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Mobile Money Users' Functionings and Freedoms: Amartya Sen's Capability Approach
(World Journal of Computer Application and Technology, 2018-02)Over the last decade Amartya Sen's Capability Approach has emerged as the leading alternative to standard economic frameworks for thinking about poverty, inequality and human development generally. Professor Sen has ... -
Modeling Optimal Canal Conveyance Capacity for the Ahero Irrigation Scheme using the Hydrologic Engineering Centre River Analysis System (HEC-RAS)
(JOURNAL OF WATER MANAGEMENT MODELING, 2023-12-11)Irrigation plays a critical role in addressing food security as envisaged in Kenya’s development blueprint, the Big Four Agenda. However, the performance of any open channel irrigation system is a function of its canal ... -
MODELING THE EFFECT OF MEDIATION ON HIV PREVALENCE IN KENYA USING A LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODEL
(2023)Over the last decades, major global efforts mounted to address the HIV epidemic has realised notable successes in combating the pandemic. Sub Saharan Africa still remains a global epicenter of the disease, accounting for ... -
Modeling the effects of vaccination on rotavirus infection
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Modeling the interaction between vehicle yielding and pedestrian crossing behavior at unsignalized midblock crosswalks
(Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 2020-07-17)The interaction between pedestrians and vehicles is an inevitable phenomenon at unsignalized midblock crosswalks. This study aims to contribute to a better understanding of the interaction between vehicle yielding and ... -
Modeling the Spatial Impact of Climate Change on Grevy’s Zebra (Equus grevyi) niche in Kenya
(Environmental Science, 2013-09-02)Although Grevy’s zebra (Equus grevyi) is listed as endangered species and is an important attraction in Kenya’s tourism industry, there have been no attempts to model the implications of climate change on their niche. This ... -
Modelling In Vivo HIV Dynamics under Combined Antiretroviral Treatment
(Journal of Applied Mathemetics, 2018-12-10)In this paper a within host mathematical model for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) transmission incorporating treatment is formulated. The model takes into account the efficacy of combined antiretroviral treatment on ... -
MODELLING OF ENERGY GENERATION FROM OPEN NON-EQUILIBRIUM STEADY STATE THERMODYNAMIC SYSTEMS
(2023)Affordable and sustainable energy system is a critical ingredient that supports life. The overall objective of this study was to model electrical energy generation from open non equilibrium steady state thermodynamic ... -
Modelling of nitrates in River Nzoia using MIKE 11
(Water Practice and Technology, 2017-03)Eutrophication is a serious problem in Lake Victoria as a result of enrichment by nutrients transported by the rivers draining into it. River Nzoia is one of the main rivers draining into the lake. The main aim of this ... -
MODELLING QUEUING PHENOMENON OF HOSPITAL CONGESTION WITH APPLICATION TO MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL
(2023)Queuing theory is the mathematical study of waiting lines or queues, a phenomenon which is very common in any service provision facility such as supermarkets, banks, hospitals, library, transport and telecommunication ... -
Modelling soil water distribution under Moistube irrigation for cowpea (VIGNA unguiculata(L.) Walp.) crop(dagger)
(Irrigation and Drainage, 2020-07-22)Moistube irrigation (MTI) is a type of technology which uses a semipermeable membrane to emit water continuously in response to soil water potential and applied pressure. Soil water dynamics under MTI incorporating plant ... -
MODELLING THE DYNAMICS OF RADICALIZATION WITH GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
(Neural, Parallel, and Scientific Computations, 2020-03)ABSTRACT: Radicalization is the process by which people come to adopt in- creasingly extreme political, social or religious ideologies. When radicalization leads to violence, radical thinking becomes a threat to national ... -
The Moderating Effect of Legal Factors on the Relationship between Strategic Leadership Practices and Performance of Deposit Taking Saccos In KenYA
(The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 2019-10-28)Strategic leadership practice is imperative in organizations due to uncertainties in the operating environment. Without it an organizations performance may be greatly constrained. The legal framework has an influence ... -
Moderating Effect of Organizational Culture on the Relationship between Quality of Work Life and Organizational Commitment Amongst Nurses in Public Hospitals in Bungoma County
(AFRICAN JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH, 2023-11-02)Healthcare organisations are in dire need of a culture in which nursing employees are dedicated, motivated, and strongly associated with their sacred profession. This calls for strengthening the quality of the work life ... -
Moistube irrigation technology development, adoption and future prospects
(Heliyon, 2021-02-01)Agriculture is the biggest consumer of fresh water in the world accounting for almost 70% of the water use. The burgeoning world population and increased demands to feed the world requires novel technologies that reconcile ... -
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND MINERALIZATION POTENTIAL OF PHOSPHORUS SOLUBILIZING BACTERIA COLONIZING COMMON BEAN (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) RHIZOSPHERE IN WESTERN KENYA
(2023)Phosphorous solubilizing bacteria (PSB) are a category of microbes that transform insoluble phosphates in soil into soluble forms that crops can utilize for growth and development. Phosphorous in natural soils is abundant, ... -
Molecular Characterization and Mineralizing Potential of Phosphorus Solubilizing Bacteria Colonizing Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Rhizosphere in Western Kenya
(International Journal of Microbiology, 2023-03-01)Phosphorus solubilizing bacteria (PSB) are a category of microbes that transform insoluble phosphates in soil into soluble forms that crops can utilize. Phosphorus in natural soils is abundant but poorly soluble. Hence, ...