Impact of Interactive Digital Tools on Agriculture Education in Secondary Schools: A Case Study of Rwamucucu Sub-county Rukiga District. by Akampurira, Ronald

“…The study findings revealed the challenges associated with integrating interactive digital tools into agricultural education and these included lack of Infrastructure and Resources, limited Teacher Training and Digital Literacy, high Costs of Digital Tools, resistance to change, digital Divide Among Students, content, and Curriculum Alignment. …”
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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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Mechanical performance of structural concrete utilising porcelain insulator ceramic waste as partial replacement for coarse aggregates by Kabiru, R. U, Abbas, U., Hassan, A., Muhindo, D.

“…The study underscores the dual benefits of reducing construction costs and promoting sustainable waste management, making ceramic waste a promising material in the pursuit of green construction practices i.e., sustainable construction by mitigating environmental degradation and promoting circular waste utilization. …”
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Wildlife Authority Revenue sharing Scheme and Women Empowerment; A Case Study of Mghahinga Conservation area Kisoro District, Uganda by Iradunkunda, Sam, Moses, Agaba

“…Women as vulnerable group may not be benefiting much due to marginalization while bearing much of the conservation costs. The objectives of the study were: (i) To identify the ways through which women participate in the revenue sharing scheme. …”
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Social Media Marketing for Small and Medium Enterprise Performance in Uganda: A Structural Equation Model by .Kikawa, Cliff R, Kiconco, Charity, Moses, Agaba, Ntirampeba, Dimas, Ssematimba, Amos, Kalema, Billy M.

“…The following indicators are used to evaluate the performance of SMEs: sales, customer engagement, awareness of customers’ needs, low operation costs, and brand modification by staff. Empirical model validation has been performed using 152 business units (observation units) corresponding to the number of respondents (units of analysis), and the ensuing analyses have been done using structural equation modelling (SEM). …”
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Assessing the socio-economic burden of inherited and inflammatory neuromuscular diseases (BIND study): a study protocol by Ian C. Smith, Yasmin Abusetah, Homira Osman, Aditi Garg, Alyssa Grant, Hanns Lochmuller, Hugh McMillan, Gerald Pfeffer, Lawrence Korngut, Cynthia Gagnon, Stacey Lintern, Daria Wojtal, Kathy Selby, Kednapa Thavorn, Jodi Warman-Chardon

“…This study will provide the overall impact of NMD on costs and health-related quality of life, disseminated via a series of manuscripts which will include both between- and within-NMD/NMD subtype comparisons. …”
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Validation assessment of nitrogen and irrigation effects on early maturing rice varieties Cakrabuana and Inpari 13 through ORYZA (v3) modeling by Achmad Kautsar Baharuddin, Rusnadi Padjung, Kaimuddin Kaimuddin, Yunus Musa, Abd Haris Bahrun, Amir Yassi, Madonna Casimero, Lizzida Llorca, Iris Bugayong, Benedict Jardinero, Hasil Sembiring, Amin Nur, Daniel O. Wasonga, Mahmoud F. Seleiman, Muhammad Fuad Anshori

“…Developing these varieties can enhance productivity by shortening cropping cycles, although the process is often time-consuming, costly, and requires testing across multiple locations. …”
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Evaluating the potential of anti-dsRNA antibodies as an alternative viral sensing tool in encephalitides of different species by Madeleine de le Roi, Hannah Gerhards, Adnan Fayyad, Adnan Fayyad, Mathias Boelke, Stefanie Christine Becker, Asisa Volz, Ingo Gerhauser, Wolfgang Baumgärtner, Christina Puff

“…Molecular methods like multiplex PCR and microarrays are considered to be often less sensitive than Next Generation Sequencing, whereas the latter is time-consuming and costly. These analyses require appropriate tissue preparations and are more difficult to perform on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues. …”
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A FixMatch Framework for Alzheimer’s Disease Classification: Exploring the Trade-Off Between Supervision and Performance by Al Hossain, Umme Hani Konok, MD Tahsin, Raihan Ul Islam, Mohammad Rifat Ahmmad Rashid, Mohammad Shahadat Hossain, Karl Andersson

“…This outcome highlights the potential of FixMatch to significantly reduce labeling requirements, a particular advantage in resource-constrained settings where expert annotations are costly. By striking an effective balance between labeling effort and model performance, the identified 60:40 ratio helps make advanced diagnostic methods both feasible and practical in real-world clinical applications.…”
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Density of wild boar population and spread of African swine fever in the Russian Federation by O. I. Zakharova, A. A. Blokhin, N. N. Toropova, O. A. Burova, I. V. Yashin, F. I. Korennoy

“…The measure  is effective only when 70–80%  of animals are culled in a short time, which is practically impossible due to the high costs and some peculiarities of the population control and depopulation  process. …”
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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

“…Musculoskeletal infections remain a significant clinical challenge and contribute to increasing healthcare costs. The antimicrobial efficacy of irrigation products should be assessed using clinically relevant models.…”
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Enhancing Quality Control: A Study on AI and Human Performance in Flip Chip Defect Detection by Wannisa Cheamsiri, Anuchit Jitpattanakul, Paisarn Muneesawang, Konlakorn Wongpatikaseree, Narit Hnoohom

“…The model serves as a valuable tool for failure analysis (FA) engineers working with Chip-on-Wafer (CoW) products by enhancing inspection precision and accuracy, save time and costs, reduce human error, and ensure reliability. …”
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Towards sustainable agroecosystems: A life cycle assessment review of soil-biodegradable and traditional plastic mulch films by Oluwatunmise Israel Dada, Teshan Udayanga Habarakada Liyanage, Ting Chi, Liang Yu, Lisa Wasko DeVetter, Shulin Chen

“…While starch-based BDMs offer a more sustainable alternative to PMs, uncertainties regarding the residence time of BDM residues in soil (albeit shorter than PM residues) and their effects on soil health, coupled with higher production costs, impede widespread adoption. For BDM end-of-life, soil biodegradation is recommended. …”
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Explosion-Related Polytrauma from Illicit Pyrotechnics: Two Case Reports and a Public Health Perspective by Maria Fueth, Simon Bausen, Sonja Verena Schmidt, Felix Reinkemeier, Marius Drysch, Yonca Steubing, Jannik Hinzmann, Marcus Lehnhardt, Elisabete Macedo Santos, Christoph Wallner

“…Both required intensive ICU care, interdisciplinary management, and lengthy rehabilitation. Total hospital costs amounted to €58,459.52 and €94,230.23, respectively, as calculated according to the standardized German DRG. …”
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FRAX-Based Intervention Thresholds for Osteoporosis Treatment in Ukraine by Vladyslav Povoroznyuk, Nataliia Grygorieva, Helena Johansson, Mattias Lorentzon, Nicholas C Harvey, Eugene V McCloskey, Anna Musienko, Enwu Liu, John A Kanis, Nataliia Zaverukha, Oksana Ivanyk

“…Osteoporosis, in addition to its consequent fracture burden, is a common and costly condition. FRAX® is a well-established, validated, web-based tool which calculates the 10-year probability of fragility fractures. …”
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Steam injection pressures and rates, variable permeabilities systems, and wells alignments parameterization in SAGD: A simulation study by Zhengbin Wu, Morice Richard Mworia, Kun Shu, Yuhang Ren, Qiyang Gou, Shu Jiang, Zhangxin Chen

“…A recommendation of injection at slightly higher than the initial reservoir pressure (6.3 MPa), which is 6.5 MPa to compensate for steam compression costs. Increasing the steam injection rate within a limited range provides a larger volume for the steam chambers that raise the average reservoir temperature and result in higher oil recovery factors. …”
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Diagnostic performance of multi-branch coronary angiography-based index of microcirculatory resistance: a novel approach by Yongzhen Fan, Yongzhen Fan, Shuang Wang, Xinyong Cai, Xiaorong Hu, Xiaorong Hu, Jun Ma, Hongzhi Lan, Zhibing Lu, Zhibing Lu

“…BackgroundWire-based index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR) utilizing pressure wires and thermodilution techniques for the assessment of coronary microcirculatory function, presents challenges for clinical routine use due to its complexity, time-consuming, and costly. This study introduces a novel multi-branch and wire-free method for IMR calculation based on coronary angiography. …”
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A lightweight triple-modal fusion network for progressive mild cognitive impairment prediction in Alzheimer's disease by Xiangyu Shen, Xiangyang Hu, Renfeng Zhang, Yunzhan Fu, Jiamin Xu, Degang Lyu, Hongbiao Xie, Hongbiao Xie, Deen Shi, Changsheng Shi, Lisi Li, Yuantong Gao

“…Specifically, the model achieves an accuracy of 81.25%, an AUROC of 0.8146, and an F1-score of 69.39%, all while maintaining reduced computational costs.DiscussionFurthermore, its interpretability was validated using the Integrated Gradients method, which revealed clinically relevant brain regions contributing to the predictions, enhancing its potential for meaningful clinical application. …”
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Korean medicine registry for low back pain – A study protocol for prospective observational multi-center study (KLOS) by Youme Ko, Bo-Hyoung Jang, Min-Seok Oh, Byung-Cheul Shin, Sun Joong Kim, Yun-Yeop Cha, Youn Seok Ko, Eui-Hyoung Hwang, Eun Jung Lee, Jae Young Jung, Yun-Kyung Song, Seong-Gyu Ko

“…Despite its high prevalence, the government and the public health sector do not address the specific evidences of symptom control and prevention of LBP to reduce long-term healthcare costs and increase the quality of life. Thus, the Korean medicine sector encourages to collection and analysis of the medical utilization pattern of patients with LBP in Korea to provide evidences of LBP control strategy as well as political decisions. …”
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Impact of lipointersil and closaverm A on the antioxidant status of cows with fasciolosis by B. V. Gutyj, O. V. Kulyaba, O. B. Prijma, A. G. Sobolta, A. I. Padovskyi, O. A. Svarchevskyi, R. I. Tafiichuk, T. V. Martyshuk, Kh. Ya. Leskiv, M. S. Romanovych, Z. A. Guta

“…One of the most prevalent and dangerous helminth infections in large and small ruminants is fasciolosis, which causes significant economic losses in animal husbandry, including reduced milk and meat productivity, deterioration in product quality, and costs associated with treatment and prevention measures. …”
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