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Modelling Time Default in University Fee Payment Using Cox Proportional Hazard Model
(2019-04)Default is the failure to pay interest or other money that is owed on time. Time default is amount of time taken to clear the given debt past the set time line. Fee payment is guided by the fee payment policy produced by ... -
Moderating effect of economic growth on financial performance of merged institutions
(Cari Journals, 2016)Purpose: The purpose of the study was to determine the moderating effect of economic growth on financial performance of merged institutions Methodology: The study adopted a mixed methodology research design. The study ... -
Moderating Effect of Technology Innovation on the Human Resource Management Practices And Firm Performance: A Study of Manufacturing firms in Kenya
(2014)Manufacturing in Kenya account for the greatest share of industrial production output characterized by relatively low value addition of 7.5% in 2010 to 2.3% in 2011 and a paltry 25% export volumes with 7% share regional ... -
The moderating effect of the political commitment on the relationship between strategic management approach and performance of county governments in Kenya
(IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM) Volume 23, Issue 3. Ser. II (March 2021), PP 01-06, 2021)This study was to appraise the effect of political commitment on performance of county governments in Kenya. Questionnaire was the data collection instrument used to collect primary data from seven counties identified by ... -
Moderating Influence of Socio-Demographic Factors on the Relationship between Social Media Applications and Guests’ Choice of Fine Dining Restaurants
(2022-06)The main purpose of this research was to determine the moderating influence of social demographic factors on guests’ choice of fine dining restaurants. A mixed-method (concurrent nested) was used to do the survey. Simple ... -
Molecular characterisation of Duffy (FY) red blood cell variants among voluntary blood donors at the National Blood Grouping Testing Laboratory, Kenya
(2022-07)A variant is an alternative nucleotide located at a specific region of a gene. 48 genes encode for human red cell blood group systems. Variants within these genes encode for alleles, which can be highly polymorphic. The ... -
Monetary Resources Utilization and Implementation of Constituency Development Fund Projects in Kenya
(2016)The Constituency Development Fund (CDF) was established by an Act of parliament in Kenya in the year 2003 with an aim of ensuring equitable resource allocation to all constituencies which are the electoral zones. Despite ... -
Monetary Resources Utilization and Implementation of Constituency Development Fund Projects in Kenya: a Case of Kiharu Constituency Murang’a County
(2017)The Constituency Development Fund (CDF) was established by an Act of parliament in Kenya in the year 2003 with an aim of ensuring equitable resource allocation to all constituencies which are the electoral zones. Despite ... -
Monitoring Claim Processing Duration Using Statistical Quality Control
(2019-04)Statistical quality control is an important tool used widely at service provision fields to monitor the overall operation. The significant application of the SPC analysis elements to the operation will make the process ... -
Monitoring the extraction of copper from chicken dung leachate using an aluminium electrode as an indicator
(Elsevier Ltd., 2019-11)Copper is found in several minerals in the earth's crust with varying the elemental and mineralogical composition.Several techniques of extraction have been investigated all in the effort of obtaining a cheaper and viable ... -
Morphometric Study of Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) H. S. Irwin and Barneby in Kenya
(IISTE, 2017)Herbal medicine has been used for many years and it remains widespread in developing countries while the use of complementary alternative medicine is increasing rapidly in developed countries. Senna didymobotrya is important ... -
Mosquitoes composition, abundance and distribution in swampy and flooded shoreline habitats of Lake Baringo, Kenya, during a period of extreme flooding (2012-2013)
(2020-10)Mosquito ecology is influenced by wetness in the environment. In 2011-2014, a rise in waters of Lake Baringo resulted in unprecedented flooding that inundated over 88km2 of the shoreline. A longitudinal study carried out ... -
Motivating Students to Learn Chemistry by Programmed Instruction: The case of Kenyan Secondary Schools
(Scholars Academic and Scientific Publishers (SAS Publishers), 2016-08)This study investigated how students‟ motivation in Chemistry is affected through the use of Programmed Instruction in abstract topics. The research location was Butere sub-county, Kakamega County, Kenya. Quasiexperimental ... -
Multi-Agent Systems Requirements Analysis for Patient-centered Healthcare Consultancy Service
(International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science, 2023-10)Agents are currently being discussed in nearly every domain of science and engineering. Through the utilization of IoT and agent-based systems, remote consultations and virtual doctors can provide essential healthcare ... -
A multi-institutional, cross-sectional study on disclosure of HIV status to sexual partner(s) and associated factors among people living with HIV/AIDS attending selected hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda
(2020-02)Background: In Sub-Saharan Africa, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a public health problem. There is need for evidence-based interventions to curb new infections. HIV status disclosure, especially to sexual ... -
Multiobjective optimal power flow for static voltage stability margin improvement
(Elsevier, 2021-12)Worldwide, utilities are aiming to increase the stability of modern power systems during system disturbances. Optimizing generation scheduling can improve system security in contingency and stressed conditions while lowering ... -
Natural Convection in a Rectangular Enclosure with Colliding Boundary Layers
(Journal of Applied Mathematics & Bioinformatics, 2014)The movement of the fluid in natural convection results from the buoyancy forces imposed on the fluid when its density in the proximity of the heat transfer surface is decreased as a result of the heating process. The ... -
The nature and extent of adoption of climate-smart agriculture technologies in Murang’a County, Kenya: A case of Kiharu Constituency
(Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, 2023-09)Climate-smart farming, regenerative farming techniques and carbon farming are gaining popularity worldwide due to their potential to improve food and nutrition security. Kenya’s agriculture is largely rain-fed and characterized ...