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Tentative qualitative and quantitative analysis of phenolic compounds in leaf extract from Carica papaya Linn. plant growing in Uganda
(Sciendo, 2021)
Introduction: Carica papaya L. belongs to Caricaceae family. It is an evergreen tree or shrub with usually unbranched trunk. Previous studies on the methanolic leaf extract of this plant proved the antibacterial, ...
Loading and mobility of faecal and chemical contaminants to shallow groundwater: evidence from Lukaya Town, Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-07)
Shallow groundwater and on-site sanitation systems (OSS) feature centrally in most low income countries pursuing United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) by 2030. This study assessed the shallow hydrogeological ...
Ethnobotany, Nutritional Value and Floristic Diversity of Wild Edible Plants in selected Central Forest Reserves of North Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-10-17)
Food insecurity and biodiversity loss are some of the global challenges articulated in the Sustainable Development Goals. In Uganda, the North Eastern region is arguably the most food insecure and less botanically surveyed ...
Substitution of Mukene (Rastreneobola argentea) Protein with Blue bottle fly (Calliphora vomitoria) protein in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) diets
(Makerere University, 2022-10)
A feeding trial was conducted at the Aquaculture Research and Development Center, in
Kajjansi, Kampala, Uganda, between January 2017 and July 2017, to assess growth
performance, feed utilization efficiency and hematology ...
Human-based parasites and enterobacteria carried by cockroaches (ORDER: BLATTODEA) in households of Wakiso District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-05-07)
Cockroaches are insects, with both structural and behavioural adaptations including chewing mouth parts, brown to black colouration, nocturnal habit, high reproductive potential and occupation of insanitary habitats. These ...
Interpretation of structural domains beneath Lake Edward- George basin, Southern Uganda from seismic data
(Makerere University, 2022-05-10)
The recent oil and gas discoveries in Uganda particularly in the Albertine Graben have made the country one of the economically potential hydrocarbon provinces in the world thus causing an increased exploration of new areas ...
Y-chromosome genotyping of the Balamogi, the Bagwere and the Banyole of Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-06-21)
Uganda is an important place to study the genetic diversity of humans due to the existence of ethnically, linguistically and geographically diverse contemporary populations. Populations in Uganda speak languages that belong ...
The Morphic property in modules and near-rings
(2022-08-22)
We introduce and study weakly-morphic modules and their properties. In particular, we show that a finitely generated $\Bbb Z$-module is weakly-morphic if and only if it is finite. Hence a finitely generated Abelian ...
Analysis of x-ray characteristics of narrow line Seyfert 1 Galaxies from nuclear spectroscopic telescope array data
(Makerere University, 2022)
Narrow line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies are among the most variable active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the sky. Hard X-ray spectral and timing analysis of two of these galaxies, NGC 4051 and ARK 564, using NuSTAR data is ...
Occurence and characterisation of root rot fungi infecting common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in Rubirizi District, South-Western Uganda.
(Makerere University., 2022-06-22)
Beans are intensively grown in south western Uganda and are the second most important source of dietary proteins. Of the production constraints, Bean root rot is the most serious disease, causing total (100%) field loses ...