Investigating the Potential of Using Soya Beans Powder as a Natural Coagulant. by Imalingat, Gabriel

“…WHO recommends maximum of 15 TCU, however the best colour removal was not up to the WHO recommended value of 15 TCU, when alum was used to treat the same water, it showed some good performance giving an optimum at dosage of 25mg/l with values of 1.2 NTU, 4 TCU, 229.1µS/cm, TDS of 45 mg/l, pH of 6.9 and finally TSS of 4mg/l. These values met the recommended WHO standards. …”
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Investigating the Use of Open Air Burnt Sorghum and Wheat Straw Ashes to Soften Hard Water. by Bainomugisha, Jonan

“…All these parameters were increased but remained within the acceptable Ugandan standard limits for portable water except for the alkalinity which still increased beyond the standard maximum of 500mg/l much as the initial results on the sample before addition of the ashes was at 576 which was still beyond the standard. Finally, WSA demonstrated the highest hardness removal efficiency of 53% at a dosage of 20g/l than SSA that reduced it by 42% at a dosage of 22.5 g/1.…”
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Effect of Monetary Rewards on Employees Performance in Financial Institutions: A Case Study of Pride Microfinance Kabale Branch. by Nayebare, Violah

“…A few with disagreed with the question and finally a few respondents were not sure whether monetary rewards make employees happy while performing their duties. …”
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Employment Relations and the Performance of Government Entities: A Case Study of Kabale District Local Government. by Asiimwe, Jackline

“…The study findings concluded showing the impact of employee relations used at Kabale district local government as regulations and agreements by which employees are managed both as individuals and the organization, promotes teamwork which achieves organization goals, employees will be treated fairly and honestly. Finally the study recommended that employees' input should be recognized and valued by the employer.…”
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The ICT Usage and The Teaching and Learning of History Education in Secondary Schools: A case Study of Bufundi Sub-County, Rubanda District South Western Uganda. by Namara, Arkright

“…From the analysis, the following conclusions were made; teachers and students have positive perceptions about the integration of ICT application in education delivery in History. Finally, many recommendations were made as follows; The Government of Uganda should consider providing more training on the pedagogical use of ICTs for the delivery of education, Teachers and students should invest their time in learning and training themselves about JCT application in education to acquire more capacity and reap more benefits of ICT for in education. …”
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Examining the challenges facing the management of Electronic Records: A Case Study of Mityana Hospital, Central Registry. by Moreen, Kasande

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Design of Solid Tire Power Screw Press Machine. by Wabwire, Ebenezer Emmanuel

“…Chapter Four details the finalized machine design, while Chapter Five discusses the results and analysis of the machine’s components and overall performance. …”
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Assess the Effect of Cultural Resources on Tourism Development in and Around Lake Mburo National Park. by Nahabwe, Leticia

“…These problems, consequently, hinder the comprehensive management of cultural resources tourism. Finally, it suggests a Sustainable Cultural Resources Tourism Framework, incorporating social and cultural elements.…”
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Sales Promotion and Changing Market shares of Telecom Companies. It was Carried out in Kigali City Rwanda. by Daria, Murungi

“…The study also revealed that sales promotions had a positive influence the buying behaviors of consumers. Finally the study also found out that sales promotion main challenges were; habituating customers to promotions and capital intensive. …”
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Teacher Job Satisfaction and Student Academic Performance at Uganda Certificate of Education in Secondary Schools in Uganda: A case Study of Kamwenge District. by Andrew, Kasaija

“…The study concluded that satisfied teachers can also help in improving the performance of an educational institution. Finally, the researcher recommended that there is need to improve on the intrinsic and extrinsic factors of job satisfaction of teachers that influence academic performance and ways of improving intrinsic and extrinsic factors of job satisfaction of teachers so as to improve academic performance at Uganda Certificate of Education level in secondary schools in Uganda particularly in Kamwenge district.…”
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Teachers' well-being and performance at government-aided primary schools in Rubanda District's Bubaare Sub-County by Bannet, Karegyeza, Frederick, Ssempala, Phelix, Businge Mbabazi, Olivia Nina, Rugambwa

“…The study established that, teachers’ welfare highly influenced teachers performance, and also, schools leaders’ attitudes highly influenced the teachers’ welfare in government aided primary schools in Bubaare sub-county, Rubanda District. Finally, it was recommended that government should put up strategies to ensure that staff accommodation /houses are conducive and adequate facilities are put in place for teachers satisfactory for improved performance, local communities and parents should support schools with provision of food items to make meals (balanced diet) available to teachers, government should appreciate the significance of medical services for teachers in order to perform and health insurance schemes should be made available to teachers, government should provide more educational facilities such as working tables, sitting facilities, teaching materials and infrastructural facilities and PTA leaders and other stake holders should put up strategies to provide teachers with allowances, good working conditions.…”
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Factors influencing male involvement in family planning among married couples seeking maternity and pediatric services in Chuk by Mercy Nwankwo, Chinenye, Immaculate, Okoth

“…Inadequate health education by health care workers on Family Planning products/services may lead to low uptake of services (P = 0.04). Finally, study result showed low knowledge and influence of taboo. …”
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Teacher rewards and their performance: a case study of selected secondary schools in southern division, Kabale municipality by Agnes, Nyinamasiko, John Michael, Edoru

“…The study established that, teachers’ rewards is highly influenced their performance, and also, financial rewards highly influenced the teachers’ rewards in secondary schools in southern division, Kabale municipality. Finally, it was recommended that the Government of Uganda and the Ministry of Education and sports should provide adequate information and counseling to teachers on creating an environment, inside the classroom and beyond where students can talk openly about their learning, their challenges and what allows them to succeed, teachers’ salaries should be determined according to sector needs as opposed to macro-economic policy requirements if Uganda is to attain the Millennium Development Goals related to Education, there is also a need to continuously engage teachers in the National teachers Union (UNATU) a statutory representative of teachers at all levels in both private and government sectors; this will enable teachers to consult on educational, labor and other relevant issues…”
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The Effect of Al Particles Size on the Thermal Behavior and Kinetics of Al-MnO2 Thermite System by Jia-xing Song, Tao Guo, Wen Ding, Miao Yao, Li Yang, Xiao-nan Zhang, Zhong-shen Yu, Jia-xiang Wu, Jun Zhang, Xiang Fang

“…The activation energy of thermite system decreased with the reduction of Al particle sizes in micron-level, while in nanolevel the activation energy markedly increased. Finally, the possible reasons for phenomenon were discussed.…”
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Proteome Analysis for Understanding Abiotic Stress (Salinity and Drought) Tolerance in Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) by Haddad A. El Rabey, Abdulrahman L. Al-Malki, Khalid O. Abulnaja, Wolfgang Rohde

“…Changes in abundance of superoxide dismutase, chlorophyll A-B binding protein, light-harvesting complex1 protein Lhca1, RubisCO activase, phosphoglycerate kinase, chloroplast light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-binding protein, phosphoribulokinase, transketolase, RubisCO, and some of RubisCO fragments were significant only for salt stress.…”
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HLA Class II Defects in Burkitt Lymphoma: Bryostatin-1-Induced 17 kDa Protein Restores CD4+ T-Cell Recognition by Azim Hossain, Jason M. God, Faisal F. Y. Radwan, Shereen Amria, Dan Zhao, Jennifer R. Bethard, Azizul Haque

“…Treatment of BL with broystatin-1, a potent modulator of protein kinase C, led to significant improvement of functional class II Ag presentation in BL. …”
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Targeting ferroptosis in prostate cancer management: molecular mechanisms, multidisciplinary strategies and translational perspectives by Hubo Yang, Xuefeng Zhang, Zongming Jia, He Wang, Jixiang Wu, Xuedong Wei, Yuhua Huang, Wenying Yan, Yuxin Lin

“…The prospects and challenges in ferroptosis-based PCa researches were finally highlighted to light up future wisdoms for the flourishing of current findings from bench to bedside.…”
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The Plasticity of Brain Gray Matter and White Matter following Lower Limb Amputation by Guangyao Jiang, Xuntao Yin, Chuanming Li, Lei Li, Lu Zhao, Alan C. Evans, Tianzi Jiang, Jixiang Wu, Jian Wang

“…Fiber tractography from these WM regions showed microstructural changes in the commissural fibers connecting the bilateral premotor cortices, compatible with the hypothesis that amputation can lead to a change in interhemispheric interactions. Finally, the lower limb amputees also displayed significant FA reduction in the right inferior frontooccipital fasciculus, which is negatively correlated with the time since amputation. …”
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Cancer-associated fibroblasts promote pro-tumor functions of neutrophils in pancreatic cancer via IL-8: potential suppression by pirfenidone by Tomohiko Yagi, Shunsuke Kagawa, Shohei Nogi, Atsuki Taniguchi, Masashi Yoshimoto, Kanto Suemori, Yasuo Nagai, Shuto Fujita, Shinji Kuroda, Satoru Kikuchi, Yoshihiko Kakiuchi, Fuminori Teraishi, Kosei Takagi, Toshiaki Ohara, Hiroshi Tazawa, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara

“…The factors secreted by the activated neutrophils were also explored. Finally, pirfenidone (PFD) was tested to determine whether it could suppress the pro-tumor functions of activated neutrophils. …”
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Fungi with potential probiotic properties isolated from Fuzhuan brick tea by Xin Wang, Yuanyuan Cui, Chaowei Sang, Bin Wang, Yirong Yuan, Lin Liu, Yahong Yuan, Tianli Yue

“…Of the 6 strains with strong bacteriostatic effects, we eliminated Eurotium cristatum S-9 due to its low hydrophobicity of (26.12 ± 0.35)%. Finally, 2 exhibited good adhesion abilities to human cells (> 100%). …”
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