Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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The Relationship between Teacher Perception and Support and Academic Achievement of Slow Learners in Secondary Schools in Kakamega County, Kenya
(Horizon Research Publishing(HRPUB) Kevin Nelson, 2020)Learning difficulties encompass a wide range of learning problems including slow learning. Slow learners have mild intellectual disability and acquire skills at a slower rate compared to the normal student. Slow learners ... -
Influence of gender on academic achievement of slow learners in Kakamega county, Kenya
(IOSR Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering, 2020)Background: Gender disparity is an issue of concern to education stakeholders. Differences in academic achievement among males and females has always been inferred.Advocacy and mitigation measures ought to focus on the ... -
Determinants of side selling behaviour in emerging sorghum supply chains in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Cogent, 2022)Vertical coordination in agriculture has received popularity in recent years. They have emerged to transform farm enterprises from subsistence farming to commercially oriented production. Despite the importance attached ... -
Are consumers at the base of the pyramid willing to pay for nutritious foods?
(Pergamon, 2019)Base of the Pyramid (BoP) consumers living in the urban informal settlements of developing countries spend over 60% of their income on food, yet malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency remain widespread among ... -
A Gendered Analysis of Perceived Risks of Commercial Oriented Smallholder Vegetable Farmers in Kilifi County, Kenya
(Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 2019)This paper examines the relationship between gender and perceived risks of commercial oriented smallholder farmers in Kilifi County. A sample of 332 smallholder vegetable farmers was selected from the study area. A 5- point ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility in Four and Five Star Hotels in Kenya
(Research Gate, 2017)Corporate social responsibility as a major aspect of societal marketing is under explored and under reported in the hospitality industry in Kenya. This article compiles primary and secondary data on corporate social ... -
Gaps in guests' and managers' perceptions of the marketing strategies of four and five star hotels in Kenya
(Research Gate, 2016)This study assessed guests’ and managers’ perceptions of the extent to which the marketing strategies of four and five star hotels in Kenya addressed the factors which influence the guests’ purchase decisions. The research ... -
Enhancing Competitiveness Through Guests’ Experiences: A Typology of Customer Experiences in Upscale Hotels
(Routledge, 2017)This study sought to develop a marketing model that can enhance the competitiveness of four- and five-star hotels in Kenya. The main factors generating guests’ expectations and delight were investigated after focusing ... -
Effect of Management Practices on Actual ICT Application in Kenyan Hotels: A PLS-SEM Approach
(Routledge, 2018)Advances in information communication technology (ICT) has seen many hotels invest huge sums of money in ICTs to enhance their performance. However, this has never been the case for most hotels in economically developing ... -
Perception of Graduate Tourism Employees and Tourism Employers on Relevance of Tourism Education Attributes to Effective Tourism Work Performance in Kenya
(THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES, 2019)Continued sustenance of tourism industry requires human capital with the right skills, knowledge and competency. Kenya has a number of tertiary tourism education institutions that graduates potential employees for the ... -
Factors Determining Tertiary Tourism Education Quality in Kenya: The Perspectives of Tourism Graduate Employees and Tourism Employers
(THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES, 2019)Tourism industry is one of the contributors to the growth of the Kenyan economy. Given its economic importance, both the government and the private sectors have invested heavily in the training and human capacity building ... -
Construction of Feminine Identity through Metaphor in Facebook Discourses
(International Journal of innovative research and development, 2020)One of the ways through which people construct their identities and others’ identities is through use of conceptual metaphors. Conceptual metaphors are not just elements of language but are elements of thought as well and ... -
Effects of inclination angle and free convection on velocity profile for a steady 2-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic fluid flow in an inclined cylindrical pipe
(European Journal of Engineering and Technology Research, 2021)Effects of inclination and free convection on velocity profile for magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) fluid flow in an inclined cylindrical pipe has been investigated. The governing partial differential equations are the equations ... -
Antibiotic Resistance of Escherichia coli from Humans and Black Rhinoceroses in Kenya
(Springer US, 2020)Upsurge of antibiotic resistance in wildlife poses unprecedented threat to wildlife conservation. Surveillance of antibiotic resistance at the human-wildlife interface is therefore needed. We evaluated differences in ... -
Stocking density induced stress on plasma cortisol and whole blood glucose concentration in Nile Tilapia fish (Oreochromis niloticus) of Lake Victoria, Kenya
(Hindawi, 2020)Effects of high stocking densities (HSDs) were evaluated for Nile tilapia fish (Oreochromis niloticus) under culture to determine its influence on plasma cortisol and whole blood glucose concentration. Plasma cortisol ... -
Application of revenue management practices in star-rated hotels in Kenya
(African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2021)The study aimed to find the extent of applying revenue management (RM) practices in star-rated hotels in Kenya. Specifically, the study sought to determine RM policies and implementation, application of RM techniques, ... -
Review of current state of knowledge of microcystin and its impacts on fish in Lake Victoria
(Wiley, 2020)Microcystins are part of algal toxins produced intracellularly within algal cells, being in the family of hepatotoxic cyclic peptides from various species of blue-green algae. Blue-green algae are widely abundant in many ... -
The spleen bacteriome of wild rodents and shrews from Marigat, Baringo County, Kenya
(PeerJ Inc., 2021)There is a global increase in reports of emerging diseases, some of which have emerged as spillover events from wild animals. The spleen is a major phagocytic organ and can therefore be probed for systemic microbiome. This ... -
Mediation Role of Revenue Management Practices on the Linkage between Hotel Determinants and Financial Performance of Hotels in Kenya
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2021)The study aimed at investigating the mediation role of revenue management (RM) practices on the linkage between the internal and external hotel determinants and the financial performance of hotels in Kenya. The study used ... -
Hepatitis B virus genetic multiplicity and the associated HBV lamivudine resistance mutations in HBV/HIV co-infection in Western Kenya: A review article
(Elsevier, 2021)ackground: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infections are common as the two viruses use same routes of transmission. Studies show that HIV infection modifies the natural course of chronic ...