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Sarah  Sturrock Sabalis
ID: UNCST-2023-R006363
 Using machine learning to model early-onset neonatal sepsis risk in late preterm and term neonates in Uganda (NeoRisk)
REFNo: HS3728ES

1. Determine risk factors for neonatal early-onset sepsis in Kampala, Uganda
2. Use machine learning techniques to create a risk stratification model for early-onset sepsis
3. Explore relationship between culture-positive sepsis and clinical diagnostic features using machine learning techniques, including association between level of training of clinician documented diagnosis and blood culture result

 UK 2024-03-07 8:42:58 2027-03-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Simon Peter Kibira
ID: UNCST-2020-R014668
 Measuring pregnancy preferences among women and men in a resource-limited, high-fertility setting
REFNo: HS3756ES

To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Ugandan DAP scales. (Phase 1- current submission) To develop gender-specific versions of the DAP scale that have construct validity among women and men, respectively, in the Ugandan context (phase 2). To improve measurement of women’s and men’s prospective pregnancy preferences in low-income, high-fertility settings in sub-Saharan Africa through gender-specific evaluation and adaptation of the Desire to Avoid Pregnancy (DAP) scale (phase 2) Assess the reliability and validity of adapted DAP scales through testing among women and men in Uganda. (phase 2)
 Uganda 2024-03-07 8:40:19 2027-03-07 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Robert Barney James
ID: UNCST-2024-R005429
 Assessing Social Entrepreneurship among Welfare Projects in Lukaya, Uganda
REFNo: SS2380ES

1) Evaluate the effectiveness of the training initiatives of social entrepreneurial programs
a. Investigate how effective the training programs are in enhancing student learning
b. Investigate if there are any differences in learning outcomes between the contexts in which the training occurs
c. Investigate if there are any relationship between human capital development (education), and the other categories of social entrepreneurial research included in Gupta, Chauhan, Paul & Jaiswal’s (2020) model, such as social capital, self-efficacy regarding innovation, challenges, demographics, and motivations
2. Examine the broader effectiveness of the social entrepreneurial efforts themselves
d. Use qualitative inquiry to examine the strengths and challenges encountered by social entrepreneurs
e. Use qualitative inquiry to examine the opportunities and future directions perceived by stakeholders
 USA 2024-03-07 8:38:00 2027-03-07 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
MATTHEW MCLENNAN
ID: UNCST-2023-R005558
 Understanding ‘village chimpanzees’: Exploring behaviour and adaptation in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) living outside protected areas to inform conservation
REFNo: NS713ES

The specific goals of this innovative research project are to:
(1) Identify and document the behavioural responses and adaptations of wild chimpanzees in the Budongo-Bugoma corridor to novel situations and risks presented by this unprotected, human-dominated landscape (i.e., unique behaviours that are rarely or never observed in chimpanzees living in minimally disturbed, protected habitats). Specific behaviours and situations of interest for this project include:
(a) Dietary adaptations including the consumption and selection of agricultural crops and other exotic plants;
(b) Home range and habitat use patterns including use of forest fragments, plantations, farmland, village and peri-urban environs;
(c) Behavioural responses to risks presented by roads and vehicle traffic;
(d) Behavioural responses to encounters with novel objects such as household and litter items, with specific focus on pathways for zoonotic disease transmission via contact with human artefacts (anthrozoonoses);
(e) Behavioural responses of chimpanzees to encounters with humans, livestock and other domestic animals.

(2) Examine variation in these behavioural responses and adaptations among multiple chimpanzee groups (e.g., inter-group variation in crop selection and use of exotic trees for nesting) and within groups over time (e.g., temporal changes in crop feeding behaviour and habitat/range use within single social groups).

(3) Determine the demographic characteristics and population dynamics of chimpanzee groups in the Budongo-Bugoma corridor, including:
(a) Establishing group sizes and composition (including male/female sex ratios) and using long-term records to track demographic changes over time;
(b) Reproductive health (including proportions of mature females with dependent offspring; interbirth intervals);
(c) Evidence for female migration in this fragmented habitat (as a measure of population health and viability).
These demographic parameters will be compared with published demographic data from chimpanzees living in less disturbed, protected environments, including in Uganda (e.g., Budongo Forest Reserve; Kibale National Park).


The overall objectives of this research are to:
(1) To collect, compile and contrast primary data on a unique metapopulation of wild chimpanzees (i.e., multiple resident social groups forming a larger regional population) living in the unprotected, human-modified landscape of the Budongo-Bugoma Corridor.

(2) To shed new light on the behavioural repertoire of this endangered great ape in response to human impacts and associated habitat changes.

(3) To use insights to inform and assist the development of conservation strategies for chimpanzees living in unprotected habitat in the Budongo-Bugoma corridor and in other village environs in western Uganda.

(4) To provide a useful model for researching ‘village chimpanzees’ through empowering local community members, which could serve as a template for conservation monitoring of great apes where they occur outside Protected Areas elsewhere in tropical Africa.

 UK 2024-03-07 19:39:42 2027-03-07 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Karungi Monica Karungi
ID:
Automated System for Evaluating Blended Teaching & Learning Process in Higher Education. Case of Kabale University.
REFNo: SIR279ES

To evaluate the impact of the developed system towards improving lecturer and course assessment at Kabale University.,To develop users capacity building of to use the automated system for course and lecturer assessment,To develop an automated system for course and lecturer assessment by students,To benchmark lecturer and course evaluation with other existing universities in order to establish best practices and current limitations and best practice.,To automate course and lecturer assessment process by students at Kabale University,
 Uganda 2024-03-07 19:31:22 2027-03-07 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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