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Faculty management practices of digital grey literature in an open access context
(Moi University, 2017)Digital grey literature is an important output that deserves management by libraries. The tools for achieving this frequently relinquish this task to the creators of the works with general poor results. The aim of this ... -
Managing digital academic grey literature using D-Space at Strathmore University Library.
(Moi University, 2012)ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to implement a system for the management of digital academic grey literature using D-Space software at Strathmore University. The specific objectives were to conduct a user needs ... -
Marketing library services to the rural population in Africa.
(Moi University, 2011)ABSTRACT Purpose This paper discusses the strategies a librarian needs to use to market his/her library or information services in rural areas in Africa. Approach The discussion is based entirely on the authors’ ... -
To assess the Impact of land use change on nutrients flow and to establish the level of key pollutants of Nyangores River
(Nile Basin Water Science & Engineering Journal, 2015)This study was carried out with the aim of assessing the effect of Riparian land use/ land cover change on the hydrology and water quality of the upper Mara River catchment specifically Nyangores River. The study incorporated ... -
Modeling the Influence of Land Use/Land Cover changes on sediment yield and hydrology in Thika River catchment Kenya, using SWAT Model.
(Nile Basin Water Science & Engineering Journal, 2010)The Thika River catchment has undergone tremendous changes in land use and land cover in the recent past. These changes are suspected to have impacted negatively on the hydrology and soil conservation of the catchment. ... -
Contribution of ineffective teaching and learning of Mathematics to regional Disparities in socio economic development in African region
(International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review, 2014)Causes of diversified mathematics curriculum changes in U.S.A, Europe and Russia have basically been technological driven compared to other regions. Yet , mathematics has consistently remained a ... -
Application of The K - Means Clustering Algorithm In Medic al Claims Fraud / Abuse Detection
(International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management, 2014)This paper is about a system which applies a modified K - Means algorithm[12] to flag out suspicious claims for further scrutiny has been developed. The Java programming Language and my SQL database tools were used. ... -
Production of biodiesel from animal fats and evaluating its potential as an alternative fuel
(Journal of Agriculture, Science and Technology, 2016)With the increasing trend towards the use of renewable energy resources, the use of biodiesels is highly emphasized. This paper reports findings of a survey which involved data gathering from 13 meat processing plants ... -
Effects of Business Training Needs Analysis on Competencies of Trainees: The Kenyan Experience
(Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2015)Human resource development practitioners have employed systematic training cycle approach to build competencies of the business trainees cover the years . In this approach training needs analysis forms ... -
Effect of Selected Metal Ions on the Mycelial Growth of Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum Isolated From Soybean Field in Rongai, Kenya
(International Journal of Chemistry and Materials Research, 2014)White mold caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum attacks a wide host range of broad-leafed plants which includes soybeans. The effect of twelve metal ions (Hg+2, Co+3, Ag+1, La+3, Cd+2, Cr+3, Cu+2, Zn+2, Mo+5, Sr+2, Sn+4 and ... -
Syntheses and structural characterization of 2,4,6-trimethylaniline complexes of iron carbonyls
(Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2014)The new 2,4,6-trimethylaniline complexes [Cp∗Fe(CO)2(NH2C6H2(CH3)3)]+ (3) and [CpFe(CO)2(NH2C6H2(CH3)3)]+ (4) (Cp∗ = η5-C5(CH3)5; Cp = η5-C5H5) have been synthesized and isolated in high yields as tetrafluoroborate salts. ... -
Low Cost Micropropagation of Local Varieties of Taro
(British Biotechnology Journal, 2015)Aims: This study was conducted to evaluate low cost protocol for the micropropagation of three varieties of taro (Dasheen, Eddoe and wild) from eastern Kenya. Study Design: The plants were grown in polythene bags arranged ... -
Survey of Cyber Security Frameworks
(International Journal of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering, 2014)In a digital world, the national economy and welfare have grown critically dependent on the cyber infrastructure due to the capabilities and opportunities the Internet provides. This ... -
An Investigation into the Applicability of Green IT Concepts Into Green IS
(International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management, 2014)In the last five years, research on the role of IT in managing the environment has been accelerated by Information Technology (IT) practitioners such as Google, IBM and Microsoft as well as by the academic ... -
Factors Affecting Requirements Elicitation for Heterogeneous Users of Information Systems
(International Journal of Computer Science Engineering and Technology, 2015)Modern organizations keep up with the fast changing technology through successful info rmation systems development and integration to automate their business operations. Among others, this can ... -
An assessment of the impact of pulsed electric fields processing factors on oxidation, color, texture, and sensory attributes of turkey breast meat
(Poultry science, 2015)Pulsed electric fields (PEF) is a novel nonthermal technology that has the potential to cause physical disruption to muscle tissue which in turn could alter the sensorial aspects of meat in both a positive (e.g., enhanced ... -
Effect of pulsed electric field treatments at various stages during conditioning on quality attributes of beef longissimus thoracis et lumborum muscle
(Meat science, 2015)Beef longissimus thoracis et lumborum (LTL) muscle was used to evaluate the effect of PEF treatments (1.4 kV/cm, 10 Hz, 20 μs, 300 and 600 pulses) on meat quality attributes (weight loss, colour, cook loss and texture) and ... -
The use of pulsed electric fields for accelerating the salting of pork
(LWT - Food Science and Technology, 2014)The efficiency of PEF as a pre-treatment for accelerating the salting (175 kg/m3 NaCl) of pork was assessed through PEF treatments of varying energy densities (22.6–181.1 kJ/kg). This was achieved through a 2 × 2 × 2 ... -
Prevalence and diversity of cystic echinococcosis in livestock in Maasailand, Kenya
(Parasitology Research, 2012)Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic disease caused by several members of the Echinococcus granulosus species complex. In East Africa, several species/strains are known to occur in livestock and humans, but host ... -
Molecular characterisation of echinococcus granulosus species/strains in human infections from Turkana, Kenya
(East African Medical Journal, 2013)BACKGROUND: Cystic echinococcosis (CE) or hydatid disease is a neglected, economically important zoonotic disease endemic in pastoralist communities, in particular the Turkana community of Kenya. It is caused by the ...
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