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Evaluating Socio - Economic Factors that Influence Poverty Reduction Among the Fisher Folk in Suba District, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2012)
Poverty is lack of basic amenities or human requirements such as housing, land and other assets.
It is an unacceptable human deprivation in terms of economic opportunity, lack of empowerment
and security. It is pronounced ...
Estimation of Trophic State Indices And Phytoplankton Quotients in Kisumu Bay, Nyanza Gulf, Lake Victoria
(Maseno university, 2012)
Kisumu Bay is greatly impacted by pollution from anthropogenic activities around
Nyanza Gulf and from increasing levels of industrial and municipal waste discharges
\ from Kisumu City. This has resulted in significant ...
Factors Determining Gastro-Tourism Promotion of Indigenous Foods in Hotels Within Western Tourist Circuit, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2012)
Tourism promotion in Kenya has been conducted with a view that neglects an important
tourism component - food. Despite this, tourists' demand for local indigenous foods is
reportedly increasing. Local hospitality ...
The Use of Cast Tests and Exercises to Improve The Learning of Statistics at Tertiary Level of Education
(Maseno university, 2012)
Statistics as a course has become a computerised teaching subject due to the changing needs
of the students who often use computers to process, and analyse various data sets. Recent
technological developments have led ...
Malacological Survey of Schistosomiasis and Fecal Contamination of Public Water Sources Within Informal Settlements of Kisumu City, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2012)
Human schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases (STHs) remain a major
public health problem, responsible for significant morbidity and mortality in
developing countries, despite availability of effective, safe ...
Assessing Sources, Levels and Discharge Loads of Nitrogen And Phosphorus of River KISAT into Lake Victoria - Kisumu Municipality, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2012)
River Kisat is a perennial river draining the Mamboleo - Kisumu basin between Latitude
0°04'12.42" S and Longitude 34°46'33.86" E to the North and Latitude 0°05' 13.52" S and
34°45'00.15" E to the South. It drains a ...
Evaluation of Plasmodium Falciparum Resistance to Sulfadoxine- Pyrimethamine in Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV) Infected and Non-Infected Pregnant Women in A Malaria-Endemic Region of Western Kenya
(Maseno university, 2012)
Malaria and Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection in pregnancy is a major
cause of anaemia, low birth weight (LBW) abortion and infant mortality in malaria-endemic
countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Intermittent ...
Alluvial Deposits and Their Effects On the Physical L Environment and Socio-Economic Activities On the Lower Course of River Kuja, Nyatike Division- Nyatike District, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2012)
Alluvial deposits are features resulting from river deposition. They consist of gravel, sand
and silt particles, formed on the lower course of a river. Deposition of sediments at the
lower course of a river increases ...
Plasmodium falciparum Population Structure in Children with Malaria in Kisumu- Western Kenya
(Maseno university, 2011)
Plasmodium Jalciparum population structure in malaria endemic areas is characterized by extensive
genotype diversity, and wide spectrum of clinical presentation; from mild, uncomplicated malaria
to severe malaria and ...
Relationship Between Financing Sources and Real Estate Growth in Homa Bay Town, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2016)
The real estate industry contributes 28% to Kenya's GDP. Studies show an average annual
growth rate of 16% in the country with that ofHoma Bay town being 3% indicating slow growth.
Prior studies on real estate indicate ...