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Efficiency and Organizational Arrangements in the Utilization of Resources at Primary Health Care (PHC) in Machakos County, Kenya
(Economics, Medicine, 2017-05-26)Health care is costly and there is need for rational use of health care resources for the world to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). The preventive Primary Health Care (PHC) service is cheaper than the Secondary ... -
Efficiency of Domain Mean Estimators in the Presence of Non-response Using Two-Stage Sampling with Non-linear and Linear Cost Function.
(Annals of Data Science, 2020-08-31)This study compares the efficiency of the estimators of the domain population mean computed using double sampling for ratio estimation design with linear, non-linear or logarithmic cost functions. In the estimation of the ... -
Efficient Removal of Sulfamethoxazole onto Sugarcane Bagasse-derived Biochar: Two and Three-parameter Isotherms, Kinetics and Thermodynamics
(South African journal of chemistry, 2020-08)In this work, bagasse, an agricultural waste was used for the development of environmentally benign biochar (CBG) and the thermal pyrolysis product applied for adsorption of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) from water using a batch ... -
eHealth Benefits Realization at Public Health Facilities in Kenya: A User’s Perspective
(International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer and Communication Engineering, 2020-09)The emergence of ehealth systems has shown that there is potential for the improvement of quality of healthcare service delivery. Health facilities use Health Information Systems (HIS) to make their workflow more efficient as ... -
Electrical and Structural Properties of Aluminium Doped tin Oxide Codoped with Sulphur for Solar Energy
(Energy Procedia, 2016-08)Thin films of Tin Oxide co-doped with 28 atomic percentages of Aluminium (i.e. 28 at% Al) and varied concentration of Sulphur were prepared on 1mm thick, 1cm by 1cm glass substrates at 470 0C by Spray Pyrolysis technique. ... -
Electromagnetic field in a rectangular cavity: an example of second quantization
(International Journal of Physical Research, 2020-10)We consider the case of electromagnetic field inside a rectangular cavity with conducting walls as a form of a system described by classical mechanics equations. We pass these equations through the Lagrangian formalism to ... -
Electromagnetic field in a rectangular cavity: an example of second quantization
(International Journal of Advanced Astronomy, 2021-01)We consider the case of electromagnetic field inside a rectangular cavity with conducting walls as a form of a system described by classical mechanics equations. We pass these equations through the Lagrangian formalism to ... -
The Emergence and Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance in Enterococcus and Its Implications for One-health Approaches in Africa
(Intechopen, 2024-03-27)Enterococcus bacteria, usually found in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals and humans, are used as an indicator of possible environmental contamination with enteropathogenic microorganisms. This group of bacteria is ... -
Emerging Contaminants: Pollution Control and Abatement
(IGI Global, 2020-09)his chapter discusses water pollution control and abatement strategies in relation to emerging contaminants. The pollution prevention measures described in the chapter can broadly be categorized into four main areas that ... -
EMERGING TRENDS FOR ENERGY CONSUMPTION WITHIN ICT DEVICES
(International Journal of Engineering Applied Sciences and Technology, 2020-07)Abstract - The information and communication technology (ICT) is closely related to the future of global energy consumption, not only because the ICT equipment itself increasingly consumes energy, but also because it is a ... -
EMPLOYEE QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES VERSUS DEPLOYMENT: EXISTING GAPS IN THE CONTEXT OF MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (MMUST), KENYA
(International Journal of Development and Management Review, 2023-09-01)Staff competency is a key factor in ensuring an organization performs and delivers on her mandates. Both professional and academic are important indicators of competency and it evolves over time in line with presenting ... -
Encapsulation of E. coli in biomimetic and Fe3O4-doped hydrogel:
(Springer, 2017-07-31)The current study reports the modification of prokaryotic microorganism through a single-layer technique by using different polyanions/cations and doping with magnetic (Fe3O4) nanoparticles. Briefly, individual Escherichia ... -
Endocrine disrupting chemicals in wastewater treatment plants in Kenya, East Africa: Concentrations, removal efficiency, mass loading rates and ecological impacts
(Environmental Research, 2023-09-20)This study investigated the levels, mass loadings, removal efficiency, and associated ecotoxicological risks of selected endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), namely, dibutylphthalate (DBP), diethylhexylphthalate (DEHP), ... -
Endocrine disrupting chemicals in wastewater treatment plants in Kenya, East Africa: Concentrations, removal efficiency, mass loading rates and ecological impacts
(Environmental Research, 2023-11-01)This study investigated the levels, mass loadings, removal efficiency, and associated ecotoxicological risks of selected endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), namely, dibutylphthalate (DBP), diethylhexylphthalate (DEHP), ... -
Endogeneity and Human Capital in Higher Education A Critical Analysis of Investment Returns Among Teacher’s in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
(JUMUGA Journal of Education, Oral studies and human science, 2022-10-15)The concept of human capital presupposes that formal schooling and experience enhances the productive capacity of individual workers through acquisition of knowledge and skills. Empirical studies on private rate of return ... -
Energy Evaluation and Qualitative Analysis of Biogas Produced from Co-Digesting Kitchen Waste and Cow Dung
(Physical Science International Journal, 2018-01-01)Anaerobic digestion is an effective method for organic pollution reduction and bio-energy production and has increasing applications worldwide. Produced biogas consists mainly of 50–70% methane (CH4) and 30–50% carbon ... -
Enhanced performance of Sb2S3 mesoscopic sensitized solar cells employing TiO2:Nb compact layer
(Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2018-07-28)This paper reports on the enhancement of charge transport and recombination by niobium doped compact layers of TiO2 in a solar cell with Sb2S3 absorber layer by characterizing both thin films of TiO2:Nb and working solar ... -
Enhanced performance of Sb2S3 mesoscopic sensitized solar cells employing TiO2:Nb compact layer
(Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2018-07-28)This paper reports on the enhancement of charge transport and recombination by niobium doped compact layers of TiO2 in a solar cell with Sb2S3 absorber layer by characterizing both thin films of TiO2:Nb and working solar ... -
Enhancing Completion Rates through Structural and Operational Changes in the Management of Postgraduate Programmes in Kenya’s Public Universities
(Universitätsverlag Potsdam, 2020-11-25)During the National Multiplication Training in Kenya in 2018, participants raised concerns about attrition, completion rates and quality of PhD programmes in Kenya’s public universities. This led the authors of this article ... -
Enhancing National Cohesion through Primary Social Studies Learning Experiences in Kenya
(https://doi.org/10.51867/ajernet.4.2.81, 2023-11-04)The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of educational experiences contained within the basic Social Studies curriculum that help foster the development of unity and harmony in Kenya. The study utilized ...