Browsing Doctoral Theses by Title
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A reinforcement learning multi-agent systems architecture for guaranteeing advancing conversations in task-oriented dialog systems
(Maseno University, 2022)The conversational capabilities of a dialog system have a direct impact on the tasks it can accomplish. Solving all conversational issues in dialog systems have the potential to make them serve in complex domains. While ... -
Relationship Among Entrepreneurial Processes, Procurement Affirmative Action Practices and Business Success of Entrepreneurs With Disability in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)Global Network for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities support studies indicating that selfemployment as an entrepreneurial activity has nearly twice as many economically engaged people with disability running their own ... -
Relationship between instructional resources and teacher effectiveness in early years education centres in Siaya county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)Teacher effectiveness is a predictor of education quality. Research has established that teachers’ interaction with instructional resources and the environment contributes immensely to their effectiveness in the learning ... -
Relationship between mites infestation levels in Kenyan tea to overhead volatile organic compounds and their variations with seasons, regions and selected agronomic practices
(Maseno University, 2016)Tea (Camellia sinensis) is a major cash crop in Kenya that suffers economic losses due to Brevipalpus phoenicis and Oligonychus coffeae infestations during droughts. Pesticides use on tea is prohibited and pests control ... -
Relationship Between Physicochemical Factors and Occurrence of Vibrio Strains in the Environment of The Lake Victoria Basin
(Maseno University, 2017)Cholera is a substantial health burden in the developing world and is endemic in Africa, Asia, South and Central America. The exact scale of the problem is uncertain because of limitations in existing surveillance systems, ... -
Relativistic dynamics based on Finsler geometry
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Repulsive electron interaction and nuclear charge screening:- Ground state of two electron atoms
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Response of Selected Wetland Plant Species to Varying Levels of Npk Fertilizer Application
(Maseno University, 2011)Nutrient enrichment is one of the most serious threats to wetland ecosystems. Increased nutrient loading to wetlands often results in an increase in emergent plant biomass and a decrease in species diversity. While these ... -
Rheological properties of non-equilibrium thin polymer films via dewetting for advanced nanophotonic systems
(Maseno University, 2021)Advanced nano-devices require the tuning of the size and shape of nanostructures with nanometre-scale precision over a large area. These rigid requirements are beyond the reach of conventional lithographic techniques or ... -
Ritualization among the Abanyole: A study of cleansing rituals
(Maseno University, 2007)This study seeks to find out the nature of the function of the Abanyole cleansing rituals. It investigates the Abanyole cultural and religious knowledge transmitted through rituals and the effects they have on the social ... -
Role of cost of information adoption and utilization in the relationship between cost of sugar cane production and cost of food production among farmers in Nyanza region, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)In Kenya, agricultural sector absorbs 60% of the labour force, contributes 24% to GDP and sustains over 80% of the rural populations’ livelihood. In Nyanza region, sugarcane production covers 55.9% of the total arable ... -
The Role of Cytokine Immune Responses in Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Patients Co-Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(Maseno University, 2019)The gold standard for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) diagnosis is either isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) by culture or detection of Mtb-specific nucleic acids by molecular methods. However, apart from laboratory ... -
Role of Entrepreneurial Networks and Eefect of Failure Attributions on Growth Orientation of Survival-Focused Micro-Entrepreneurs in the Slums of Nairobi, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2019)Micro-entrepreneurs have opened up international markets, increased exports and created employment worldwide. However, among many of the Africa informal economies, approximately 400,000 micro-entrepreneurs do not survive ... -
Role of Sickle-Cell Trait, Malaria and Epstein Barr Virus Coinfection On Ebna-L-Specific T-Cell Immunity in the Etiology Of Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma in Children Aged 4-9 Years From Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2013)Etiological mechanism underlying endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL), remain unknown despite the long-standing epidemiological link between Plasmodium Jalciparum and Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) co-infections. Although past studies ... -
The Role of the Church Of God - Kenya In Alleviating Poverty in EMUHAYA District Of Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2011)Churches and faith-based organizations have made concerted attempts towards answering both spiritual and physical cries of the poor in Africa, and Kenya in particular. This has partly been attributed to the fact that ... -
Screening Some Parameters of the C3 Species and C4 Species Influencing their Distribution along the Altitudinal Gradient in arid and Semi arid Ecosystems of Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2005)Studiesof the parameters determining the mechanism of photosynthesis and theirimpacton the distribution of the plant species has been reported in literature \ in the Poaceae and Cyperaceae groups. Novel observations Oft ... -
Script Acquisition: A Crowdsourcing and Text mining approach
(Saarland University, 2019)According to Grice’s (1975) theory of pragmatics, people tend to omit basic information when participating in a conversation (or writing a narrative) under the assumption that left out details are already known or can ... -
Secondary school students' perspectives of environmental Quality in Kenya: a case study ofBungoma District
(Maseno University, 2000)Concern had been raised to the effect that Secondary. School students in Kenya lacked conservation principles in their day-to-day lives. In light of this, it was the purpose of this study to understand the meanings the ... -
Seed Dormancy and Comparative Longevity in two Sub-Species of Vernonia Galamensis(Nairobiensis& Afromontana Var. Gibbosa) (Cass.) Less
(Maseno University, 2007)Vernofliagalamensis (Cass.) Less. is a potential industrial oil crop whose seeds contain 35-45% of triglyceride oil rich in vernolic acid, a naturally epoxidized fatt~ acid with low viscosity. Naturally epoxidized, ...