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Characterization Of Farmer-Held Bambara Groundnut (VignaSubterranea (L.) Verdc.)Germplasm Collections FromLake Victoria Basin, Kenya Using Qualitative Traits: A Basis For Crop Genetic Improvement.
(IOSR Journal Of Pharmacy And Biological Sciences, 2023-10)Bambara groundnut (Vignasubterranea (L.)Verdc.)is the second most important African indigenous grain legume after cowpea. The crop is majorly grown for its food and nutrition provisions and health benefits. Bambara ... -
Patient preferences for HIV service delivery models; a Discrete Choice Experiment in Kisumu, Kenya. PLOS Glob Public Health 2 (10): e0000614
(2022-10-27)Novel “differentiated service delivery” models for HIV treatment that reduce clinic visit frequency, minimize waiting time, and deliver treatment in the community promise retention improvement for HIV treatment in Sub-Saharan ... -
Turnitin: When online learning and cultural values intersect: Indonesian EFL students’ voices
(Western Australian Institute for Educational Research Inc., 2022-09-24)During the COVID-19 pandemic, all lecturers had to replace their physical classroom teaching mode with online learning, albeit with challenges experienced by students and lecturers. Drawing upon Hofstede's cultural dimensions ... -
Metaphorical expressions for successful doctoral study abroad
(Englisia: Journal of Language, Education, and Humanities, 2023-10-11)Timely positive feedback to students pursuing a Ph. D. program motivates completion. Drawing upon Skinner's Reinforcement theory and Lakoff and Johnson's Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), this study aimed at uncovering ... -
Parents’ learning support and school attitudes in relation to adolescent academic identity and school performance in nine countries
(Springer Netherlands, 2024-03-22)An important question for parents and educators alike is how to promote adolescents’ academic identity and school performance. This study investigated relations among parental education, parents’ attitudes toward their ... -
Convergence of the Laplace and the alternative multipole expansion approximation series for the Coulomb potential
(Nature Publishing Group UK, 2023-09-25)Multipole expansion is a powerful technique used in many-body physics to solve dynamical problems involving correlated interactions between constituent particles. The Laplace multipole expansion series of the Coulomb ... -
Determinants of Alcohol Use by Students in Medical Training Colleges in South Nyanza Region, Kenya
(African Journal of Alcohol and Drug Abuse (AJADA), 2020-06-30)Alcohol consumption is a global public health problem accounting for about 6% of mortality and 5% of disability adjusted life year’s (DALYs) lost worldwide. An estimated 10-15% of students in medical training institutions ... -
The influence of socioeconomic and demographic factors on rural-urban disparities in infant mortality in Kakamega Central Sub-County, Kakamega County, Kenya
(GSC online press, 2024-02-02)Infant mortality, measured as the summation of neonatal and post-neonatal mortalities, remain unacceptably high in Kakamega Central Sub-County, Kakamega County, Kenya. Reducing infant mortality is paramount not only ... -
Evaluating Antiplasmodial and Antimalarial Activities of Soybean (Glycine max) Seed Extracts on P. falciparum Parasite Cultures and P. berghei-Infected Mice
(Hindawi, 2020-02-17)Plasmodium parasite resistance to artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) calls for development of new, affordable, safe, and effective antimalarial drugs. Studies conducted previously on soybean extracts have ... -
Antimalarial activity of Nigella sativa L. Seed extracts and selection of resistance in Plasmodium berghei ANKA in a mouse model
(Hindawi Limited, 2021-02-03)Chemotherapy plays a crucial role in malaria control. However, the main obstacle to treatment has been the rise of parasite resistance to most antimalarial drugs. Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) remain the ... -
Bijections of plane Husimi graphs and certain combinatorial structures
(EU Academic Publishers, 2023-10-19)Plane Husimi graphs are combinatorial structures obtained when we replace edges in plane trees with complete graphs such that the resultant structures are connected and cycle free. The formula that counts these structures ... -
Bijections for classes of labelled trees
(University of Isfahan, 2024-01-09)Trees are acyclic connected graphs. Plane trees, d-ary trees, binary trees, non crossing trees and their generalizations, which are families of trees, have been enumerated by many authors using various statistics. These ... -
Somali refugees in Kenya
(2023-11)Kenya hosts more than 500,000 refugees, most of whom live in camps. The new Refugee Act (2021), which came into force in 2022, creates potential for new policy allowing increased mobility between camp and city. This ... -
Contribution of sustainability strategies to the growth and development of licensed fast-food restaurant: a case of lake region economic block, Kenya
(2023-09)The study aimed to investigate the influence of sustainable strategies on the growth and development of licensed fast-food restaurants (FFRs) in Kenya. It sought to determine the impact of economic, social, and environmental ... -
Characterization of atomic state evolution in the JC and anti-JC models: spin-displaced field modes in the quantum Rabi model
(Research gate, 2023-03-20)In this article, characterization of the atomic state evolution in the Jaynes-Cummings (JC) and anti-Jaynes-Cummings (aJC) models means using the reduced atomic state degree of purity, concurrence and spin excitation number ... -
Examining the challenges of availability of Kiswahili teaching and learning resources and strategies for enhancing academic performance in Kiswahili in Alego Usonga Sub County, Kenya
(Indonesian Educational Research Journal, 2023-12-23)his study explores the factors behind poor Kiswahili performance in selected schools within the Alego-Usonga Sub-County. Kiswahili is learned globally for diverse purposes, including research, travel in East and Central ... -
The effect of non-teacher unit costs on students’ performance in KCSE examinations in public secondary schools in Kenya
(Eureka: Journal of Educational Research, 2024-01-24)In Kenya, non–teacher unit cost has a bearing on academic performance. Although there are conflicting views on studies on non-teacher unit costs and its effect on academic performance, recent studies show that increases ... -
Multidisciplinary Explorations of Corohysteria Caused by the COVID-2019 Pandemic
(Rowman & Littlefield, 2022-04-21)This multidisciplinary volume includes an international roster of contributors who explore how mass hysteria has emerged among people across the globe as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The contributors provide ... -
A Comparative Thermodynamic Study of AlF3, ScF3, Al0.5Sc0.5F3, and In0.5Sc0.5F3 for Optical Coatings: A Computational Study
(MDPI, 2023-11-27)Optical coatings are thin layers of materials applied to optical components in order to modify the transmission, reflection, or polarization properties of light. The common materials used for optical coatings include ... -
Structural and Mechanical Properties of NbN Alloyed with Hf, In, and Zr for Orthopedic Applications: A First-Principles Study
(MDPI, 2024-01-17)The search for biocompatible, non-toxic, and wear-resistant materials for orthopedic implant applications is on the rise. Different materials have been investigated for this purpose, some of which have proved successful. ...