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Understanding Realities, Inequalities and Implications Associated With Policy and Practice in Form One Selection in Secondary Schools in Kenya
(BritishJournal Publishing, Inc., 2014)This article reports on the findings from a research study on form one selection in secondary schools in Kenya. The aim of the study was to identify issues and challenges associated with form one selection using quantitative ... -
Understanding the travel motivation among youth travelers in Kenya: the ‘push’ and ‘pull’ paradigm
(African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2017)The purpose of this study was to provide an in-depth understanding of the factors that motivate youth travel in Kenya using the ‘Push’ and ‘Pull’ paradigm of travel motivation. The study adopted a questionnaire survey ... -
UNDERSTANDING THE TRAVEL MOTIVATION AMONG YOUTH TRAVELERS IN KENYA: THE ‘PUSH’ AND ‘PULL’ PARADIGM
(2010)This study explores the factors that motivate youth travel in Kenya using the ‘Push’ and ‘Pull’ theory. This questionnaire survey involved 132 respondents aged between 15 and 32 years drawn from visitors to Nairobi National ... -
Understanding the types and causes of diabetes mellitus
(Biology Journal, 2018-01)Statistics show that the prevalence of diabetes among different populations around the globe has been gradually going up in the last few decades. The trend is indeed worrying, so much that the number of diabetes patients ... -
Use of Concept Map Scaffolds to Promote Adaptive E-Learning in Web-Based System
(2016)Scaffolds are a good method of implementing self-regulated learning. Use of prior knowledge makes the learner to understand a topic better. Learner adaptation enables a learner to be presented with content that matches ... -
The use of RC4 Encryption for Smart Meters
(2014)The electrical power grid is undergoing improvements and is being transformed to the Smart Grid. Smart Grid makes use of two way flow of power and information to better monitor, plan and control the electrical power grid. ... -
The use of RC4 Encryption to Provide Privacy for Smart Meters
(2018)The electrical power grid is undergoing improvements and is being transformed to the Smart Grid. Smart Grid uses two-way power and information flow to better monitor, plan and control the electrical power grid. Advanced ... -
The use of sociological methods to assess land-use change: A case study of Lambwe valley, Kenya
(2003)Land-use history, not readily available for most places, remains the weakest link in nearly all studies of historic vegetation change, in Africa as well as other places in the world. Notwithstanding, communities hold a ... -
Using Feature Selection Methods to Discover Common Users’ Preferences for Online Recommender Systems
(2021-01)Recommender systems have taken over user’s choice to choose the items/services they want from online markets, where lots of merchandise is traded. Collaborative filtering-based recommender systems uses user opinions and ... -
Validating Structural Metrics for BPEL Process Models
(River Publishers, 2020-10-28)Business process models tend to get more and more complex with age, which hurts the ease with which designers can understand and modify them. Few metrics have been proposed to measure this complexity, and even fewer have ... -
Value Chain Analysis of a Commercial Bank A Case of Equity Bank in Kenya
(2014)The banking industry has experienced a rapid growth in terms of profits, deposits and revenues during the President Mwai Kibaki’s era. This trend has triggered a lot of competition in the banking industry. Equity bank has ... -
The value of pastoralism in Kenya: Application of total economic value approach
(2019)The value of pastoralism practiced in Kenya is not well appreciated, even though it is said to be enormous. The available statistics tend to underestimate this value from the point of view of its contribution to the local ... -
Vers l'acquisition de la morphosyntaxe du français chez les lycéens nairobiens : perspectives sociolinguistiques et didactiques
(2018)Cette recherche pseudo-longitudinale privilégiant une approche sociolinguistique et didactique s’inscrit dans le domaine du développement de l’interlangue à travers l’analyse des erreurs morphosyntaxiques du français. Notre ... -
“Vers l’acquisition de la morphosyntaxe verbale en FLE chez les lycéens kenyans en deuxième année du cycle secondaire kenyan aux comptes de Nairobi et Kiambu
(Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, 2016-11)Cet article se veut une contribution de l’apport des recherches transversales sur l’acquisition de la morphosyntaxe du Français en classe du français langue étrangère (FLE) auprès des lycéens en deuxième année du cycle ... -
VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE DELIVERY IN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT CONSTITUENCY DEVELOPMENT FUND IN KENYA
(International Journal of Novel Research in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2024-01)The study aimed to explore the impact of visionary leadership on the delivery of services in the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) of Kanduyi, Kenya. It utilized a descriptive research design and focused on 2,977 employees ... -
Voltage profile improvement using switched capacitors: case of single wire earth return distribution network
(2017)Most rural areas in Africa are characterized by scattered villages with a very low demand in electricity. Due to improper planning and lack of knowledge on low cost technologies, the cost of extending the grid to supply ... -
Voltage Stability Analysis and Improvement of Power System With Increased SCIG-based Wind System Integration
(2020)This paper presents voltage stability analysis and improvement of power system when there is increase in wind power penetration. Loading parameter-Voltage curve was used to calculate the loadability and the megawatt margin ... -
Voltage stability analysis using CP_ANN and optimized capacitor bank placement
(2010)Voltage Stability refers to the ability of power system to maintain steady voltage at all buses in the system after being subjected to a disturbance from a given initial operating condition. In this paper, the IEEE 30-bus ... -
Voltage stability assessment and enhancement of power grid with increasing wind energy penetration
(Elsevier, 2020-03)This paper presents the voltage stability assessment of power system with increasing wind energy penetration. The effects of increasing Doubly-Fed Induction Generator-based Wind Energy Conversion System (DFIG-WECS) penetration ...