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Kenya and distance education: A model to advance graduate nursing
(Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd, 2012)Africa is faced with a myriad of challenges, such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and a variety of political and historical complications that have affected the educational system for advanced nursing practice. In ... -
Kinetics of the Alkaline Phosphatase Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Disodium p-Nitrophenyl Phosphate: Effects of Carbohydrate Additives, Low Temperature, and Freezing
(PubMed, 2004)The alkaline phosphatase catalyzed hydrolysis of disodium-p-nitrophenyl phosphate was studied in four model systems comprising sucrose, maltodextrin, carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), and CMC-lactose in a temperature range of ... -
Knowledge and Attitude of Agricultural Extension Providers on Use of Agrochemicals in Migori County, Kenya
(African Journal of Education Science and Technology, 2017)Migori County located in South Western Kenya is currently experiencing severe environmental problems as a result of use of various agrochemicals in crop cultivation approaches and cropping methods meant to ensure increased ... -
Knowledge and Perception of Lecturers regarding Problem-Based Learning as an Educational Approach in College of Health Sciences, Moi University
(Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2018)Over the last few decades there has been a paradigm shift from teacher-centered to student-centered learning. The teachers have been more of facilitator ensuring learning objectives are met. Problem Based Learning (PBL) ... -
Knowledge and Preparedness on Corona Virus Pandemic among Healthcare Workers in Igembe South Health Facilities, Meru County, Kenya
(Asian Journal of Medicine and Health, 2020-11)Worldwide Corona virus outbreak has cause panic and enormous health and economic effects due to inadequate or lack of appropriate information about COVID -19. The aim of the study was to determine the Level of knowledge ... -
Knowledge of Industrial Relations and Its Influence on Labour Relations Equilibrium in Public Education Sector in Kenya
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2016)The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of knowledge of industrial relations on labour relations equilibrium in public education sector in Kenya with a view to instil labour relations harmony to enhance ... -
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Students Enrolled in Health Related Courses at Saint Louis University towards Human Papillomavirus (Philippines)
(Journal of Natural Sciences Research,, 2012)Introduction: College students are at high risk for Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, yet their knowledge, attitude and practices appear inadequate. Researcher has paid attention to college students in health ... -
Knowledge, Attitudes and Implementation of Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Programme by Health Workers: A Survey of Selected Health Facilities in Meru County of Kenya
(International Journal of Science and Research, 2019)Abstract: Introduction: Currently, diseases such as polio, measles, neonatal tetanus and malaria are a major threat in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and present an enormous challenge to the public health in Kenya and the world. ... -
LaDePa’ Process for the Drying and Pasteurisation of Faecal Sludge from VIP Latrines using Infrared Radiation
(Elsevier, 2018)This paper studies a faecal sludge treatment process, LaDePa (Latrine Dehydration and Pasteurization), which includes: (i) the characterization of the rheological and plastic behaviour of faecal sludge in the feeding ... -
‘LaDePa’ Process for the Drying and Pasteurization of Faecal Sludge from VIP Latrines Using Infrared Radiation
(Elsevier, 2018)This paper studies a faecal sludge treatment process, LaDePa (Latrine Dehydration and Pasteurization), which includes: (i) the characterization of the rheological and plastic behaviour of faecal sludge in the feeding ... -
Level of Awareness on Disaster Risk Preparedness in Informal Settlements of Nyeri Town, Nyeri County, Kenya.
(International Journal of Health Sciences, 2022)Purpose: The main objective of this study was to assess level of awareness on disaster risk preparedness in informal settlements of Nyeri town, Nyeri County, Kenya. To achieve this, the study was guided by two specific ... -
LEVEL OF E-GOVERNMENT READINESS BY COUNTY GOVERNMENTS IN KENYA-A CASE OF LAIKIPIA COUNTY
(International Journal of Applied Computer Science, 2018)E-governance is becoming an important factor in the development process and service delivery in public and private institutions. However, the Kenya devolved units of governments must demonstrate ICT readiness for e-governance ... -
A Local Directional Ternary Pattern Texture Descriptor for Mammographic Breast Cancer Classification
(International Journal of Computer Applications, 2020)Breast cancer is a top killer illness for women globally, but early and effective screening can increase their survival rate. Mammography is the tool used by a radiologist to screen for breast cancer, however, a radiologist ... -
Long term study on the effect of mollusciciding with niclosamide in stream habitats on the transmission of schistosomiasis mansoni after community-based chemotherapy in Makueni District, Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2014)Schistosoma mansoni infection is a persistent public health problem in many Kenyan communities. Although praziquantel is available, re-infection after chemotherapy treatment is inevitable, especially among children. ... -
Longitudinal Survey, Nonmonotone, Nonresponse, Imputation, Nonparametric Regression
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016)The study focuses on the imputation for the longitudinal survey data which often has nonignorable nonrespondents. Local linear regression is used to impute the missing values and then the estimation of the time-dependent ... -
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 ... -
Low cost tissue culture technology in the regeneration of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam)
(Res J Biol, 2012)Sweet potato production in Eastern Africa has been declining due to lack of healthy planting materials. Developing countries have not maximised in vitro sweet potato regeneration due to the high costs incurred. The objective ... -
Low technology tissue culture materials for initiation and multiplication of banana plants
(African Crop Science Society (Uganda), 2010)Tissue culturing has become a routine method for propagating plants in high technology laboratories. The cost of production using conventional tissue culture is, however, high for most of the countries in the sub-Saharan ... -
A low-cost medium for sweet potato micropropagation
(African Crop Science Conference Proceedings, 2011)Tissue culture has not been optimised in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam) propagation due to high costs. With an aim of producing affordable disease-free seedlings, a low cost medium was developed and used to ...