Suitability of Sand as Improvement to Mechanical Properties of Laterite Soil for Road Subbase. by Tumusiime, Darious

“…The sub-base layer is placed beneath the pavement surface and serves as a support structure for the road. It helps to distribute loads and prevent settlement, ensuring the long-term durability and performance of the road. …”
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Effect of Government Agricultural Extension Services on Farm Income Among Banana Farmers in Kashenshero Town Council Mitooma District. by Aijuka, Bright

“…Quantitative data was collected through structured surveys administered to a sample of banana farmers in Kashenshero Town Council, Mitooma District, focusing on variables such as access to extension services, farm income levels, and adoption of agricultural practices. …”
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Designing and Construction of a Traditional Hand Bellow Device. by Olwal, Dunoish

“…These devices typically comprise two main components: a flexible structure that channels air to oxidize fuel and a heat-resistant base that serves as a container for the intense heat required for metal smithing. …”
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Impact of Smallholder Tea Production in Buhunga Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Kyarisiima, Leticia

“…The study employs a mixed-methods research design, combining quantitative and qualitative approaches. A structured questionnaire was administered to 200 smallholder tea farmers selected through stratified random sampling. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Anaemia in Pregnancy among Women Receiving Antenatal Care at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital by Ojom, James

“…Demographic, socioeconomic, obstetric and nutritional data was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire. The prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy was the proportion of participants with anaemia. …”
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Marketing Cooperatives and sustainable Agricultural development in Rulindo District, Rwanda by Nkubito, Habyarimana Jean Pierre

“…The most important of them were: limited Capacity on management of agricultural marketing cooperatives, inadequate initial capital, lack of transparency and accountability, low price of farm produces, high cost of production, low linkage with financial institution, small and fragmented farm holdings, lack of market structure, lack of storage and transportation facility, lack of access, usage and ownership of ICTs, climate change, inappropriate distribution of agricultural assets and population pressure on land resources. …”
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Poverty and Academic Performance of primary Schools in Kabale Municipality. by Justus, Niwagaba

“…The study also recommended for the provision of adequate scholastic materials like uniforms, text books, pens, pencils, mathematical sets, maps, graphs, charts, libraries and good structures. Their adequacy had a direct bearing on the pupils’ academic performance.…”
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Compensation Packages and Employees’ Job Performance: A Case Study of National Population Council, Uganda by Raymond, Asiimwe

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Factors associated with knowledge on the spread of HIV/AIDS among Secondary School Students of Groupe Scolaire De Rugando in Kigali City, Rwanda by Mercy Nwankwo, Chinenye, Denyse Sibomana, Uwizeye

“…About 108 students were randomly selected using the systematic sampling method. Self-administered structured questionnaires were used for data collection for a period of one month with the help of a trained research assistant. …”
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Micro-credit institution’s services and sustainability of micro, small and medium-scale enterprises during Covid-19 pandemic in Kigezi region south western Uganda by Moses, Agaba, Siraj, Kaaya, Lukman, Nafiu

“…The study used an interviewer-administered structured questionnaire to collect the data. This suggests that increases in Loan Provision and Saving Accounts help to increase Sustainability. …”
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Modelling of the closed equilibrium system H2O–(CO2)W–CaCO3–NaH2PO4 for wastewater treatment applications by Ivar Zekker, Oleg Artemchuk, Ergo Rikmann, Kalev Uiga, Laura Daija, Faysal-Al Mamun, Andrejs E. Krauklis, Ruta Ozola-Davidane, Taavo Tenno, Toomas Tenno†

“…This paper focuses on studying the closed equilibrium system H2Oâ(CO2)WâCaCO3âNaH2PO4, elucidating the structural distribution of ions and mol ecules within this system. …”
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Fluvial terrace formation in a mountainous area (2): influence of eustatism, tectonics and altitudinal distribution of watersheds based on an allostratigraphic study (Albania) by Mugnier, Jean-Louis, Guzmán, Oswaldo, Vassallo, Riccardo,  Matraku, Kristina, Jouanne, François

“…This variety is controlled by the respective amount of the three parameters: lateral erosion, aggradation and difference between incision and aggradation.Active faults offset the paleoriver profiles at throw rates locally greater than 1 mm·yr-1 and the tectonic uplift influences the long term incision: Nested strath terraces or nested filled terraces with substratum risers occur in zones of high uplift rate (greater than 0.4 mm·yr-1), superposed units and nested fill terraces with hidden substratum risers occur in the weakly uplifted zones of the intra-mountainous graben-like structures.Most of the Albanian terraces are located above straths (nearly flat erosional surfaces) linked to phases of lateral beveling. …”
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Diagnostics and Treatment of Esophageal Achalasia (Clinical Guidelines of the Russian Gastroenterological Association, Russian Scientific Medical Society of Internal Medicine, Russ... by V. T. Ivashkin, A. S. Trukhmanov, I. V. Maev, O. M. Drapkina, A. I. Martynov, O. A. Storonova, E. A. Godgello, M. P. Korolev, T. L. Lapina, P. V. Pavlov, A. V. Paraskevova, I. A. Tarasova, E. D. Fedorov, A. T. Tskhovrebov, M. P. Shapka, A. L. Shestakov, A. V. Yurasov

“…Treatment of achalasia can be pharmacological, endoscopic (pneumatic balloon dilation, peroral endoscopic myotomy, botulinum toxin injection), aimed at regulating the tone and motility of the esophagus and cardia while preserving all anatomical structures, and surgical (laparoscopic esophagocardiomyotomy, esophagectomy), in which the muscle fibers of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction are intersected or the altered esophagus is completely removed with simultaneous formation of an artificial esophagus from the stomach or colon (esophagoplasty).Conclusion. …”
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Practice patterns among early-career primary care (ECPC) physicians and workforce planning implications: protocol for a mixed methods study by Richard J Gibson, Tara Sampalli, Tara Kiran, Richard H Glazier, Agnes Grudniewicz, Kimberlyn McGrail, David Snadden, Ian Scott, M Ruth Lavergne, Laurie J Goldsmith, David Rudoler, Emily Gard Marshall, Megan Ahuja, Doug Blackie, Fred Burge, Steve Hawrylyshyn, Lindsay Hedden, Jacalynne Hernandez-Lee, Kathleen Horrey, Mike Joyce, Adrian MacKenzie, Maria Mathews, Rita McCracken, Madeleine McKay, Charmaine McPherson, Goldis Mitra, Gail Tomblin Murphy, Sabrina T Wong

“…We will conduct semi-structured in-depth interviews with family medicine residents and early-career PCPs and analyse survey data collected by the College of Family Physicians of Canada. …”
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Distribution Characteristics of Nutrients and Eutrophication Assessment in Yueqing Bay by YAO Kaixue, YIN Rui, WANG Yang, CHEN Feng, LI Zhenhua

“…Based on the Marine environment monitoring data of Yueqing Bay in spring, summer, autumn and winter from 2018 to 2019, the spatial and temporal distribution characteristics of nutrient salts (dissolved inorganic nitrogen, DIN) and active phosphate (DIP) in the sea were analyzed, and the pollution degree, eutrophication degree and nutrient structure of the sea area were evaluated by single factor index method, eutrophication index method and potential eutrophication model. …”
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Person-centered support for patients with a pituitary tumor following surgery by Sofie Jakobsson, Oskar Ragnarsson, Tobias Hallén, David Krabbe, Ann-Charlotte Olofsson, Daniel S Olsson, Penelope Trimpou, Thomas Skoglund, Gudmundur Johannsson

“…The study does, however, suggest that the intervention may reduce anxiety 12 months after surgery and that certain subgroups of patients may benefit more from a structured person-centered practice following pituitary surgery.…”
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Investigation in blood-brain barrier integrity and susceptibility to immune cell penetration in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome by Cristina Alonso, Alicia García-Culebras, Valentina Satta, Inés Hernández-Fisac, Álvaro Sierra, José A. Guimaré, Ignacio Lizasoain, Javier Fernández-Ruiz, Onintza Sagredo

“…However, the levels of endogenous IgG in this brain structure were significantly elevated in DS mice compared to controls, directly indicating the occurrence of extravasation into the brain parenchyma and indirectly that the BBB in DS mice may be relatively affected, a fact confirmed by the reduction in the levels of BBB-related proteins such as ZO-1 in these mice. …”
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Decision-making under epistemic, strategic and institutional uncertainty during COVID-19: findings from a six-country empirical study by Clare Wenham, Alexandra L Phelan, Winifred Ukponu, Sumegha Asthana, Tahmina Shirin, Claire J Standley, Adachioma Chinonso Ihueze, Sanjana Mukherjee, Ibrahim B Gobir, Mohannad Al Nsour, JJ Woo, Mohammad Mushtuq Husain, Nevashan Govender, Roujia Lin, Sumit Asthana, Renee Vongai Mutare

“…Decision-making under institutional uncertainty involved using or adapting pre-existing experiences, structures and relationships and establishing new institutions and processes.Conclusions We contribute to the theory and practice of public health crisis decision-making by presenting a unified national-level applied decision-making framework for events involving uncertainty. …”
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Cryptic species and hybridisation in corals: challenges and opportunities for conservation and restoration by Riginos, Cynthia, Popovic, Iva, Meziere, Zoe, Garcia, Vhon, Byrne, Ilha, Howitt, Samantha M., Ishida, Hisatake, Bairos-Novak, Kevin, Humanes, Adriana, Scharfenstein, Hugo, Richards, Thomas, Briggs, Ethan, Clark, Vanessa, Lei, Chuan, Khan, Mariam, Prata, Katharine E.

“…Here, we investigate the prevalence of cryptic coral groups and assess evidence for their permeability to gene flow (hybridisation) via a structured literature review of genomic studies. Using reproducible criteria to detect distinct genetic groups that are sympatric, we find that 68% of nominal species represented in population genomic studies show evidence for comprising partially reproductively isolated groups and that these distinct groups are often linked by gene flow. …”
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Evaluation of the potential value of artificial intelligence (AI) in public health using fluoride intake as the example by Wei Wei, Tianshu Gu, Yanhong Cao, Shuqiu Sun, Dan Wei, Minghui Li, Alyce D. Fly, Weikuan Gu, Lan Yao, Dianjun Sun

“…The descriptions provided by ChatGPT on the effects of fluoride intake were comprehensive and well-structured. Six out of 8 answers were graded as excellent and the other 2 as good. …”
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