Cash Management and Financial Performance of Business Firms in Northern Uganda a Case of Lira District by Eton, Marus, Gilbert, Uwonda, Fabian, Mwosi, Benard, Patrick Ogwel, Dennis, Obote

“…Business owners who took part in the study confirmed high abilities in managing cash receivable, holding inventories and properly generating sufficient cash for meeting immediate obligations. …”
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Master of Business Administration (MBA) Programme Description by Kabale University

“…The MBA programme aims at developing a student's intellectual ability, executive personality and managerial skills through an appropriate blending of business and general education. …”
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Strategic Plan 2016/2017 – 2019/2020 by Kabale University

“…Over the next 4 years, the University focus will shift from teacher centered instruction to learner centered training in order to produce graduates with problem solving skills and reflective ability. Focus will be placed more on research with emphasis on knowledge production. …”
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Prognostic value of inflammatory markers for all-cause mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction in the coronary care unit: a retrospective study based on MIMIC-IV dat... by Fen Cao, Jun-jun Jiang, Gui Zhang, Jun Liu, Ping Xiao, Yang Tian, Wei Zhang, Sheng Zhang, Feng Hou, Zhong-Wu Bao, Kun Wu, Yong-zhi Zhu

“…Meanwhile, the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) was utilized to compare the prediction ability of NLR, SII, PLR, and SIRI in all-cause mortality. …”
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The mcpC mutant of Salmonella enteritidis exhibits attenuation and confers both immunogenicity and protective efficacy in mice by Lu Zhang, Li Chen, Xuqiang Zhang, Yang Li, Qingfeng Zheng, Yun Li, Ning Li, Qiumei Shi, Yanying Zhang, Tonglei Wu

“…The virulence of ΔmcpC was assessed by examining its resistance to environmental stresses, biofilm formation capacity, motility, adhesion, invasion ability, intracellular survival, LD50, expression levels of virulence genes, and in vivo colonization ability. …”
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A lightweight wheat ear counting model in UAV images based on improved YOLOv8 by Ruofan Li, Xiaohua Sun, Kun Yang, Zhenxue He, Zhenxue He, Xinxin Wang, Xinxin Wang, Chao Wang, Chao Wang, Bin Wang, Fushun Wang, Fushun Wang, Hongquan Liu, Hongquan Liu

“…First, the high resolution micro-scale detection layer (P2) is introduced to enhance the model’s ability to recognize and localize small targets, while the large-scale detection layer (P5) is eliminated to minimize computational redundancy. …”
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Harnessing deep learning to detect bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome from chest CT by Mateusz Koziński, Doruk Oner, Jakub Gwizdała, Catherine Beigelman-Aubry, Pascal Fua, Angela Koutsokera, Alessio Casutt, Argyro Vraka, Michele De Palma, John-David Aubert, Horst Bischof, Christophe von Garnier, Sahand Jamal Rahi, Martin Urschler, Nahal Mansouri

“…It also demonstrates the ability to predict BOS in at-risk patients (FEV1 between 80% and 90% of best FEV1) with a ROC-AUC of 0.87 (95% CI: 0.735–0.974). …”
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Black carp RNF115 restricts IRF3/7-mediated antiviral signaling in innate immunity by Yixuan He, Qun Wang, Lili Xiao, Hui Wu, Jun Xiao, Jun Zou, Hao Feng

“…Additionally, the results of a dual-luciferase reporter assay, plaque assay, and qRT-PCR assay demonstrated that co-transfection of RNF115 with IRF3/7 reduced IRF3/7-induced IFN transcription and antiviral ability. The association between RNF115 and IRF3/7 was detected by co-immunoprecipitation and immunofluorescence assays. …”
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Optimization of Electrical Discharge Machining Process by Metaheuristic Algorithms by Nurezayana Zainal, Mohanavali Sithambranathan, Umar Farooq Khattak, Azlan Mohd Zain, Salama A. Mostafa, Ashanira Mat Deris

“… Because of its versatility and ability to work with difficult materials, Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) has become an essential tool in many different industries. …”
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Feline Neural Progenitor Cells I: Long-Term Expansion under Defined Culture Conditions by Jing Yang, Jinmei Wang, Ping Gu, X. Joann You, Henry Klassen

“…The Ultraculture-based cultures expressed lower levels of progenitor and lineage-associated markers under proliferation conditions but retained multipotency as evidenced by the ability to differentiate into neurons and glia following growth factor removal in the presence of FBS. …”
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Pavement Potholes Quantification: A Study Based on 3D Point Cloud Analysis by Qingzhen Sun, Lei Qiao, Yibo Shen

“…Currently, the detection technology for road surface potholes, primarily focuses on the identification and segmentation, lacking the ability to quantitatively analyze the damage inflicted by road potholes. …”
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Progress in the application of motor imagery therapy in upper limb motor function rehabilitation of stroke patients with hemiplegia by Shuying Shen, Tianchen Chu, Jing Wang, Hangyu Zhao, Jinli Tang, Linya Xu, Wei Ni, Liping Tan, Yu Chen

“…Upper limb motor dysfunction is a common manifestation of neurological dysfunction after stroke and can exert significant effects on a patient’s daily living ability and quality-of-life. Therefore, it is crucial to provide appropriate rehabilitation treatment for upper limb motor function in stroke patients with hemiplegia. …”
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Rapidly Progressive Myelopathy Caused by Aggressive Vertebral Hemangioma by Kevin A. Moattari, Rojeh Melikian, Sanjay K. Khurana

“…The patient regained the ability to ambulate, and there was no evidence of disease recurrence at 2-year follow-up. …”
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Reactivatable stimulated emission depletion microscopy using fluorescence-recoverable nanographene by Qiqi Yang, Antonio Virgilio Failla, Petri Turunen, Ana Mateos-Maroto, Meiyu Gai, Werner Zuschratter, Sophia Westendorf, Márton Gelléri, Qiang Chen, Goudappagouda, Hao Zhao, Xingfu Zhu, Svenja Morsbach, Marcus Scheele, Wei Yan, Katharina Landfester, Ryota Kabe, Mischa Bonn, Akimitsu Narita, Xiaomin Liu

“…Abstract Stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy, a key optical super-resolution imaging method, has extended our ability to view details to resolution levels of tens of nanometers. …”
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An Efficient and Lightweight Source Privacy Protecting Scheme for Sensor Networks Using Group Knowledge by Zhiqiang Ruan, Wei Liang, Decai Sun, Haibo Luo, Fanyong Cheng

“…One salient feature of the proposed scheme is its flexibility of trading transmission for higher anonymity requirement. We analyze the ability of our proposed scheme to withstand different attacks and demonstrate its efficiency in terms of overhead and functionality when compared to existing works.…”
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In situ osteogenic activation of mesenchymal stem cells by the blood clot biomimetic mechanical microenvironment by Wangxiao He, Fan Ding, Liqiang Zhang, Wenjia Liu

“…The anticipated efficacy of BCgel is demonstrated by its ability to induce nuclear translocation of Runx2 and promote bone regeneration in both in vitro experiments and in vivo bone defect models with blood clot defect, conducted on rats as well as beagles. …”
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சங்கப் பெண்மொழிக் கட்டமைப்பில் வினைச்சொற்கள் // Verbs in the Structural Framework of Sangam Women's Language... by முனைவர் இர. ஹேமலதா / Dr. R. Hemalatha

“…These poems were not mere empty verses but were deeply insightful works reflecting social concern and rooted in morality. The linguistic ability of these women was infinite. In terms of phonetics, vocabulary, syntax, the ideas conveyed and their authentic Tamil language is with excellence, coherence and beauty. …”
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Age-Dependent Differences in Systemic and Cell-Autonomous Immunity to L. monocytogenes by Ashley M. Sherrid, Tobias R. Kollmann

“…The systemic immune response to Listeria monocytogenes has been studied extensively in murine models; however, the clinical applicability of these findings to the human newborn remains incompletely understood. Furthermore, the ability to control infection at the level of an individual cell, known as “cell-autonomous immunity,” appears most relevant following infection with L. monocytogenes; as the main target, the monocyte is centrally important to innate as well as adaptive systemic immunity to listeriosis. …”
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Developing a Book for Teaching Reading Skills in the Context of Local Culture: The Department of Arabic Language Teaching at Indonesia University | Tathwir Kitab li-Ta'lim Maharat... by Suwandi Suwandi, Sutaman Sutaman, M. Samsul Ulum, Diaya Uddeen Deab Mahmoud Alzitawi, Supangat Supangat

“…This textbook is effective in improving students' abilities in maharah qiro’ah, as indicated by the scores obtained, which were 63.27 in the first trial (Pre-Test) and increased to 83.69 in the second trial (Post-Test). …”
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An efficient target detection algorithm via Karhunen‐Loève transform for frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar applications by Luoyan Zhu, Yinsheng Liu, Danping He, Ke Guan, Bo Ai, Zhangdui Zhong, Xi Liao

“…The highest energy along slow time dimension of each range bin is concentrated in the transformed domain corresponding to the largest N eigenvalues. …”
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