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Eating Habits and Their Association With Nutritional Status of School Going Adolescent Girls in Kisumu City, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)ABSTRACT Adolescents form 20% of the world’s population, with 85% living in developing countries. In Kenya, they comprise 23.8% of the population. Nutritional status of adolescent girls has been reported to influence ... -
Eating habits and their association with nutritional status of school going adolescent girls in Kisumu city, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)Adolescents form 20% of the world‟s population, with 85% living in developing countries. In Kenya, they comprise 23.8% of the population. Nutritional status of adolescent girls has been reported to influence future maternal ... -
Ecological Factors Influencing Large Herbivore Distribution in Ruma National Park in Homabay County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)Understanding ecological factors influencing large grazing herbivores distribution (LHD) in . terrestrial ecosystems is a fundamental goal of ecology. However, herbivores are distributed in areas where they can maximize ... -
Economic evaluation of water hyacinth and sawdust as alternative substrates for oyster mushroom production in Vihiga county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)Mushrooms are valued for their nutrition, medicine and culinary uses. They can grow on agricultural and forestry wastes, but the sources are affected by declining agricultural productivity and seasonality. Bagasse is the ... -
Economic performance and effect of cage-fish farming on Livelihoods of Lake Victoria basin communities in Siaya county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)Cage fish farming has been considered as an important approach in increasing productivity and improving livelihoods and has grown rapidly along the Lake Victoria shores and is projected to increase productivity significantly ... -
Educational Assessment Service For Learners With Special Needs in Regular Primary Schools; Opportunities and Challenges for Teachers and Parents in Ugunja Sub- County, Siaya County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)Assessment in special education is an important ingredient in the entire process of education. Unfortunately, records in Ugunja Sub County education office indicated that from the year 2012-2014 there were 227 learners ... -
Effect of corporate governance principles on perfomance of public technical, vocational and entreprenuership training (tvet) institutions in Nyanza region, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Performance in TVET institutions increased by 7.5%, with a mean score of 5.803 in 2011. However Nyanza region did not keep pace with the increased performance. Prior studies reveal that the influence of structure of the ... -
Effect of activity based budgeting on resource based Performance in universities in western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2019)Resource Based Performance (RBP) is an innovative construct of an organisation, encompassing strategy, formal structure, and customer to supplier relationships; including innovation and technological capabilities; on which ... -
The effect of agent banking on accessibility and efficiency of banking services: a case of Equity bank in Kisumu central sub-county, Kisumu county, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2016)Financial inclusion is the ability of an individual, household, or group to access a full range of responsibly delivered, affordably priced and reasonably convenient formal financial services. A significant proportion of ... -
Effect of Alternative Financial Delivery Channels on Performance of Commercial Banks in Kisumu City, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)Though commercial banks continue to invest in rolling out branches that are complemented by various delivery channels, the challenge of access to formal financial services by customers remains a big impediment to the ... -
Effect of Anthropogenic Activities and Seasons on Nutrients and Heavy Metal Loads of the Water and Sediments along Amala and Nyangores, Tributaries of River Mara Kenya
(Maseno University, 2013)The Mara River Basin accommodates natural forests at its source. The forests' encroachment for human settlement has led to extensive deforestation and farming activities which may cause pollution of the natural aquatic ... -
Effect of anthropogenic activities on terrestrial flora and Fauna species in Rachuonyo South sub county, Homabay county Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)Globally, terrestrial flora and fauna species are at the brink of extinction yearly due to the increase in human population. Yearly, species reduce at 34% globally and 68% in Kenya as result of increased anthropogenic ... -
Effect of asset valuation approaches on financial performance of real estate investments in Western Kenya region
(Maseno University, 2023)The real estate sector accounted for 6.2% of U.S. gross domestic product in 2018. It's more than the $1.13 trillion in 2017 but still less than the 2006 peak of $1.19 trillion. At that time, real estate construction was a ... -
Effect of Banking Liquidity Factors on Performance of Commercial Banks in Kisumu City, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Financial institutions and markets literature show that capital adequacy, loan growth and percentage of non-performing loans are important drivers of bank liquidity and performance. Despite the important role played by ... -
Effect of Banking Sectorial Factors on Financial Stability of Commercial Banks In Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)In recent years, the stability of commercial banks in a number of countries across the globe has not been that robust with those in Portugal recording cumulative decline of about 26.6% in assets since 2010. In the Sub-Saharan ... -
Effect of behavioral biases on the relationship between real estate investment strategies and operational efficiency of real estate firms in Nairobi county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Despite several interventions that help cushion developers in Kenya, the supply of housing units stands at approximately 50,000 a year against an annual demand of 250,000. Over the past five years’ operational efficiency ... -
Effect of Biochar Amendment On Ph, Selected Nutrients Availability and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in A Paddy Soil from Yala Basin Under Anaerobic Conditions
(Maseno University, 2021)Although tropical paddy soils have high levels of phosphorous (P), most of it is in forms that are not available for crops. Water logging of paddy soils during rice cultivation leads to anaerobic conditions which could ... -
Effect of budget deficit financing mechanisms on economic growth in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)Economic growth is an increase of a country’s output of goods and services commonly financed by internal and external sources some of which comprise public borrowings. The trend in both domestic and external borrowing by ... -
Effect of budgetary control uses on financial performance of public universities in Nairobi county, Kenya
(2019)Available information reveal that financial performance of Public Universities has continued to dwindle despite implementation efforts to their budgets with its inherent control features. Budgetary Control refers to how ... -
Effect of business continuity planning practices on performance of supermarkets: case of supermarkets in Kisumu city, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2019)ABSTRACT The rise of data processing technologies, globalization of trade, and high-speed communication and travel provided businesses having an unprecedented set of opportunities for growth. With this new paradigm of ...