Ukulo, David K.; Mwania, Jonathan M.; Mwanza, Rose(2019)
This study was designed to investigate whether child-headed families have influence on pre-school learners’ class participation. The study was carried out in Mwingi zone of Kitui County Kenya. The zone had a total of 67 ...
The study was assessing the effect of financial literacy on personal investment decisions among secondary teachers in Machakos Sub County. It explored on the reasons as to why teachers in Machakos Sub County fail to invest ...
With the current advancement in technology, the use of Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) has become popular in the healthcare management. They provide a mechanism to collect and transmit physiological data to healthcare ...
Studies have confirmed that heritable phenotypic variation in plants does not necessarily need to be based on the DNA
sequence. Epigenetic studies have shown that the genomic DNA sequence might remain the same while gene ...
Cowpea (Vignaunguiculata L. Walp.) is a drought resistant, multipurpose legume commonly used for food, fodder and soil fertility improvement. Cowpea and commonly cultivated multipurpose shrubs (Calliandracalothyrsus and ...
Nyongesa, Aston M.; Zeng, Gang; Ongoma, Victor(Springer Vienna, 2019-12)
Non-homogeneous hidden Markov model (NHMM) is applied in modeling of daily rainfall occurrences across 16 synoptic stations in Kenya. The time series of the data sets was during the October–December (OND “short rains”) ...
Introduction:
Changes in climate have impacts on natural and human systems on all continents and across the oceans. Most countries, including the UAE, are expected to experience a huge impact of climate change, due to the ...
Vulnerability to climate change impact is the most pressing issues for less developed countries whose economy mainly depends on the agricultural sector. The demand for food is growing swiftly whereas impacts of climate ...
This article reads two 18th Century classical Swahili epics of war as coded critiques of empire. Here, Empire refers not only to Europe but also the Arab world’s conquest histories on the Indian Ocean seaboard. The epics: ...
Karori, S. M.; Areba, G. O.; Ngure, R. M.; Khalid, R.; Maloba, F.; Nyaga, N.; Moseti, K. O.; Ngotho, M.; Wanyoko, J. K.; Wachira, Francis N.(2019)
Background: Cadmium (Cd) is a common pollutant and potential neuro-toxicant to humans. The main treatment for heavy metal toxicity is chelation therapy which is however replete with grave side effects. This study was ...
Ngesu, Sarah N. M.; Malangwa, Pendo S.; Kandagor, Mosol(2019-09)
Uteuzi wa mikakati ya tafsiri katika mchakato wa tafsiri, ni suala
muhimu katika Nadharia ya Tafsiri. Lengo la makala haya ni kutathmini
mikakati ya tafsiri iliyotumiwa katika kutafsiri ya riwaya ya Kiswahili
Siku Njema ...
Musyoka, Sonnia N.; Liti, David M.; Ogello, Erick O.; Meulenbroek, Paul; Waidbacher, Herwig(Faculty of Biological Science University of Nigeria, 2020)
Agro-industrial wastes pose great economic and environmental hazards, while the economic success of aquaculture is threatened by the unsustainability of fishmeal use. The aims of the present study were to bio-convert ...
Kiruki, Harun M.; van der Zanden, Emma H.; Kariuki, Patrick C.(Springer, 2019)
Forest incomes in the form of both timber and non-timber forest products are an important source of livelihood for many communities in Africa. A major forest resource is charcoal, which contributes to the livelihoods of ...
Background
HIV testing is an integral component of HIV prevention, treatment and care and, therefore, is crucial in achieving UNAIDS 90–90-90 targets. HIV testing in Kenya follows both the voluntary counselling and testing ...
Most of the citizens in developing countries use charcoal for domestic cooking and small-scale enterprises because of its high calorific value, less smoke, and easy to transport. However, a lot of charcoal dust is generated ...
World geo-economics of the last two decades have seriously impacted on governments’ capability to finance university teaching, research and community engagement, especially in the developing world. Over the same period ...
For the better part of the last century the University of the Free State (UFS) – as the “most prestigious” higher education institution in the province – has been a key site for institutional language politics in the ...
In 2015, south African higher education witnessed student-driven activism in the form of various #movements, beginning with the #RhodesMustFall campaign at the University of Capetown, which morphed into the national ...
Ogolla, Peter O.; Aloka, Peter J.; Raburu, Pamela(2016)
In Homa Bay County of Kenya, there are reported cases of stressful experiences among high school principals. This has made some principals to opt out of their position of responsibilities. The present investigated the ...