Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Flavonol glycosides with insecticidal activity from methanol extract of Annona mucosa Jacq. leaves
(2019-12)Three flavonoids, quercetin 3-O-β-D-glucoside (1), quercetin 3-O-α-Darabinoside (2) and kaempferol 3-O-β-D-galactoside (3) were isolated from the methanol extract of the leaves of Annona mucosa Jacq. Their structures were ... -
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 ... -
Some Antibacterial and Antifungal Compounds from Root Bark of Rhus natalensis
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2019-09)Phytochemical studies on Rhus natalensis root bark collected from Iten, Kenya led to isolation and characterization of five compounds namely epicatechin (1), 3-sitosterol (2), 3-sitosterol glucoside (3),stigmasterol (4) ... -
Characterization of Clays from selected sites for Refractory Application
(2019-11)Clay is a stony or earthy mineral aggregate composed of fine-grained minerals, which are plastic at appropriate water content and hardens up when fired. Clay soils have various mineral groups such as kaolinite, smectites, ... -
Antimicrobial Activity of Root Bark Extracts of Rhus natalensisa and Rhus ruspolii
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2019-08)Bacteria and fungi are frequent causes of serious opportunistic infections worldwide. Several effective antibiotic drugs are in the market. However, drug-resistance, side effects and cost of such antibiotics limits their ... -
Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Disease Transmission Dynamics in a Metapopulation
(iosr journals, 2019-11)Epidemic modeling is an important theoretical approach for investigating the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. It formulates mathematical models to describe the mechanisms of disease transmissions and dynamics ... -
Mathematical Modeling of the Transmission Dynamics of Measles under the Effect of Vaccination.
(iosr journals, 2019-08)Measles virus is a member paramyxoviridae within the genus of morbillivirus. Its genome consist of approximately 16,000 bases of non-segmented single stranded negative sense RNA. This means that the virus is transcribed ... -
Turbulent Natural Convection in an Enclosure with Colliding Boundary Layers
(2018)When a heated plate is exposed to ambient room air without an external source of motion, a movement of air is experienced as a result of density gradients near the plate. This process is known as natural convection. The ... -
Effect of Consistency and Entrepreneurial Orientation on Performance of Christian Faith Based Hotels in Kenya
(2019-04)The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of consistency and Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) on performance of Christian Faith Based Hotels (CFBHs) in Kenya. Consistency has captured interest throughout the ... -
Assessment of the Relationship between Involvement, Entrepreneurial Orientation, and Performance of Christian Faith based Hotels in Kenya
(2019-07)Organisational culture has been the focus in both theory and practice and has captured attention throughout the last decade because of its substantial relationship between the concept itself and its outcomes such as gaining ... -
Chemical Constituents of Ocimum Kilimandscharicum Guerke Acclimatized In Kakamega Forest, Kenya
(Chemical Society of Ethiopia, 2019-10)The genus Ocimum belongs to the Lamiaceae family and is made of almost 200 species of herbs and shrubs which have potential medicinal properties. The species are native to the tropical and temperate climate zones around ... -
Size Metrics for Service-Oriented Architecture
(2019-03)Determining the size, effort and cost of Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) systems is important to facilitate project planning and eventually successful implementation of a software project. SOA approach is one of the ... -
Tackling Data Related Challenges in Healthcare Process Mining using Visual Analytics
(IJCAT, 2018-10)Data-science approaches such as Visual analytics tend to be process blind whereas process-science approaches such as process mining tend to be model-driven without considering the "evidence" hidden in the data. Use of ... -
Interface Features, Program Complexity and Memorability as Indicators of Learnability of Mobile Social Software
(2017-10)Social Computing aims to support the tendency of humans to interact with mobile devices. Technology reinforces this interaction by producing appropriate responses that then lead to improved communication between humans and ... -
Analysis of the Problem Internet Use (PIU) Among Adolescents in Kenyan Schools
(IISTE, 2019-10)There has been a rapid growth in internet use in Kenya. Adolescents are the highest users of internet in the country. This puts adolescents at risk of becoming addictive internet users. Adolescent internet use has also ... -
A SITUATIONAL METHOD FOR HEALTHCARE BUSINESS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
(2018-10)Healthcare business processes are complex due to the many decisions and procedures captured, are highly dynamic, increasingly multidisciplinary and ad hoc which makes it difficult to achieve any meaningful improvement ... -
An Assessment of Suitable and Affordable Smart armband for preeclampsia Management in Antenatal Care
(2019-06)Blood pressure is one of the measurements that is taken during antenatal care visits. Though motherhood is a fulfilling experience in the society, it is connected to ill-health and even death in some women leading to ... -
A 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring system for preeclampsia management in antenatal care
(Elsevier, 2019-06)The burden of preeclampsia has been a major concern worldwide both in developed and developing countries, making its prevention and management a major concern. Although motherhood is a fulfilling experience in society, it ... -
A Literature Survey of Cognitive Complexity Metrics for Statechart Diagrams
(2019-07)Statechart diagrams have inherent complexity which keeps increasing every time the diagrams are modified. This complexity poses problems in comprehending statechart diagrams. The study of cognitive complexity has over the ...
