Ndangili, Geoffrey M.; Cheloti, Selpher K.; Mwania, Jonathan M.(2024-04)
According to Kafu (2006), a society's educational system dictates its destiny. The study set out to determine the effects of teacher training on implementation of Life Skills Education in public secondary schools in Mwala ...
Cape gooseberry falls under the underutilised fruit crop in Kenya in spite of its significant nutritional and medicinal value. The objective of this study was to compare the yield potential of two introduced varieties of ...
Wayua, Francis O.; Ochieng, Vincent O.; Kirigua, Violet; Wasilwa, Lusike(Academic Journals, 2020-10-31)
Despite the success in greenhouse farming by large scale horticultural farmers in Kenya, smallholder greenhouse farming is beset by many challenges leading to over 30% failure rates. Reasons for the high failure rate are ...
Ochieng, Vincent O.; Matolla, G. K.; Khyria, S. K.(2012-04)
Two hundred and seventy nine specimens of Oreochromis niloticus from Kerita and Kesses dam were examined for Clinostomum parasites. Four hundred and thirty eight parasites were found on the two hundred and seventy nine ...
Yiannoutsos, Constantin T.; An, Ming-Wen; Frangakis, Constantine E.; Musick, Beverly S.; Braitstein, Paula; Wools-Kaloustian, Kara; Ochieng, Daniel; Martin, Jeffrey N.; Bacon, Melanie C.; Ochieng, Vincent O.; Kimaiyo, Sylvester(Public Library of Science, 2008-12-02)
Background: Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of HIV care and treatment programs is impacted by losses to follow-up (LTFU) in the patient population. The severity of this effect is undeniable but its extent unknown. Tracing ...
Kasivu, Gideon M.; Mwania, Jonathan M.; Kimatu, Josphert N.; Kimatu, Josphert N.; Mulwa, Janet K.; Kiilu, Redempta M.; Kithungu, Rose M.; Musyoka, James; Migwambo, Rebecca(2024-04-05)
Studies show that only 27% of graduates believe that Universities and colleges taught them how to ask their own questions. The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) imparts students a way that makes them to think critically ...
Recent years have marked the emergence of the innovation systems approach as a shift from the conventional linear models of technology transfer. Linear technology diffusion models hinder participatory approaches of local ...
Sentiment Analysis (SA) is a subset of Natural Language Processing (NLP) which has become a promising research area enabling the provision of language specific services. Although research in high resource languages such ...
Bernardi, Giacomo; Kavembe, Geraldine D.; Bergman, Harold L.; Bucciarelli, Giuseppe; Wood, Chris M.(Elsevier, 2024-03-10)
The genome of vertebrates is made of a mosaic of long stretches of DNA, called isochores, which are compositionally uniform, and belong to a few families of GC-poor (L1 and L2) and GC-rich (H1, H2, and H3) components. ...
Chinese Assam tea (Camellia sinensis var. assamica) is an important tea crop with a long history of cultivation in Yunnan, China. Despite its potential value as a genetic resource, its genetic diversity and domestication/breeding ...
Munguti, Lawrence K.; Dejene, Francis B.; Muthee, Dorah K.(Elsevier, 2023-03)
Zeolite Na-A supported TiO2 nanopowders were synthesized via a modified sol–gel technique and the effects of TiO2 loading were characterized for thermal, structural, morphological, optical and textural behaviour. Thermal ...
Onamu, Emmanuel M.; Mutyambai, Daniel M.; Nyangau, Isaac M.; Nderitu, John H.; Kasina, Muo; Kilalo, Dorah C.; Mweke, Allan N.(MDPI, 2024)
False codling moth (FCM) Thaumatotibia leucotreta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) is currently the main pest of phytosanitary concern in international trade, causing rejection and decline of horticultural produce from ...
Githinji, Muriithi J.; Njogu, Paul M.; Ng'ang'a, Zipporah W.; Karama, Mohamed(Scientific Research Publishing, 2024-03)
Health-care waste contains potentially harmful microorganisms and compounds which can infect and affect hospital patients, healthcare workers, the general public and environment. Therefore, management of health care waste ...
The vast diffusion of social networks has made an unprecedented amount of user-generated data available, increasing the importance of Aspect Based Sentiment Analysis(ABSA) when extracting sentiment polarity. Although recent ...
Language modelling using neural networks requires adequate data to guarantee quality word representation which is important for natural language processing (NLP) tasks. However, African languages, Swahili in particular, ...
Mbandi, Aderiana M.; Malley, Christopher S.; Schwela, Dietrich; Vallack, Harry; Emberson, Lisa; Ashmore, Mike R.(Elsevier, 2023)
We compile a detailed road transport inventory for greenhouse gases and air pollutants to explore energy emissions from alternative policy scenarios for the Kenya road transport sector. In 2010, road transport emissions ...
Timber is one of the construction materials which when properly used, can have positive impact to both human beings and the entire ecosystem. This study therefore examines the performance, challenges and prospects of timber ...
Gachathi, Daniel M.; Makworo, Drusilla; Mutunga-Mwenda, Catherine S.(2024)
Background: Lack of utilization of skilled delivery services by pregnant women contributes to increased number of maternal and neo-natal morbidities and mortalities. In Kenya, skilled deliveries stand at 62% while unskilled ...
Mwangi, Timothy I.; Nguluu, Simon N.; Akuja, Thomas E.(East African Nature and Science Organization, 2024)
Maize and green grams are important food security crops grown and consumed in the arid and semi-arid regions of Kenya. High temperatures and low soil moisture lead to yield reduction. A two-season study was conducted to ...
Brick is one of the oldest building materials and a key product used by builders to enhance the quality of the buildings. It continues to be one of the most popular and leading construction material because of its pleasant ...