Conference/Workshop/Seminar Papers: Recent submissions
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I Call It Music: Validating Diverse Music Expressions in the Classroom in Kenya
(HELBLING, 2021-03-26)This chapter1 proposes the integration of learners’ community music activities with the classroom experiences, by articulating the social significance of the music of learners’ experience. Informed by the author’s experiences ... -
Socio-Economic and Technological Transfrormation of Fishing in Seme Sub-County, Kenya, 1895 To 2015
(JOOUST, 2020)Fishing by indigenous communities in Lake Victoria is a historical phenomenon located within the regions social, economic and political systems that exists today and in the past. However, it has been presented in most ... -
The Nutritional Composition and Sensory Properties of Wheat Muffins Enriched with Gonimbrasia zambesina Caterpillar Flour
(Transformative Agri-food Systems, 2022-04-01)Protein malnutrition is a serious challenge in the developing countries. Attention is shifting to the use of edible insects in a form which is acceptable to people irrespective of social status and level of civilization ... -
Cities Coping with COVID-19:
(Tylor and Francis Group, 2021-03-29)This Symposium represents an experimental format within CITY, as the latest part of the relaunched journal’s efforts to diversify its contents and attract new readers, especially among communities of practice engaged in ... -
Blended Course Experience at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology
(Commonwealth of Learning, 2021)This is the report of a survey conducted at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) to evaluate the implementation of technology-enabled learning. The research was conducted among students and ... -
Report on the Baseline Study of Technology Enabled Learning at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology
(Commonwealth of Learning, 2018)The report presents findings from three surveys: (i) A review of policy and infrastructure for TEL at JOOUST, (ii) Faculty survey of TEL, and (iii) Student survey of TEL. This survey sought to establish the readiness of ... -
The Exponentially Modified Gaussian Function as a Tool for Deconvolution of Astroparticle Physics data.
(Kabarak University, 2018-10-23)In the period 2004 – 2012, the Pierre Auger Observatory has recorded more than two million of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. In seeking to interpret the data recorded for the events, it is necessary to simulate the interaction ... -
Effect of varying filler-size in profile injection attacks on the Robust Weighted Slope One
(IEEE Xplore, 2015-03)The use of recommender systems has become the de-facto standard in e-commerce systems. The most popular recommendation techniques are the collaborative filtering techniques. Their open nature of collaborative recommender ... -
Faecal matter-saw dust composite briquette and pellet fuels: production and characteristics
(© WEDC, Loughborough University, 2018)This work relates to the sustainable development goal (SDG) 6.2 which relates to access to adequate sanitation and hygiene. Raw sludge emptied on to drying beds inside greenhouses was carbonized from milled materials (faecal ... -
Environmental determinants of patterns and trends of the occurrence of unstable malaria in ~ Kericho district, Kenya
(2008)This study investigated environmental determinants of patterns and trends of occurrences of unstable malaria burdens in Kericho district of Kenya, a formerly malaria free highland district in early 1960s but classified by ... -
Networks, SMEs management styles and technology policy in Kenya
(ResearchGate, 2014)Sub-Saharan Africa in general and Kenya in particular, provide a challenging business environment to any would-be investor. In this contribution the authors first present an overview of the economic, sociocultural and ... -
An investigation on the socio economic determinants for demand for technical and vocational training among the youth in Kajiado County, Kenya
(IPRJB, 9/12/2017)Purpose: The study aimed at establishing the extent to which socio-economic background determines the demand in TVET among the youth in Kajiado County. Methodology: The study used a mixed method design of both qualitative ... -
Economically feasible, but not financially sound? Charity and/or business in rural development
(14th Rural Entrepreneurship Conference, 2016)Instead of presenting a business approach or a community (NGO) approach towards development as an either-or alternative, these two in actual fact constitute a continuum. This is particularly the case if the bottom of the ... -
The end of neoliberalism and the beginning of talking business A value oriented approach to entrepreneurship in Kenya
(Proceedings of Regional Conference of COMIUCAP-AFRICA 2017, 2017)The neoliberal approach dominating the globalization process is criticized in this contribution as not working for the promotion of entrepreneurship in the Kenyan situation. It is a shortcut of the Western social and ... -
Culture and value trade-offs for successful entrepreneurship in Africa
(2017)In Africa slowly but steadily a transformation is taking place in the management styles of enterprises. There is a trend towards more precise time management, more precision in dealing with increasingly sophisticated ... -
Teaching methods and didactic materials used during music lessons in history and analysis of set works in Kenyan secondary schools
(International Society for Music Education, 2012-07-08)The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (KCSE) in Music consists of Theory and Practical examinations. One of the subsections of the theory part is the history of composers and an analysis of selected works ... -
Report from MicroResearch 2020 strategic planning meeting.
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Proceedings of the second horticulture seminar on sustainable horticultural production in the tropics
(Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2002-08)Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) method was used to identify seventeen Musa cultivars that were rated highly by the small-scale farmers in Kenya. The cultivars were studied alongside five reference cultivars of genomic ... -
A workshop report on HIV mHealth synergy and strategy meeting to review emerging evidence-based mHealth interventions and develop a framework for scale-up of these interventions
(PanAfrican Medical Journal, 2011-11-11)mHealth is a term used to refer to mobile technologies such as personal digital assistants and mobile phones for healthcare. mHealth initiatives to support care and treatment of patients are emerging globally and this ...
