Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Multipole expansion of integral powers of cosine theta
(Nature Publishing Group, 2020-11-18)Legendre polynomials form the basis for multipole expansion of spatially varying functions. The technique allows for decomposition of the function into two separate parts with one depending on the radial coordinates only ... -
Socio-economic characteristics and the performance of women-owned enterprises in Mumias town
(University of Nairobi, 2003)This study examines how socio-economic characteristics affect the performance of women owned enterprises in Mumias town. This study builds upon the premise that differences in socio- economic characteristics affects ... -
Nile perch market liberalization and chronic poverty: drivers and maintainers of chronic poverty among fishing community in Suba district
(University of Nairobi, 2008)This study is about Nile perch market liberalization and chronic poverty among fishing community in Suba District. It identifies the socio economic characteristic of chronically poor households among Nile perch fisher ... -
Utilization of Wetland Ecosystems for Sustainable Livelihoods: The Case of Osodo in the Lake Victoria Basin.
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The Plight of Fisher folk in the Fishing Industry in the Lake Region.
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Establishing Relations: Health Workers' Views on Integration of Mobile Phones during Follow-Up
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The role of non-motorised mode of transportation: a case study of hand-carts operation in Kisumu Municipality, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1993)This study was carried out in Kisumu Municipality(KM), Kenya and its main objective was to find out the role of hand-carts as an urban transport mode. In order to understand the role of hand-carts, objectives were set for ... -
Regulation of Media Content in Kenya: In Search of a Paradigm in the Era of Convergence
(Scholars Middle East Publishers, 2017)With advancement in information and communications technology, there has been convergence of various communication channels into few distribution platforms or same media organizations owning several media channels. Media ... -
Factors determining land use development in the unplanned suburbs of Kisumu Municipality, Kenya.
(2015)The paper demonstrated that land use development in the unplanned suburbs in Kisumu Municipality is dictated by several factors. It covered three unplanned suburbs namely Nyamasaria, Otonglo and Mamboleo based on Mixed ... -
The effect of Mass Media on youth participation in governance: a case study of Masinga District
(University of Nairobi, 2011)This research study seeks to find out if mass media have had influence on youth participation in governance in Masinga district. It further seeks to find out whether mass media has been used as a tool to empower the youth. ... -
Conflict Management through War Metaphors in 2013 Kenyan Presidential Campaign Speeches
(IISTE, 2017)Political campaigns employ war metaphors that bring forth the resemblance between the rigours of war and the struggle to occupy electoral offices. In this regard, the political candidates are soldiers, the constituents ... -
An investigation into some water quality problems of Lake Kanyaboli in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1997)This study attempted an investigation into some water quality problems of jake Kanyaboli. The geographical location of lake Kanyaboli within the Yala swamp and its size of 10.5km1 make it ideal for this investigation. ... -
Cross-cultural Variations of the HIV/AIDS IS DEATH Pictorial Metaphor
(Horizon Research Publishing Co., Ltd., 2017-09-01)or three decades now, HIV/AIDS undeniably remains one of the leading killer diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa. The same narrative is advanced in the literature by sociologists and epidemiologists where mental images that ... -
Haemostatic disorders in patients with breast cancer at Kenyatta national hospital, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010)Background Haemostatic disorders (thrombosis and haemorrhage) are increasingly being investigated and assessed as factors that influence outcome of treatment of solid tumors including breast cancer. There is little data ... -
A pragmatic analysis of figurative language used in HIV/AIDS discourse in Kenia: a case study of english and Kiswahili messages
(University of Geneva, 2012)This research investigates whether Kenyans from 42 mutually intelligible communities homogeneously comprehend AIDS posters. In this regard, the five research objectives are: (1) to investigate whether Kenyan AIDS posters ... -
A Portrait Subverting the Normative Gender Identity
(International Journal of Scientific Research and Innovative Technology, 2018)Autobiographical discourses written by women globally in their perceptions indicate that women are struggling to be given an equal playing field in academia and politics. The paper looks at a portrait of the Legacy of ... -
Concretizing the Emerging Subverted Normative Portraiture in the Metaphor ‘Unbowed’
(International Journal of Social Science and Technology, 2018)Autobiographical discourses written by women globally in their perceptions indicate that women are struggling to dismantle patriarchal structures, seeking to deter them from mainstreaming gender. The paper looks at a ... -
Assessment of school information system utilization and factors that affect use in Kenyan secondary schools
(University of Nairobi, 2011)This paper describes a study on the utilization of School Information Systems (SIS) in secondary schools in Kenya. It begins by describing the structure of the Education system in Kenya, ICT in educational management and ...
