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Prevalence, Treatment Outcomes and Factors Associated with Upper-Gastrointestinal Bleeding Among Adult In-Patients Receiving Care in Amolatar District.
(Lira University, 2023)Background: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a very prevalent condition and its prevalence in Uganda is about 20.3%. Many studies have not yet identified prevalence, treatment outcome and factors associated with upper ... -
Pre‑hospital exposures to antibiotics among children presenting with fever in northern Uganda: a facility‑based cross‑sectional study
(BMC Pediatrics, 2022)Abstract Background: The rise in the indiscriminate use of antibiotics has become a major global public health problem and presents the biggest global health challenge in the twenty-first century. In developing countries, ... -
Pricing Strategy and Market Performance of Vegetable Oil Companies in Lira City East Division
(Lira University., 2023)Background: This study investigated the effect of pricing strategies n market performance of vegetable oil companies in Lira City East Division. The specific objectives of the study were to determine the effects of value-based ... -
Procurement Audit and procurement compliance in local governments: a case study of Butaleja District Local Government
(Lira University, 2022)Background: The main purpose of the study was to examine the contribution of procurement audit in enhancing procurement compliance in Butaleja District local government. Specifically, the study looked at the specific ... -
Procurement Management Practices and Service Delivery in District Local Governments: A Case of Butaleja District
(Lira University, 2022)Background: The purpose of this study was to assess procurement management practices and service delivery in Butaleja DLG. This result examines the nature of the effect of planning in the procurement relative to the quality ... -
Procurement Planning and Value for Money in Local Governments in Uganda: A Case of Apac District Local Government
(Lira University, 2022)Background: Local Governments in Uganda currently face significant challenges in procurement and value for money due to improper procurement planning. The contribution of procurement planning in attaining value for money ... -
Procurement Process and Performance of Construction Projects in Local Governments: A Case of Kole District Local Government
(Lira University, 2022)Background: The main purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between procurement process and construction project performance in local governments, a case of Kole District Local Government. It was to assess ... -
Procurement Process Management and Contract Performance. Case Study: Kotido District Local Government
(Lira University, 2021)The main objective of the study was to determine the effect of procurement process Management on the contract’s performance in building construction work, Kotido District Local Government. The study was conducted on ... -
Professor’s Optimal Workload Problem and His Remunerations: A General Solution from Lagrangian Function
(International Journal of Business, Humanities and Technology, 2020)The author proposed a general solution to professor’s optimal workload by using Lagrange method. University Management is treated as a utility maximizer, whose objective is to efficiently utilize professor’s teaching hours ... -
Promoting Psychiatry in the medical school: "The case of Uganda"
(Psychiatry Bulletin, 2002)Uganda has a rich history of medical education Odonga, 1989) that was severely harmed by the rise of Idi Amin and the years of internal strife. It is only over recent years that the country has begun to rebuild itself ... -
Prophylactic antibiotics to reduce pelvic infection in women having miscarriage surgery – The AIMS (Antibiotics in Miscarriage Surgery) trial: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
(Trials, 2018)Abstract Background: The estimated annual global burden of miscarriage is 33 million out of 210 million pregnancies. Many women undergoing miscarriage have surgery to remove pregnancy tissues, resulting in miscarriage ... -
Prostatic Specific Antigen (PSA) Relationship to Patient Age, Prostate Volume and Prostate Histology at St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor,
(East and Central African Journal of Surgery, 2014)The use of PSA for the diagnosis of cancer prostate has remained controversial as well as unreliable because many factors affect PSA levels. Included amongst the many factors that can increase PSA level are riding bicycle, ... -
The Psychological Impact of War and Abduction on Children in Northern Uganda: A Review
(International Journal of Mental Health and Psychiatry, 2015)In more than two decades northern Uganda was affected by the war between the government and the LRA. Children were abducted and affected during the war, but what is the psychological and social impact of war on the children? ... -
Public Finance Reforms and Service Delivery in Lira District Local Government
(Lira University, 2022)Background: The study sought to examine the relationship between public finance reforms and service delivery in Lira District Local government. The study sought to establish whether all three constructs of independent ... -
Public Financial Management Reforms and Service Delivery in Lira District Local Government.
(Lira University, 2022)Background: The Study was to examine the effect of Public Financial Management Reforms on Delivery of Services in Lira District Local Government. Despite these PSRP initiative with good intention, performance crisis, ... -
Public service delivery in Uganda: a reconsideration of grand corruption
(Dynamics of Politics and Democracy, 2021)Purpose: This review intends to ascertain and analyse available literature for the degree of corruption in the Ugandan public organisations and how they can be enhanced to get rid of corruption. Research methodology: ... -
Pyramiding Fusarium root rot resistance genes and validation of SSR PVBR87 in common bean
(RUFORUM, 2010)This study determined effectiveness of pyramided Fusarium root rot (FRR) resistance genes and validated association of SSR PVBR87 marker with FRR resistance in common bean. A double cross (DC) involving four resistance ... -
QTL-seq for the identification of candidate genes for days to flowering and leaf shape in pigeonpea
(Heredity, 2022)To identify genomic segments associated with days to flowering (DF) and leaf shape in pigeonpea, QTL-seq approach has been used in the present study. Genome-wide SNP profiling of extreme phenotypic bulks was conducted for ... -
Qualitative study on stigma as a barrier to emergency contraceptive pill use among university students in the Lango subregion, Uganda
(BMJ Open, 2024)Objective The aim of the current study was twofold: to understand the nature and extent of stigma and to learn the reasons behind the decision not to use emergency contraceptive pills among university students in the ...