Quality of Life as Medicine III. A Qualitative Analysis of the Effect of a Five-Day Intervention with Existential Holistic Group Therapy or a Quality of Life Course as a Modern Rit... by Søren Ventegodt, Birgitte Clausen, Maja Langhorn, Maximilian Kromann, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Joav Merrick

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Bank Credit and Loan Repayment During Covid-19 In Kabale District: A Case of Lyamujungu SACCO. by Byamukama, Dicky

“…In addition, interviews were conducted with the general manager, branch managers and loans officers. The collected data was cross-checked for errors of omission and completeness, coded and analysed using SPSS computer package. …”
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Farmers’ Perception of the Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Food Security in Rubanda District, South Western Uganda by Willbroad, Byamukama, Bello N.J, Omoniyi T.E

“…The selection of the sample size was based on the procedure of Yamane (1967). Microsoft Excel office 2013 was used to show trends of climate variability and change and SPSS version 20 for descriptive analysis. …”
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Role of Financial Management in Influencing the Performance of Kabale District Local Government. by Ahwera, Ruth

“…These included the CAO, CFO, accounting Officer, staff of Kabale District Local Government, and customers. …”
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SACCOs and Agricultural Production in Uganda: A Case Study of Kitenga Village in Kebisoni Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Nitwikiriza, Racheal

“…These are administrative officers, the accounting department, the finance department, community members, employees, and shareholders. …”
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Impact of Gender-Based Violence on Social Wellbeing in Rukiga District: A case Study of Muhanga Town Council Rukiga District. by Amanya, Grace

“…These included top management, cashiers, loan officers, clients, and accountants. Both simple random and purposive sampling techniques were used in identifying the study sample size. …”
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Role of ICT in Teaching and Learning Integrated Science in Primary Schools in Central Division Kabale Municipality. by Tumukurate, Dickson

“…The sample size consisted of 20 teachers, 02 district education officers, 02 inspectors of schools, 02 head teachers, and 216 students. …”
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Impact of Small-Scale Businesses on Provision of Employment to Informal Labor Force in Kabale Municipality. by Uwibanze, Frank

“…By the end of 2022, Kabale Municipality had a total of 23 small-scale industries, (Kabale Municipality Commercial Office, 2022). The study drew inferences from management (top, middle, and low levels), as well as other staff. …”
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The Effect of Delegation of Responsibilities on Teachers’ Performance in Selected Secondary Schools in Kabale Municipality, Kabale District. by Seth, Ahumuza

“…They feel more involved, have a more sense of belonging, work hard to justify their positions in offices and enjoy work because they feel promoted since they are executing high level roles. …”
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Examining the integration of refugees into the national health system in Uganda: an analysis using the policy triangle framework by Henry Komakech, Shatha Elnakib, Lama Bou Karroum, Evelyn Nyachwo, Winnie Adoch, Sarah Sali, Godfrey Goddie Okeny, Christopher Garimoi Orach

“…The integration received support and buy-in from the highest levels of government including the President and the Office of The Prime Minister. This was coupled with deliberate efforts by the government to mainstream refugee response in local plans and budgets, allowing implementation at district and sub-district levels. …”
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Tissue Doppler echocardiography predicts long-term cardiovascular mortality: the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT) legacy 20-year follow-up study by Simon Thom, Alice Stanton, Jamil Mayet, Amit Kaura, Darrel Francis, Anoop SV Shah, Andrew Sharp, Alun D Hughes, Neil R Poulter, Anenta Ratneswaren, Tong Wu, Somayeh Rostamian, Devan Wasan, PS Sever

“…Our aim was to evaluate whether this extends to predicting cardiovascular mortality after 20 years of follow-up.Methods Conventional (E) and tissue Doppler (e′) echocardiography was performed on hypertensive participants in the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT) with long-term follow-up ascertained via linkage to the Office of National Statistics. Cardiovascular mortality was defined as death from coronary heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular aetiology such as heart failure or peripheral vascular disease. …”
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Life after prostate cancer diagnosis: protocol for a UK-wide patient-reported outcomes study by David H Brewster, Victoria Cairnduff, Eila Watson, Amy Downing, Adam W Glaser, Penny Wright, William Cross, Conan Donnelly, Anna Gavin, Carol Rivas, Richard Wagland, Peter Selby, Luke Hounsome, Therese Kearney, Rebecca Mottram, Majorie Allen, Oonagh McSorley, Hugh Butcher, Paul Kind, James W H Catto, Dyfed Huws, Emma McNair, Lauren Matheson, Johana Nayoan, Mike Horton, Jessica Corner, Julia Verne

“…To ensure detailed understanding of issues of importance, qualitative interviews will be undertaken with a sample of men who complete the survey across the UK (n=∼150) along with a small number of partners/spouses (n=∼30).Ethics and dissemination The study has received the following approvals: Newcastle and North Tyneside 1 Research Ethics Committee (15/NE/0036), Health Research Authority Confidentiality Advisory Group (15/CAG/0110), NHS Scotland Public Benefit and Privacy Panel (0516-0364), Office of Research Ethics Northern Ireland (16/NI/0073) and NHS R&D approval from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. …”
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La mise en œuvre d’un aqueduc : l’exemple de la Brévenne à Lyon by Catherine Coquidé, Antoine Valois

“…The standard of its construction also emphasises the containment of water at a level that would not be equalled in Lyon.On the other hand, its slope is less regular than that of the Gier aqueduct, since maintaining a sufficient height at the base of the flow is not its main concern. …”
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cigFacies: a massive-scale benchmark dataset of seismic facies and its application by H. Gao, X. Wu, X. Sun, M. Hou, M. Hou, H. Gao, G. Wang, H. Sheng

“…The predictions are highly consistent with expert interpretation results, demonstrating that the diversity and representativeness of our benchmark dataset are sufficient to train a network that can be generalized well in seismic facies classification across field data. …”
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Tools for the Analysis of Quantum Protocols Requiring State Generation Within a Time Window by Bethany Davies, Thomas Beauchamp, Gayane Vardoyan, Stephanie Wehner

“…Here, we consider a setting in which a process generates a quantum resource state with some probability <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$p$</tex-math></inline-formula> in each time step and stores it in a quantum memory that is subject to time-dependent noise. To maintain sufficient quality for an application, each resource state is discarded from the memory after <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$w$</tex-math></inline-formula> time steps. …”
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Survey of nutritional intake status in college baseball players by Yoko Iio, Hana Kozai, Mamoru Tanaka, Yukihiro Mori, Manato Seguchi, Yuka Aoyama, Morihiro Ito

“…To improve athletes’ performance and manage their condition, it is important to get sufficient energy and various nutrients. Thus, it is necessary that athletes understand their nutritional intake status to improve performance and maintain health. …”
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Corrosion behavior of Fe amorphous/Al-12Si piston composites with core-shell structure by Yingdong Wang, Zuxiang Lin, Chengzhou Liu, Deyong Zhao, Chunqiong Li, Yuan Wang

“…Abstract The current piston material, Al-12Si, lacks sufficient passivation in the acidic lubrication system of biodiesel engines, making it prone to corrosion in the presence of Cl−. …”
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Reeve’s Muntjac (<i>Muntiacus reevesi</i>) Habitat Suitability Under Climate Change Scenarios in Hupingshan National Nature Reserve, China by Qi Liu, Jianyang Ye, Zujie Kang, Guiqing Yu, Cuncun Yang, Jianjun Li, Tao Tang

“…Such measures are essential to support the South China tiger reintroduction plan and help ensure that prey availability remains sufficient for sustaining reintroduced tiger populations.…”
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Exploration of linear and interpretable models for quantification of cell parameters via contactless short-wave infrared hyperspectral sensing by Anjana Hevaganinge, Eva Lowenstein, Anna Filatova, Mihir Modak, Nandi Thales Mogo, Bryana Rowley, Jenny Yarmowsky, Joshua Ehizibolo, Ravidu Hevaganinge, Amy Musser, Abbey Kim, Anthony Neri, Jessica Conway, Yiding Yuan, Maurizio Cattaneo, Sui Seng Tee, Yang Tao

“…However, using current optical probes requires the laborious collection of sufficiently large datasets that can be used to calibrate optical probe signals to true metabolite concentrations. …”
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Analisis Kualitas Website HSP Academy (PT. Hanosen Pratama) Menggunakan Metode Webqual 4.0 dan Importance and Performance Analysis (IPA) by Anisah Ikhsawiyanthi, Satrio Hadi Wijoyo, Yusi Tyroni Mursityo

“…The other attributes are not included in the priority for improvement because they are considered to have good Performance and sufficient enough to be maintained. Recommendations for the website’s interface are made based on the existing guidelines. …”
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