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Intestinal schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Ugandan schoolchildren: a rapid mapping assessment
(Ministry of Health, 2009)Even with a national control programme in place, intestinal schistosomiasis continues to be a major public health problem in school-aged children and other community members in Uganda. This is especially the case in the ... -
How to Motivate Creative People
(published by Mark McGuinness, London 2009, 2009-01)This e-book will help you: • Understand how motivation affects creativity • Get better work out of creative people • Avoid (inadvertently) crushing people’s motivation • Use rewards effectively • Understand and influence ... -
Diagnosis and treatment of advanced breast cancer
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Molecular epidemiology of Schistosoma mansoni in Uganda:DNA barcoding reveals substantial genetic diversity within Lake Albert and Lake Victoria populations
(Cambridge University Press, 2009-06)Representative samples of Ugandan Schistosoma mansoni from Lake Albert and Lake Victoria were examined using DNA barcoding, sequence analysis of two partially overlapping regions – ASMIT (396 bp) & MORGAN (617 bp) – of the ... -
Challenges of Teaching and Research In a New Private University In Uganda
(Bishop Stuart University, 2009-12)This article 6C<k$ to 1nswcr five pertinent quc$tlons: Wh.:u is the role o( a university? What capacities do new private universities have? What challenges do they face? What is the role of government in hlghcr ... -
Accounting Principles
(Endeavour International Corporation, Houston, Texas, USA, 2010)magine that you have graduated from college without taking an accounting course. You are employed by a company as a sales person, and you eventually become the sales manager of a territory. While attending a sales managers' ... -
Treatment of intestinal schistosomiasis in Ugandan preschool children: best diagnosis, treatment efficacy and side-effects, and an extended praziquantel dosing pole
(Elsevier, 2010)The Ugandan national control programme for schistosomiasis has no clear policy for inclusion of preschool-children (≤5 years old) children. To re-balance this health inequality, we sought to identify best diagnosis of ... -
Epidemiology and control of intestinal schistosomiasis on the Sesse Islands, Uganda
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2010)Background: Intestinal schistosomiasis is often widespread among the populations living around Lake Victoria and on its islands. The Sesse Island group (containing some 84 islands), however, is typically assumed to be a ... -
Increased Women Trafficking in Uganda; Analyzing the Domestic and International Legal Framework
(2010-10)This paper explores the various legal frameworks that deal with issues of women trafficking in Uganda. In recent years, there has been much media attention and increased law reform efforts to address the phenomenon of ... -
Malaria control for rural areas in Uganda: localizing the interventions
(Department of Development Studies, Bishop Stuart University, Mbarara, Uganda, 2011)Background. Malaria is a public health and socio-economic threat to development in most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa,and particularly in rural areas. In Uganda, a number of malaria control interventions have been adopted, ... -
Medicinal plants of Otwal and Ngai Sub Counties in Oyam District, Northern Uganda
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2011)Background An ethnobotanical study was carried out in four parishes in the Ngai and Otwal Sub Counties in Oyam district, Northern Uganda, where insurgency has been prevalent for the past 20 years. Documenting medicinal ... -
Effect of land use change and slope position on soil organic carbon in Kitabi Watershed ,Rwanda
(Enschede, The Netherlands, 2011-02)Soil organic carbon (SOC) is widely used as a proxy for soil health and soil fertility. Land use change (LUC) has been implicated as one of the factors leading to the loss of SOC and increased release of greenhouse gases ... -
Social-economic setting and potential use of cissus adenocaulis in treatment of gastrointestinal worms in cattle,Ntungamo District South Western Uganda.
(Mbarara University Of Science and Technology, 2011-10)Despite the government‟s efforts to fight poverty, many cattle keepers in Ntugamo District have largely remained poor. They cannot afford to purchase veterinary drugs for de-worming their cows at a frequency recommended ... -
Women and Elections in Uganda
(Bishop Stuart University, 2011-12)Elcction.s, as one of the pillMs of dcn1octacy, O\"Ct the )'t:an h•vc dcm m~ cd practically the possibility 10 usher in good. ponsib c and ccoutu~ble le<.u.lcrship in some counuits ir. Africa. 1l1cy have also demonsmrcd ... -
Rural Sociology and Development
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The antiplasmodial and radical scavenging activities of flavonoids of Erythrina burttii.
(Elserver, 2012)The acetone extract of the root bark of Erythrina burttii showed in vitro antiplasmodial activity against the chloroquine-sensitive (D6) and chloroquine-resistant (W2) strains of Plasmodium falciparum with IC50 values of ... -
Acute toxicity, antipyretic and antinociceptive study of the crude saponin from an edible vegetable:
(International Formulae Group, 2012)Vernonia amygdalina is commonly used for food and health purposes. Processing of the leaf for food is aimed at removing bitter tasting antinutritional principles like saponins. This study was designed to determine the ... -
The perspective of Environmental Education
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Distribution,Incidence and farmer knowledge of Banana Xanthomonas wilt in Rwanda
(Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA),, 2013)Banana Xanthomonas wilt was reported in Rwanda in 2005. The present study was conducted to determine the distribution and incidence of the disease and farmer knowledge of disease symptoms, modes of spread and control. A ... -