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Cyclooxygenase inhibitory compounds from Gymnosporia heterophylla aerial parts
(Elsevier, 2017)
Gymnosporia heterophylla (Celastraceae) is an African medicinal plants used to treat painful and inflammatory diseases with partial scientific validation. Solvent extractions followed by repeated chromatographic purification ...
Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Kenyan Adolescents With a+Thalassemia
(2017-03)
Background-—Recent studies have discovered that a-globin is expressed in blood vessel walls where it plays a role in regulating vascular tone. We tested the hypothesis that blood pressure (BP) might differ between normal ...
Capital Structure of Kenyan Firms: What determines it?
(IISTE, 2014-01)
The study sought to find what determines the capital structures of publicly quoted firms, unquoted firms and the small and medium enterprises (SMEs). More specifically, the study aimed to assess whether the size of the ...
Enhancing Competitiveness Through Guests’ Experiences: A Typology of Customer Experiences in Upscale Hotels
(2017-02)
This study sought to develop a marketing model that can enhance the competitiveness of four- and five-star hotels in Kenya. The main factors generating guests’ expectations and delight were investigated after focusing on ...
FACTORS AFFECTING CITIZEN READINESS FOR E-GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS IN KENYA
(2017-04)
Electronic government (e-government) provides a common infrastructure and direction across the public sector. It enhances collaboration within and among public sector organizations between Government and the business ...
Synthesis, Reactivity and Stability of Aryl Halide Protecting Groups towards Di-Substituted Pyridines
(2016)
This paper reports the synthesis and reactivity of different Benzyl derivative protecting groups. The synthesis
and stability of Benzyl halides, 4-methoxybenzyl halides, 3,5-dimethoxybenzyl halides, 3,4-dimethoxybenzyl ...
A neuro fuzzy model of an induction motor for voltage stability analysis using continuation load flow
(2011)
This paper uses the concept of the continuation power flow analysis used in voltage stability analysis.It uses the continuation load flow to plot the PV (pressure-volume) curves of an induction motor load. A neuro-fuzzy ...
Effects of Capital and Technology on the Performance of SMEs in the Manufacturing Sector in Kenya -Case of selected firms in Thika Municipality
(IISTE, 2014-01)
The global concern about the persistent stagnation and even decline in economic growth accompanied by chronic unemployment, poverty and its resultant problems has led to increased search for strategies which could stimulate ...
An Assessment of Social Media Usage among TVET Students in Kiambu County, Kenya
(International Journal of Novel Research in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2018)
This study was carried out to assess the use of social media among the students of TVET institutions in
Kiambu County. In the context of today’s electronic media, social networking sites have come to mean individuals,
using ...
Automatic Speech Recognition and Verification using LPC, MFCC and SVM
(2015-10)
Speech has much capability as an interface between human and computer which comes under the Human Computer interaction (HCI). The major challenge has been the nature of voice is ever varying speech signal. The paper presents ...