Community health services are the mechanism through which households and communities increase their knowledge and skills in disease control and plan interventions. A mixed method cross-sectional baseline household survey ...
One potential source of wind energy that can be used to power highway lighting and
telecommunication signalling is the turbulent airflow caused by vehicles moving along highways. To
actualize this, a precise evaluation ...
For the past two decades, youth empowerment has remained a rallying call among development
actors in addressing the perennial unemployment challenge among the youth. However, the
concept is largely unspecific and is ...
Memory, a key component of the human brain, entails the cognitive ability to encode, store,
and retrieve information, that is fundamental for survival. Memory is stored in different
circuitry structurers in the brain. ...
This research project sets out to apply statistical techniques in the valuation of land and
properties through various models. It focused on comparing predictive accuracies of mass
valuation models with a dataset of ...
The world is faced by myriad challenges like climate change and ever-increasing population making
the achievement of global food security a challenge. Although highly perishable, tomatoes are
popular food commodity. ...
Wetlands in Mathioya watershed have been undergoing degradation over the past decades. This
can be attributed to human activities such as farming within the wetlands, washing of cars in
wetlands, and harvesting/clearing ...
Dairy cattle production contributes approximately 6-8% of Kenya’s gross domestic product,
creates jobs along the value chain, and plays a key role in food security. However, most of the
data used in this industry are ...
Kiiru, Harrison Wachira(COANRE- JKUAT, 2025-04-03)
Contractor selection is one of the main activities undertaken by state-procuring entities. Without
a proper and accurate method for selecting the most appropriate contractor, the performance of
the construction project ...
In view of the dearth of definitive therapeutic measures for sickle cell disease (SCD) and its
associated crises, the resulting financial burden on parents and caregivers, coupled with
psychological distress, social ...
Crop diversification is one of the strategies for sustainable intensification that hold promise for
reducing poverty and ending hunger in communities that derive livelihood from farming.
Intensification of smallholder ...
People with family history of diabetes are expected to have regular diabetes testing owing to their
higher risk of the disease. Regular testing is associated with early diagnosis of diabetes and has a
potential of ...
Multiple studies have shown that typhoid fever is endemic in developing countries character
ized by poor hygiene. A unique way of Salmonella Typhi (S.Typhi) pathogenicity is estab
lishing a persistent, usually asymptomatic ...
M'tuaruchiu, Jacob Kithinji(COHRED- JKUAT, 2025-04-01)
Purpose: The study sought to establish the influence of divestment strategy on the performance
of manufacturing firms in Kenya. This comes at a time when manufacturing firms in Kenya have
been experiencing declining ...
M'tuaruchiu, Jacob Kithinji(COHRED- JKUAT, 2025-04-01)
Purpose: Most of the large manufacturing firms in Kenya have been experiencing declining
performance in terms of revenue, sales and the profit margins for more than a decade. This has
seen some of the large manufacturing ...
Introduction: globally diarrhea is rated as the
second leading cause of mortality among children
below the age of five years. The highest rates of
morbidity and mortality as a result of diarrhea are
reported in ...
Indigenous fruits, which are usually underutilized, play an important role in food and nutrition security
especially in developing countries. Vitex payos fruit (chocolate berry) is one such example which is currently ...
Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between
Green Packaging and the performance of food and beverage manufacturing firms in Kenya.
Methodology: An explanatory research ...
Mweu, Joel M.; Mutwiwa, Urbanus N.; Kiburi, Florence G.; Okelo, Chelsea; Chepkwony, Faith(JKUAT-CoANRE, 2024-08-09)
The production and consumption of tamarillo (Solanum betaceum) is gaining momentum due to its immense nutritional, health, and commercial potential. However, like many other horticultural products, high postharvest losses ...