Annet Nanvubya
ID: UNCST-2025-R015525
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Tuberculosis case finding at the completion of the Ubuntu clinical trial:
a substudy to CoVPN 3008 (Ubuntu).
REFNo: HS4715ES
Primary Objective 1: Identify participants with previously undiagnosed tuberculosis (TB) disease, including subclinical TB.
Primary Objective 2: Identify demographic and other participant characteristics that are associated with the diagnosis of TB, including subclinical TB.
Primary Objective 3: Investigate peripheral blood biomarkers associated with diagnosis of TB, including subclinical TB.
Primary Objective 4: Follow participants with confirmed TB for six months and identify those that remain microbiologically positive for TB.
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Uganda |
2024-10-31 16:05:35 |
2027-10-31 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Jennifer Verdolin
ID:
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Establishing a Long-Term Behavioral and Ecological Monitoring Research Program in Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area
REFNo: NS841ES
This research aims to explore several critical issues affecting savannah ecosystems:
1. Impact of Macro and Microplastics on Wildlife: Plastic pollution is an emerging threat to wildlife health in savannah ecosystems. Both macroplastics and microplastics can cause physical harm, ingestion issues, and toxicological effects in wildlife, disrupting health, reproduction, and survival rates.
2. Sources of Plastic Pollution: Identifying and understanding the critical sources of plastic pollution within and between communities is essential. This includes examining local waste management practices, the role of tourism, and community awareness and behaviors regarding plastic use and disposal.
3. Animal Movement Patterns and Ecological Impact: Changes in animal movement patterns, driven by factors such as habitat fragmentation, climate change, and human disturbances, can significantly affect feeding ecology and population dynamics of predators, prey, and other fauna. Understanding these changes is vital for predicting ecological outcomes and managing wildlife populations.
4. Bush Encroachment Patterns and Drivers: Bush encroachment, the process where woody plants invade grassland areas, alters the structure and function of savannah ecosystems. This study will characterize the patterns of bush encroachment and investigate the factors driving these changes in different zones of the park, such as fire regimes, grazing pressure, and climatic variables.
5. Disease Outbreaks and Pathogen Evolution: Disease outbreaks, including anthrax, pose a significant threat to wildlife populations. This research will focus on understanding the patterns of these outbreaks, how pathogens are evolving, and predicting future impacts on wildlife health and ecosystem stability.
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USA |
2024-10-31 15:52:31 |
2027-10-31 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Valence Mfitumukiza
ID: UNCST-2024-R004532
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Enteric pathogens and intestinal injury in Ugandan children with malaria
RefNO: KABREC-2024-155
REFNo: HS4732ES
To examine the association of invasive enteric pathogens with stool and circulating host markers of intestinal and systemic inflammation,To define the frequency of common enteric pathogens among children with malaria and diarrhea, comparing to controls without malaria and/or diarrhea.,To characterize enteric pathogens in children with falciparum malaria and diarrhea as potential drivers of intestinal leak and systemic inflammation,
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Uganda |
2024-10-31 15:49:23 |
2027-10-31 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Antje Daniel
ID: UNCST-2024-R003872
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"New kids on the block”? Youth environmental engagement and Fridays for Future. An intersectional and global perspective
REFNo: SS3040ES
This new environmental youth engagement as a young and quickly developing movement has not received in-depth academic attention, neither in the field of youth studies nor in social movement studies, especially not youth engagement in the Global South (see below). The motives of youth and their particular understandings of engagement remain insufficiently investigated. In addition, there is increasing criticism of youth environmental activism, namely that FFF is at least in Europe ‘white’ and supported by a well-educated middle-class elite leading to the accusation that it reproduces hierarchies (see below). However, there are hardly any academic studies that examine privileges, hierarchies and discrimination within FFF from an intersectional perspective. In order to respond to these research gaps an intersectional perspective is used to understand the motives and activism of youth in Austria, Bangladesh and Uganda and thereby their global interrelatedness. This scientifically necessary and timely research is also politically relevant since youth are acting at the forefront of environmental movements. In addition, youth engagement participants have become increasingly integrated into the international politics of the UN and are in dialogue with politicians. It can be argued further that youth engagement is not ‘just’ a certain stage of life but that it lays the foundation for transformation processes (Harré 2016; Riemer et al. 2016). Young advocates are frequently those taking up important political and social leadership in the future due to their interest and experience of advocacy (Giugni 1998; Leistner 2018): They are a “cohort of citizens who will be active participants in democracy” (Fischer 2019, 430).
Because a new youth activism emerged which is unique due to its global scope and the low average age new scientific perspectives are needed to analyse this phenomenon: A synthesis of youth and civil society studies combined with intersectionality and a comparative case study design offer an original analytical framework. This framework will provide in-depth knowledge on context-specific differences of youth engagement in Austria, Bangladesh and Uganda and commonalities of global youth activism and its activism towards ecological transformation. This research is needed scientifically because FFF is one of the major civil society players in global environmental politics and in manifold national contexts.
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Germany |
2024-10-31 15:48:00 |
2027-10-31 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Julius Okuni Boniface
ID: UNCST-2019-R000963
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Molecular evolution of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) in Africa (Phase II)
REFNo: NS860ES
i) To determine the occurrence of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in water and animal products
ii) To determine the persistence of MAP in the farm environment in Uganda
iii) To determine gut microbiome profile of animals infected with MAP
v) To identify virulence factors of African MAP strains
vi) To investigate the biology of susceptibility and resistance of cattle to MAP
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Uganda |
2024-10-30 12:12:45 |
2027-10-30 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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