Information and Communication Technology Adoption and the Growth of Small Medium Enterprises in Uganda: Empirical Evidence from Kampala City Council Authority by Eton, Marus, Constant, Okello Obura, Fabian, Mwosi, Benard, Patrick Ogwel, Mary, Ejang, Francis, Ongia

“…The study found out that the level of ICT adoption in Kampala Capital City Authority was moderate. ICT adoption was mostly marked with establishment of separate IT department, use of bulk SMS, printers, scanners and photocopiers. …”
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Gender differences in response to warrelated trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder – a study among the Congolese refugees in Uganda by Herbert, E. Ainamani, Thomas, Elbert, David Kani, Olema, Tobias, Hecker

“…The dose-response effect differed significantly between men and women with women showing higher PTSD symptom severity when experiencing low and moderate levels of potentially traumatizing event types. …”
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E-Banking and Performance of Financial Institutions in Uganda: A Case of Kabale District by Bosco, Ismail Bashaija

“…The study found a significant moderate relationship (r = .761; sig. <.05) between electronic banking and performance of financial institutions. …”
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Lifestyle as a Predictor of Socio-Economic Status in Retirement: Evidence from Pensioners from the Busoga Sub-Region, Uganda by Fabian, Mwosi, Charles, Edaku, Robina, Mirembe, Eton, Marus

“…Civil servants who avoid harmful substances and exercise regularly are likely to retire in good health. There is a moderate and significant association between lifestyle and socio-economic status among civil servants in Uganda. …”
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Capital Structure, Investment Decision and Financial Performance of SMEs in Uganda A Case of Central Uganda by Turyahebwa, Abanis

“…The findings point to a moderate significant positive relationship between capital structure, investment decision and financial performance of SMEs. …”
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Reverse logistics and environmental sustainability in selected manufacturing entities in Kampala district, Uganda by Rugasira, Jack, Moses, Agaba, Jotham Mbiito, Byarugaba, Rita, Makumbi, Kyatuheire, Jill, Asiimwe, Jane

“…Results indicate that Pearson’s correlation results indicate a relatively moderate, positive and significant association between Green manufacturing and Environmental Sustainability in Kampala industries. …”
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Mobile Toolbox sequences task: development and validation of a remote, smartphone-based working memory test by Jerry Slotkin, Aaron J. Kaat, Stephanie Ruth Young, Elizabeth M. Dworak, Miriam A. Novack, Yusuke Shono, Hubert Adam, Cindy J. Nowinski, Sarah Pila, Zahra Hosseinian, Maria Varela Diaz, Anyelo Almonte-Correa, Keith Alperin, Monica R. Camacho, Monica R. Camacho, Bernard Landavazo, Bernard Landavazo, Rachel L. Nosheny, Rachel L. Nosheny, Michael W. Weiner, Michael W. Weiner, Richard C. Gershon

“…Internal consistency was high, but test-retest reliability was moderate. When controlling for age, phone operating system (iOS vs. …”
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NTHi killing activity is reduced in COPD patients and is associated with a differential microbiome by Vancheswaran Gopalakrishnan, Ben Sparklin, Jung Hwan Kim, Jerome Bouquet, Margaret Kehl, Tara Kenny, Christopher Morehouse, Carolina Caceres, Paul Warrener, Ventzislava A. Hristova, Susan Wilson, Harini Shandilya, Arnita Barnes, Alexey Ruzin, Junmin Wang, Lisa Oberg, Bastian Angermann, Christopher McCrae, Adam Platt, Daniel Muthas, Sonja Hess, Christine Tkaczyk, Bret R. Sellman, Kristoffer Ostridge, Maria G. Belvisi, Tom M. A. Wilkinson, Karl J. Staples, Antonio DiGiandomenico, on behalf of the MICA II Study Group

“…Herein, we comprehensively characterized the respiratory microbiome and mycobiome of patients while investigating microbial dynamics and host immune changes attributable to NTHi killing activity. Mild-to-moderate COPD patients encompassing frequent and infrequent exacerbators and healthy volunteers (HV) were enrolled. …”
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A phase 1b clinical trial to determine the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of simian adenovirus and poxvirus vectored vaccines against Mycobacterium avium complex subspecie... by Jeremy Sanderson, Jeremy Aboagye, Rebecca Makinson, Katerina Rapi, Samuel Provstgaard-Morys, Lisa Stockdale, Alison Lawrie, Isabelle Lanigan, Nishat Halim, Abdel Douiri, Emily Greenlay, Rayka Malek, Emma Gray, Lindsey West, Fatima El Oulidi, Paul Ian Cross, Michael Stallibrass, Sarah C. Gilbert, Adrian V.S. Hill, Katie J. Ewer

“…Methods: 28 patients with mild to moderate CD, aged 18–50, were randomly allocated into 5 groups. …”
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The Impact of Care Upon Alzheimer Patient’s Family Caregiver in Sulaimani City by Farida Abdulqadir Tahir

“…More than half of the Caregiver was suffered from moderate to severe burdens.  Rotated Component Matrix was used to get the level of effectiveness by a series of components according to the important effects of the variables on Alzheimer disease. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Ajman Undergraduate Dental Students: A Cross-Sectional Study by M. A. Jaber, M. Abdelmagied, E. M. El-Ameen, K. I. Afrashtehfar

“…Ajman dental students had moderate knowledge of COVID-19 and obtained information mainly from social media, government websites, and family and friends. …”
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Evaluation of Inflammatory Markers in a Large Sample of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients without Comorbidities by Izolde Bouloukaki, Charalampos Mermigkis, Nikolaos Tzanakis, Eleftherios Kallergis, Violeta Moniaki, Eleni Mauroudi, Sophia E. Schiza

“…Included patients (n=1053) were grouped according to apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) as mild, moderate, and severe. Patients with AHI < 5 served as controls. …”
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Metformin-Associated Acute Kidney Injury and Lactic Acidosis by David Arroyo, Rosa Melero, Nayara Panizo, Marian Goicoechea, Patrocinio Rodríguez-Benítez, Soledad García Vinuesa, Eduardo Verde, Alberto Tejedor, José Luño

“…Previous renal dysfunction (mild-to-moderate CKD) has no influence on the severity or outcome.…”
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The Safety and Efficacy of Chemical Pleurodesis Agents in Patients with Malignant Pleural Effusion Admitted in Tertiary Care Hospital by Venkateshwaran Kathamuthu, Rajeshkumar Balakrishnan, Saravanavasan Rajendran, Prabhakaran Rathinam

“…Most of the adverse events were mild to moderate and were evenly distributed in all groups and could be managed conservatively.…”
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Adapting a country-specific Dragonfly Biotic Index: Framework for seven Central European countries and transboundary pattern analysis by Eva Bílková, Hana Šigutová, Petr Pyszko, Veronika Prieložná, Aleš Dolný

“…Anisoptera exhibited moderate total DBI values, whereas Zygoptera presented either high or low values. …”
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Season-long comparison of trap lures for integrated management of the navel orangeworm (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in almond and pistachio by Joel P. Siegel, Charles S. Burks, Houston Wilson

“…Capture of A. transitella was 2.3-fold higher in pistachio (278,492) than in almond (119, 316), and within a commodity, there was a moderate correlation in female capture between the two lures; correlation was stronger during the period leading up to July 21 (Julian date 202). …”
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Review: Will “cultured meat” transform our food system towards more sustainability? by Jean-François Hocquette, Sghaier Chriki, Dominique Fournier, Marie-Pierre Ellies-Oury

“…Some of them argue for a moderate or a strong reduction in livestock farming, or even the abolition of livestock farming perceived as an exploitation of farm animals. …”
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A Multimodal Approach to Analgesia in Anorectal Surgery by T. N. Garmanova, D. R. Markaryan, E. A. Kazachenko, A. M. Lukianov, M. A. Kazachenko, M. A. Agapov

“…The opioids use is justified only for moderate-severe postoperative pain. Metronidazole and lidocaine with nitroglycerin ointment/ nifedipine/сorticosteroids effectiveness has been proven for local postoperative anesthesia. …”
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Effects of proprioceptive training in the recovery of patients submitted to meniscus surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis by Song Jin, Xiaoxiao Liu, Di Zhang, Ju Wang, Tianyu Zhao, Jiang Ma, Huaimin Lu

“…Objective To evaluate the effects of proprioceptive training on rehabilitation of knee after arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM).Design PubMed, EMBASE, The Cochrane Library, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Technology Periodical Database, WanFang Data and China Biology Medicine were searched until December 2021 for randomised controlled trials.Participants Patients who have undergone APM for meniscus injury caused by traumatic tear.Results A total of 9 studies with 453 patients were included in this study for meta-analysis, and 2/9 with high quality, 6/9 with moderate quality. Based on very low quality evidence, the pooled effect showed significant improvement for proprioceptive training group in proprioception test (p&lt;0.05, I2=18%), knee extensor muscle strength (p&lt;0.05, I2=29%), knee flexor muscle strength (p&lt;0.05, I2=0%) and knee function score (p&lt;0.05, I2=0%) compared with conventional training group in patients after APM.Conclusion Based on very low quality, adding proprioceptive training to conventional rehabilitation programmes might be beneficial to promote functional recovery for patients after APM. …”
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Tracking of Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents in Germany in the Context of Risk Factors for Hypertension by Giselle Sarganas, Angelika Schaffrath Rosario, Claudia Niessner, Alexander Woll, Hannelore K. Neuhauser

“…However, the positive predictive value of baseline hypertensive BP for hypertensive BP at follow-up in 3- to 10-year olds was only 39% (34% in 11- to 17-year olds) and increased only moderately in the presence of additional risk factors. …”
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