Community Participation and the sustainability of Development projects: A case Study of Essential Nutrition and Health package Project in Kabuga, Gasabo District, Rwanda. by Bernard, Bayasese

“…The study adopted four research questions namely: what are the modalities for community participation in development projects, what are the benefits of community participation and how participation leads to sustainability, what are the conditions required for achieving sustainability of development projects through community or participation and what are the challenges being faced by the community in sustaining community development projects. …”
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Performance Management Innovations and Local Government Employees Performance in Kabale District: A case Study of Kabale District Local Government Administration. by Alex, Museveni

“…The study recommended that performance indicators in local governments be divided into two distinct areas, namely internal management (internal focus) and public accountability (external focus), that Policy makers at national and local level need to ensure that there are performance management systems that enable the performance of councils to be compared over time, between authorities, and with similar organizations elsewhere, Public services in districts should make more use of approaches involving benchmark competition and international comparisons, Policy makers need to consider alternative means for promoting cost-cutting innovations, that policy makers at national and local levels encourage leadership capacity and organizational culture.…”
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Computerized Accounting Systems and Organizational Performance in Local Governments in Uganda A Case Of Rubanda District by Charles, Akandwanaho

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Micro-credit institution’s services and sustainability of micro, small and medium-scale enterprises during Covid-19 pandemic in Kigezi region south western Uganda by Moses, Agaba, Siraje, Kaaya, Nafiu, Lukman Abiodun

“…The region has six (6) districts namely: Kabale, Kisoro, Kanungu, Rukungiri, Rubanda and Rukiga. …”
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Distance Learning and the Quality of Teacher Education in Rwanda: A Case Study of Byumba Distance Learning by Anastase, Mvuyekure

“…The study was guided by three objectives: namely, to investigate the effect of distance learning on the teaching-learning process; to examine the academic relevance of resources used in the distance learning program in Rwanda; and to evaluate whether the graduates from the distance learning program had the skills, knowledge, and attitudes required for qualitative, effective, and efficient education. …”
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The Influence of English Language Developmental Trends on Teaching Morphology in Selected Secondary Schools in Kabale Municipality Kabale District . by Kenyangi, Justine

“…The study was guided by the following objectives namely; to identify the trends of teaching English language in secondary schools in Kabale municipality, to identify the roles of morphology among secondary school students in Kabale Municipality Kabale District, to find out the influence of the first language on learning and teaching English among secondary school students in Kabale municipality. …”
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Discourse Structure Analysis of Hasanak-e-Vazir’s Hanging Tale: A Study based on Van Dijk’s (2007) Socio-Cognitive Approach by Nader Abyar, Mousa Ghonchepour, Zahra Iranmanesh

“…This dominance was linked to power dynamics among the groups and participants. During Sultan Mahmud's reign, Hasank was powerful, while under Masud’s rule, Busahl Suzani held power and controlled events. …”
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Basic Molecular Biology, Metabolic and Immunological Mechanisms of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation by O. V. Goloshchapov, A. V. Beynarovich, A. B. Chukhlovin, R. V. Klementeva, A. A. Shcherbakov, E. A. Bakin, I. K. Golubovskaya, N. D. Ventslovayte, O. S. Yudintseva, M. V. Gorchakova, V. E. Karev, M. A. Kucher, M. A. Suvorova, E. V. Svetkina, G. G. Rodionov, V. V. Gostev, S. V. Sidorenko, I. S. Moiseev, A. D. Kulagin

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Advancements and opportunities to improve bottom–up estimates of global wetland methane emissions by Qing Zhu, Daniel J Jacob, Kunxiaojia Yuan, Fa Li, Benjamin R K Runkle, Min Chen, A Anthony Bloom, Benjamin Poulter, James D East, William J Riley, Gavin McNicol, John Worden, Christian Frankenberg, Meghan Halabisky

“…These substantial uncertainties highlight gaps in our understanding of wetland CH _4 biogeochemistry and wetland inundation dynamics. Major tropical and arctic wetland complexes are regional hotspots of CH _4 emissions. …”
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Unraveling landslide failure mechanisms with seismic signal analysis for enhanced pre-survey understanding by J.-M. Chang, J.-M. Chang, C.-M. Yang, W.-A. Chao, W.-A. Chao, C.-S. Ku, M.-W. Huang, M.-W. Huang, T.-C. Hsieh, C.-Y. Hung

“…Furthermore, the detailed dynamic process observed in the spectrogram of Event 1 suggested a possible failure mechanism of CL involving advancing, retrogressing, enlarging, or widening. …”
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Development characteristics and river blocking outburst analysis of Shadong landslide in the upper reaches of Jinsha River by Shunxiang ZHENG, Jun WANG, Yong YAN, Wen LIU, Heng ZHAO, Junxiang YANG, Xiongan FAN, Yi ZHANG, Meng WANG, Tianbin YU

“…In this study, multi-source remote sensing dynamic monitoring, engineering geological survey, and numerical simulation were used to analyze the deformation characteristics and explore the risk of river blocking outburst of the Shadong landslide. …”
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Pre-sowing treatment of acorns with gibberellic acid and N-hexanoyl-L-homoserine lactone induced changes in growth and hormonal balance of Quercus robur L. seedlings by Voytenko Lesya, Vasyuk Valentyna, Babenko Lidia, Shcherbatiuk Mykola, Romanenko Kateryna, Kosakivska Iryna V.

“…Acorns were soaked for 24 hours in water (control) and solutions of gibberellic acid (50 mg/L) and C6-HSL (300 ng/ml). The dynamics and distribution of endogenous cytokinins, abscisic (ABA), indole-3-acetic (IAA), gibberellic (GA3 and GA4) and salicylic (SA) acid in 47-day-old seedlings' organs of Q. robur were analysed using HPLC-MS. …”
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Diversity of performance patterns in dairy goats: multi-scale analysis of the lactation curves of milk yield, body condition score and body weight by Gafsi, Nicolas, Martin, Olivier, Bidan, Fabrice, Grimard, Bénédicte, Puillet, Laurence

“…Each individual lactation curve modeled for MY, BW and BCS was thus summarized by synthetic indicators of level and dynamics. Principal component analysis was performed on the MY, BW and BCS indicators separately, and clusters of phenotypic curves identified. …”
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FAM134B-mediated endoplasmic reticulum autophagy protects against cisplatin-induced spiral ganglion neuron damage by Fan Wang, Yue Xu, Yajie Wang, Qian Liu, Yanan Li, Weiwei Zhang, Huiming Nong, Junhong Zhang, Hao Zhao, Huaqian Yang, Lingchuan Guo, Jianfeng Li, Jianfeng Li, Hong Li, Qianqian Yang

“…FAM134B, the first detected endoplasmic reticulum autophagy (ER-phagy) receptor, plays an important part in the dynamic remodelling of the ER, the mutation of which affects sensory and autonomic neurons. …”
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Effects of Physical Activity Level, Strength, Balance, and Body Composition on Perceived Health in Healthy Adults by José Manuel Delfa-de-la-Morena, Pedro Pinheiro Paes, Frederico Camarotti Júnior, Débora Priscila Lima de Oliveira, Rubem Cordeiro Feitosa, Byanka Santos Cavalcante de Oliveira, Juan-José Mijarra-Murillo, Aranzazu Martínez Moya, Miriam García-González, Francisco De Asís-Fernández

“…The composite equilibrium score from the Sensory Organization Test (SOT_CES) was conducted to measure postural stability under various sensory conditions using dynamic posturography. Perceived health was calculated using the SF36 questionnaire, which detects health states, both positive and negative. …”
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Modulation of brain activity in brain-injured patients with a disorder of consciousness in intensive care with repeated 10-Hz transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS): a... by David Williamson, Francis Bernard, Stefanie Blain-Moraes, Caroline Arbour, Virginie Williams, Louis de Beaumont, Catherine Duclos, Béatrice P De Koninck, Daphnee Brazeau, Amelie A Deshaies, Marie-Michele Briand, Charlotte Maschke

“…This study aims to validate the feasibility and assess the effect of a multi-session transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) intervention in subacute brain-injured patients on recovery of consciousness, related brain oscillations and brain network dynamics.Methods and analyses The study is comprised of two phases: a validation phase (n=12) and a randomised controlled trial (n=138). …”
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Waning neutralizing antibodies through 180 days after homologous and heterologous boosters of inactivated COVID-19 vaccine by Zhifei Chen, Fangqin Xie, Hairong Zhang, Dong Li, Suhan Zhang, Mengping Zhang, Junrong Li, Jianfeng Xie, Lina Zhang, Xiuhui Yang, Dongjuan Zhang

“…Our study endeavored to compare the dynamics of neutralizing antibodies generated by four distinct booster vaccines against three kinds of live SARS-CoV-2 virus (wild-type, Delta AY.23, and Omicron BA5.2). …”
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Development of a Cationic Polymeric Micellar Structure with Endosomal Escape Capability Enables Enhanced Intramuscular Transfection of mRNA-LNPs by Siyuan Deng, Han Shao, Hongtao Shang, Lingjin Pang, Xiaomeng Chen, Jingyi Cao, Yi Wang, Zhao Zhao

“…The cPMs were then formulated using the synthesized polymer by the dispersion–diffusion method and characterized by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and cryo-transmission electron microscopy (CryoTEM). …”
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Post-therapeutic support and rehabilitation for breast cancer women in complete remission in a thermal resort: study protocol for the PACThe Real-Life conditions observational tria... by Mélanie Godiveau, Judith Passildas, Emilie Thivat, Mélanie Casile, Céleste Pinard, Alexia Giro, Marie-Ange Mouret-Reynier, Ioana Molnar, Catherine Abrial, Claude-Eugène Bouvier, Yves-Jean Bignon, Xavier Durando

“…It combines institutional quality and security with the freedom of real life and the dynamics of a group formed under innovative conditions. …”
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Sinensetin attenuates hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury through suppressing GRP78/CHOP-mediated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in mice by Yihong Yang, Guanghua Xiong, Huangqi Shi, Yulin Peng, Jinghong Liu, Yaxuan Jiang, Min Lu, Hongbo Liu, Yong Liu

“…Moreover, the HIRI model and SEN pretreatment could lead to dynamic changes in key genes involved in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress signaling, while the expression and distribution of GRP78 and CHOP proteins in liver cells also showed significant decrease in HIRI + L-SEN and HIRI + H-SEN groups. …”
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