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Forest resilience and tipping points at different spatio-temporal scales: approaches and challenges
(Journal of Ecology, 2015)
1. Anthropogenic global change compromises forest resilience, with profound impacts to ecosystem
functions and services. This synthesis paper reflects on the current understanding of forest resilience
and potential tipping ...
Analysing the effect of English language proficiency on Councillor involvement in local council discussions in Uganda
(Loyola Journal of Social Sciences, 2015)
Within most local governments in Uganda, annual assessments suggest that councillor involvement in council sessions has suffered from remarkable set-backs, and remains inadequate. Low involvement in council sessions is ...
Citizen Participation and Policy Formulation: A Study of Bottom-up, Top-down, and Horizontal Scenarios in Local Councils in Western Uganda
(Administratio Publica, 2015)
Abstract
This article reports on research that aimed at assessing the contribution of citizen participation in policy formulation in Western Uganda. The central thesis statement was that “citizen participation has no ...
The relationship between voters’ behaviour and electoral aggression in Uganda: a case of mid-western Uganda
(2015)
This investigation aimed to appraise election aggression and voter behaviour in Uganda. The rule of the thumb was used to draw the sample for the study. Copies of structured questionnaires were administered to the respondents ...
Therapists’ Past Traumatic Experiences, Compassion Fatigue and the Consequent Work Performance: A Case of Professional Therapists in Eldoret, Kenya
(International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 2015)
This study aimed at establishing the impact of past traumatic experiences on the performance of professional therapists drawn from a group of professional therapists (N=84) working in Eldoret, Kenya. A simple random sampling ...
Burnout Levels among Professional Counselors in Butabika and Mulago National Referral Hospitals in Uganda
(American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences (ASRJETS), 2015)
Counseling profession places unique demands on care-providers and has negative consequences. This study explored prevalence of burnout and its preventive measures among professional counselors in Butabika and Mulago national ...
A case of Shapiro’s Syndrome in an African young man
(Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2015)
Shapiro’s syndrome is a rare congenital neurological disease characterized by episodes of excessive sweating and
hypothermia, and by complete/partial agenesis of the corpus callosum. We report an 18 year-old male who was ...
Impaired renal function and associated risk factors in newly diagnosed HIV-infected adults in Gulu Hospital, Northern Uganda
(BMC nephrology, 2015)
Background: Screening for renal diseases should be performed at the time of diagnosis of human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) infection. Despite the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Northern Uganda, little is known about the ...
ICD-11 Trauma Questionnaires for PTSD and Complex PTSD: Validation among Civilians and Former Abducted Children in Northern Uganda
(Journal of Psychiatry, 2015)
Abstract
Objectives: ICD-11 is expected to introduce a new diagnosis of C-PTSD, along with a revision of the current
PTSD diagnosis. Are the suggested diagnostic tools for PTSD and C-PTSD valid in a developing country?
Method: ...
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? ...