Identification of developmental and reproductive toxicity of biocides in consumer products using ToxCast bioassays data and machine learning models by Donghyeon Kim, Siyeol Ahn, Jinhee Choi

“…Biocides in consumer products are widely encountered in daily life, yet DART assessments often require substantial animal testing and are costly, leading to significant data gaps for these chemicals. …”
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Factors Influencing Households’ Willingness to Pay for Advanced Waste Management Services in an Emerging Nation by Shahjahan Ali, Shahnaj Akter, Anita Boros, István Temesi

“…It is recommended that government interference be affected through various approaches, as listed below: support for public–private sector undertaking and disposal, an extensive cleaning campaign, decentralized management, cutting waste transport costs, and privatization of some waste management systems. …”
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ICT Enabled Learning and Teaching Innovations in Higher Education by G. Kabatangare, Tumuhairwe

“…These challenges include the unavailability of adequate ICT resources in higher education institutions, low student to ICT ratios, ICT illiteracy, ineffective curriculum development to suit electronic learning and teaching models, lack of appropriate ICT skills by the higher education stakeholders, limited or no access to power, costly internet access and challenges in the preparation, planning and maintenance of quality in the standardization of locally developed intellectual content. …”
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Relationship Between Performance Management Practices and Organizational Effectiveness in Kabale District Uganda: A Case Study of Stanbic Bank. by Orikiriza, Brendah

“…It was also found that 73 % of the respondents said that performance evaluation manages people and maximizes profitability, 67% said it helps in telling the costs incurred 60% said that performance evaluation examines performance according to the set goals 57% said that performance evaluation helps managers assess that what was contracted and 53% said it achieves information for promotion, demotion, and development. …”
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Urban Development and Business Growth: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality. by Natukwatsa, Doreen

“…According to the questionnaire also, infrastructure is relevant to trade facilitation, particularly in minimizing trade costs and further enhancing competitiveness. The study concludes that Urbanization is a complex issue that must be assessed not only in terms of urbanization speed or effects of business growth. …”
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Microfinance and Financial Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Rukiga District: A Case Study of Muhanga Town Council Rukiga District. by Aturinda, Betas

“…Additionally, microfinance institutions were advised to consider reducing interest rates to incentivize more SMEs, particularly those in Muhanga Town Council, to access loans at lower costs, thereby potentially boosting business performance.…”
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Investigating the Performance of Epoxy Concentrations in the Self-Healing of Concrete. by Manzi, Evans Evalist

“…Traditional methods of repair often involve human intervention and significant costs. In recent years, the concept of self-healing concrete has gained traction as a potential solution to mitigate the impact of cracks and enhance the longevity of structures. …”
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Women Entrepreneurs and Economic Development Nyagatare Sector, Nyagatare District. by Donatile, Nyirandikubwimana

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Information and Communication Technology on the Performance of SACCOs: A Case Study of Kebison SACCO in Kebisoni Town Council Rukungiri District. by Agaba, Brison

“…The study results on the effect of ICT on the sales growth of Kebisoni SACCO, the highest number of respondents mentioned that ICT automates Kebisoni SACCO processes and this efficiently translates to faster service delivery and reduced operational costs and improves sales growth while the least number of respondents mentioned that the efficient usage of ICT in Kebisoni SACCO enhances financial sustainability improves sales growth. …”
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Investigating the Partial Replacement of Crushed Run Rock with Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement in Base Course. by Ninyesiga, Bruno

“…The shortage of virgin aggregate supplies along with the increase in processing and hauling costs has encouraged the use of reclaimed material from the old structure as base course construction materials, and involved in regular practice in various countries around the world. …”
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Utilization of Teacher Supervision Tool in Influencing Teacher Effectiveness in Secondary Schools in Rukungiri District – Uganda by Evans, Tayebwa

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Usage of Social Media Marketing on the Performance Assessment of SMEs in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality by Kiconco, Charity

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Usage of Social Media Marketing on the Performance assessment of SMES in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality by Charity, Kiconco

“…In the findings on the effect of perceived ease of use of social media platforms on the performance of SMEs, responses were obtained that social media leads to better understanding of customer needs, easy and timely interactions with customers, quick brand modification, low operating costs in marketing processes, and convenient and easy to reach business customers. …”
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ANALISIS IDENTIFIKASI MASALAH UTAMA KOPERASI DI KABUPATEN BANYUASIN DALAM MEWUJUDKAN KESEJAHTERAAN ANGGOTA by Nurul Mubarok, Sinta Ardhillatul Jannah, Septi Laksanawati

“…The lack of business development from cooperatives leads to not maximal profits, Lack of knowledge and skills in managing cooperatives (due to self-taught learning) causing financial planning in the beginning not in accordance with implementation, one of which does not take into account inflation, the manager's opening costs and financial reporting. cause members to lack trust in management, financial statement deficits that often occur from year to year, one of the causes is not estimating inflation or rising prices of goods and rising transportation costs during the initial planning of work programs designed. …”
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Feasibility analysis of non-humidified medium-to-high flowoxygen therapy via mask in patients during the anesthesia recovery period (中高流量非湿化面罩吸氧在麻醉复苏期患者中应用的可行性分析)... by ZHANG Xiaoyan (张晓燕), HAN Yan (韩艳), ZHANG Jianjun (张剑军), ZHANG Yingying (张莹莹), WANG Xiaohui (王晓慧)

“…It effectively reduced the time spent in oxygen therapy and nursing and related medical costs of patients. It is economical and feasible. …”
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Improvement in the detection, diagnosis, and early treatment of chronic kidney disease in Spain. The IntERKit project by José Luis Górriz, Fran Adán Gil, Manuel A. Botana López, Antonio Buño Soto, Francisco José Campos Cabrera, Angeles Cisneros, Silvia Cobo Guerrero, María Dolores Conejos, Isabel Egocheaga Cabello, M. Concepción Fernández Planelles, Lisardo García-Matarín, Natalia Jiménez, Juan Carlos Julián Mauro, David León Jiménez, Daniel Martínez Gamote, Pilar Mazón Ramos, Alberto Ortiz, Gemma Palau, Julia Quevedo Rivera, J. Emilio Sánchez-Álvarez, Rita Tristancho Ajamil, Cristina Varga Martín, Roser Vallés Fernández

“…However, CKD is clearly underdiagnosed, with low screening figures in the population at risk, often delaying its identification until advanced stages of the disease, which worsens prognosis and increases associated costs. In addition, drugs are now available that have been shown to reduce the progression of CKD and the risk of developing vascular complications. …”
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Dual-Stream Contrastive Learning for Medical Visual Representations Using Synthetic Images Generated by Latent Diffusion Model by Weitao Ye, Longfu Zhang, Xiaoben Jiang, Dawei Yang, Yu Zhu

“…However, in order to learn better visual representations, such approaches usually need substantial amount of expert-annotated data, which are highly costly. To address this issue, we propose a novel approach called Dual-Stream Contrastive Learning with Cross-Scale Token Projection (DCL-CsTP), which aims to enhance visual representations and transferable initializations. …”
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AiWatch: A Distributed Video Surveillance System Using Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twins Technologies by Alessio Ferone, Antonio Maratea, Francesco Camastra, Angelo Ciaramella, Antonino Staiano, Marco Lettiero, Angelo Polizio, Francesco Lombardi, Antonio Junior Spoleto

“…Recent advancements in this technology have led to enhanced functionality, remarkable accuracy, and reduced costs for consumers. There is a noticeable trend towards upgrading security frameworks by incorporating AI into pre-existing video surveillance systems, thus leading to modern video surveillance that leverages video analytics, enabling the detection and reporting of anomalies within mere seconds, thereby transforming it into a proactive security solution. …”
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Biologically-Based Notions About Uterine Bleeding During Myomectomy: Reasoning on Tradition and New Concepts by Andrea Tinelli, Giovanni Pecorella, Gaetano Panese, Andrea Morciano, Antonio Malvasi, Mykhailo Medvediev, Safak Hatirnaz, Radmila Sparic, Michael Stark

“…Pharmacological interventions may prove to be ineffective, occasionally costly, and associated with adverse effects. In instances where symptoms escalate in severity, myomectomy becomes a requisite as uterine-preserving operative therapy. …”
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Integrated Process Combining High-Temperature Fermentation and Extractive Ethanol Removal via CO₂ Stripping by Jorge Luíz Silveira Sonego, Jaqueline Machado de Moraes, Nayana Simon de Vargas, Anderson Ferreira da Cunha, Rosineide Gomes da Silva Cruz, Antonio José Gonçalves Cruz, Alberto Colli Badino

“…This is advantageous, especially for industrial-scale applications, as it can reduce equipment costs associated with the CO₂ feed.…”
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