Small and medium enterprises are a vital economic base for any economy as they have
the ability to create employment. A family enterprise is an enterprise that is influenced
by two or more family members through their ...
Malaria remains a big challenge the world-over especially in Sub-sahara Africa.
Since there is no malaria vaccine currently, chemotherapy is the only curative
intervention option available. At present, there are few known ...
Rickettsiae are gram negative obligate intracellular bacteria in the class α-
proteobacteria. They are transmitted by arthropod vectors, including fleas, ticks,
mites, andbody lice. The prevalence of rickettsial infections ...
Infections due to antibiotic resistant microorganisms have become widespread in
recent years, and resistance rates among key pathogens have continued to grow at an
alarming rate worldwide and the search for novel ...
In Kenya, macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia Maiden and Betche and Macadamia tetraphylla L.A.S. Johnson) is grown mainly for export by over 100,000 small scale and 500 large-scale growers. However, slow decline is a major ...
In recent times, a lot of research has been going on in the field of nervous systems
with a view of grasping and utilizing the acquired knowledge in the area of artificial
intelligence. One of the branches of science ...
Venture capital has impacted significantly on performance of Small and Medium
Enterprises (SMEs) in developed countries. In Developed countries small businesses
are the stepping stone of industrialization. However in the ...
Unregulated and inappropriate disposal of wastewater poses serious pollution problems in many
parts of the developing World. However, reuse of wastewater may help to ameliorate global water
shortages, especially in ...
Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a respiratory viral pathogen that is associated
with acute respiratory tract infections (ARTI) in very young children, elderly
persons, and immunocompromised patients. Two subtypes of hMPV ...
This study sought to determine and analyze the role of supply chain relationships among
small enterprises in Kenya. The target population of this study was small enterprises that
are loan clients of FAULU Kenya.
To ...
The purpose of the study was to explore the degree to which women-led SMEs
embrace the entrepreneurial strategic planning practices (ESPP) dimensions of EO
(Entrepreneurial Orientation), SI (Scanning Intensity), PF ...
In today’s business environment, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) cannot afford to
ignore the strategic implications of quality for its competitive position. Research shows
that most SMEs lose between 5%-15% of sales ...
Quality in higher education has been important for decades. In Kenya, quality in universities was embraced some years back by facilitating the vigorous vetting of programmes; matching the programmes with the existing ...
Toll-Like receptors (TLR) are pattern recognition receptors; a component of the innate
immune system that are involved in the recognition of pathogen-associated molecular
patterns (PAMPs). Recent studies have show that ...
Smallholder subsistence farming is important in the production of food crops for basic
livelihoods and income generation in rural areas. However, yields have remained low due
to high disease, weed and pest incidences. ...
Medicinal plants have been used in centuries as a remedy for human diseases
because they contain components of therapeutic value. The development of drug
resistance to available antibiotics has also led to investigation ...
This research project primarily describes the modeling of mechanical and hydraulic
dynamics of an excavating mechanism previously designed to be used with small
tractors, which are fabricated in the Engineering Workshops ...
An investigation was conducted to determine the elastic stress profiles in a thick
walled closed ended cylinder with a radial elliptical cross-bore. The orientation of
the elliptical cross-bore with respect to the cylinder ...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the determinants of
internationalisation of Information Communication Technology Small and Medium
Enterprises (ICT SMEs) in Kenya and why they do not grow to internationalise. ...
Entrepreneurial Orientation has significant influence on firm performance more so for small and medium firms operating under globalization and internationalization and regional integration regimes. Globalization results ...