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An Energy-Efficient Dynamic Source Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
(Makerere University, 2012)
The Dynamic Source Routing Protocol (DSR) is one of the most reliable and effective protocols in the
Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs). It is also one of the few MANET protocols whose routing scheme
can easily be optimized. ...
Overcoming Poverty: Accounting for Stagnation and Upward Mobility in Central Uganda
(Kisubi Brothers University College, 2012)
Poverty in Uganda has been the subject of extensive scholarship and
policy attention. Subsequently, several poverty alleviation programmes/ projects
have been implemented in the country over the last five decades. ...
An Access Control Framework for Protecting Mobile Health Records: The Case Study of Developing Countries
(2012)
Mobile health records are a good way of providing users with on-demand access to health care
data. Standard approaches of securing health records include role-based access control
(RBAC) because this is a flexible approach ...
Impact of Human Activities on Wetlands in Kampala: Critical Reconciliation of Ecological Sustainability and Human Development
(Kisubi Brothers University College, 2012)
Wetland ecosystem services are central to a nation’s sustained growth
and development. For this reason, human development ought to be undertaken
while maintaining the ecological character of wetlands if meaningful
sustainable ...
Diplomacy for development or doom? Epistemological reflections on Uganda's recentforeign policy achievements and blunders
(Instituto de Estudios Internacionales Universidad de Chile, 2012-04)
This article is guided by a triangulation of neo-realist and neo-liberalist post-modernist approaches to the analysis of foreign policy coupled with Rosenau's pre-theory and Allison's models of foreign policy decision- ...
University education for sustainable national development: Implications for University Leadership, Management and Society
(2012)
This paper discusses the social and philosophical underpinnings of the role of education in
economic development in Uganda. It is partly based on a study on bureaucracy and the
management of the challenges facing Makerere ...
The cause of endomyocardial fibrosis in Uganda
(Sage Journals, 2012)
The cause of endomyocardial fibrosis in Uganda remains unknown in spite of studies dating back to 1948. Herbal decoctions have been used by traditional healers for countless generations to treat many complaints, especially ...
Impact of Anthelminthic Treatment in Pregnancy and Childhood on Immunisations, Infections and Eczema in Childhood: A Randomised Controlled Trial
(Uganda Martyrs University, 2012)
Background: Helminth infections may modulate immune responses to unrelated pathogens and allergens; these effects may commence prenatally. We addressed the hypothesis that anthelminthic treatment in pregnancy and early ...
Effects of Maternal and Infant Co-infections, and of Maternal Immunization, on the Infant Response to BCG and Tetanus Immunization
(2012)
Some vaccines show poor efficacy in tropical countries. Within a birth cohort in Uganda, we investigatedfactors that might influence responses to BCG and tetanus immunisation. Whole blood assay responsesto crude culture ...
An Assessment of Livestock Technology Packaging and Dissemination in Rukungiri District
(2012)
The study was motivated by the fact that despite availability of technologies capable of solving farmers’ constraints adoption of relevant technology has been insufficient to address the constraints. This research set out ...