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2025 College of Education, Open and Distance Learning

TEACHER’S TEACHING EXPERIENCE DURING COVID-19: A CASE STUDY OF KAMPALA DISTRICT, UGANDA

Olubusayo Victor Fakuade, Ademola Olatide Olaniyan, Kanyana Ruth, Nasasira Jossy & Oluwadamilare Peter Jegede

2025 | KIU Interdisciplinary Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences | Pp. 244-252

The advent of COVID-19 posed a great challenge to teaching-learning process across the various educational system globally. The pedagogical challenge was characterized with many issues as regards teachers, students, parents and various stakeholders. This stud...

2025 Faculty of Business and Management

Strengthened Shareholders' Rights, Increased Risk: The Paradox of Rising Non-Performing Loans in Ugandan Commercial Banks

Muniru Sewanyina, David Nyambane, Michael Manyange, Sunday Arthur

2025 | F1000 Research | Pp. 1-12

Background The surge in non-performing loans (NPLs) critically threatens the stability of commercial banks, especially in developing economies. Corporate governance is widely seen as a key mitigating factor. However, the specific mechanisms and causal pathway...

2025 Faculty of Biomedical Sciences

RNA-based diagnostic innovations: A new frontier in diabetes diagnosis and management

Esther Ugo Alum, Ernest Nnamdi Ikpozu, Christian Emeka Offor, Ikechuku Okorie Igwenyi, Israel Olusegun Obaroh, Udu Ama Ibiam and Chris U. A. Ukaidi

2025 | Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research | Pp. 1-16

AbstractBackground/Objective: Diabetes mellitus (DM) remains a major global health challenge due to its chronic natureand associated complications. Traditional diagnostic approaches, though effective, often lack the sensitivity requiredfor early-stage detecti...

2025 School of Pharmacy

Prevalence and Predictors of Cognitive Decline Among Diabetes Mellitus Patients Attending Jinja Regional Referral Hospital: A Cross‐Sectional Study in Eastern Uganda

Jasper Silver Makasi, Narayana Goruntla, Bhavana Reddy Bommireddy, Bhavani Mopuri, Easwaran Vigneshwaran, Mohammad Jaffar Sadiq Mantargi, Vishnuvandana Bandaru, Joseph Obiezu Chukwujekwu Ezeonwumelu, Tadele Mekuriya Yadesa

2025 | Health Science Reports | Pp. 1-13

Background and Aims: The burden of cognitive impairment (CI) is high in diabetes mellitus. CI can adversely affect the selfcare and management of diabetes, which results in an increase in the risk of hypo‐ or hyperglycaemic events and diabeticcomplications. T...

2025 Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry

Predictors of morbidity and mortality among elderly patients undergoing emergency exploratory laparotomy at regional referral hospitals in Uganda: a multi-centre prospective study.

Anthony Kagim, Ogbu E Ngim, Yakubu Sunday Bot, Isaac Edyedu, Grace Robert Iga, Theoneste Hakizimana, Joshua Muhumuza

2025 | Article in Press | Pp. 1-33

Background: Elderly patients commonly pose a significant challenge, mainly in emergency settings where the time to optimize the high-risk patient with other associated co-morbidities is inadequate, which predisposes these patients to a number of complications...

2025 Faculty of Biomedical Sciences

PHF5, a poly-herbal formulation with antidiabetic potential: in vitro and in silico investigation on HepG2 Cells via PKB/Akt and AMPK pathways

Simeon Ikechukwu Egba, Gavin Chibundu Ikechukwu, Humphrey Chukwudi Omeoga, Emmanuel Nnaemeka Uhuo, Raymond Chigozie Ibeh, Polycarp Nnacheta Okafor and Patricia Etuna Mbah

2025 | Applied Biological Chemistry | Pp. 1-14

Background Amidst the rising global prevalence of diabetes, exploring novel anti-diabetic agents remains a crucial endeavor. This study investigated the biochemical mechanism of action of a poly-herbal formulation (PHF5) on HepG2 cell lines as well as molecul...

2025 School of Mathematics and Computing

Optimal Staffing Models in Dynamic Organizations: A Renewal-Theoretic Approach to Manpower Planning with Stochastic Employee Turnover

Anumolu Goparaju, Subash Chandrabose Gandhi

2025 | Metropolitan Journal Of Academic Multidisciplinary Research | Pp. 320-329

The paper includes a stochastic model of the optimal manpower planning in dynamic organizational systems based on the renewal theory of employee turnover. We come up with a multi-level hierarchical staffing model, which involves random departure times, replac...

2025 Faculty of Business and Management

Non-Performing Loans of Commercial Banks: A Review

Sewanyina Muniru, Nyambane David, Ongesa Tom and Manyange Michael

2025 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (NIJCRHSS) | Pp. 82-85

This literature review delves into non-performing loans (NPLs), focusing on their underlying causes, the effects they have on commercial banks, and various management strategies. By synthesizing insights from over 20 years of research, the review highlights h...

2025 School of Mathematics and Computing

Modeling The Non-Linear Effects Of Government Expenditure Components On Economic Growth In Uganda

Robert Musinguzi, Anumolu Goparaju, Lekia Nkpordee

2025 | Metropolitan Journal Of Academic Multidisciplinary Research | Pp. 200-223

The study sought to model the Non-Linear Effects of Government Expenditure Components on Economic Growth in Uganda. The specific objective of this study was to examine the relationship between capital expenditures and economic growth in Uganda. Using a combin...

2025 Faculty of Biomedical Sciences

Mitochondrial stress bridge: Could muscle-derived extracellular vesicles be the missing link between sarcopenia, insulin resistance, and chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity?

Okechukwu Paul-Chima Ugwu, Fabian C. Ogenyi, Chinyere Nneoma Ugwu, Mariam Basajja and Michael Ben Okon

2025 | Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy | Pp. 118814

Sarcopenia is currently considered a systemic condition that goes beyond muscle atrophy to include multifunctional metabolic and cardiovascular dysfunction. The mediators between skeletal muscle loss and entire body insulin resistance and increased vulnerabil...