Monetary Policy and Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda: A Case Study Centenary Bank, Kabale Branch. by Kemigisha, Phiona

“…The study findings on the effect of bank size on the performance of commercial banks, the highest number of respondents mentioned that bank size determines the amount of deposits which improves on the performance of the bank, the lowest number of respondents mentioned that bank size determines the capital ratio used in daily operations which leads to performance of the bank and bank size determines the money supply in operations of bank which leads to performance. …”
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The Role of Donations and Education Services in Kabale Municipality Kabale District. by Ampaire, Bronia

“…The study recommends that for the success of donor-funded projects, contextualizing them to the societal and humane capital framework in which delivery is essential. …”
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Determinants of Enrolment and Renewing of Community-Based Health Insurance in Households With Under-5 Children in Rural South-Western Uganda by Emmanuel, Nshakira-Rukundo, Essa, Mussa Chanie, Nathan, Nshakira, Nicolas, Gerber, Joachim, von Braun

“…Results: Results revealed that household’s socioeconomic status, husband’s employment in rural casual work (odds ratio [OR]: 2.581, CI: 1.104-6.032) and knowledge of health insurance premiums (OR: 17.072, CI: 7.027-41.477) were significant predictors of enrolment. Social capital and connectivity, assessed by the number of voluntary groups a household belonged to, was also positively associated with CBHI participation (OR: 5.664, CI: 2.927-10.963). …”
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Impact of Human Resource Planning on Organizational Performance in Local Government: A Case Study of Kabale District Local Government. by Natukunda, Promise

“…These included extrinsic motivation encourages staff to complete their task in order to receive the reward pay reward system is a product of an organization’s philosophy, employee recognition, training and development programs are strategic functions of human capital management, poor performance reviews due to inadequate job training can produce employee dissatisfaction and conflict and negative attitude, management must see the need to help workers develop skills and build new capacities necessary.…”
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Financial management practices and Profitability of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kabale Municipality. by Herbert, Kwarimanya Rugyendo

“…Remove discrimination between SMEs and large companies and between state and non-state SMEs in granting loans, Develop the financial market including both capital and money markets and Provide training programs in financial management skills for the owners and managers of SMEs.…”
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Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Different Types of Lumbar Disc Herniation by XIANG Ganggang, CHEN Jiankun, LI Taiyou, XU Shuai, GAO Qilong

“…ObjectiveTo explore the effect of extracorporeal shock wave (ESW) therapy on different types of lumbar disc herniation (LDH).MethodsA total of 3,454 patients with LDH admitted to the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qujing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xuanhan County People's Hospital from February 2020 to February 2023 were selected. …”
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Application of high-quality nursing under the humanistic care nursing model in hospitalized elderly patients with chronic diseases (人文关怀护理模式下的优质护理在住院老年慢性病患者中的应用效果)... by LI Yueru (李月茹), CAO Hongjing (曹红京), LI Ning (李宁), LI Jing (李静), PENG Kun (彭堃)

“…Methods Totally 70 elderly patients with chronic diseases admitted to the hospital from January 2022 to January 2023 were selected as the research objects. …”
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Clinical benefits of modifying the evening light environment in an acute psychiatric unit: A single-centre, two-arm, parallel-group, pragmatic effectiveness randomised controlled t... by Håvard Kallestad, Knut Langsrud, Melanie Rae Simpson, Cecilie Lund Vestergaard, Daniel Vethe, Kaia Kjørstad, Patrick Faaland, Stian Lydersen, Gunnar Morken, Ingvild Ulsaker-Janke, Simen Berg Saksvik, Jan Scott

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>From 10/25/2018 to 03/29/2019, and 10/01/2019 to 11/15/2019, all adults (≥18 years of age) admitted for acute inpatient psychiatric care in Trondheim, Norway, were randomly allocated to a ward with a blue-depleted evening light environment or a ward with a standard light environment. …”
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Aetiology and Outcomes of Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study in a University Hospital, India by Sudha V. Hooli, Neelima Shah, Prashant Shah, Shrradha Suresh, Bali Sukeshani Sunil

“…Methodology: The authors included a total of 133 patients in their third trimester (>32 weeks), with a platelet count <149,000 /mm3, admitted to the authors’ institution from 1st January 2021 to 31st December 2021. …”
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Effect of Conductive Education Combined with Exercise Therapy on Rehabilitation Function of Children with Cerebral Palsy by Lihong LI, Liya YANG, Feng HAN, Ningning TIAN, Beibei GONG, Suju CHEN

“…Objective:To analyze the rehabilitation effect of conductive education combined with exercise therapy on children with cerebral palsy and provide evidence-based support for the high-quality diagnosis, treatment and care of such groups.Methods:A total of 100 children with cerebral palsy admitted to our hospital were divided into study group and control group by random number table, with 50 cases in each group. …”
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Comparative performance of microscopy, rapid diagnostic tests, and multiplex real-time PCR for detection of malaria parasites among pregnant women in northwest Ethiopia by Zemenu Tamir, Abebe Animut, Sisay Dugassa, Araya Gebresilassie, Mahlet Belachew, Adugna Abera, Berhanu Erko

“…Methods A total of 835 peripheral blood and 372 placental blood samples were collected from 835 pregnant women attending first antenatal care or admitted for delivery at selected health facilities in northwest Ethiopia between November 2021 and July 2022. …”
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Benefits Conferred by Peer-Support Nursing Intervention to Pulmonary Function and Quality of Life in Nonsmoking Patients with COPD by Xiaoling Yao, Xiaoyu Wang, Jing Yuan, Zhikang Huang, Dan Wu, Hongyan Xu

“…A total of 100 COPD nonsmoking patients admitted to our hospital from October 2018 to October 2020 were selected as study subjects. …”
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Clinical characteristics and risk factors of severe pneumonia caused by human bocavirus in children by Zhuxia Li, Wenjing Gu, Fengming Zhu, Enze Han, Yongdong Yan, Huiquan Sun, Weidong Xu, Xin Zhang, Li Huang, Shan Gao, Yuqing Wang, Chuangli Hao, Xinxing Zhang

“…Results A total of 334 patients were admitted, with 44 (13.17%) patients diagnosed with severe pneumonia and 290 (86.83%) with non-severe pneumonia. …”
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Impact of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) on in-hospital mortality: an age- and HIV status-specific retrospective cohort study in Uganda by Odong Christopher, Wang Yanmei, Makabayi Emmanuel Yeko, Doreen Mary Nanyunja, Kuule Julius Kabbali

“…This study aimed to explores this association, offering insights into its impact in resource-limited settings. Methods and results We retrospectively included 226 patients(age 45.35 ± 18.85yrs, 54.4% women) admitted to Naguru-referral hospital between January 1st and June 30th, 2024. …”
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Apolipoprotein A-V Is a Novel Diagnostic and Prognostic Predictor in Pediatric Patients with Sepsis: A Prospective Pilot Study in PICU by Chunxia Wang, Yun Cui, Huijie Miao, Xi Xiong, Jiaying Dou, Lujing Shao, Xiaomeng Tang, Yucai Zhang

“…Then, we conducted a prospective pilot study, and patients with sepsis admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) were enrolled from January 2018 to December 2018. …”
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Performatividad de género. Análisis desde el ethos social en trabajadoras de empresas de hospedaje en la Ciudad de Puebla, México by Sara Durán Moreno, Mario Alberto Enríquez Martínez

“…Refiriéndose concretamente al sector turístico, se admite que ha habido avances respecto a este tema, sin embargo, aún reinan enormes desigualdades, manifestándose que, buena parte del empleo en hoteles se vincula a estereotipos y roles femeninos, siendo a su vez precarizados y con salarios más bajos que su contraparte. …”
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Critical raw material-free multi-principal alloy design for a net-zero future by Swati Singh, Mingwen Bai, Allan Matthews, Saurav Goel, Shrikrishna N. Joshi

“…The reliance on critical raw materials (CRMs) not only generates substantial emissions during recycling processes but also imposes considerable risks across global supply chains, hindering the pursuit of Net-zero ambitions. In this pioneering work, we unveil an inventive approach to inversely predict novel multicomponent alloy compositions, meticulously crafted to eliminate CRMs while achieving hardness levels comparable to those of CRM-containing multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs). …”
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Prevalence, Patterns and Factors Associated with Dyslipidemia Among Adult Hypertensive Patients by Muktar Hassan Mohamud, Awil Abdulkadir Abdi, Abishir Mohamud Hirsi, Ibrahim Ahmed Nur, Alina Peris

“…This study examined the prevalence and factors associated with dyslipidemia among adult hypertensive patients admitted to Lira Regional Referral Hospital (LRRH) in Uganda. …”
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Vertical Transmission of Group B Streptococcus, Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile among Newborns Delivered at Health Facilities in Jigjiga Ci... by Addisu Tesfaye, Mahlet Fekede, Fasil Getu, Surafel Mekuria, Tigist Abebe, Daniel Tollosa, Shamil Barsenga, Bawlah Tahir, Abdurahman Kedir Roble, Sara Tesfaye, Muluken Walle

“…A total of 849 pregnant women admitted to delivery wards from two hospitals were screened for GBS colonization. …”
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Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 in Neonates and Infants Younger Than 3 Months by Fatemeh Varshoei, Mohammad Sadegh Rezai, Roya Farhadi, Azin Hajialibeig, Saeid Mohammadi, Masoud Moradi, Fatemeh Hosseinzadeh

“…Methods: This retrospective analysis included children with a COVID-19 diagnosis admitted to Bouali and Imam Khomeini tertiary hospitals in Sari City, Iran, between March 2019 and March 2022. …”
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