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An investigation of the relationship between test anxiety and academic performance in secondary schools in Nyeri district, Kenya
(Bachudo Science Ltd, 2009)The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between test anxiety and academic performance among students in Nyeri district, Kenya. The correlational study design was used. The study was carried out among ... -
An Investigation of Therapeutic Value of the Batsotso Mourning Rituals in Kakamega County, Kenya.
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2014)Every community in the world responds to death and loss in unique ways. Funeral customs and ceremonies vary across different cultures worldwide. The study aimed at establishing how these rituals contribute to the ... -
Investigation on reversible pump turbine flow structures and associated pressure field characteristics under different guide vane openings
(Science China Press, 2019)The use of reversible pump turbines (RPT) within pumped storage power plants goes with prolonged periods of off-design operating conditions, which leads to the onset of operating mode-dependent instabilities. In order to ... -
An investigation to the efficacy of free primary education in withdrawing and maintaining children from child labour in Kiambu district, Kenya
(2011)It is estimated that about 250 million children aged between 5-14 years were working world wide by the year 2006, at least 120 million were working full time and close to 80 million in hazardous work. These are children ... -
The Involvement of the Faculty in Book Selection: The Case of Egerton University Library, Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2014)The study set out to find why users were unhappy with the library collection as was revealed by user surveys carried out by the library. The objectives of the study were to: Evaluate the usefulness of the collection; ... -
Irony In The Teaching Of Agriculture In Kenya’s Arid And Semi Arid Secondary Schools: The Students’ And Teachers’ Perspective
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS), 2016)Effectiveteaching of agriculture depends partly on choice and use of appropriate teaching method. The method chosen shouldpromote practical agriculturalactivities targetingmost learning senses. Agriculture ... -
Is the step-wise tiered approach for ERA of pharmaceuticals useful for the assessment of cancer therapeutic drugs present in marine environment?
(Elsevier, 2015)Methotrexate (MTX) and tamoxifen (TMX) cancer therapeutic drugs have been detected within the aquatic environment. Nevertheless, MTX and TMX research is essentially bio-medically orientated, with few studies addressing the ... -
Is There Profit from Bonus Share Announcements in Nairobi Securities Exchange?
(Research Journal of Finance and Accounting, 2013)The question of whether the announcement of issuance of bonus shares by quoted companies is news to stock market participants or it is anticipated by the market has been the subject of research. If the announcement ... -
Isolation and Identification of Hexazinone-Degrading Bacterium from Sugarcane-Cultivated Soil in Kenya
(Springer US, 2014)The s-triazine herbicide hexazinone [3-cyclohexyl-6-dimethylamino-1-methyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4(1H,3H)- dione], is widely used in agriculture for weed control. Laboratory biodegradation experiments for hexazinone in ... -
Kenyan English Monophthongs: An Element Theory Approach
(Journal of Applied Linguistics and Language Research, 2017)This paper describes the acoustic characteristics of the non-ethnically marked Kenyan English (KenE) monophthongs and uses those characteristics to identify the phonemes and also to determine the internal Element Theory ... -
Kenya’s Political Regime in Need of a Humanizing Pedagogy: what to Learn from Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed
(American International Journal of Contemporary Research, 2013)Fatalism in the guise of docility is the fruit of an historical and sociological situation, not an essential characteristic of a people's behavior. It almost always is related to the power of destiny or fate or fortune— ... -
Kinds of Extensive Reading Materials and their Influence on Learners’ Language Skills in Language Classrooms in Kenya
(AJEST, 2017)This study investigated kinds of extensive reading materials and their influence on learners’ language skills in language classrooms in Kenya. It scrutinized the kinds of reading materials that learners are exposed to in ... -
Kinds ofExtensiveReading Materials and their Influence on Learners’ Language Skills in Language Classrooms in Kenya
(Journal of Educational Policy and Entrepreneurial Research, 2017)his study investigatedkinds of extensive reading materials and their influence on learners’ language skills in language classrooms in Kenya. It scrutinizedthe kinds of reading materials that learnersare exposed to in ... -
Kinematics of Thermal Inactivation of Peroxidase and color Degradation of African Cowpea (vigna unguiculata) Leaves
(Institute of Food Technologists, 2015)Cow pea leaves form an important part of the diet for many Kenyans, and they are normally consumed after a lengthycookingprocessleadingtotheinactivationofperoxidase(POD)thatcouldbeusedasanindicatorforthepotential shelf ... -
Kinetic derivation of a Hamilton-Jacobi traffic flow model
(2012)Kinetic models for vehicular traffic are reviewed and considered from the point of view of deriving macroscopic equations. A derivation of the associated macroscopic traffic flow equations leads to different types of ... -
Kinetics of Degradation of Metribuzin in aqueous solution using Zero Valent Iron Nanoparticles
(2018-06)In this work, zero-valent iron nanoparticles (nZVI NPs) were synthesized in (EW-Fe0) ethanol -water mixed system and have been evaluated for degradation in aqueous solution of metribuzin. The batch experiments at varying ... -
Knowledge acquisition inhibitors faced by incubator tenants in their endeavour to acquire knowledge in university incubation centres in Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Knowledge, 2020-07)The purpose of this paper is to analyze critically Knowledge acquisition inhibitors faced by incubator tenants in their endeavour to acquire knowledge in university incubation centres in Kenya. The methodology for the ... -
Knowledge Management education in the departments of Library/Information Science in South Africa
(Sabinet, 2007)This paper focuses on the role of the departments of Library and/or Information Science (U1S) in South African universities in the training of Knowledge Management (KM) competencies. A questionnaire was e-mailed to thirteen ... -
Knowledge Management in a Research Organisation: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
(Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, 2006)Knowledge is fast becoming a source of competitive advantage that makes a difference between success and failure for both profit and non-profit organisations. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is a non-profit ... -
Knowledge production and distribution by institutions of higher education in sub-Saharan Africa: Opportunities and challenges
(Unisa Press, 2011)This article focuses on available opportunities and challenges which institutions of higher education in sub-Saharan Africa face in producing and distributing knowledge. Institutions of higher education are also expected ...