Maseno University Repository: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
KenSwQuAD – A Question Answering Dataset for Swahili Low Resource Language
(arxiv.org, 2022)This research developed a Kencorpus Swahili Question Answering Dataset KenSwQuAD from raw data of Swahili language, which is a low resource language predominantly spoken in Eastern African and also has speakers in other ... -
Kencorpus: A Kenyan Language Corpus of Swahili, Dholuo and Luhya for Natural Language Processing Tasks
(arxiv.org, 2022)Indigenous African languages are categorized as under-served in Artificial Intelligence and suffer poor digital inclusivity and information access. The challenge has been how to use machine learning and deep learning models ... -
Prediction of BRCA Mutations Using the BRCAPRO Model in Clinic-Based African American, Hispanic, and Other Minority Families in the United States
(American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2009)BRCAPRO, a BRCA mutation carrier prediction model, was developed on the basis of studies in individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish and European ancestry. We evaluated the performance of the BRCAPRO model among clinic-based minority ... -
Food Security Status During The Covid-19 Pandemic Among Vulnerable Groups In Keiyo South, Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2021)Health guidelines to manage the COVID-19 pandemic could have led to unintended changes in states and processes that affect food systems, food security, and nutrition. The study conducted in Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya ... -
Healthcare provider and pregnant women’s perspectives on the implementation of intermittent screening and treatment with dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine for malaria in pregnancy in western Kenya: a qualitative study
(BioMed Central, 2021)In malaria endemic regions in Kenya, pregnant women are ofered long-lasting insecticidal nets and intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (SP) at antenatal care (ANC) to prevent the adverse ... -
Clinical malaria incidence and health seeking pattern in geographically heterogeneous landscape of western Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2022)Malaria remains a public health problem in Kenya despite sustained interventions deployed by the government. One of the major impediments to effective malaria control is a lack of accurate diagnosis and effective treatment. ... -
Influence of Informal Hospitality Services on Women Entrepreneurs' Socio-Economic Wellbeing in Kenya
(EA Journals, 2022)Socio-economic wellbeing of women can be realized through the provision of informal hospitality, which is on the increase globally and in Kenya. The sector's growth is attributed to increasing life demands which requires ... -
Sustainable business strategies for fast-food restaurant growth: fast-food restaurant managers’ perspectives in Lake Region economic block, Kenya
(AJP, 2022)The goal of this study was to identify sustainable business strategies for fast-food restaurant growth -
Service Delivery Digitalization as a Tool for COVID-19 Recovery in Fast-Food Restaurants in Nairobi, Kenya
(AJP, 2022)The goal of this study was to assess the influence of the adoption of service delivery digitalization tools on Covid-19 recovery in fast-food restaurants in Nairobi -
Anticancer activity of Eugenia jambolana seeds against Hep2 cell lines
(ResearchGate, 2015)Cancer is a life-threatening disease and leads to high rates of mortality worldwide, after cardiovascular disease, is the second leading cause of death. Investigations for finding new plant based anticancer compounds ... -
Evaluation of malaria spread in relation to poor environmental conditions at Kibaha district (Tanzania)
(Open Access Science Research Publisher, 2015)Communicable diseases cause a lot of out- patient attendance resulting to huge allocation of funds by both Governmental and Non – governmental organizations in combating them. A cross section study was conducted at Maili ... -
An investigative study of dwarf mango (Boribo Muyini) seed kernel extract against inflammatory agent Staphylococcus aureus
(Journal of Scientific and Innovative Research, 2015)Alternative herbal medicine has been used to treat various infections from centuries. Natural plants contain Phyto constituents having similar chemical properties as of synthetic antibiotics. Boribo Muyini a typical Tanzanian ... -
Biosorption for lead (II) ions from aqueous solutions by the biomass of Spyridia filamentosa algal species found in Indian Ocean
(Journal of Scientific and Innovative Research, 2015)Biosorption of heavy metals is an efficient cost effective method for removal of heavy metal ions from industrial wastewater. Studies have shown that algal species biomasses have high uptake of heavy metal ions. In this ... -
Effect of crude and defatted Moringa oliefera seeds as natural coagulants in the removal of physical, chemical and bacteriological parameters from turbid river water
(Journal of Scientific and Innovative Research, 2016)There is a great concern about commercial coagulants and their residues in treated water which leads to Alzheimer disease in old people. For this reason, a lot of research is focused on plants with coagulating properties. ... -
Biodegradation activity of Aspergillus niger lipase isolates from a tropical country garage
(Journal of Scientific and Innovative Research, 2016)Microbial biodegradation of oil pollutants and their derivations has become the most environmental-friendly method in the developing world. Lipolytic enzyme; Aspergillus niger extracted from oil polluted soil has ... -
Kinetic, sorption isotherms, pseudo-first-order model and pseudo-second-order model studies of Cu (II) and Pb (II) using defatted Moringa oleifera seed powder
(The Journal of Phytopharmacology, 2016)In the recent decades, there has been a concern on heavy metals in waste water and high cost of conventional methods of removing heavy metals, for this reason search on adsorbents of biological origin which is low cost and ... -
Comparative Studies of Alum, Maerua Subcordata Root Tuber Powder and Juice Extract as Coagulation/Flocculation Agents
(2016)Turbidity is a great problem in water treatment. Comparative study was done on alum a commercial coagulant; Maerua subcordata root powder and juice extract a locally available natural coagulant to reduce turbidity and ... -
Antimycobacterial and cytotoxic activities of extracts from fungal isolates of Lake Magadi
(AJOL, 2017)In this study, antimycobacterial and cytotoxic activities of ethyl acetate extracts of fungal isolates from Lake Magadi were evaluated. The extracts were tested against Mycobacterium madagascariense (MM) and M. indicus ... -
Determinants of aflatoxin exposures in Kenyan School-aged children
(Taylor & Francis, 2022)Aflatoxins are naturally occurring food toxins known to contaminate cereals with a carry-over effect in milk and meat products from farm animals raised on contaminated feed. In children, continuous consumption of ...