Mbarara University of Science and Technology Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Stroke Recurrence Rate and Risk Factors Among Stroke Survivors in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review
(Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2024)Purpose: Evidence supporting secondary stroke in sub-Saharan Africa is scarce. This study describes the incidence of stroke recurrence and associated risk factors in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods and Materials: Scientific ... -
Increasing access to business incubation services for cottage start-ups to promote inclusive entrepreneurship in Southwest Uganda
(Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies,, 2024)In the last 30 years, Uganda has grappled with rising unemployment, notably impacting small businesses, with 85% failing within the first five years. This trend is pronounced in the cottage industry, where 46% of businesses ... -
CNS Cryptococcoma in an Immunocompetent Adult from a Low Resource Setting: An Illustrative Case Report
(Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2023)Purpose: Cryptococcal infection in the Central Nervous System (CNS) is frequently seen in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients and others with low immunity. CNS cryptococcoma in immunocompetent patients is rare. We ... -
Does Investment in Human Capital Offset Oil Dependence? Unveiling the Drivers of Unemployment in Uganda
(Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, 2024)This study explored the impact of human capital development on unemployment in Uganda. Employing a Vector Auto Regression (VAR) model informed by the Neoclassical growth theory, the research analyzed the relationship between ... -
Factor Input Prices and Unemployment in Uganda
(Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, 2024)Examining the impact of input costs on unemployment in Uganda, this study employed an ARDL model based on the Efficiency Wage Theory. Analyzing annual data from 1987 to 2019 and controlling for economic size and currency ... -
Human Capital Development and Unemployment in Uganda: The Keynesian Theory of Unemployment in Perspective
(Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, 2024)This study delves into the dynamic relationship between human capital development and unemployment in Uganda, employing a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) to analyze time series data on education and health expenditures ... -
Instructors and Students’ Practices and Behaviours during a Quantum Physics class at the University of Rwanda: Exploring the Usage of Multimedia
(International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 2022)This study was aimed at exploring the usage of multimedia during a quantum physics class. Five instructors and 385 undergraduate students at the University of Rwanda, College of Education (UR-CE) were observed and surveyed. ... -
Assessment of self-efficacy beliefs and academic performance for sources and implications in high and low achieving secondary schools in Mbarara district, Uganda
(International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 2020)The major purpose of the study was to assess the relationship between self-efficacy beliefs and academic performance between high and low achieving secondary schools in Mbarara District. The study also explored the sources ... -
Accent and Ugandan Students’ Comprehension of Mathematical Concepts and Terms: An Experimental Study.
(African Journal of Teacher Education, 2020)The embrace of diversity and multiculturalism in education facilitates the broadening of students’ experiences as they engage with teachers and classmates from backgrounds different than their own. However, while the ... -
Dataset for measuring the conceptual understanding of optics in Rwanda
(F1000Research, 2022)This dataset is an accumulation of data collected to test Rwandan physics students’ conceptual understanding of light phenomena and to assess instructional tools for active learning of optics. We collected and analysed ... -
Effect of problem-based learning on students’ attitude towards learning physics- a cohort study
(F1000Research, 2022)Background: Attitude is a learning scale that informs which approach should be used to call students to school. It can be seen a supporting tool that informs teachers, policymakers, and researchers of the needs for raising ... -
The Influence of School Culture Adoption on the Performance of Teachers in Secondary Schools in Mbarara Municipality
(Asian Education, 2023)The study aims at establishing the level of school culture adoption, level of performance of teachers and the relationship between school culture adoption and performance of teachers in secondary schools in Mbarara ... -
Can citizen scientists provide a reliable geo-hydrological hazard inventory? An analysis of biases, sensitivity and precision for the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda
(Environmental Research Letters, 2022)Spatio-temporal inventory of natural hazards is a challenging task especially in rural or remote areas in the Global South where data collection at regional scale is difficult. Citizen science, i.e. involvement of no-experts ... -
Fruit Phenology of Tree Species and Chimpanzees’ Choice of Consumption in Kalinzu Forest Reserve, Uganda
(Open Journal of Ecology, 2015)One hundred and eighteen (118) tree species were identified, among which 58 species produced fruit within the two-year study. Fruit of only 26.3% of the latter is eaten by chimpanzees. The consumption of each of these ... -
Dietary diversity among women of reproductive age (15-49 years): implication for folate deficiency in Mbarara district, Uganda
(International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 2019)Background: Understanding dietary diversity of women of reproductive age (WRA) is vital for better nutritional interventions of their health and that of unborn. Most diets consumed are macronutrient dense which leads to ... -
Characterization of Antibiotic Resistance in Select Tertiary Hospitals in Uganda: An Evaluation of 2020 to 2023 Routine Surveillance Data
(Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2024)Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a public health concern in Uganda. We sought to conduct an extended profiling of AMR burden at selected Ugandan tertiary hospitals. We analyzed routine surveillance data collected between ... -
Can Governance in Revenue Sharing Be a Pathway for a Win-win Situation between People’s Livelihood Improvement and Conservation?
(Journal of Social Science Research, 2015)This paper establishes the importance of good governance in improving local livelihoods and support for conservation. The study uses empirical realities from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, an afromontane Gorilla sanctuary ... -
A scientometric review of multimedia in teaching and learning of physics
(International Journal on Math, Science and Technology Education, 2022)A subject of physics includes various complex and sophisticated concepts that pose a challenge for both instructors to teach and students to grasp the clarity in the subject. Many researchers have discussed this challenge ... -
Exploring the impact of Stein et al.’s levels of cognitive demand in supporting students’ mathematics heuristic problem-solving abilities
(In Frontiers in Education, 2023)The present study explored the impact of Stein et al.’s levels of cognitive demand (LCD) on evaluation and instructional methods in applying the knowledge of equations and inequalities to learn the topic of linear programming ... -
Enhancing the Learning of Limits of Functions Using Multiple Representations
(Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 2023)This is an exploratory study considering instructional methods in mathematics education. The study examined misconceptions arising from selected assignments undertaken by sixty-five students. The students were attending a ...