Research Papers: Recent submissions
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Effects of farmers’ demographic and socio-economic characteristics on soil degradation in different physiographic units of Nyakach Sub-county, Kenya
(Net Journal of Agricultural Science, 2015-12)A number of scholars contend that demographic and socio-economic characteristics influence soil degradation. However, the nature and extent of the relationship varies spatially and temporally. Nyakach Sub-county in Kenya ... -
Adoption model of mobile-enabled systems in supply chain
(Emerald, 2012-01-15)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop an adoption model to identify the critical factors that affect firms’ intention to adopt mobile enabled supply chain systems (mSCM) in retail industry. This study focuses ... -
WinFood data from Kenya and Cambodia: Constraints on field procedures
(2015)Background. Researchers face myriad challenges in the design and implementation of randomized, controlled trials. Apart from summaries on limitations, these challenges are rarely documented in detail to inform ... -
Characterization of inner derivations induced by norm-attainable operators
(International Journal of Modern Science and Technology, 2018)In the present paper, results on characterization of inner derivations in Banach algebras are discussed.Some techniques are employed for derivations due to Mecheri, Hacene, Bounkhel and Anderson. Let H be an infinite ... -
Characterization of norm inequalities for elementary operators
(International Journal of Modern Science and Technology, 2017)Studies on the norms of the elementary operators on JB* -algebras Prime C * -algebras, Calkin algebras and standard operator algebras has been considered. In this paper, we characterize norm inequalities for Jordan elementary ... -
New conditions for contractivity of normaloid operators
(Journal of Global Research in Mathematical Archives, 2017-08)In this paper we establish new conditions for contractivity of normaloid operators. We employ some results for contractivity due to Furuta, Nakomoto, Arandelovic and Dragomir. A particular generalization is also given. -
New conditions for counteractivity of normality operators
(2017-08)An interesting area in operator theory is the study of norm inequalities for Hilbert space operators. Many mathematicians have worked on this subject, for example in [2, 3 and 5]. On the other hand, contractive and ... -
Norm bounds for contractive normality operators
(2017-08)In this paper we establish the upper and lower norm estimates of contractive normaloid operators using inner product, Schwarz inequality for non-negative real numbers and some operator inequalities. -
Association between sickle cell trait and low density parasitaemia among asymptomatic and parasitaemic individuals living in P. falciparum malaria Holoendemic region of Western Kenya.
(SDI, 2008)The frequency of the mutant gene for sickle cell is widely distributed in the sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. There is epidemiologic evidence that sickle cell trait confers a survival ... -
Factors affecting pre and post-weaning growth of six cattle breed groups at Songa Research station in Rwanda
(Livestock Research for Rural Development, 2012-03)The objective of this study was to assess the growth performance of six cattle breed groups from birth to 18 month of age at Songa Research Station in Rwanda. Records of animals born between 1998 and 2008 were evaluated ... -
Spatial distribution of African animal trypanosomiasis in Suba and Teso districts in Western Kenya
(BMC, 2010-01)Background: Studies on the epidemiology of African Animal Trypanosomiasis (AAT) rarely consider the spatial dimension of disease prevalence. This problem is confounded by use of parasitological diagnostic methods of low ... -
Morphological, biochemical and molecular characterization of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria of African nightshades ( Solanum scabrum Mill.)
(INNSPUB, 2016-07)African nightshade (Solanum scabrum Mill.) is one important vegetable in terms of food security and nutritional balance. The vegetable is usually medicinal and also a source of income to many small scale farmers in Kenya. ... -
Review on community food security and edible insect’s resources: biodiversity and policy implications for safeguarding human consumption.
(Scitecpub, 2013)The aim of this paper is to review the impact of climate change on food security with emphasis to alternative food resources such as edible insects in the Lake Victoria region. It goes further and outlines basic recommendations ... -
The effects of non-genetic factors and estimation of genetic and phenotypic Parameters and trends for milk yield in Ayrshire cattle in Kenya
(uta foundation, 2007)Dairy cattle production in Kenya has been growing into an important agricultural sector, but it still faces numerous difficulties in environmental constraints. The purpose of this study was to identify significant non-genetic ... -
An assessment of the efficiency of the dairy bull dam selection methodology in Kenya
(CIPAV, 2007)Data consisting of 5670 lactation records made by 2958 cows between 1990 and 2004 from18 Ayrshire herds were used to evaluate the efficiency of the current bull dam selection method in Kenya. A univariate DF-REML procedure ... -
Comparative evaluation of three PCR base diagnostic assays for the detection of pathogenic trypanosomes in cattle blood
(Creative commons attribution, 2008-12)Currently, several PCR based diagnostic assays have been developed to improve the detection of pathogenic trypanosomes. These tests include use of species specific primers, single and nested PCRs' based on primers amplifying ... -
Climate change and the abundance of edible insects in the Lake Victoria region
(Academic Journals, 2010-07)Global warming is adversely affecting the earth’s climate and its profound effects are virtually on all ecosystem. Every living animal will be affected in one way or another by climatic changes and insects being an integral ... -
Effect of Processing Methods on the In Vitro Protein Digestibility and Vitamin Content of Edible Winged Termite (Macrotermes subhylanus) and Grasshopper (Ruspolia differens)
(Springer, 2010-10)The influence of processing methods of toasting and solar drying on the in vitro protein digestibility and vitamins content of edible winged termites, green grasshoppers, and brown grasshoppers consumed in Siaya, district ... -
Consumption, indigeneous knowledge and cultural values of the lakefly species within the Lake Victoria region
(African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2008-10)Of the edible insects, lakeflies (Chaoborus and Chironomus sp) are least documented as items of human consumption. They are eaten by the Luo communities living within the Lake Victoria basin. The purpose of this study was ... -
Equity in the distribution of bursary to secondary school students in Busia district, Kenya
(Educational Research and Review, 2007-11-12)This study sought to find out the opinion of the head teachers on equity of the established criteria in bursary support for the needy. It was done in the District’s 27 secondary schools with the total student enrolment of ...
