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NURSE INTERNS’ COMPETENCE IN PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT FOR ADULT PATIENTS IN HEALTH FACILITIES IN WESTERN REGION OF KENYA
(MMUST, 2024-09)Physical assessment is an essential part of the overall health assessment which constitutes the first phase of nursing process. Physical assessment competence of nurse interns has been observed as insufficient in evaluation ... -
MACROECONOMIC FACTORS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF EQUITY FUNDS IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2024-09)Investment in mutual funds is becoming increasingly popular and plays a significant role in the financial sector. Over the past few years, diversified equities mutual funds in Kenya have grown in both quantity and size at ... -
INTERNAL AUDIT INDEPENDENCE AND INTERNAL AUDIT EFFECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING INSTITUTIONS IN WESTERN REGION, KENYA.
(MMUST, 2024-09)The effectiveness of internal auditing, particularly when it is tightly aligned with risk management frameworks, compliance standards, and strengthened internal controls, garners a significant amount of attention from ... -
EFFECT OF FIRM FINANCIAL FACTORS ON FINANCIAL PERFOMANCE OF SACCOS IN NANDI COUNTY, KENYA
(2024-08)SACCOS are key components in the economy and social development. However, it’s experiencing both internal and external issues which should be handled. The study sought to determine the effect of firm financial factors on ... -
RELATIVISTIC DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURE FORMATION IN A MATTER—DOMINATED FRIEDMANN UNIVERSE
(MMUST, 2024-08)Cosmology as the study of the Universe as a whole, addresses questions on its origin and development and among the unresolved problems in cosmology today is the formation and evolution of structures in the Universe. One ... -
INTERFERON-GAMMA AND INTERLUKIN-10 DERANGEMENTS IN HIV-1 ANTIRETROVIRAL NON-ADHERENT PATIENTS ATTENDING SIAYA COUNTY REFERRAL HOSPITAL, KENYA
(MMUST, 2024-08)Despite significant decline in HIV-1 infection rates from up-scaling of Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) accessibility, Kenya is among leading African countries in prevalence. Siaya County has the second-highest prevalence ... -
PREDICTORS OF HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG PRIMARY CAREGIVERS OF CANCER PATIENTS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(2024)Primary Stress from the burden of providing care for a patient with cancer frequently results in reduced Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) for caregivers. The majority of research done in Western populations has ... -
INFLUENCE OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ON LEARNERS’ LITERACY OUTCOMES IN EARLY YEARS OF EDUCATION IN BUNGOMA CENTRAL SUB- COUNTY, KENYA.
(MMUST, 2024-06)Teachers efforts coupled with stimulative learning environment has a high influence on academic achievement in education for learners in primary schools. This academic achievement is imperative for learners in early years ... -
SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN AND PERFOMANCE OF STATE OWNED SUGAR FIRMS IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2024)The primary goal of supply chain design is to up service quality and improve interaction levels between service providers and customers.The study was guided by four objectives aimed at establishing effect of facility ... -
ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES TO AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT EFFECTS ON SMALL SCALE CROP PRODUCTION IN KAKAMEGA SOUTH SUB-COUNTY, KAKAMEGA COUNTY
(2023)This study was undertaken in Kakamega South Sub-County in Kakamega County where small-scale farmers depend on rain fed agriculture and over the years have had frequent crop failure due to seasonal drought. This study’s ... -
ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERNS OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA RECOVERED FROM UNPROCESSED BOVINE MILK PRODUCED IN NDIVISI WARD, BUNGOMA COUNTY
(2023)Milk is an essential and nutritive product that fulfills the increasing demand for food in the rising population in the former western province of Kenya. Milk can be easily contaminated by bacteria posing a health risk to ... -
CREDIT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND NONPERFORMING LOANS IN MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA.
(2023)The Kenyan microfinance industry faces many challenges. Studies point to nonperforming loans as one of the main problems facing microfinance institutions in Kenya, which has led to reduced profitability and institutional ... -
EFFECT OF MACROECONOMIC FACTORS ON PERFORMANCE OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN KENYA.
(2023)Agriculture is very important to any society’s future. In most developing and developed countries, it is the major backbone of the economy and its production over the last three to four decades has increased significantly. ... -
MASTERY OF KENYAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PUPILS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN WESTERN REGION, KENYA
(2023)The government of Kenya recognizes the importance of special needs education as a crucial sector for accelerating the attainment of Education for all (EFA) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The purpose of this ... -
EFFECT OF SANITATION REHABILITATION ON THE BEHAVIOUR OUTCOME OF LEARNERS IN SHIKUSA BORSTAL INSTITUTION, KAKAMEGA COUNTY
(2023)The Shikusa Borstal Institution, A Youth Corrective Centre provides rehabilitation to the young offenders through counselling, formal education, technical training, spiritual programs, sanitation program and with the goal ... -
EFFECT OF CONSTITUENT MATERIALS ON THE QUALITY OF CONCRETE: A CASE OF MATERIALS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(2023)The role of the quality of concrete in structural applications cannot be overemphasized. Quality of concrete in terms of workability, compressive strength and durability is influenced majorly by the properties and mix ... -
TEACHERS’ SELF-WORTH, LEADERSHIP APPROACHES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL LEARNERS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(2023)Teachers play a very important role in making the student think and act in productive ways to enhance their learning and general academic performance. They are also charged with the responsibilities of leadership management ... -
STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF TEACHERS’ CLASSROOM EFFECTIVENESS ON STUDENTS’ SELF-CONCEPT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN HAMISI SUB-COUNTY, KENYA.
(2023)Teacher classroom effectiveness is generally referred to in terms of a focus on student outcomes and the teacher behaviours and classroom processes that promote better student outcomes; therefore, teachers’ classroom ... -
TARGET-SITE MUTATIONS, BASELINE SUSCEPTIBILITY AND CROSSRESISTANCE EVALUATION OF FALL ARMYWORM INFESTING MAIZE IN KENYA
(2023)The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a pest of gramineous crops known worldwide. It is resistant to various insecticides presenting a serious challenge in its wake. Sodium channels that are voltage-gated, ryanodine ... -
ABUNDANCE, MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND SYMBIOTIC POTENTIAL OF ENDOPHYTIC ROOT NODULATING RHIZOBIA COLONISING SOYBEAN IN SOILS OF KAKAMEGA COUNTY
(2023)Root nodulating bacteria are a diverse group of bacteria that may coexist with legumes and non-legumes in a symbiotic relationship. These bacteria have a wide range of symbiotic flexibility. Rhizobia inoculants have ...