Maseno University Repository: Recent submissions
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Acceptability and feasibility of inter-related activities to improve agency among African district health managers: A four-country study
(Taylor and Francis online, 2021)District health managers (DHMs) lead and manage Ministry of Health programmes and system performance. We report on the acceptability and feasibility of inter-related activities to increase the agency of DHMs in Kenya, ... -
Effects of temperature and humidity and effectiveness of some selected antioxidants on lipid oreochromis niloticus L.) of Lake Victoria, Kenya
(Research Gate, 2021)Spoilage of fish and its related products due to oxidation is a primary problem leading to both loses in income and environmental degradation. Various methods such as sun-drying, smoking and refrigeration as currently ... -
Mechanisms and targets of Fcγ-receptor mediated immunity to malaria sporozoites
(Nature Communications, 2021)A highly protective vaccine will greatly facilitate achieving and sustaining malaria elimination. Understanding mechanisms of antibody-mediated immunity is crucial for developing vaccines with high efficacy. Here, we ... -
New evaluation of Alternaria brassicicola isolates against Striga hermonthica seeds emergence on maize in Kenya
(JRWS, 2021)Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth is also known as witchweed, is a highly noxious parasite of cereal in Sub- Saharan Africa leading to enormous economic losses of above 7 billion US$ yearly. Some of the suggested control ... -
Rapid Assessment of Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) in Nairobi and Mombasa counties, Kenya: A Respondent Driven Sampling Survey
(research square, 2020)Background: A Cross-sectional Rapid Situational Assessment of Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) applying Respondent Driven sampling techniques (RDS) was used to recruit subjects/participants in a study aimed at assessing HIV ... -
Structural, Magnetic And Electronic Properties Of NbN Polymorphs By Ab-Initio Study
(2020)The structural, electronic and magnetic properties of NbN are studied by ab initio method by considering the four polymorphs {B1 (rock salt), B4 (wurtzite), B81 (NiAs) and Bh (WC-type)} of NbN. The results show that ... -
Covid-19 Evolution: Analysis of Public Health Countermeasures in Kenya.
(Research gate, 2020)Millions of people across the globe are currently at a risk of infection of SARS-Cov-2, have been infected and others have died. The coronavirus has spread worldwide despite the multiple countermeasures to limits its ... -
Phytochemical and fungicidal activity of selected plant extracts against Phaeoisariopsis griseola of common bea
(Research gate, 2020)Plant extracts are effective in plant pathogens control and are now becoming popular throughout the world. Allium sativum, Azadirachta indica and Tithonia diversifolia extracts have been reported to exhibit antimicrobial ... -
Norm Properties of S -Universal Operators
(Communications in Advanced Mathematical Sciences, 2020)We investigate the norm properties of a generalized derivation on a norm ideal J in B(H), the algebra of bounded linear operators on a Hilbert space H. Specifically, we extend the concept of S−universality from the inner ... -
Covid-19 and border restriction policies: the dilemma of trans-border truck drivers in East Africa.
(GP, 2021)The purpose of this paper is to critically assess the challenges that were faced by trans-border truck drivers within the East African Community as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and its management protocols. -
Rhetorical questions as an off-record politeness strategy in language use among the Bukusu.
(Royallite Global, Kenya., 2021)This paper sought to discuss rhetorical questions as an off- record politeness strategy with the aim of determining the context and reasons for their use in communication. It focused on language use amongst users of Bukusu ... -
Synthesis, characterization and application of acid and alkaline activated volcanic ash-based geopolymers for adsorptive remotion of cationic and anionic dyes from water
(Elsevier, 2021)In this work, two geopolymers were prepared by acid activation (GPAc) and alkaline activation (GPAl) approaches using volcanic ash (VA) as the precursor material. The geosorbents were characterized by X-ray diffraction ... -
Single and binary adsorption of sulfonamide antibiotics onto iron‑modifed clay: linear and nonlinear isotherms, kinetics, thermodynamics, and mechanistic studies
(Springer, 2018)Iron-modifed raw kaolinite clay (Fe-MC) was synthesized by co-precipitation method, characterized, and then applied as a low-cost adsorbent to sequester sulfachloropyridazine (SCP) and sulfadimethoxine (SDM), emergent ... -
The effect of substituents on the reactivity of dichloridotriphenylphosphinoruthenium(II) complexes: kinetic and mechanistic study
(Taylor and Francis, 2021)The rates of substitution of chloro ligands from a series of ruthenium(II) complexes, [Ru(κ3-L)(PPh3)Cl2] (L = 2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine, 1; 4′-(4-methylphenyl)-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine, 2; 4,4′4″-tri-tert-butyl-2,2′:6′,2′′ ... -
Appropriacy of process approach in the teaching of composition writing in upper primary classes in Kenya
(EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR), 2021)Imaginative composition writing skills (IMW) in Kenyan primary schools strengthen learners’ learning, thinking and reflect on their overall academic performance. However, achieving good composition writing is challenging ... -
Vitamin D status in healthy black African adults at a tertiary hospital in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross sectional study
(BMC, 2018)Background: Vitamin D has been known since the twentieth Century for its benefits in bone health. Recent observational studies have demonstrated its benefits in infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and non-communica ... -
Dynamics of Core Inflation, Energy Inflation, Food Inflation and Manufacturing Sector Output Growth in Kenya: Econometric Analysis of Causality and Effects
(IISTE, 2021)World over, the manufacturing sector plays an important role in spurring economic development by boosting employment opportunities for semi-skilled labour and building a nation’s competitiveness through exports. Globally, ... -
Cities coping with COVID-19 Comparative perspectives
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Effect of Cercospora piaropi Tharp and Myrothecium roridum Tode Fries Formulated as Corn Oil Emulsion on Water Hyacinth Shoot Growth under Greenhouse Conditions
(Archives of Ecotoxicology, 2021)A study was done to find out the comparative effect of Cercospora piaropi Tharp and Myrothecium roridum Tode Fries formulated as corn oil emulsion on water hyacinth shoot growth and biomass under greenhouse conditions. ... -
vities of International Non Governmental Organizations ' in the Promotion of Human Security in Kakamega Count...
(Academia, 2021)Throughout the last quarter of the 20th Century, up until this day, there has been a gradual, yet enormous, qualitative and quantitative growth in International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) in Kenya. Amidst ...
