MMUST Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
Now showing items 721-740 of 2047
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VECTOR AUTOREGRESSIVE MODEL INCORPORATING NEW INFORMATION USING BAYESIAN APPROACH
(2023)The Vector Autoregressive (VAR) Models have been applied extensively in many fields ranging from finance, economics, machine learning among others. In fact, the VAR models are the mostly applied among the multivariate ... -
INFLUENCE OF PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS AND SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS ON BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY DYNAMICS IN ISIUKHU RIVER, KENYA
(2023)Physico-chemical and sediments are critical aquatic habitat resources for macroinvertebrates. Macro-habitats are altered through oxygen and food availability alteration. Distribution of macroinvertebrates in responses to ... -
OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMICS MEDICO LEGAL PROCEDURES, HEALTH LAWS AND HEALTH SYSTEM FACTORS ATTRIBUTED TO UNCEREMONIOUS MASS GRAVE DISPOSAL OF UNCLAIMED CORPSES IN WESTERN KENYA
(2023)In Kenya, Next of Kin may not find any transpired unclaimed or missing corpses, due to the skewed uptake of medicolegal procedures and health system factors. An increased uptake of health laws and propagated occupational ... -
UTILIZATION OF NUTRITION INFORMATION ON FOOD LABELS BY DIABETIC AND HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS ATTENDING CLINIC AT KAKAMEGA COUNTY TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL
(2023)The primary role of food labels is to inform consumers on the composition of food, ingredients and their relative amounts. Diabetes mellitus and hypertension are key public health problems due to lifestyle changes that ... -
DETERMINANTS OF INTENTION TO PROCURE UNSAFE ABORTION AMONG ADOLESCENTS SEEKING YOUTH-FRIENDLY SERVICES IN HOMABAY COUNTY, KENYA
(2023-11)In general, 15% of all unsafe abortion globally occurs among adolescents below 20 years old. In Kenya, out of the 35% maternal deaths occurring as a result of abortion, the adolescents contribute 17%. Furthermore, Homa-Bay ... -
IMAGES OF WOMEN IN LUHYA POPULAR MUSIC: A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SONGS OF WILBERT WANYAMA AND ALI AKEKO
(2023)The study, ‘Images of women in Luhya Popular Music: a case study of Selected Songs of Wilbert Wanyama and Ali Akeko’ sets out to examine selected popular songs with a view to explore the portrayal of images of women in the ... -
PATIENTS’ MANAGEMENT OUTCOME OF TRIAGED AND CODED PATIENTS AT ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL, KENYA
(2023)The goal of triage is to prioritize patients who require the most urgent care and increase efficiency when resources are insufficient to treat all patients as per their degree or grade of injury. An effective and efficient ... -
EFFECTS OF PROCEDURAL JUSTICE REFORMS ON SATISFACTION OF VULNERABLE VICTIMS, A STUDY OF KAKAMEGA LAW COURTS, KENYA
(2023-11)The promulgation of the Kenyan Constitution in 2010 and the enactment of the Victim Protection Act in 2014 significantly advanced the status of victims of crime within the Kenyan criminal justice system. The victim is no ... -
EFFECT OF CREDIT RISK MANANGEMENT ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN KENYA
(2023-10)Microfinance provides low-income individuals with a range of financial and non-financial services. They are essential in advancing Kenya's economic growth and financial inclusion. Interest on initial monies provided to ... -
PEACE BUILDING STRATEGIES EMPLOYED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF INTER-ETHNIC CONFLICTS IN BUNGOMA COUNTY, KENYA
(2023-11)Globally, intractability of inter-ethnic conflicts called for the synergy of state and non-state peacebuilding strategies in management of conflicts. In Kenya, specifically in Bungoma County notwithstanding peacebuilding ... -
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S EFFICACY IN ALLEVIATING NORMATIVE CHALLENGES IN HEALTHCARE PROVISION IN THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF KERICHO
(2023-11)A comprehensive goal of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals of 2015 was to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all ages. The divide between the haves and the have-nots is, however, rapidly expanding ... -
ASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF FRESHWATER AQUACULTURE ON HOUSEHOLD SOCIO-ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN BUSIA COUNTY, KENYA
(2023-11)Aquaculture has enhanced food security for over 2.5 billion people generated sources of livelihood for approximately 530 million people and contributed to approximately 40 per cent of the world’s fish production. There is ... -
EFFECT OF COVI SOUP ON BMI, IMMUNOLOGICAL AND HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(2023)Globally, 37 million people living with HIV (PLWH) are susceptible to severe acute respiratory syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection that causes Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID 19). The pandemic can potentiate ... -
PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS INFLUENCING MENTAL HEALTH OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AT RISK IN KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP, KENYA
(2023-11)The refugee experience is characterized by exposure in one's country of origin to numerous traumatic incidents during migration and daily stressors after settlement in the camps because of natural disasters, wars and ... -
THE IMPACT OF HUMANITARIAN AID IN BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO DROUGHT IN KITUI COUNTY, KENYA
(2023-11)In Kenya, droughts influenced by climate change have become more protracted and severe. Arid and semi-arid lands have been disproportionately affected due to their fragile ecosystems, unfavourable climate, and historical ... -
ON REGULAR ELEMENTS AND VON-NEUMANN INVERSES OF ZERO-SYMMETRIC LOCAL NEAR-RINGS WITH JORDAN IDEALS ADMITTING FROBENIUS DERIVATIONS
(2023-05)The study of near-rings with identity is very vital in generalizing characterization of commutative rings with identity. Much of the recent works on the classification of finite rings with identity have considered a ... -
A DATA-DRIVEN MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEPLOYMENT AND ADOPTION OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE PRACTICES AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY
(MMUST, 2023-11)Kenya’s agriculture is dominated by 4.5 million smallholder farmers who produce over 75% of the national agricultural production. These farmers are the most vulnerable to climate change because of various socioeconomics, ... -
WHOLE TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED GENES IN NILE TILAPIA (Oreochromis niloticus) SUBJECTED TO CHRONIC STRESS
(MMUST, 2023-11)Chronic stress is the long-term activation of the stress response system and is a major bottleneck to aquaculture production as it lowers productivity and compromises fish welfare. Several studies have attempted to infer ... -
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION AND EQUITY IN GRADE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC POST-PRIMARY TEACHERS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(2023-11)The 2017-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement for teachers in Kenya was meant to streamline grade promotion through an inevitable paradigm shift in its implementation policy from the “Scheme of Service” approach to a “Career ... -
RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH AS A SURROGATE MARKER OF HAEMOGLOBINOPATHIES AMONG PATIENTS IN AGA KHAN HOSPITAL, WESTERN KENYA
(MMUST, 2023-10)Red cell distribution width (RDW) measures the morphological diversity of red blood cells (rbcs) per volume rbcs. Such diversity, characterized by significant reticulocytosis and rbcs variation in size(anisocytosis) and ...
