Billing Systems and Customer Satisfaction in the Ministry of Water and Environment Uganda: A Case of Kabale South Western Umbrella of Water and Sanitation. by Ayebare, Ivan

“…Justification for the study is that it generated additional knowledge about MOWE billing system and customer satisfaction in the perspective of revenue collection efficiency, response rate and customer care. It aimed to achieve the following objectives: firstly, to assess the impact of postpaid MOWE billing system on collection efficiency; secondly, to examine the influence of pre-paid MOWE billing system on response rate; and finally, to establish the relationship between MOWE billing systems and customer care. …”
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Influence of Information Technology on the Performance of Financial Institutions in Ntungamo: A Case Study of Centenary Bank Ntungamo Branch. by Murungi, Doreen

“…These aspects of ICT have helped institutions in carrying out business activities more effectively and efficiently and information technology has emerged as a strategic resource for achieving higher efficiency, control of operations, and reduction of cost by replacing paper-based and labor-intensive methods with automated processes thus leading to higher productivity and profitability. …”
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Impact of Soil Erosion on Agricultural Productivity in Nyakishenyi Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Nahurira, Brendah

“…In order for this to be achieved, the researcher used 99 respondents using the Raosoft formula. …”
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Performance evaluation of lime improved lateritic soil with the addition of pulverised snail shell and sawdust ash for sustainable highway infrastructure by Fadugba, Olaolu George, Ojo, Adeyemi Amos, Oluyemi Ayibiowu, Bamitale Dorcas, Omomomi, Oladapo Jayejeje, Bodunrin, Michael

“…The untreated soil had a soaked CBR value of 8%, while the 6% lime and 7.5% PSS sample achieved the highest soaked CBR value of 38%, making it suitable as a sub-base material. …”
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Determination of Zinc Requirement in Suckling Calves using Some Non-Linear Models by Mohammad Javad Elyasi, Khalil zaboli

“…Introduction: Currently, trace elements are provided to livestock with the aim of achieving optimal growth and enhancing performance in the majority of farm animals. …”
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Kontribusi Mazhab Teologis Mu'tazilah Dalam Perkembangan Sastra Arab Era Aabbasiyah Studi Analisis Kritis Historis by Zulhelmi Zulhelmi, Hajjah Rafidah binti Haji Abdullah, Shuhaida Hanim binti Mohamad Suhane, Ashwaq Ismail S Batubara, Ashwaq Ismail S Batubara, Delami

“…This study is important to ensure that today's generation of Muslims does not deny the achievements of Mu'tazilah writers of the Abbasid era due to theological differences. …”
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Social Progress and Economic Growth based on Simultaneous Equations of Panel Data by Seyed Ehsan Hosseinidoust, Akbar Khodabakhshi, Saeedeh Ahmadi

“…Aim and Introduction  Achieving a high GDP requires an answer to the question of the factors that determine GDP. …”
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MSH-YOLOv8: Mushroom Small Object Detection Method with Scale Reconstruction and Fusion by YE Dapeng, JING Jun, ZHANG Zhide, LI Huihuang, WU Haoyu, XIE Limin

“…[Results and Discussions]The improved MSH-YOLOv8 achieved an average precision at 50% (AP50) intersection over union of 98.49% and an AP@50-95 of 75.29%, with the small object detection metric APs reaching 39.73%. …”
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Research on Carbon Sequestration Capacity of Urban Park Green Space in the Central Urban Area of Beijing and Driving Factors Thereof by Xiuping LIU, Songting ZHAO, Xinyu LI, Jiale LI, Xing WANG

“…Quantifying the carbon sequestration capacity of urban green spaces is of great significance for achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals and addressing climate change.MethodsBased on Carnegie-Ames-Stanford approach (CASA) model, Landsat 8 TM remote sensing data and meteorological data from 2014, 2017, and 2020 are used to estimate the net primary productivity (NPP) and carbon sequestration capacity of parks in the central urban area of Beijing, and explore the spatial and temporal distribution pattern and change characteristics of carbon sequestration capacity of parks in the central urban area of Beijing. …”
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Development of a transportable High-Performance Liquid Chromatograph with Ultraviolet detection and a method for the rapid analysis of 13 carbonyl compounds hydrazones by Audrey Grandjean, Anaïs Becker, Mathilde Mascles, Franck Amiet, Jean-Philippe Amiet, Damien Bazin, Stéphane Le Calvé

“…Out of the 13 hydrazones, only 2-butanone-2,4-DNPH (BO-DNPH) and butanal-2,4-DNPH (BA-DNPH) were fully coeluted, and separation of the other critical pairs containing 3 and 4 carbons was achieved. The method was applied to the transportable HPLC equipped with a UV or light-emitting diode (LED) detector. …”
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Healthy body as a normative model in the perceptions of student youth by N. L. Antonova, S. B. Abramova, V. R. Lopatina

“…The analysis of body care practices indicates the presence of a core, including physical activity and balanced nutrition, which students use to achieve a healthy body as a body that is aesthetically attractive and functionally hardy. …”
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Design and Construction of an Aquaponics System: A Sustainable Approach to Enhancing Local Food Security in Offa, Nigeria by Rofiat Bunmi Mudashiru, Maryam Yusuf-Olawuyi, Aliyu Tijani, Lateef Umar, Francis Okeke, Oluwabunmi Adeyemi, Ismaila Amototo, Fatai Salaudeen

“… The design of an aquaponics system is a major drive in achieving a sustainable agricultural practice, tackling environmental problems, and food security. …”
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Facilitators and Barriers to adherence to antiretroviral therapy among incarcerated people living with HIV in Iran: insights from a qualitative study by Azam Bazrafshan, Ali Ahmad Rafiei-Rad, Maliheh Sadat Bazrafshan, Nima Ghalekhani, Soheil Mehmandoost, SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi, Fatemeh Mehrabi, Mehrdad Khezri, Gelareh Mostashari, Mohammad Karamouzian, Hamid Sharifi

“…Abstract Background Ensuring consistent adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is crucial for effective HIV treatment and achieving viral suppression. Within prisons, the prevalence of HIV is notably high, and incarcerated individuals face an increased risk of transmitting the virus both during and after incarceration. …”
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Assessing the value of deep neural networks for postoperative complication prediction in pancreaticoduodenectomy patients. by Mikkel Bonde, Alexander Bonde, Haytham Kaafarani, Andreas Millarch, Martin Sillesen

“…The transfer learning model outperformed the ACS-SRC regarding mortality and all the models outperformed the ACS-SRC regarding the morbidity prediction with the general model achieving the highest Receiver Operator Area Under the Curve (ROC-AUC) of 0.668 compared to the 0.524 of the ACS SRC.…”
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Comparative Analysis of Selected Concrete Mix Design Methods Based on Cost-Effectiveness by Abebe Demissew

“…However, on the 28th day of curing, compressive strength results of ACI, DOE, EBCS, and IS methods were achieved at 133.68%, 121.04%, 124.56%, and 121.04%, respectively. …”
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Elucidating the synergistic effects of aeration and non-thermal plasma on the degradation pathways of specific pollutants in wastewater by Mahdiyeh Bakhtiyari-Ramezani, Narges Ziveh, Navid Ghaemi

“…Optimal COD and BOD5 removal was achieved through a 24-h aeration, adsorbent filtration, and 30-min NTP process. …”
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Pharmacists' knowledge, attitudes, and perceived barriers to cancer pain management: a cross-sectional survey in Chongqing, China by Yu Liu, Tao Chen, Xinyu Li, Jie Song, Fujun Zhang

“…The results of the cancer pain treatment knowledge assessment revealed that the correct response rates for pharmacists who had received 0, 1, 2 or more than 3 courses of cancer pain treatment education were 55.7%, 55.0%, 61.4%, and 70.3%, respectively. Compared with that achieved with 0 training sessions, the response rate of the questionnaire under 2 training sessions was significantly different (χ2 = 6.712, p = 0.010), as was the response rate for ≥ 3 training sessions (χ2 = 50.097, p = 0.000). …”
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Correlation of the Dietary Protein Intake between Those Estimated from a Short Protein Food-Recall Questionnaire and from 24-Hour Urinary Urea-Nitrogen Excretion in Stages 3-4 Chro... by Teerawat Thanachayanont, Methee Chanpitakkul, Akhathai Saetie, Salyaveth Lekagul, Kriang Tungsanga

“…Estimation of dietary protein intake (DPI) is indispensable for management of CKD, but to achieve optimum DPI is quite challenging in routine clinical practice. …”
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Synthesis and performance analysis of novel SiO2 Janus nanoparticles for enhancing gas foam injection in oil reservoirs by Amir Hossein Saeedi Dehaghani, Reza Gharibshahi, Mohammad Mohammadi

“…Conversely, ascorbic acid-SiO2-oleic acid JNPs displayed elevated foamability but reduced stability compared to SiO2-oleic acid JNPs. Despite achieving full height in the foam generator cell, stability was limited to 26 min in the CO2 medium.…”
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Psychological impacts of "screen time" and "green time" for children and adolescents: A systematic scoping review. by Tassia K Oswald, Alice R Rumbold, Sophie G E Kedzior, Vivienne M Moore

“…The aim of this systematic scoping review was to collate evidence assessing associations between screen time, green time, and psychological outcomes (including mental health, cognitive functioning, and academic achievement) for young children (<5 years), schoolchildren (5-11 years), early adolescents (12-14 years), and older adolescents (15-18 years). …”
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