Research and Publications: Recent submissions
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Optimal threshold determination based on the meanexcess plot
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2019)Choosing a suitable threshold has been an issue in practice. Based on the mean excess plot (MEP), the eyeball inspection approach(EIA) is mainly used to determine the threshold. This involves fitting the threshold at the ... -
Towards Improved Access to Secondary Education in Kenya: A Focus on In-School-Factors that Hinder Effective Transition from Primary Schools
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2015)This study sought to investigate some in-school factors that influence learner access to secondary schools after completion of primary schooling in Narok North District and to suggest strategies that could ... -
Complementary Feeding and the Nutritional Status of Children 6-23 Months Attending Kahawa West Public Health Center,Nairobi
(Research Gate, 2017)A cross-sectional analytical study was carried out at the Kahawa West Public Health Centre , Nairobi, Kenya, among randomly sampled 286 mothers and their children aged 6-23 months. Data was entered and analyzed using ... -
Influence of Selected Socio-cultural Practices on Internal Efficiency in Selected Public Technical Training Institutes in Baringo County, Kenya
(2018)Education forms the basis upon which economic, social and political development of any nation is founded. It is one of the basic human rights that are universally proclaimed as many countries in the world aim at attaining ... -
Gender Disparities in Water Resource Management Projects in Njoro Sub-County, Kenya
(Redfame Publishing, 2015)Gender disparities are of major concern, in water resources management because men and women play different roles and have different rights on water usage and it is important to take in account the interest of both genders ... -
Challenges of Kenya’s Vision 2030 and the Jubilee Manifesto: the Case of Old People Cash Transfer Pension Scheme in Nakuru County
(Redfame Publishing, 2015)Most Kenyans lack financial resources for retirement and rely on their families, yet the family is becoming a less reliable source of support in old age due to decreasing fertility and the increasing mobility of the young. ... -
Social networks and ex post risk managementamong smallholder farmers in Kenya
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2019)Smallholder farmers in developing countries are vulnerable to idiosyncratic and covariate risks. Therisks affect their welfare through the shocks they impose on income, assets, health and food supply.To cope with these ... -
A Cognitive Analysis of Meta phorical euphemisms of death in Kenyan Newspaper Obtuaries
(Infogain Publication, 2018)This paper examines metaphorical euphemisms of death appearing in Kenyan newspaper using the theoretical framework of Conceptual Metaphor Theory as initiated by Lakoff and Johnson (1980). Obituaries are used to publicly ... -
The Combined Contribution of Bus Voltage and Frequency of a High Voltage AC in Load Shedding
(2015)Load shedding schemes proposed in literature so far use voltage and frequency parameters separately. The individual consideration of these indices may not be reliable or effective, and may even lead to the over load shedding ... -
Group identities in Kenyan SMS messages
(University of the Free State, 2010)Short Message Service (SMS) as a new form of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) seems to dissolve interaction and social hierarchies, thus resulting in the emergence of social groups. To determine how SMS has resulted ... -
Impact of Community Health Strategy on Provision of Health Services Among Residents of Nakuru Central
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, Volume 5, Issue 8, August 2015, 2015)Community health strategy (CHS) is an approach of one of the Kenyan Vision 2030 flagship projects that intends to improve the health status of communities, through initiation and implementation of ... -
Syntactic Aspects in Text Messaging
(Sciedu Press, 2011)Online interactive media such as text messaging has influenced syntactic aspects of language. In order to determine how text messaging has resulted in paradigm shift in the traditional uses of language, this paper explores ... -
Precursors to effectiveness of public procurement audits for Constituency Development Funds (CDF) in Kenya
(European Scientific Journal, 2012)This study examined the factors that affect effectiveness of public procurement audits for constituency development funds in Kenya. Specifically it sought to investigate the effect of the legal framework, auditor’s ... -
Biodegradation of carbofuran in soils within Nzoia River Basin, Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)Carbofuran (2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethylbenzofuran-7-yl methylcarbamate) has been used within the Nzoia River Basin (NRB), especially in Bunyala Rice Irrigation Schemes, in Kenya for the control of pests. In this study, the ... -
Intensification of Agriculture as the Driving Force in the Degradation of Nzoia River Basin: the Challenges of Watershed Management
(2007)The Lake Victoria riparian countries suffer from devastating effects of floods and droughts occasioned by severe weather related natural phenomena. The floods often follow prolonged droughts that have become a mark of ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Comparison of lead levels with calcium, zinc and phosphorus levels in human blood
(European Centre for Research Training and Development UK, 2013)The purpose of the study was to determine how the levels of calcium, phosphorus and zinc affected the levels of lead in the human blood. The levels of lead, calcium, zinc and phosphorus in human blood of subjects from ... -
The dissipation and degradation of methoxy‐ 14C malathion in soil under tropical conditions
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2000)l4C-malathion[S-1,2-bis(ethoxycarbonyl) ethyl O,O-dimethyl phosphorodithioate] has been studied in soil under tropical field conditions by applying the 14C-malathion pesticide to soil in Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes ...
