Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Four Domains Of Parenting In Kenya
(Routledge, 2021)The goals of this study were to track changes in parental warmth and rules/limit-setting over time and to examine parents’ age at the time of their child’s birth, parents’ education, and child gender in relation to changes ... -
Comparative Economic Analysis of Clonal Tea Yield Response to Nitrogen Fertiliser Rates within Selected Geographical Areas in Kenya
(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TEA S, 2020)Tea sector contributes approximately 30% of export earnings in Kenya. Despite the industry continuing to realize positive gross margins, high costs of production coupled with weak trends in export prices threaten its ... -
Culture and Social Change in Mothers’ and Fathers’ Individualism, Collectivism and Parenting Attitudes
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021)Cultures and families are not static over time but evolve in response to social transformations, such as changing gender roles, urbanization, globalization, and technology uptake. Historically, individualism and collectivism ... -
Phytochemistry and insecticidal activity of Annona mucosa leaf extracts against Sitophilus zeamais and Prostephanus truncatus
(Journal of Asian Natural Products Researc, 2021)A new oleanane type triterpene characterized as 3α, 24-diacetoxy-12-oleanene (1) together with known compounds 2-10, were isolated from Annona mucosa leaf extracts. Their structural elucidation was accomplished using ... -
Applying a multi-level perspective to examine the potential transition to an accessibility-based approach to transport planning: Insights from cities in Sweden, Kenya and South Africa
(2019)There is a growing acknowledgement among transport planning scholars that the traditional, mobility-focused approach has created futures with undesired, unintended characteristics. A paradigm shift regarding the fundamental ... -
Roles of Local Governance Institutions and Promotion of Urban Agriculture Practices in Western Kenya
(International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 2020)The role of local government institution and especially institutional structures and political culture often shape government performance including livelihood supporting activities such as Urban Agriculture (UA). The changing ... -
Evaluation of incorporation of universal design parameters in the planning approval process of Kisumu main bus terminus
(East African Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 2021)Consideration of the normate template by designers usually leads to the production of living spaces that fail to meet most of the spatial requirements of would-be users. This phenomenon arises due to the fact that the ... -
Effect of Production Management Skills on the Production Level of ESP Financed Aquaculture Farms in Kisumu West Constituency, Kenya
(East African Journal of Agriculture and Biotechnology, 2021)The Kenyan Economic Stimulus Program was developed with an objective to spur regional development. The program targeted the establishment of 200 fish ponds in the selected constituencies in Kenya. Farmers were trained on ... -
Transit oriented development in medium cities in Africa: Experiences from Kisumu, Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2021)Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is a planned area with land use that has optimal reach of public transport by urban populace it serves. Availability and accessibility of public transport minimizes reliance of use by ... -
Enhanced postoperative surveillance versus standard of care to reduce mortality among adult surgical patients in Africa (ASOS-2): a cluster-randomised controlled trial
(Elsevier, 2021)Risk of mortality following surgery in patients across Africa is twice as high as the global average. Most of these deaths occur on hospital wards after the surgery itself. We aimed to assess whether enhanced postoperat ... -
Effect of management skills on performance of economic stimulus Program financed aquaculture farms Kisumu west constituency, Kenya
(Adventist University of Africa, Kenya, 2021)In the endeavour to stimulate the Kenyan Economy after the post-election violence in 2008, the Economic Stimulus Program (ESP) was developed so as to jumpstart the economy. Commercialization ... -
Culture and Social Change in Mothers’ and Fathers’ Individualism, Collectivism and Parenting Attitudes
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021)Cultures and families are not static over time but evolve in response to social transformations, such as changing gender roles, urbanization, globalization, and technology uptake. Historically, individualism and collectivism ... -
Pre-pandemic psychological and behavioral predictors of responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in nine countries
(Cambridge University Press, 2021)Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, adolescents (N = 1,330; Mages = 15 and 16; 50% female), mothers, and fathers from nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, United States) reported ... -
Dyadic coping, parental warmth, and adolescent externalizing behavior in four countries
(SAGE Publications, 2022)This study examined parental warmth as a mediator of relations between mothers’ and fathers’ perceptions of dyadic coping and adolescent externalizing outcomes. Data from 472 adolescents, mothers, and fathers were ... -
Ingestion of hemozoin by peripheral blood mononuclear cells alters temporal gene expression of ubiquitination processes
(Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 2022)Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria is among the leading causes of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide. During a natural infection, ingestion of the malarial parasite product, hemozoin (PfHz), by circulating phagocytic ... -
Influence of Nitrogenous Fertilizer Rates and Plucking Intervals on Tea in Peatland and Highland Ultisol Soils of Rwanda: 1 Tea Yields
(International Journal of Tea Science, Volume 15 Issue 1 (2020, 2020)Tea in Rwanda, is grown in different agro-ecosystems comprising highlands and drained low elevation peatlands. The plantations use uniform agricultural practices imported from Eastern Africa countries, but without re-testing ... -
Phytochemistry and insecticidal activity of Annona mucosa leaf extracts against Sitophilus zeamais and Prostephanus truncatus
(Taylor and Francis, 2021)A new oleanane type triterpene characterized as 3a, 24-diacetoxy12-oleanene (1) together with known compounds 2-10, were isolated from Annona mucosa leaf extracts. Their structural elucidation was accomplished using ... -
Effect of nitrogen application on the expression of drought-induced root plasticity of upland NERICA rice
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)This study evaluated the effect of three N fertilization levels 60 (low), 120 (medium), and 180 (high) kg N ha−1 and soil moisture content gradients created by a line-source sprinkler on the expression of plasticity in ...