The Influence of Summative Evaluation on Pupils' Dropout in Primary Schools in Rubaare Town Council Ntungamo District. by Mwogyera, Godfrey

“…Purposive sampling was also used to collect data from respondents who participated in the study. The study findings indicate that there were factors leading to pupils dropping out of school including; school factors, teacher-pupil relationship, teaching approaches, distance from school, school curriculum, corporal punishments, and school management style. …”
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Effectiveness of Health Management Information System in Selected Sub-Counties of Ryakarimira Town Council and Rubaya Sub-County. by Ayebare, Esther Loy

“…These tools included laboratory request forms, sample rejection forms, laboratory results report forms, sample referral forms, sample reception registers, daily activity registers, equipment inventory registers, equipment breakdown report forms, equipment breakdown registers, equipment maintenance logs, routine equipment service logs, order forms for HIV test kits and laboratory reagents, biosafety and biosecurity incident report forms, incident registers, microbiology request and results report forms, microbiology daily activity registers, national level periodic reports, WHO GLASS AMR reports, monthly facility-level laboratory reports, and quarterly facility-level laboratory reports. …”
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Effect of Board Accountability on Financial Performance of Selected SACCOs in Kiruhura District, Uganda. by Kyabarongo, Benon, Agaba, Moses, Byamukama, Eliab Mpora, Sunday, Arthur, Sekiwu, Denis

“…The obtained data for analysis was divided into two phases. First, descriptive statistics on the respondents and the preliminary data analysis were performed using SPSS version 20.0. …”
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Rehabilitation Services and Disability in Buhara Sub-County Kabale District. by Orishaba, Joan

“…The study found out that there was a service of physical theory to PWDs, in that physical therapists work with patients with injuries, chronic health conditions, and patients who have undergone surgery. Some respondents also showed that there was cognitive rehabilitation therapy in that cognitive rehabilitation could help individuals build new skills to counteract an injury or limitation. …”
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Effect of Board Accountability on Financial Performance of Selected SACCOs in Kiruhura District, Uganda. by Kyabarongo, Benon, Agaba, Moses, Byamukama, Eliab Mpora, Sunday, Arthur, Sekiwu, Denis

“…The obtained data for analysis was divided into two phases. First, descriptive statistics on the respondents and the preliminary data analysis were performed using SPSS version 20.0. …”
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Self-Care Practices and the Associated Socio-Demographic Variables of Persons With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2dm) in Southeast, Nigeria. by Okafor, Christiana Nkiru, Okonkwo, Uchenna Prosper, Ani, Kenneth Umezulike, Onuora, Ethel Ogoemeka, Nwokike, Mathew, Turyasingura, Jane Byabagambi, Munezero, Tamu JohnBosco, Mfitumukiza1, Valence, Nwankwo, Mercy Chinenye, Tumusiime, Alex

“…The questionnaire was administered to persons with T2DM who attended a diabetic outpatient clinic. Data collected was analyzed in frequency percentage. …”
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Assesment of Plastic Waste on Agricultural Land in Kashambya Sub-County Rukiga District. by Hazaara, Annah

“…The household size was 1-3 (10%),4-6 (53%), 7-9 (25%),10-12 (10%) and above 12(2%). The study shows that most of the respondents had access to agricultural land at 80% but most of them had small land of 2-5 acres (45%), 0-1(17%). 6-9(18%), 10-13(5%), and above 18 (2%) Most of the farmers used plastics on their farm (77%), and used mainly plastic containers (48%) and polythene bags (45%). …”
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Financial management practices and Profitability of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kabale Municipality. by Herbert, Kwarimanya Rugyendo

“…Respondents were staff who are directly employed in the finance and accounting departments. …”
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Performance Disparity in Mathematics between male and female Students in Selected Secondary Schools in Kamuganguzi Subcounty, Kabale District. by Amos, Musimenta

“…The study was guided by objectives which were to compare the difference in performance in Mathematics among boys and girls, examine the factors accounting for the differences in performance between boys and girls and, to establish the effect of gender on academic performance. …”
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Spatial and temporal variations of faecal indicator bacteria in Lake Bunyonyi, South‑Western Uganda by Alex, Saturday, Thomas, J. Lyimo, John, Machiwa, Siajali, Pamba

“…FIB did not differ significantly among the study stations (p > 0.05) but showed significant temporal variations among the months (p < 0.05) with concentrations being significantly high in wet season than dry season (U = 794, p < 0.0001 for E. coli; U = 993.5, p = 0.008 for enterococci). …”
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E-Banking and Performance of Financial Institutions in Uganda: A Case of Kabale District by Bosco, Ismail Bashaija

“…A sample of 138 participants was selected from a target population of 210 subjects who were purposively and randomly selected. The study used both structured and unstructured questionnaires, and an open-ended interview guide to collect data. …”
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Addressing Shortcomings in Contingency Standards of Care by Alexander Quan

“…In these situations, providers who do not move patients who no longer benefit from ICU beds unknowingly reinforce the FCFS system in which those who arrive first keep the scarce beds, while those who arrive later or wait for one are disadvantaged by having limited access to them. …”
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Non-Immersive Virtual Reality Exercise Can Increase Exercise in Older Adults Living in the Community and in Long-Term Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Sheehy L, Bharadwaj L, Nissen KA, Estey JL

“…However, many older adults do not exercise, for a variety of reasons. We tested a fun and safe way for seniors to do a customized exercise program in their own home, using a non-immersive virtual reality platform called Jintronix, which turns exercise into games!…”
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Psychosocial risks and mental health of health and social care workers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by Nadia Vilahur Chiaraviglio

“…Health and social care workers were frontline workers not only because of their closeness to the virus, but because of the distress and moral dilemmas they faced while seeing people die in isolation or having to choose between one respirator, and too many patients. The pandemic was officially declared over by WHO in May 2023, and the world has been eager to return to normality, to overcome, to forget. …”
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Effects of non-pharmacological interventions on depressive and anxiety symptoms in pregnant women: a systematic review and network meta-analysisResearch in context by Guowei Zeng, Jianfeng Niu, Ke Zhu, Fei Li, Liwen Li, Kaiming Gao, Yanlong Zhuang, Boyang Zhang, Xiaoqiang Han, Gang Ye, Zhikun Gao, Haobai Li

“…We included pregnant women with singleton pregnancies who, at baseline, exhibited early signs of depressive and/or anxiety symptoms but did not meet clinical diagnostic criteria or exceed the threshold for clinically significant symptoms. …”
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Prevención de eventos trombóticos en pacientes sometidos a cirugía de artrodesis lumbar por vía posterior: experiencia en nuestro centro. Estudio retrospectivo de casos by M. Desviat Ruiz, P. Jordà Gómez, K. Ramón López, J.M. Romero Martínez, J.J. Valls Vilalta, N. Fernández Fernández, Á. Chulvi Gimeno, L. Cuñat Navarro, J. Poyatos Campos

“…Se recogieron variables demográficas, clínicas, quirúrgicas, así como las complicaciones aparecidas a lo largo del seguimiento que se realizaba al mes uno, dos, cuatro, seis y 12 tras la cirugía. …”
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Development of a comprehensive model to predict stock prices in the stock market with an interpretive structural modeling approach by Shiva Rezaeyan, Mohammad Taleghani, Azita Sherej Sharifi

“…Materials and MethodsThe sample consisted of two groups: investors and academic experts. The investors, who engaged in the stock market prediction and investment by analyzing technical, fundamental, and macroeconomic indicators, possessed a deep understanding of financial indicators. …”
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The Comparison of Cost-Effectiveness Between Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Provocative Discography in the Identification of Chronic Low Back Pain Surgery Candidates by Wilson L, Beall DP, Eastlack RK, Berven S, Lotz JC

“…Our aim is to conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) to compare the economic value of these two diagnostic procedures. Subjects were part of a multicenter study of 139 patients who received MR imaging and PD for chronic low back pain. …”
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Editorial by Daniel Halliday

“…When some inherit and others do not, the resulting inequalities are apparently due to differences in luck or circumstance. …”
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Bridge Employment Model of Qualified Employees in Iran's Public Organizations by Seyedeh Sanaz Sadafi Mousavi, Mir ali Syed nagavi, Seyed Mehdi Alvani, Alireza Koushki Jahromi

“…Employment after retirement from regular full-time jobs and before complete withdrawal from income-generating activities is known as bridge employment, which is divided into two types: professional bridge employment and non-professional bridge employment.Case study The case study of the present research is to present the bridge employment model of expert employees in Iranian government organizations from the perspective of experts active in bridge employment as opinion leaders in this field.Materials and Methods This research is qualitative, developmental, interpretive and inductive, which was implemented with the foundation's data approach. …”
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