Doctor of Philosophy Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Factors Affecting the Implementation of Teacher Performance Appraisal and Development Policy in Public Secondary Schools in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2021)Many civilizations in the twenty-first century are undergoing significant educational changes, such as teacher performance assessment. Teachers in Kenya conduct performance appraisals in accordance with the rules of the ... -
Influence of Induction Practices On Service Delivery by Newly Employed Teachers in Primary Schools
(JOOUST, 2022)Globally studies have affirmed that newly employed teachers require meaningful support during their first year of service in the development of professional identity and construction of professional practice. The support ... -
Assessment of Effectiveness and Sustainability of the Midwifery Practice Model at The Primary Healthcare Level of the Health Systems
(JOOUST, 2022)A midwifery practice at the basic health facilities ensures that skilled care is available during pregnancy, labour and child birth as well as post-natal care of both mother and baby at the households. However, in Kenya ... -
A Participatory Model for an Enhanced Adoption of ICT Innovations by Smallholder Farmers
(JOOUST, 2022)Agriculture has been identified as the main source of livelihood for a large population in Africa, with over 80% of farmers being smallholder farmers. However, despite a large group of smallholder farmers being involved ... -
Analysis of Public Debt on Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from an Emerging Economy
(JOOUST, 2021)The effect of Public Debt on Economic Growth is a debatable issue between scholars since the onset of the debt crisis in the 1900’s. Public Debt is one of the main macroeconomic indicators which forms countries’ image in ... -
Implications of Land Use Change on Spatial Stability in Peri-Urban Areas
(JOOUST, 2022)Uncontrolled land use change carries serious spatial challenges to the stability of peri urban areas in the form of land use conflicts, incompatible and incongruent land uses, haphazard developments and a disorganized land ... -
Pseudo-Stochastic Mobility Tracking Protocol for Secure and High Performance Handovers in 5g and Beyond Networks
(JOOUST, 2022-03)The goal of this thesis was to develop a pseudo-stochastic mobility tracking protocol for secure and high performance handovers in 5G and beyond networks. The research specifically assessed current user equipment mobility ... -
Modeling of Credit Scoring Risks for Commercial Banks
(JOOUST, 2021)Credit Scoring is the use of decision models and their techniques that aid lenders in advancing consumer credit. These models assess credit worthiness of applicants for a loan by forecasting their probability of default ... -
Modelling The Effect of Climatic and Environmental Variables on The Distribution of Rift Valley Fever Vectors and Outbreaks in Baringo County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2020)Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic mosquito-borne disease whose outbreaks are associated with periodic heavy rainfall episodes and flooding. Baringo County is found in the arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya, that has ... -
Influence of Health System Management on Occurrence of Postpartum Haemorrhage Among Women of Reproductive Age 15 – 49 Years in Homa Bay County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022)Postpartum haemorrhage is the blood loss of not less than 500 ml in 24 hours after birth. In Kenya, 34% of maternal deaths are because of postpartum haemorrhage. In Homa Bay County, postpartum haemorrhage remains the number ... -
Determinants of Academic Performance of Chemistry in Secondary School Education in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022)Academic performance of Chemistry in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exams is lagging both in Bondo Sub County and in Kenya. Despite the interventions by the Ministry of Education such as in-servicing Science ... -
Effects of Microfinancing on Performance of Micro and Small Enterprises in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2020)Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) play an important role in economic development within the informal sector. However the growths of MSEs appear to have a number of challenges mainly related to financial capital for ... -
Enhanced Information Security Model Using Integrated Approach for Saccos in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2020)Information systems security is a very important aspect for the performance and sustainability of SACCOS. A secure information systems security plays a significant role of keeping all the SACCOS information from being ... -
Lie Symmetry Analysis of Nonlinear Fourth Order Evolution Equation
(JOOUST, 2020)Problems involving nonlinear partial differential equations arise in various fields of science for instance in propagation of shallow water waves, fluid physics. quantum mechanics. chemical kinematics and other related ... -
Corporate Governance, Strategic Choices, Resource Availability and Performance of Universities in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2020)corporate governance remains a key area of strategic management and continues to attract tremendous attention from the academia and practitioners. A plethora of studies have exam med the relationship between ... -
Motivational Beliefs as Predictors of Students’ Achievement in Chemistry in Public Secondary Schools
(JOOUST, 2018)One of the major millennium goals of republic of Kenya is to be industrialized by year 2030 and this can be achieved by promoting science subjects of which chemistry is one of the core subjects. However, the performance ... -
Effects of Formative Assessment Classroom Teaching Strategy (Facts) on Mathematics Academic Achievement and Effective Learning in Public Primary Schools in Nandi County, Kenya
(2015)The focus of the study was to determine the effects of teaching strategy called ‘Formative Assessment Classroom Teaching Strategy ( FACTS) on primary school mathematics academic achievements and effective learning ,more ... -
The Exponentially Modified Gaussian Function as a Tool for Deconvolution of Astroparticle Physics data.
(University of Siegen, 2016-03)An analysis of the mass composition of UHECRs based on the Xmax elongation rate (ER) within the energy range 1017.8−1020.0eV is performed, using Xmax data collected by the Pierre Auger Observatory from December 2004 to ... -
Effects of Housing and Feed on Growth and Technical Efficiency of Production of Acheta domesticus (L) AND Gryllus bimaculatus for Sustainable Commercial Crickets Production in The Lake Victoria Region, Kenya
(JOOST, 2018-10)The Lake Victoria Region has been synonymous with persistent cycle of food insecurity and low income among farmers. This has been mainly attributed to small scale subsistence farming and unsustainable farming methods. To ... -
A Description of Olusuba Morphophonology: Towards Preservation of an Endangered Language
(JOOUST, 2019)Language plays an important role in cultural preservation, linguistic diversity, cultural identity, accumulated wisdom and some knowledge embedded in it. A language is in danger when it is on the brink of losing these five ...
