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Perceived mother and father acceptance‐rejection predict four unique aspects of child adjustment across nine countries
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2015-08): It is generally believed that parental rejection of children leads to child maladaptation. However, the specific effects of perceived parental acceptance-rejection on diverse domains of child adjustment and development have ... -
Perception of Cervical Cancer Patients on their Financial Challenges in Western Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2008-12)The number of cervical cancer cases is reported to increase among women of reproductive age in the recent past with patients facing challenges with care and management of the illness. However, little is known about the ... -
Perceptions in Uhuru-Raila 9th March, 2018 handshake discourse in Kenya’s print media
(Scholars Middle East Publishers, 2022-01-21)In Kenya, the handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Orange Democratic Movement (henceforth referred to as ODM) leader, Raila Odinga, on 9th March, 2018 elicited diverse discourse on the phenomenon. The print media ... -
Performance and Emission Characteristics of Diesel Engine Working on Biodiesel with Different Blends
(International Journal of IC Engines and Gas Turbines, 2017)Internal combustion engine plays important role in vehicles. These engines are operated by conventional fuels (diesel). Diesel is a one of the nonrenewable energy source for IC engines. Due to usage of diesel, pollutions ... -
Personality as a Predictor of Involvement in Risky Sexual Behaviour: A Study Conducted Among Students in Secondary Schools in Nyakach Sub-county Kisumu County, Kenya
(Science publishing group, 2016-11-23)Risky sexual behaviour is a common habit among young people in the world, but its relation with personality has not been explored exhaustively, especially in Kenya. The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship ... -
Perspectives of Pre-School Teachers on Television Viewing in Determining Behavioral Tendencies among Preschoolers in Kenya
(Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2018-05-10)The present study determinedperspectives of pre-school teachers on television viewing in determining behavioral tendencies among preschoolers in Kenya. The study was guided by Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory. The ... -
Perspectives on Psychosocial Challenges Facing Integrated Learners with Physical Disabilities (LWPD) in Selected Kenyan Mainstream Secondary Schools
(Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2018-05-10)The present study determinedperspectives of pre-school teachers on television viewing in determining behavioral tendencies among preschoolers in Kenya. The study was guided by Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory. The ... -
Phonemic Representation and Transcription for Speech to Text Applications for Under-resourced Indigenous African Languages: The Case of Kiswahili
(Arxiv.org, 2022)Building automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems is a challenging task, especially for under resourced languages that need to construct corpora nearly from scratch and lack sufficient training data. It has emerged ... -
Phonemic Representation and Transcription for Speech to Text Applications for Under-resourced Indigenous African Languages: The Case of Kiswahili
(arxiv, 2022-10-29)Building automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems is a challenging task, especially for underresourced languages that need to construct corpora nearly from scratch and lack sufficient training data. It has emerged that ... -
Phonemic Representation and Transcription for Speech to Text Applications for Under-resourced Indigenous African Languages: The Case of Kiswahili
(Cornell University, 2022-10-29)Building automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems is a challenging task, especially for underresourced languages that need to construct corpora nearly from scratch and lack sufficient training data. It has emerged that ... -
Phonétique et didactique du FLE : Cas de confusion des sons chez les apprenants de FLE kenyans
(IFRA, Nairobi, 2014)Cet article a pour objet le rôle joué par la phonétique en classe de français langue étrangère (FLE). Il est unanimement connu et reconnu que les apprenants qui s’adonnent à l’apprentissage d’une langue vivante étrangère ... -
Phonétique et didactique du Fle: cas de confusion des sons chez les apprenants de FLE kenyans
(IFRA-Institut Français de Recherche en Afrique, 2014-09-01)Cet article a pour objet le rôle joué par la phonétique en classe de français langue étrangère (FLE). Il est unanimement connu et reconnu que les apprenants qui s’adonnent à l’apprentissage d’une langue vivante étrangère ... -
Physical discipline and children's adjustment: Cultural normativeness as a moderator
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2005-11)Interviews were conducted with 336 mother–child dyads (children's ages ranged from 6 to 17 years; mothers' ages ranged from 20 to 59 years) in China, India, Italy, Kenya, the Philippines, and Thailand to examine whether ... -
The place and prospects of indigenous theatrical performances in peacebuilding in Kenya
(Indiana University Press, 2015-04-01)This article examines the role and future of indigenous theatrical performances (ITPs) in peacebuilding in Kenya. It focuses on the Kikuyu, Luhya, and Luo communities' traditions of ritual, storytelling, proverb, and song ... -
Planting the Future: The Spiritual Legacy of Wangari Maathai
(Rowman & Littlefield, 2018-10-25)This concluding chapter pursues a deeper understanding of actions taken by Wangari Maathai to maintain spiritual connections between everyday life and the environment. We do so by explaining how traditional spiritual beliefs ... -
Policy implications of the inadequate support systems for orphans in western Kenya
(Elsevier, 2001-10-01)This paper describes the support systems available for orphans in a rural Luo community in Nyang'oma sub-location in Bondo District of Western Kenya. Qualitative data were collected through in-depth interviews with orphaned ... -
Politeness in nonverbal communication: a commentary on non-verbal communication in a linguistics classroom context in a selected Kenyan university
(European Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies, 2023-07-05)The aim of this article was to explain the effects of politeness as entailed in nonverbal language use in the instructional process. Non-verbal communication skills also known as silent language, include all behaviours ... -
Politeness Strategies in Computer Mediated Communication (CMC):
(Al-Kindupublishers, 2023-08-13)This paper examines the politeness theory in the light of Austin & Searle’s speech act theory as reflected in CMC between students and their lecturers or supervisors. Thus politeness aspects were analyzed as enacted in ... -
Political influence on music performance in Kenya between 1963-2002
(Council for Research in Music Education, School of Music, University of Illinois, 2004)This historical study attempts to relate how politics has influenced music performance education in Kenya between 1963 - 2002. The study is based on the historical period studied, Educational Syllabuses, Commission Reports, ... -
The Politics of Pulpit Religiosity in the Era of Covid-19 in Kenya
(Frontiers in Communication, 2021)This essay centres on the role of religion in the era of Covid-19. We juxtapose social media and religious practices in a way that challenges the conventional religion of the pulpit to deconstruct the myths and misconceptions ...