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Heavy metal contamination in vegetables cultivated on a major urban wetland inlet drainage system of Lake Victoria, Uganda
(International Journal of Environmental Studies, 2010-06)The population of the Ugandan capital, Kampala, located close to Lake Victoria, appears to be exposed to risk of ingesting the heavy metals Cadmium (Cd) and Lead (Pb) through vegetables in their diet. Lake Victoria is ... -
Higher educational programmes in the development of Uganda cases of development studies programmes of Uganda martyrs and Makerere universities
(Uganda Martyrs University (unpublished work), 2011-06)The study is on the Higher Educational programmes in the development of Uganda. This is because in recent years, Higher Education (HE) has received considerable attention from major development agents like the World Bank, ... -
History of Kiryandongo refugee settlement, Kiryandongo district, western Uganda 1954-2018
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2022-08)The purpose of this study was to examine the history of Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement, Kiryandongo district from 1954-2018. It analysed the geography of the place, how the name Kiryandongo came about, and described the ... -
Horizontal cooperative purchasing in police and prisons• the case of Uganda police force and Uganda prisons service
(Kyambogo University[unpublished work], 2015-12)This research report aimed at examining the extent or horizontal cooperative purchasing performance in the procuring and disposing entities in the forces in Uganda with specific reference to Uganda Police Force and Uganda ... -
How communities' perceptions of disasters influence disaster response: managing landslides on Mount Elgon, Uganda
(Wiley Online Library, 2014-11-28)The aim of this paper is to assess the role of people's perception in disaster management. It is based on a study carried out along the slopes of Mount Elgon in Eastern Uganda. People living in the study area have experienced ... -
How water exchange and seasonality affect the eutrophication of Murchison bay, lake Victoria
(Elsevier: Limnologica, 2015-07)Murchison Bay in the Northern part of Lake Victoria has for decades received a daily wastewater load of 0.2% of its volume from Kampala City, through the Nakivubo channel. In spite of this, the Water Treatment Works abstracts ... -
Human health risk assessment of heavy metals in Kampala (Uganda) drinking water
(Journal of Food Research, 2017)Levels of aluminium, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, mercury, manganese, nickel, lead and zinc in tap water, groundwater-fed protected spring and bottled water were determined. The cancer and non-cancer risks ... -
Human resource management activities and teacher performance in selected rural secondary schools of Isingiro district Uganda
(Kyambogo University (unpublished work), 2017-05)The study set out to examine the relationship between human resource management activities on teachers' performance in selected rural secondary schools of lsingiro. The study examined the relationship between recruitment, ... -
Human resource planning and health services delivery in Wakiso district in Uganda
(Kyambogo University(Un published work), 2015-11)This study examined the effect of Human resource planning on health services delivery in health centres in wakiso district. The study specifically explored the effect of human resource needs assessment, acquisition and ... -
Human resource policies and performance of teachers in government aided primary schools in Uganda: a case study of Wakiso district
(Kyambogo university [unpublished work], 2016-11)The study examined the influence of human resource policies on teachers' performance in government aided primary schools in Wakiso district. It was guided by three objectives; to establish the influence of staff development ... -
Human resource practices and quality assurance among teachers in public secondary schools in the central Region, Uganda
(East African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies., 2020)he study aimed at establishing the influence of human resource practices on quality assurance among secondary school teachers in the central region of Uganda. It was guided by the objective of establishing the relationship ... -
Hydrodynamic modelling of floods and estimating socio‑economic impacts of floods in Ugandan River Malaba sub‑catchment
(Earth Systems and Environment : Springer link, 2022-01-01)River Malaba sub-catchment tends to experience dramatic flooding events, with several socio-economic impacts to the nearby communities, such as loss of lives and destructions of physical infrastructure. Analysis of ... -
Hydrologic response to land use/cover changes and Pteronia incana shrub invasion in Keiskamma catchment, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
(Geocarto International, 2022-02-07)The Keiskamma catchment has undergone significant land use/cover changes (LUCC) and invasion by Pteronia incana (P. incana) shrub, and the hydrological implications of the phenomena are not fully understood. This study ... -
A hydrological model skill score and revised R-squared
(Hydrology Research, 2022-01-01)Despite the advances in methods of statistical and mathematical modeling, there is considerable lack of focus on improving how to judge models’quality. Coefficient of determination (R2) is arguably the most widely applied ... -
Hydrological model supported by a step-wise calibration against sub-flows and validation of extreme flow events
(MDPI, 2019-01-31)Most hydrological models have fixed structures and their calibrations are typified by a conventional approach in which the overall water balance closure is considered (without a step-wise focus on sub-flows’ variation). ... -
Identification and punishment policies for spectrum sensing data falsification attackers using delivery-based assessment
(IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology ., 2015-11)Spectrum sensing data falsification (SSDF) attacks represent a major challenge for cooperative spectrum sensing (CSS) in cognitive radio (CR) networks. In an SSDF attack, a malicious user or many malicious users send false ... -
Identification of Buganda bark cloth and production of contemporary textile decor
(Kyambogo University (unpublished work), 2019-11)In their history, Baganda have always taken advantage of natural resources with bark cloth as one of the plant products they have fully utilized. This study was aimed at assessing the selected Baganda bark-cloth that ... -
‘If they beat you and your children have eaten, that is fine…’ intersections of poverty, livelihoods and violence against women and girls in the Karamoja Region, Uganda
(The Palgrave Handbook of Intersectionality in Public Policy, 2019-02-02)Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a common occurrence, but the daily struggles to meet survival needs take precedence over rights, entitlements and freedoms. As such, violence against women and girls thrives on ... -
Illustrations for appreciating traditional stories for primary Schools in Myakayojo division, Mbarara municipality
(Kyambogo University (un published work), 2019-07)The purpose of this study was to improve the appreciation of traditional stories using graphical illustrations for primary school pupils in Nyakayojo Division, Mbarara Municipality. The study was guided by the following ... -
Impact of addition of banana fibres at varying fibre length and content on mechanical and microstructural properties of concrete
(Hindawi: Advances in Civil Engineering, 2021-10-08)'is experimental study aimed at investigating the impact of addition of banana fibres on the mechanical (compression, splitting tension, and flexure) and microstructural (microscopic morphology and Energy Dispersive X-ray ...
