Browsing Research and Publications by Title
Now showing items 202-221 of 1115
-
Covid- 19 Pandemic And Its Impact On The Lecturers’ And Students’ Performance In Teaching And Learning At Kenyatta University, Kenya
(Machakos University Press, 2022-04)The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic brought unprecedented disruptions in all aspects of human life across the globe. In the education sector, university calendars were re-scheduled and in-class learning was commuted to ... -
Covid-19 Pandemic and Implementation of World Bank Supported Education Initiatives in East Africa
(Machakos University Press, 2022-04)In early 2020, COVID-19 was confirmed as a global pandemic by World Health Organization. Countries rushed to introduce lockdown and quarantine measures so as to minimize infections and deaths. Secondary schools were equally ... -
Crank Nicolson Approach for the Valuation of the Barrier Options
(Research India Publications, 2018)Barrier options are considered to be cheaper than the standard options as they provide lower premiums which make them to be attractive to hedgers in the financial market. In this article, the numerical procedure for the ... -
Credit Risk and Financial Perfomance of Microfinance Banks in Kenya
(International Organization Of Scientific Research (IOSR), 2023-01-31)Microfinance banks (MFBs) in Kenya have continued to record huge annual losses contrarily to their counterpart, commercial banks that have been resilient and reported improved financial performance. The aim of the study ... -
The Criminalization of Youth in Popular Art in Kenya
(The Journal of Pan African Studies, 2018)Couched on cultural criminology, this article presents a critical exegesis of how popular cultural productions in Kenya mediate the “criminal” label among youth in Kenya using purposively selected ... -
A Critical Analysis of Athol Fugard’s Social Vision in Four Selected Plays
(Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2014)Literature is a product of the writer’s artistic imagination. The writer accurately observes the happenings in his/her society, both contemporary, and historical and communicates to the reader s through use of vivid ... -
Critical analysis of the effectiveness of programmes and activities developed to improve educational access, quality and equity in Kenya
(2012-09)The declarations of the 1990 Jomtien World Conference on Education and the 2000 Dakar World Education Forum both emphasized that to achieve Education for All (EFA) by 2015 , in addition to increased access to education, ... -
A Critical Analysis of the Implementation of Children’s Rights in Kenya
(Educational Research International, 2014-12)This paper analysis the role of stakeholders in implementing children rights in Kenya. The writers looks at the implementation of children rights after the adoption of the New Convection on the Rights of the child by the ... -
A critical review of the effect of teacher preparedness on students’ academic achievement: A research agenda
(2017)This is a critical review of teacher preparedness investigating the origin of teacher preparedness, the concept of teacher preparedness, academic achievement, and its effect on students’ academic achievement, the theoretical ... -
A critical review of the effect of water storage reservoirs on organic matter decomposition in rivers
(NRC Research Press, 2016)Organic matter decomposition is vital in sustaining river food webs. However, little is known about the effect of water storage reservoirs on organic matter decomposition in rivers. In this paper, we reviewed and analyzed ... -
Crop Diversification as a Determinant of Household Decision-Making in the Production of Roselle Plant in Mwea Sub-County, Kenya
(International Journal of Social S ciences and Information Technology, 2018-05)This study sought to analyze crop diversification as a determinant of household decision making towards production of the Roselle plant. The study employed a stratified sampling technique which involves dividing ... -
Crop Diversification as a Determinant of Household Decision-Making in the Production of Roselle Plant in Mwea Sub-County, Kenya
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2018-05)This study sought to analyze crop diversification as a determinant of household decision making towards production of the Roselle plant. The study employed a stratified sampling technique which involves dividing your ... -
Crop yield probability density forecasting via quantile random forest and Epanechnikov Kernel function
(2019)A reliable and accurate forecasting method for crop yields is very important for the farmer, the economy of a country, and the agricultural stakeholders. However, due to weather extremes and uncertainties as a result of ... -
Cross-Diffusion Effect on Mixed Convective Fluid Flow through Horizontal Annulus
(Mathematical Theory and Modeling, 2014)The unsteady mixed convective fluid flow through an annulus filled with a fluid-saturated porous medium is numerically investigated in this study in the presence of Cross-Diffusion effect and constant Heat Source. The flow ... -
A Culture of Cooperation: Making the Journey the Destination
(VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden, 2002)This chapter subjectively examines the experience of five members of the Future of Education project group at the International Women's University (ifu). Their voices reflect the multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary, and ... -
Current and Emerging Technologies for the Characterization of Nanomaterials
(American Chemical Society, 2014-05-20)This paper provides a survey of conventional and emerging techniques that are available for characterizing engineered nanoparticles in complex matrices. Techniques that were considered include microscopy (TEM, SEM, HRTEM, ... -
Customer relationship management practices as recipe for customer loyalty: A literature review
(2013)According to empirical evidence the extent of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) benefits to an organization will vary depending on the nature of the business concerned. They are likely to ... -
Cycle indices of PGL(2,q) acting on the cosets of its subgroups
(International Journal of Scientific Research and Innovative Technology, 2017)In this paper, we mainly investigate the action of 𝑃𝐺𝐿 2,𝑞 on the cosets some of its subgroups namely; 𝐶𝑞−1,𝐶𝑞+1and 𝑃 𝑞. Corresponding to each action the disjoint cycle structures and cycle index formulas is ... -
Decentralization of education: the experience of Kenyan secondary schools
(2011)Kenya has undertaken several educational reforms since independence in 1963. Several committees, commissions and task forces have been set up over the years with the mandate to make suitable ... -
Degradation characteristics of metribuzin in soils within the Nzoia River Drainage Basin, Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Metribuzin, a triazinone herbicide, is heavily used within the expansive Nzoia River Drainage Basin in Kenya for the optimization of sugarcane yields. For field experiments, soils were spiked with metribuzin and amended ...