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LILLIAN MBABAZI
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Storytelling Among the Bakiga of Uganda: Changing Form, Character and Performance Contexts Between 1930 – 2009
REFNo: SS2359ES

To examine the changing form, character, and performance contexts in storytelling among the Bakiga between 1930 and 2009.
To explore the function of storytelling among the Bakiga.
To assess the changing themes, structure, and settings for storytelling among the Bakiga in times of Christianity and formal schooling.
To examine how migration shaped the content, processes and form(s) of storytelling among the Bakiga.
To analyse how commercialisation influenced the composition and performance of storytelling among the Bakiga.
Uganda 2024-02-26 13:49:42 2027-02-26 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Winfred  Tugumisirize
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Participatory Budgeting and Financial Sustainability in the Local Government in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale District
REFNo: SS2353ES

4. To establish the relationship between participatory budgeting and financial sustainability in Kabale District Local Government.,3. To assess the relationship between budget implementation and financial sustainability in Kabale District Local Government.,2. To analyze the impact of budget approval on financial sustainability in Kabale District Local Government.,1. To examine the influence of budget formulation on financial sustainability in Kabale District Local Government . ,The main objective of the study is to examine the relationship between participatory budgeting and financial sustainability of Local Governments in Uganda.,
Uganda 2024-02-26 13:47:53 2027-02-26 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
LILLIAN BYERETA HAPPY
ID: UNCST-2021-R012144
To utilize simplified instruments for geriatric assessment for specialized routine care of Old People Living with HIV (HIV –OLD, HOPE)
REFNo: HS3704ES

2. To evaluate the feasibility of self-collection (with the support of a research assistant) through tablets of simplified validated tools for Quality of life, Instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), history of falls, screening for depression, and incontinence. 1. To utilize simplified instruments for geriatric assessment of OPLWH which can be potentially scaled up in routine care, particularly for the assessment of frailty, sarcopenia , physical and cognitive function. ,The overall goal of the proposal is to validate simplified tools for specialized routine care of OPLWH. ,
Uganda 2024-02-26 13:45:25 2027-02-26 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Kamoga Ronald
ID: UNCST-2019-R001524
VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION IN A RAT MODEL OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE-LIKE SYMPTOMS: MORPHOLOGICAL, IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL, MOLECULAR AND BEHAVIORAL CHANGES
REFNo: HS3781ES

1. To conduct a scoping review of literature on vagus nerve stimulation in Alzheimer's-disease and related dementias.
2. To determine behavioral changes associated with vagus nerve stimulation in a rat model of Alzheimer-like symptoms.
3. To evaluate the morphological, Immunohistochemical and molecular changes in the Hippocampus, prefrontal cortex and medial temporal cortex associated with chronic stimulation of the vagus nerve in a rat model of Alzheimer’s-like disease.

Uganda 2024-02-26 13:43:22 2027-02-26 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Degree Award
Mallory Holding Anne
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Play Our Part (PoP) project primary data collection on effective engagement strategies with policymakers to support Learning through Play (LtP) in Early Childhood Education (ECE)
REFNo: SS2399ES

To gather data to help answer the PoP CoP learning question 3A: Which Engagement Strategies with Policymakers lead to the creation of enabling environments for LtP in Centre-based systems. ,Identify which advocacy approaches policymakers have found most effective.,Determine the way in which partners are currently engaging in national level advocacy activities and their definition of effectiveness.,Identify effective strategies for engaging policymakers on LtP in ECCE systems. ,
USA 2024-02-26 13:42:34 2027-02-26 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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