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Family Socioeconomic Status and Deviant Behaviour Among Secondary School Students in Homabay County, Kenya
(Science Journal of Education, 2020-02-25)Every society has its norms that govern the behaviour of its members thus any behaviour contrary to the norms of the society is considered deviance. There are a number of factors that are associated with deviance and one ... -
Family Socioeconomic Status and Deviant Behaviour Among Secondary School Students in Homabay County, Kenya
(Science Journal of Education, 2020-02-25)Every society has its norms that govern the behaviour of its members thus any behaviour contrary to the norms of the society is considered deviance. There are a number of factors that are associated with deviance and one ... -
Farmer Adaptation Strategies To The Impacts Of Climate Variability In Kakamega County, Kenya
(Researchjournali’s Journal of Agriculture, 2015-05-05)Climate variability entails short to medium term fluctuations of climatic variables around mean state on climate scales. Impacts of climate variability include amongst others: increase in extreme weather conditions; land ... -
FEEDING PRACTICES OF INFANTS, HEALTH AND NUTRITION CHALLENGES FACED BY ADOLESCENT MOTHERS
(Asian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2020-05)Proper nutrition is critical in the first year of a child’s life for growth and development. Inadequate nutrition could lead to impaired physical and cognitive development and poor economic productivity (UNICEF, 2013). ... -
Feminization Of Oreochromis Niloticus Using Diethylstilbestrol
(MMUST, 2018-10)Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia) is one of the best choices for fish farmers. It is tolerant to adverse environmental conditions, it can survive at low dissolved O2, it is euryhaline, relatively fast growing and efficient ... -
The Financial Burden Of Out Of Pocket Expenditure From Total Household Incomes In Kakamega County
(IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science (IOSR-JNHS), 2021-04)Objective. The objective of the study was to assess contribution of OOP from total household incomes and the resulting financial burden. Design. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Kakamega County. Data ... -
Food and Nutrition Coping Strategies in Flood Prone Areas of Bunyala and Nyando Sub Counties Kenya
(Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology, 2020-10-26)The nutrition situation in flood affected areas in Kenya is precarious and likely to deteriorate sharply in the coming years. Humanitarian crises exacerbate nutrition risks and poor food consumption practices thereby ... -
FORAGE SPECIES OF IMPALA SANCTUARY, KISUMU; KENYA
(2016)The study evaluated the forage species of Impala sanctuary-Kisumu over a six month period that corresponded to two seasons (wet and dry). The study identified the grasses in the sanctuary with the help of a hand book on ... -
Foreign Policy presipositions of Kenya and Tanzania influencing Econo Political integration in the East African Community
(2021-06-01)Foreign policy is the enabler of regionalism and it has been used globally to construct regional integration projects. The EU and NAFTA are examples in the West and in Africa there is SADC and EAC. Basing on their connectivity, ... -
Full-Length Genome Sequences of Recombinant and Nonrecombinant Sympatric Strains of Rice yellow mottle virus from Western Kenya
(American Society for Microbiology, 2017)Five isolates of Rice yellow mottle virus from western Kenya were fully sequenced. One isolate of strain S4lv had been collected in 1966. Two isolates belonged to the emerging strain S4ug recently described in Uganda. ... -
The functionality of lexico-pragmatic strategies in selected Lubukusu secular music texts
(Research Journal in Modern Languages and Literatures, 2021-04-15)This paper focuses on the Lexico-Pragmatic Strategies employed in selected Lubukusu secular music texts and their functionality. The study was anchored on the Relevance Theory (RT). The study purposively sampled out twelve ... -
The Fundamental Solution of the One Dimensional Elliptic Operator and its Application to Solving the Advection Diffusion Equation
(Journal of Applied & Computational Mathematics, 2020-09)The advection–diffusion equation is first formulated as a boundary integral equation, suggesting the need for an appropriate fundamental solution to the elliptic operator. Once the fundamental solution is found, then a ... -
FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM - STRIGA HERMONTHICA
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Gender differences on motivation of Kenyan primary school pupils towards participation in school sports
(International Journal of Sport Studies, 2016-07)Children participation in school sports is very important because of the benefits they derive from physical activity. However, there are times when there is reduced participation in school sports because of several ... -
Gender inclusion in research among academic members of staff: Lessons from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya
(Nairobi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023-04-13)All over the world, research has shown that women are underrepresented and generally face discrimination and marginalization on the basis of their gender. It is against this background that this study sought to establish ... -
GENETICS PROBLEM SOLVING IN HIGH SCHOOL TESTING IN KENYA.
(MMUST, 2014)This study investigated the effectiveness of using metacognitive prompts during testing for improving results in a Genetics Problem Solving Test (GPST). The study, a pre-test post-test, control group quasi-experimental ...