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Comparative Analysis of Compressive Strength of Bamboo Leaf Ash and Baggash Ash Concretes
(Machakos University, 2019-04)Billions tons of conventional concrete are produced yearly as well as cement which emit large tons of carbon dioxide due to huge millions of metric tons produced annually. Sequel to this, there is need to produce a ... -
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS ADMITTED THROUGH PRE-NCE & DIRECT ENTRY IN FINAL NCE EXAMINATION (A CASE STUDY OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, YOLA)
(Machakos University, 2019-04)This research is designed to compare the academic performance of students admitted through the Pre-NCE and Direct entry in the NCE final Examination. The purpose of this research works was to ascertain whether the performance ... -
Comparative Study of the Performance Behaviour of Solar PV Modules in Kitui County
(2018)Solar energy technology is emerging alternative energy source to meet specific demands around the world. The research will identify and focus on performance behavior of solar PV modules at selected sites whose geographical ... -
Comparison of Descriptive English Compositions of Visually Impaired and Sighted Students in Kenyan Secondary Schools
(Machakos University, 2018-04)Language is common to visually impaired and sighted students because they both use language to communicate ideas, feelings, and emotions and above all to describe their worlds. Descriptive writing brings alive the object ... -
A Complexity of Kiswahili Pairwise of Verbal Extensions: Algorithmic Approach
(Machakos University, 2018-04)The paper describes semantics architecture of morph pairwise in Kiswahili verbal extensions. Kiswahili morphology is well documented, though semantic descriptions of these morphs are ignored and the theory for handling ... -
Comprehensive sex education in Kenya: Islamic perspective
(Machakos University, 2019-04)This paper is an attempt to address the Comprehensive sex education debate in Kenya curriculum from a religious perspective. This is tackled from the Islamic perspective. The discussion is premised on the current debate ... -
Consistency of the Model Order Change-Point Estimator for GARCH Models
(Machakos University, 2018-04)GARCH models have been commonly used to capture volatility dynamics in financial time series. A key assumption utilized is that the series is stationary as this allows for model identifiability. This however violates the ... -
Contribution of Education Technology to Continuation of Teaching and Learning during CoVID-19 Disruption
(Machakos University Press, 2021-06)Covid-19 pandemic brought about unprecedented challenge to in person learning in secondary schools all over the world. This disruption affected between 1.2 -1.5 billion learners. To ensure that access to secondary education ... -
The contribution of ICT in teaching and learning Tone of Tanzanian Bantu languages
(Machakos University, 2019-04)This paper was intended to discuss the contribution of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in teaching and learning tone of a given language. The paper urges that apart from depending only traditional education ... -
The Contribution of the Bantu Mother Languages to Tanzanian Socio-economic Development through Media
(Machakos University, 2019-04)The study of mother language has been given much attention on the extent of which the language can be used as language of instruction in schools Qooro (2003); Simire (2004); and Rubagumya (1996) just to mention but a few. ... -
CONTROL VOLUME ANALYSIS OF UNSTEADY MHD MIXED CONVECTION NANOFLUID FLOW ON A STRETCHING SURFACE WITH SUNCTION
(Machakos University, 2019-04)Many heat transfer processes in engineering problems in areas such as nuclear reactors and electronics, as well as in biomedicine and food industry require the knowledge of nanofluids, consequently investigations leading ... -
Covid-19 Pandemic and Implementation of World Bank Supported Education Initiatives in East Africa
(Machakos University Press, 2021-06)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 minimise infections and deaths. Secondary schools were equally ... -
THE CRAZE FOR STUDENTS’ NUMBERS IN KENYA’S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES AND THE OPTIMAL OPERATION OF MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: TOWARDS A COST RECOVERY STRATEGY
(Machakos University, 2019-04)From 2003 when the university came into being as a constituent college of Moi University up to 2013, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) had experienced unprecedented growth. Student population ... -
Creating Favorable Macroeconomic Environment for Manufacturing Industry in Kenya
(Machakos University, 2019-04)Kenya’s vision 2030 which is a development blue print seeks to transform Kenya into a newly industrialized middle-income country that offers high quality life to all its citizens. To achieve its goal, it recognizes the ... -
Credit Risk, Firm Size and Financial Perfomance of Microfinance Banks In Kenya.
(Machakos University Press, 2021-06)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 ... -
A CRITICAL REVIEW OF LITERATURE ON PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGY AND BRAND LOYALTY
(Machakos University Press, 2021-06)The concept of product differentiation goes back to the early 20th century when there were hardly any models of differentiated products. Incremental differentiation of products and services is the main variable that helps ... -
Cross-diffusion effects on magneto hydrodynamics fluid flow through a vertical Annulus
(2018-11)The cross-diffusion effects on magneto hydrodynamic mixed convective fluid flow through an annulus filled with a fluid-saturated porous medium. Vertical fluid flow configurations and coordinate system was investigated and ... -
Culture, Peace and Development: The Case Study of West Pokot County, Kenya
(Machakos University, 2018-04)Violent conflict has been experienced in West Pokot County for decades. This county is the home of pastoral communities whose livelihood entirely depended on a cow for centuries. As such, conflicts in this region rotated ... -
Currency Portfolio Risk Measurement with Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedastic-Extreme Value Theory- Copula model
(Machakos University, 2018-04)This paper implements the statistical modelling of the dependence structure of bivariate currency exchange rates using the concept of copulas. The GARCH-EVT-Copula model is applied to estimate the portfolio Value-at-Risk ...