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Combining evidence of natural selection with association analysis increases power to detect malaria-resistance variants
(The American Society of Human Genetics, 2007-08)
Statistical power to detect disease variants can be increased by weighting candidates by their evidence of natural selection. To demonstrate that this theoretical idea works in practice, we performed an association study ...
Student entrepreneurship on campus: a survival response or a career rehearsal? the case of Egerton University student entrepreneurs
(Organization for Social Science Research and Southern Africa, 2013-07)
Kenya's university education faces a dilemma of increased demand for places against declining funding and increased graduate unemployment. The introduction of cost sharing, in an environment of increased poverty levels and ...
Changes in b cell populations and Merozoite surface protein-1-specific memory b cell responses after prolonged absence of detectable p. falciparum infection
(PLOS, 2013-05)
Clinical immunity to malaria declines in the absence of repeated parasite exposure. However, little is known about how B cell populations and antigen-specific memory B cells change in the absence of P. falciparum infection. ...
Emerging issues and suggestions in the management of transnational education
(Baraton Interdiscplinary Research Journal, 2015)
Though Transnational Education (TNA) is historical, it has gained momentum under the auspice of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) administered by World Trade Organizations (WOT). Under this provision Higher ...
The effect of education on business skills cognition among informal sector entrepreneurs
(journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2003)
This study examined the effect of education, in comparison to training the experiential factors on
Business Skills Cognition. Business Skills Cognition was a quantitative dependent variable
whose measures were generated ...
Teachers’ perceptions towards the teaching of economics in secondary schools: implications on the business studies curriculum in Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Research & Development, 2013-09)
Since the inception of the 8-4-4 education system in Kenya, Economics has been offered as a distinct and optional subject in secondary school. This curriculum design might have had a negative effect on student choice of ...
Host-plant acceptance, fecundity and longevity of tetranychus evansi (acari: tetranychidae) on selected tomato accessions
(Afr. J. Hort. Sci., 2009)
Seven tomato (Lycopersicon sp.) accessions were evaluated for their resistance to the tomato red spider mite, Tetranychus evansi Baker and Pritchard, in the laboratory. Data recorded was: (i) trichome density and (ii) ...
Economic factors and internal efficiency levels in public secondary schools in Kericho district, Kericho county, Kenya; a situational analysis
(2014-10-09)
In the last two decades, the Education Sector in Kenya and other parts of the world has faced many challenges particularly dropout of students which is one of the indicators of low Internal Efficiency levels. This study ...
An analysis on dropout levels of public secondary schools in Kericho district in relation to selected school characteristics
(International Education Studies, 2013-07)
The Education Sector in Kenya and other parts of the world has faced many challenges particularly dropouts, which is an indicator of low internal efficiency during the past two decades. This study sought to determine and ...
Challenges faced by the school administration while carrying out various welfare practices on secondary school teachers in Bondo sub-county, Kenya
(Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2015)
The study sought to determine the teaching staff welfare practices and their effect on work performance of secondary schools teachers in Bondo Sub-County. The study was necessitated by discrepancy in work performance out ...