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The benefits and challenges emanating from community policing in Kenya: A Criminological Perspective
(International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, 2014)Community policing is an integral component in ensuring that there is no insecurity in the community. More so, the Kenyan government in the Kibaki regime introduced the concept of community policing which was seen as ... -
Characteristics of psychiatric in-patients who engage in assualtive behaviour in Mathari Hospital, Nairobi
(University if Nairobi Research archive, 1991)Literature on assaultive behaviour by psychiatric in patients was reviewed. A total of 142 violent incidents perpetrated by 68 males and 74 female patients were studied over a period of 3 months. Of the total incidents of ... -
Characterization of atomic state evolution in the JC and anti-JC models: spin-displaced field modes in the quantum Rabi model
(Research gate, 2023-03-20)In this article, characterization of the atomic state evolution in the Jaynes-Cummings (JC) and anti-Jaynes-Cummings (aJC) models means using the reduced atomic state degree of purity, concurrence and spin excitation number ... -
Comparative Investigation of Fullerene PC 71 BM and Non-fullerene ITIC-Th Acceptors Blended With P3HT or PBDB-T Donor Polymers for PV Applications
(Frontiers, 2021)Fundamentally, organic solar cells (OSCs) with a bulk-heterojunction active layer are made of at least two electronically dissimilar molecules, in which photoabsorption in one (donor) generates Frenkel excitons. The ... -
A Comparative Thermodynamic Study of AlF3, ScF3, Al0.5Sc0.5F3, and In0.5Sc0.5F3 for Optical Coatings: A Computational Study
(MDPI, 2023-11-27)Optical coatings are thin layers of materials applied to optical components in order to modify the transmission, reflection, or polarization properties of light. The common materials used for optical coatings include ... -
A comparison of the Laplace and the alternative multipole expansion series for the Coulomb potential
(Research Gate, 2023)Multipole expansion is a powerful technique used in many-body physics to solve dynamical problems involving correlated interactions between constituent particles. The Laplace multipole expansion series of the Coulomb ... -
Complex Spacetime Frame: Four-Vector Identities and Tensors
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2014)This paper provides derivation of some basic identities for complex four-component vectors defined in a complex four-dimensional spacetime frame specified by an imaginary temporal axis. The resulting four-vector identities ... -
Complex Spacetime Frame: Four-Vector Identities and Tensors
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2014)This paper provides derivation of some basic identities for complex four-component vectors defined in a complex four-dimensional spacetime frame specified by an imaginary temporal axis. The resulting four-vector identities ... -
Composite Hermite and Anti-Hermite Polynomials
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2015)The Weber-Hermite differential equation, obtained as the dimensionless form of the stationary Schroedinger equation for a linear harmonic oscillator in quantum mechanics, has been expressed in a generalized form through ... -
Compositional and Thickness Effects on the Optical Properties of Zinc– Doped Selenium–Antimony Thin Films
(AJOL, 2018)Chalcogenide system of antimony (Sb)-selenium (Se)-zinc (Zn) system is a promising semiconductor for phase change memory devices due to its thermal stability and low power consumption. The study investigated the effect ... -
Compositional and Thickness Effects on the Optical Properties of Zinc–Doped Selenium–Antimony Thin Films
(Tanzania Journal of Science, 2018)Chalcogenide system of antimony (Sb)-selenium (Se)-zinc (Zn) system is a promising semiconductor for phase change memory devices due to its thermal stability and low power consumption. The study investigated the effect of ... -
Conserved excitation number and U(1)-symmetry operators for the anti-rotating (anti-Jaynes-Cummings) term of the Rabi Hamiltonian
(Cornell University, 2021)In this article we apply algebraic operator ordering property of the basic atom and field operators to construct and prove conservation of the excitation number operator of the anti-rotating (anti-Jaynes-Cummings) component ... -
Conserved excitation number and U(1)-symmetry operators for the anti-rotating (anti-Jaynes-Cummings) term of the Rabi Hamiltonian
(Cornell University, 2021)In this article we apply algebraic operator ordering property of the basic atom and field operators to construct and prove conservation of the excitation number operator of the anti-rotating (anti-Jaynes-Cummings) component ... -
Conserved excitation number and U(1)-symmetry operators for the anti-rotating (anti-Jaynes-Cummings) term of the Rabi Hamiltonian
(Research gate, 2017)+ hω0sz+ hg (ˆa+ ˆa†)(s++ s−)(1a) where ω, ˆa, ˆa† are the quantized field mode angular frequency, annihilation and creation operators, while ω0, sz, s+, s− are the atomic state transition angular frequency and operators. ... -
Convergence of the Laplace and the alternative multipole expansion approximation series for the Coulomb potential
(Nature Publishing Group UK, 2023-09-25)Multipole expansion is a powerful technique used in many-body physics to solve dynamical problems involving correlated interactions between constituent particles. The Laplace multipole expansion series of the Coulomb ... -
The correlation between equatorial electrojet and equatorial ionisation anomaly over the East African region during the solar minimum period 2008-2009
(East African Journal of Science, Technology and Innovation, 2023-09-29)This study analyzed the correlation between the equatorial electrojet (EEJ) and the occurrence of equatorial ionisation anomaly (EIA) over the East African region. The study was carried out during both geomagnetically ... -
A Critical Overview of the Kenyan Prisons System: Understanding the Challenges of Correctional Practice
(International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, 2014)Kenya has been widely criticized for its on-going abuse of human rights and corruption in government administration. Moreover, the prison system in Kenya has been termed to be dilapidated since they were adopted from ... -
Demystifying the Menstruation Process among the Kenyan Girl-Child “A Period of Shame”: A SocioCultural Perspective
(International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2014)This paper provides a critical review of the challenges faced by the girl child during menstruation period. It provides an analysis of various literatures based on these challenges and thus focuses on the Kenyan girl ... -
Determining SU (N) symmetry group generators
(Research gate, 2018)SU(N) symmetry groups are useful in formulating gauge theories of elementary particle interactions in quantum field theory. Gauge bosons and particle states are associated with the symmetry group generators. The accuracy ... -
Devolved ethnicity in the Kenya: Social, economic and political perspective
(Sciendo, 2018)act This paper examines the ethnicity as an issue prevailing upon the Kenyan society and its implication on the social, economic and political dimensions in Kenya. Devolved ethnicity has been seen to be on the arise since ...