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Towards Modeling and Building E-Agriculture Framework in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2015)
Sustainable poverty reduction in developing nations, such as Kenya, is only achievable through economic growth and development strategies where agriculture is considered as a key driver. This is because agriculture contributes ...
Genetic Characterization and Symbiotic Effeciency of Root Nodule Bacteria which Nodulate Bambara Groundnuts (Vigna Subterranea (L.) Verdc|) and Soyabeans (Glycine max (L.) Merril) fom Selected Sites in Lake Victoria Basin, Western Kenya
(JOOUST, 2015)
Soybeans [Glycine max Merr.] and bambara groundnuts (Vigna subterranea L.Verdc) are nutritionally important legume crops capable of forming nitrogen (N) fixing symbiosis with a distinct group of soil bacteria, generally ...
Assessment of Health Related Quality of Life and Palliative Care Needs of Cervical Cancer Patients at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital in Western Kenya.
(JOOUST, 2016-05)
Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer among female worldwide and causes approximately 275,000 deaths annually worldwide. ln Kenya, cervical cancer is the leading female cancer yet, eighty percent of reported cases ...
Stochastic Modeling of Road Accidents Using Poisson and Negative Binomial as th Error Term Distributions Assuming Polynomial Priors
(JOOUST, 2016)
Cloud computing is a technological paradigm that enables computer users to access computing applications and services on a pay-as-you-use model. Over the years, the adoption of cloud computing by cloud service providers ...
Preparation, Characterization, Optimization and Pre-Clinical Evaluation of Selected Anti-Malarial Drugs Encapsulated into Different Nanocarriers
(JOOUST, 2015)
Artemisinin and its derivatives have proved to be very effective against malaria parasites although it has the short falls of low solubility, poor bioavailability and short half-lives. Instead of discarding these drugs it ...
Analysis of Forest Types in Relation to Carbon Offset Potential: A Case of Kakamega Rainforest, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2015)
The emergence of carbon credit markets has stimulated forest restoration efforts as a climate change mitigation strategy. However, a majority of the forest restoration efforts are promoting plantation forest establishment ...
Finite Difference Solution of (2+1) dimensional Sine-Gordon Equation: A Mathematical Model for Investigating the Long Josephson Junction
(JOOUST, 2017)
The study considers the finite difference solution of (2+ 1) dimensional Sine-Gordon equation which is a mathematical model for investigating the long Josephson junction. Modeling of some physical phenomena and technological ...
Small Scale Farmers Adaptive Strategies to Climate Change in Crop Production Systems
(JOOUST, 2017)
Kakamega County is a rich agricultural area where various food and cash crops are grown. However, changes in climate have an impact on crop production, and hence affect food security especially among small scale crop ...
Influence of Selected Demographic Variables on Teachers Self- Efficacy in Public Secondary Schools.
(2017)
Teachers' self-efficacy is belief in their capacity to teach successfully. Globally, studies indicated the importance of teachers' self-efficacy, while studies conducted in Africa suggested that ...
Training Needs of Educational Quality Assurance and Standards Officers in Charge of Public Secondary Schools
(JOOUST, 2015)
Training of Quality Assurance and Standards Officers (QASOs) is important for the effective performance of their roles. This training is sometimes done without doing Training Needs Analysis (1NA) to find ...