Business partnership, women empowerment and support to women living with HIV/AIDS in Kabale, Uganda. by Mwosi, Fabian, Eton, Marus, Aluonzi, Burani, Olupot, Simon Peter, Alia, Richard

“…Results: Women empowerment increased decision-making power, while business partnerships decreased dependence on male partners. …”
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Impact of Human Capital Development on Economic Growth in Uganda. by Nuwagaba, Christopher

“…Human capital plays a crucial role in enabling countries to enhance their economic performance and improve the well-being of their citizens. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Wood Charcoal Dust as Partial Replacement for Cement in Plain Concrete. by Akankunda, Lindah

“…Incorporating WCD as a partial replacement for cement can lower construction costs and promote environmental sustainability. …”
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Assessing the Effect of Saturation Variations on the Factor of Safety of Slopes in Elgon Sub-Region. by Muboki, Peterson

“…When saturated, these soils become even more vulnerable, resulting in lower Factor of Safety (FOS) values for the slopes. …”
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Urbanisation and Education Development: A Case Study of Rock High School. by Abaho, Derick

“…The findings revealed that urbanization generally leads to improved educational infrastructure and increased educational offerings. However, disparities in resource distribution and access persist, particularly affecting lower-income and marginalized communities. …”
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Comparison of Concrete Strength Development Using Different Brands of Cement of N32.5 in Uganda . by Beinamani, Edidia

“…This research investigated the comparative strength development of different cement brands available in Uganda, focusing on their performance over various curing periods and associated costs. …”
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Versus Standard of Care Recovery for Emergency Cesarean Deliveries at Mbarara Hospital, Uganda by Moris, Baluku, Francis, Bajunirwe, Joseph, Ngonzi, Joseph, Kiwanuka, Stephen, Ttendo

“…However, pruritus was more common in the ERAS arm compared to SOC (P = .023). …”
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Participation in gardening activity and its association with improved mental health among family caregivers of people with dementia in rural Uganda by Herbert, E. Ainamani...[et al]

“…Caregivers of people with dementia who participate in gardening have lower symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress. …”
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Agribusiness strategy and rural development: A case study of Ihunga Sub County, Ntungamo District by Denis, Simpson Singahache

“…Basing on the study objectives and subsequent findings, the study recommended among others: to have food security in homes and families using agribusiness strategy for developments; to launch cooperative societies so that agro-based producers with common goals advance their aim to kick poverty out of their areas by setting up the bargaining power to look for market, reliable technology and inputs to boost their operations aiming at developing their rural area; to adopt agribusiness strategy for rural development and widening employment opportunities; Government to come in and enforce policies and laws aiming at regulating birth so as to control population growth, Government should come in to properly articulate policies and ensure their effective implementation to enhance rural development basing on agribusiness strategy as the benchmark and the Ugandan government to prioritize the agriculture sectors by allocating a big proportion of the budget to agriculture and industry sectors.…”
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Capital Structure, Investment Decision and Financial Performance of SMEs in Uganda A Case of Central Uganda by Turyahebwa, Abanis

“…The findings point to a moderate significant positive relationship between capital structure, investment decision and financial performance of SMEs. …”
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Other proprietary brand assets and competitive advantage in beer products in Kabale District, South Western Uganda by Moses, Agaba, Sunday, Arthur

“…This study adopted the resource based business model that provides a framework for identifying unique set of resources and shifts the approach of assessing competitive advantage from the external to the internal environment that is the resource power. Objectives This study, therefore, set out to determine the effect of Other Proprietary Brand Assets on competitive advantage in beer products in Kabale District. …”
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Internal controls, corporate governance and fi nancial performance of MFIs in Uganda by Abanis, Turyahebwa, Eliab, Byamukama Mpora, Arthur, Sunday

“…From the results, we sanction that internal controls, corporate governance, predict over 70.2% of the change in financial performance of Micro Finance Institutions in Uganda. …”
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EXPERIENCE OF USING PLANET EARTH OBSERVATION DATA IN RETRAINING COURSES FOR EDUCATORS IN THE JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF UKRAINE by Stanislav O. Dovgyi, Svitlana M. Babiichuk, Olha V. Tomchenko

“…The Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine has been promoting the application of satellite imagery in education for over ten years. One of the outputs of this activity is the advanced training course for educators. …”
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Prevalence and predictors of severe Crohn’s disease at a tertiary hospital in South Africa by C Gounden, V Naidoo, Y Moodley

“…Demographic and clinical variables at diagnosis of CD were collected and analysed for statistical association with development of SCD (defined as the presence of >/= 1 of the following over the course of CD: complex perianal disease, colonic resection >/= 2 small bowel resections, a single small bowel resection > 50cm, or construction of a definitive stoma). …”
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Risk of cancer in patients with bile acid diarrhoea: a Danish nationwide matched cohort study by Tine Jess, Nynne Nyboe Andersen, Gry Poulsen, Signe Wildt, Lars Kristian Munck, Aske Thorn Iversen, Christian Borup

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Why is Your Cup of Coffee so Expensive? Because of a Tiny Bark Beetle! by Jiri Hulcr

“…One such insect is the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), a tiny (1.5 mm) bark beetle that originated in the highlands of central Africa. …”
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Internet application Mozilla localization and using in teaching by Gintautas Grigas, Tatjana Jevsikova

“…The reasons to discuss this topic are following: 1) the programs' suite was localized (menu, dialog boxes and other strings and documentation are translated and the program is adapted for its proper matching to Lithuanian environment); 2) using one Mozilla package for teaching Intemet topics instead of separated Inter­net applications (web browser, HTML composer, e-mail and chat clients) has many advantages. …”
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Why is Your Cup of Coffee so Expensive? Because of a Tiny Bark Beetle! by Jiri Hulcr

“…One such insect is the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), a tiny (1.5 mm) bark beetle that originated in the highlands of central Africa. …”
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