Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Teachers’ Interpretation and Application of Language Policy Guidelines in Kenya
(Multilingual Academic Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 2023-12)The absence of a clearly defined language policy in education within the government of Kenya has led to a lack of structured and rational discussion on language policy matters. This gap is evident in the competence-based ... -
Intertextuality and Interdiscursivity in Post-Colonial Language Policies in Kenya
(European Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies, 2023-12)Addressing the intricate challenges within the realm of language planning and policy involves establishing meaningful connections between language policy texts, discourse, and actual language practices. Moreover, navigating ... -
Language and Ideologies: A Critical Analysis of the Basic Education Curriculum Framework (BECF) During the Transition From 8-4-4 to the Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC) in Kenya
(European Journal of Education Studies, 2023-08)This study utilises a critical analysis approach to investigate the language and discursive strategies employed in the Basic Education Curriculum Framework (BECF) during the transition from the 8-4-4 system to the ... -
Exploring Parents' Perspectives on Indigenous Language Teaching in the CBC Curriculum: A Case Study of Schools in Kiambu County, Kenya
(International Journal of Novel Research in Humanity and Social Sciences, 2023-06)This study aimed to investigate parents' perceptions of the importance of teaching indigenous languages in the competence-based curriculum (CBC) of schools in Kiambu County. The study also aimed to assess parents' awareness ... -
Contribution of Tourism Investments and their Impact on the Local Economies of Kenya: A Case Study of Nakuru County
(African Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2024-05-24)Tourism development stimulates growth by attracting foreign direct investment and building new facilities and partnerships. This study sought to establish the contribution of hospitality and tourism investments to the local ... -
Adoption of Digital Technologies as a Driver for Cost Leadership Strategy in Tour Firms within Nairobi City County, Kenya
(African Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2024-04)Digital technologies play a major role in reducing the cost of operations in tour firms. The main focus of the study was to find out the adoption of digital technologies as a driver of cost leadership strategy in tour firms ... -
Grassroots Solutions for Global Challenges: The Role of Self-Help Groups in Building Sustainable Livelihoods and Resilience to Climate Change in Nyakach, Kenya
(American Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation (AJMRI), 2024-03-22)The impact of climate change in developing countries such as prolonged droughts, flooding and erratic rainfall, among, other effects are increasingly driving agricultural-dependent households into deeper poverty each year. ... -
Optimizing Experiential Quality to Drive Positive Post-Consumption Behaviours in Kenyan Theme Parks
(African Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2024-05)Experience quality has become increasingly important, particularly for the theme park sector. This is because visitors' post-consumption behaviours are influenced by experiential quality, and this has an impact on theme ... -
Visitor Profile: Shaping Experiential Quality, and Post-Consumption Behaviours in Kenyan Theme Parks
(African Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2024-05)Visitor experiences are individual occurrences characterized by their subjective nature. As a result, each consumer has a unique perspective on the quality of experience depending on their visitor profiles. The literature ... -
Production And Characterization Of Bioethanol From Cassava Peels
(IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry, 2024-05)Majority of rural Africans use inefficient energy sources like wood and fossil fuels, which are not environmentally friendly and hazardous to human health. Bioethanol is an alternative clean source of energy that can be ... -
Concentrations of Selected Heavy Metals in Soil and Tomatoes (Lycopersicon Esculenta Mill.) Grown in Kirinyaga County, Kenya
(International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR), 2024-04)The contamination of agricultural products by harmful heavy metals poses a significant global health concern, with potential links to severe public health issues such as cancer and neural impairment. Tomatoes (Lycopersicon ... -
A Comparative Study of Transformer-based Models for Text Summarization of News Articles
(International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering, 2024-04)Transformer-based models such as GPT, T5, BART, and PEGASUS have made substantial progress in text summarization, a sub-domain of natural language processing that entails extracting important information from lengthy texts. ... -
Discriminative spatial-temporal feature learning for modeling network intrusion detection systems
(Journal of Computer Security, 2023-02)Increasing interest and advancement of internet and communication technologies have made network security rise as a vibrant research domain. Network intrusion detection systems (NIDSs) have developed as indispensable defense ... -
A Suite of Metrics for UML Behavioral Diagrams Based on Complexity Perspectives
(International Journal of Software Engineering & Applications, 2024-03)Nowadays, software designers have adopted modelling languages that help to communicate the dynamic behavior of UML behavioral diagrams. As it is with other software artefacts, these diagrams tend to get more complex ... -
A Novel Alert Correlation Technique for Filtering Network Attacks
(International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications, 2023-05)An alert correlation is a high-level alert evaluation technique for managing large volumes of irrelevant and redundant intrusion alerts raised by Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs).Recent trends show that pure intrusion ... -
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 ... -
Application of Real-Time Deep Learning in integrated Surveillance of Maize and Tomato Pests and Bacterial Diseases
(Journal of the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO, 2024-01)With an emphasis on maize and tomato crops specifically, this research explores the creative fusion of computer vision (CV) and machine learning (ML) to address the enduring problem of pests and crop diseases impacting ... -
Revolutionizing Kenyan Healthcare Consultancy: Exploring IoT Innovations and other Enabling Technologies– A Case Study
(International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer and Communication Engineering, 2023-08)The integration of powerful technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT) and Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) in healthcare addresses the complex nature of the industry, facilitating communication, coordination, and decision-making ... -
Effect of the use of inorganic- based photoluminescent materials in solar energy devices application
(World Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology and Sciences, 2023-07-04)The dynamic processes that take place in life require energy. The main convenient source of energy even in living tissue is hydrocarbons. This is due to the high-carbon based energy source that eventually converts fossil ... -
Effect of Doping Silver Nano Particle-enhanced Titanium Dioxide with Organic Luminescent Materials for Solar Cell Application
(International Journal of Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Topics, 2023-08)Energy is as an important resource to support and is mainly driven by fossil fuels which are easily available and convenient to use. However, these highly treasured commodities produce exhaust gases that severely damages ...