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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 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 ... -
Voltage stability improvement on optimal placement of facts devices
(2016)Voltage stability challenge in power systems remains one of the major concerns in system planning and operation. The ability of a power system to maintain acceptable voltage levels at all buses in the system under normal ... -
Volume of Deposits, A determinant of Total Long-term Loans Advanced by Commercial Banks in Kenya: Case of Bungoma County.
(2015-12)Commercial banks have exponentially increased their total loans advanced over the period 2002- 2013. However commercial banks in Kenya have shown varying long term lending behavior. The main objective of this study was to ... -
Wagar and Motley “Archaic” Vestiges: A Postmodernist Reading of Contemporary Somali Fiction
(Literature Association of South Africa and Unisa Press., 2022)The advent of the modernist dream resulted in the universalisation of culture, which entails deliberate effort to abandon traditional ways of life that foster difference and instead embracing national cultures to bring ... -
Warburgia Ugandensis: A Review of Compounds and Bioactivity
(2023-07)Warburgia species (Canellaceae) are traditionally used to treat a wide range of illnesses including stomach ache, diarrhea, abdominal pains, toothache, oral thrush, venereal diseases, cold and cough, fever, muscle pains, ... -
Water Pricing Option for Efficient Irrigated Maize Production in Kenya
(2021-08)Due to water scarcity and unreliable rainfall regimes, irrigation plays an important role in the production of food worldwide. Farmers’ willingness to pay, Scarcity and opportunity cost of water, as well as financing are ... -
Wider range of tuning the proposed VSC-HVDC system for improved controller performance
(2016)Tuning of the Voltage Source Converters, High Voltage Direct Current (VSC-HVDC) controllers is a critical undertaking continuously carried out in power system operation to ensure system stability is kept under control ... -
Widespread reliance on olfactory sex and species identification by lyssomanine and spartaeine jumping spiders
(Oxford, 2012-10)Jumping spiders (Salticidae) are renowned for their exceptional vision, but this does not preclude use of other senses. Here we provide evidence that olfactory pheromones are widespread in the Spartaeinae and Lyssomaninae, ... -
A “win-win” scenario: the use of sustainable land management technologies to improve rural livelihoods and combat desertification in semi-arid lands in Kenya
(2014)Dryland ecosystems support over 2 billion people and are major providers of critical ecosystems goods and services globally. However, desertification continues to pose a serious threat to the sustainability of the drylands ... -
Youth deradicalization as a post-terrorism security intervention and its effect on social relations in Nairobi county, Kenya
(2019-10)De-radicalization among young people is a crucial fight of national and international terrorism globally. It is one of the post-terrorism security intervention strategies that is thought to address the root causes of youth ...
