and 32 660 caesarean sections in California in 2011. …”
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Generalized Propensity Score Matching with Multilevel Treatment Options by Onur Baser

“…**Results:** Based on the study’s definitions of an asthma episode, we obtained a sample that included 25,124 patients in fee-for-service (FFS) plans and 6,603 patients in non-FFS plans. Under each plan type, patients who were prescribed three different treatment options were significantly different in terms of their demographic and clinical characteristics. …”
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Developing an instrument to measure the quality of social work cancer counseling regarding return to work — psychometric properties of the German Quality of Cancer Counseling Quest... by Clara Breidenbach, Sabine Schneider, Marie Rösler, Nicole Ernstmann, Paula Heidkamp, Lina Heier, Kati Hiltrop, Sophie Schellack, Johannes Soff, Johanna Weiss, Christoph Kowalski

“…The components identified included six items with three items each and were termed “1. relationship building” and “2. competent support.” …”
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Analgesic Efficacy of Transversus Abdominis Plane block vs Local Infiltration of Lignocaine and Bupivacaine in Post-operative Patients by Shabbir Ahmad, Muhammad Kareemullah, Saeed Mahmood, Muhammad Azhar Alam, Qasim Farooq, Muhammad Rashid

“…It involved a total of 110 patients, divided into two groups of 55 each, between the ages of 20 to 60 years, diagnosed with indirect inguinal hernia by ultrasound. …”
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Impaired RelA signaling and lipid metabolism dysregulation in hepatocytes: driving forces in the progression of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease by Yihuai He, Jinlian Jiang, Lili Ou, Yunfen Chen, Aikedaimu Abudukeremu, Guimei Chen, Weiwei Zhong, Zhigang Jiang, Nuerbiye Nuermaimaiti, Yaqun Guan

“…During MASLD, there was a decrease in the expression of RelA and hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 alpha (HNF1α), with both factors showing mutual enhancement of each other’s expression under normal conditions. …”
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Impact of nutrient dynamics on chlorophyll-a concentrations in non-interconnected lakes: A study in the Vellore and Chennai region by Raghul Mageswaran, Porchelvan Ponnusamy

“…Spatial distribution maps for 2024 indicate that sample 1 from each lake showed higher turbidity, chlorophyll-a, total phosphate, and total nitrate, implying these parameters are critical drivers of eutrophication. …”
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Personalized metronomic radiopharmaceutical therapy through injection profile optimization via physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling by Aryan Golzaryan, M. Soltani, Farshad Moradi Kashkooli, Babak Saboury, Arman Rahmim

“…Abstract Each treatment cycle of radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) is administered as a single dose. …”
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Exploring molecular disparities of H-type vasculature endothelial cells in osteonecrosis of the femoral head through single-cell analysis by Wei Shi, Dong Li, Qian Xu, Kai Zhang, Xinyu Liang, Hui Li, Zhijun Li, Huafeng Zhang

“…This study selected nine femoral head samples (3 each from HOA, ONFH stage 3 A, and ONFH stage 4). …”
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Experimental Study of Methods of Increasing the Efficiency of a Direct-Flow Air-Jet Detonation Engine by Vitalii Stoliarchuk, Oleksandr Zolotko, Oleksandr Aksonov

“…Engines in which the time of release of fuel energy in each volume is less than the time of the beginning of the decomposition of gasification products are called detonation engines. …”
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Can nebulised heparin reduce acute lung injury in patients with SARS‑CoV‑2 requiring advanced respiratory support in Ireland: the CHARTER‑Ireland phase Ib/IIa, randomised, parallel... by David Cosgrave, Bairbre McNicholas, Ciara Hanley, John Robert Sheehan, Padraig Calpin, Maeve Kernan, Darragh Murphy, Alberto Alvarez‑Iglesias, John Ferguson, Camilla Giacomini, Christine Greene, Catriona Cody, Shane McGeary, Marion Murphy, Marianne Fitzgerald, Gerard Curley, Barry Dixon, Roger J. Smith, Claire Masterson, Daniel O’Toole, Frank van Haren, John G. Laffey

“…Results Forty patients were recruited, with 20 patients into each group. Mean age was 56.6 (SD 11.5) in the heparin group and 51.3 (SD 14.7) in the standard care group, while 60% of participants were male. …”
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Care Complexity Factors and Discharge Destination in an Emergency Department: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Andrea Urbina, Jordi Adamuz, Maria-Eulàlia Juvé-Udina, Judith Peñafiel-Muñoz, Virginia Munoa-Urruticoechea, Maribel González-Samartino, Pilar Delgado-Hito, Javier Jacob, Marta Romero-García

“…Independent multinomial logistic regression was used for assessing the association of each factor and the discharge destinations, adjusted for age, sex, and triage level. …”
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Perceptions of Singaporeans towards informed consent: a cross-sectional survey by Mehek Gupta, Sudharsan Madhavan, Felicia Siok Ying Teo, Jee Keem Low, Vishal G. Shelat

“…Conclusion: Sociodemographic factors and educational level influence decision-making, and therefore, the informed consent process should be tailored for each patient.…”
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Effectiveness of Contrast Agents and Molecular Indicators in Alzheimer's Diagnosis Through PET and SPECT Imaging on Animal Models by Yasaman Abaszadeh, Ramin Ardalani, Athena Dehghan Najm Abadi

“…On average, 23 animals were used in each study. Respectively, Amyloid beta, Tau protein, Translocator protein (TSPO), Acetylcholinesterase (AChE), Monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B), and Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor (GnRHR) were identified the most as biomarkers in studies. …”
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Can handheld ultrasound probes reliably measure transabdominal prostate and bladder volumes? A prospective randomized point-of-care ultrasound study by Henry C. Wright, Dillon Corrigan, Smita De

“…The reliability of the volume measurements was assessed for each probe via intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs). …”
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