Loan Recovery and Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions in Kabale District: A Case Study of Unique SACCO in Kabale Municipality. by Ainembabazi, Ellon

“…Globally, loan recovery is a process involving the procedures the MFI uses to collect its money from debtors and this may take the form of calling clients by telephone, sending reminders letters, contracting collection agencies, and legal actions. …”
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Hurricane Preparation: Evacuating Your Home by Elizabeth B. Bolton

“…Different warning methods may be used such as a siren or telephone calls. This document is FCS3254, one of a series of the Family Youth and Community Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Quit attempts among tobacco users identified in the Tamil Nadu Tobacco Survey of 2015/2016: a 3 year follow-up mixed methods study by Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Abhay Nirgude, Surendran Veeraiah, Vidhubala Elangovan, Arvind Krishnamurthy, Tanu Anand, Mahendra M Reddy, Revathy Sudhakar, Niraimathi K, Divyarajprabhakar Subramani, Swaminathan Rajaraman, Hemanth Raj Elluswami

“…Tobacco prevalence was found to be 5.2% (n=5208).Participants All tobacco users in 11 districts of TN identified by TNTS (n=2909) were tracked after 3 years by telephone. In-depth interviews (n=26) were conducted in a subsample to understand the enablers and barriers in quitting.Primary and secondary outcomes Current tobacco use status, any quit attempt and successful quit rate were the primary outcomes, while barriers and enablers in quitting were considered as secondary outcomes.Results Among the 2909 tobacco users identified in TNTS 2015/2016, only 724 (24.9%) could be contacted by telephone, of which 555 (76.7%) consented. …”
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Struggling with and mastering e-mail consultations: A study of access, interaction, and participation in a digital health care system by Grønning Anette

“…As a form of communication with different constraints than face-to-face and telephonic communication, e-consultations are likely to both afford some benefits and present struggles. …”
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Measurement of Harm Outcomes in Older Adults after Hospital Discharge: Reliability and Validity by Alison Douglas, Lori Letts, Kevin Eva, Julie Richardson

“…The Incident of Harm Caregiver Questionnaire was administered to caregivers of older adults discharged from hospital by telephone. Caregivers completed daily logs for one month and medical charts were examined. …”
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Exploring expressed concerns and uncanny feeling in patients with shortness of breath calling out-of-hours primary care by Michelle Spek, Dorien L. Zwart, Esther de Groot, Michelle R. Timmerman, Maarten van Smeden, Daphne C. A. Erkelens, Anna S. M. Dobbe, Mathé Delissen, Frans H. Rutten, Roderick P. Venekamp

“…Methods This is an explorative cross-sectional study. We analysed telephone triage conversations from patients with SOB who contacted Dutch OHS-PC between September 2020 and August 2021. …”
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Length and Roughness Perception in a Moving-Plateau Touch Display by Junji Watanabe, Yusuke Godai, Hideyuki Ando

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Teacher competence and performance in primary schools in Nwoya District, Northern Uganda by Eton, Marus, Sammy, Godfrey Poro, Andrew Peter Yiga, Julius, Caesar Enon, Fabian, Mwosi

“…Teachers should pay attention to issues like classroom organization, time management and receiving telephone calls during class time. Teachers who work their best to promote a co-existence between the school and the community should be recognized and rewarded for their effort. …”
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Gestational Medication Use, Birth Conditions, and Early Postnatal Exposures for Childhood Asthma by Yang-Ching Chen, Ching-Hui Tsai, Yungling Lee

“…We conducted a matched case-control study based on the Taiwan Children Health Study, which was a nationwide survey that recruited 12-to-14-year-old school children in 14 communities. 579 mothers of the participants were interviewed by telephone. Exclusive breastfeeding protected children from asthma. …”
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Older Primary Care Patients’ Attitudes and Willingness to Screen for Dementia by Nicole R. Fowler, Anthony J. Perkins, Hilary A. Turchan, Amie Frame, Patrick Monahan, Sujuan Gao, Malaz A. Boustani

“…Eligible patients completed the Perceptions Regarding Investigational Screening for Memory in Primary Care (PRISM-PC) questionnaire and then were asked to undergo dementia screening by a telephone screening instrument. Results. Higher scores on the PRISM-PC questionnaire items that measure attitudes about benefits of screening were associated with decreased odds of refusing screening. …”
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Successful Aging and Longevity in Older Old Women: The Role of Depression and Cognition by Daniel Paulson, Mary Elizabeth Bowen, Peter A. Lichtenberg

“…Mortality at 2, 6, and 8 year intervals was predicted using CVB (diabetes, heart disease, hypertension), depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), and cognitive decline (decline of 1 standard deviation or more on the 35-point Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status over 2 years). …”
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Economic opportunities for Mexican women from low socioeconomic status: results from a technical and life skills training program by Shaye S Worthman, Adriana Rueda-Barrios

“…To determine the extent to which the program reached its target population and its impacts, researchers analyzed a national database of over sixty-eight thousand Mexican beneficiaries from 2016 to 2020 and conducted telephone surveys with a representative sample of women beneficiaries in Veracruz. …”
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Indicadores de conexão informacional na Comunidade Fluvial Rolim de Moura do Guaporé – Rondônia by Aldenilson Costa, Fernanda Santos Estrada, Maria Aguiar Pacheco, Nubia Caramello

“…It was also possible to identify the technological dependence of the wifi signal providers, which OI operator enters via the telephone line and this has internet access that is commercialized locally.…”
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The effectiveness of feedback channels in hotels in Malawi: perspectives of guests by Dalitso Kalipalire, Chun Liu

“…The study found that suggestion boxes are the most common feedback channel in hotels. The telephone is the most preferred channel to provide negative feedback, and the face-to-face channel is preferred to provide positive feedback. …”
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The politics of technology and site location: impact of state interventionism on an Indian public sector firm by Dilip Subramanian

“…This is the central question this paper whose compass is restricted to the 1980s asks, and seeks to answer on the basis of a study of locational and technology choices at a big public sector manufacturing firm, Indian Telephone Industries. It will show how decisions pertaining both to the implantation of new state-owned factories and the sourcing of technology were shaped not by an economic rationale but a political one where employment generation took precedence over all other considerations. …”
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Something old, something new: preliminary findings from an exploratory study about people's information habits and information grounds by Fisher Naumer, Durrance, Stromsky, Christianson

“…[<br><b>Method.</b> A telephone survey of 612 urban-rural residents was conducted regarding their needs for health and human services in partnership with the United Way of America. …”
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Improving the Memory through Singing Method of Children Ages 5 - 6 Years in Kindergarten Insan Pandhega by Meta Br Ginting

“…The problem in this study was that 48% of children had difficulty remembering their parents 'full names, 72% of children did not remember the full address of their residence, and 100% of children did not remember their parents' telephone numbers. This study aims to develop children's memory of their important personal identity through singing methods. …”

How Does the Canadian General Public Rate Moderate Alzheimer's Disease? by Jean-Eric Tarride, Mark Oremus, Eleanor Pullenayegum, Natasha Clayton, Parminder Raina

“…Five-hundred Canadians were chosen randomly to participate in a telephone interview. The EQ-5D was administered to estimate the health utility score for respondents' current health status (i.e., no AD) and for a hypothetical moderate AD health state. …”
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On Computation and Analysis of Topological Index-Based Invariants for Complex Coronoid Systems by Muhammad Aamer Rashid, Sarfraz Ahmad, Muhammad Kamran Siddiqui, Mohammed K. A. Kaabar

“…Shannon put forwarded the apprehension of entropy to enumerate upper bounds in transmission rates in telephonic channels, in optical communication, and in wireless. …”
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The Societal Impact of Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia on Patients, Life Partners, and Children of Patients in Germany by Thomas Weinke, Andrea Glogger, Isabelle Bertrand, Kati Lukas

“…Some former patients and family members participated in face-to-face interviews or in a T-group meeting (qualitative phase) and some participated in telephone interviews (quantitative phase). They all expressed feelings of helplessness and frustration mixed with depression, sadness, or rage. …”
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