Theses & Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Effects of Prescribed Physical Therapy Exercises on Blood Glucose, Metabolic and Hbaic Profiles in Prediabetes at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Uasin Gishu County in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)Pre-diabetes is characterized by plasma glucose above the normal range (3-6mmollL) but below that of clinical diabetes (>9.0mmoVL). In Kenya the estimated prevalence of diabetes was 7.2% in 2014 which comes as a result ... -
Analysis of The Greek Parameters of a Nonlinear Black-Scholes Partial Differential Equation
(Maseno University, 2014)Derivatives are used in hedging European options against risks. The partial derivatives of the solution with respect to either a variable or a parameter in the Black-Scholee model are called risk parameters or simply the ... -
Effects of Drought Dynamics On Vegetation Cover and Water Resources in Marigat Sub-County, Baringo County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Droughtis a natural phenomenon that exists when precipitation is significantly below normal, affecting landresourceproduction systems. In the arid and semi-arid areas, where pastoralism is the main source of livelihood,droughts ... -
Perceptions on opportunities and challenges for public Secondary school principals in the implementation of Selected safety policy guidelines in Kisumu West district, kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)Safety of students in schools is a matter of concern globally. In Kenya, students have lost their lives in the past five years due to arson, accidents and poisoning in spite of existence of Safety Standards Manual for ... -
Groups of composition Operators on dirichlet spaces Of the upper half-plane
(Maseno University, 2019)Composition groups has been a topic of interest in the past decades. Most studies have been on spaces of analytic functions of the unit disk. For instance; Matache studied bouncledness and compactness of composition operators; ... -
Optical Properties of Seloo-Xbix Thin Films Deposited On Glass Substrates by Flash Evaporation Method
(Maseno University, 2014)The global need for sustainable energy production is pushing scientific research towards the development of inexpensive thin film solar cells which can compete with established commercial silicon-based technologies. These ... -
Network Modelling of Infectious Diseases
(Maseno University, 2014)Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases is an important tool for assessing disease dynamics. This branch of mathematics has provided many significant insights concerning the epidemiology of infectious diseases. ... -
Influence of Teacher Attitude, Capacity Building And Teamwork On Teacher Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Ndhiwa Sub-County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)Studies conducted in India, Thailand, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, have revealed that Teacher Attitude (TA), Capacity Building (CB) and Teamwork (TW) enhance Teacher Performance (TP) by about 11.6%. In some parts of ... -
Spectral Properties of Semigroups of Weighted Composition Operators on the Bloch Space
(Maseno University, 2019)Semigroups of composition operators on spaces of analytic functions have interested mathematicians for many years. The breakthrough in Hardy spaces was given by Berkson and Porta. On Bergman and Dirichlet spaces, Siskakis ... -
Analysing Data for Educational Research: Analysis of Mathematics Scores at Kenya Certificate Of Secondary Education, 2011, for Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)Analysing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam results is vital to inform the design of interventions to improve teaching and learning of Mathematics in Kenyan schools. Here, further analysis of the 2011 ... -
Mathematical Model to Determine the Concentration of Fly-Ash at Sony Sugar Company in Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2015)Mathematical modeling continues to attract attention of applied mathematician, physicist, engineers, biologists, research institutions and others. This study focuses on air pollution concentration: a case study of fly-ash ... -
Influence of Teacher Input on Pupils' Academic Achievement in Public Primary Schools in Kakamega Municipality Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)Teachers playa key role in pupils' academic achievement in any education system. Academic achievement is measured by pupils' performance in KCPE. Nationally, in 2012 out of 839,759 who sat for KePE 467,353 scored below ... -
Socio-cultural factors influencing the utilization of first-line Antibiotics in Manyatta 'a' sub-location, Kisumu city, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)The prevalence of self-medication with antibiotics in Kenya in 2009 was 58.2%, in Nyanza 68.5% and Kisumu 64.8%. Although antibiotics resistance is primarily a medical problem, factors influencing its spread are ... -
Selected School Administrative, Pupil and Home-Based Challenges Affecting Pupils' Academic Performance in Public Primary Schools in Kisumu West Sub-County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)Pupils' academic performance has been the subject of debate among educators. In Kisumu West Sub-county, over 55% of public primary schools posted mean scores of below 250 out of 500 marks in Kenya Certificate of Primary ... -
Pragmatic interpretation of speaker meanings: a case study of Implicatures in Kenya television network's 'newsline' Programme
(Maseno University, 2013)This study investigated pragmatic mechanisms that underlie interpretation of speaker-intended meanings in KTN's, 'Newsline' program. As an agent of ideology television perpetuates the interests and values of those in ... -
Effect of Knockdown Resistance on Plasmodium Falciparum Sporozoite Rates in Malaria Vectors in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Malaria, a vector borne disease is still a public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. In western Kenya, malaria is endemic with the predominant vectors being An. gambiae s.s, An. arabiensis and An. junestus. Pyrethroid-based ... -
Influence of School Rules On the Management of Discipline In Public Secondary Schools in Kisumu Central Sub- County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)ABSTRACT School rules world over are meant to streamline behavior of students so that discipline is well managed in learning institutions. The Government of Kenya has put in place several policy guidelines on school ... -
Impact Assessment of the Io-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Prevention Of Pneumonia Among Children Under Five Years in Kijabe Mission Hospital, Kiambu County
(Maseno University, 2016)This study assessed the impact of the 10 valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumonia prevention by determining annual trends of pneumonia, recurrent pneumonia levels as well as establishing the association of other ... -
Assessment of Food Safety Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Among Restaurant Workers in Kisumu City, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)ABSTRACT Food safety is an important public health concern, because a large number of people take their meals outside the home and are exposed to food borne illnesses. Restaurant workers playa key role in prevention of ... -
Physiological and Developmental Response of Selected Rice Genotypes to Water and Nutrient Stress in Different Soils in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)Drought is a major challenge for all agricultural crops, but for rice, it is even more serious, becauseof its semi aquatic phylogenetic origins and the diversity of rice ecosystems and growing conditions. The most important ...