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School ICT Policy, a Factor Influencing Implementation of Computer Studies Curriculum in Secondary Schools.
(2013)The introduction of ICT curriculum in education among schools in many countries was as a result of National ICT policy initiatives by the government. The National ICT curriculum differs from regions depending on the education ... -
Algorithm for Selection of EAP Authentic
(2016-06)ABSTRACT Several recent studies indicate that many implementations of authentication and access control in public WLANs are compromisable. This is because IEEE 802.11 standard leaves the choice of EAP method to use to ... -
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 ... -
Evaluation of manure from goats fed Panicum basal diet and supplemented with Madras thorn, Leucaena or Gliricidia.
(2008)An experiment was carried out to assess the effect of supplementing a Panicum hay basal diet with leaves of Madras thorn (Pithecellobium dulce), Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) or Gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium) on the ... -
Energy and amino acid digestibility of camelina meal fed to growing pigs.
(Elsevier, 2014-07)This experiment was conducted to determine the apparent (AID) and standardized ileal digestibility, (SID) of crude protein (CP) and amino acids (AA), the digestible (DE), metabolizable (ME) and calculated net energy (NE) ... -
Nutrient digestibility in diets containing low-phytate barley, low-phytate field pea and normal phytate field pea, and the effects of microbial phytase on energy and nutrient digestibility in the low and normal-phytate field pea fed to pigs
(Elsevier, 2015-05)Five ileal cannulated barrows (43.6 ± 1.3 kg BW) were used in a 5 × 5 Latin square design experiment to determine the apparent (AID) and standardized (SID) ileal digestibility of N and amino acids (AA) in low-phytate field ... -
Performance and phosphorus utilization of broiler chickens fed low phytate barley and pea based diets with graded levels of inorganic phosphorus.
(2017)The effects of feeding diets based on soybean meal, low phytate hulless barley (Lphybarley) and low phytate pea (Lphypea) with inorganic phosphorus (iP) reduced by 50 or 100% to broiler chickens on performance, P digestibility ... -
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 ... -
“Effect of AC Helmholt magnetic field on the mass of Rosecoco deans”
(Taylor and Francis Online, 2011-06-09)Plastic bags mostly made of polyethylene (PE) cause pollution as solid waste due to their non-degradability nature. Initiation of a degradative process by enhanced photo-oxidation is a possible method for an accelerated ... -
Study of Humidity and UV Wavelength Effects on Degradation of Photo-Irradiated Polyethylene Films Using DMA
(2011-06-09)Plastic bags, mostly made of polyethylene, cause pollution as solid waste due to their nondegradable nature. Accelerated degradation, as a solution to mitigate the menace, can be achieved through moisture enhanced photolysis. ... -
“The startling effect of the sound of C. Afra And A. Tormotus on the female A. gambiae”
(2012)The female Anopheles gambiae, a malaria vector, detects ultrasound by its antenna, initiating an attractive or repulsive response. Modern electronic mosquito repellents exploit this concept in attempt to control malaria, ... -
A Comparative study of the transmission parameters of the sound of mosquito predators and EMR”
(2012)The wide bandwidth EMR ultrasound, exploited in mosquito repellency, yielded only 20 % effectiveness. Due to this wide bandwidth, ultrasound from Amolops tormotus and Coleura afra, mosquito predators, was investigated. The ... -
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 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 ... -
Assessing the influence of knowledge of type and numbers of livestock exchange in stock friends’ concept as a strategy in poverty alleviation; case of Ngomeni Community of Mwingi District in Kenya
(2015)One of the challenge-facing Kenya is high levels of poverty. Different ways of poverty alleviation are applied among them is stock friends strategy. The strategy is ineffective among the Ngomeni community of ... -
Effectiveness Of Guidance And Counselling Services On Development Of Students Academic Competence. A Comparative Study Of Public And Private Universities In Kenya
(2014)Students in institutions of higher learning encounter challenges in their dairy living which leaves many of them devastated, not able to make realistic academic choices and unable to cope with life. Guidance and counselling ... -
Selected Factors Contributing to Alcoholism Among Secondary School Students in Mwimbi Division, Kenya
(2014)Alcoholism has devastating effects especially on students’ academic achievement and future career prospects. Therefore, this study sought to determine the factors contributing to the high rate of alcohol consumption among ... -
Impact of Attitudinal Adaptation on Academic Achievement among Students: A Comparative Study of Boys and Girls in Boarding Secondary Schools in Meru County, Kenya
(International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2015)This study sought to examine the impact of attitudinal adaptation on academic achievement among boys and girls in boarding secondary schools in Meru County in Kenya. The descriptive survey research design was adapted for ... -
Influence of School Factors on Development of Academic and Moral Competence of Secondary School Students’ in Embu West District, Kenya
(Center for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2013-11)Schools are expected to holistically develop learner’s competence. However, the academic and moral competencies of students have not been achieved. Therefore this study aimed at investigating the influence of school ... -
Effectiveness of Guidance and Counselling Services in Enhancing Students’ Adjustment to School Social Environment in Public Boarding Secondary Schools in Kenya
(International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2015)School adjustment is the process of coping in a new school environment in order to attain the individual and school’s set goals and aspirations. The government, education managers and parents have expressed the need ...