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Performance of Solanum aethiopicum Shum group accessions under repetitive drought stress
(Academic Journals, 2017)Drought is a serious climatic hazard to crop production, more especially when it occurs repeatedly. This created a need to identify repetitive drought tolerant varieties that recover following exposure to drought. Twenty ... -
Impact of Agricultural Modernization on the Socio- Economic Status of Smallholder Farmers in Luweero and Nakaseke Districts in Uganda
(Nkumba University, 2017)The aim of this paper was to study the impact of agricultural modernization on the socio-economic status of smallholder farmers in Luweero and Nakaseke Districts. The study adopted a cross sectional research design using ... -
Identification and characterization of guanosine 5′-monophosphate reductase of Trypanosoma Congolese as a drug target.
(Parasitology international, 2017)Trypanosoma Congolese is one of the most prevalent pathogens which causes trypanosomosis in African animals, resulting in a significant economic loss. In its life cycle, T. Congolese is incapable of synthesizing purine ... -
Conceptual Modeling of Nodding Syndrome: A System Dynamics and Sequence Approaches
(2017)Conceptual modelling of nodding syndrome (NS) has hardly been considered in most scientific literature although symptoms of the disease has been widely studied. A conceptual model is a representation of hypothesis about a ... -
Identification And Characterization of Guanosine 5′-Monophosphate Reductase of Trypanosoma Congolense as a Drug Target
(2017)Trypanosoma congolense is one of the most prevalent pathogens which causes trypanosomosis in African animals, resulting in a significant economic loss. In its life cycle, T. congolense is incapable of synthesizing purine ... -
Cash Management and Performance of Small Scale Businesses in Mbale Municipality, Uganda
(2017)Abstract This paper intended to determine the relationship between cash management and profitability in small businesses in Mbale municipality. Mixed methods were employed; survey design was employed with a sample of 167 ... -
Educational Inequality and Quality of life: A comparative Study of Secondary Schools in Central and Northern Uganda
(2017)Drawing on a comparative analysis from central and northern regions of Uganda, we identified the factors that are associated with educational inequality and quality of life in secondary schools in both regions. Our sample ... -
The evaluation of GM6-based ELISA and ICT as diagnostic methods on a Mongolian farm with an outbreak of non-tsetse transmitted horse trypanosomosis
(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 ... -
Religious (de)politicisation in Uganda’s 2016 elections
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2017)Religion has influenced Ugandan politics ever since colonial times. While the interrelations of religion and politics have altered since the coming to power of president Museveni’s National Resistance Movement (NRM), ... -
Evaluation of the Efficacy of Crude Extracts of Tick Berry Lantana camara and Mexican Marigold Tagetes manuta Against Cabbage Aphids Brevicoryne brassicae
(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 ... -
Eco-socio Impact of Mineral Resource Mining in the Karamoja Region of Uganda
(Journal of Science and Sustainable Development, 2017)Mining is one of the prolific activities geared towards poverty eradication, but an elusive goal for most government leaders in developing countries. Oftentimes, the economic aspect of mining overshadows ecological and ... -
Coordinating Between Medical Professions’ Tasks to Optimize Sub-Saharan Health Systems: A Response to Recent Commentaries
(Kerman Univ Medical Sciences , Jahad Blvd, Kerman, Iran, 7619813159, 2017)We are grateful that our perspective received commentary from leading experts on African human resources for health. All endorse and several quote our central suggestion that the “development in [non-physician clinician] ... -
Academic Collaborations: Do’s and Don’ts
(Springernature , Campus, 4 Crinan St, London, England, N1 9xw, 2017)Collaborations happen when individuals or organizations work together towards a common outcome. Academic collaborations date back to the colonial times but the advent of global health especially in the twenty-first century ... -
Trainee Evaluation of a Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda
(American Academy of Pediatrics, 2017)Recent global health initiatives have focused on improving human capacity in medical education in low-resource settings. One example is the Rwanda Human Resources for Health (HRH) Program, which pairs US medical faculty ... -
Implementation of the World Health Organization Trauma Care Checklist Program in 11 Centers Across Multiple Economic Strata: Effect on Care Process Measures
(Springer , One New York Plaza, Suite 4600 , New York, United States, Ny, 10004, 2017)Background Trauma contributes more than ten percent of the global burden of disease. Initial assessment and resuscitation of trauma patients often requires rapid diagnosis and management of multiple concurrent complex ... -
Interaction of the predatory ant Pheidole megacephala (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with the polyphagus pest Xylosandrus compactus (Coleoptera: Curculionidea)
(Elsevier, 2017-01)We evaluated the potential of using Pheidole megacephala as a biological control agent against the coffee twig borer Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff), an economically important pest of Robusta coffee in Uganda. Upon observing ... -
Assessment of quality of care among in-patients with postpartum haemorrhage and severe pre-eclampsia at st. Francis hospital nsambya: a criteria-based audit
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2017-01-13)Background: The maternal mortality ratio of Uganda is still high and the leading causes of maternal mortality are postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. Criteria-based audit (CBA) is a way of ... -
Prevalence of hyperglycaemia frst detected during pregnancy and subsequent obstetric outcomes at St. Francis Hospital Nsambya
(BMC, 2017-05-02)Background: Women with hyperglycaemia detected during pregnancy are at greater risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes. Data on hyperglycaemia in pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa is scanty and varied depending on the populations ... -
A Cross-Sectional Population Survey on Stroke Knowledge and Attitudes in Greater Kampala, Uganda
(Informa UK Limited, 2017-05-19)Background: Stroke is a neurological condition with rapidly increasing burden in many low- and middle income countries. Africa is particularly hard-hit due to rapid population growth, patterns of industrialization, adoption ... -
Morphological distinctiveness between Solanum aethiopicum Shum group and its progenitor
(Academic Journals, 2017-06)Use of morphological markers offers an alternative in germplasm discrimination of research-neglected crop species. A collection of 25 accessions including five wild progenitors was evaluated in screen house to identify ...