Staff Publications: Recent submissions
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Teenage Girls and Television Advertisements: The Reaction of Teenage Girls to Persuasion in Advertisements
(Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012)The book the reaction of teenage girls to TV advertisements looks at the language of persuasion in television adverts and looks at how the teenage girls react to it. The adverts do more than just sell the products they ... -
University Education Academic Policies and Students’ Sports Talent Development in Elite Sports in the Universities in Kenya: Pre- Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) Implementation in the University Education in Kenya
(International Journal of Professional Practice, 2021)Literature has revealed that United States of America and other European countries associated with monopolization of performance in international sports competitions, like Olympic Games, have collaborated with their ... -
University Education Academic Policies and Students’ Sports Talent D evelopment in Elite Sports in the Universities in Kenya
(International Journal of Professional Practice, 2021)Literature has revealed that United States of America and other European countries associated with monopolization of performance in international sports competitions,like Olympic Games,have collaborated with their ... -
Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) Implementation: Expected Challenges on Sports Talent Pillar for University Education in Kenya.
(International Journal of Professional Practice, 2021)Extensive studies have been done on nexus between university education and students’ sports talent development. These studies have revealed that university education is a crucial factor influencing development of students’ ... -
Humour in Pakruok: Among the Luo of Kenya: Do Current Theories of Humour Effectively Explain Pakruok
(International Journal of Linguistics, 2013)Many studies have been carried out on the Dholuo oral literature genre known as pakruok(Parkin 1978, Amuka 2000, Masolo 2000 and Mwangi 2009). Other studies have been carried out on how humour is created ... -
Courtroom Interpretation from Dholuo to English: A Stylistic and Pragmatic Analysis
(, 2016)Earlier studies on interpretation such as Garcés (1996) and Hale (2004) show that interpreters often make the mistake of conveying only the semantic meaning; ignoring, misunderstanding or simply not conveying the ... -
Identification of Learning Disabilities for Implementation of Individualized Educational Programme In Taita-Taveta County, Public Primary Schools
(Academic Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020)The purpose of this study was to assess implementation of Individualized Educational Programme(IEP)by teachers, on learners with LD in Kenya.Specifically,the study sought to establish how teachers identify learners ... -
The Perceptions of Career Counselors and Students about the Influence of Self- Awareness on the Choice of Training Programmes in Public Secondary Schools of Kenya
(Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2019)The choice of a career is very important because it affects one’s entire life. To enable students make this crucial decision, career guidance is offered in secondary schools in Kenya to help the students realise their ... -
Service Quality Provision in Higher Education: Case Study of Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation
(SDIWC, 2015)Managing the service sector in higher education has become a more significant issue, as a lot of competitors are emerging in these sectors. Managing quality in the education needs be separated from other service sectors, ... -
The readiness, acceptance, success and challenges for online learning in universities during the pandemic
(International Academic Journal of Information Sciences and Project Management, 2021)The closure of learning institutions due to the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted not only the students but also the teachers and school leaders. In response to school closures, the use of online, e-learning and ... -
Resilience of soils and vegetation subjected to different grazing intensities in a semi-arid rangeland of Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 1997)The resilience of rangeland soils and vegetation to different levels of grazing is still poorly understood. A study was conducted to determine the recovery of a rangeland grazed at different intensities and allowed a ... -
Tree Layer Dynamics under Different Land Uses and Soils in Semi-Arid Areas of Kenya
(2002)A study was conducted to characterize the main factors critical to the distribution of key wood species and quantify the effects of land use on the tree layer in a semi-arid area of Kenya. Units studied were small-scale ... -
Proinflammatory cytokine expression in the early phase of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense infection in vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops)
(2004)A vervet monkey model of trypanosomiasis was used to study inflammatory cytokine responses in serum and cerebrospinal fuid (CSF). Gamma interferon levels were transiently up-regulated in serum between days 6 and 8 of ... -
Influence of cyclophosphamide on the haematological profile of laboratory bred African soft-furred rats (Mastomys natalensis)
(2005)The African soft-furred rat (Mastomys natalensis) has been shown to be a possible model for propagation of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. This study aimed at determining the baseline biological reference values and reproductive ... -
Lymphosarcoma in Adult African Green Monkeys (Chlorocebus Aethiops)
(Journal of Laboratory Animal Scienc, 2007)The clinical observations and pathological manifestations of lymphosarcoma in two African green monkeys are described. Monkeys had been caught from the wild. Prior to the development of neoplasms one monkey had been ... -
A Local Directional Ternary Pattern Texture Descriptor for Mammographic Breast Cancer Classification
(International Journal of Computer Applications, 2020)Breast cancer is a top killer illness for women globally, but early and effective screening can increase their survival rate. Mammography is the tool used by a radiologist to screen for breast cancer, however, a radiologist ... -
A Review on Feature Selection Methods For Classification Tasks
(International Journal of Computer Applications Technology and Research, 2016)In recent years, application of feature selection methods in medical datasets has greatly increased. The challenging task in feature selection is how to obtain an optimal subset of relevant and non redundant features which ... -
Supplier evaluation and Selection. A review
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Phenomenology Approach Applicability in Information Systems and Technology Field
(Horizon Research Publishing Corporation, 2020)Phenomenology is a research approach that is uniquely positioned to help scholars learn from the experience of others. Even though it is a powerful research approach, the nature of phenomenology is qualitatively requiring ... -
ICT Adoption in the Educational Management of Primary Schools in Kenya
(Universal Journal of Communications and Network, 2020)Information Communication Technology (ICT) plays an important role in enhancing the quality of education. The adoption of ICT for educational management in developed countries has significantly transformed the education ...