Effect of glyphosate on renal function: A study integrating epidemiological and experimental evidence by Lin Hu, Mingcong Chen, Xiaoran Xue, Mingyi Zhao, Qingnan He

“…Embryos (0.75 hpf–96 hpf) were exposed to different glyphosate concentrations dissolved in water (0, 30, 60, 90, 120 μg/mL). The underlying mechanism of the association between glyphosate and renal function was explored by the real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and non-targeted metabolomics analysis [embryos (0.75 hpf–96 hpf) were exposed to 90 μg/mL glyphosate]. 1170 participants were enrolled in the NHANES study. …”
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The Effect of Monetary Rewards on the Performance of Employees in an Organisation: A Case Study of Kabale District Local Government. by Nayebare, Gaston

“…The population of this study comprised of all the employees under the finance department, CAO's office and human resource department at the district. …”
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Factors Influencing Recentralization of Local Government Functions in Uganda. by Biryomumeisho, Stephen, Ocan, Johnson, Adyanga, Francis Akena

“…However, since 2003, the Central Government started reversing the policy in terms of decentralization of the appointment of Chief Administrative Officers and Municipal Town Clerks and of recent City Town Clerks (for new cities in Uganda) from the District Service Commissions (DSCs) to the Public Service Commission, recentralization of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) under the management of the Executive Director, Procurement of drugs from the district health office to the National Medical Stores (NMS), recentralization of the payroll and the recent recentralization of local revenue collection from LGs. …”
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Experiences of Mothers and Health Workers With Momcare and Safecare Bundles In Kenya And Tanzania: A Qualitative Evaluation. by Izudi, Jonathan, Owoko, Henry Odero, Bagayoko, Moussa, Kadengye, Damazo

“…We describe the experiences of the mothers in accessing and utilizing health services under the bundles, and the experiences of the health workers in providing the services. …”
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Effects of Eucalyptus Tree Plantations and Croplands on Selected Soil Physicochemical Properties in Lake Bunyonyi Sub-Catchment of South-Western Uganda. by Byamukama, Simon

“…However, the study findings indicated soil pH under EP was significantly lower than that of Cropland (CP) (p<0.05). …”
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Budgetary Control and Organizational Performance in Municipal Local Governments in Uganda: A Case of Kabale Municipal Council. by Akankwasa, Fidelis

“…The study recommends that for Kabale Municipal Council to perform well as the standing order says, budgetary controls should be put under serious consideration. Kabale Municipal Council should bridge the gap between the theory and practice of strategic management by addressing the budgetary challenges. …”
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Social Administration and Societal Transformation in Uganda Today. by Mugavu, George

“…As such secondary data was used and this data was obtained mainly from scholarly and published research articles surrounding Social administration, Social welfare, and other crucial published reports, with matters of the role of social administrators in societal transformation in Uganda today under scrutiny in which even the challenges incapacitating the social administrators from playing their roles well were also analyzed. …”
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Impact of Social Cultural Factors on Teenage Pregnancies in Ikumba Sub-County Rubanda District. by Ndyamuhakyi, Sonia

“…The researcher used the descriptive research design as appropriate for the study because the study was concerned with finding answers to questions about the research topic under study by the researcher. The Population of this study comprised parents, guardians, and Teenage girls who were added up to get 120 because they are the basis of the study and this provided the relevant answers to the study questions. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Wood Ash–Lime Blend in the Stabilization of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement for Road Construction. by Byamugisha, Mark

“…Extremely large volumes of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) aggregates are generated during pavement rehabilitation and reconstruction and disposed of along road alignments while large quantities of wood ash are generated from burning eucalyptus (eucalyptus grandis specie) logs under controlled combustion at 10000C. This paper presents the results of the laboratory evaluation of the characteristics of wood ash-lime stabilized RAP with a view to determining its suitability for use as highway pavement material in flexible pavement construction. …”
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Crack Propagation Analysis at Openings in Unreinforced Masonry Walls Due to Lateral and Vertical Loads. by Ihangu, Derrick

“…This study aimed to numerically examine the behavior of crack propagation in unreinforced masonry walls with openings under in-plane vertical loads. The research investigates how variables like opening size, location, and aspect ratio affect the initiation, spread, and eventual failure of the walls. …”
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Citizen Participation and Service Delivery: A case of Communities in Rukungiri Municipality. by Jonacent, Tumusiime

“…It aimed at examining the relationship between citizen participation and service delivery in Rukungiri municipality under the following specific objectives; to establish the level of citizen participation in Rukungiri municipality, to establish the quality of service delivery to citizens in Rukungiri municipality and to determine the relationship between level of citizen participation and quality service delivery in Rukungiri municipality. …”
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The Impact of Private Education Sector to The Development of Bukimbiri Sub-County, Kisoro District. by Tibesigwa, David

“…African countries embraced structural adjustment programs under the advisement of World Bank and International Monetary Fund (EMF) in order to improve access to and participate in basic education for all; improve learning outcomes and improve equity in educational opportunities The policy of privatization has been taken into all spheres of the economy which is very critical to realize elements of development and equity of the "developing nations" African Economies usually manage to only fund a half of their budgets and therefore are reliant on donor aid. …”
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«Så sitter du der og plutselig leser for alle» – en nærstudie av barnehageansatte som litteraturformidlere by Malgorzata Wild, Christina Berg Tveitan

“…ENGLISH ABSTRACT “All of the Sudden You Are Sitting There Reading for Everyone” – A Close Study of Pedagogical Staff as Literature Mediators Recent studies of pedagogical staff investigate practices that inform read-alouds in kindergartens (Alatalo & Westlund, 2021; Damber, 2015; Dybvik et al., 2022; Tjäru, 2023). …”
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The pattern of antibiotic utilisation among intensive care unit patients hospitalised in a Gauteng (South African) provincial tertiary hospital: Comparing findings before and durin... by L Spinickum, Z Booth, S Leigh-de Rapper

“…A prominent driver associated with antibiotic resistance is inappropriate use or consumption. The sudden emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 ) changed the conventional practices related to antibiotic utilisation through repurposing the use of antibiotics. …”
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A Systemic Approach to Inceptive Constructions in Lithuanian by Rolandas Mikulskas

“…A construction grammar approach to the phenomenon of the phasal complementation allows us to treat the inceptive constructions under discussion uniformly, as members of the same grammatical category, and the verbs mentioned above, when serving as inceptive markers of the infinitival event, can reasonably go under separate senses in dictionary entries, especially in the cases when the inceptive constructions these verbs underlie are well entrenched in language usage.  …”
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IGJR 1/2020: Housing crisis: How can we improve the situation for young people? by IF and FRFG

“…More information is available on www.if.org.uk under >Research >Prizes and on www.intergenerationaljustice.org under >Academic Awards >Demography Prize. …”
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Prospective Single-Arm Study of Remifentanil-Propofol Anesthesia with Manual Right Hypochondrial Compression for Painless Gastroscopy in Obese Patients by Wang M, Tang J, Pan Z, Jiang H, Hu D, Zhu B, Liang Z, Zhao X, Li Y

“…Second outcomes included severe hypoxemia, the lowest SpO2 (L-SpO2), duration of hypoxemia, and other events.Results: The 98 obese patients under LAPO, the median body mass index (BMI) was 39.2 kg/m2 and the incidence of hypoxemia was 27.5%, while the conventional anesthetic protocol for obesity (CAPO) in the reference was 40.4% with BMI 31.4 kg/m2. …”
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Interventional effects of different track and field sports on human cardiovascular function indicators and physiological energy metabolism by Ruibin Jing, Zhengwei Wang, Choi Mee-Seong

“…In a quantitative load state, long-distance runners have the strongest adaptability to load.…”
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Natural and Migration Balance of the Population in Sibiu County Between 1992 and 2021 by Raularian RUSU, Ciprian MOLDOVAN, Titus MAN, Elena-Manuela BÎRSĂNUC, Cosmina-Daniela URSU

“…Areas around the city of Sibiu, especially the commune of Șelimbăr and the town of Cisnădie, have experienced a huge demographic growth, due to migration, but also due to the natural balance rate, which increased suddenly because most of the migrants are young families. …”
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V- Model untuk Pengembangan Sistem Informasi Manajemen Ruang Rapat by Admaja Dwi Herlambang, Aditya Rachmadi, Azri Putri Rahmatika, Dinar Indah Dwi Utami, Safira Widya Hapsari

“…Convenient access for meeting room information will make searching activities for the meeting room availability in an organization easier. The sudden change in schedule due to misinformation resulted in a conflict with another schedule. …”
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