Twisted thinking and its relationship to radical thinking among university students by Mohammed H.T.S. AL-Ogaidi, Yasir M. Al-Dulami

“…Main findings: It was found that the problem of second-year students in the colleges of the University of Mosul is that they possess twisted and radical thinking, and there is a strong direct relationship between these two types of thinking, which may cause a decline in their academic and social abilities in the future. Practical/managerial implications: The study highlights the impact of negative thinking patterns represented by twisted and radical thinking on students’ academic and social life, and the need to develop positive thinking skills to confront these negative thinking patterns. …”
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Perceptions, Attitudes, and Experiences Regarding Mental Health Care Among Young Black Men by Cortney VanHook

“…Concurrently, the literature indicates YBM face unmet service needs that impede their ability to address numerous negative social determinants of health (e.g., high adverse childhood experiences, low socioeconomic status, etc.). …”
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Deterioration in Physical Engine Oil Properties after Different Trip Length by Dana Kareem Hameed

“…Therefore, it is very important to characterize used engine lubricants at different using conditions to check the performance and ability of existing oils, which in turn protects engine parts and also designs new formulations to produce better type of engine oil or improve the existing oil. …”
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The panel threshold analysis of digitalization on manufacturing industry’s green total factor productivity by Lu Liu, Yulong Xin, Bei Liu, Yuankui Pang, Weiran Kong

“…Furthermore, this study tries to explore the boundary conditions and applicability of the green driving effect of digitalization on sub-industries from the perspective of heterogeneous technological innovation abilities in different industries. The empirical study is based on the panel data of 29 manufacturing industries in China 2012–2019. …”
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Climate adaptation plans and “green jobs”: challenges for implementing a responsive, multi-skilled workforce in Worcester, Massachusetts by Varun Bhat, Sarah Strauss

“…All this points to a vague description of green jobs and green workforce, that can significantly impact Worcester’s ability to achieve a climate-ready workforce and to achieve its climate adaptation goals.…”
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Economic Analysis of Water Treatments for Phosphorus Removal in Florida by Daisuke Sano, Alan Hodges, Robert Degner

“…This study compares the cost effectiveness of two different water treatment systems that have demonstrated an enhanced phosphorus removal ability utilizing aquatic plants and biomass: Wetland Stormwater Treatment Areas (STA) and Managed Aquatic Plant Systems (MAPS). …”
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Students Results Tracking Tool: A Case Study of Kabale Secondary school. by Kebirungi, Susan

“…Hence, in the current era of e-learning, prompted by the adoption of ICT, students' results tracking has the advantage of being easy to administer, ability to offer students instant results, having easy verification, devoid of paperwork it is capable of reducing the proportion of workload on students' results tracking.…”
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The experiences and challenges of Doctoral Education in Public Universities compared by Ocan, Johnson, Marus, Eton, Adyanga, Akena Francis, Ayiga, Natal

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

“…Results from null hypothesis testing on the item was rejected indicating borrowers capacity(.040), thus the study concluded that there is evidence to suggest that the distribution of the mean score of each of the variable is not the same across the ability of the borrower to repay the borrowed loan. …”
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Information Communications Technology and Revenue Mobilization in Local Governments in Uganda: A Case of Mbarara District Local Government. by Apunyo, Henry Anthony

“…The findings indicate that taxpayers pay more than their ability. This study recommends that Mbarara District Local government and other local governments should emphasize the application of ICT as a major tool in mobilizing revenue. …”
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The Waste Management with Reward System Project Proposal: A Case Study of Bushenyi-Ishaka Monicipality in Uganda. by Turihabwe, Christopher, Ninsiima, Ivan

“…Requirements will be tested to the best of their ability using the following format of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).…”
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Impact of Corruption on the Development of the Catholic Church in Kabale Diocese. by Kyampeire, Anitah

“…The study concluded that corruption in the Catholic Church in Kabale Diocese presents significant challenges that hinder the institution's ability to serve its community effectively. By understanding the causes, challenges, and consequences of corruption, and implementing the recommended solutions, the church can work towards rebuilding trust, promoting transparency, and fostering ethical leadership. …”
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Commercial Banks and Socio Economic Wellbeing of the People: A case study of Equity Bank Kabale Branch. by Timothy, Begambagyedo

“…The study revealed that application supported by documents like invoices and BOQs, Provision of financial information, employer must have an MOU with Equity Bank, having an employment opportunity and an active Bank account, a copy of valid identification document and ability to repay the loan, the study further established that credit risk is the leading challenge faced by Banks, inadequate appraisal, customers’ unwillingness to repay, political unrest, high interest from the regulatory authority and un stable economic trends in the country. …”
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Financial Inclusion and Access to Higher Education An Empirical Study of Selected Districts in Eastern Uganda by Eton, Marus, Sammy, Godfrey Poro, Denis, Sekiwu, Fabian, Mwosi, Francis Akena, Adyanga

“…However, financial services remain accessible to rich individuals who demonstrate ability to pay. The study recommends that the government of Uganda through the concerned ministry should review the implementation of their policies on Students loan scheme and district quota systems. …”
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LC-Protonets: Multi-Label Few-Shot Learning for World Music Audio Tagging by Charilaos Papaioannou, Emmanouil Benetos, Alexandros Potamianos

“…Fine-tuning improves the generalization ability of all methods, yet LC-Protonets achieve high-level performance even without fine-tuning, in contrast to the comparative approaches. …”
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C/EBPβ in Alzheimer’s disease: An integrative regulator of pathological mechanisms by Xiaoting Luo, Junyi Liang, Xue Lei, Fengqi Sun, Minghai Gong, Bin Liu, Zhongguang Zhou

“…With the global aging population, the incidence of AD continues to rise, yet current therapeutic strategies remain limited in their ability to significantly alleviate cognitive impairments. …”
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Intelligent recognition algorithm of connection relation of substation secondary wiring drawing based on D-LLE algorithm by Hongzhi Liu, Bojie Yang, Fang Kang, Qian Li, Hongyang Zhang

“…It shows that the proposed algorithm can accurately and quickly identify the connection relationship in the substation secondary wiring drawings, significantly improve the recognition efficiency, and has strong robustness and versatility, which can provide strong support for the intelligent operation and maintenance of the power system.…”
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ThyroNet-X4 genesis: an advanced deep learning model for auxiliary diagnosis of thyroid nodules’ malignancy by Xiaoxue Wang, Yupeng Niu, Hongli Liu, Fa Tian, Qiang Zhang, Yimeng Wang, Yeju Wang, Yijia Li

“…Built on the ResNet architecture, the model enhances feature extraction by incorporating grouped convolutions and using larger convolution kernels, improving its ability to analyze thyroid ultrasound images. The model was trained and validated using publicly available thyroid ultrasound imaging datasets, and its generalization was further tested using an external validation dataset from HanZhong Central Hospital. …”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: A novel, bioactive and antibacterial scaffold based on functionalized graphene oxide with lignin, silk fibroin and ZnO nanoparticles by Reza Eivazzadeh-Keihan, Ensiye Zare-Bakheir, Hooman Aghamirza Moghim Aliabadi, Mostafa Ghafori Gorab, Hossein Ghafuri, Ali Maleki, Hamid Madanchi, Mohammad Mahdavi

“…The synthesized structure was examined as anti-biofilm agent and it was observed that the Graphene oxide-lignin/silk fibroin/ZnO nanobiocomposite has a significant ability to prevent the formation of P. aeruginosa biofilm. …”
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Near Junction Integration of Vapor Chamber for Transient Thermal Performance Improvements of SiC Power Module by Wei Mu, Laili Wang, Haoyuan Jin, Borong Hu, Binyu Wang, Jinfeng Zhang, Liang Wang, Teng Long

“…Time constant spectrum analysis further reveals that the VC module's superior thermal performance stems from its ability to minimize thermal resistance components with short time constants, a benefit that is unique to near-junction thermal management…”
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