Natural & Applied Sciences

Natural & Applied Sciences Research Papers/Topics

Photography as A Tool for Teaching in an ELearning Environment A Case Study of Cornerstone Training Institute

B-learning represents an innovative shift in the field of learning, providing rapid access to specific knowledge and information. It offers online instruction that can be delivered anytime and anywhere through a wide range of electronic learning solutions such as Web-based courseware, online discussion groups, live virtual classes, video and audio streaming, Web chat, online simulations, and virtual mentoring. The aim of this research was to investigate the feasibility, effectiveness and viab...

Unemployment and Economic Development in Uganda

The study was carried out to investigate the effect of unemployment and inflation on economic development in Uganda. The major objective of the study was to examine the effect of unemployment on economic development in Uganda period from 1991 — 2017. The specific objectives were to examine the trend of unemployment in Uganda, to examine the level of economic development and to estimate the relationship between economic development and unemployment in Uganda. The study used secondary data fr...

Immunisation Management System: Case Study - Mbarara Regional Referal Hospital

ABSTRACTDoing research in areas which can help increase on decision making when it comes to immunization is the interesting aspect.This study titled Immunization Management System done at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital between the hospital staff and the parents.The main objective was to design and develop immunization management system that allows effective immunization management activities through keeping records , scheduling those who are to be immunized the next date hence effective m...

Financial Statement Analysis and Decision Making Process A Case Study of Centenary Rural Development Bank in Kampala Town Uganda

The study analyzed the effect of financial statement analysis on decision making process a case study of centenary rural development bank Kampala town Uganda. The specific objectives of the study were, to determine whether management make use of financial statement in decision making, to fmd out and identify the role of financial statement in proper decision making, to identify the limitation pertaining to the use of financial statement in decision making. The study used qualitative and quant...

A Mobile Phone Based Mapping Application for Impala City Case Study: Kampala Capital City of Uganda

Abstract Many people in Uganda and abroad are gaining interest in coming to Kampala; this is due to the high rate of growth and development of Kampala city. These newcomers are unfamiliar with Kampala city and fail to locate various places of interest or destination, so navigation of Kampala suburbs like Ntinda Kamwokya, Kololo etc and other places of interests is not efficient. Currently, there are yahoo and Google maps which are inefficient because users must be connected to the internet us...

A Computerized Stock Records Management System (Csrms) A Case Study of Buhweju Tea Factory Store, Buhweju District

Abstract This project was aimed at developing a computerized stock records management system and the case study was Buhweju Tea Factory. A number of problems such as consuming of a lot of time, absence of data backup, slow generation and retrieval of reports/information, subjectivity to human errors among others were found out to be problems associated with the current paper based stock records management system in stores' section at Buhweju Tea Factory. The objectives of the study were to an...

The Effect of Government Expenditure in Agricultural Output in Uganda. A Case Study at and a Coffee Development Authority (Ucda)

Abstract This study examined the effect of Government expenditure on coffee output and productivity in Uganda over the period 2005-2015 with time series data collected from Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and Bank of Uganda (BOU). The present study applied ADF Ordinary Least Square (OLS) technique as an analytical tool to analyze the data. The results of significance testing showed that there exists a long-run relationship among Government expend...

“Design and Implementation of Management Information System of Health Center” Case Study: Health Centre of Islamic University in Uganda

Abstract The Islamic university health center was founded when the university started its operation in 1988 as a sickbay. The health center’s major aim is to provide medical services to the patients in the university plus the surrounding community. Islamic university health center works hand in hand with other departments that help it to enable its work move smoothly that is to say the bursary department. Since Islamic university health center is offering medical services but its using manu...

An Online Website to Manage Students Registration Case Study: Montessori International University

Abstract This report helped the availability of data and information stored in database; this is an important aspect and resource for all the details concerning certain entity or subject when required. Therefore it~s important that this resource is stored and easily retrieved for consumption whenever required in correctness, consistency and reliability. This project is directed toward designing and implementation of website in connection with database software that is capable of holding stud...

A Collaborative E-Learning and Student Feedback System for A Model African University Case Study: Department of Distance Education of Kampala International University

ABSTR4CT Tremendous changes in information technology and the Internet as whole have revolutionalized many application areas, among which F-learning is a key achievement. The department of distance learning at KIU was the orthodox method of education delivery to various students in various localities. The collaborative E-learning system presented in this report provides an incentive that students can enroll and register for E-learning programs. These are scheduled periodically giving room fo...

Real Exchange Rate, Inflation Rate and Private Investments in Uganda (1990-2014)

ABSTRACT  The main objective of the study is to examine the impact of real exchange rate and inflation on private investments in Uganda. The two objectives were to determine the effect of real exchange rate on private investment; to determine the effect of inflation rate on private investment. The study used Real exchange rate, Inflation rate, Bank credit, Foreign direct investment, Public investment and trade as the determinants of private investment using secondary data for a period of 199...

Effects of Boarding Students’ Living Conditions On Their Academic Performance in Secondary Schools: A Case of Masindi Central Division, Masindi Municipality.

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to assess the living conditions associated with the academic performance of boarding students in secondary schools in central Division, Masindi Municipality. The assessment was made by the characteristics of the students, living conditions in which feeding, sanitation and accommodation were investigated. Using primary data based on the sample of 180 boarding students from Masindi SS, Ikoba girls’, Jordan Pride SS and Masindi academy SS where data wa...

Staff Records Management System A Case Study of Human Resource Department at Kampala International University Western Campus

ABSTRACT Staff Records Management System is meant to capture stores, update and produce reports of all the Directors, staff and leave reports at Kampala international university's western campus. It’s in due course because of the problems incurred due to storage of data in a paper system like; data loss, misplacement, disclosure of confidential data to unauthorized retrieval, and others. It, therefore, calls for security for the data by design for computerized database systems and will gene...

A Hotel Booking System: The Case Study: Impala Hotel Rwanda Kigali

ABSTRACT The object-oriented programming (OOP) course that we took for 3 years placed emphasis on the paradigm of advanced Programming techniques. OOP is a programming paradigm that represents concepts as objects that have data fields (attributes that describe the object) and associated procedures known as methods. Objects, which are usually instances of classes, are used to interact with one another to design applications and computer programs. OOP also bases its values on simplicity, commu...

Online Academic Discussion System A Case Study Of Banda University

ABSTRACT Universities are explo1·ing pedagogical approaches to learning in order to deal with challenges such as increased class sizes, limited funding support, and difficulties in (facilitating and encouraging active participation and learning among a diverse cohort of students. This paper reports on a study of the effectiveness of a pedagogical approach that blends online discussion boards and case studies (Brown, R, 2001). Analyzing quantity and quality of online postings and comparing a...


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