Theses & Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Lack of Association between Interleukin-6 (-174g/C),Interleukin-Io (-1082a/G, -819c/T, And -592c/A) Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma in Children Aged between 5-8 Years from Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2013)Endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) is the most common paediatric cancer in sub-Saharan Africa and occurs at a high incidence in western Kenya. The tumour has the highest proliferative rate of any other human cancer. Although ... -
HIV Vaccine Model with Application to Kenya
(Maseno University, 2003).Many models for HIV pandemic have come up as humankind grapples with the blight. Scientists and policy makers are struggling to contain the scourge. Mathematicians are not left behind. They are modeling the epidemic as ... -
Associations between Functional Variations in Fc'yriiia and TLR 9 and Susceptibility to Severe Malaria Anemia in Cidldren below 3 Years in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2013)Plasmodium Jalciparum malaria in holoendemic transmission areas is a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. The greatest burden of this morbidity and mortality is as a consequence of severe malaria anemia (SMA) ... -
Evaluation of the Effect of Mavuno Phosphorus-Based Fertilizer and manure On Soil Organic Carbon and Maize Productivity in Vihiga and Siaya Counties of Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2013)Low soil organic carbon in western Kenya can be attributed to low soil fertility. The soils are predominantly phosphorus (P) fixing making the applied P-based fertilizers not to benefit target crops fully. Efforts to improve ... -
Evaluation of Durable Lining for Control of Malaria Vectors in Rural African Houses in Budalangi, Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2013)Malaria is one of the most serious and prevalent vector-borne parasitic diseases, affecting millions of people worldwide. Despite the control efforts being undertaken, the global burden of malaria remains enormous. ... -
Effect of Anthropogenic Activities and Seasons on Nutrients and Heavy Metal Loads of the Water and Sediments along Amala and Nyangores, Tributaries of River Mara Kenya
(Maseno University, 2013)The Mara River Basin accommodates natural forests at its source. The forests' encroachment for human settlement has led to extensive deforestation and farming activities which may cause pollution of the natural aquatic ... -
Leader Effectiveness: Validation of the Vroom-Yetton Normative Model of Leadership
(University of Alberta, 1993)“What effect does a leader's decision-making behavior have on organizational effectiveness?” Leaders make decisions that have impact on the entire organization, its performance and its results. Consequently, the construct ... -
Factors Influencing the Professional Ethical Behaviour of School Principals in Newfoundland and Labrador
(University of Alberta, 1990)The primary purpose of this study was to utilize the perceptions of school principals in Newfoundland and Labrador in identifying and describing those factors which influence their professional ethics. A secondary purpose ... -
The University of Alberta the Goals of Universities in Papua New Guinea
(University of Alberta, 1990)The primary purpose of this study was to identify and compare goal perceptions of writers, administrators and academics in two universities in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Three methods -- a survey based on the Institutional ... -
The Experience of Midlife Crisis: A Developmental Contextual Perspective
(University of Alberta, 1994)This research explores midlife crisis as it is experienced by both men and women. Midlife crisis is a time of painful inner turmoil and conflict with the external world. The experience has a dramatic impact on individual ... -
Student Participation in Governance at the University Of Alberta
(University of Alberta, 1995)This study investigated the scope, process, and effect of student participation in governance at the University of Alberta, including student government, and identified and analyzed related issues, various influential ... -
Discriminant Validity of the Stanford-Benet Intelligence Scale: Fourth Edition
(University of Alberta, 1995)Performance on the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale: Fourth Edition (SB:FE) was examined in a Canadian clinic sample (N=1220), age 2 through 23 years, with a range of demographic characteristics and ability levels. ... -
Graduate Students and Stress: A Life Events Perspective
(University of Alberta, 1989)Many identifiable stressors can be associated with commencing and completing graduate studies. Recent research has focused on the relationship between stressful life events and both physical and emotional symptomatology. ... -
Psychological Adaptation of the Individual: — the Processes of Coping, Defending and Mastery and the Relationship to Stress
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Planned Pathways from School to Employment: An Alberta Perspective
(University of Alberta, 1994)This exploratory study was designed to investigate a number of factors thought to be influential in helping high school students through the transition process from school to employment and also from school to further ... -
Stability of Lie Groups of Nonlinear Hyperbolic Equations
(University of Pretoria, 1997)Nonlinear theories, started in the 1960's, provided for the first time in the literature global generalized solutions for arbitrary continuous nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs). These theories have now been ... -
The Woman's Voice in Unyago Oral Poetry: A Case Study of Swahili- Speaking Clusters in Kisumu and its Environs
(Maseno University, 2000)This is a study of Unyago songs (poems). It investigates the structure of the songs and their socio-cultural contexts. Among other related issues, the Study examines Unyago as a Women's specific institution for ... -
Improving Human Resource Planning Processes in Maseno University College, Kenya
(University of SALFORD, 1999)The ever changing environments within which organizatlons operate has made them to re-think Human Resource Planning. These are changes in technology, office automation, changes in organization structures while designing ... -
Population Structure of Anopheles Arabiensis Breeding in transient and , Permanent in land Habitats at two Sites in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2003)Malaria is one of the main diseases that cause great morbidity and mortality in: sub-Saharan Africa region. The prevalence and incidence of malaria in this region is determined mostly by the mosquito vector species. ... -
Branching Processes Theory and Applications
(University of Nairobi, 1986)