Browsing Doctor of Philosophy Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Resilience to Climate Change by Fishing-Based Livelihoods along Lake Victoria Beaches.
(JOOUST, 2018)climate change has emerged as one of the global concern over the recent 30 years and it affects aspects of the society such as health, food security, international peace and security. This study was governed ... -
Returns from Investment on Wheat Research, Varietal Adoption, Turnover Rates and Production Risks
(JOOUST, 2022-11)Appreciating the expanding significance of wheat in Kenya’s food availability, remarkable research endeavors have been undertaken to breed for inflated yielding crop varieties to contribute to food availability in the ... -
Risk Behaviors Associated with Antiretroviral Non-adherence and Hiv-1 Drug Resistance Mutations among Injecting Drug Users
(JOOUST, 2022)The introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has resulted in improved treatment outcome and survival rate in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients but the success of these drug regimens is challenged by ... -
The Role of Non-State Actors in the Development of Circuit Ecotourism
(JOOUST, 2022)Ecotourism, arguably the fastest growing branch of tourism has been hailed as not just traveling to pristine sites but a way of conserving natural resources and uplifting the welfare of rural communities. The Western Kenya ... -
Rotundity of Norms in Frechet Spaces
(JOOUST, 2019)The notion of rotundity of norms is a very interesting area of research in analysis. The question whether if a norm is Highly Rotund implies it is Midpoint Locally Uniformly Rotund or whether a Uniformly Ro¬tund norm in ... -
Selected Factors Influencing the Implementation of Learners’ Psychomotor Activities in Public Pre-Primary Schools’ Curriculum, in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022-09)Studies indicate that learners’ participation in the psychomotor activities is limited and that more emphasis is put on the academic-oriented activity areas. The purpose of this study was to establish selected factors ... -
Selected teacher variables influencing mathematics achievement among secondary school students in Western Kenya:
(2015)The study investigated selected teacher variables influencing achievement in mathematics among secondary school students in western Kenya. A comparison was made between teachers holding a ... -
self Regulation as Skills as Predictors of Academic Performance of Orphaned Students in Secondary Schools
(JOOUST, 2018)Orphaned students like other students have needs to be met including quality education. A relatively low academic performance among orphans in Bondo Sub County could be attributed to some life challenges related to ... -
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 ... -
Social Cognitive Skills as Predictors of Delinquent Behaviour Modification Among Students in Public Secondary Schools.
(JOOUST, 2022)The purpose of the study was to find out about social cognitive skills as predictors of delinquent behaviour modification among public secondary school students in Rongo Sub-County. The study objectives were to examine ... -
Stakeholder Involvement in Co-creation of Ecotourism Experiences: a Planning Strategy for Dung a Beach as a Place Destination
(JOOUST, 2017)Involving stakeholders in co-creating tourism experiences is crucial in securing tourists satisfaction when they visit a particular destination. Grounded on the System Thinking Theory, Service-Dominant ... -
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 ... -
Stochastic Optimization Modeling with Goal Programming of Management Systems for Sugar Production.
(JOOUST, 2017)The sugar sub sector is a strategic segment in Kenyan economy, as it is a source of livelihood to over one million people in Kenya. It offers employment and helps in rural infrastructural development. ... -
Strategy Implementation Drivers and its Effect on Performance of Tea Processing Factories in Kenya.
(JOOUST, 2020)Various prior studies have concurred that 90% of strategic initiatives fail, not due to formulation but, due to implementation difficulties. Failure of strategy implementation efforts ... -
A Stratified Cyber Security Vigilance Model for Corporate Information Technology Infrastructure
(JOOUST, 2019-06)Cyberspace is a relatively new unavoidable battlefield for most organizations- businesses governments, security agencies, learning and research institutions, political parties, terrorist groups and many others. As a result ... -
Sum construction of automorphic symmetric balanced incomplete block designs.
(JOOUST, 2021)Several mathematical studies ham been carried out to help solve spe• rilir- probk-ius 1wrht.iuiug t11 t•lt<• «onsrrncrtou mu! nnnlvsis of Dafaw•,•d Incomplete Block designs in terms of application. ... -
Synthesis, mosquito repellence and apoptotic activity of functionalized monoterpenes.
(2011-07)The investigations whose results are reported in this Thesis involved the synthesis of variously functionalized p-methane based epoxides, hydroxylated derivatives, β-amino alcohols, β-hydroxy sulphides and C-gycosidic ...