IUIU Research Repository: Recent submissions
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Self-perceived assessment competencies and practices among university lecturers
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the lecturers’ self-perceived competencies and practices in assessing students. Design/methodology/approach – An Assessment Practices Inventory Modified was administered ... -
Factors Influencing Assessment Practices among University Academic Staff: A Multiple Regression Analysis
(Mevlana International Journal of Education, 2014)This study investigated the factors influencing assessment practices among academic staff in universities, in Uganda. Academic levels, type of the university, specialisation, class size, and assessment-based training were ... -
Education Dualism and Secularism: An Integrated Education Approach to the Education System in Uganda
(EDUCARE: International Journal for Educational Studies, 2013)Dualism in education is not good for Muslim education and an integrated curriculum should be opted in order to resist secularism in Muslim communities. The purpose of this paper was to underscore the rapid spread of ... -
Distance education in Uganda: issues, opportunities, and challenges
(OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development, 2012)This article addresses how distance education has enabled universities in Uganda to extend their educational services beyond their boundaries to student who are not on campus. This has increased on universities’ ... -
Assessment Practices in the Developing World: Predictors of Assessment Practices in Ugandan Institutions of Higher Learning
(IIUM Journal of educational studies, 2015)This study analysed the predictors of assessment practices employed by faculty at selected institutions in Uganda. An Assessment Practices Inventory Modified (APIM) scale was distributed to a sample of 350 academic staff ... -
Academic Self-Concept and Academic Achievement among University Students
(International Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 2012)The purpose this study was to investigate academic self-concept and academic achievement among university students. The academic self-concept information among university students was collected using the Liu and Wang (2005) ... -
A Structural Equation Modelling of the Academic Self-Concept Scale
(International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2014)The study aimed at validating the academic self-concept scale by Liu and Wang (2005) in measuring academic self-concept among university students. Structural equation modelling was used to validate the scale which was ... -
Polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum Chloroquine Resistance Transporter and Multidrug Resistance 1 Genes: Parasite Risk Factors that Affect Treatment Outcomes for P. falciparum Malaria after Artemether-Lumefantrine and Artesunate-Amodiaquine
(2014)Adequate clinical and parasitologic cure by artemisinin combination therapies relies on the artemisinin component and the partner drug. Polymorphisms in the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter ( pfcrt) ... -
Differences in affinity of monoclonal and naturally acquired polyclonal antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum merozoite antigens
(2015)Background: Malaria is a major global cause of deaths and a vaccine is urgently needed. Results: We have employed the P. falciparum merozoite antigens MSP2-3D7/FC27 and AMA1, used them in ELISA, and coupled them in ... -
The crime of arson in Organisations and its strategic implications for education managers in Uganda
(African Higher Education Research Online, 2008)The prevalence of arson in different settings both in developed and developing countries is explored in this article. While this crime has different dimensions in terms of motive and consequences as it is discussed, there ... -
Parasite Specific Antibody Increase Induced by an Episode of Acute P. falciparum Uncomplicated Malaria
(2015)Introduction There is no approved vaccine for malaria, and precisely how human antibody responses to malaria parasite components and potential vaccine molecules are developed and maintained remains poorly defined. In ... -
Malariometric indices from Iganga, Uganda: baseline characterization in preparation of GMZ2 vaccine trial
(2014)Background: Malaria still remains the leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in Uganda. Interventions like malaria vaccines which reduce the malaria burden are needed in malaria endemic communities. There is ... -
Development of Plasmodium falciparum specific naïve, atypical, memory and plasma B cells during infancy and in adults in an endemic area
(Bio Med Central, 2017)Background: B-cells are essential in immunity against malaria, but which sub-sets of B-cells specifically recognize Plasmodium falciparum and when they appear is still largely unknown. Results: Using the flow cytometry ... -
Frequency of RANTES gene polymorphisms and their association with incidence of malaria: a longitudinal study on children in Iganga district, Uganda
(Bio Med Central, 2015)Background: The severity and outcome of malaria is influenced by host immunity in which chemokines such as Regulated upon Activation, Normal T cell Expressed and Secreted (RANTES) play an important role. Previous studies show ... -
Novel flow cytometry technique for detection of Plasmodium falciparum specific B‑cells in humans: increased levels of specific B‑cells in ongoing infection
(Malaria Journal, 2015)Background: Malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum is still a major health threat in endemic areas especially for children below 5 years of age. While it is recognized that antibody immunity plays an important role in ... -
Prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and its association with Plasmodium falciparum infection among children in Iganga distric in Uganda
(Biomed central, 2014)Background: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is a metabolic enzyme involved in the pentose phosphate pathway, its especially important in red blood cell metabolism. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency is ... -
An analysis into the effectiveness of financial control under decentralization in Sironko district, Uganda
(2007)The study was carried out after the realization of the fact that in spite of all the regulations and institutions put in place to manage and control resources, many complaints arise and reports of impropriety are evidently ... -
An evaluation of the performance of decentralization policy in Busoba Sub County, Mbale District
(2007)This study is an Evaluation of the Decentralization policy in Busoba Sub county Mbale district. The study was to establish: 1. If real power has been transferred to lower local councils. 2. Find out the extent to which ... -
Local revenue generation – a key challenge in the implementation of the decentralization policy in Bungokho County, Mbale District
(2007)The study was about local revenue generation as a key challenge to the implementation of the decentralization policy in Bungokho County in Mbale district. The set objective were: i. To establish the problems in local ... -
An assessment of the national agricultural advisory services (NAADS): a reference to local chicken production in poverty reeducations in Tororo District
(2008)The research was about an Assessment of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADs): A Reference to Local chicken Production in Poverty Reeducations in Tororo District. The specific objectives were to determine the ...
