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Analysis of Agricultural Extension Service Agents Information Sources and Sorghum Production in Bondo Sub County, Kenya
(African Journal of Business and Industry, 2018-02)
Developing countries are facing major challenges today with regard to food security because of changes in land use, coupled with population pressure and adverse weather conditions. Kenya government has responded to this ...
Risk factors for liver Cancer in HIV endemic areas of Western Kenya
(BMC, 2018-12-22)
Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a malignant cancer of the liver and a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has not been known to have a direct causal ...
Technical Efficiency of Cricket (A.domesticus and G. bimaculatus)Production: A Cobb-Douglas Stochastic Frontier Approach
(Premierpublishers, 2018-11)
Technical efficiency measures the effectiveness of an enterprise given the available resources at disposal and how well it transforms these resources to get maximum output. This study therefore investigated the technical ...
Microbial quality of edible grasshoppers Ruspolia differens (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae): From wild harvesting to fork in the Kagera Region, Tanzania
(Wiley, 2018-09-17)
In Tanzania, edible Ruspolia differens are still harvested from the natural environments. In this
perspective, little is known about the microbiological quality of wild harvested R. differens. This
study was conducted ...
Technical Efficiency of Cricket (A. domesticus and G.bimaculatus) Production: A Cobb-Douglas Stochastic Frontier Approach
(Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, 2018-11)
Technical efficiency measures the effectiveness of an enterprise given the available resources at disposal and how well it transforms these resources to get maximum output. This study therefore investigated the technical ...
Isolation, Characterization and Biological Activities of Phytoconstituents from Lonchocarpus Eriocalyx Harms Leaves
(Trends in Phytochemical Research (TPR), 2018-09-27)
The plant species Lonchocarpus eriocalyx Harms (Fabaceae) is a deciduous slender tree or shrub which grows up to 15 m tall. It is an important medicinal plant in Kenya used to treat a wide range of ailments including eye ...
A Systems Dynamics Model for Mobile Industry Governance in the Context of the Kenyan Vision 2030
(International Journal of System Dynamics Applications, 2018)
This article describes how Kenya has emerged in recent times as one of the fastest-growing telecom markets in the world. This article presents a system dynamics-integrated model of the Kenyan telecommunication sector—mobile ...
Secure Timing Advance Based Context-Aware Handover Protocol for Vehicular Ad-Hoc Heterogeneous Networks
(International Journal of Cyber-Security and Digital Forensics, 2018)
Heterogeneous networks and their applications introduce new shortcomings in terms of access control and confidentiality during handover process. Unfortunately, implementing stronger security mechanisms during the handover ...
A Stratified Cyber Security Vigilance Model: An Augmentation of Risk -Based Information System Security
(Transactions on Networks and Communications, 2018-09-14)
Information system security in the current interconnected environment called the cyber-space is continually getting more sophisticated. All the players involved- governments, corporates, IS security experts and users, both ...
Mobile Phone Penetration and Economic Growth in Kenya: A System Dynamic Approach in the Context of the Kenyan Vision 2030
(Global Scientific Journals, 2018-12-12)
System dynamics modelling is a scientific method for modelling complex, nonlinear natural, economic and technical systems. This research assesses the Kenyan mobile industry thus, identifying success factors and challenges ...