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A research report submitted to the Institute of Open and Distance Learning in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Bachelor of Education in Special Needs of Kampala International University

Drastic enrolment, a product of accessing and promoting equity education poses challenges to achieving the Millennium Development Goal of achieving universal primary education. Generally, literature on high enrolment and its impact on headteachers’ efficiency to plan school activities appear scanty in sub-Saharan African countries. The aim of this study therefore was to assess the impact of Universal Primary Education enrolment and how it affects headteachers’ efficiency in planning school...

A Research Report Submitted To The Institute Of Open And Distance Learning In Partial Fulfillment The Requirements For The Award Of The Bachelor Of Degree In Primary Education (SNE) Of Kampala International University.

Activation of I Kr Impairs Conduction. Introduction : The hERG (Kv11.1) potassium channel underlies cardiac I Kr and is important for cardiac repolarization. Recently, hERG agonists have emerged as potential antiarrhythmic drugs. As modulation of outward potassium currents has been suggested to modulate cardiac conduction, we tested the hypothesis that pharmacological activation of I Kr results in impaired cardiac conduction. Methods and Results: Cardiac conduction was assessed in...

This monograph examines the history and politics of educational reform in Ghana, focusing on the issue of access to basic education in the post-colonial period. The monograph employs data from a series of interviews conducted with senior policy-makers, implementers and researchers, as well as drawing on documentary sources, to explore the drivers and inhibitors of change at the political, bureaucratic and grass-roots levels. It describes the patterns of change in relation to enrolment and...

A research report submitted to the Institute of Open and Distance Learning in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Award of the Bachelor of education in early childhood and primary education of Kampala International University

Climate change has added a new layer to the existing challenges in Africa that adaptation is high on the development agenda. Adaptation is necessary to build resilience of cities’ response to climate change. Inland, coastal and mountainous cities face different climate risks ranging from storm surges, droughts, excessive rainfall, heat waves and cold waves. The impacts also range from flooding, storm surges, water scarcity and landslides. The urgency of climate change adaptation promises to...

Climate change has added a new layer to the existing challenges in Africa that adaptation is high on the development agenda. Adaptation is necessary to build resilience of cities’ response to climate change. Inland, coastal and mountainous cities face different climate risks ranging from storm surges, droughts, excessive rainfall, heat waves and cold waves. The impacts also range from flooding, storm surges, water scarcity and landslides. The urgency of climate change adaptation promises to...

Climate change has added a new layer to the existing challenges in Africa that adaptation is high on the development agenda. Adaptation is necessary to build resilience of cities’ response to climate change. Inland, coastal and mountainous cities face different climate risks ranging from storm surges, droughts, excessive rainfall, heat waves and cold waves. The impacts also range from flooding, storm surges, water scarcity and landslides. The urgency of climate change adaptation promises to...

Climate change has added a new layer to the existing challenges in Africa that adaptation is high on the development agenda. Adaptation is necessary to build resilience of cities’ response to climate change. Inland, coastal and mountainous cities face different climate risks ranging from storm surges, droughts, excessive rainfall, heat waves and cold waves. The impacts also range from flooding, storm surges, water scarcity and landslides. The urgency of climate change adaptation promises to...

Climate change has added a new layer to the existing challenges in Africa that adaptation is high on the development agenda. Adaptation is necessary to build resilience of cities’ response to climate change. Inland, coastal and mountainous cities face different climate risks ranging from storm surges, droughts, excessive rainfall, heat waves and cold waves. The impacts also range from flooding, storm surges, water scarcity and landslides. The urgency of climate change adaptation promises to...

PROJECT GOAL: To adapt a successful Canadian health-promoting school initiative to a Ugandan context through international partnership.Rural children face many health challenges worldwide; health professionals in training understand these better through community-based learning. Aboriginal leaders in a Canadian First-Nations community identified poor oral health as a child health issue with major long-term societal impact and intervened successfully with university partners through a...

Aim: To assess dental caries prevalence in adolescents at urban and sub-urban areas of Maputo-City, Mozambique and to identify its relationship with dental fluorosis, dental plaque, nutritional status, frequency of sugar consumption and the concentration of fluoride in public water supply. Methods: Subjects (n=601) were randomly selected from five urban schools and five sub-urban schools. Clinical examinations were performed under standardised conditions by a trained examiner using DMFT...

Although several studies have emphasized the relevance of community level variables to AIDS prevention among young people in sub-Saharan Africa, few have tested the empirical connections between such variables and sexual behaviors. Using data from 3645 sexually experienced grade 6 and 7 students from 160 schools, modeled on Fisher and Fisher's information-motivation-behavioral skills (IMB) model (2000, 1993) and Campbell's identification of community influences (2003), this study applies...

The Ectonucleotide Pyrophosphatase Phosphodiesterasel (ENPP1) polymorphisms have been associated with metabolic traits. There is no data on the effect of ENPP1 in South African children or adults.To investigate the role of K121Q (rs1044498), rs997509 and rs9402349 in obesity and other components of the metabolic syndrome.A case-control study.Sixty four obese and 64 lean mixed ancestry learners.Western Cape, South Africa.The ENPP1 rs997509T allele is independently associated with obesity in...

In this study, the authors examined the racial and gender gap in the academic development of African American and White children from kindergarten to 5th grade. Their main goal was to determine the extent to which social and behavioral factors, including learning-related skills, problem behaviors, and interpersonal skills, explain these gaps and shed light on the academic difficulties specifically experienced by African American boys. The authors utilized the Early Childhood Longitudinal...