Uganda Martyrs University Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Stability of Solanum aethiopicum Shum accessions under varied water deficit stress levels and identification of pertinent breeding traits for resistance to water shortage
(Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature, 2017-12)Drought is a major constraint to productivity of Solanum aethiopicum ‘Shum’ group due to loss in market and nutrient value of stressed plants. This study evaluated S. aethiopicum Shum group accessions to identify genotypes ... -
Isolation, and molecular characterization of Brucella isolates in cattle milk in Uganda
(2015)Brucellosis is endemic in livestock and humans inUganda and its transmission involves amultitude of risk factors like consumption of milk frominfected cattle. To shed new light on the epidemiology of brucellosis in Uganda ... -
Contractor Monitoring and Performance of Road Infrastructure Projects in Uganda: A Management Model
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2017)An understanding of the influence of contractor monitoring on performance of road infrastructural projects in Uganda provided an impetus for this study. The objectives of the study were to: assess the relationship between ... -
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 ... -
Cardiac surgery for patients with heart failure due to structural heart disease in Uganda: access to surgery and outcomes
(2014)Objective: Few data are available on heart failure (HF) in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to provide a current picture of HF aetiologies in urban Uganda, access to heart surgery, and outcomes. Methods: We prospectively ... -
Globalisation Dimensions and Community Development: the Case of Uganda
(Nkumba University, 2016)This paper addresses the contradictory trends in economic development programmes that are merging up the rich and poor countries of the world today into one global village. The development trends of the developed world ... -
Constitutionalism, Democratisation and Militarism in Uganda
(Nkumba University, 2016)The paper analyses the extent to which constitutionalism and democratization have played out in Uganda and whether militarism has interfered with the sustainability of constitutionalism and democratization, leading to ... -
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 ... -
Isolation, cultivation and molecular characterization of a new Trypanosoma equiperdum strain in Mongolia
(2016)Background: Trypanosoma equiperdum causes dourine via sexual transmission in Equidae. T. equiperdum is classified under the subgenus Trypanozoon along with the T. brucei sspp. and T. evansi; however, the species classification ... -
Viral Load Detection Using Dried Blood Spots in a Cohort of HIV-1- Infected Children in Uganda: Correlations with Clinical and Immunological Criteria for Treatment Failure
(American Society for Microbiology, 2014-04-22)High rates of virological suppression were reported among HIV-1-infected children of low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) up to 5 to 6 years after receiving combined antiretroviral treatment (cART) (1). In 2013, the ... -
Who should diversify and move out of agriculture? Income portfolios and household welfare in rural Uganda
(2018)In this paper we present empirical evidence of the welfare effects of rural income diversification and off-farm income generation. We use household survey data from two panel rounds in rural Uganda, and fixed and random ... -
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 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. ... -
Sustainable Energy Transitions: Changing the ‘Business as Usual’ Trajectory in Sub-Saharan African Urban Areas
(The Center for African Development Policy Research, 2018)This paper describes a novel approach to helping municipal authorities address the sustainable energy challenges associated with rapidly growing urban populations in Sub-Saharan Africa. Population in Africa is expected to ... -
Why are University-Community Partnerships Failing? Evidence from the case of the Bachelor of Industrial and Fine Art Program at Makerere University
(Nkumba University, 2016)In many parts of the world, the development of meaningful partnerships between universities and their communities has become an important strategic development objective. Subsequently, over the last three decades, a ... -
On the Challenge of Adopting Standard EHR Systems in Developing Countries
(2013)Electronic health record (EHR) systems are a popular mechanism for accessing health records in the developed world and have contributed towards improved and cost-effective health care management. However, the development ... -
Utilization of Information Communication Technology in Selected Secondary Schools: A Case Study of Buikwe District, Uganda.
(Uganda Martyrs University, 2014)GODFREY TENYWA ANGEL (2014-M142-20023) Utilization of Information Communication Technology in Selected Secondary Schools: A Case Study of Buikwe District, Uganda. The study focused on the Utilisation of Information ... -
Examining the Contribution of Microfinance Institutions to the Development of Commercial Agriculture in Ntungamo District: A Case Study of Finance Trust Bank in Ntungamo Sub-County.
(Uganda Martyrs University, 2012)RUHANGAABAHO PRIVATO (2012-M093-10032) Examining the Contribution of Microfinance Institutions to the Development of Commercial Agriculture in Ntungamo District: A Case Study of Finance Trust Bank in Ntungamo Sub-County. The ... -
Factors Affecting Government in the Delivery of Health Services at Wakiso Health Centre, Wakiso District.
(Uganda Martyrs University, 2010)WANYANA SYLIVIA KAJUBI (2010-MO92-20042) Factors Affecting Government in the Delivery of Health Services at Wakiso Health Centre, Wakiso District. The study sought to investigate the factors affecting government in the ... -
Solid Waste Management Practices and their Impact on the Urban Environment in Kampala City: A Case Study of Mulago iii, Kawempe Division.
(Uganda Martyrs University, 2011)NANYANZI ROSE JUSTINE (2011-M092-20040) Solid Waste Management Practices and their Impact on the Urban Environment in Kampala City: A Case Study of Mulago iii, Kawempe Division. The high population size in urban areas ...