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DENOTATIVE MEANINGS OF NAMES GIVEN TO BUSINESSES IN CHOGORIA TOWN: A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS
(International Journal of Economics, Business and Management Research, 2019)Naming is an important aspect of our everyday life. Practically everything in the world has a name. This Article sought to provide a pragmatic analysis of names given to businesses in Chogoria town, Tharaka Nithi County ... -
Design and Implementation of a Transformer Vandalism Monitoring System
(Science Publishing Group, 2018-01-02)Transformer vandalism is becoming an alarming issue in the whole world. Power distribution companies are incurring losses of billions of money due to transformer vandalism. This paper is going to contributes to the design ... -
Determinants of adherence to dietary guidelines among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital-Kenya
(African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2021-06-27)Diabetes is one of the major non-communicable diseases and an important public health problem not only in Kenya but all over the world. It is estimated that the prevalence of diabetes in Kenya is at 5% among adults. ... -
Determinants of gender differences in household food security perceptions in the Western and Eastern regions of Kenya
(Cogent food and agriculture, 2019-11-22)In addition to Intra-household resource allocations and internaldynamics of decision-making, gendered perceptions on household food securityplay a critical role in households’nutritional status, especially in developing ... -
Determinants of religious tourism branding tactics in Kenya: A cross sectional study
(Sage, 2016-09-28)Shrines’ market appeal and authenticity drive religious tourism branding initiatives. Ideal packaging strategies further determine product performance in religious destinations. This article examined the potential contribution ... -
Determination Of Effect Of Land Use On Distribution And Abundance Of Ground Dwelling Macro Invertebrates In Kirimiri Forest In Embu County, Kenya
(International Journal of Advanced Research and Publications, 2020-03)Ground dwelling macro invertebrates are essential for soil functions and other significant ecological process such as nutrient cycling. The distribution and ecological role of crawling macro invertebrates may be influenced ... -
Determination of Essential Minerals and Toxic Elements Composition of the Natural Licks Consumed By Livestock in Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya
(2015-11)Consumption of natural licks is common among domestic animals under natural circumstances, and as a substitute to commercial mineral licks among smallholder livestock keepers in Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya, with a believe ... -
Determination of essential minerals and toxic elements composition of the natural licks consumed by livestock in Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya
(2015-11)The aim of this study was to determine the quantities of essential and toxic elements in the natural licks consumed by livestock in Igambang'ombe Division in Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya. Ten highly used licks, five moderately ... -
Determination of Factors Influencing Cultivation and Utilisation of Pumpkins Among Smallholders in Kakamega and Nyeri Counties, Kenya
(Taylor and Francis, 2019-06-27)Pumpkin is becoming an important fruit-vegetable, although its potential remains unexploited in Kenya. This study aimed at enhancing conservation, preservation and production of naturalized pumpkins through the cataloguing ... -
Determination of Factors Influencing Cultivation and Utilisation of Pumpkins Among Smallholders in Kakamega and Nyeri Counties, Kenya
(Taylor and Francis, 2019-06-27)Pumpkin is becoming an important fruit-vegetable, although its potential remains unexploited in Kenya. This study aimed at enhancing conservation, preservation and production of naturalized pumpkins through the cataloguing ... -
Determination of Hall Effect Parameters of Gallium Arsenide and Gallium Manganese Arsenide by Van Der Pauw Geometry
(2012)Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) has been used widely in electronic industry to make diodes and transistors. As a semiconductor, it can be doped up with impurities with magnetic properties such as manganese to increase its electron ... -
Determination of Infant and Child Mortality in Kenya Using Cox-Proportional Hazard Model
(Science Publishing Group, 2015-09-10)Abstract One of the Millennium Development Goals is the reduction of infant and child mortality by two-thirds by year 2015. To achieve this goal, efforts need be concentrated at identifying cost-ffective strategies as ... -
Determination of optical band gap and heat dissipation of Ga1-xMnxAs with Light in UV-VIS-IR Region using OSA SPECTRO 320”,
(International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2012)Heat generated by silicon-based transistors due to high energy photo irradiation interferes with the electronic conductivity of transistors in the ICs. There is need to search for an alternative semiconductor material ... -
Determination of precursors of acrylamide formation in roasted maize
(Advances in Phytochemistry, Textile and Renewable Energy Research for Industrial Growth – Nzila et al. (Eds), 2022-04)Acrylamide, an organic compound with the formula CH2=CHCONH2, is a contaminant generated through high-temperature cooking processes as a result of Maillard reactions catalyzed by the presence of reducing sugars and free ... -
Determination of the Class TransitionTemperature and Modulus of PLA Films Using Dynamic Mechanical Analysis at C ° 50 and Amplitude of 10 µm
(2014-03)Polylactic acid (PLA) is an environment friendly biodegradable thermoplastic produced by micro organism synthesis through the fermentation of starch. It can be used in the manufacture of thermoplastic films used to produce ... -
Determination Of The Density And The Damping Properties Of Polyethylene (Pe) And Polylactic (Pla) Films Using Dma
(2013-08)Damping which is an effect that tends to reduce the amplitude of oscillations in an oscillatory system is significant in components under high dynamic loads especially in general mechanical engineering. In this study, ... -
Determining the Popularity and Effectiveness of Green Marketing in Kenyan University Students Market Group
(MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL (LUMJ), 2020)Green Marketing comprises building lucrative customer relationship with care and concern on the environment. It aims at reducing the undesirable effects of the organization’s activities on the environment and making ... -
Dietary diversity interventions and its impact on iron status of preschool children 36-59 months in Emali, Kenya
(Food Science & Nutrition Research, 2020)Background: Dietary diversity is considered crucial in ensuring adequate micronutrient intake, especially among children since they have increased nutrient requirements. Iron deficiency is the most common nutrient deficiency ... -
Dietary lysine requirement for 7-16 kg pigs fed wheat-corn-soybean meal-based diets.
(2016-02-22)Two experiments were conducted to determine the lysine requirement of weaned pigs [Duroc9(York-shire9Landrace)] with an average initial BW of 7 kg and fed wheat–corn–soybean meal-based diets. The exper-iments were conducted ... -
Digital libraries and development in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2007-06)Purpose -- The aim of this paper is to review some of the critical information needs in Sub-Saharan Africa and the challenges that face libraries in the region in establishing digital libraries as a way of overcoming the ...