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Evaluation of Training Programmes: A Review of Selected Models and Approaches
(Finesse Publishing Ltd, 2021)Evaluation is a critical requirement of any programme implementation process. It is estimated that over the last fifty years, over sixty models or approaches of evaluation have been developed. The main objective of this ... -
Exploring Entropy pruning coupled with Capsule Neural Network(CapsNet) for leaf disease classification
(2022-03)In an attempt to detect plant leaf diseases faster, accurately, and more efficiently, researchers have adopted deep learning methods using models like CNN and CapsNet with some success. However, there is a need for ... -
Extension Education Needs for Improved Adoption of Sustainable Organic Agriculture in Central Kenya
(American Journal of Geographic Information System, 2021)The study highlights organic agriculture (OA) information gaps that need to be filled in order to upscale the adoption of OA practices. The survey data were gathered from 329 organic farmers selected through stratified ... -
Face threatening acts employed in miraa business discourse by traders of Igembe and Somali origin.
(2014-07)The prime concern of this study was to analyse the Face Threatening Acts (FTAs) employed by miraa traders, from Igembe and Somali origin, in their discourse. The researches were given the impetus to undertake this study ... -
Facile one-step template-free synthesis of uniform hollow microstructures of cryptomelane-type manganese oxide K-OMS-2
(2010-08)Hollow microstructures of cryptomelane-type manganese oxide were produced in a template-free one-step process based on the fine-tuning of the oxidation rate of manganese species during the synthesis. The tuning of the ... -
Factors Affecting Cervical Cancer Screening among Women Below 25 Years in Kithare Area, Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2021)Cervical cancer is the most common neoplasm among women globally affecting approximately 500,000 women with 275,000 succumbing to the disease every year. The prevalence of cervical cancer is disproportionately high in ... -
Factors Affecting Profitability of Agribusiness Activities: A Case Study of Smallholder Pig Farming in Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya
(Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2020)Aims: There have been concerted efforts to commercialize the pig sub-sector so as to make it more profitable to farmers, especially smallholder farmers. Despite the development, the profitability in the sector has not ... -
Factors Affecting Profitability of Agribusiness Activities: A Case Study of Smallholder Pig Farming in Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya
(Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2020-10-23)Aims: There have been concerted efforts to commercialize the pig sub-sector so as to make it more profitable to farmers, especially smallholder farmers. Despite the development, the profitability in the sector has not ... -
Factors Affecting Profitability of Agribusiness Activities: A Case Study of Smallholder Pig Farming in Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya
(Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2020-10-23)Aims: There have been concerted efforts to commercialize the pig sub-sector so as to make it more profitable to farmers, especially smallholder farmers. Despite the development, the profitability in the sector has not ... -
Factors Associated with Household Dietary Diversity among Internally Displaced Persons in Nakwamekwei Camp, Kenya
(Science and Education Publishing, 2021)The objective of this study was to assess factors associated with household dietary diversity score (HDDS) among internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Nakwamekwei IDP camp. A total of 159 IDPs aged≥18 years were recruited ... -
Factors enhancing the level of utilisation of research knowledge on ecosystems
(CABI, 2021-07)The significant resource investment in research on ecosystems for development of the Global South does not necessarily result in high levels of research knowledge utilisation (RKU). Understanding the factors associated ... -
Factors Hindering Formal and Informal Nursing Mentorship Programs in Kenyan Public Universities
(Science Publishing Group, 2016-03-31)Introdruction: Mentorship was a one to one reciprocal relationship between a more experienced and knowledgeable mentor and a less experienced mentee. Objective: The study aim was to evaluate barriers of formal and informal ... -
Factors Influencing Adoption of Pigeon Pea and its Impact on Household Food Security in Machakos County, Kenya
(Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2022)A household survey was carried out in Kalama, Mwala and Yatta Sub-counties of MachakosCounty Kenya to obtain data on the current situation of pigeon pea value chain. A total of 414households were interviewed in the month ... -
Factors Influencing Alcohol and Drug Abuse among Chuka University Students, Kenya
(European Journal of Education and Pedagogy, 2022)Alcohol and drugs abuse is on serious increase, especially among the youth in many parts of the World. It has been reported that the most affected persons by the challenge of alcohol and drugs abuse the world over ... -
Factors that determine utilization of cervical cancer screening methods among women aged 21-50 years in Meru South, Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya
(Stratford Peer Reviewed Journals and Book Publishing, 2021-03)The cervical cancer ranks as the first cause of female cancer and the first most common female cancer in women. It is also the first leading cause of cancer deaths in women aged 15 to 44 years in Kenya. Despite the ... -
Features Selection in Statistical Classification of High Dimensional Image Derived Maize (Zea Mays L.) Phenomic Data
(Science and Education Publishing, 2022)Phenotyping has advanced with the application of high throughput phenotyping techniques such automated imaging. This has led to derivation of large quantities of high dimensional phenotypic data that could not have been ... -
Features Selection in Statistical Classification of High Dimensional Image Derived Maize (Zea Mays L.) Phenomic Data
(Science and Education Publishing, 2022)Phenotyping has advanced with the application of high throughput phenotyping techniques such automated imaging. This has led to derivation of large quantities of high dimensional phenotypic data that could not have been ... -
Fine Mapping and Transcriptome Analysis of Virescent Leaf Gene v-2 in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
(Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020)Leaf color mutants are the ideal materials to explore the pathways of chlorophyll metabolism, chloroplast development and photosynthesis system. In this study, a new virescent leaf mutant 104Y was identified by spontaneous ... -
First detailed morphological characterisation of qualitative traits of extensive naturalized pumpkin germplasm in Kenya
(ISDS LLC, Japan, 2015)Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata (Lam.) Poir) is emerging as an important fruit-vegetable in Kenya. However, its economic and nutritional benefits remain under-exploited, while its conservation is threatened owing to limited ... -
First-Principle investigation of the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Co2VIn and CoVIn Heusler compounds
(2017-01-05)Investigation of the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of full-Heusler Co2VIn as well as half-Heusler CoVIn Cobalt based Heusler compounds using density functional theory (DFT) leads to the general conclusion ...