Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of lower respiratory tract infections among children under the age of five. Nonetheless, no effective vaccine against the virus exists, but there have been efforts to ...
The influenza virus is one of the most infectious and contagious pathogens in the world. The pathogens evolve rapidly causing regular seasonal epidemics in humans and other mammalian species and also posing a challenge to ...
Coffee is the most valued commodity among the stimulant crops. Its production is important in over 80 increasing countries including Burundi, for which it is the key foreign currency earner. The present study sought to ...
Background. World Health Organization recognizes male partner involvement in maternal health as key in reducing maternal morbidity, mortality and third universal maternal health goal. In developing countries few men engage ...
The “Jua kali” sector is an informal, unorganized small-scale enterprise employment in Kenya, and a source of livelihoods for many in most cities and towns. However, the sector is inadequately supervised and lacks occupational ...
The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is widely referred as the “tree of life” for its important role in the 10 million livelihoods from over 90 countries globally. In Kenya, the coconut sub-sector is valued at KES 25 billion, ...
In 2016, Kenya adopted the universal testing and treatment of people living with HIV in line with WHO recommendations and as a fast track to achieving the UNAIDS 2030 target of 95:95:95. This “Test and start” program has ...
Globally chronic kidney disease (CKD) is on the increase and has become a health concern in many countries. Diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension (HTN) and Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have been associated with an ...
This study investigated the potential use of sawdust and fish scales as aggregates in partial replacement of sand in the manufacture of masonry blocks. Both sawdust and fish scales are by-products of industrial processes ...
Empowerment has elicited a lot of attention lately as employees’ performance has been found wanting. Some studies that examined performance expectations in learning institutions indicated that employee performance has not ...
The general objective of this study was to assess the effect of supply chain management practices on performance of tea subsector industry in Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to establish the effect of ...
Community participation is of paramount importance for the success of any community project. This study aimed at determining the level of community participation in rural health care services and the associated factors in ...
Petroleum sludge is a residue extracted mostly from petroleum storage. Contaminants in petroleum sludge (heavy metals and hydrocarbons) may exist in the soil for long periods and may be transmitted to plants and tissues ...
The practice of construction project management remains ineffective in the implementation of public projects in Rwanda according to the Office of Auditor General’s reports; one rarely finds any public project completed ...
Bearings constitute a majority of the components found in rotating machines.
Though inexpensive, their failure can result in unnecessary downtime, losses in
production, and propagation of failure to other critical ...
Project sustainability is increasingly becoming a general problem for research in both the private and public sectors in Kenya. While the trend with implementation of projects is showing substantial improvement, ...
Two important Quality of experience (QoE) parameters in computer networks service related performance metrics are throughput and delay. A low delay indicates high network efficiency thus high throughput. Similarly, the ...
Autonomous mobile robot navigation has received a lot of attention from researchers. Traditionally, sensors are mounted on robots to detect the surroundings. However, they are sometimes inaccurate due to the pertinent ...
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have become popular in the field of information and communications technology, they are increasingly being used in applications such as surveillance systems, patient monitoring, object ...
In today’s competitive environment, companies must identify their most profitable customer groups and the groups that have the biggest potential to become as such. By identifying these critical groups, they can target their ...