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INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION AS A TOOL FOR IMPROVING THE UPTAKE OF VOLUNTARY MEDICAL MALE CIRCUMCISION FOR THE PREVENTION OF HIV/AIDS IN SIAYA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021)This study has explored interpersonal communication (IPC) as tool for improving the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision in Siaya County, Kenya. It examined the specific IPC strategies employed in the voluntary ... -
THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN HORIZONTAL INEQUALITIES AND INTRACTABLE ETHNIC CONFLICTS IN UASIN GISHU COUNTY, KENYA
(2023)One important hypothesis concerning the causes of violent conflict focuses on the presence of major horizontal inequalities. This argument is based on the notion that when cultural differences coincide with economic and ... -
INTERPRETATION OF ENGLISH - LUBUKUSU MEDICAL DISCOURSE IN BUNGOMA COUNTY HOSPITALS - KENYA
(2023)In this age of massive travel and migration, many doctors find themselves attending to patients with whom they do not share a common language. In such situations, interpretation is employed to bridge the linguistic gap ... -
INTRAPERSONAL CONFLICTS ANDSTUDENTS’ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT INPUBLIC UNIVERSITIESIN WESTERN KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-10-22)Provision of university education to qualified Kenyans is fundamental to the success of the Government’s overall sustainable development strategy. Academic achievement plays a significant rolein assuring ... -
MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR PREDICTION OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-10-05)Prediction of students’ academic performance with high accuracy is useful in many ways in academic institutions. Institutions would like to know which students are likely to have low academic achievements or ... -
MEDIA COVERAGE OF POLITICAL CONFLICTS INFLUNCING PEACE BUILDING IN SELECTED HOTSPOTS IN KENYA SINCE 2007 ELECTIONS
(MMUST, 2019-09)Since the 2007/008 Post-Election Violence (PEV),media coverage on political conflict has remained a complex yet intriguing issue to unbridle more especially on the Kenyan peace-building landscape .By and large, it has ... -
MEDIA REPORTAGE INFLUENCING TERRORIST ACTIVITIES IN MANDERA COUNTY - KENYA
(MMUST, 2021)Terrorism, often, has been used as a weapon by non-state actors like terrorist organizations, liberation movements and other clandestine organizations fighting for recognition and intending to advance different agenda. ... -
METAPHORICAL MAPPINGS IN THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN LUKABARAS
(2023)is genetically related to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome of 2003 and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome of 2012, has been perceived in various ways by different communities world over. Empirical evidence suggests ... -
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 ... -
MULTISCALE MODELING OF EBOLA TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS WITH TREATMENT
(MMUST, 2021-03)Ebola Virus Disease, (EVD) is a rare and deadly disease with high fatality rates in humans and other primates. It is introduced into the human population through direct contact with the infected hosts which include porcupines, ... -
NEXUS BETWEEN POLITICAL CULTURE AND WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN POLITICS IN NAIROBI AND KAJIADO COUNTIES IN KENYA, SINCE 2013
(MMUST, 2018-07)The main aim of this study was to examine the nexus between political culture and women participation in politics since 2013 with a specific reference to Nairobi City and Kajiado Counties in Kenya. The study described two ... -
THE NEXUS BETWEEN SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS AND CONFLICT DYNAMISM WITHIN KERIO VALLEY DELTA, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-01)The demographic consequences of conflict and violence in the developing world are receiving increased attention and so is conflict in Kenya. The Northern part of Kenya in particular inhabited by pastoral communities such ... -
OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMICS MEDICO LEGAL PROCEDURES, HEALTH LAWS AND HEALTH SYSTEM FACTORS ATTRIBUTED TO UNCEREMONIOUS MASS GRAVE DISPOSAL OF UNCLAIMED CORPSES IN WESTERN KENYA
(2023)In Kenya, Next of Kin may not find any transpired unclaimed or missing corpses, due to the skewed uptake of medicolegal procedures and health system factors. An increased uptake of health laws and propagated occupational ... -
OCCURRENCE OF GROUNDNUT ROSETTE DISEASE AND DIVERSITY OF ITS CAUSAL AGENTS IN WESTERN KENYA
(MMUST, 2018-01)Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an economically important edible oilseed legume in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Nearly 75% to 80% of the world’s groundnut is grown by resource poor smallholder farmers in developing countries, ... -
ON REGULAR ELEMENTS AND VON-NEUMANN INVERSES OF ZERO-SYMMETRIC LOCAL NEAR-RINGS WITH JORDAN IDEALS ADMITTING FROBENIUS DERIVATIONS
(2023-05)The study of near-rings with identity is very vital in generalizing characterization of commutative rings with identity. Much of the recent works on the classification of finite rings with identity have considered a ... -
ON THE ALGEBRA OF IDEALS AND MODULES IN OPERATOR SPACES
(2023)The Theory of Operator Ideals and Frechet Modules are important in the study of locally convex spaces, Rings and Algebras. Locally convex spaces are examples of topological vector spaces which generalize normed spaces, ... -
ON THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE UNIT GROUPS OF A CLASS OF TOTAL QUOTIENT RINGS
(MMUST, 2017-10)Let R be a completely primary finite ring of characteristic pk, where p is a prime and k is a positive integer. Such finite rings have been studied extensively in recent years and the tools necessary for describing completely ...