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Temporal variation of colonial nesting waterbirds in eastern Uganda.
(The Institute for Bird Populations, 2014)
The aim of this study was to investigate temporal variations in the
populations of tree nesting colonial waterbirds in eastern Uganda. Counts of
breeding pairs were made during a six year period: 2005 and 2008 to 2012. ...
Grey Crowned Cranes Balearica regulorum in urban areas of Uganda
(SCOPUS, 2015)
The greatest threat to birds in tropical Africa is habitat change; often a result of unsustainable agricultural practices (BirdLife International 2013a) and this certainly applies to Grey Crowned Cranes Balearica regulorum, ...
The challenges of adopting biogas technology as an alternative energy source in Chema and Tegeres sub-counties, Kapchorwa district
(2015)
This study focused on the root causes for low adoption of Biogas technology as an alternative source of renewable energy in forested areas of Uganda. The study was conducted in Kapchorwa District in Mount Elgon Region, ...
Local Community Adaptation to Climate Change: A Case Study of Bushika Sub County; Bududa District. April, 2015.
(2015)
World over, it has been acknowledged that climate change is occurring and accompanied by devastating effects on people livelihoods. This change in climate patterns has resulted into crops failure, landslide, flooding, and ...
Community Adaptation to Diminishing Wood Fuel Resources in Chema Sub County, Kapchorwa District, Uganda.
(2015)
The study was carried out to assess community adaptation to diminishing wood fuel resources in Chema Subcounty; the research was carried out with aim of assessing Community adaptation to diminishing wood fuel resources in ...
On empirical power of univariate normality tests under symmetric, asymmetric, and scaled distributions
(Akamai University, 2017)
The study aims at conducting an empirical comparison of powers of the univariate normality tests under different distributions to obtain their ranking using a Monte-Carlo simulation for large sample sizes. A total of six ...
Utilization and conservation of medicinal plants in Namayonyi sub county, Mbale district, eastern Uganda
(2015)
Medicinal plants are widely used in the treatment of various diseases (Tabuti et al., 2003); and
they have been used for thousands of years in the developing countries (Rajeswara et al., 2012).
This study focused on ...
The Occurence of Waterborne diseases in drinking water in Nakaloke Sub-County, Mbale District Uganda
(2015)
Waterborne Diseases Are The Most Prevalent Infectious Diseases In Developing Countries Especially In The Rural Areas. This Is Primarily Due Lack Of Access To Safe Drinking Water, Inadequate Sanitation And Poor Hygiene. ...
Alternative aeration to improve on the rate of aerobic decomposition of organic fraction of municipal solid waste
(2014)
With increasing population and urbanization in the world over, there is increasing generation of Municipal Solid Wastes. Uganda is one of such areas in the world facing such a challenge. The current Windrow method employed ...
Effects of Industrial Waste on Phytoplankton in Kirinya Bay, Lake Victoria
(Islamic Universiy In Uganda, 2015)
This study investigated effect of industrial waste discharge on phytoplankton diversity and composition. This was done through the analysis of selected physico-chemical parameters of the water and phytoplankton diversity. ...