Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Validity of Primary School Examination as a Predictor of Secondary School Examination Score among Public Secondary School Students Kenya
(International Journal of Research-Granthaalayah, 2018-04-29)The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of KCPE as a predictor of KCSE scores among public secondary school students in Kisii central Sub-county, Kenya. This study was guided by a conceptual framework where ... -
School Differences in the Predictive Validity of Primary School Examinations among Secondary School Students in Kenya
(International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2017)The purpose of this study was to determine school category differences in the predictive validity of KCPE among public secondary school students in Kisii central Sub-county, Kenya. The study adopted Correlational and ... -
Infrustructure Bond Management and Performance of Government Securities in Kenya
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2022-09)Development and management of infrastructure bonds market widens the financing options for firms and enables the government to shift its domestic debt to longer-term securities. However, development of bonds market requires ... -
Nutritional Composition and Sensory Properties of Wheat Muffins Enriched with Gonimbrasia Zambesina, Walker Caterpillar Four
(International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 2022-08-03)Sub-Saharan Africa still bears the greatest forms of malnutrition. Attention is shifting to the use of edible insects in forms which are acceptable to people irrespective of their social status and level of civilization ... -
An Assessment of Capacity Utilization and Performance of Public Sugar Manufacturing Firms in Kenya
(International Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM), 2022-11-22)Kenya's sugar sector dates back to the early 1920s when it first began operations. According to a research that was published in 2015 by the Export Processing Zone Authority, the sugar sector provides jobs for more than ... -
Liquidity Risk Management on Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(International Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM, 2020)The banking sector in Kenya has experienced liquidity challenges ranging from funding to market risks. This research focused on the effects of asset management and deposit management on performance of commercial banks in ... -
Numerical Analysis of Prey Refuge Effects on the Stability of Holling Type III Four-Species Predator Prey System
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2023-06-29)The dynamic behavior of a multi-species system that includes a prey refuge and a Holling type III functional response is examined in this work. The pre-requisites for the presence of the equilibrium points, as well as their ... -
Effect of Debenture Financing on Financial Performance of Sugar Firms in Western Kenya
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2022-10)Capital structure decisions should be directed towards maximization of the value of the firm and where those decisions are inappropriate the financial performance of sugar firms shall remain in jeopardy not just in western ... -
The Decline of Lake Victoria Ferry Services in Kenya, 1961-2012
(Journal of Historical Studies, 2023-09-01)This study examined the operations of Lake Victoria Ferry Services since the independence of the East African countries in 1961 when the management was under the East Africa Railways and Harbors (EARH) and later the Kenya ... -
Growth and Economic Performance of African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus Burchell,1822) Fed Diets Containing Black Soldier Fly Larvae Hermetia illucens Linnaeus, 1758)
(African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2023-09-26)Insect meals have been proposed as a potential alternative protein source for replacing fishmeal (FM), the key ingredient in aquaculture diets, yet is the most scarce and expensive. However, not much work has ... -
Use of Information Communication Technologies by Cricket Farmers
(African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2023-02-28)Cricket farming is an upcoming enterprise to Most households in rural communities. Apparently, there is no documented evidence on how farmers access agricultural information on cricket value chain. This study was carried ... -
Comparative Analysis of Sars-Cov-2 Detection Methods Using Stool, Blood, and Nasopharyngeal Swab Samples
(The Pan African Medical Journal, 2023-09-14)As a public health policy, the ongoing global coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination drives require continuous tracking, tracing, and testing of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Diagnostic testing ... -
Formulation of a Four-Species Food Web System with Prey Refuge and Holling Type III Functional Response
(World Wide Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, 2023-01)The coexistence of interacting biological species is a vital issue for the management of existing resources and the prediction of the long-term survival of each species. Many species become extinct due to several factors ... -
Traditional knowledge, beliefs and practices on collection of lake flies (chaoborus and chironomus sp.) and their implications on food security
(International Journal of Agriucultural Extension, 2022-08-28)Lake Flies are edible insects with the potential of contributing to food security in that they are an alternative protein and micronutrient food source in freshwater lake regions. The main challenge in exploiting the lake ... -
Effects of Drying on the Nutritional, Sensory and Microbiological Quality of Edible Stinkbug (encosternum delgorguei)
(Heliyon, 2023-07-24)Entomophagy has recently gained attention as a potential solution to the problems of food and nutritional security. One example is the consumption of edible stinkbug. Different drying techniques may affect the nutritional, ... -
The Use of Machine Learning, Density Functional Theory, and Molecular Dynamics Simulations for the Designing and Screening of Efficient Small Molecule Donors for Organic Solar Cells
(International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 2022-12-05)Indeed, a proper understanding of materials is necessary to get the full benefit from them. For this purpose, multiscale computational modeling is the ultimate need. For machine learning analysis, data is collected from ... -
A Fraud Management Framework for Mobile Financial Services within Kenya
(EPRA International Journal of Economics,Businessand Management Studies(EBMS), 2022-12)Mobile banking offers several benefits to financial sectors, including convenience in terms of time, money and effective customer relationship management. However, illegal actions in the digital age have altered the mode ... -
Negative Magnetization and Inverse Exchange Bias Effect Induced By Modulating the Relative Proportion of Mn in Gd 2 Co 2−Xmnxo6 Perovskites
(Physical Review, 2023-06-28)The magnetic properties of Gd 2 Co2−x Mnx O6 by modulating the relative proportion of Mn are experimentally investigated in this paper. The experimental results indicated that an intrinsic effect of negative magnetization ... -
Socio-Cultural Practices on the Use of Beetle Grubs as Food and Feed in Western Kenya
(Scientific Reports, 2023-05-13)We examined the socio-cultural practices on the use of beetle grubs as food and feed in western Kenya by interviewing 211 randomly selected households and conducting seven focus group discussions in Bungoma, Kakamega, ... -
Effect of Regulations on Capital Requirement on Performance of Saccos in Kisii County, Kenya
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2023-05)In Kenya SASRA under Sacco Societies Act of 2008, mandated the authority to license qualifying SACCO Societies to undertake deposit-taking business, regulate and supervise the activities of qualifying SACCO Societies in ...
