Exploring the Root Causes of Low Household Income among Smallholder Farmers in Kamuli District, Busoga Region, Uganda. by Lubaale, Ronald Gideon, Ocan, Johnson, Adyanga, Francis Akena

“…Possible strategies to address these challenges were identified, including the adoption of modern agricultural practices, investment in training and extension services, infrastructure improvements, access to credit, and establishment of farmer cooperative associations. These strategies aimed to enhance agricultural productivity, market access, and resilience to environmental shocks. …”
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A Review of the Effects of Climate Change on Water Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa. by Turyasingura, Benson, Ngabirano, Hannington, Wambui, Kinyi Hellen, Fatima, Sule Mohammed, Ayiga, Natal, Bojago, Elias, Benzougagh, Brahim, Abhishek Banerjee, Kumar, Singh Sudhir

“…According to the findings of the study, cooperation networks in developing countries were not as prominent as research networks in developed countries. …”
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Financial Institutions and poverty Alleviation: A case study of Peoples Bank of Zanzbar (Pbz) in Western District of Zanzibar. by Mohamed, Dadi

“…Findings were based on the financial institution services that provided their members with loans, savings promotion of cooperation, spiritual transformation, training of the members, outreach services/sensitization. …”
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Agribusiness strategy and rural development: A case study of Ihunga Sub County, Ntungamo District by Denis, Simpson Singahache

“…Basing on the study objectives and subsequent findings, the study recommended among others: to have food security in homes and families using agribusiness strategy for developments; to launch cooperative societies so that agro-based producers with common goals advance their aim to kick poverty out of their areas by setting up the bargaining power to look for market, reliable technology and inputs to boost their operations aiming at developing their rural area; to adopt agribusiness strategy for rural development and widening employment opportunities; Government to come in and enforce policies and laws aiming at regulating birth so as to control population growth, Government should come in to properly articulate policies and ensure their effective implementation to enhance rural development basing on agribusiness strategy as the benchmark and the Ugandan government to prioritize the agriculture sectors by allocating a big proportion of the budget to agriculture and industry sectors.…”
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Organizational Communication and Performance of Co-Operative Societies in Uganda. A Case Study of Abateganda Ntungamo Growers Co-Operative Society Ltd by Richards, Arinaitwe

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Research of Roof Anchorage Rock Beam Bearing Structure Model of Extra-Large Width Open-Off Cut and Its Engineering Application in a Coal Mine, China by Shengrong Xie, Qing Zhang, Dongdong Chen, En Wang, Junchao Zeng, Chunwei Ji, Xiaoyu Wu, Zaisheng Jiang, Feng Chen, Shunxing Qiao

“…The stress changes in ARBBS with a span of 15 m were compared and analyzed under the functions of single and composite influencing factors. The cooperative control principle of the roof ARBBS and two rib anchorage bearing structures was also clarified. …”
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Roofing Highways With Solar Panels Substantially Reduces Carbon Emissions and Traffic Losses by Hou Jiang, Ning Lu, Jun Qin, Ling Yao, Xu Lian, Jijiang He, Tang Liu, Chenghu Zhou

“…To exploit the full potential of highway PV, countries with various income levels must strengthen cooperation and balance the multiple socio‐economic co‐benefits.…”
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Inter-agency collaboration in building urban fire resilience in Indonesia: how do metropolitan cities address it? by Ahmad Harakan, Yusuf Adam Hilman, A. Junaedi Karso, Awaluddin Awaluddin, Nurhalijah Nurhalijah, Indah Sidrawaty Muin, Aldy Nurdiansyah B, Arfan Fadillah, Rudi Hardi

“…The study identifies critical deficiencies in inter-agency collaboration, largely due to differing organizational cultures, inadequate coordination mechanisms, and resource distribution challenges.Discussion and conclusionBy evaluating global fire resilience models, the research proposes a governance framework to enhance inter-agency cooperation in Makassar. The study advocates for integrated strategies, combining infrastructure development with community-driven initiatives to strengthen disaster prevention, response, and recovery. …”
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Lane Changing Control of Autonomous Vehicle With Integrated Trajectory Planning Based on Stackelberg Game by Dongmei Wu, Zhen Li, Changqing Du, Changsheng Liu, Yang Li, Xin Xu

“…Firstly, considering the common characteristics of lane changing decision and trajectory planning, the two stages are integrated using the leader-follower game theory, enhancing the accuracy of lane changing decisions. Secondly, the cooperative game theory model is employed to design an adaptive weight adjustment strategy for the trajectory tracking controller. …”
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PTPIP51: A New Interaction Partner of the Insulin Receptor and PKA in Adipose Tissue by M. A. Bobrich, S. A. Schwabe, A. Brobeil, M. Viard, M. Kamm, F. C. Mooren, K. Krüger, C. Tag, M. Wimmer

“…PTPIP51 interacts with both proteins, therefore being a potential gateway for the cooperation of both pathways.…”
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Anti-Inflammatory Functions of Protein C Require RAGE and ICAM-1 in a Stimulus-Dependent Manner by Natascha Braach, Kirsten Buschmann, Johanna Pflaum, Hannes Hudalla, Lutz Koch, Eduard Ryschich, Johannes Poeschl, David Frommhold

“…We found that, depending on the stimulus, RAGE and ICAM-1 are cooperatively involved in PC-induced inhibition of leukocyte recruitment in cremaster models of inflammation. …”
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Bioterrorism in Canada: An Economic Assessment of Prevention and Postattack Response by Ronald St John, Brian Finlay, Curtis Blair

“…The results show that an investment in planning and preparedness to manage the consequences of an attack can reduce morbidity, mortality and economic costs. The sooner that an intervention program is instituted, the more significant are the health and economic benefits. …”
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Synergy Effects of the Indian Summer Monsoon and the Tibetan Plateau Heating on Summer Rainfall over North China by Siwen Zhao, Jie Zhang, Zhihong Lv

“…Furthermore, the strong convection over the IS excites the Kelvin waves over the equatorial region, which moves eastward and generates anticyclones over Philippines, consequently leading to the Pacific-Japan (PJ) pattern. The PJ pattern cooperates with the wave train at midlatitudes, resulting in abundant water vapor being transported to NC. …”
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Study on the Siting of Offshore Wind Farms and Prospects for Future Development by Zhichuan LI, Xinghua LI, Jingshui LAO, Zhiyou YU, Wei XU, Jianzhang SUN, Zijian ZHANG, Ya LI

“…With the maturity of shallow sea wind farm technology, the deep-sea offshore wind farm will be gradually developed in the future, which will further promote the development of floating offshore wind power. In addition, the cooperation development of offshore wind farms with oil and gas development, marine aquaculture and other projects will receive more research and attention.…”
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Economic aspects of implementing environmentally friendly energy sources in the agro-industrial complex (focusing on European countries) by Zhanat Yerniyazova, Gabit Asrepov, Dinara Aiguzhinova, Gulmira Nurbayeva, Saltanat Zhanuzakova

“…This approach includes investment in new technologies, government subsidies, educational initiatives, and the establishment of cooperatives…”
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Carbon dioxide emissions, forest area, and economic growth of SAARC countries: Evidence from FMOLS approach by Yadav Mani Upadhyaya, Khom Raj Kharel, Omkar Poudel, Pramshu Nepal

“…This study aims to examine the relationship between CO2 emissions, forest area, and GDP in each South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) country. This study uses a panel dataset that spans South Asian countries from 1990 to 2020 for econometric analysis. …”
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Local structural–functional coupling with counterfactual explanations for epilepsy prediction by Jiashuang Huang, Shaolong Wei, Zhen Gao, Shu Jiang, Mingliang Wang, Liang Sun, Weiping Ding, Daoqiang Zhang

“…However, the existing research on SC–FC coupling focuses on global and regional scales, and few studies have investigated the impact of brain disorders on this relationship from the perspective of multi-brain region cooperation (i.e., local scale). Here, we propose the local SC–FC coupling pattern for brain disorders prediction. …”
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Towards the Sustainable Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater Using <i>Arthrospira platensis</i>: A Laboratory-Scale Approach in the Context of a Green Circular Economy by Lamprini Malletzidou, Eleni Kyratzopoulou, Nikoletta Kyzaki, Evangelos Nerantzis, Nikolaos A. Kazakis

“…In particular, Cu, Cd, Pb, and Zn removal of multi-MT cultures is elevated or relative to the respective removal of the mono-metal-treated (mono-MT) cultures, showing a synergistic or cooperative interaction between the metals, while the removal of Ni of multi-MT cultures decreased compared to Ni of mono-MT cultures, showing an antagonistic interaction to the other metals. …”
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A case report of successful treatment of advanced thymic squamous cell carcinoma with poor performance status using multimodal therapy by Xianhua Xu, Xiang Yan, Yang Qin, Dan Kou, Qi Huang, Qiongcheng Chen, Yejin Li

“…The patient had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS) score of 4 and exhibited high PD-L1 expression. …”
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PB: A Message Transmission Method Based on Area Layer Division in UAV Networks by Lisong Wang, Feifei Zhu, Qing Zhou, Kui Li, Liang Liu

“…In this case, it is necessary to deliver messages quickly and efficiently to the ground station through mutual cooperation between UAVs. Many methods used in this case have problems such as unbalanced popularity (the ratio of the relayed message number to the total message number) of nodes, large proportion of ping-pong effect, and long delay. …”
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