The Development and Intellectualisation of African Languages Revisited. by Ndoleriire, Oswald Kyamulesire

“…I start by defining the idea of intellectualisation which involves using a language in all areas of human endeavour. I then look at some success stories regarding language intellectualisation, in particular the case of Hebrew and Afrikaans. …”
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Teachers Readiness in Implementing the New Curriculum in Secondary Schools of Rukungiri Municipality. by Muhumuza, Christoms

“…However, there is room for improvement to ensure consistency across all classrooms. The availability of educational resources emerged as a critical issue, with significant disparities noted. …”
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Financial Management Practices and Performance of Saving and Credit Scheme Organisation in Uganda. A Case Study of Rukiga SACCO in Rukiga District-Uganda. by Nyirazihawe, Aphia Jane

“…The key finding of this study is that the internal control system, cash flow of duties, and working capital management all significantly affect Rukiga SACCO's performance. …”
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Supply Chain Management, Procurement Practices and Performance of Selected Commercial Banks in Uganda: A Case of Centenary Bank and Finance Trust Bank. by Niwaha, Daphine

“…A cross-sectional survey of all Ugandan commercial banks was part of the research design. …”
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Effect of Different Spacing on Cabbage Growth and Yield Optimization. by Birungi, Hillary

“…After three months harvesting was done for all four plots and results were analyzed to determine the most spacing configuration to optimize yield. …”
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Rural Women’s Cooperatives and Family Standard of Living in Rwanda: A case of Urugero Cooperative in Gatsibo District. by Tharcisse, Maniragena

“…It was further established that URUGERO women’s cooperative and all associated rural women’s cooperatives operating in the study area had recorded success in relation to their objectives. …”
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Motivation and Employee Performance: A case Study of Kabale Municipal Council, Kabale District. by Juliet, Nalusiba

“…Questionnaires were issued to public employees across all the departments; education, health, finance and planning, works and technical services, community based services, production and marketing as well as environment and natural resources. …”
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Statistical Analysis of Informal Settlements and Environmental Management in Mbale Municipality, Uganda by Mustafe, Hassan Abdi, Nafiu, Lukman Abiodun, George Stanley, Kinyata

“…There is also need to provide economic incentives to the poor in urban community. Local officials at all levels should cooperate so as to make easy the inspection of developments during construction.…”
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Optimal control and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Taeniasis and Cysticercois in Humans, Pigs and Cattle. by Joshua, A. Mwasunda, Jacob I, Irunde, Damian, Kajunguri, Dmitry, Kuznetsov

“…The optimal control results indicate that the strategy which focus on the combination of all interventions or that exclude vaccination of pigs and cattle is the most effective optimal control strategy in disease control. …”
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Green Manufacturing and Environmental Sustainability in Selected Manufacturing Entities in Kampala District, Uganda by Rugasira, Jack, Moses, Agaba, Byarugaba Mbiito, Jotham, Makumbi, Rita, Kyotuheire, Jill, Asiimwe, Jane

“…The researcher applied Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS) to test all four hypotheses. The results are presented in terms of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics in terms of correlation analysis, simple regression and multiple regression analysis models. …”
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Modelling nitrogen transformation in the Lake Bunyonyi ecosystem, South‑Western Uganda by Alex, Saturday, Thomas, J. Lyimo, John, Machiwa, Siajali, Pamba

“…The study recommended that a compressive investigation that puts into consideration all the possible sources of nutrient and water inflow into the lake system be done on Lake Bunyonyi.…”
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Blood biomarkers to identify patients with different intracranial lesion combinations after traumatic brain injury by Pia Koivikko, Ari J. Katila, Riikka SK. Takala, Iftakher Hossain, Teemu M. Luoto, Rahul Raj, Mari Koivisto, Olli Tenovuo, Kaj Blennow, Peter Hutchinson, Henna-Riikka Maanpää, Mehrbod Mohammadian, Virginia F. Newcombe, Jean-Charles Sanchez, Jussi Tallus, Mark van Gils, Henrik Zetterberg, Jussi P. Posti

“…Material and methods: One hundred thirty patients with all severities of TBI were studied. Seventy-five had CT-positive and 55 CT-negative findings. …”
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On Trees with a Given Number of Vertices of Fixed Degree and Their Two Bond Incident Degree Indices by Abeer M. Albalahi, Muhammad Rizwan, Akhlaq A. Bhatti, Ivan Gutman, Akbar Ali, Tariq Alraqad, Hicham Saber

“…Moreover, in the family of all trees of fixed order and with a given number of vertices of even degrees, the extremum values of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>S</mi><mi>E</mi><msub><mi>I</mi><mi>a</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mmultiscripts><mi>R</mi><mi>α</mi><none></none><mprescripts></mprescripts><none></none><mn>0</mn></mmultiscripts></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> are found for every real number <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>α</mi><mo>∉</mo><mo>{</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>}</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>a</mi><mo>></mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. …”
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Adherence to four healthy lifestyle factors and their influencing factors among residents aged 35 – 75 in South China: a cross-sectional survey by Wenyan HE, Xingyi ZHANG, Chunqi WANG, Xueke BAI, Yang YANG, Wei XU, Lijuan SONG, Yan ZHANG, Hao YANG, Xi LI, Jianlan CUI

“…Female residents, those aged 50 – 75 years, those with a high school education or higher, those with an annual household income of > 50 000 yuan, and those with a history of myocardial infarction/coronary revascularization/stroke were more likely to adhere to all four healthy lifestyle factors. Residents aged 40 – 49 years, those with a junior high school education, farmers, rural residents, and those with an annual household income of 10 000 – 50 000 yuan were less likely to adhere to all four healthy lifestyle factors. …”
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Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) implementations to control cholera outbreak in Oromia region, Ethiopia by Dabesa Gobena, Esayas Kebede Gudina, Getahun Fetensa, Tizta Tilahun Degfie, Tessema Debela, Afework Tamiru, Zenebu Begna Bayissa, Dereje Diriba, Tarekegn Sarbessa, Daniel Bekele, Natinel Teferi, Achalu Layesa, Abate Zewdie, Dawit Worku Ayele, Meron Debebe Mersha, Chala Bafikadu, Senahara Korsa Wake, Lemi Abebe, Tesfaye Kebebew, Tefera Goshu, Birhanu Kenate, Yadeta Dessie, Zeleke Mekonnen

“…Overall, the RCCE implementation activities were characterized by inconsistency, a lack of comprehensiveness, and uniformity across all levels. Conclusion The RCCE-related intervention activities were found to be minimal, inconsistent and less focused. …”
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Comparing Motahari and Allameh Asgari's Views on the Meaning and Examples of ‘Affair’ by Masomeh Esmaeili

“…But the way they have expressed them is such that it can be said that all the examples mentioned by both of them are examples of affairs. …”
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A novel ddPCR™ assay for eDNA detection and quantification of Greater Amberjack Seriola dumerilli and three congeners in US waters: challenges and application to fisheries independ... by P. Joana Dias, Ryan Lehman, Bryan L. Huerta-Beltrán, Ana Wheeler, Crystal L. Hightower, Jessica Heise, Theodore Switzer, Clint Rhode, J. Marcus Drymon, Lynne Stokes, Mark A. Albins, Sean Powers, Nicole Phillips

“…Both eDNA and camera gears detected the presence of S. dumerili and S. rivoliana at both sites and all sampling days, but not S. fasciata and S. zonata. eDNA concentration data was higher for S. dumerili than S. rivoliana at both sites for all sampling days, in line with abundance patterns obtained from camera gears. …”
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Evaluation of a peer support group programme for vulnerable host population and refugees living with diabetes and/or hypertension in Lebanon: a before-after study by Leah Anku Sanga, Carla Njeim, Éimhín Ansbro, Rima Kighsro Naimi, Ali Ibrahim, Benjamin Schmid, Jasmin Lilian Diab, Jytte Roswall, Tim Clayton, Lars Bruun Larsen, Pablo Perel

“…The patient reported outcomes (PROMs) were collected at baseline and at six months by trained volunteers for all PSG participants. We performed a before-after analysis of PROMs for all patients who completed the PSG sessions. …”
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Potential of long-term satellite observations and reanalysis products for characterising soil drying: trends and drought events by M. Hirschi, P. Stradiotti, B. Crezee, B. Crezee, W. Dorigo, S. I. Seneviratne

“…Overall, the events tend to be least pronounced in the ACTIVE remote-sensing product across all drought metrics, particularly with respect to the magnitudes. …”
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A Study on the Yield Stability of Oilseed Sunflower Genotypes under Drought Stress by Nasrin Akbari, Reza Darvishzadeh

“…Due to the severe and rapid changes in climate, which confront crops with all kinds of stress, especially drought stress, it is expected that the cultivated area of crops, such as sunflower, which is highly desirable for planting due to its special characteristics, will decrease. …”
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