Common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) are a crucial food legume in Kenya, playing a significant role in meeting nutritional needs. Recognizing their importance, the Kenyan government has prioritized common beans under the ...
Mutangili, Cornelius Mwisa(JKUAT-COHRED, 2025-02-20)
Devolved healthcare systems in developing countries have unique challenges due to limited infrastructure, inadequate financial resources, lack of proper management, and lack of infrastructure. These factors impinge upon ...
The adoption and uptake of technology in the construction industry in Kenya has gained interest among stakeholders due to increased competition in the industry. The challenges and performance of these technologies and ...
The main structures controlling fluid movement within the Olkaria geothermal reservoir are the fault and the ring structures. The Olkaria West Field (OWF) and East fields are separated by a low-temperature zone; the wells ...
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant global health challenge, affecting approximately one-third of the global population and ranking as the leading cause of death from a single infectious pathogen. The TB prevention and ...
Significant attention in human resource management is often directed at employee retention. This is because maintaining and developing talent of the workforce hold key to competitive advantage across different sectors. In ...
Machining processes are essential to manufacturing industries worldwide, playing a crucial role in shaping and finishing components to precise specifications. Turning is one of the most widely utilized machining processes ...
Community Health Volunteers play a very important role in delivering activities in communities in
relation to health and specifically to malaria control interventions. The broad objective of the study was to evaluate ...
Despite the proven potential of edible insects to enhance food and nutrition security, their consumption remains limited in many communities due to factors such as unfamiliarity, cultural perceptions, and food neophobia. ...
The expansion of highways occasioned by increase in traffic has led to the rise in electricity consumption for street lighting. To offset the increasing energy demand, induced wind speed along highways can be harnessed to ...
Environmental pollution, particularly from heavy metals and dyes in wastewater, is a serious problem in many parts of the world. EDTAD-modified cellulose extracted from Pennisetum purpureum was studied as a low-cost ...
Due to the increasing global campaign to minimize greenhouse gas emissions and
the need for sustainability in manufacturing, research is being focused on renewable
and environmentally friendly materials to substitute ...
Meat is an excellent source of protein and due to its nutritive nature, it provides a good medium for the growth and reproduction of microorganisms, but it is often implicated in foodborne diseases. Meat can be contaminated ...
Plastics derived from fossil fuels are associated with major post-use challenges and environmental pollution. Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are bio-based polymers synthesized by microorganisms as storage products under ...
Exponential growth in population, demand for fossil fuels, and tricycles in transport sector calls for research in alternative sustainable transport fuel with less environmental pollution. Diesel engines are widely used ...
The ability to search for and get e-resources information by a student does not only improve
their academic performance, but it also fosters life-long learning. For a university student
to achieve academic success, ...
Malaria was the leading cause of morbidity and mortality and accounted for 40% and 30-40% of the outpatient attendance in 2011 in Migori and Kwale counties. Some studies have attributed this to inadequate capacity to deliver ...
This study aimed at establishing the relationship between inventory control practices and supply chain leverage of sugar manufacturing firms in Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were; lead time management practice, ...
Carissa edulis is a tropical plant of Apocynaceae family that is commonly used for herbal medicine purposes. In Kenya, a study by Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) showed that an aqueous total extract preparation ...
The production of high-quality sheeting materials, such as polymer and metal sheets, in a
variety of industrial settings requires careful control of heat and mass transfer rates at the
sheet surface. In this study, the ...