Modeling the Relationship of Concrete Strength with Aggregate Size Using Quarry Dust as Fine Aggregates for Rigid Pavements. by Ahebwa, Chrispus

“…In all the experiments, the concreting procedures and materials were kept constant while the maximum coarse aggregate sizes were varied. …”
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Effect of Household Income on Household Welfare in Kitumba Sub-County Kabale District. by Kakuru, Richard

“…In the study findings on the effect of household income on health accessibility in Kitumba sub-county Kabale District, the highest number of respondents mentioned that households with higher income are more likely to afford regular health check-ups, vaccinations, and preventive screenings, which can detect and address health issues early while the least number of respondents mentioned that higher-income households can more easily afford consultation fees, treatment costs, and surgical procedures, whereas lower-income families might struggle to pay for even basic healthcare services. …”
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Designing and Construction of a Traditional Hand Bellow Device. by Olwal, Dunoish

“…Using descriptive and experimental methods, the study aimed to document the procedures involved in developing a new design for these tools. …”
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Internal Control Systems and Financial Accountability in Government Business Enterprises: A Case of National Water and Sewerage Corporation Ntungamo Area. by Alexander, Kujuna

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Employee Motivation and Job Performance in the Public Service of Uganda: The Case of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions by Batson, Baguma

“…The adjustment on workload is required in order to improve the work-life balance factor; that a clear procedure of performance evaluation process be instituted and reward/recognition factor should be considered good; ODPP needs to maintain and improve it in order to increase the motivation level of the employees in order to enhance their performance. …”
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Credit Monitoring, Recovery Strategies and Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda: A Case Study of Centenary Bank Kabale Branch by Protase, Mubangizi

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Task-Oriented Leadership and Employee Performance: A Case Study of Buhoma Mukono Community Development Association (BMCDA) in Kanungu, Uganda by Orikyiriza, Elli, Moses, Agaba, Alex, Kanyesiime

“…The researchers recommend that a more significant and more positive focus should be put on leadership behaviour that involves giving constructive feedback about performance, providing resources to employees to help them accomplish tasks, and implementing procedures to improve work processes, to improve employee performance. …”
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Avaluació de la qualitat docent i promoció de professorat universitari by Josep Carreras

“…<br>During the years of Francoism, the Spanish universities were regulated successively by three different acts: the Spanish Universities Act of 1943, the University Faculties and Lecturers Act of 1965, and the General Education Act of 1970. The procedures for selecting faculty members provided for in each of these included elements that permitted various aspects of the teaching quality of candidates to be evaluated; but throughout the period in which these laws were in force, there were no generally established practices for evaluating university lecturers, due to the reluctance among the faculty members to subject themselves to evaluation and to the persistence of the competitive examination system for acceding to a teaching post that was assured for life. …”
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Effect of the combination pallidotomy-subthalamotomy performed in opposite cerebral hemispheres for the treatment of motor signs in Parkinson's disease by R.C. Braña Miranda, N.E. Quintanal Cordero, N. Pavón Fuentes, I. Pedroso Ibáñez, R. Macías González, J. Teijeiro Amador, A. Abreu Duque, R. Garbey Fernández

“…Method: A retrospective study was carried out that included all patients operated on at the CIREN in a period of 22 years, who underwent a pallidotomy contralateral to the most affected hemibody; followed by a subthalamotomy of the opposite hemisphere in a second surgical procedure. The effect on the neurological condition was evaluated using section III of the MDS-UPDRS scale. …”
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Investigation of methicillin, beta lactam, carbapenem, and multidrug resistant bacteria from blood cultures of septicemia suspected patients in Northwest Ethiopia by Abebe Birhanu, Getachew Gebre, Eden Getaneh, Hana Yohannes, Netsanet Baye, Gizeaddis Belay Mersha, Mitkie Tigabie, Mulat Dagnew, Getachew Ferede, Teshiwal Deress, Wondwossen Abebe

“…Risk factors such as wounds, extended hospital stays, and prior medical procedures significantly increased the likelihood of culture positivity. …”
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Cellulosic-based microneedles for sensing heavy metals in fish samples by Houman Kholafazad, Mahdiyeh Pazhuhi, Mohammad Hasanzadeh, Nicolas H. Voelcker, Nasrin Shadju, Azadeh Nilghaz

“…However, some MN manufacturing methods involve complex procedures, costly equipment, and non-biocompatible materials. …”
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Effective detection of staphylococcal infections in human bone tissue using combined raman microscopy and micro-computed tomography by Richard Andreas Lindtner, Lukas Kampik, Larissa Noack, David Putzer, Rohit Arora, Débora Cristina Coraça-Huber, Michael Schirmer, Gerald Degenhart, Michaela Lackner, Jürgen Popp, Jovan Badzoka, Christoph Kappacher, Christian Wolfgang Huck, Johannes Dominikus Pallua, Johannes Dominikus Pallua

“…These infections commonly occur in joint replacements, fracture management, and bone grafting procedures. Rapid and accurate pathogen-specific diagnostic methods are urgently needed to support early clinical decisions. …”
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Prediction model based on gut microbiota as a non-invasive tool for gastric cancer diagnosis by Changchang Chen, Chen Chen, Xiaoguang Zheng, Weizhong Wang, Jian Shen, Gulei Jin, Jianxin Lyu, Lijun Lin

“…Previous studies have shown that current diagnostic methods largely rely on invasive procedures. Moreover, there are no highly sensitive and accurate biomarkers available for early GC diagnosis. …”
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Strategi Pengelolaan Sampah Berkelanjutan pada Industri Rokok Menggunakan Konsep 5R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recovery, and Repair) by Yuni Dwi Setyaningsih, Endang Hilmi, Roy Andreas, Edy Suyanto, Abdul Aziz Nasihuddin

“…The suggested main alternative strategy is by using good/raw material in accordance with the procedure.…”
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A novel nomogram for predicting the implementation of ultra-fast-track cardiac anesthesia for minimally invasive cardiac surgery by Tian Jiang, Linting Xu, Haozhou Wang, Qinghui Zheng, Yihui Zhang, Jinchen Guo, Xiaokan Lou, Hanwei Wei, Meijuan Yan

“…The nomogram showed that more complexity of procedures, especially multiple valve surgery, higher doses of sufentanil, longer CPB duration and operation later than 8 p.m. were disadvantageous to UFTCA implementation, while administration of dexamethasone and FPCWB were beneficial for UFTCA.…”
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Surgical Management of Septic Arthritis of the Wrist: An Analysis of Short- and Long-Term Functional and Clinical Outcomes by Yonca Steubing, Felix Reinkemeier, Flemming Puscz, Sonja Verena Schmidt, Jannik Hinzmann, Marcus Lehnhardt, Mehran Dadras

“…Patients requiring more invasive procedures showed worse long-term outcomes, with lower grip strength, a limited active range of motion (TROM) and higher DASH scores. …”
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The effects of extreme low frequency pulsed electromagnetic field on bone mineral density and incidence of fractures in patients with end - stage renal disease on dialysis - three... by Rakočević-Hrnjak Aleksandra, Vuksanović Miljanka, Dimković Nada, Đurović Aleksandar, Petronijević Nataša, Petronijević Milan

“…In this 3-year prospective clinical trial, 151 patients with ESRD on dialysis program were subjected to treatment with ELF-PEMF (18 Hz, 2 mT) applied during 40 min after 10 consecutive dialysis procedures, 4 times through one year (120 treatments in total during three years) together with kinesitherapy (study group) or only with kinesitherapy (control group) on the voluntary basis. …”
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Antimicrobial efficacy of on-label vs. hand-mixed irrigation solutions against S. aureus biofilms by Robert Falconer, Tyler Smith, David Rothberg, Jeremy Gililland, Nicholas Ashton, Dustin Williams

“…Wound irrigation is routinely performed as part of the DAIR procedure and for hardware infections, yet the most effective irrigation solution for reducing bacterial bioburden is unknown. …”
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Effects of daytime variation on pain intensity and analgesic requirement after cesarean section: a retrospective and prospective study by Bin Shu, Ai Yan, Yonggang Liang, Jianrong He, Jie Chen, Xuehan Chen, He Huang, Guangyou Duan

“…The AUC of pain NRS and analgesic consumption during 24 h after afternoon CS were significantly higher than those after morning procedures. Significantly lower pressure pain tolerance, higher postoperative serum endorphin levels and higher levels of interleukin-6 were found in the afternoon group compared to those preoperatively, but not in the morning group.Conclusion CS performed in the afternoon predicted severer postoperative pain compared to those performed in the morning, which might be associated with lower postoperative pain tolerance and more drastic responses to surgery. …”
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UDCNet: A U-Net Guided Dual-Branch Cross-Attention Network for SAR Object Detection by Siyang Huang, Liushun Hu, Zhangjunjie Cheng, Shaojing Su, Junyu Wei, Xiaozhong Tong, Zongqing Zhao

“…Our findings highlight the importance of task-specific priors in SAR detection pipelines and confirm that combining pseudolabeled segmentation with a targeted training procedure within our proposed framework yields robust, scalable performance for SAR object detection.…”
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