Maseno University Repository: Recent submissions
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Modeling trailer-traffic flow on a Kenyan highway
(2014)Traffic flow modelling is studied in order to ease congestion on roads. However, congestion is also caused by irregular occurrences, such as traffic accidents, poor roads, vehicle disablement, spilled loads and hazardous ... -
On Characterization of Scalar Operators via Semigroup and the Associated Generators
(Hikari Ltd, 2016)In this paper, we characterize the scalar operators by using the semigroup theory and the corresponding generators of (α, α + 1) type R operators. In particular, we show that if a densely defined operator H generates a ... -
Modelling of distribution of the “Matatu” traffic flow using Poisson distribution in a highway in Kenya
(HIKARI Ltd, 2018)Traffic congestion in urban road and freeway networks leads to strong degradation of the network infrastructure and accordingly reduced output. Expansion of the available transportation continues to be one of the solution ... -
The application of logistic regression in modeling of survival chances of HIV-positive patients under highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART): A case of Nyakach District …
(Basic Research Journal, 2014)In Kenya the number of persons requiring antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in 2012 was over 90,000 while globally more than 1.4 million were under ART in the year 2012. Though ART treatment has decreased mortality of HIV associated ... -
On Regular Prime Graphs of Solvable Groups
(Hikari Ltd, 2016)Let G be a finite solvable group and∆(G) be the prime vertex graph on cd (G). We show that if∆(G) is noncomplete and regular, then G is the direct product of groups with disconnected graphs of 2 vertices. -
Application of Markov chain to model and forecast stock market trend: A study of Safaricom shares in Nairobi Securities Exchange, Kenya
(International Journal of Current Research, 2015-04-28)Wealth creation is the goal for every investor. The stock market is one attractive area for investment. Nairobi Securities Exchange being an emerging market in the region, it is considered that both foreign and local ... -
Ethnic minorities wedged up in post-election violence in Kenya: a lesson for African governments
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2009-07-01)On 27 December 2007, some ten million Kenyans went to the polls in what were generally anticipated to be the most hotly contested and close-run presidential, parliamentary and civic elections in the country’s 45 years since ... -
4-Regular prime graphs of nonsolvable groups
(CORNELL UNIVERSITY, 2019-01-11)Let G be a finite group and cd(G) denote the character degree set for G. The prime graph ∆(G) is a simple graph whose vertex set consists of prime divisors of elements in cd(G), denoted ρ(G). Two primes p, q ∈ ρ(G) are ... -
AFRICA PEACE AND CONFLICT
(University for Peac, 2009)The mission of the University for Peace is to provide humanity with an international institution of higher education for peace with the aim of promoting among all human beings a spirit of understanding, tolerance, and ... -
Silent religiosity in a snivelling nation: the role of religious institutions in promoting post-conflict reconciliation in Kenya
(2009)This article seeks to examine the role of religious institutions in peace building, prior to and after the 2007 post-elections violence in Kenya. The author builds an argument that supports the view that religious institutions ... -
Terror, Religion, or Socialism?: The Faces of MỦngỈkỈ Sect in The Kenyan Public Space
(Yaoundé, Cameroun, 2008-12-11)This paper examines how Mủngỉkỉ members have used the sect in the public space as a tool of emancipation. In the paper I argue that Mủngỉkỉ has been using different faces in terms of religion, names, and approaches, to ... -
A novel ED-based sexual assault centre in western Kenya: description of patients and analysis of treatment patterns
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine, 2011-11-01)he aim of this study was to establish the feasibility of a Kenyan emergency department (ED)-based sexual assault centre; and to improve knowledge of the characteristics of sexual assault in the region. -
DRAFT WORKING PAPER – NOT FOR CIRCULATION OR CITATION
(2009)Of the many catastrophes that the African continent has faced, HIV/AIDS is grouped among the most threatening cataclysms. The disease and its repercussions not only affect families and communities, but also have a ... -
Indiana University Press
(Indiana University Press., 2018-10-18)This article examines the role and future of indigenous theatrical performances (ITPs) in peacebuilding in Kenya. It focuses on the Kikuyu, Luhya, and Luo communities’ traditions of ritual, storytelling, proverb, and song ... -
Quality Blood Sampling Techniques and Influence of Socio cultural Factors among ARVs Forces Community in Seeking Healthcare
(SMU Medical Journal, 2016-01)Project monitoring and evaluation (M/E) determines resource accountability and its impact to various stakeholders. Plenary project success requires holistic community participation and empowerment. However, this approach ... -
New Europe College Yearbook 2010-2011
(2010)Between 1920 and 1940 the relationship between culture and ethnicity constituted one of the most dominant political themes in Eastern Europe. The cultural, historical, anthropological debates shaped national identity in ... -
21 Days of Social Synergistic Pilot Survey on Community Participation to Determine the Level Virulence of COVID-19 in Africa before Re-Opening of the Education Sector in an …
(ACTA SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL SCIENCES, 2020-05)21 days of Synergistic community participation survey [2] to determine reopening of education sector in Africa remain a key cradle to create psycho social confidence in parents, pupils and students since they left school ... -
THE POTENTIAL OF THE CHURCH AS A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION IN PEACEBUILDING IN AFRICA. LESSONS FROM KENYA’S ETHNIC CONFLICTS
(NEW EUROPE COLLEGE-Institute for Advanced Studies, 2011)The 2007 general election in Kenya is reminisced as an event that exemplified destruction that ethnic politics can have on a country. It was clear that most Kenyan politicians are ethnically aligned and divided in political ... -
Assess Functionality of IMCI Spatial Facility Infrastructure and Policy Utilization in Trans-Nzioa County, Kenya
(Open Science Repository Medicine, 2013)Implementation of integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI), in a comprehensive and holistic approach, forms bench mark for basic child health in promoting celebration of fifth birth day for children below five ... -
Community participation in integrated water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH) programs in supply of safe water in Trans Nzioa, Kenya
(international knowledge sharing platform, 2014)37% of Developing world’s population lack access to clean water; 2.5 billion people lack improved basic sanitation and hygiene facilities, over 780 million people still use unsafe drinking water. Trans Nzioa County, ...