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BYARUGABA ROBERT BYARUGABA NATURINDA
ID:
Investigate the practice of continuous assessment in the teaching of science education: A case study of a Primary Teachers’ College in Uganda.
REFNo: SS371ES

i)To find out how Continuous Assessment practice engages learners in the teaching and learning of science education in Primary Teachers’ Colleges of Uganda?
ii) To investigate the extent to which CA practice in Primary Teachers’ Colleges align with the intended curriculum objectives
 Uganda 2019-10-31 2022-10-31 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Jacob Sarfo
ID:
Contribution of processed fruits and vegetables towards sustainable nutrition in East Africa: case study from Uganda
REFNo: A54ES

a) improve the nutrition and health status of consumers – especially women and children b) gauge the knowledge, attitudes and practices of consumers towards fruits and vegetable intake and c) reduce the cost of diet and thus improving affordability.
 Ghana 2019-10-31 2022-10-31 Agricultural Sciences Degree Award
KETTY ANYEKO
ID:
Senses of reparation and justice: women’s decision-making after wartime sexual violence in Northern Uganda
REFNo: SS366ES

To examine the lived experiences of women who were abducted as young girls by the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels and forced to become wives and mothers to children of rebel commanders.

To learn what their senses of justice and reparations are.

To investigate why and how women make decisions on whether or not to reunite with the father of their children born in abduction.
 Uganda 2019-10-31 2022-10-31 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Jane Nagayi Yawe Kalule
ID:
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF Oreochromis esculentus (Graham, 1929) AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE REGIMES
REFNo: NS103ES

1.To evaluate the variation in oxygen consumption of the species populations at different temperature regimes
2.To document how hematological parameters correlation with temperature variation in juvenile O. esculentus.

3. To construe the development of various body organs and their indices proportionate with temperature in juvenile O. esculentus.

4. To characterise the enzymatic activity response to temperature in juvenile O. esculentus.

5. To model the fish production in relation to the global climate change predictions.


 Uganda 2019-10-17 2022-10-17 Natural Sciences Degree Award
Gloria Nduhukire
ID:
Investigating the factors that influence the enrollment of children with physical disabilities in inclusive primary schools in Mitooma district Uganda
REFNo: SS358ES

1. To find out the factors that influence the enrollment of children with physical disabilities
2. To find out the teachers' perception on children with physical disabilities
3. To find out teachers' competences to implement inclusive education in primary schools
4. To find out the perception of parents on educating theri children with physical disabilities
5. To find out the challenges that hinder the enrollment of children with physical disabilities

 Uganda 2019-10-10 2022-10-10 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Taddeo  Rusoke
ID:
Evaluating the effectiveness of buffer crops as wildlife crop damage mitigation strategy: A case of crop farmers around Kibale National Park in Uganda
REFNo: A48ES

1. To identify types of buffer crops grown by farmers against specific wildlife to mitigate wildlife crop damage.
2. To establish the effect of wildlife crop damage on yields of major food crops grown around Kibale National Park in absence of suitable buffer crops.
3. To design mechanisms for crop farmers participation in use of suitable buffer crops as a mitigation measure to wildlife crop damage around Kibale National Park.

Uganda 2019-10-08 2022-10-08 Agricultural Sciences Degree Award
Marion de Vevey
ID:
How the presence of friends decreases fear and increases positive emotions: a comparative study between chimpanzees and humans
REFNo: SS351ES

The goal of this study is to analyse the impact of preferred social partners on emotional state in chimpanzees. We want to test whether the presence of a bond partner increases positive emotions when in a positive situation and decreases negative emotions when in negative situations in comparison to a non-bond partner presence. More specifically, fear is expected to decrease with the presence of a friend while joy is expected to increase. A comparison with humans will be done in Switzerland afterwards and therefore will stand on a swiss permit.
 Switzerland 2019-10-08 2022-10-08 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Hodaka Kosugi
ID:
Positive deviance for dual-method promotion among women in rural Uganda
REFNo: HS439ES

The objectives of this study are to

(i) examine factors associated with condom use among married women using HECs in an HIV-prevalent setting in Uganda

(ii) identify unique behaviors that are common only among married women who practice dual-method use with their partners

(iii) evaluate an intervention for promoting dual-method use among married women using HECs.

 Japan 2019-10-07 2022-10-07 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
Letha Victor
ID:
Trauma Pollution: an ethnographic and historical theorization
REFNo: SS316ES

The study is part of a larger ethnographic project on the phenomenon of spiritual distress in contemporary northern Uganda, for which I collected the primary data from 2013-2014 (research approved by the UNSCST). This phase of research theorizes how cultural context affects the relationship between psychic trauma (broadly conceived) and ritual pollution (haunting, unwanted spirit possession, unusual illness, misfortune, etc.). The study aims specifically to answer: How do the concepts of "trauma" (in English) and "ajwani" (in Acholi Luo; tentatively interpreted as "ritual pollution) interact discursively? How do contemporary Acholi people interpret the relationship or non-relationship between these two concepts? How have their interpretations changed or not changed since the British colonial (1900-1962) era and the era of humanitarian intervention (2005 to present)? My objective is to examine the connection between "trauma" and "ritual pollution" in 1) current cultural context, by way of observations of and interviews with the Acholi people in Uganda with whom I conducted my primary fieldwork; and 2) by historical examination of the epistemological shifts surrounding ritual pollution and psychic woundedness in Uganda, by way of archival collections on religion and medicalization.
 Canada 2019-10-07 2022-10-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Caroline Namukwaya
ID:
A Pilot Study Exploring the Feasibility of Implementing a Child Development Counseling Program for Caregivers of Children with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Aged 0–3 Years in Uganda
REFNo: HS404ES

•To determine whether the Child Development Counselling program is effective in equipping caregivers of children with SCD aged 0-3 years with knowledge and skills that can be used to promote development of their children.
•To explore the experiences of healthcare providers at SCD Clinic at Mulago hospital in delivering a Child Development Counselling Program for caregivers of children with SCD aged 0-3 Years in Uganda.
•To explore the experiences of caregivers for children with SCD aged 0-3 years being part of a Child Development Counselling practiced intervention in Uganda.
•To identify the barriers and facilitators to implementing and delivering an out-patient Child Development Counselling Program for caregivers of children with SCD aged 0-3 Years in Uganda.

 Uganda 2019-10-07 2022-10-07 Medical and Health Sciences Degree Award
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