The Saving Culture and Performance of Small Medium Enterprises in Mbarara City Counci: A Case Study of Selected Businesses in Mbarara Central Market. by Namanda, Mary Patience

“…The study recommends that there should be a re-orientation to these business owners which must be done even before any government intervention else those proceeds from the intervention may still be wrongly used. …”
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Vocational and Technical Training and Promotion of Employment in Kabale District: A Case Study of Kabale Municipalty. by Mercy, Orikiriza

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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

“…The study was based on positivism orientation since it was not purely quantitative based, with a need of qualitative data. …”
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“Restoration of the Past Scenery-Realm”: A Research on the Scenery-Realm Restoration of Jiang’s Fu Garden During Qing Dynasty in the Historical Revolution of the Humble Administrat... by Qian BIAN

“…By identifying and correlating the content of the images, the potential and limitations of schematic layout recovery of the Fu Garden are elucidated, and the distinctive significance of a core scenic area named Yuanxiang Hall within the garden for understanding the value orientation of the Fu Garden’s restoration is highlighted, as well as the feasible conditions for its research. …”
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Modification of surface and subsurface properties of cold-rolled Ti6Al4V sheets through water jet shot peening by Egemen Avcu, Mustafa Armağan, Yasemin Yıldıran Avcu, Eray Abakay, Emirhan Çalım, Funda Gül Koç, Mert Guney, Rıdvan Yamanoğlu

“…The grains in the microstructure were oriented perpendicularly to the peening direction to a depth of 5.36 μm beneath the surface, even at minimal peening levels. …”
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Strength Prediction Model for Cohesive Soil–Rock Mixture with Rock Content by Yang Sun, Jianyong Xin, Junchao He, Junping Yu, Haibin Ding, Yifan Hu

“…This paper performed a series of large-scale triaxial compression tests on the cohesive soil–rock mixture (SRM) samples with dimensions of 500 mm × 1000 mm to investigate the influence of rock content P_BV (20, 40, and 60% by volume), rock orientation angle <i>α</i>, and confining pressure on their macro-mechanical properties. …”
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Teenage Pregnancy: Impact of the Integral Attention Given to the Pregnant Teenager and Adolescent Mother as a Protective Factor for Repeat Pregnancy by Maria José Carvalho Sant'Anna, Kepler Alencar Mendes Carvalho, Amanda Melhado, Verônica Coates, Hatim A. Omar

“…A prospective study comprised 85 adolescents attended by the ISPPT between January 2002 and June 2006 who participated in meetings during pregnancy with a multidisciplinary team that provided orientation concerning family planning, self-esteem, pregnancy prevention, motivation to continue education and/or work, and evaluate the postpartum mother-child relationship. …”
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Synthesis, Physicochemical Properties, and Ion Recognition Ability of Azulene-Based Bis-(Thio)Semicarbazone by Anamaria Hanganu, Catalin Maxim, Andreea Dogaru, Adrian E. Ion, Coralia Bleotu, Augustin M. Madalan, Daniela Bala, Simona Nica

“…Crystal structure determination of azulene-1,3-bis(thiosemicarbazone) shows that the thiosemicarbazone units exhibit a <i>syn</i>-closed conformation, with both arms oriented in the same direction and adopting an <i>E</i> configuration with respect to the imine linkages. …”
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Effect of ON and OFF Axis Open Hole Tensile Testing of GFRP/Epoxy Composites by Sunith Babu Loganathan, Ashok Kumar Krishnappa, Jaya Christiyan Kumaravelu Grace Jesu Bai, Ritin Pavirala, Rajesh Mathivanan

“…In the present study, GFRP/Epoxy composite laminates are subjected to open hole tensile test under ON and OFF axis orientations. The effect of loading under different sequences was studied. …”
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Effect of Al contents on the microstructure and cavitation erosion resistance of TiSiN/NiTiAlxCrCoN nanomultilayer films by Hongjuan Yan, Fangying Cheng, Zhaoliang Dou, Lina Si, Ye Yang, Fengbin Liu

“…The results of the study reveal that all TiSiN/NiTiAl _x CrCoN nanomultilayer films exhibit a face-centered cubic structure with a preferential orientation in (200) plane. The cross-sectional images of films show the columnar structure. …”
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The Impact of Bar-induced Noncircular Motions on the Measurement of Galactic Rotation Curves by Jie Liu, Zhi Li, Juntai Shen

“…Hydrodynamical simulations reveal that the “dip” feature is caused by the perpendicular orientation of the gas flows in the nuclear ring and the bar; at low $\left|{\rm{\Delta }}\phi \right|$ streamlines in the nuclear ring tend to enhance V _los , while those in the bar tend to suppress V _los . …”
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Microstructure evolution and recrystallization behavior of two nickel-based single crystal superalloys by XU Fuze, LIN Yongcheng, MA Dexin, HE Daoguang, ZHAO Yunxing, LI Lyu, CHENG Bowen, DENG Yangpi

“…Castings with the same crystal orientation are selected to investigate their recrystallization （RX） behavior after solution heat treatment at 1300 ℃ for 2 h and 1310 ℃ for 4 h. …”
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Research on Sulfate Attack Mechanism of Cement Concrete Based on Chemical Thermodynamics by Peng Liu, Ying Chen, Zhiwu Yu, Lingkun Chen, Yongfeng Zheng

“…Based on principles of chemical thermodynamics, the relationship between temperature and the Gibbs free energy of erosion products generated during the sulfate attack on cement concrete was deduced. The orientation of chemical reactions of sulfate attack on cement concrete was theoretically determined as well as the critical sulfate ion concentration and the formation conditions of erosion products. …”
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Modeling of magnetic vestibular stimulation experienced during high-field clinical MRI by Ismael Arán-Tapia, Vicente Pérez-Muñuzuri, Alberto P. Muñuzuri, Andrés Soto-Varela, Jorge Otero-Millan, Dale C. Roberts, Bryan K. Ward

“…Results indicate that Lorentz force-induced stimulation of individual cupulae explains variability in eye movements across different magnetic field intensities and head orientations. Conclusions This study empirically supports the Lorentz force hypothesis as a valid explanation for magnetic vestibular stimulation, offering new insights into the effects of high-field MRI on the vestibular system. …”
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Syntheses, crystal structures, Hirshfeld surface analyses and crystal voids of 1-(4-bromophenyl)-2,2-dichloroethan-1-one and 2,2-dibromo-1-(p-tolyl)ethan-1-one by Atash V. Gurbanov, Firudin I. Guseinov, Aida I. Samigullina, Tuncer Hökelek, Khudayar I. Hasanov, Tahir A. Javadzade, Alebel N. Belay

“…In compound (I), the planar rings are oriented at a dihedral angle of 13.23 (8)°. In crystals of both compounds, intermolecular C—H...O hydrogen bonds link the molecules into infinite chains along the b-axis direction. …”
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Activity of sorghum aphid and its natural enemies in the context of agroecological and weather conditions by Tomasz E. Koralewski, Tomasz E. Koralewski, Michael J. Brewer, Leonel L. Deleon, Norman C. Elliott, Kristopher Giles, Adrianna Szczepaniec, Ashleigh M. Faris, Ashleigh M. Faris

“…Agroecological-oriented areawide pest management leverages the innate ability of agroecosystem to suppress pests, and thus to utilize ecosystem services, a key component of sustainable agriculture. …”
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Honest Computing: achieving demonstrable data lineage and provenance for driving data and process-sensitive policies by Florian Guitton, Axel Oehmichen, Étienne Bossé, Yike Guo

“…We also introduce a reference framework to achieve demonstrable data lineage and provenance, contrasting it with Secure Computing, a related but differently orientated form of computing. At its core, Honest Computing leverages Trustless Computing, Confidential Computing, Distributed Computing, Cryptography, and AAA security concepts. …”
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Experimental and numerical analysis of Carbon/Glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic wind turbine blade prepared by VARIM by H N Abhilash, K Raghunandana, Subraya Krishna Bhat, Aruna Prabhu, A Amar Murthy

“…The wind turbine blade (WTB) is simulated in ANSYS ACP based on the designated stacking sequence and fiber orientation. Static structure analysis is performed for the thermoplastic and thermosetting composites under various operating circumstances. …”
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Advanced KNN-based cost-efficient algorithm for precision localization and energy optimization in dynamic underwater sensor networks by Nadia Shamshad, Lei Wang, Kiran Saleem, Danish Sarwr, Salil Bharany, Ahmad Almogren, Jaeyoung Choi, Ateeq Ur Rehman, Ayman Altameem

“…Furthermore, the study employs the KNN-based cost-efficient method to predict nodes’ orientation in dynamic water conditions, thereby facilitating the mapping of the shortest distance between sensor nodes during the underwater context acquisition process. …”
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Identifying and ranking the effective financial factors on rural entrepreneurial small businesses by Khosro Farahi, Parvaneh Gelard, Hamid Tohidi

“…Finally, the results of the Friedman test showed that the financing factor through financial institutions has the highest average rating due to the bank-oriented financial resources of entrepreneurial enterprises in the rural service and agriculture sectors. …”
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