One of the greatest challenges facing the people of sub-Saharan Africa is the production of sufficient food to feed a rapidly increasing population in the face of dwindling finances. As the population grows at 3% and food ...
This thesis reports the results of a study aimed at making low cost cement from
some agricultural and industrial wastes. The utilization of these wastes would
avail an economical and environmentally friendlier waste ...
Acacia trees are among the most dominant tree species found in semi arid ecosystems with a vast geographical distribution throughout the savanna habitats. The trees are leguminous and have remarkable ability to fix nitrogen ...
The need to provide sufficient protein food for an increasing population that is mainly
resource poor requires opening up of marginal land for growing appropriate pulsessuch
as chickpea. An experiment was ...
Mbunzi, Stephen M.(University of Nairobi, 2007-07)
This study is a critical review of theoreticalissues that underline the linear mixed effects
(LME) and nonlinear mixed effects (NLME) models. These two areas are revisited under
maximum likelihood and restricted ...
Microtubules are hollow cylindrical protein structures found in all eukaryotic cells, and
essential in several cellular processes, including cell motility, cell division, vesicle trafficking and ...
This study set out to examine and map the spatial variation of infant mortality in Kenya. We used data from Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) database to explore spatial variation. Generalized linear mixed inodel(GLMM) ...
The need to provide sufficient protein food for an increasing population that is mainly resource poor requires opening up of marginal land for growing appropriate pulses such as chickpea. An experiment was carried out at ...
Babies born with Low-birth weight are at increased risk for serious health problems which are
accompanied by disabilities and even death. Hence this study aims to determine socioeconomic
factors that lead to low birth ...
A shift from technology-oriented knowledge management to people-oriented knowledge
management is indispensable. To achieve this, organizations must understand the nature
of knowledge. In this work, knowledge has been ...
In the early 1990’s, the Kenyan government implemented refor ms in the agricultural sector that
affected the volatility of agricultural product prices. However, there is lack of empirical evidence
on the effects of ...
Strategic alliance is one of many methods of strategy development. It has been defined as a situation where two or more organizations share resources and activities to pursue a strategy. Alliances vary considerably in their ...
According to the National Water Services Strategy (2007-2015), water is the most
important natural resource, indispensable for life and the backbone of the growth and
prosperity of mankind. ...
Wako, Ali Halake(University of the Free State Republic of South Africa, 2011-11)
This work comprises of several aspects of calcium-aluminate phosphor activated with rare earth metal ions i.e. (CaAl2O4:Eu2+, Nd3+, and Dy3+). In particular the luminescent and structural properties of the long afterglow ...
Introduction- Ethical issues have emerged in the recent years as a major component of health care for the critically ill patients, who are vulnerable and totally depend on the caregiver, optimally the nurse working in the ...
During the course of malaria infection, a range of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines are
produced by the host immune system. Successful recovery from malaria involves striking a
balance between these counteracting ...
Nursing education forms the basis of professional existence, development and
sustainable future. The purpose of this study was to establish how nurse educators
adapted to increased instructional workload, ...
Education for all is a global development need. Achievement of universal primary education
is addressed by the second United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG). In a bid
to achieve this goal, Kenya government ...
Githaiga, Michael N.(Kenyatta University, 2013-08)
Mangroves occupy only 0.4% of forested areas globally but are among the most productive
ecosystems on earth. They account for about 11% of the total input of terrestrial carbon into the
oceans. The above ground carbon ...
Teacher motivation is very important as it directly affects the students’ performance.
The performance of agriculture teachers in Imenti South District has been low
compared to other districts. This has been characterized ...