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Radiological lumbar spine anatomical changes in chronic low back pain and its social impact in western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is defined as pain that lasts for a period of twelve weeks or more and can develop later even after the associated cause of the acute low back pain has been managed and remarkably resolved. ... -
Rate of financial returns to education of public primary school teachers in Mumias Sub-County, Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2018)Education is an important determinant of earnings in Kenyan economy. Returns to education for primary teachers have great influence on the stability of the teaching force. Due to this a large number of primary school ... -
Reading Literacy in relation to patterns of academic achievement in Kenya
(UMEA, 1995)How is reading literacy related to academic achievement among 14 year old students in Kenya? This was the main issue in focus for the present study. The lEA Reading Literacy Test was used for measuring reading literacy ... -
Real effective exchange rate volatility and its impact on selected macroeconomic performance Indicators in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)ABSTRACT A country’s extent of real effective exchange rate (REER) volatility serves as a measure of its international competitiveness. Kenya has often witnessed fluctuations in foreign exchange market. Kenya’s economic ... -
Real- Time Human Immunodeficiency Virus test Analyzer Based on Digital Image Processing
(Maseno University, 2011)Manykinds of HIV testing kits have recently become available to be used in determining whetheran individual's blood contains HIV virus or not. In the determine method of the HIV rapidtestprocedure, when a drop of blood is ... -
Regression analysis of entry behaviour And final performance and one "way Anova of kenyan schools: A Case Study of Nyamira District, Nyamira County
(Maseno University, 2014)The performance in Kenyan Certificate of Primary education (KCPE) is very crucial in determining the learner's final grade in Kenya Certificate of Secondary the learners get admitted to, they can improve, maintain or ... -
A reinforcement learning multi-agent systems architecture for guaranteeing advancing conversations in task-oriented dialog systems
(Maseno University, 2022)The conversational capabilities of a dialog system have a direct impact on the tasks it can accomplish. Solving all conversational issues in dialog systems have the potential to make them serve in complex domains. While ... -
Relationship Among Entrepreneurial Processes, Procurement Affirmative Action Practices and Business Success of Entrepreneurs With Disability in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)Global Network for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities support studies indicating that selfemployment as an entrepreneurial activity has nearly twice as many economically engaged people with disability running their own ... -
Relationship among non-modifiable risk factors for gestational diabetes mellitus, pregnancy weight gain and delivery outcomes at Mama Lucy Kibaki hospital, Nairobi
(Maseno University, 2017)Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) affects 4–7 percent of pregnancies globally and is associated with adverse delivery outcomes namely; macrosomia, pre-term births, cesarean births and mal-presentation. Non-modifiable ... -
Relationship between adoption of water harvesting, water conservation, irrigation Technologies and nutrition Status of Children under five years in Central Division, Isiolo County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2013)The food security situation in Africa is declining due to low agricultural productivity caused by decline in land availability, soil fertility depletion, soil erosion and unpredictable rainfall. Kenya remains food insecure ... -
Relationship between agency banking and investment Performance of fishing entrepreneurs in selected beaches in Siaya county, Kenya
(2017)Agent banking is quickly become recognised as a viable strategy in many countries. In recent years agent banking has been adopted and implemented with varying degrees of success by a number of developing countries particular ... -
Relationship between business financial attributes and uptake of electronic tax registers among selected enterprises in Kisumu city, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2019)ABSTRACT Although law makes it mandatory for businesses registered for VAT to issue tax invoices and/or cash sale receipts which must be ETR generated or supported by ETR receipts, the Treasury’s budget policy statement ... -
Relationship between Business Level Strategy and Performance of Commercial Banks in Kisumu City,Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)The service sectors which include the banking sector makes 58% contribution to Kenya's GDP as per the World Bank Statistics 2010. Commercial bank branches in Kisumu city are facing stiff competition from other branches ... -
Relationship Between Corporate Governance Practices and Financial Performance of Tea Factories in Kisii County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)Tea farming contributes about 40% to agricultural export'Tii Kenya. Despite the overall contribution, Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) tea factories in Kisii County have continued to perform poorly leading to 5% of ... -
Relationship between corporate governance practices and Organizational performance of service state corporations in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2019)Corporate governance is a classification of laws and best regulations used by the corporations to achieve their mandate. It is believed to be one of the major determinants of organizational performance within the ... -
Relationship Between Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance: A Case of Equity Bank Kenya Limited
(Maseno University, 2016)Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to decisions and activities of a firm directed towards fulfilling stakeholder claims. It is manifested in economic, legal, ethical and discretionary responsibilities. Equity ... -
Relationship between currency spread determinants and financial performance of foreign exchange Bureaus in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)The major problem facing forex bureaus is a performance drop trend which has fallen to just 77 in 2017 from 80 in 2015 according to the report on financial sectors. Forex bureaus recorded an 80% drop in their total earnings ... -
The relationship between developmental Capacitation, peer pressure and sexual risk taking behavior among secondary school adolescents in Kisumu municipality, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Sexual risk taking behavior among adolescents remains an area of interest due to its potential detrimental consequences. Researchers have pointed out that impulsivity and sensation seeking are possible expediters of ... -
Relationship between educational resources and pupils’ Academic performance in public primary schools In Kisumu county, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2021)Public primary schools in Kisumu County have been posting low academic performance, for example in 2019 they had an average mean of 259.16 compared to schools in the neighbouring counties of Vihiga (265.38), Nandi (265.59) ... -
Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Mind-Set and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) contribute to employment and economic growth They create about 85 % of Kenya's employment but contribute only 20% of the total Gross Domestic Product. Moreover majority collapse before ...