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Radiometric survey of the Tyaa river sand mine in Kitui, Kenya
(2020-07-02)
Gamma spectroscopic analyses of sand and rock samples from Tyaa River report an average activity concentration of 33 ± 1, 55 ± 2.8 and 812 ± 40.46 Bqkg-1 for 226Ra, 232Th and 40K, respectively in the sand. A similar analysis ...
5. Absentee owners and overlapping home ranges in a territorial species
(2021-01-07)
Abstract Understanding animals’ use of space can shed valuable light on multiple other aspects of behavioral ecology, including social organization, dispersal, and foraging efficiency. Home ranges, territories, core areas, ...
Effects of the challenges facing re-entry of women ex-offenders in Nyeri County, Kenya
(2020-07)
The comparative rate of women entering the formal correctional system and serving custodial sentences, both in prison and prison remand awaiting trial, is on the increase. This is accompanied by a similarly increasing ...
Coping strategies to food insecurity employed by students of karatina university, kenya
(2022-05-20)
It has been reported that 1 in 3 Kenyans suffers from severe food insecurity and poor nutrition. This study aimed to establish the level of food insecurity among Karatina University students and coping strategies employed. ...
Bayesian Estimation of Parameters of Weibull Distribution Using Linex Error Loss Function
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2020-02)
This paper develops a Bayesian analysis of the scale parameter in the Weibull distribution with a scale parameter θ and shape parameter β (known). For the prior distribution of the parameter involved, inverted Gamma ...
Information Literacy Competencies in Secondary Schools in Kenya
(Stratford, 2021-06-05)
The knowledge economy is marked by an increasing need for information skills at all levels including schools, universities, workplace and ordinary life. Therefore, education stakeholders should campaign for the teaching ...
A Framework for Effective Information Security Risk Management: In Kenyan Public Universities
(LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2020)
With the universities increasingly depending on information and communication technology to
execute their core operations and functionalities, their exposure to growing cyber threats is inevitable and
hence unprecedented ...
Bradyrhizobium inoculation has a greater effect on soybean growth, production and yield quality in organic than conventional farming systems
(2021-06-22)
Globally, organic farming and bradyrhizobia inoculation are gaining popularity as agronomically and environmentally sound soil management strategies with great potential to alleviate declining soil fertility, maintain ...
Integration of Mobile Intelligent Tutoring Systems in Teaching Mathematics
(IRJET, 2020-07)
Mathematics plays a critical role in driving economies and scientific transformation of any society. However, students' poor performance over the years in secondary schools’ national examinations remains a major concern ...
Information System Security Practices and Implementation Issues and Challenges in Public Universities
(2021-11-16)
The use of information and communication technology has been providing the competitive edge for universities globally while Kenyan universities are not an exception. This has in turn made the universities ...