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Antibacterial activity of hibiscus sabdariffa against urinary tract infecting bacteria
(Makerere University, 2022-03-02)
There have been several reports on the antimicrobial activity of different herbal extracts. Medicinal plants are believed to be the best source for obtaining a variety of drugs. Hibiscus sabdariffa L. is a medicinal plant ...
The activity of CENTELLA ASIATICA extract against STAPHYLOCOCCUS Epidermidis.
(Makerere University, 2022)
Staphylococcus epidermidis with the highest percentage has the prominent role among coagulase-negative Staphylococci that is the most important reason of clinical infections and this is due to various virulence factors and ...
Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus in Fresh Nile perch (Lates niloticus) handling at Kasenyi and Ggaba Landing Sites
(Makerere University, 2022-03-14)
A study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus on fresh Nile perch handled from Kasenyi and Ggaba landing sites. A total of 150 Nile perch skin swab samples were obtained from 15 sampled fishers ...
A report on the sedimentary history, stratigraphic analysis, basin fill and structural interpretation of the Semliki Basin in the Albertine Graben in relation to its hydrocarbon accumulation
(Makerere University, 2022-01)
The Albertine Graben is one of the most petroliferous onshore rifts in Africa. It forms the northern most termination of the western arm of the East African Rift System. Its surface exposures were first studied by Wayland ...
Production of fuel briquettes from banana stems for use as cooking fuel
(Makerere University, 2022-03-16)
The study was aimed at evaluating the potential of producing fuel briquettes from banana pseudo stems as an alternative cooking fuel in Uganda. The primary objective of this work was to produce fuel briquettes from banana ...
Semliki Basin field study report
(Makerere University, 2022-03-18)
This report gives a detail of fieldwork activities carried out from 22th July to 01 August 2019 within the Semliki basin in Albertine graben. The fieldwork was carried out in areas of Kichwamba, behind Kisegi hill at the ...
Effect of AZOLLA weed on water quality in ponds at Ssenya fish farm
(Makerere University, 2022-03-21)
In extensive and sub-intensive fish farming systems aquatic, macrophytes Azollahighly depended on as major or supplemental feeds for fish due to its protein content. In ponds however in fern results into water quality ...
Feeding ecology of olive baboons (Papio anubis) in Kibale National Park, Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2022)
Baboons (genus Papio) are one of the most studied primates but with most studies being on baboons in Savannah habitats while little is known about baboon ecology in forests. Baboons are ecologically flexible and generalist ...
Impact of Lantana camara on native vegetation structure and diversity of Kakiika, Mbarara, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-03-23)
Lantana camara has been spreading in Kakiika with little assessment and control which was posing threat to the area’s biodiversity. Using transects and plot sampling techniques, the impact of this notorious weed on the ...
Relevance of indigenous Knowledge to conservation of plant and animal species in Busiriba subcounty Kamwenge district
(Makerere University, 2022-03)
Indigenous and local knowledge in East Africa has been previously ignored and neglected in the management of natural resources and biodiversity conservation. Yet local communities possess key knowledge and skills pertinent ...