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Teacher training pathways for competency based curriculum (CBC) in the university education in Kenya
(Meru University of Science and Technology, 2022-06)The education reform in Kenya recommended phasing out of the 8-4-4 education system to embrace the 2-6-3-3-3 competency based curriculum (CBC). The embraced curriculum has three learning pathways or pillars at senior ... -
Technical and scale efficiency of public community hospitals in Eritrea: an exploratory study
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014)Eritrean gross national income of Int$610 per capita is lower than the average for Africa (Int$1620) and considerably lower than the global average (Int$6977). It is therefore imperative that the country’s resources,including ... -
Technical efficiency of primary health units in Kailahun and Kenema districts of Sierra Leone
(BioMed Central, 2011)The objectives of the study reported in this paper were to (i) estimate the technical efficiency of samples of community health centres (CHCs), community health posts (CHPs) and maternal and child health posts (MCHPs) in ... -
Technological Preferences, Levels of Utilization and Attitude of Students Towards Mobile Learning Technologies in Chartered Universities, Kenya
(International Journal of Education & Literacy, 2017)The affordances of mobile technologies are being felt in many sectors of world’s economy including university education. By solving the limitations of fixed instructional technologies, mobile technologies have received ... -
The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and its Application to the Utilization of Mobile Learning Technologies
(SCIENCEDOMAIN international, 2017)Researchers have argued that inclusion of technologies in the teaching-learning places must be preceded by the user accepting the technology. Without this effort, the technologies remain abandoned or heavily ... -
The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and its Application to the Utilization of Mobile Learning Technologies
(Br. J. Math. Comput. Sci, 2017)Researchers have argued that inclusion of technologies in the teaching-learning places must be preceded by the user accepting the technology. Without this effort, the technologies remain abandoned or heavily underutilized ... -
Teenage Girls and Television Advertisements: The Reaction of Teenage Girls to Persuasion in Advertisements
(Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012)The book the reaction of teenage girls to TV advertisements looks at the language of persuasion in television adverts and looks at how the teenage girls react to it. The adverts do more than just sell the products they ... -
Temperature dependence of structural and luminescence properties of Eu3+-doped Y2O3 red-emitting phosphor thin films by pulsed laser deposition.
(Springer, 2016-02)Pulse laser deposition was used to obtain nanocrystalline red-emitting Y2O3:Eu3+ thin-film phosphors.X-ray diffraction measurements show that the un-annealed thin film was amorphous, while those annealed were crystalline.At ... -
A Theoretical Model of Corruption Using Modified Lotka Volterra Model: A Perspective of Interactions between Staff and Students
(Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science, 2020)Corruption is the misuse of power or resources for private gain. This undermines economic development, political stability, and government legitimacy, the society fabric, allocation of resources to sectors crucial for ... -
Thermal Resistivity of Chemically Activated Calcined Clays-Based Cements
(Springer, 2017)The study investigated the effects of selected potential chemical activators on thermal resistivity of calcined clay based cement mortars. 0.5 M Na2SO4 and 0.5 M NaOH were used as activator solutions. The chemical composition ... -
Thermal Stress Monitoring on Piston Rings by Real Time Holographic Interferometry
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2013)In this paper, real time holographic Interferometry (RTHI) technique was used to monitor the thermal stress on the piston rings. The piston rings holograms were recorded and the holographic plate replaced on the holder ... -
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 ... -
To Third Generation Cephalosporins among Multi Drug Resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae in Nairobi, Kenya.
(2016)This study focused on the prevalence molecular biology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae ... -
Trace Elements in Carbonated Cold Springs of Eastern Mt. Kenya, Meru County
(Journal of the Kenya Chemical Society, 2021)Carbonated spring waters are natural sources of trace minerals considered to have important biological and therapeutic functions. However, some trace elements are toxic to the human body upon exposure even at low concentration ... -
Tracking the flow of excreta across the sanitation service chain in Nkubu town
(Meru University of Science and Technology, 2022-06)Inadequate access to improved sanitation and water remains a huge factor contributing to increased mortality and morbidity rates, especially among children. Despite the growth in economy and recognition of sanitation as a ... -
Tracking the flow of excreta across the sanitation service chain in Nkubu town using a shift flow diagram
(Meru University of Science and Technology, 2023)Inadequate access to improved sanitation remains a huge factor contributing to increased mortality and morbidity rates, especially among children. Despite the growth in economy and recognition of sanitation as a basic human ... -
Traditional strategies used by pastoralists to cope with la nina induced drought in Kajiado, Kenya
(African Journal of Science and Technology, 2008)Pastoralists traditionally relied on herd mobility to cope with drought. In the pastoral areas of Kajiado, Kenya this strategy is now threatened by increased individual land ownership as compared to communal access. Drought ... -
Trainees’ and trainers’ perspectives on effectiveness of clinical training for nursing students in Kenya
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Entrepreneurship, 2014)Although nurse training has been undertaken for over two decades, holistic evaluation of clinical teaching has not been documented. The purpose of the study was to determine students and trainers perspectives ... -
Training manual for pastoralists and agro-pastoralists on Index-Based Livestock Insurance
(ILRI, 2011)The recurrent drought has had devastating effects on pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in Kenya. Marsabit County located in the Northern part of Kenya, is one such region where pastoralist’s households have continuously ...