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Oil Wealth and Development in Uganda and Beyond:
(Leuven University Press, 2020)
With an increasing number of African countries having discovered commercially
viable quantities of oil and gas in recent years, including, for
example, Kenya, Chad, Ghana and Uganda, there is both excitement and
trepidation ...
Post-traumatic stress disorder, psychiatric comorbidities and associated factors among refugees in Nakivale camp in southwestern Uganda
(Springer Nature, 2020)
Background: Armed conflict in Africa has led to displacement of over 24.2 million people, more than 1.4 million of
whom are living in Uganda. Studies show that refugees living in Ugandan refugee settlements are at increased ...
Experimental study on the enhanced oil recovery by in situ foam formulation
(Energy Science & Engineering, 2020)
In situ CO2 foams (ISCF) are studied systematically by combining in situ CO2 gas reactants
(carbonate anhydrous, hydrochloric acid) and bio-based surfactant. Sandpack
flooding experiments at 60°C along with PVT experiments ...
Reconstruction of three-dimensional facial geometric features related to fetal alcohol syndrome using adult surrogates
(University of Cape Town, 2020)
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a condition caused by prenatal alcohol exposure. The diagnosis of FAS is based on the presence of central nervous system impairments, evidence of growth abnormalities and abnormal facial ...
Adaptive-size dictionary learning using information theoretic criteria for image reconstruction from undersampled k-space data in low field magnetic resonance imaging
(BMC Medical Imaging, 2020)
Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a safe non-invasive and nonionizing medical imaging modality that is used to visualize the structure of human anatomy. Conventional (high-field) MRI scanners are very expensive ...
Prevalence and correlates of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in rural Uganda: cross-sectional, population-based study
(BMC Geriatrics, 2020)
Abstract
Background: There is a paucity of data on the prevalence and correlates of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence and correlates of ...
Abundanceand impact of Parthenium hysterophorus L., an alien invasive herb on plant species diversity in invaded areas of Queen Elizabeth NationalPark, Uganda
(African Journal of Plant Science, 2020-09-18)
Parthenium hysterophorus is an alien annual herb that aggressively threatens biodiversity of Queen Elizabeth National Park (QENP) in Uganda. Occurrence, abundance and impact of P. hysterophorus on plant species diversity ...
Characterizing the prevalence and contributing factors of sexual violence
(Elsevier, 2020-08-28)
Background: Sexual violence against minors is a global phenomenon with wide-ranging negative
consequences. Global reports suggest that it is a particularly serious issue in East African countries,
although research on ...
Analysis of Teaching Techniques and Scheme of Work in Teaching Chemistry in Rwandan Secondary Schools
(EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020-02-04)
This study aims at determining the effect of the pedagogical technique most frequently used while implementing the competency-based curriculum (CBC) in teaching chemistry in senior two (S2) classes (age range 14-16) and ...
An effort to study the influence of tides on the longitudinal variation of vertical E×B drift over the African sector
(Elsevier Ltd, 2020-06-03)
Meteorological processes such as tides influence ionospheric variability through vertical coupling. For the first time, we have used data from Communication Navigation Outage and Forecasting System (C/NOFS) satellite rom ...