Browsing Masters Projects and Theses by Title
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ISOLATION, CHARACTERISATION AND DETERMINATION OF ANTI BACTERIAL PROPERTIES OF SECONDARY METABOLITES OF Acremonium SPECIES FROM SOILS OF EMBU MUNICIPAL DUMPSITE
(Chuka University, 2022-09)Generally, antibiotics production relies on glucose or lactose as carbon and energy source. Alternatively, available raw materials such as agro-wastes have been used successfully as substrates in growth of micro-fungi. ... -
LEVELS OF SELECTED PHTHALATES FROM WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS IN LAKE VICTORIA CATCHMENT AREA AND THEIR ADSORPTION ONTO WATER HYACINTH BIOCHAR
(Chuka University, 2020-12)Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) disturb the endocrine system’s functionality causing negative effects on health in an organism and its progeny. They can interfere with natural hormone cycles in humans or animals, ... -
MABADILIKO YA HADITHI FUPI TEULE ZA KISWAHILI: MKABALA WA USASALEO
(Chuka University, 2022-09)The aim of this research was to investigate how some selected short stories have changed due to postmodernism. It reflected on the effects of postmodernism on the original Kiswahili short story. Because the changes due to ... -
Maize Performance and Soil Moisture Retention Under Inoculated Cowpeas Intercrop in Meru and Tharaka Nithi Counties
(Chuka University, 2019-09)Agriculture is the main source of livelihood in Kenya with maize being produced in diverse environments. However, in Meru and Tharaka Nithi counties, small holder maize productivity has been diminishing due to declining ... -
Maize Performance and Soil Moisture Retention Under Inoculated Cowpeas Intercrop in Meru and Tharaka Nithi Counties
(Chuka University, 2019-09)Agriculture is the main source of livelihood in Kenya with maize being produced in diverse environments. However, in Meru and Tharaka Nithi counties, small holder maize productivity has been diminishing due to declining ... -
Masculinity in Margaret Ogola’s The River and The Source and I Swear by Apollo
(Chuka University, 2019-09)There has been extensive literary research on gender in Kenya and Africa in general. A lot of these literary scholarships has tended to ignore male characters by concentrating on highlighting the woman and her struggle for ... -
MATERIALISM IN THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF EAST AFRICA: A CASE OF KIENI WEST PRESBYTERY
(Chuka University, 2019-12)The Church teaches its adherents against being so much attached to material possessions than the spiritual welfare. Nevertheless, the tendency of the Church moving towards materialism is apparent. This is evident in ... -
MIKAKATI YA KUAFIKIA ULINGANIFU WA MAANA KATIKA TAFSIRI YA KIFASIHI: TATHMINI YA TAFSIRI ZA KAZI MBILI TEULE ZA BARBARA KIMENYE
(Chuka University, 2019-09)Ulinganifu, usahihi pamoja na uwazi ni vipengee muhimu vya kuchunguzia kazi za fasihi tafsiri. Utafiti huu ulilenga kutafiti ulinganifu katika mtiririko wa kazi mbili teule za Kimenye (1968): Moses in Trouble na Moses and ... -
Modelling and Application of Response Surface Methodology for Optimization of Weight Gain of Eight Weeks Old Kenbro Served With Pumpkin (Cucurbita Pepo L) Seeds Extract
(Chuka University, 2019-09)Extensive use of synthetic growth promoting antibiotics have become a threat to public health. Therefore, there is a need to search for bioactive phytochemicals that have positive effects on immune, growth and appetite ... -
MODELLING PLANT GROWTH BASED ON GOMPERTZ, LOGISTIC CURVE, EXTREME GRADIENT BOOSTING AND LIGHT GRADIENT BOOSTING MODELS USING HIGH DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DERIVED MAIZE (Zea mays L.) PHENOMIC DATA
(Chuka University, 2022-09)Modelling of plant growth is vital for hypotheses testing and carrying out virtual plant growth and development experiments, which may otherwise take a long time under field conditions. Modelling of plant growth has ... -
Modelling the Effects of Mindfulness Based Stress on Breast Cancer Survival Rate among Women in Meru and Nyeri Counties, Kenya, using Cox Proportional Hazard Model
(Chuka University, 2019-09)Breast cancer remains the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women, affecting 34 women per every 100,000. This has led to high number of fatalities annually, which need to be mitigated. The main interest among many ... -
MOTIFU YA SIRI KATIKA KAZI TEULE ZA NATHARI ZA FASIHI YA KISWAHILI
(Chuka University, 2022-09)ABSTRACT Motif is an important aspect in literature. Motif is an element that involves the repetition of a certain idea or a theme in literal works like the novel, play, poems and oral literature. This study aimed at ... -
Muundo wa Sentensi ya Kiigembe: Mtazamo wa Eksibaa
(Chuka University, 2019-09)Sintaksia ni taaluma inayojihusisha na uchambuzi wa miundo ya sentensi. Utafiti huu ulichanganua muundo wa sentensi ya Kîîgembe katika taaluma ya sintaksia. Kati ya vipashio vinavyotumika katika taaluma ya kisintaksia ni ... -
NEIGHBOURHOOD CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON CRIME COMMISSION: A CASE STUDY OF THIKA WEST SUBCOUNTY, KIAMBU COUNTY, KENYA
(Chuka University, 2020-12)NEIGHBOURHOOD CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON CRIME COMMISSION: A CASE STUDY OF THIKA WEST SUBCOUNTY, KIAMBU COUNTY, KENYA -
NEIGHBOURHOOD CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON CRIME COMMISSION: A CASE STUDY OF THIKA WEST SUBCOUNTY, KIAMBU COUNTY, KENYA
(Chuka University, 2020-11)There exists substantial evidence that a likely offender’s decision making on places to offend depends on his or her assessment of the place. The assessment can be in terms of physical facilities, social features or ... -
NULM 843: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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ON CHARACTERIZATION OF PERMUTATION GRAPHS
(Chuka University, 2020-12)Graph theory is an area in discrete mathematics with numerous theoretical developments and many applications to practical problems in computer science, chemistry, biology and operational research. As a result, it has ... -
PATIENT INVOLVEMENT IN WOUND CAREAMONG DIABETIC PATIENTS ATTENDING MERU TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL, KENYA
(Chuka University, 2022-09)Diabetes is among the leading non-communicable diseases affecting the society today. Diabetic foot ulcer is among the complications that arise among diabetic patients due to poor management of the condition. Patient ... -
Patients and System Related Factors Associated With Non –Adherence to Antihypertensive Medication Among Patients at Chuka Referral Hospital, Kenya
(Chuka University, 2019-09)Non-adherence to hypertensive medication continues to become contributing factor to hypertensive complications like stroke, heart attacks, kidney disease heart failure Non-adherence prevalence to treatment with antihypertensive ... -
Patient’s and Family’s Perceptions Towards Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya
(Chuka University, 2019-09)Cancers are leading cause of death in developed nations and the second leading cause of death in developing nations. One of the most frequently diagnosed cancer among men is Prostate cancer (PCa) which is a disease process ...