Maseno University Repository: Recent submissions
Now showing items 2721-2740 of 5713
-
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 ... -
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.
(Maseno University, 2006) -
The Plight of Fisher folk in the Fishing Industry in the Lake Region.
(Maseno University, 2007) -
Establishing Relations: Health Workers' Views on Integration of Mobile Phones during Follow-Up
(International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2018)