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EFFECTIVENESS OF MIDWIFE LED DEBRIEFING ON POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION IN WESTERN, KENYA
(MMUST, 2024-09)Childbirth is a stressful event in women’s lives and could influence emotions which may lead to mental ill health like depression in the postnatal period if not resolved. Depression is a common mental disorder with serious ... -
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 EXAMINATIONS AS A DOMINANT EVALUATION APPROACH ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2024-08)Examinations have been widely used as a tool for curriculum evaluation not only in Kenya but across the globe. Examinations are used for promotion of learners, promotion of teachers and placement of learners in colleges ... -
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 ... -
EVALUATION OF PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF SPIRULINA PLATENSIS AGAINST AFLATOXIN B1 INDUCED TOXICITIES IN SWISS ALBINO MICE
(MMUST, 2024-08)Aflatoxins are toxic metabolites produced by Aspergillus species principally by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. Aflatoxins are teratogenic, mutagenic, carcinogenic, immunosuppressive and have been associated ... -
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 ... -
MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF COVID-19 DYNAMICS WITH INTERVENTION
(MMUST, 2022-11)The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respira- tory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus is primarily transmitted to humans through inhaling respiratory droplets produced by ... -
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 ... -
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO DISASTER RISKS REDUCTION IN TRANSPORTATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2024)Over the past decades, there has been enormous increase in the number of disasters in the global petroleum industry. At a continental level, Africa has experienced many disasters in the downstream sector of the industry. ... -
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 ... -
ENTOMOLOGICAL AND PARASITOLOGICAL INDICES OF MALARIA TRANSMISSION AMONG RESIDENTS OF GOLD MINING AND SUGARCANE FARMING AREAS IN WESTERN KENYA
(2023)malaria and its subsequent eradication, the disease remains a major public health concern. Of the deaths due to the malaria scourge, Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 92% with children under 5 years old accounting for 61% ... -
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NON-FORMAL CURRICULUM IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(2024)The purpose of this study was to assess the implementation the non-formal curriculum in secondary schools in Kakamega County,Kenya. Specifically, the study sought to assess the status of implementation of the Non-Formal ... -
RESOURCE-USE PRACTICES INFLUENCING INTER-ETHNIC CONFLICTS IN NAKURU COUNTY, KENYA
(2023)Globally, conflicts arising from resource-use are increasingly becoming common. This generated inter-ethnic violence that have caused death, strained relations among communities, led to loss of property, displacements, ... -
CHINESE ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY IN FOSTERING INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN KENYA
(2023)The study area for this thesis was Kenya and specific study locations were Nairobi, Kiambu and Lamu counties since they host KUTRRH, SGR, Moi International Sports Centre and Lamu Port which were the infrastructure under ... -
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 ...