Influence of Monitoring and Evaluation on The Performance of Government Projects: A Case Study of Operation Wealth Creation in Kabale District. by Twehemukama, Agatha

“…Objectives guided the study, namely: to establish the relationship between M&E and the performance of government projects in in Kabale district, to find out the challenges facing M&E on the performance of government projects in the Kabale district, and to identify the solutions to challenges facing M&E on the performance of local government projects in Kabale district. …”
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Effects of Teaching Methods on Academic Performance of Pupils in Mathematics In Primary Schools of Bufundi Sub-County Rubanda District. by Byarugaba, Joseph

“…The study was guided by three objectives namely: To examine the different methods of teaching mathematics effectively in primary schools of Bufundi sub-county, assess the levels of performance in mathematics in primary schools of Bufundi sub-county and establish the relationship between teaching methods and academic performance in mathematics in primary schools of Bufundi sub-county. …”
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Evaluation of Government Programmes on Enhancing the Lives of the Elderly: A Case Study of Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment in Mitooma District. by Natuha, Prossy

“…The study was guided by objectives namely to identify the influence of government programmes on lives of the elderly, to find out the challenges facing the implementation of SAGE, and to find out the strategies to improve the welfare of the elderly in Mitoma district. …”
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Role of Government Projects and Youth Employment in Kisoro District: A Case Study of Youth Livelihood Program. by Zaninka, Esther

“…The study also showed that lack of training of the youth and policy implementers was the major challenge affecting the YLP in the provision of quality service delivery among people in Kisoro district, YLP put more emphasis on multiple areas, namely to provide capital to young entrepreneurs, avail business development services, facilitate linkages in supply chain and create market opportunities for goods and services produces by youth services such as training and mentorship, business plan competition and developing partnership with public and private institutions. …”
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Budgetary Factors and the Quality of Education Service Delivery in Public Secondary Schools in Northern Division Kabale District. by Atwongyeire, Redeemer

“…The study was guided by the following objectives namely; to examine the contributions of budgeting towards education service delivery in in public secondary schools, to identify the factors affecting education service delivery in in public secondary schools, to examine the challenges facing budgeting for education in in public secondary schools in Northern division, Kabale District. …”
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Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Students’ Academic Performance in Selected Secondary Schools: A Case Study of Ishaka Division Ishaka Municipality Bushenyi D... by Serwoga, Evarist

“…It was guided by objectives namely; to find out the roles of ICT in influencing the academic performance of students, to find out students' perceptions and attitudes towards the use of ICT in secondary schools, and to suggest challenges facing schools in the adaptation of ICT in Ishaka Division Bushenyi District. …”
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Multi-Media Tools and Service Delivery in Academic Libraries: A Case Study of Bishop Berham University. by Barigye, Damas

“…The study was guided by objectives namely; To Investigate the current multi-media tools available in the library of Bishop Berham University, to find out how multi-media tools are utilized within the library of Bishop Berham University, to Identify challenges faced while utilizing multi-media tools in the library in Bishop Barham university, to establish the challenges of accessing credit by SME’s in Bishop Barham university, and to identify the strategies to improve Credit Accessibility in Bishop Barham university. …”
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Impact of Small-Scale Businesses on Provision of Employment to Informal Labor Force in Kabale Municipality. by Uwibanze, Frank

“…The collected data was analyzed using quantitative analysis which majorly involved six major activities namely, data preparation, counting, grouping, relating, predicting, and statistical testing. …”
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Investigating Escherichia Coli (E. Coli) Contamination of Street Foods in Manjari Kabale District. by Unasi, Daniel

“…In pursuit of food supply, many people in the name of vendors and hawkers came up with relatively cheap and affordable foods sold street and other public places called “street food”. …”
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Étude de trois grands tonneaux mis au jour à Reims/Durocortorum (Marne) : le savoir-faire des tonneliers antiques by Pierre Mille, Philippe Rollet

“…Stave makers used these marks, specific to their craft, to mark their work with their name or that of the workshop owner, thus fixing its quality and cost, doubtlessly during organised sales. …”
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Genome-wide identification and characterization of the bZIP family in the Mangrove Plant Kandelia obovata and its role in response to stress by Yuchong Yi, Yuting Qiu, Hongyao Hu, Dandan Qin, Hechen Huang, Taiping Chen, Wenqi Zha, Yingjia Shen

“…Results In the K. obovata genome, 66 bZIP genes were identified and named KobZIP1 to KobZIP66, categorized based on their chromosomal locations. …”
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Characteristics and Health Risks of PM2.5-bound Metals in a Central City of Northern China: A One-year Observation Study by Jinhe Wang, Shuang Zhang, Xiaoguo Qiu, Kai Li, Jiarong Li, Yangang Ren, Chao Zhu, Xi Zhang

“…Four sources could be extracted using the positive matrix factorization (PMF) model, namely resuspended dust (51.9%), oil combustion (19.9%), factories (16.5%), and traffic emissions (11.7%). …”
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Characteristics of climate resource utilization and economic benefits in new planting pattern for fresh faba bean and fresh maize in Yangtze River Delta by Bo Li, Qingming Ren, Xiaoxu Shi, Wenyuan Shen, Yafeng Wei, Fei Xiong

“…We incorporated relay intercropping in two triple-crop planting patterns, namely faba bean/maize-maize and faba bean/maize-soybean. …”
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Molecular Alterations of KIT Oncogene in Gliomas by Ana L. Gomes, Jorge S. Reis-Filho, José M. Lopes, Olga Martinho, Maryou B. K. Lambros, Albino Martins, Fernando Schmitt, Fernando Pardal, Rui M. Reis

“…Tumour cell immunopositivity was detected in 15.6% (28/179) of cases, namely in 25% (1/4) of pilocytic astrocytomas, 25% (5/20) of diffuse astrocytomas, 20% (1/5) of anaplastic astrocytomas, 19.5% (15/77) of glioblastomas and one third (3/9) of anaplastic oligoastrocytomas. …”
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Genetic Mutations of Tim-3 Ligand and Exhausted Tim-3+ CD8+ T Cells and Survival in Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma by Tingting Zhang, Tianyuan Ren, Zheng Song, Jing Zhao, Lei Jiao, Zhenzhen Zhang, Jin He, Xianming Liu, Lihua Qiu, Lanfang Li, Shiyong Zhou, Bin Meng, Qiongli Zhai, Xiubao Ren, Zhengzi Qian, Xianhuo Wang, Huilai Zhang

“…Furthermore, we defined a novel subtype of exhausted T cells, named as exhausted Tim-3+ CD8+ T cells, and found that patients with exhausted Tim-3+ CD8+ T cells (median survival, 62.8 months, 95% CI: 50.0–75.6) exhibited shorter survival than those with nonexhausted Tim-3- CD8+ T cells (median survival, 82.5 months, 95% CI: 72.0–92.9; p=0.034). …”
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First Measurements of Ambient PM2.5 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazzaville, Republic of Congo Using Field-calibrated Low-cost Sensors by Celeste McFarlane, Paulson Kasereka Isevulambire, Raymond Sinsi Lumbuenamo, Arnold Murphy Elouma Ndinga, Ranil Dhammapala, Xiaomeng Jin, V. Faye McNeill, Carl Malings, R. Subramanian, Daniel M. Westervelt

“…Employing two calibration models, namely, multiple linear regression and random forests, decreased the MAE to 3.4 µg m−3 and increased R2 to 0.96. …”
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Renal Dysfunction after Living-Donor Liver Transplantation: Experience with 500 Cases by Ehab E. Abdel-Khalek, Alrefaey K. Alrefaey, Amr M. Yassen, Ahmed Monier, Hesham M. Elgouhari, Mohamed Samy Habl, Gehad Tawfik, Thuraya Elzayat, Reham Adly Zayed, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab

“…In the multivariate regression analysis, only 2 variables remained as independent predictors of chronic kidney disease at 1 year, namely, operative time with a cutoff value of ≥714 minutes and graft-to-recipient weight ratio as a negative predictor with a cutoff value of <0.91. …”
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Retinal Protection of New Nutraceutical Formulation by Luca Rosario La Rosa, Veronica Pepe, Francesca Lazzara, Giovanni Luca Romano, Federica Conti, Erika Giuffrida, Claudio Bucolo, Santa Viola, Giuseppe De Pasquale, Maria Cristina Curatolo, Cristina Zappulla

“…This study assessed the neuroprotective, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory effect of a new nutraceutical formulation named Epicolin, based on citicoline, homotaurine, epigallocatechin-3-gallate, forskolin, and vitamins, through in vitro and in vivo studies. …”
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Protocol for a feasibility study and process evaluation of a psychosocially modelled diabetes education programme for young people with type 1 diabetes: the Youth Empowerment Skill... by Nick Sevdalis, Khalida Ismail, Tayana Soukup, Trevor Murrells, Dulmini Kariyawasam, Stephen Thomas, Judith Parsons, Angus Forbes, Rita Forde, Maria Baldellou Lopez, Marie Jones, Martha Ford-Adams, Nardos Yemane, Siobhan Pender, Alex Silverstien

“…To address this limitation, we codesigned with young people a psychosocially modelled programme of diabetes education, named ‘Youth Empowerment Skills’ (YES). The programme aims to facilitate a positive adaptation to life with diabetes and engagement with diabetes care through peer-based learning, immersive simulations and support from an outreach youth worker. …”
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A prognostic signature of Glutathione metabolism-associated long non-coding RNAs for lung adenocarcinoma with immune microenvironment insights by Junxi Hu, Junxi Hu, Shuyu Tian, Shuyu Tian, Qingwen Liu, Qingwen Liu, Jiaqi Hou, Jiaqi Hou, Jun wu, Jun wu, Xiaolin Wang, Xiaolin Wang, Yusheng Shu, Yusheng Shu

“…Quantitative PCR and experimental studies confirmed the role of lnc-AL162632.3 in LUAD.ResultsOur model included a total of nine lncRNAs, namely AL162632.3, AL360270.1, LINC00707, DEPDC1-AS1, GSEC, LINC01711, AL078590.2, AC026355.2, and AL096701.4. …”
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