Sustainability of Paddy Rice Farming in the Conservation of Birds in Uganda Amidst a Growing Expansion of the Rice farming Industry. by Sarah, Nachuha, Twagiramaria, Fortunate

“…However, Doho rice scheme had the highest waterbird diversity (1.05±0.99), followed by Kibimba (0.09±0.05) while Lukaya had the least (0.07±0.02), and the reverse was true for waterbird abundance. …”
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Factors Associated with Male Partner Support During Pregnancy and Child Birth in Kabale District. by Niwarinda, Denesi

“…The study found a significant association between health related factors and support women receive from their male partners (OR=1.16, 95%CI: 1.08 to 1.25, p<0.001). Additionally, contextual / social cultural-related factors were also significantly associated with support women received from their male partners during pregnancy and childbirth (OR=1.19 95%CI: 1.03c to 1.38, p=0.017). …”
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Factors Associated with Male Partner Support During Pregnancy and Child Birth in Kabale District. by Niwarinda, Denesi

“…The study found a significant association between health related factors and support women receive from their male partners (OR=1.16, 95%CI: 1.08 to 1.25, p<0.001). Additionally, contextual / social cultural-related factors were also significantly associated with support women received from their male partners during pregnancy and childbirth (OR=1.19 95%CI: 1.03c to 1.38, p=0.017). …”
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Design and Prototyping of Solar Operated Fertilizer Sprayer. by Nduhura, Whycliffee

“…The most commonly used type by the Ugandan farmers are the knapsack sprayers which have to be carried at the back requiring a lot of physical effort to actuate the lever by one hand at a frequency of 15 to 20 strokes per minute because they are cheap in terms of capital cost. …”
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Partial Replacement of Cement with Sugarcane Waste Ash in Cement Concrete. by Muhindo, Martin

“…The ash was then added in concrete in percentages of 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% by the weight of cement in the mix of 1:2:3 Different physical tests were carried out on the materials that were used i.e., Sand, coarse aggregates and ash which include final and Initial setting time of cement blended.with ash, slump test on fresh concrete and compressive strength test on hardened concrete at different ages of 7, 14 and 28 days of curing. …”
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Pain Assessment Following Open Hemorrhoidectomy Under Local Anesthesia Versus Saddle Block: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. by Sikakulya, Franck Katembo, Ssebuufu, Robinson, Okedi, Xaviour Francis, Baluku, Moris, Lule, Herman, Kiyaka, Sonye Magugu, Kyamanywa, Patrick

“…Results We recruited 58 participants in this study who underwent open hemorrhoidectomy under local anesthesia or saddle block (29 participants per group). The sex ratio was of 1.15 of female to male and a mean age of 39±13. VAS was found to be different at 2 h post-OH compared to other times of pain assessment but not statically significantly by area under the cover (AUC) (95% CI=486–0.773: AUC=0.63; p=0.09) with a significance by Kruskal–Wallis’s test (p:0.925). …”
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Fruit and vegetable intake and mental health among family caregivers of people with dementia in Uganda by Herbert, E. Ainamani, Wilson, M. Bamwerinde, Godfrey, Z. Rukundo, Sam, Tumwesigire, Valence, Mfitumukiza, Everd, Bikaitwoha Maniple, Alexander, C. Tsai

“…Anxiety symptom severity was negatively associated with consumption of green leafy vegetables (b =-12.2; 95% CI, -16.0 to -8.46), root vegetables (b=-12.6; 95% CI, -17.5 to -7.58), and other vegetables (b =-12.7; 95% CI, -17.0 to -8.40), and frequent consumption of vegetables (b =-2.07; 95% CI, -3.84 to -0.29). …”
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Spatial and temporal variations of phytoplankton composition and biomass in Lake Bunyonyi, South‑Western Uganda by Alex, Saturday, Thomas, J. Lyimo, John, Machiwa, Siajali, Pamba

“…The biomass (Chl-a concentration) ranged from 0.019 ± 0.009 mg/L at Heissesero station to 0.045 ± 0.013 mg/L obtained at Nyombe station. …”
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Pesticide application and water quality in Doho and Kibimba rice irrigation schemes, eastern Uganda by Sulaiman, Abubakar Aminua, Sarah, Nachuha, Zakia, Tebetyoc

“…Results showed that there were significant spatial differences in all the physical chemical properties of water in Doho Rice Scheme (P<0.05), while significant spatial variations were recorded for only pH, temperature at Kibimba rice scheme (P<0.05). …”
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