Masters Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Utilization and Consevation of Wetlands Resources in Selected Areas of Nyamira County, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2015)Wetlands provide many important services to human society, at the same time they are ecologically sensitive systems. They play a regulatory role in climate system, water purification and waste removal, recharge and discharge ... -
Influence of Consumer Education on UPtake and Usage of Branchless Banking in Peri-Urban Areas of Kenya: A Survey Of Bondo Township, Siaya County
(JOOUST, 2015)The study sought to establish the influence of consumer education on the uptake and usage of branchless banking in peri-urban areas of Kenya: a survey of Bondo Township, Siaya County. During the last decade, there has been ... -
Norms and Maximal Numerical Range of Jordan Elementary Operators
(JOOUST, 2017)Elementary operators originated from the study of the Sylvester and Rosenblum equation AX - X B = Z. Although a lot of work on vari¬ous properties of elementary operators has been done, the norm property still remains an ... -
Role of Financial Support on the Growth of Micro and Small Enterprises: A Case Study of Artisan Enterprises in Oyugis Township, Homabay County- Kenya
(JOOUST, 2014-03)Micro and Small Scale Enterprises (MS Es) are business ventures that target the lower income segment of the population who are largely poor, un-bankable and lack formal employment. They are featured more in the rural areas ... -
Towards Securing Information Systems in Public Universities: A Study of Kenya Public Universities Western Kenya Region
(JOOUST, 2018)Universities in the world today consider information to be their most important asset. They therefore ensure information security by taking appropriate measures to ensure no information is leaked or passed to unauthorized ... -
Lie Symmetry Analysis of Third Order NonLinear Ordinary Differential Equation
(JOOUST, 2018)A few third order nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations can be solved explicitly and one must typically rely on numerical scheme to approximate the solution. However to overcome this problem Lie symmetry reduction of ... -
Spectral Characterization of Jordan Homophorphisms on Semisimple Banach Algebras
(JOOUST, 2018)Certain properties of operator algebras have been studied such as bound¬edness, positivity, surjectivity, linearity, invertibility, numerical range, nu¬merical radius and idempotent property. Of great interest is the study ... -
Polygamy and Identity: Deconstructing the woman Character in Selected Contemporary African Fiction
(JOOUST, 2017)Polygamy constitutes one of the distinctive features of African marriage. Recent studies indicate that polygamy is still widely practised and that one third of wives in monogamous relationships in sub-Saharan Africa are ... -
Influence of Parenting Styles on Adolescent Academic Achievement in Public Day Secondary Schools in Rachuonyo North Sub County, Kenya.
(JOOUST, 2016)There has been continued relatively low academic performance among secondary school students in Rachuonyo North Sub-County. Previous studies indicate that performance could be attributed to adequate school resources, teacher ... -
Factors Influencing Performance in Mathematics Among Lecturers with Visual Impairment Special Primary School in Two Selected Counties ,Kenya
(JOOUST, 2015)Learners .with Visual Impairment perform poorly in mathematics as compared to other subjects in Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations in special Primary schools in Kenya. Mathematics ... -
Microfinance Management Information Systems Integrated With Mobile Money and Unstructured Supplementary Data Service (USSD) for Microfinance Service.
(JOOUST, 2015)The three major challenges facing microfinance institutions in achieving their goals include; Difficulty in exchange of information with remote clients, management and processing of data at the institution level and ... -
Effects of Liquidity Risk Management on Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya:
(JOOUST, 2018)Banks are essential in circulating currency and wealth of the society and they optimize their liquidity risk by assuming externalities posed by their choices. Kenya's Banking sector has experienced liquidity challenges ... -
Perceived Role of Guidance and Counseling Services in Promoting Students' Discipline in Public Secondary Schools in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2015)Attempts to prevent increasing cases of students indiscipline such as student unrests, poor observation of school rules, wanting academic achievement and poor social relationship among themselves and with their ... -
The Influence of ICT Usage on Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Rarieda Sub-County of Siaya County.
(2014)Provision, adequacy, utilization and management of educational facilities largely determine the quality and standards of education offered in a school yet there has been tremendous growth in students' ... -
Assessment of the Level of Compliance by the Universities to their ICT Security Policies: A Survey of Kisumu and Siaya Counties
(JOOUST, 2015)Today, almost all organizations around the world are using Information Communication Technology (ICT) in their daily business. An lCT policy safeguards Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (ClA) of ... -
On Norms of Normally Represented Elementary Operators.
(JOOUST, 2018)The' study of elementary operators has been of great interest dating back to many decades when it was initiated by Sylvester in 1884.A number• of scholars have described several properties of elementary ... -
Factors Influencing the Use of Family Planning Methods Among Couples in Trans-mara West Sub-County,Narok County.
(JOOUST, 2020)Although knowledge of contraceptive methods among sexually active men and women is high, contraceptive prevalence among currently married women aged 15-49 years in Kenya is estimated at 39%, compared to that of Trans-Mara ... -
The Role of Microfinance Institution in Growth of Micro and Small Enterprises ;A Case of Mogotio District
(JOOUST, 2014)Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) are vital for the growth, especially for developing countries as they create jobs and distribute the national wealth among rural communities. It is believed that their development is ... -
Classroom Environment Factors Influencing Reading Among Standard Three Primary School Pupils in Kisii ,Kenya
(JOOUST, 2015)Reading is one of the most important skills for a happy, productive and successful life. Studies carried out by the Southern and Eastern African Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) a regional research ... -
Classroom Environment Factors Influencing Reading Among Standard Three Primary School Pupils in Kisii ,Kenya
(JOOUST, 2015)Reading is one of the most important skills for a happy, productive and successful life. Studies carried out by the Southern and Eastern African Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) a regional research ...
