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Laboratory Mix Design of Cold Bitumen Emulsion Mixtures Incorporating Reclaimed Asphalt and Virgin Aggregates
(2018-12-10)Bitumen emulsion asphalts, especially those incorporating marginal and secondary aggregates, are energy efficient, environment friendly, and sustainable alternatives to hot-mix asphalts. This study set out to compare ... -
Larviciding potency of water and ethanol extracts of Phytolacca dodecandra (L’ Herit) on Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae)
(BIO publisher, 2015)Introduction: Plant extracts are an attractive target for search of effective malaria vector control agents. The reason for this is that they present a cost effective, target specific and bio-degradable insecticides. The ... -
Larviciding Potency of Water and Ethanol Extracts of Phytolacca dodecandra (L’ Herit) on Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae)
(Mosquito Research, 2015)Introduction: Plant extracts are an attractive target for search of effective malaria vector control agents. The reason for this is that they present a cost effective, target specific and bio-degradable insecticides. The ... -
Lean manufacturing practices and supply chain performance of sugar manufacturing firms in western Kenya
(American Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2021)Introduction:Western Kenya is the largest producer of sugar in Kenya, supporting about 170,000 smallholder farming households and contributing about 80 percent of the total sugar produced in Kenya. ... -
Learners' Perceptions of Principals’ Influence on Their Academic Behaviours
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2021-04-30)The purpose of the study was to assess learners' perceptions of the principals' influence on their academic behaviour. The study adopted cross sectional research design and proportionate random sampling to select 336 form ... -
Learners’ Perceptions of Principals’ Influence on Their Academic Behaviors
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2021-04-30)The purpose of the study was to assess learners’ perceptions of the principals’ influence on their academic behavior. The study adopted cross sectional research design and proportionate random sampling to select 336 form ... -
Learners’ Views Towards The Use of KSL As A Medium of Instruction in Primary Schools For Learners with Hearing Impairment, Homabay County.
(International Journal of Arts and Entrepreneurship, 2021)Kenyan Sign Language (KSL) is visual gestural language used by people with hearing impairment in Kenya it can also be learnt and used by people who have hearing ability. KSL plays a critical role in the academic world ... -
Learning company for sustainable competitiveness: Towards a model and theory development
(2015-08-19)Previous studies on learning organizations do not provide a strategic framework of adapting organizational learning for sustainable competitiveness. This paper reviews various contributions on developing learning companies ... -
Lending Rates and its impact on Economic Growth in Kenya
(Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 2014)After the liberalization of interest rates in Kenya in 1992, there has been an upward trend in the interest rates. Therefore, there is a need to investigate the factors influencing lending interest rates and their impacts ... -
Lesson Observation as a Tool for Professional Development for Teachers in Public Day Secondary Schools in Kisii Central Sub-County, Kisii County, Kenya
(International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), 2023-01)The objective of this study was to examine the utilization of lesson observation in promoting professional development for teachers in public day secondary schools in Kisii Central Sub-County, Kisii County, Kenya. A ... -
The Level of Students’ Self-Efficacy on E-Learning at Post-COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Study of Rongo University-Kenya
(International Journal of Applied Psychology, 2023-01-12)COVID-19 contributed a significant portion of the global burden of the killer diseases. The global spread of COVID-19 required not only national-level responses but also active compliance with individual-level prevention ... -
Leveraging cloud computing for improved health service delivery: Findings from public health facilities in Kisumu County, Western Kenya-2019
(Learning Health Systems, 2021-12-22)Introduction: Healthcare delivery systems across the world have been shown to fall short of the ideals of being cost-effective and meeting pre-established standards of quality but the problem is more pronounced in Africa. ... -
Log frame and completion of CDF health construction projects in Busia county, Kenya
(Novelty Journal, 2018-12)Monitoring and evaluation of projects is fundamental if the project objectives and success is to be achieved since it improves overall efficiency of project planning, management and implementation. This study sought to ... -
Logistics Leverage for a Sustainable Competitive Advantage in Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs): Case of Wakenya Pamoja SACCO Society Ltd., Gusii Region, Kenya
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2013)The paper focuses on Logistics Leverage for a Sustainable Competitive Advantage (SCA) in SACCOs, a survey of Wakenya Pamoja SACCO Society Ltd. (WPS). SACCO membership is on a declining trend,attributed to the stiff competition ... -
Long-run relationship between inflation rate and real estate investment in Kenya
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2021-08)This paper has analyzed the inflation rate in form of consumer price index, comparing them with real estate investment from GDP contribution in the long-run. The long-run relationship between inflation and real estate ... -
Lugha na utambulisho: tofauti katika matumizi ya kiswahili nchini Tanzania na kenya
(Mount Kenya University, 2015-10)Matumizi ya lugha moja hutofautiana kwa kutegemea mambo kama vile umri, jinsia, tabaka na maeneo ya kijiografia miongoni mwa mengine. Matokeo ya hali ni kuwa matumizi ya lugha huishia kutoa mchango mkubwa katika utambulisho ... -
Lugha na utambulisho: tofauti katika matumizi ya kiswahili nchini tanzania na Kenya
(Chama cha Kiswahili Africa Mashariki (CHAKAMA), 2015)Matumizi ya lugha moja hutofautiana kwa kutegemea mambo kama vile umri, jinsia, tabaka na maeneo ya kijiografia miongoni mwa mengine. Matokeo ya hali ni kuwa matumizi ya lugha huishia kutoa mchango mkubwa katika utambulisho ... -
Macroinvertebrate-based Index of biotic integrity (M-IBI) for monitoring the Nyando River, Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
(Academic journal, 2009-12)A macroinvertebrate-based Index of Biotic Integrity (M-IBI) was developed to monitor ecological integrity of the Nyando River and its tributaries. Macroinvertebrates were sampled with a scoop net between September and ... -
Maize Response to Micro Dose Inorganic Inputs on an Acid Smallholder Farm in Kenyan Lower Midland
(Pearl Research Journals, 2016-09-13)The study determined nitrogen, phosphorus fertilizers and lime micro doses effects on soil chemistry and maize performance on an acid soil smallholder farm. Treatments were micro doses (50% of recommendations) of N (0 and ...