THE EFFECT OF BORROWER’S CAPACITY TO PAY ON LOAN REPAYMENT IN UGANDA DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC by moses Agaba

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Covid-19 Pandemic and Students Performance in Selected Secondary Schools in Rukungiri District. by Ainemigisha, Prossy

“…The findings highlighted the critical role of transitioning to digital platforms, stressing the need for educational institutions to ensure the quality and effectiveness of online instructional methods, in line with literature on the challenges of global crises. The researcher concluded that recognizing psychological well-being as a key factor influencing academic performance is consistent with the growing literature on the pandemic's psychosocial impact on students. …”
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Enrollment and Retention of Female Sex Workers in HIV Care in Health Facilities in Mbarara City. by Arinaitwe, Bridget, Ariho, Philbert, Naturinda, Christine Hilda, Byoleko, Brian, Base, Anitah, Atwijukiire, Humphrey, Matavu, Hariat, Kabami, Jane, Obua, Celestine, Wakida, Edith K., Otwine, Anne

“…Background: Sex work is a global driver of the HIV epidemic, and the risk of acquiring HIV is 13 times higher for female sex workers (FSWs) compared to the general population. …”
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Production of Sweet-Potato Based Indigenous Micro-Organisms (IMO) for Sustainable Agriculture. by Kobusinguzi, Anociata

“…The global agricultural sector faces immense pressure to meet the rising food demands of a growing population. …”
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Barriers to women's participation in public procurement in Africa: Empirical evidence from Uganda. by BC, Basheka

“…Global policy agendas and declarations continue to focus on the participation of women and women-owned businesses (WOBs) in the public and private sectors. …”
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Factors Associated with Hand Washing Practices among Secondary School Students in Ndorwa East Constituency in Kabale District by Benja, Twinomuhwezi, Topher, Byamukama, Nathan, Nshakira

“…Despite the worldwide Global Hand Washing Day campaign, which targets school children as the most effective agents for behaviour change, there is limited documentation in various school settings. …”
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Examining the Strategies for Improvement of Academic Performance in English Language in Selected Secondary Schools in Southern Division, Kabale Municipality by Twongyeirwe, Rachael

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Reviewing the Past, Present, and Future Risks of Pathogens in Ghana and What This Means for Rethinking Infectious Disease Surveillance for Sub-Saharan Africa by Peter N-Jonaam Mahama, Amos Tiereyangn Kabo-Bah, Justine I. Blanford, Edmund Ilimoan Yamba, Prince Antwi-Agyei

“…Data from the annual reports on Gold Coast now Ghana, Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Network (GIDEON), and the District Health Information Management System II (DHIMS2) databases were examined for records of ID prevalence in Ghana. …”
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The Role of Gut Microbiota in Hypertension Management - A Review by Alicja Kot, Marta Wojtczak, Natalia Myśliwiec, Adrian Różycki, Michał Pniak, Paweł Miklis, Maciej Mawlichanów, Aleksandra Ciesielska, Aleksandra Sieradzka, Krzysztof Szerej

“…According to the World Health Organization (WHO), hypertension affects approximately 1.13 billion people worldwide, contributing significantly to global morbidity and mortality. Emerging research has revealed a significant connection between gut microbiota—the diverse community of microorganisms residing in the gastrointestinal tract—and the regulation of blood pressure. …”
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Feasibility of Remote Real-Time Guidance of a Cardiac Examination Performed by Novices Using a Pocket-Sized Ultrasound Device by Tuan V. Mai, David T. Ahn, Colin T. Phillips, Donna L. Agan, Bruce J. Kimura

“…The potential of pocket-sized ultrasound devices (PUDs) to improve global healthcare delivery is limited by the lack of a suitable imaging protocol and trained users. …”
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The relationship between body appreciation and weight-related health behaviors among Chinese adolescents by Yuyuan Zhong, Ying Chen, Ying Chen, Meng Wang, Bian Lu, Ting Shen, Jing Hu, Fengyang Jiang, Hongmei Wang

“…IntroductionResearch on body appreciation has flourished globally in recent years. College students and adults, rather than adolescents have been mainly focused in China. …”
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Role of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Hypertension and Their Impact on Target Organs by Fei Yu, Jianshu Chen, Xiaowei Zhang, Zhengke Ma, Jingtao Wang, Qiang Wu

“…ABSTRACT Hypertension is the predominant cause of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) globally, and essential hypertension (EH) represents a significant public health challenge due to its multifactorial etiology involving complex interactions between genetic and environmental factors. …”
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Testing the Breakdown of the Asteroseismic Scaling Relations in Luminous Red Giants by Amanda L. Ash, Marc H. Pinsonneault, Mathieu Vrard, Joel C. Zinn

“…Scaling relations are commonly used to relate global asteroseismic properties—the frequency of maximum power ${\nu }_{{\rm{\max }}}$ and the large-frequency separation Δ ν —to stellar properties. …”
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High-level radioactive waste repository: How Geology combined with societal principles can lead to public acceptance—the German experiment by Schafmeister, Maria-Theresia

“…Compared to fossil fuels, nuclear power results in almost no $\mathrm{CO}_{2}$ bearing emissions, which are known to have triggered and enhanced the global climate change. However, nuclear power bears other risks, e.g. environmental and health damage caused by radiation, unwanted release of nuclides being transported by water, accidents of nuclear power plants, and not to mention the possibility of non-intended military use. …”
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Robot Simulation on Agri-Field Point Cloud With Centimeter Resolution by Shintaro Noda, Masayuki Kogoshi, Wataru Iijima

“…The need for robotic agricultural automation has been driven by global population growth and climate change.To efficiently evaluate and develop agricultural robots not limited to the growing season, we developed a dynamics simulator that works fast on 3D point-cloud models of agricultural fields.The point-cloud models have been widely used in recent agricultural research thanks to advances in aerial photography technology. …”
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Are Firms in Corporate Groups More Resilient During an Economic Crisis? Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector in Poland by Barbara Jankowska, Katarzyna Mroczek-Dąbrowska, Marian Gorynia, Marlena Dzikowska

“…The empirical research encompasses more than 700 corporates from the manufacturing sector in Poland during the global economic crisis and shortly afterwards. To investigate the issue we use the following methods of statistical analysis – cluster analysis, non-parametric tests and correlation coefficients. …”
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Multi-Scale Bilateral Spatial Direction-Aware Network for Cropland Extraction Based on Remote Sensing Images by Weimin Hou, Yanxia Wang, Jia Su, Yanli Hou, Ming Zhang, Yan Shang

“…One path extracts attentional feature maps by spatial directions to preserve detailed direction-aware information and generate high-resolution features; the other path obtains local-to-global information through pyramid pooling and attention awareness to capture dense multiscale cropland features to separate targets in complex contexts. …”
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Cardiogenic Shock in a Hemodialyzed Patient on Flecainide: Treatment with Intravenous Fat Emulsion, Extracorporeal Cardiac Life Support, and CytoSorb® Hemoadsorption by Nicolas De Schryver, Philippe Hantson, Vincent Haufroid, Mélanie Dechamps

“…Serial determinations of serum flecainide concentration were obtained during the course of hemoadsorption, with a terminal half-life of 3.7 h during the first four hours and a global plasma clearance of 40.3 ml/min over the first 22 hours. …”
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Comparison of Pheromone Lures and Sticky Pad Color for Capturing <i>Tuta absoluta</i> (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) by Muhammad Sadique, Muhammad Ishtiaq, Mirza Abdul Qayyum, Wafa A. H. Alkherb, Asim Abbasi, Muhammad Arshad, Unsar Naeem Ullah, Nazar Faried, Muhammad Irfan Akram, Nazih Y. Rebouh

“…Tomato leaf miner <i>Tuta absoluta</i> (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) has gained the status of major pest globally. Integrated pest management (IPM) consists of different control methods. …”
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Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Patients with Chronic Liver Diseases by Yingying Zhao, Huichun Xing, Xiaomei Wang, Weini Ou, Hong Zhao, Ben Li, Yue Li, Ying Duan, Liwei Zhuang, Wei Li, Danying Cheng, Min Quan, Yu Zhang, Shibo Ji

“…Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common chronic disease affecting humans globally. During the last few years, the incidence of diabetes has increased and has received more attention. …”
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