Faculty of Science: Recent submissions
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Medicinal plants used in the traditional management of dog bites by herbalists in Eastern, Western, and Central Uganda
(Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 2023)Background: Dog bites arise due to man’s casual and tactical association with dogs, and it is a global health challenge. Rural and semi-urban communities are the most affected since accessing conventional post-exposure ... -
Ethnomedicinal plants used for malaria treatment in Rukungiri District, Western Uganda
(Tropical Medicine and Health, 2023)Background: Malaria remains a major global health challenge and a serious cause of morbidity and mortality in sub- Saharan Africa. In Uganda, limited access to medical facilities has perpetuated the reliance of indigenous ... -
A Mathematical Model of Treatment and Vaccination Interventions of Pneumococcal Pneumonia Infection Dynamics
(Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2018)Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the leading causes of serious morbidity and mortality worldwide, especially in young children and the elderly. In this study, a model of the spread and control of bacterial pneumonia under ... -
Medicinal Plants Used in Traditional Management of Cancer in Uganda: A Review of Ethnobotanical Surveys, Phytochemistry, and Anticancer Studies
(Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2020)The burden of neoplastic diseases is a significant global health challenge accounting for thousands of deaths. In Uganda, about 32,617 cancer cases were reported in 2018, accompanied by 21,829 deaths. In a view to identify ... -
Medicinal Plants Used as Snake Venom Antidotes in East African Community: Review and Assessment of Scientific Evidences
(Journal of Medicinal and Chemical Sciences, 2021)Poisonous snake envenomation is a complex neglected health problem implicated in mortality, disability, psychological morbidity, and socio-economic losses recorded worldwide. An antivenin serum, the only medically recommended ... -
High-precision photometric and high-resolution spectroscopic characterisation of HD180347
(arXiv preprint arXiv, 2023)We report the analysis of high-precision space-based photometric and high-resolution spectroscopic observations of HD180347. The high-quality light curves from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) under sectors ... -
Medicinal plants used in treatment of various diseases in the Rwenzori Region, Western Uganda
(Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 2023-05-22)Background: The Rwenzori region is endowed with a rich diversity of medicinal plants, which are utilized by communities to treat various diseases because they are easy to access, prepare and is part of a wealth of indigenous ... -
Deposition, Dietary Exposure and Human Health Risks of Heavy Metals in Mechanically Milled Maize Flours in Mbarara City, Uganda
(Journal of Xenobiotics, 2023)Consumption of maize and maize-based products contributes a significant percentage to the total food energy intake in Uganda. However, the production of maize-derived foodstuffs is performed traditionally or by small- and ... -
Diversity of Dioscorea bulbifera Linn in Uganda assessed by morphological markers and genotyping-by-sequencing technology (GBS)
(2023-04-03)Dioscorea bulbifera L. is a widely distributed plant in the humid and sub-humid tropics. The taxonomic treatment of this species is ambiguous due to its extreme polymorphic morphological characters. Therefore, it is ... -
Traditional uses, ethnopharmacology, antibacterial and antiparasitic activities of Symphonia spp
(Journal of Herbal Medicine, 2023-05-11)Introduction: Genus Symphonia has evident medicinal importance reported in different literature but with no contextualized review of the ethnopharmacology, antibacterial and antiparasitic activity. This study reviewed and ... -
Insecticides influence colonization and toxin accumulation by Aspergillus and Fusarium in orange and white maize flour varying in susceptibility to mycotoxigenic fungal pathogens
(Research square, 2023)Mycotoxigenic Aspergillus and Fusarium species that contaminate cereal crops with aflatoxins and fumonisins are a major threat to food security, human and animal health. Cases of mycotoxin contamination have been on the ... -
On 1 + 3 covariant perturbations of the quasi-Newtonian space-time in modi ed Gauss-Bonnet gravity
(arXiv, 2023-05)The consideration of a 1 + 3 covariant approach to cold dark matter universe with no shear cosmological dust model with irrotational ows is developed in the context of f(G) gravity theory in the present study. This approach ... -
Quality assurance implementation and doctoral study cycle management in low resources economies
(Sociology International Journal, 2023)The Bologna Process Accord 1999 has precisely identified three study cycles; Bachelor’s degree cycle, Master’s cycle and Doctoral cycle that ought to benefit from quality assurance Policy implementation. As mentioned in ... -
Relationships of mathematics achievement with self-determined motivation and mathematics anxiety among senior two students in Northern Rwanda
(Heliyon, 2023)The most important factors affecting students’ mathematics achievement are affective-motivational factors. Grounded on self-determination theory, expectancy-value theory, and control-value theory, we examined the relationship ... -
Dataset on the relationship between students’ attitude towards, and performance in mathematics word problems, mediated by active learning heuristic problem-solving approach
(Data in Brief, 2023)The present data was applied to investigate the relation- ship between students’ attitude towards, and performance in mathematics word problems (MWTs), mediated by the active learning heuristic problem-solving (ALHPS) ... -
Challenges and Strategies of Parental Engagement among Secondary School Learners in Sheema District, Uganda
(American Journal of Education and Practice, 2023)Purpose: The study investigated challenges and strategies of parental engagement (PE) with respect to students’ academic performance (SAP) in Sheema District, South Western Uganda. Methodology: The study employed qualitative ... -
Family Socioeconomic Status, Parents’ Level of Education, and Parental Engagement in Educational Activities in Sheema District – Uganda
(American Journal of Education and Practice, 2023)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in the levels of parental engagement in the academic activities of learners in government grant-aided secondary schools in Sheema District based on demographic ... -
Design of Fuzzy Logic-Based ARDS Berlin Definition for Ventilator Adjustments to Ensure Lung Protection
(International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, 2023)The studies done on lung protective strategies in medical ventilators have shown that tidal volume of 6-ml/ kg predicted body weight protects the lungs of a patient during the invasive ventilation for acute respiratory ... -
Psychological Well-Being Among Young People Living with HIV: Role of Social Support, Self-Esteem and Socio-Demographic Variables
(Research Perspectives, 2022)The focus of the present study was two-fold: (a) to examine the relations between demographic characteristics and the psychological well-being of Young People Living with HIV (YPLWH) and (b) to assess the extent to which ... -
Students’ Perceptions of Multimedia Usage in Teaching and Learning Quantum Physics- Post-assessment
(Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2023)The research on students’ perceptions after implementing a teaching style is recommended due to its potential to inform reformed education. The present study surveyed 319 students and revealed their perceptions of multimedia ...