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Muriel Mac-Seing
ID: UNCST-2024-R005208
Invisibility of disability in Global South and North: Equitable access to health services in the context of climate change
REFNo: SS3507ES

To strengthen research collaboration and solidarity through co-creation, trust-building, and inclusive co-learning between partners and researchers from Uganda and Canada.,Considering the results of the above objective, to further explore the perspectives of relevant intersectoral actors on the relationships between access to health services for women and men with disabilities, including access to veterinary services for their animals, and climate change in Québec, Canada, and Gulu District, Northern Uganda.,To identify key priority research areas through a scoping review that will synthesise the existing literature and identify research gaps in the relationships between access to health services for PWD, including access to veterinary services for their animals, and climate change.,To explore the perspectives on the relationships between access to health services among women and men with disabilities and climate change in the Global South and North.,
Canada 2024-12-10 14:56:23 2027-12-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Deo Nsamba
ID: UNCST-2024-R004495
INNOVATIVE ALTERNATIVE INTERIOR DECORATES AND EXECUTION OF SEMI ABSTRACT LANDSCAPE MONUMENTS AT KABALE UNIVERSITY
REFNo: SIR319ES

i. To assess areas with quality clay around Kabale using a pilot study in developing innovative interior decorates and semi abstract landscape monuments
ii. To identify and analyze the characteristics and properties of selected clays in the laboratory of civil engineering Kabale University. for use in developing innovative interior decorates and semi-abstract landscape monuments.
iii. To explore and develop creative techniques for transforming the selected local clays into innovative interior decorates and semi abstract landscape monuments.
iv. To execute and evaluate the effectiveness of the developed interior decorates and semi abstract landscape monuments in enhancing aesthetic appeal, functionality and sustainability.
Research questions


i. How will quality clay around Kabale be assessed in developing an innovative interior decorates and semi abstract landscape monuments.
ii. What type of selected local clays will be identified and analyzed through their characteristics and properties in Kabale for use in developing innovative interior decorates and semi abstract landscape monuments?
iii. What suitable techniques will be explored and developed to have creative techniques that will transform the selected local clays into innovative interior decorates and semi abstract landscape monuments?
iv. How will creative innovative approaches of innovative interior decorates and semi abstract landscape monuments be executed and evaluated?

Uganda 2024-12-10 14:54:46 2027-12-10 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Sarah Lewinger Julianne
ID: UNCST-2024-R004045
Prayer, Poetry, and Protest: Pentecostalism and Political imagination among Ugandan Youth
REFNo: SS2594ES

The primary objective of this research project is to investigate how young people in Kampala, Uganda, aged eighteen to thirty-five, mobilize charismatic Christian discourses, practices, and communities to imagine their futures, engage with politics, and navigate conditions of political repression, economic precarity, and social disintegration. Specifically, the project aims to:
1. Explore the diverse ways in which young people draw upon charismatic Christianity as a resource for making sense of their lives, asserting their dignity, and envisioning alternative social and political possibilities.
2. Examine how young people's "god-talk" – a critical and creative method of biblical reinterpretation and intimate conversation with the divine – challenges conventional understandings of the political and expands notions of political agency and engagement.
3. Investigate the role of social memory in shaping contemporary youth political imaginations, by considering how young people's religious-political expressions both draw upon and depart from earlier movements, such as the Holy Spirit Movement.
4. Identify and analyze the spaces, practices, and cultural forms through which young people develop and express their political subjectivities, with a focus on artistic and creative practices, such as spoken word poetry and music.
5. Contribute to anthropological debates on the complex and often contradictory role of religion in social movements, as well as the ways in which marginalized youth navigate and challenge the constraints of their political contexts.
This project aims to generate new insights into the religious and political imaginations of urban Ugandan youth, and to shed light on the diverse and unexpected ways in which young people are actively engaging with politics outside of the formal political sphere. By taking seriously the political significance of religious and artistic imaginaries, this research has the potential to expand our understanding of what constitutes the political and to contribute to broader debates about youth agency, social movements, and the role of religion in public life.
USA 2024-12-10 14:52:31 2027-12-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
PREETI KUMARI
ID: UNCST-2024-R001852
Science Laboratory Operationalization, Secondary School Students’ Academic Attitude, Motivation, and Performance in Mbarara City, Uganda
REFNo: SS3434ES

1. To assess the conditions of science laboratories in secondary schools in Mbarara City, Uganda, to get a ground-level reality check.
2. To examine the relation between science laboratory operationalization and student’s attitude towards science.
3. To investigate the effect of science laboratory operationalization on motivation in choosing science as a career.
4. To relate the science laboratory operational conditions to students' performance in science education.
5. To study the mediation effect of student’s attitude and motivation in science subjects on performance.

India 2024-12-10 14:47:47 2027-12-10 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
sandra etumah omon
ID: UNCST-2024-R003992
Assessment of the Nutritional Profile and Biochemical Adaptation of Zea mays L. Grown around Kilembe Mining Area, Kasese, Uganda
REFNo: NS809ES

1. To assess the Physicochemical characteristics of the soil and heavy metal content such as copper, lead, cobalt, Nickel, Cadmium, Mercury, chromium, and arsenic at the research site.
2. To analyze the heavy metals content (copper, lead, cobalt, Nickel, Cadmium, Mercury, chromium, and arsenic) of the maize plant grown at the mining site and their translocation.
3. To analyze the nutritional profile: proximate analysis (carbohydrates, protein, fats/oil, crude fiber, moisture, and ash), mineral element (iron, magnesium, manganese, calcium, sodium, phosphorus, sulfur, and potassium), and Vitamins (thiamine, niacin, riboflavin, retinol, cobalamin, pyridoxine, tocopherol, ascorbic acid, and cholecalciferol) of the maize grown around the mining site.
4. To assess the oxidative stress markers (malondialdehyde, tocopherol, and proline) and the enzymatic antioxidant capacity (glutathione peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, and catalase) in the leaves during the vegetative stage of the maize plant.
5. To quantitatively determine the hormonal levels (ABA, auxins, and brassinosteroids) in the leaves during the vegetative stage of the maize
6. To determine bioremediation options from the culturable rhizospheric soil bacteria isolated from around the mining site.

Nigeria 2024-12-10 14:44:20 2027-12-10 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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