Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Household Food Security and Nutritional Status of Hiv Sero-Positive Clients Attending Longisa County Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic, Bomet County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018)Food insecurity remains a major problem in poor households, and its implications worsen in disease states including Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and AIDS. More than 10 million Kenyans are chronically food insecure ... -
Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive clients attending Longisa County Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic, Bomet County, Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)Background: Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive persons remains a major concern across various settings around the globe. Inadequate dietary intake, infections and stage of disease progression elicit malnutrition among ... -
Barriers to appropriate breast feeding practices among mothers attending maternal and child health Clinic at Mbagathi District Hospital, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2011)Breastfeeding is a natural and recommended way of feeding all infants and young children Decline in this practice has resulted in increased morbidity and mortality of children under the age of five years globally and in ... -
Participatory approaches to rural development. A case study of Muhoroni sugar company, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2004)The primary objective of most of the organizations that are geared towards profit realization is productivity, efficiency and competitiveness. Achieving these objectives necessitates adaptability and responsiveness to ... -
The Implication of Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Farmers on their Level of Participation in Rice Irrigation Management for sustainable household food security in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2016)Community participation in rice irrigation management as acknowledged world over has the potential to boost sustainable household food security. Despite the transfer of irrigation management to rice farmers in Ahero ... -
Effect of dental caries and malocclusion on the oral health-related quality of life in 12-14 year old children in Viwandani Slum, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)Background: Traditional methods of measuring oral health mainly use clinical dental indices. In recent years, the use of subjective assessments to gain information about the impact of oral disorders on Oral-Health Related ... -
Is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) a risk factor to development of dental caries and molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH) in children?
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Introduction: HIV-positive children are susceptible to various infections, and they are often placed on long-term medications to control and/or prevent these infections. It is possible that the ingestion of these medications ... -
Analytical Absorption Cross-Section for Photon by a Hydrogen 2s Atom
(IOP Publishing, 2011-04)We calculate the absorption cross-section for photon by a hydrogen 2s atom using the quantum-classical approximation for the total photo cross-section of many electron atoms. With the application of the first-order term ... -
Ultracold Atom-Ion Systems in Hybrid Traps
(Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2017-11-21)This thesis deals with the theoretical description of a hybrid system of an ultracold neutral atom and a single ion. These hybrid atom-ion systems combine the key advantages of ultracold neutral atoms and ions. In particular, ... -
Symmetry Dependent Analytical Pseudopotential for Helium Atom
(2019-11-11)Electron-electron interaction is the origin of the many-body problems usually encountered in physics and chemistry. Helium atom and other two-electron systems are the simplest many-body systems in nature. The Schr¨odinger ... -
Harnessing Social Capital to Improve Food Security of Peri-Urban Households. Experiences from Kisumu City, Kenya
(Science and Education Publishing, 2019)Although significant progress has been made in recent decades to reduce food insecurity in developing countries, a larger percentage of the peri urban population still experiences food insecurity. The peri urban poor, as ... -
A Spatially Explicit Approach for Targeting Resource-Poor Smallholders to Improve Their Participation in Agribusiness: A Case of Nyando and Vihiga County in Western Kenya
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020-10)The majority of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa face myriad challenges to participating in agribusiness markets. However, how the spatially explicit factors interact to influence household decision choices at the ... -
Towards a better production of sugar cane by outgrower farmers' of Webuye division, Bungoma district
(University Of Nairobi, 1993)Agriculture is the mainstay of Kenya's economy. The general agricultural policy has been guided by an overall strategy of meeting the objective of trying to maintain a position of broad self-sufficiency in foodstuffs and ... -
The Role of Quality Assurance and Standards Officers in Enhancing Primary School Teachers’effectiveness in Marani Division, Marani District Kenya.
(Kenyatta university, 2011)The purpose of this study was to find out the role of Quality Assurance and Standards Officers (QASOs) in enhancing primary school teachers‟ effectiveness in Marani division, Marani district. The study also examined ... -
School-Based Management Prospects and Challenges: A Case of Public Secondary Schools in Murang’a South District, Kenya.
(Asian Economic and Social Society, 2013)The main purpose of this study was to find out what the principals and teachers perceived were the prospects of school-based management (SBM), the accrued benefits of SBM and challenges schools would experience if SBM was ... -
Enhancing Quality Education through Devolution of Quality Assurance Functions to Schools in Kenya: Expectations and Challenges
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2014)The concept of devolution which means taking services closer to wananchi (citizens) has gained momentum since the promulgation of the current constitution of Kenya in the year 2010. The functions of Directorate Quality ... -
Effect of teachers’ morale on standard eight pupils’ academic achievement in public primary schools in Marani sub-county, Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2015)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of teachers’ morale on standard eight pupils’ academic achievement in public primary schools in Marani Sub-County, Kenya. The study utilized ex-post facto design. ... -
The Role of Boards of Management as a Determinant of Pupils’ Academic Performance in Public Primary Schools in Marani Sub-County, Kenya.
(International Journal of Scientific Research and Innovative Technology, 2017)The purpose of this study was to explore onthe role of boards of management (BoM) as a determinant of pupils’ academic performance in public primary schools in Marani Sub-County, Kenya. The objectives of this study were ... -
School Climate as a Determinant of Pupils’ Academic Performance in Public Primary Schools in Marani Sub-County, Kenya
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2017)The purpose of this study was to investigate on school climate as a determinant of pupils’ academic performance in public primary schools in Marani Sub-County, Kenya. The objectives for this study were to find out the ... -
A Qualitative Approach To The Role Of Board Of Management, School Climate And Teachers’ Morale As Determinants Of Pupils’ Academic Performance In Public Primary Schools In Marani Sub-County, Kenya
(Maasai Mara University, 2017)The Kenya government is keen on ensuring pupils excel in their academic work. Some of the progressive steps the government has taken are enhancing access to education by providing free primary education and waiving of ...
