Marketing Cooperatives and sustainable Agricultural development in Rulindo District, Rwanda by Nkubito, Habyarimana Jean Pierre

“…The most important of them were: limited Capacity on management of agricultural marketing cooperatives, inadequate initial capital, lack of transparency and accountability, low price of farm produces, high cost of production, low linkage with financial institution, small and fragmented farm holdings, lack of market structure, lack of storage and transportation facility, lack of access, usage and ownership of ICTs, climate change, inappropriate distribution of agricultural assets and population pressure on land resources. …”
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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 conclusion of the study, therefore, was that task-oriented leadership has a more significant positive relationship with employee performance, in which situation leader’s behaviour which involves: inspiring a shared vision through timely communication, emphasizing development and recognizing accomplishments explain some of the determinants in whether employees will ensure timeliness, quality, the quantity of work and cost-effectiveness at BMCDA. 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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Evaluating a Community Health Worker Training Program for Medication Adherence Support by Richard Segal, RPh, PhD, Michelle L. Zeigler, PharmD, PhD, BCACP, Jordan L. Wallace, PharmD, BCOP, Teresa E. Roane, PharmD, MBA, BCACP, Lorraine Mobley, RPh, CPh, BCGP, Folakemi T. Odedina, PhD

“…Introduction: Medication nonadherence significantly contributes to poor health outcomes and increased healthcare costs, particularly in chronic diseases like hypertension. …”
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Honey, Gellan Gum, and Hyaluronic Acid as Therapeutic Approaches for Skin Regeneration by Patrícia Sousa, Alicia Moreira, Bruna Lopes, Ana Catarina Sousa, André Coelho, Alexandra Rêma, Maria Balça, Luís Atayde, Carla Mendonça, Lucília P. da Silva, Cristiana Costa, Alexandra P. Marques, Irina Amorim, Rui Alvites, Filipa Batista, Filipa Mata, João Transmontano, Ana Colette Maurício

“…The formulations were designed to balance therapeutic efficacy with cost-effectiveness, leveraging low-cost raw materials and straightforward production methods.…”
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Concurrent Adaptive Control for a Robotic Leg Prosthesis via a Neuromuscular-Force-Based Impedance Method and Human-in-the-Loop Optimization by Ming Pi

“…We aim to reduce the cost function by minimally changing the control weight of the gait trajectory generated by the Central Pattern Generator (CPG). …”
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Stopping anticoagulation for isolated or incidental pulmonary embolism: the STOPAPE RCT protocol by Daniel Lasserson, Pooja Gaddu, Samir Mehta, Agnieszka Ignatowicz, Sheila Greenfield, Clare Prince, Carole Cummins, Graham Robinson, Jonathan Rodrigues, Simon Noble, Sue Jowett, Mark Toshner, Michael Newnham, Alice Turner

“…Research question Is withholding anticoagulation for patients with isolated or incidental subsegmental pulmonary embolism clinically and cost-effective compared with full anticoagulation for 3 months? …”
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Development and Validation of a Critical Thinking Questionnaire: A Case Study of the Lived Experience of Students from the University of Isfahan and Isfahan University of Medical S... by Esmaeil Kashef, Maghsod Farasatkhah, Vahid Ghasemi, Mozhgan Mohammadi Naeni

“…Additionally, mandatory and prescriptive curricula significantly limited the capacity for critical thinking. The factor of "cost-reward duality" illustrated the challenges and contradictions students encountered when exercising critical thinking. …”
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Real-World Prevalence and Outcomes of Patients with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria Treated with C5 Inhibitors in the US: A Retrospective Claims Database Analysis by Srinivas K Tantravahi, Dominick Latremouille-Viau, Raj Desai, Soyon Lee, Jincy Paulose, Anumaxine Geevarghese, Annie Guérin, Shravanthi Seshasayee, Mohin Chanpura, Glorian Yen

“…Among patients treated with C5i, estimated annual total PNH-related costs PPPY were $660 533 (eculizumab: $697 459; ravulizumab: $612 522) for the first year and $633 984 (eculizumab: $691 022; ravulizumab: $570 832) for subsequent years, with treatment costs accounting for 94.3% to 94.6% of total costs…”
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Role of indocyanine green fluorescence and inferior thyroid artery ligation in hypocalcemia after total-thyroidectomy by Enrico Battistella, Luca Pomba, Silvia Rocchi, Giovanna Magni, Riccardo Toniato, Antonio Toniato

“…In conclusion, indocyanine green fluorescence imaging is confirmed as a useful tool for evaluating parathyroid vascularity, although its associated costs should be carefully considered. …”
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Comparison of clinical and economic outcomes between the direct anterior approach and the posterolateral approach for primary total hip arthroplasty by Paweł Skowronek, Michał Dębiński, Agnieszka Maksymiuk-Kłos, Andrzej Zalewski, Robert Jopowicz, Tomasz Sasinowski, Arkadiusz Madej

“…Significant reduction in costs of hospitalization was observed in the MIS DAA procedure.…”
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A window into the mind-brain-body interplay: Development of diagnostic, prognostic biomarkers, and rehabilitation strategies in functional motor disorders. by Marialuisa Gandolfi, Angela Sandri, Sara Mariotto, Stefano Tamburin, Anna Paolicelli, Mirta Fiorio, Giulia Pedrotti, Paolo Barone, Maria Teresa Pellecchia, Roberto Erro, Sofia Cuoco, Immacolata Carotenuto, Claudia Vinciguerra, Annibale Botto, Lucia Zenere, Elisa Canu, Elisa Sibilla, Massimo Filippi, Elisabetta Sarasso, Federica Agosta, Michele Tinazzi, Group Collaborators Consortium

“…Finally, the algorithm's prognostic value will be explored post-rehabilitation in one subgroup of patients with FMD.…”
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Ice-source heat pump for residential heating: A case study on energy storage and pipeline repurposing in the UK by Ramin Mehdipour, Seamus Garvey, Bruno Cardenas, Zahra Baniamerian, Christopher J. Wood

“…This research concerns the feasibility of repurposing gas pipelines for heat pump operation and their energy transmission capacity in a post-gas era.A typical UK residential unit in Nottingham's climate was modelled, revealing that heat pumps create two consumption peaks compared to one with gas heating. …”
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Cirurgias endoscópicas para a coluna torácica: avaliação crítica Endoscopic surgery for thoracic spine: critical review by JOHNNY WESLEY GONÇALVES MARTINS, NICANDRO DE FIGUEIREDO NETO

“…On reviewing the literature, the advantages over open approaches are: enhanced visualization, shorter recovery time and decreased blood loss, costs, infection rate and post operative morbidity. …”
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Factors Associated with Mortality of Intensive Care Unit Patients with Acute Kidney Injury at Cipto Mangunkusumo National Central General Hospital by Aida Lydia, Ruth V Rebecca, Rudyanto Sedono, Arif Mansjoer

“…Background: the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in intensive care units is associated with increased mortality, post AKI morbidity and high treatment costs. Research on factors related to mortality of AKI patients in intensive care units in Indonesia, especially Cipto Mangungkusumo General Hospital has never been done. …”
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« La baraque [les camps], on y était ! » Faire la preuve administrative de son statut d’enfant de harki by Alice Baudy

“…To prove their eligibility, applicants for the program then try to find documents relating to the colonial and post-colonial period, as proof of membership of the group. …”
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Reasonable access to brief behavioural insomnia treatment among medical and psychiatric outpatients (RABBIT): a multicentre randomised controlled trial protocol by Toshi A Furukawa, Kenta Matsumura, Masatsugu Sakata, Makie Nagai, Hiroku Noma, Hitomi Oi, Jun Shigematsu, Shun Nakajima

“…We will conduct the assessment at weeks 0 (baseline), 4 (end of intervention), 8 (post-intervention, primary endpoint) and 12 (follow-up). …”
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Clinical Predictors of Hospital-acquired Pneumonia Associated with Acute Ischemic by Alexis Suárez Quesada, Ezequiel López Espinosa, Noelsis García Verdecia, Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés

“…<strong><br />Conclusions:</strong> the resulting logistic regression model is valid for predicting post-stroke pneumonia based on data routinely acquired.…”
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Recruitment of Captive‐Reared Florida Grasshopper Sparrows After Translocation: Age of Release Matters by Juan C. Oteyza, Karl E. Miller, Andrew Schumann, Sarah Biesemier, Andrea Sylvia

“…However, extended care in captivity requires time and expense and can be associated with the development of tame behaviors; those costs should be weighed against potential benefits. …”
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Qualitative Analysis of the Student Perspectives on AnaVu – A Three-dimensional Stereoscopic Neuroanatomy Visualization Tool by Nithin Kadakampallil Raju, Doris George Yohannan, Aswathy Maria Oommen, Amruth S. Kumar, S. Devanand, U. T. Minha Resivi, Navya Sajan, Neha Elizabeth Thomas, Nasreen Anzer, Bejoy Thomas, Jayadevan Enakshy Rajan, Umesan Kannanvilakom Govindapillai, Pawan Harish, Tirur Raman Kapilamoorthy, Chandrasekharan Kesavadas, Jayanthi Sivaswamy

“…Diagrams drawn on a whiteboard were used to instruct the C group. Pre-intervention and post-intervention tests were given in four domains: basic recall, analytical, radiological anatomy and diagram-based questions. …”
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