Lessons from Deborah’ Inspiration and Implications on the Plight of Women Leadership in A Male Dominated Society: Significances for Today’s World by Rugyendo, Medard

“…The Jewish culture was a male-dominated society yet women had great roles and contributions in the social, economic, religious, and political fields. …”
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Factors Hindering the Proper Management of Academic Libraries in Kabale Municipality: A Case Study of the Uganda Martyrs University Kabale Campus Library. by Oliva, Arineitwe

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Credit Management and Performance of selected financial Institutions in Kabale District, Uganda by Joshua, Muhumuza

“…The study further revealed that to a very great extent credit terms affected loan performance; full collateralization in case the borrower fails to pay, penalty for late payment, flexible repayment periods, loan restructuring and use of credit committees to review big loans increases loan recovery and improves customer’s commitment to repay. …”
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Fiscal Decentralization and Health Service Delivery in Itojo Sub-County, Ntungamo District, Uganda by Rosette, Kiconco

“…The findings indicated that monitoring and evaluation greatly affect health service delivery. This implied that an increase in monitoring and evaluation of health services has positively influence on health service delivery. …”
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Thematic Curriculum and Pupils’ Academic Performance: A case study of Kitumba Sub-County, Kabale District. by Bibian, Kemigisha

“…Findings for the first objective revealed that an increase in academic performance during thematic curriculum implementation is greatly influenced by an increase in the quality of the content extended to pupils in primary schools (R=0.935, P-Value 0.01). …”
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Community Participation and the sustainability of Development projects: A case Study of Essential Nutrition and Health package Project in Kabuga, Gasabo District, Rwanda. by Bernard, Bayasese

“…The study concluded that community participation in projects greatly contributes to the sustainability of projects. …”
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Pesticide application and water quality in Doho and Kibimba rice irrigation schemes, eastern Uganda by Sulaiman, Abubakar Aminua, Sarah, Nachuha, Zakia, Tebetyoc

“…Considering that agriculture is a major source of income in most developing countries, crop damage from pest infestation is of great concern to many farmers. These farmers are therefore motivated to apply pesticides. …”
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A prediction model for guiding tumor microwave ablation surgery based on simulation by Lu Qian, Yamin Yang, Pan Chen, Jia Liu, Xiaofei Jin, Zhiyu Qian, Chunxiao Chen

“…Further, the clinical data including the patients’ operation results and devices provided values were consistent well with our predicated data, indicating the great potential of ACAPM to assist preoperative planning.…”
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Nitrogen-rich covalent organic polymers for efficient solid phase extraction of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs from water samples by Yuqi Cheng, Jia Li, Xiaochen Xiu, Xinghua Teng, Wen Zhang, Lei Ji, Leilei Wang

“…In order to monitor trace levels of NSAIDs from complex water samples, development of facile and efficient sample pretreatment is of great significance. Herein, a nitrogen-rich covalent organic polymer containing phenyl, triazine and amine groups was fabricated via solvent-free copolymerization. …”
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Advances in physiological and clinical relevance of hiPSC-derived brain models for precision medicine pipelines by Negin Imani Farahani, Negin Imani Farahani, Negin Imani Farahani, Lisa Lin, Lisa Lin, Lisa Lin, Shama Nazir, Shama Nazir, Shama Nazir, Alireza Naderi, Alireza Naderi, Alireza Naderi, Leanne Rokos, Leanne Rokos, Leanne Rokos, Anthony Randal McIntosh, Anthony Randal McIntosh, Lisa M. Julian, Lisa M. Julian, Lisa M. Julian, Lisa M. Julian

“…Our focus is to highlight the great potential of synergy between these emerging innovations to pave the way for personalized medicine becoming a viable option for patients suffering from neuropathologies, particularly rare epileptic and neurodegenerative disorders.…”
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Response to Infliximab in Crohn’s Disease: Genetic Analysis Supporting Expression Profile by Luz María Medrano, Carlos Taxonera, Cristina González-Artacho, Virginia Pascual, María Gómez-García, Manuel Barreiro-de Acosta, José L. Pérez-Calle, Fernando Bermejo, Antonio López-Sanromán, Dolores Martín Arranz, Javier P. Gisbert, Juan Luis Mendoza, Javier Martín, Concepción Núñez, Elena Urcelay

“…Substantial proportion of Crohn’s disease (CD) patients shows no response or a limited response to treatment with infliximab (IFX) and to identify biomarkers of response would be of great clinical and economic benefit. The expression profile of five genes (S100A8-S100A9, G0S2, TNFAIP6, and IL11) reportedly predicted response to IFX and we aimed at investigating their etiologic role through genetic association analysis. …”
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MODIS land surface temperature in East Antarctica: accuracy and its main affecting factors by Zhaosheng Zhai, Yetang Wang, Carleen H. Reijmer, Paul C. J. P. Smeets, Xueying Zhang, Wuying Zhang

“…By utilizing a stricter filter based on automatic weather station cloud data, despite losing 29.4% of the data, accuracy of MODIS LST was greatly improved. The cloud-screened MODIS LST exhibited cold biases (−5.18 to −0.07°C, and root mean square errors from 2.37 to 6.28°C) than in situ LSTs at most stations, with smaller cold biases at inland stations, but larger ones at coastal regions and the edge of plateau. …”
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REVOLUTIONIZING LUXURY: THE ROLE OF AI AND MACHINE LEARNING IN ENHANCING MARKETING STRATEGIES WITHIN THE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY LUXURY SECTORS by Maria Nascimento CUNHA, Manuel PEREIRA, António CARDOSO, Jorge FIGUEIREDO, Isabel OLIVEIRA

“…AI and ML applications, such as chatbots for 24/7 customer service and predictive analytics for tailoring travel recommendations, have greatly improved customer interaction and operational efficiencies. …”
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Study on the Mechanism of Organic Matter Enrichment in Early Cambrian Marine Shales in the Lower Yangtze Area, South China: An Example Using Well JXY1 by Sihong Cheng, Bin Li, Kun Zhang, Weiwei Liu, Jun Peng, Mingcai Hou, Ming Wen, Qingsong Xia, Xin Wang, Xiaoxue Liu, Li Zhong, Yizhou Huang, Yongyang Liu, Muhe Yuan, Yue Yao

“…Moreover, the paleoocean in this period between the Yangtze plate and the Cathaysian plate was greatly affected by hydrothermal activities, with temperatures ranging from 90°C to 120°C. …”
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Impact of Thermospheric Mass Density on the Orbit Prediction of LEO Satellites by Changyong He, Yang Yang, Brett Carter, Kefei Zhang, Andong Hu, Wang Li, Florent Deleflie, Robert Norman, Suqin Wu

“…This study makes clear that careful selection of TMD variations is of great importance to balance the trade‐off between efficiency and accuracy in OP problems.…”
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Colossal permittivity with ultra-wide temperature stability in Bi + Ca co-doped BaTiO3 by Tingting Fan, Qi Shi, Wenrong Xiao, Guangzu Zhang, Feng Huang, Wenlin Wang, Wen Dong, Shenglin Jiang, Jing Wang

“…This strategy breaks the traditional limitation of single/noncomprehensive enhancement by single-polarization mechanism, and is of great theoretical and practical significance to promote the research and application of high-performance BaTiO3-based ceramic materials.…”
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Elevated Lipid Concentrations in Seminal Plasma Can Reduce Sperm Motility in Simmental Bulls by Zhuo Yang, Fang Luo, Chenglei Song, Zhiyuan Ma, Yucheng Tian, Yu Fu, Hao Zheng, Jinzhong Tao

“…Notably, PC (16:0/20:4; 14:0/18:3), LPC (22:4/0:0; 22:6/0:0), and PE (14:0/18:1; 18:1/20:3) were diagnosed with great accuracy (AUC > 0.7), which means they may serve as potential biomarkers for sperm motility.…”
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Piezoelectric biomaterials for providing electrical stimulation in bone tissue engineering: Barium titanate by Huagui Huang, Kaizhong Wang, Xiangyan Liu, Xin Liu, Jinzuo Wang, Moran Suo, Hui Wang, Shuang Chen, Xin Chen, Zhonghai Li

“…And it highlights the great potential of BaTiO3 as piezoelectric biomaterials in the field of bone tissue engineering in anticipation of providing new ideas and opportunities for researchers.The translational potential of this article: This review systematically discusses barium titanate, a bioactive material that can mimic the piezoelectric effect of natural bone tissue, which can intervene in the regenerative repair of bone by providing a sustained electrical microenvironment for bone repair scaffolds. …”
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Whole-Genome Sequencing and Comparative Genome Analysis Provided Insight into the Predatory Features and Genetic Diversity of Two Bdellovibrio Species Isolated from Soil by Omotayo Opemipo Oyedara, Aldo Segura-Cabrera, Xianwu Guo, Temidayo Oluyomi Elufisan, Rafael Alejandro Cantú González, Mario A. Rodríguez Pérez

“…Bdellovibrio spp. are predatory bacteria with great potential as antimicrobial agents. Studies have shown that members of the genus Bdellovibrio exhibit peculiar characteristics that influence their ecological adaptations. …”
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Traceability simulation of drainage in irrigation areas along the south bank of the Yellow River based on the SWAT model by Zheng Hexiang, Han Yujing, Han Yujing, Bao Rongxuan, Wang Biyu, Wu Jiabin, Tian Delong, Yan Haofang, Yan Haofang, Hao Beibei

“…The simulation of drainage sources in irrigation areas at the watershed scale is of great significance for understanding the characteristics and drainage status of irrigation districts under various water-saving irrigation and climatic conditions. …”
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