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Levels of Compliance to Proposed Hemodialysis Treatment Standards by Nurses at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing. A, 2017)Compliance with treatment standards helps to improve health outcomes and prevent complications. This study sought to determine the level of compliance to hemodialysis treatment standards among nurses in the renal unit at ... -
A Lexico-Pragmatic Interpretation of Peace in the 2013 Kenyan Presidential Campaign Speeches Regarding Conflict Management
(ARC Journals, 2017)Words have power to control human thoughts and behaviour. In a country like Kenya which has experienced election-related conflict since 1992, with the exception of 2013, various lexical choices, especially by the political ... -
Life at the top: rank and stress in wild male baboons
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2011-07-15)In social hierarchies, dominant individuals experience reproductive and health benefits, but the costs of social dominance remain a topic of debate. Prevailing hypotheses predict that higher-ranking males experience higher ... -
Life history context of reproductive aging in a wild primate model
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2010-08-01)The pace of reproductive aging has been of considerable interest, especially in regard to the long postreproductive period in modern women. Here we use data for both sexes from a 37‐year longitudinal study of a wild baboon ... -
Lifetable demography and population growth of the rotifer Brachionus angularis in Kenya: influence of temperature and food density
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-08-19)Lifetable demography and reproductive traits of a Kenyan strain of the rotifer Brachionus angularis were investigated using individual and small batch culture approaches. The rotifer was identified morphologically before ... -
Likely effect of gender and education on information adoption and utilization among sugarcane farmers in the nyanza region, kenya
(Journal of Social Economics Research, 2020)A lack of education and training is what limits the adoption of technology and, hence, development by small scale farmers. Controversy reigns on whether women are less or more likely to adopt and utilize agricultural ... -
Likely effect of gender and education on information adoption and utilization among sugarcane farmers in the nyanza region, Kenya
(Conscientia Beam, 2020)A lack of education and training is what limits the adoption of technology and, hence, development by small scale farmers. Controversy reigns on whether women are less or more likely to adopt and utilize agricultural ... -
Likely Effect of Gender and Education on Information Adoption and Utilization among Sugarcane Farmers in the Nyanza Region, Kenya
(Conscientia Beam, 2020)A lack of education and training is what limits the adoption of technology and, hence, development by small scale farmers. Controversy reigns on whether women are less or more likely to adopt and utilize agricultural ... -
Linear, primary monohaloalkane chemistry in NaX and NaY faujasite zeolites with and without Na0-treatment: Zeolites as nucleophilic reagents II
(Elsevier, 2006-06-20)This work undertakes, we believe for the first time, a study of the chemistry of alkyl halides in Na0 treated zeolites. It concludes that untreated zeolites do nucleophilic chemistry to the degree that the host is electron ... -
A Linguistic Analysis Of form and Content of Al-Shabaab’s Press Statements on the Recent Kenyan Terror Attacks
(Multilingual Academic Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 2017)This paper examines the form that is structure as well as the content of the statements and press releases of Al-Shabaab at different times with the hope of establishing a pattern of phraseology and consistent references ... -
Linguistic Conceptualizations of Disease Among the Luo of Kenya
(Sage Publications, 2018)The region inhabited by the Luo ethnic group in Kenya is disease endemic. However, disease awareness initiatives register low acceptance due to the sociocultural images of disease and illness conceptualized in the local ... -
A Linguistic Overview of the Patronymic and Gender Names amongst the Selected African Communities
(American Journal of Linguistics, 2018)Most family systems world over are basically patriarchal in that children are given names bearing those of their fathers. The tendency cuts across almost all cultures in the world. This trend has continued to exist from ... -
Linkage between Food Hygiene Knowledge and Practices among Food Handlers in Restaurants and Hotels in Thika, Kenya
(http://www.ijrar.org/viewfull.php?&p_id=IJRAR19L1769., 2020)The purpose of this research was to establish the linkage between food hygiene knowledge and practice among food handlers’ in restaurants and hotels in Thika, Kenya. A cross sectional survey design was adopted for the ... -
Linking Expenditure on Board of Management Teachers’ Wage Bill and Academic Performance: Lessons from Gem Sub-County, Kenya
((IOSR-JRME, 2018-01): Teachers are one of the most vital inputs in secondary schools without which countries experience great hindrance to provision of quality education. Gem Sub-County has the highest shortage of secondary school teachers ... -
Linking Expenditure on Board of Management Teachers’ Wage Bill and Academic Performance: Lessons from Gem Sub-County, Kenya
(IOSR-JRME, 2018)Teachers are one of the most vital inputs in secondary schools without which countries experience great hindrance to provision of quality education. Gem Sub-County has the highest shortage of secondary school teachers in ... -
Linking private health sector to public COVID-19 response in Kisumu, Kenya: Lessons Learnt
(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2022)COVID-19 is overwhelming health systems universally. Increased capacity to combat the epidemic is important, while continuing regular healthcare services. This paper describes an innovative Public Private Partnership (PPP) ... -
Linking School-Based Tangible Non-Monetary Incentives For Teachers With Students’ Academic Performance In Public Secondary Schools In Kisumu West Sub-County, Kenya
((IJIRAS, 2020-02-02)Over-time, tangible non-monetary incentives have been used in teacher motivation in internal school settings with the aim of improved students’ academic performance. In this regard, Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education ... -
The lipid acyl-chain dynamics in giant liposomes and characterization of domain 4 of the Wilson disease protein
(2010)Steady-state and nanosecond time-resolved fluorescence of the nitro-2, 1, 3- benzoxadiazol-4-yl (NBD) probe and line tension force were determined in phospholipids acyl-chain dynamics in giant liposomes made from a homologous ... -
Literature and Society: A Reflection on the Youth’s Health in John Habwe’s Kiswahili Novels.
(International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2012)The youth face a Myriad of health related challenges. Progressive nations rely on healthy youths who can engage in national building. However, literature has shown that youths who are the most productive people in society ... -
Literature Review on Strategic Fit and Performance of Public Universities in Western Kenya
(2011)Strategic fit is defined as an alignment and has assumed a core position in both organizational studies and strategic management research. Theoretical literature links strategic fit to desirable performance implications. ...