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What Counts as Best Practice Teaching for Teacher Educators: Theory and Practice

Aurelia Atukwase (International Journal for Innovation Education and Research • 2019)

The aim of this essay is to operationalize best practice in teaching, what it is, what it constitutes and the kind of knowledge teacher educators need in order to become best practitioners. This is because some authors ...
Aflatoxins in Uganda: An Encyclopedic Review of the Etiology, Epidemiology, Detection, Quantification, Exposure Assessment, Reduction, and Control.

Timothy Omara • Winfred Nassazi • Tom Omute • Aburu Awath • Fortunate Laker • Raymond Kalukusu • Bashir Musau • Brenda Victoria Nakabuye • Sarah Kagoya • George Otim • Eddie Adupa (International journal of microbiology • 2020)

Uganda is an agrarian country where farming employs more than 60% of the population. Aflatoxins remain a scourge in the country, unprecedentedly reducing the nutritional and economic value of agricultural foods. This review ...
Comparison of Test Results From a Compacted Fill

M.N. Twesigye-omwe (Proceedings from the International Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology • 2006)

The plate loading test (PLT) is an important field test used to determine in-situ properties of soils. In some cases, such as hard rock, plate tests are sometimes the best means of determining the necessary design parameters. ...
An Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics to Optimize Municipal Sewage Networks; A Case of Tororo Municipality, Eastern Uganda.

Twaibu Semwogerere • R. Awichi • Joseph Ddumba Lwanyaga • Esemu Joseph Noah • Verdiana Grace Masanja • H. Nampala (JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN MATHEMATICS • 2020)

Two-phase pipe ﬂow is a common occurrence in many industrial applications such as sewage, water, oil, and gas transportation. Accurate prediction of liquid velocity, holdup and pressure drop is of vast importance to ensure ...
Migration and Economic Development: The Case of Ugandan Asians

Chrispas Nyombi • Ronald Kaddu (SSRN Electronic Journal • 2015)

This paper aims to fill a grave lacuna in research literature by exploring the economic role played by Ugandan Asian community in UK and Uganda. The paper traces the remarkable journey of Asians from their mass arrival in ...
Effectiveness of Local Community Policy Responses to Climate Change Impact on Ecosystem Services for Biodiversity Conservation in the Semi-Arid Zones

Wilson Okaka (Advances in Environmental Engineering and Green Technologies • 2019)

The Ugandan government has decentralized climate change policy strategies at the local government district development planning levels to build local community adaptive capacity for accelerated action for disaster resilience. ...
The impact of refugee settlements on land use changes and vegetation degradation in West Nile Sub-region, Uganda

Barasa Bernard • Mwiru Aron • Turyabanawe Loy • Nabalegwa Wambede Muhamud • Ssentongo Benard (Geocarto International • 2020)

Uganda continues to experience high-refugee population influx that is beyond the established settlement capacities. Little information is available on the present and future impacts of settling ref...
Potential of Sorghum bicolor L. (Moench) and the Effectiveness of Some Organic Amendments in Remediation of Petroleum Oil-Vitiated Soils of an Automobile Repair Workshop in Urbanite Kampala

Timothy Omara • Eddie Adupa • Fortunate Laker • Raymond Kalukusu • Tom Owori (Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research • 2019)

Aims: To determine the potential of sweet sorghum (Epuripur 1995) and the effect of organic biostimulators: NPK fertilizer, cow dung and sewage sludge in remediation of petroleum oil-adulterated soils from a garage in ...
A tool for rapid assessment of erosion risk to support decision-making and policy development at the Ngenge watershed in Uganda

Fiona P. Mutekanga • S.M. Visser • Leo Stroosnijder (Geoderma • 2010)

Abstract This study tests a rapid, user-friendly method for assessing changes in erosion risk, which yields information to aid policy development and decision-making for sustainable natural resources management. There is ...
Does firm size affect learning-by-exporting? Empirical evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Stephen Esaku (Cogent Economics & Finance • 2020)

This study examines whether the relationship between exports and productivity growth differs across firm size. Using panel data from three Sub-Saharan African countries, I use propensity score matc...
Overcoming the Viva Voce Examination Obstacle at Postgraduate Research

Nathaniel Mayengo (Postgraduate Research Engagement in Low Resource Settings • 2020)

Most postgraduate programs have viva voce, or oral examination, or thesis defense as a mandatory form of research assessment. This chapter defines viva voce examination, its importance in the assessment of postgraduate ...
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 ...
Elimination of Pollution of Groundwater by On-Site Sanitation Systems

Michael Kyakula • Simon Okiror • Paul Kawesa (Journal of Water Resource and Protection • 2015)

About half the population in developing countries lack safe excreta disposal facilities. Improper wastewater disposal contaminates groundwater resulting in spread of water related diseases such as typhoid, cholera, dysentery. ...
Schizophrenic Aesthetics in Music Videos about the LRA Atrocities in Northern Uganda

Okaka Opio Dokotum (African Studies • 2016)

ABSTRACTThis article examines the use of what I term ‘schizophrenic aesthetics’ in memory construction and the search for justice, peace, and reconciliation in contemporary music videos about the LRA war. I seek to establish ...
Use of self-regulated learning strategies Among Teacher Education students: A latent profile analysis

Charles Magoba Muwonge • Joseph Ssenyonga • Henry Kibedi • Ulrich Schiefele (Social Sciences & Humanities Open • 2020)

Abstract In the present study, we conducted a latent profile analysis to identify three clusters of Teacher Education students based on their reported use of self-regulated learning strategies. The sample comprised 527 ...
Early childhood education quality indicators: Exploring the landscape of an African community perspective:

Godfrey Ejuu • Josephine Matha Apolot • Robert Serpell (Global Studies of Childhood • 2019)

While more effort is being geared toward implementation of quality early childhood education programs, there is still debate on what quality entails. While the education officers believe they are p...
Household food insecurity and diet diversity after the major 2010 landslide disaster in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional survey.

Peter Milton Rukundo • Bård A. Andreassen • Joyce K. Kikafunda • Byaruhanga Rukooko • Arne Oshaug • Per Ole Iversen (The British journal of nutrition • 2016)

In 2010, a landslide in Bududa, Eastern Uganda, killed about 350 people and nearly 1000 affected households were resettled in Kiryandongo, Western Uganda. A cross-sectional survey assessed household food insecurity and ...
Intestinal helminths in Luweero district, Uganda.

Robinah Dumba • John B Kaddu • Fred Wabwire Mangen (African health sciences • 2008)

Background: Intestinal helminthiasis is a debilitating parasitic disease found in many parts of Uganda including Luweero district. In the district, the disease causes as high as 9% morbidity in children below five years. ...
Feasibility of A Novel On-Site Detection Method for Aflatoxin in Maize Flour from Markets and Selected Households in Kampala, Uganda.

Alex Paul Wacoo • Deborah Wendiro • Sarah Nanyonga • Joseph F. Hawumba • Wilbert Sybesma • Remco Kort (Toxins • 2018)

In sub-Saharan Africa, there is a high demand for affordable and accessible methods for on-site detection of aflatoxins for appropriate food safety management. In this study, we validated an electrochemical immunosensor ...
Determinants of Persistence Among Science Teacher-Trainees: Examining the Role of Self-Efficacy, Task Value, and Academic Hope

Charles Magoba Muwonge • Ulrich Schiefele • Joseph Ssenyonga • Henry Kibedi (Journal of Science Teacher Education • 2017)

Grounded in the expectancy-value and hope theories, the present study was conducted to examine the extent to which self-efficacy, task value, and academic hope predict persistence among science teacher-trainees in Uganda. ...

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