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Laura Johnson
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Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots: Growing Youth Purpose and Compassionate Action in Africa - An Exploration of Program Practices and Cultural Perspectives
REFNo: SS1995ES

We aim to answer the following research questions: (1) How does involvement with R&S impact the development of youth character virtues, purpose, and civic/community commitment? (2) How do particular program features and experiences (including service-learning best practices, participation in mapping/photovoice) relate to the development of virtues in youth? (3) How do particular program experiences (involvement in a community of practice (COP), participation in community mapping) impact adult R&S mentors and volunteers? (4) What character virtues are culturally and contextually important and relevant for Sub-Saharan African youth?

USA 2024-03-20 15:38:48 2027-03-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
LUGALAMBI CHARLES
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SHELF-LIFE AND MICROBIAL QUALITY OF REFRIGERATED ROASTED BANANAS
REFNo: A339ES

Objectives:
To evaluate the physico-chemical and sensory attributes of roasted gonja upon vacuum packaging and cold storage
1. To evaluate the chemical (moisture content, total dissolved solids, pectin, starch, amylopectin/amylose ratio and titratable acidity) properties of gonja at different ripening levels
2. To evaluate the physical(textural), sensory attributes and consumer acceptability of roasted gonja at different ripening levels
3. To evaluate the microbial safety, texture, sensory attributes and consumer acceptability of vacuum packaged roasted gonja upon cold storage
Japan 2024-03-20 15:36:57 2027-03-20 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Michael  Baganizi
ID: UNCST-2023-R006352
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF A GENDER-RESPONSIVE PEER-TO-PEER APPROACH TO IMPROVE FAMILY SUPPORT FOR VACCINATION AND PROMOTE 2ND YEAR OF LIFE VACCINATION IN UGANDA.
REFNo: HS3806ES

5. To evaluate intervention outcomes related to father’s immunization support, overall family acceptance for vaccination, vaccine uptake among those who received the intervention, and leverage lessons learned to improve further. ,4. To implement and monitor the implementation of intervention activities,3. To co-develop education materials with peers and train VHTs and additional selected peers on 2YL immunization.,2. To work with the identified peers to adapt the P2P approach to the community’s needs,1. To conduct a situational analysis to identify peers who can discuss immunization with other caregivers to train.,To Implement and evaluate a gender-responsive peer-to-peer approach to improve family support for vaccination and promote 2YL vaccination in rural Uganda.,
Uganda 2024-03-20 15:26:41 2027-03-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Dorothy Akongo
ID: UNCST-2023-R007564
Evaluating Essential Services provided by the Local Governments Using Citizen Report Card Survey in Jinja, Uganda
REFNo: SS2440ES

To assess the citizens' knowledge and participation in the services provided by their local
government.
2. To assess the community understanding and awareness of child focused health care and the right
of the child within the health care system
3. To explore health care providers’, children and community members understanding of child
rights, experiences and participation in health care received at health facilities and local
government
4. To determine the prevalence and associated factors of Epilepsy in Busoga Region.
Uganda 2024-03-14 18:49:21 2027-03-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Godfrey Mugyenyi Rwambuka
ID: UNCST-2023-R008285
Application of artificial intelligence using ultrasonographic images to aid clinical care of pregnant women with pregnancy and fetal complications in Uganda: A pilot study
REFNo: HS3890ES

3. To develop and pilot test a machine learning model using annotated ultrasonographic images to aid the diagnosis of obstetric and fetal complications among pregnant women in Mbarara City, Uganda. ,2. To annotate ultrasonographic images for detection of obstetric and fetal complications among pregnant women in Mbarara City, Uganda,1. To create a database of ultrasonographic images of pregnancy and fetal complications among pregnant women in Mbarara City, Uganda,To develop and pilot test artificial intelligence model using ultrasonographic images to aid clinical care of women with pregnancy and fetal complications among pregnant women in Mbarara City,
Uganda 2024-03-14 18:45:42 2027-03-14 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Wilson Namuwoza
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Adoption framework for Digital Utilization in Banking in Resource Constrained Environments
REFNo: SS2411ES

The general Objective is to develop an adoption framework for digital utilization in banking in resource constrained environments.
While the Specific Objectives are;
1. To examine the digital products and technologies currently being used by commercial banks.
2. To assess the barriers and facilitators for the current use of commercial bank digital products and technologies.
3. To design a framework that can support digital utilisation in banking in resource constrained environments.
4. To test and validate the designed framework that can support digital utilization in banking in resource constrained environments.

Uganda 2024-03-14 18:44:34 2027-03-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Jan-Niklas Kniewel
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NGOs and the Negotiation of the Conservation Frontier in Africa, c. 1960-2003
REFNo: SS2392ES

This research project aims to systematically examine the interactions between conservation NGOs, governments, national park administrators, and rural communities in postcolonial East and Central Africa. In doing so, it contributes to a growing field of studies that critically evaluate the role of NGOs in shaping contemporary Africa. The guiding research questions are as follows: How have NGO funds impacted East and Central African countries, and how was the reorganization of rural spaces and livelihoods negotiated in the name of conservation and/or tourism? How did international conservationists engage with the states and people on whose territory the nature they sought to protect was located? Furthermore, how did the resistance that emerged from such reorganizations influence global conservation paradigms?
Germany 2024-03-14 18:43:35 2027-03-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Joseph Mukasa
ID: UNCST-2024-R005161
Plunder or Development: Divergencies and Convergencies in Colonial and Contemporary ‘Land Grabbing’ and the Subaltern Reactions in Buganda
REFNo: SS2365ES

General Objectives:
To investigate the subaltern reactions to colonial and contemporary land grabbing in Buganda.

Specific Objectives
To analyse the nature and politics of land grabbing in Buganda since the introduction of Mailo tenure in 1900.

To examine the influence of land grabbing on subaltern’s socio-cultural and economic conditions in colonial and contemporary Buganda.

To examine the reaction strategies adopted to counter land grabbing and the politics around their choices.

To examine the role of women in responding to colonial and contemporary land grabbing cases in Buganda.
Uganda 2024-03-14 18:42:47 2027-03-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Lillian Tamale
ID: UNCST-2023-R007217
Machine Learning Technology and Post-Harvest Management of Aflatoxins in Groundnuts. Case Study: Small Scale Farmers in 3 Selected Districts in Teso Region, Uganda.RefNo: CLARKE-2023-733
REFNo: SIR290ES

i. To determine the factors that lead to aflatoxin contamination in groundnuts. ii. To assess the mediating effect of aflatoxin contamination on factors that contribute to its rise in groundnuts, and utilize machine learning technology for improved prediction and mitigation at the post-harvest stage. iii. To develop an ensemble learning model for the prediction of aflatoxins in groundnuts at the post-harvest stage. iv. To evaluate the effectiveness of the designed ensemble learning prediction model.
Uganda 2024-03-14 18:39:51 2027-03-14 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Alex Ssebaana
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Infrastructure and Socio-economic Development of Jinja: A case of the Busoga Railway 1912-1990
REFNo: SS2367ES

1.To analyse the relationship between the railway and the development of the economy and infrastructure of Jinja between the 1912 and 1990. 2.To examine changes in the welfare of railway and industrial workers and their families in and around Jinja between the 1912 to the 1990. 3.To examine how railway and industrial workers and their families in and around Jinja understood their participation in development from the 1912 to the 1990.
Uganda 2024-03-14 18:36:41 2027-03-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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