Effect of Mulching as a Sustainable Farming Practice on Maize Cultivation at Faculty of Agriculture Kabale University. by Kyomuhangi, Samare

“…The effectiveness of mulch in suppressing weed growth and enhancing nutrient availability is a critical focus of this study. By reducing weed competition, mulch can increase the availability of nutrients for maize plants, leading to better growth and development. …”
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Sales Promotion and Changing Market shares of Telecom Companies. It was Carried out in Kigali City Rwanda. by Daria, Murungi

“…The study recommended that in order to attract and influence the purchase decisions of the telecom consumers in the country’s competitive market structure, sales promotion should be a prominent feature in telecom companies’ budget, year in, year out. …”
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Non-Performing Loans and Performance of Financial Institutions in Kabale District by Alex, Semusu

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Human Resource Management Practices and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (Smes) in Uganda: A Case of Ntungamo Municipality by Patrick, Atyanga

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Human Resource Management Practices and Performance of Small Scale Enterprises, A Case Study of Ntungamo Municipality by Atyanga, Patrick, Moses, Agaba, Byamukama, Eliab

“…Small scale owners extend their marketing channels to online to match the business competition and development. In future, a study on the influence of human resource management practices on performance business organizations, comparing small and large scale enterprises in Ntungamo district is still necessary…”
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Table for two: Diet composition differences of allopatric and sympatric populations of island geckos by Catarina J. Pinho, Bárbara Santos, Vanessa A. Mata, Ricardo J. Lopes, Maria M. Romeiras, Evandro P. Lopes, Paulo C. Alves, Brent C. Emerson, Raquel Vasconcelos

“…These results suggest that competition has played an important role in structuring the stable coexistence of these species in sympatry, promoting extreme morphological discrepancies that allowed resource partitioning. …”
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Fur Processing in Raižiai in the 20th Century: Craft and Image by Jonas Mardosa

“…Even the changes in the handicraft of pre­Soviet Lithuania and the desire of the state to expand the layer of crafts­ men which increased the internal competition of craftsmen, did not reduce the authority of the Tatar fur processing craftsmen. …”
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Analysis of variation in charges and prices paid for vaginal and caesarean section births: a cross-sectional study by Renee Y Hsia, Yaa Akosa Antwi, Ellerie Weber

“…We found that hospitals in markets with middling competition had significantly lower adjusted charges for vaginal deliveries, while hospitals with higher wage indices and casemixes, as well as for-profit hospitals, had higher adjusted charges. …”
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Established Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato infection disrupts immigration of leaf surface bacteria to the apoplast by Kimberly N. Cowles, Arjun S. Iyer, Iain McConnell, Ellie G. Guillemette, Dharshita Nellore, Sonia C. Zaacks, Jeri D. Barak

“…To identify the mechanisms underlying these results, we quantified macroscopic infection symptoms, examined stomata as a pinch point of bacterial entry, and characterized aspects of interbacterial competition. While it may be considered common knowledge that hosts are fundamentally altered following infection, the mechanisms that drive these changes remain poorly understood. …”
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Dual role of organic matter in Feammox-driven nitrogen and phosphate removal by Yi Liu, Jiachen Dong, Xiaohui Cheng, Xiaotong Cen, Yan Dang, Kangning Xu, Min Zheng

“…Continuous addition of Fe(III) alleviated the inhibitory effect of organic matter on ammonia oxidation by serving as an alternative electron acceptor, reducing competition. Therefore, optimizing organic matter levels and ensuring sufficient Fe(III) availability are crucial for achieving efficient nutrient removal in Feammox systems, particularly for treating wastewater with a low carbon/nitrogen ratio.…”
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Educational Policy of Kazakhstan in the Context of Youth Migration by V. Yu. Ledeneva, O. V. Lomakina, A. M. Dzhunusov, B. T. Begasilov

“…Educational migration largely determines the dynamics and nature of the country’s economic development and is viewed as a factor in increasing the country’s competitiveness and building up human capital. In this context, an increasing problem for Kazakhstan is the regulation of educational migration in the context of fierce competition in the international market of educational services.A review of publications showed that the issues of regulating educational migration from Kazakhstan are not widely covered in scientific discourse. …”
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Student Mobility as a Form of Education Internationalization: A Systems Approach to Management by A. E. Godenko, G. V. Boyko, R. B. Gadgiev, N. Yu. Filimonova

“…The authors propose common to all the participants list of criteria, which evaluate indicators of the stated factors according to the integrated scale: political (administrative) stability, degree of participants’ cooperation, legislation in educational sphere, mutual amiability of the subjects, level of administrative barriers, peculiarities of demographic situation, economic performance, demand for majors of training, logistic accessibility, the number of graduate students, language attraction of training programs, level of career-oriented activities, correspondence between the level of applicants’ acquirements and requirements of the education-exporting country, competition on the educational services market, accessibility of distance educational technologies, development level and dynamics of innovations. …”
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Analysis of players and scenarios of the Iranian aluminum industry with a combination of fuzzy DEMATEL and game theory by Maryam Musavi-Nogholi, Mohammad Taghi Rezvan

“…Game theory will be used in two forms, considering competition and or cooperation among players to analyze the aluminum industry market, such that one can find balancing points among existing situations of players’ strategic options and scenarios of this industry.Findings: The results indicate that the possibility of "increasing inflation" is the most likely and "increasing investment in the country" is the least likely variable, and "lifting sanctions" is the most influential variable and "production and export" is the most impressive variable. …”
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Factors influencing perceived value and revisit intention among Vietnamese restaurant consumers by Thi Mai Le, Bao Trung Phan, Viet Trung Dang, Thi Thuy Anh Tran

“…The burgeoning smokeless industry faces fierce competition, prompting restaurants to devise effective strategies to satisfy customers and maintain profitability. …”
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Conjugacy of two types of phenotypic variability of small-leaved linden by S. G. Baranov, I. E. Zykov, D. D. Kuznetsova

“…According to the authors, asynchronous growth, competition for light in conditions of high solar activity in 2014–2016 compared to the abnormal wet summer of 2017 led to an increase in FA due to destabilization of mechanisms of growth and regulation of gene expression, which contributed to a decrease in the stability of development. …”
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Psychological effects of water scarcity on community members: a case study of Lephalale municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa by Mmakwena Linda Seretlo-Rangata, Tholene Sodi, Saraswathie Govender

“…Additionally, interpersonal conflicts arose due to competition for water resources, and disruptions in daily activities were linked to water access challenges.ConclusionThe study findings demonstrated that water scarcity has a significant psychological impact on community members. …”
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Leaf Gas Exchange and Nutrient Use Efficiency Help Explain the Distribution of Two Neotropical Mangroves under Contrasting Flooding and Salinity by Pablo Cardona-Olarte, Ken W. Krauss, Robert R. Twilley

“…We used leaf gas exchange metrics to investigate the strategies of these two species in mixed culture to simulate competition under different salinity concentrations and hydroperiods. …”
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Gamification with Codeathon for Productivity Toward Sustainable Development Goal 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth by Swati Tayal, K Rajagopal

“…Originality/value: There is limited study in the Codeathon, and this research contributes by analyzing the Gamification aspects with Competition and Autonomy. It addresses the organization's emerging need for productivity issues, making it one of the limited studies in the Gamification with Codeathon. …”
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: MODERNIZING THE CURRENT MODEL OF STATE MANAGEMENT by E. V. Ohotskii

“…The author attempts to analyze, in a number of cases in terms of models, features of public administration systems at different stages of historical development, drawing attention to reasons why the Soviet model of public administration did not manage to meet competition, did not provide the required social effect and as a natural result suffered a defeat in the global confrontation between the two social systems. …”
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