Maseno University Repository: Recent submissions
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Academic Dishonesty Among Undergraduate Students At One University In Kenya. Causes And Mitigations
(GRIN Verlag, 2021)Recent empirical studies indicate that cheating by college students is prevalent in many countries. More is known about the pervasiveness of college cheating than reasons why students cheat and how the vice can be mitigated. ... -
The Politics of Pulpit Religiosity in the Era of Covid-19 in Kenya
(Frontiers in Communication, 2021)This essay centres on the role of religion in the era of Covid-19. We juxtapose social media and religious practices in a way that challenges the conventional religion of the pulpit to deconstruct the myths and misconceptions ... -
A Content Based Image Retrieval Model for E-Commerce
(International Journal of Engineering and Computer Science, 2018)In the last decade, large database of images have grown rapidly. This trend is expected to continue in to the future. Retrieval and querying of these image in efficient way is a challenge in order to access the visual content ... -
A Model for Code Restructuring, A Tool for Improving Systems Quality in Compliance with Object Oriented Coding Practice
(International Journal of Computer Science Issues (IJCSI), 2019)A major goal of software restructuring is to preserve or increase the value of a piece of software. Restructuring a system may make it possible to add more features to the existing system or make the software more ... -
Target Sentiment Analysis Model with Naïve Bayes and Support Vector Machine for Product Review Classification
(Int. J. Comput. Sci. Inf. Secur.(IJCSIS), 2019)Sentiment analysis has demonstrated that the automation and computational recognition of sentiments is possible and evolving with time, due to factors such as; emergence of new technological trends and the continued dynamic ... -
Higher education in evolving world: accelerating the pace of change in teaching for learning
(European Journal of Education Studies, 2021)World-wide, 21st century higher education (HE) involves knowledge acquisition focused on addressing societal challenges. Fundamentally valuable are high order skills, such as critical thinking, creative problem solving, ... -
Effects of membership functions for fuzzy logic controlled autonomous mobile robot
(International Conference on Intelligent and Innovative Computing Applications, 2020)There is a growing trend in autonomous robotics research. A consistent collision avoidance and path following method is needed for an intelligent and operative mobile robot navigation. Usually robots are fitted with sensors ... -
Computer network quality of experience enriched analysis using fuzzy logic model
(International Conference on Intelligent and Innovative Computing Applications, 2020)Two important Quality of Experience (QoE) parameters in computer networks service-related performance metrics are throughput and end-to-end delay. A slow delay indicates high network efficiency thus high throughput. ... -
Diagnosis disclosure to adolescents living with HIV in rural Kenya improves antiretroviral therapy adherence and immunologic outcomes: A retrospective cohort study
(Public Library of Science, 2017)Background & aims Emphasis on adolescent HIV has increased worldwide as antiretroviral treatment has greatly extended life expectancies of HIV-positive children. Few evidence-based guidelines exist on the optimal time to ... -
Inventory, reward value and diversity of Apis mellifera nectariferous and polleniferous forage in Eastern Mau forest, Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2020)The study was conducted in Eastern Mau is one of the East Mau forest is an important watershed within the Mau Forest Complex, feeding major rivers and streams that make up the hydrological systems of Lake Victoria and ... -
Interferon-γ responses to Plasmodium falciparum vaccine candidate antigens decrease in the absence of malaria transmission
(PeerJ Inc., 2017)Background. Malaria elimination campaigns are planned or active in many countries. The effects of malaria elimination on immune responses such as antigen-specific IFNγ responses are not well characterized. Methods. IFN- ... -
Stabilization of RDT target antigens present in dried Plasmodium falciparum-infected samples for validating malaria rapid diagnostic tests at the point of care
(BioMed Central, 2018)Background: Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are a great achievement in implementation of parasite based diagnosis as recommended by World Health Organization. A major drawback of RDTs is lack of positive controls ... -
Forging Associations Across Multiple Spaces: How Somali Kinship Practices Sustain the Existence of the Dadaab Camps in Kenya
(Springer, Cham, 2019)Scholars increasingly have challenged the idea that camps as social worlds can only be visualized in terms of helplessness, immobility, and isolation. Similarly, this contribution demonstrates that Somali kinship practices ... -
Comparison of non-magnetic and magnetic beads multiplex assay for assessment of Plasmodium falciparum antibodies
(PeerJ Inc., 2019)Background. New reagents have emerged allowing researchers to assess a growing number of vaccine-associated immune parameters. Multiplex immunoassay(s) are emerging as efficient high-throughput assays in malaria serology. ... -
Microplastics as Emerging Contaminants: Occurrence, Toxicology, and Analysis
(IG1 Global publishers of timely knowledge, 2020)The ever-increasing production of plastics and concomitant poor plastic waste disposal systems explain the recent rising concerns over the occurrence of microplastics in freshwater resources. Microplastics are presently ... -
A Psycho-Realist Analysis of Gabriel Omolo's 'Lunch Time' Music
(East African Scholars Publisher, Kenya, 2020)The ‘lunch time’ music that was sung by a music guru Gabriel Omolo in the 1970’s basically talks about behaviors of workers specifically at the industrial area in Nairobi, Kenya. These workers are casual laborers who ... -
From Semiotics to Three-Dimensional Multimodality
(Indiana Publications, 2021)Semiotics traces its roots to Ferdinand de Saussure’s classical book Course de Linguistique Generale in which it is defined as the study of signs, signifiers and the signified in order to relate with meaning. It is the ... -
Aspects of graphology in the construction of selected Kiswahili children’s novels
(Royallite Global, Kenya, 2021)Graphology has today dominated children’s literature making it look like an amorphous and an ambiguous creature with its relationship to its audience. Children lack the required knowledge and skills to associate meaning ... -
An Introduction to Communication, Nairobi, Kenya
(International Journal of Communication, 2017)because it comes at a time when communication scholars from the global South are increasingly challenging the dominance of Western modernity in communication and media studies. Many scholars have decried the U.S.–UK ...