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    • Euphorbia tirucalli L. (Euphorbiaceae) – The miracle tree: Current status of available knowledge 

      Mwine, Julius; Damme, Van Patrick (Academic Journals, 2011)
      Euphorbia tirucalli is one of the most important tree Euphorbias known worldwide for its many uses. Endemic to tropical Africa where it often grows wild, it is usually planted for boundary demarcation but also as a live ...

    • Euthymia in Diabetes 

      Kalra, Sanjay; Das, A.K; Baruah, M. P.; Unnikrishnan, A. G.; Dasgupta, Arundhati; Shah, Parag; Sahay, Rakesh; Shukla, Rishi; Das, Sambit; Tiwaskar, Mangesh; Vijayakumar, G.; Chawla, Manoj; Eliana, Fatimah; Suastika, Ketut; Orabi, Abbas; Abdul Rahim, Aly Ahmed; Uloko, Andrew; Lamptey, Roberta; Ngugi, Nancy; Bahendeka, Silver; Abdela, Abdurezak Ahmed; Mohammed, Fariduddin; Pathan, Mohammed Faruque; Rahman, Muhammed Hafizur; Afsana, Faria; Selim, Shajada; Moosa, Muaz; Murad, Moosa; Shreshtha, Pradeep Krishna; Shreshtha, Dina; Giri, Mimi; Hussain, Wiam; Al-Ani, Ahmed; Ramaiya, Kaushik; Singh, Surender; Raza, Syed Abbas; Aye, Than Than; Garusinghe, Chaminda; Muthukuda, Dimuthu; Weerakkody, Muditha; Kahandawa, Shyaminda; Bavuma, Charlotte; Ruder, Sundeep; Vanny, Koy; Khanolkar, Manish; Czupryniak, Leszek (Springer Nature, 2019-04-22)
      Aim: To develop an evidence-based expert group opinion on various types of euthymia associated with diabetes mellitus (DM) and its management. Background: Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic syndrome characterized by diverse ...

    • Evaluating assumptions of scales for subjective assessment of thermal environments – Do laypersons perceive them the way, we researchers believe? 

      Schweiker, Marcel; Maíra, Andréu; Al-Atrash, Farah; Al-Khatri, Hanan; Alprianti, Rea Risky; Alsaad, Hayder; Amin, Rucha; Ampatzi, Eleni; Arsano, Alpha Yacob; Azar, Elie; Bannazadeh, Bahareh; Batagarawa, Amina; Becker, Sussanne; Buonocore, Carolina; Cao, Bin; Choi, Joon-Ho; Chun, Chungyoon; Daanen, Hein; Damiati, Siti Aisyah; Daniel, Lyrian; Vecchi, Renata De; Dhaka, Shivraj; Domínguez-Amarillo, Samuel; Dudkiewicz, Edyta; Edappilly, Lakshmi Prabha; Fernández-Agüera, Jesica; Folkerts, Mireille; Frijns, Arjan; Gaona, Gabriel; Garg, Vishal; Gauthier, Stephanie; Jabbari, Shahla Ghaffari; Harimi, Djamila; Hellwig, Runa T; Huebner, Gesche M; Jin, Quan; Jowkar, Mina; Kim, Jungsoo; King, Nelson; Kingma, Boris; Koerniawan, M. Donny; Kolarik, Jakub; Kumar, Shailendra; Kwok, Alison; Lamberts, Roberto; Laska, Marta; Lee, M.C. Jeffrey; Lee, Yoonhee; Lindermayr, Vanessa; Mahaki, Mohammadbagher; Udochukwu, Marcel-Okafor; Marín-Restrepo, Laura; Marquardsen, Anna; Francesco, Franscesco; Mathur, Jyotirmay; Mino-Rodriguez, Isabel; Montazami, Azadeh; Mou, Di; Moujalled, Bassam; Nakajima, Mia; Ng, Edward; Okafor, Marcellinus; Olweny, Mark R. O.; Ouyang, Wanlu; Abreu, Ana Lígia Papst de; Pérez-Fargallo, Alexis; Rajapaksha, Indrika; Ramos, Greici; Rashid, Saif; Reinhart, Christoph F.; Rivera, Ma. Isabel; Salmanzadeh, Mazyar; Schakib-Ekbatan, Karin; Schiavon, Stefano; Shooshtarian, Salman; Shukuya, Masanori; Soebarto, Veronica; Suhendri, Suhendri; Tahsildoost, Mohammad; Tartarini, Federico; Teli, Despoina; Tewari, Priyam; Thapa, Samar; Trebilcock, Maureen; Trojan, Jörg; Tukur, Ruqayyatu B.; Voelker, Conrad; Yam, Yeung; Yang, Liu; Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela; Zhai, Yongchao; Zhu, Yingxin; Zomorodian, ZahraSadat (Elsevier, 2020-01-10)
      People’s subjective response to any thermal environment is commonly investigated by using rating scales describing the degree of thermal sensation, comfort, and acceptability. Subsequent analyses of results col- lected in ...

    • Evaluating HIV testing algorithms for research, diagnosis and surveillance 

      Massimo, Fabiani; Nattabi, Barbara; Biryahwaho, Benon; Ouma, Jacob; Ninci, Antonella; Declich, Silvia (Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2005-04)
      The objective of the study was to evaluate the validity of the HIV testing algorithms used at St. Mary's Hospital Lacor (Gulu district, North Uganda) for research, diagnosis and surveillance. The validity of a new testing ...

    • Evaluating the Impact of Weather and Climate Information Utilization on Adoption of Climate-Smart Technologies Among Smallholder Farmers in Tambacounda and Kolda Regions, (Senegal) 

      Nantongo, Beckie; Ssekand, Joseph; Ngom, Ablaye; Dieng, Birane; Diouf, Ndongo; Diouf, Jules; Noba, Kandioura (International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2021-02-28)
      Senegal is subjected to climate change and unstable weather conditions of the Sahel zone causing adverse negative effects on the agricultural sector and biodiversity. Weather and climate information is one of the requirements ...

    • Evaluation of Co-compost of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch and Cow Dung as Fertilizer in Oil Palm Nurseries 

      Olugbenga O. AdeOluwa (African Journals Online, 2010)
      Oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) is one of the readily available crop residues that can serve as cheap organic fertilizer source for crop. EFB-cow dung composts (EFB: cow dung ratios of 100:0, 80:20, 60:40, and 0:100) ...

    • The evaluation of GM6-based ELISA and ICT as diagnostic methods on a Mongolian farm with an outbreak of non-tsetse transmitted horse trypanosomosis 

      Davaasuren, Batdorj; Amgalanbaatar, Tovuu; Musinguzi, Simon Peter; Suganuma, Keisuke; Otgonsuren, Davaajav; Mossaad, Ehab; Narantsatsral, Sandagdorj; Battur, Banzragch; Battsetseg, Badgar; Xuan, Xuenan; Inoue, Noboru (Elsevier, 2017)
      Trypanosoma equiperdum, which is the etiological agent of dourine, spreads through sexual intercourse in equines. Dourine (T. equiperdum) has been reported in Mongolia, where it is considered an economically important disease ...

    • Evaluation of Improved Cowpea Genotypes for Yield and Resistance to Scab Disease in Uganda 

      Alipa, Jorem; A, Charles; A, Robert; L, Geofrey; M, Emmanuel; wacal, Cosmas (Medwin Publishers, 2023-11-10)
      Cowpea is one of the most important legume food crops in Uganda. However, grain yields as low as 400 kg ha−1 have been recorded in farmers’ fields despite a grain yield potential of 3,000 kg ha−1. Cowpea scab is a major ...

    • Evaluation of larvicidal properties of the latex of Euphorbia tirucalli L. (Euphorbiaceae) against larvae of Anopheles mosquitoes 

      Mwine, Julius; Damme, Van Patrick; Jumba, Francis (Academic Journals, 2010)
      Malaria is the most important vector-borne disease in tropical and sub-tropical countries. Although, different control measures like use of insecticide-impregnated mosquito nets and curtains, chemotherapy and others are ...

    • Evaluation of Pathogenic Bacteria Associated with Fresh Produce obtained from Selected Markets in Abeokuta 

      Afolabi, O. R.; Oloyede, A.R.1; Ibrahim, T. A (African Journals Online, 2011)
      The bacterial quality of eight types of fresh produce obtained from selected markets in Abeokuta was determined. Two hundred forty (240) samples of fresh vegetables were examined for aerobic plate counts, coliform counts, ...

    • Evaluation of Selected Pesticidal Plant Extracts against Major Cabbage Insect Pests in the Field 

      Mwine, Julius; van Damme, Patrick (University of Ghent, Department of Plant Production - Laboratory for Tropical Agronomy, Belgium, 2010-09)
      An evaluation of fresh extracts from three locally available pesticidal plants was carried out at the shores of Lake Victoria, in Central Uganda, against two important cabbage insect pests in the field in order to establish ...

    • Evaluation of Soil Fertility Status in Oil Palm Plantations in the Western Region of Ghana 

      Apori, Samuel Obeng; Adams, Sadick; Hanyabui, Emmanuel; Mohammed, Musah; Murongo, Marius; Kwasi Acheampong, Mark (AIMS Press, 2020-11-20)
      Oil palm is regarded as one of the tree crops that utilize a high amount of soil nutrients for optimum growth and development. Farmers in the western region of Ghana have complained immensely of small fruit bunch of their ...

    • Evaluation of the Blended Learning approach to Teaching Software Engineering 

      Bada, Joseph Kizito (African Journals Online, 2012)
      This research presents experimentation of MOODLE course management system for teaching software engineering and process modelling to master’s degree students. The students used MOOLE for online discussions, assignments ...

    • Evaluation of the Efficacy of Crude Extracts of Tick Berry Lantana camara and Mexican Marigold Tagetes manuta Against Cabbage Aphids Brevicoryne brassicae 

      Baryakabonaa, Silver; Mwine, Julius (Global Society of Scientific Research and Researchers, 2017)
      The efficacy of two plant extracts; Lantana camara, Tagetes manuta and a combination of Lanatana camara and Tagetes manuta applied to the cabbage plants at differeent concentrations against cabbage aphids were tested at ...

    • Exam and knowledge-based educations in Uganda: a comparison of concepts, a case of Lango sub region, Northern Uganda 

      Eton, Rehema; Yiga, Andrew Peter; Asiimwe Muchwa, Solomon; Mwosi, Fabian; Eton, Marus (International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, 2018-07-07)
      The argument that today’s graduates were more theoretical than practical has been dominating the educational sectors in the country. The study sought to investigate the role of Exam and Knowledge-based Education on students’ ...

    • Experiments in Visual Analysis: (Re)positionings of children and youth in relation to Larger Sociocultural Issues 

      Kendrick, Maureen; Rogers, Theresa; Toohey, Kelleen; Marshall, Elizabeth; Mutonyi, Harriet; Hauge, Chelsey; Siegel, Marjorie; Rowsell, Jennifer (2007)
      One of the most distinctive features of the 21st Century is the dominance of the visual and its relationship to multiple modalities of communication. Human experience is more visual and visualized than ever before ...

    • An exploratory study of men’s companionship, perceptions and experiences during pregnancy and delivery in Uganda2017 

      Lwanga, H.; Atuyambe, L.; Sempewo, H.; Lumala, A.; Byaruhanga, R. N. B. (BMC, 2017-06-19)
      Background: Globally, low involvement of men in maternal health care services remains a problem to health care providers and policy makers. Men’s support is essential for making women’s world better. There are increasing debates ...

    • Exploring challenges faced by physically disabled women in utilizing antenal services in Kabale Municipality 

      Ntegamahe, Helen Lonic; Omona, Kizito (Bioline International, 2021)
      The right to utilize ANC services is included in Sustainable Development goals to improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes. According to Uganda MOH, every pregnant woman has got to attend four ANC visits in order ...

    • Exploring the relationship between privatisation of health care and infant mortality in Africa 

      Karungi, Gloria; Klazinga, Niek S. (Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2005-08)
      The introduction of user fee system in the government health facilities of most Sub-Saharan African countries (SSA), shifted part of the burden of financing health care onto the community, raising concerns about its relation ...

    • Export Health Workers? For Uganda, An Indecent Proposal Until… 

      Maniple, Everd (Uganda Martyrs University, Department of Health Sciences, 2004-12)
      This paper challenges the decision by the Government of Uganda to export health workers to developed countries. It argues that while the Ugandan National Health Policy emphasises strengthening the numbers of health personnel ...