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2023 | IDOSR JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | Pp. 84-98
Starch is used as an excipient in pharmaceutical dosage forms such as binder, diluent,disintegrant, absorbent, glidant and sweetener. Starch also has industrial applications as aviscosifier, defoaming and emulsifying agent. However, most of the starch used fo...
2023 | www.idosr.org | Pp. 34-49
This study examined the relationship between outsourcing and organization’s financial performance in Igara Growers Tea Factory in Bushenyi District. A conceptual framework was developed relating outsourcing functions and indicators of financial performance. T...
2023 | www.idosr.org | Pp. 59-72
Self-medication in Uganda is becoming alarming and 7 out of every 10 Ugandan studentspractice self-medication to assess self-medication practices and its associated factors amongfirst-year medical students of KIUâ‚‹WC Bushenyi district western Uganda. This wa...
2023 | www.idosr.org | Pp. 50-59
This study examined the effect of motivation and affirmative action on the performance ofGombe local government staff, where intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation andaffirmative action are used as the independent variables and performance as the dependen...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCES | Pp. 140-147
Renewable energy-powered water supply system is very essential and important to be adopted in Uganda as a means of pumping water because of their harmless, free gift of nature, user-friendly and durability. Solar water pumping system is the most economic and...
2023 | IDOSR JOURNAL OF COMPUTER AND APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 20-35
Qualitative research is concerned with feelings, ideas, or experiences. Finding insights that can result in testable hypotheses is the main goal of the data collection, which is frequently done in narrative form. During the exploratory phases of a study, educ...
2023 | IDOSR JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES | Pp. 76-87
The study investigated principals’ administrative strategies as correlates of teachers’ job performance in public secondary schools in Obollo-Afor Education Zone of Enugu State. Four research questions and four null hypotheses guided the study. The study adop...
2023 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING | Pp. 105-113
This paper successfully reviewed the renewable energy trend from 2015 to 2023 based on investment, power conversion and future prospects. From the review it was observed that solar energy is progressively taking the lead as the cleanest energy generator follo...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCES | Pp. 132-140
The content of this article is about ethical issues in research and publications. It is a global issue that undermines the reputation of the institution and the concerned researcher. Conducting responsible and ethical research from the start to the finish of...
2023 | INOSR Experimental Sciences | Pp. 67-76
This review paper comprehensively reviewed the administrative strategies adopted by some administrators for effective employer’s job performance. Different strategies were reviewed but the four major ones that were detailly reviewed in this paper are teachers...