MMUST Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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The Implications of School Unrest on Students’ Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Bondo Sub-County, Kenya
(THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES, 2023-07-07)Schools are called to effectively assess and monitor school climate given its potential ability to enhance positive student outcomes and mitigate risk behaviors. When a positive school climate ... -
University Students’ and Lecturers’ Attitude towards Online Pedagogical Infrastructure in the Post-Covid 19 Pandemic Period The Case of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 2023-08-08)Covid 19 pandemic became a game changer in the implementation of online learning in all higher learning institutions across the globe. Two years since the pandemic, educational systems are still dealing with its effect. ... -
Revitalizing Lukabarasi through archaic eco-lexicon identification Benard Mudogo
(A Journal of Contemporary Research, 2023-06-22)This study aims at identifying and documenting archaic eco-lexicon found in Lukabarasi language discourse, one of the Luhya clusters of languages spoken in Western Kenya. The purpose is to find out how much archaic eco-lexicon ... -
Nexus between Academic Motivation and Self-actualization among Students of Public Universities in Western Kenya
(East African Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 2023-08-18)The study investigated on the influence of academic motivation on self-actualization among university students in Western region of Kenya. The study employed a correlation research design with the sample size of 153 ... -
Spatial Variations in Aquatic Insect Community Structure in the Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria, Kenya
(International Journal of Ecology, 2023-09-08)Background. Aquatic insect community structure is dynamic due to threats by anthropogenic activities coupled with changing climatic conditions. The insect’s survival is dependent on the substrate, water quality, and ... -
Soil Sterilization Eliminates Beneficial Microbes That Provide Natural Pest Suppression Ecosystem Services Against Radopholus similis and Fusarium Oxysporum V5w2 in the Endosphere and Rhizosphere of Tissue Culture Banana Plants
(Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022-03-01)Endosphere and rhizosphere microbes offer plant growth promotion and pest suppression ecosystem services in banana-based agroecosystems. Interest has been growing towards the use of such beneficial microbes in protecting ... -
Antimicrobial Coumarins from the Oyster Culinary-Medicinal Mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus (Agaricomycetes), from Keny
(International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms, 2016-10-05)Pleurotus ostreatus has been widely used as food because of its nutritional and medicinal properties. These have been attributed to the presence of macronutrients, minerals, vitamins, and amino acids, among other secondary ... -
Shotgun Metagenomic Analyses of Microbial Assemblages in the Aquatic Ecosystem of Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria, Kenya Reveals Multiclass Pollution
(BioMed Research International, 2023-07-21)Lake Victoria, the second-largest freshwater lake in the world, provides an important source of food and income, particularly fish for both domestic consumption and for export market. In recent years, Lake Victoria has ... -
Influence of Liquidity Risk Management on Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(African Journal of Empirical Research, 2023-07-05)The management of liquidity risk in commercial banks determines the banks' financial performance, which predominantly influences the quality of the loan portfolio and the nature of credit administration programs as a whole. ... -
On the Zero Divisor and Cayley Graphs of Some Classes of the 2-Radical Index of Nilpotence Finite Local Rings
(Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science, 2022-07-08)The characterization of finite local rings via the well known structures of their zero divisor graphs and cayley graphs remains an open problem. Some classes of completely primary finite rings which are local, have however ... -
On Characterization of Norm Attaining Operators in Fr´echet Spaces
(Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science, 2022-10-25)In this paper, the norm attaining operators in Fr´echet spaces are considered. These operators are characterized based on their density, normality, linearity and compactness. It is shown that the image is dense for a ... -
Regular Elements and Von-Neumann Inverses of a Class of Zero Symmetric Local Near-Rings Admitting Frobenius Derivations
(Asian Research Journal of Mathematics, 2023-01-01)Let N be a zero-symmetric local near-ring. An element x ∈ N is either regular, zero or a zero divisor. In this paper, we construct a class of zero symmetric local near-ring of characteristic p k ; k ≥ 3 admitting an ... -
Automorphism Groups of Regular Elements with Von-Neumann Inverses of Local Near-Rings Admitting Frobenius Derivations
(Asian Research Journal of Mathematics, 2023-01-28)This paper presents the classification of the invariant subgroups of the automorphism groups of the regular elements obtained from finite local near-rings, the appropriate algebraic structure to study non-linear functions on ... -
Local Fractional Strong Metric Dimension of Certain Complex Networks
(Complexity, 2023-05-05)Fractional variants of distance-based parameters have application in the fields of sensor networking, robot navigation, and integer programming problems. Complex networks are exceptional networks which exhibit significant ... -
Mostar Index of Cycle-Related Structures
(Journal of Chemistry, 2022-03-07)A topological index is a numerical quantity associated with the molecular structure of a chemical compound. This number remains fixed with respect to the symmetry of a molecular graph. Diverse research studies have shown ... -
ON THE ADJACENCY AND INCIDENCE MATRICES OF THE ZERO DIVISOR GRAPHS OF A CLASS OF THE SQUARE RADICAL ZERO FINITE COMMUTATIVE RINGS
(International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 2018-04-16)The characterization of the zero divisor graphs of commutative finite rings has attracted a lot of research for quite sometime, however not so much has been done concerning their Adjacency and Incidence matrices. In ... -
Students’ Perception of Teacher Classroom Effectiveness and Academic Achievement: A Case of Secondary School Students in Hamisi Sub-County, Kenya
(African Journal of Empirical Research, 2023-07-19)Teacher classroom effectiveness plays a crucial role in influencing students' perceptions and academic achievement. This study aimed to address this research gap by examining students' perceptions of teachers' classroom ... -
Influence of Teacher’s Self-Worth on Secondary School Learners’ Academic Performance in Kakamega County, Kenya
(African Journal of Empirical Research, 2023-05-19)Teachers are charged with the responsibilities of leadership management in schools in Kenya. Teachers, as decision-makers, are continually faced with problems managing school resources and funds. Since principals have a ... -
Meyer-Neldel rule for Cu (I) diffusion in In2S3 layers
(Journal of Applied Physics, 2014-02-03)The nature of barriers for atomic transport in In2S3 layers has been varied by addition of chlorine. Diffusion of Cu(I) from a removable CuSCN source was used to probe the variation of the barriers. The Meyer-Neldel ... -
Effect of Surface Passivation on Electrical Properties of Pd-F:SnO2 Thin Films Prepared by Spray Pyrolysis Technique
(MDPI, 2014-11-19)Pd-F:SnO2 thin films have been prepared by spray pyrolysis technique. Optimization has been done by doping SnO2 with palladium at varying levels of concentration and then recording sheet resistance. The sheet resistivity ...