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Accuracy of the lower third molar radiographic imaging to estimate age among Ugandan young people

Catherine Lutalo Mwesigwa • Annet Mutebi Kutesa • Ian Guyton Munabi • Catherine Ann Kabenge • William Buwembo (2019)

Abstract; Objective: Dental development is a useful method for age estimation. Although third molar eruption is commonly used to estimate age in Uganda, it is reported to be unreliable because of external influences. ...
CCR5 promoter variants among Ugandan HIV-1 elite and viremic controllers: a laboratory ‑ based cross ‑ sectional study

Brian Nyiro • Sharon Bright Amanya • Rose Nabatanzi • Alice Bayiyana • Linda Igumba Kalazane • Francis Waswa • Eva Nabulime • Daniel Karara • Joel Kabali • Gerald Mboowa • Alex Kayongo • Immaculate Nankya • David Patrick Kateete • Obondo James Sande (2020)

Abstract; Background Mechanisms for HIV control among HIV-1 elite and viremic-controllers are not fully understood. In Uganda, Studies have reported individuals who without Antiretroviral therapy have the inherent ...
Developing a Discrete Choice Experiment to Understand Patient Preferences in Resource-Limited Settings: a Six-Step Guide

Sarah E Moor • Andrew K. Tusubira • Ann R. Akiteng • Evelyn Hsieh • Christine Ngaruiya • Tracy L. Rabin • Nicola L. Hawley • Mari Armstrong-Hough • Rachel Nugent • Robert Kalyesubula • Christine Nalwadda • Isaac Ssinabulya • Jeremy I. Schwartz (2020)

A discrete choice experiment (DCE) is a method to quantify preferences for goods and services in a population. Participants are asked to choose between sets of 2 hypothetical scenarios that differ in terms of particular ...
Awareness, knowledge, attitude and practice towards measures for prevention of the spread of COVID-19 in the Ugandans: A nationwide online cross-sectional Survey

Robinson Ssebuufu • Franck Katembo Sikakulya • Simon Mambo Binezero • Lucien Wasingya • Sifa K. Nganza • Bwaga Ibrahim • Patrick Kyamanywa (2020)

Background; The world is facing the Coronavirus pandemic which is highly infectious. A number of measures have been put in place to prevent its spread among the population. However, for these preventive measures to be ...
Antecedents of the theory of planned behaviour as correlates of math anxiety among students in rural Secondary Schools in Western Uganda.

Marjorie Sarah Kabuye Batiibwe • Edson Mwebesa • Jacob Tengi (European Journal of Education Studies • 2020)

Mathematical abilities have been linked to positive outcomes and well-being in adults, although secondary school students in Western Uganda still exhibit math anxiety. Thus, the purpose of the study was to investigate the ...
Detection of copy number variants in African goats using whole genome sequence data

Wilson Nandolo • Gábor Mészáros • Maria Wurzinger • Liveness J. Banda • Timothy N. Gondwe • Henry A. Mulindwa • Helen N. Nakimbugwe • Emily L. Clark • M. Jennifer Woodward-Greene • Mei Liu • George E. Liu • Curtis P. Van Tassell • Benjamin D. Rosen • Johann Sölkner (2020)

Abstract; BackgroundCopy number variations (CNV) are a significant source of variation in the genome, as such they are essential to the genetic characterization of animal breeds. The aim of this study was to develop ...
Neo-Liberal Public Sector Reforms and Global Electric Capitalism in Selected Arab States and Sub-Sahara African Countries

Awwad Alnesafi • Stephen Kasumba • Hamed A. Aldhuaina (2015)

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to investigate the privatisation process of the electricity sectors in the selected Arab States and Sub-Saharan African countries. Design/methodology/approach – This paper adopted a ...
Assessing the Effects of Autocratic Decision-Making by Academic Unit Managers on Work Performance of Ugandan Academic Staff

Wilberforce Okongo • David Onen • Wilson Okaka (2019)

This paper presents the key issues and the effects of an autocratic decision-making approach by the unit managers on the work performance of the academic staff in three typical Ugandan public universities. The research was ...
Gender mainstreaming and community participation in plant resource conservation in Buzaya county, Kamuli district, Uganda

Buyinza Mukadasi • Muhammod Nabalegwa (African Journal of Ecology • 2007)

The distribution of property rights to land and natural resources underlies the differential control of men and women over productive resources. This article investigates the role played by women in conservation of plant ...
Promoting widespread diffusion of ICTs to speed up achievements of the MDGs in Africa: A case for the MDG 2 in Uganda

Wilson Okaka (2011)

The paper discusses the crucial role of ICTs to leap-frog the status of the African countries to achieve the full status of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of the UN by 2015. Uganda is a typical show case of a ...
Quality of Care for Children with Malaria at Private Health Facilities in Mid-Western Region of Uganda: A Cross Section Study

Humphrey Wanzira • Daniel Tumwine • Patrick Bukoma • Allan Musiime • Juliet Biculu • Tom Ediamu • Samuel Gudoi • James Tibenderana • Ronald Mulebeke • Rebecca Nantanda • Jane Achan (2020)

Abstract; Background Approximately 50 percent of the population in Uganda seeks health care from private facilities but there is limited data on the quality of care for malaria in these facilities. This study aimed ...
ICT Strategic Project Management

Robert Stalone Buwule (Advances in IT Personnel and Project Management • 2015)

Depending on how project managers strategically plan and utilize them, ICTs can prove to be either productive or counter-productive to any project. This chapter is about how project managers strategically plan and incorporate ...
Cryptosporidiosis among People Living with HIV/AIDS on Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) at Mukono Church of Uganda Hospital, Uganda

Annet Guwo • Rebecca Nekaka • Paul Oboth • Julius Nteziyaremye • Jacob Stanley Iramiot (International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research • 2016)
Effectiveness of Decision-Making Approaches by Academic Unit Managers on Academics Performance in Public Universities in Uganda

Wilberforce Okongo • David Onen • Wilson Okaka (2019)

This study examined the effects of decision-making approaches (DMA) of academic unit managers on the work performance (WP) of academic staff in public universities in Uganda. The study was prompted by the persistent ...
Metatextuality and Trumping in Kevin Mcdonald's Film Adaptation of Giles Foden's Novel, The Last King of Scotland (1998)

Okaka Opio Dokotum (2014)

This paper examines the phenomenon of "metatextuality" and "trumping" in Kevin McDonald's 2005 literary adaptation of Foden's The Last King of Scotland. To use Kamilla Elliot's adaptation terminology, the film "trumps" the ...
A review of the quality of technical teacher training in Uganda: implication for global competitiveness

Mukasa John Ddungu-Kafuluma (2014)

Competent technical and vocational education [TVE] teachers are critical in the training of a technologically able and skilled workforce that is globally competitive and can effectively contribute to sustainable economic ...
A critique of the Uganda Mental Health Treatment Act, 1964

Chrispas Nyombi • Alexander Kibandama • Ronald Kaddu (2014)

The scarcity of research into the deplorable state of Uganda’s mental health laws is a grave lacuna that needs urgent redress. Firm in mind that academic scholarship is a collaborative enterprise with deep roots in ...
Dynamically Dimensioned Search Embedded with Piecewise Opposition-Based Learning for Global Optimization

Jianzhong Xu • Fu Yan • Kumchol Yun • Sakaya Ronald • Fengshu Li • Jun Guan (Scientific Programming • 2019)

Dynamically dimensioned search (DDS) is a well-known optimization algorithm in the field of single solution-based heuristic global search algorithms. Its successful application in the calibration of watershed environmental ...
Level of Professionalism in Public Procurement: a Servey of Selected Districts in Uganda

Charles Kalinzi (SOP Transactions on Marketing Research • 2014)
Understanding implementation barriers in the national scale-up of Differentiated ART delivery in Uganda

HENRY ZAKUMUMPA • Joseph Rujumba • Japheth Kwiringira • Cordelia Katureebe • Neil Spicer (2020)

Abstract; Background; Although Differentiated Service Delivery (DSD) for anti-retroviral therapy (ART) has been rolled-out nationally in several countries since World Health Organization (WHO)’s landmark 2016 ...

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