Nyandigisi, Richard Mireri(COANRE- JKUAT, 2025-09-09)
Kenya's national annual finger millet production is projected at 0.91 tons per hectare for the 2024/2025, significantly below its potential yield of 2.5 tons per hectare. This production gap exists despite the crop’s ...
A person’s age is often verified through legal documents. However, in Kenya, a third of children aged less than 5 years have no birth certificates while 9% of adults lack identification documents. Therefore, age has to be ...
Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains are a major cause of diarrheal infections in young children and animals. Urban settings with high population density, close interaction between humans and food animals, and environmental ...
Diabetes is an increasing global public health concern. It is associated with microvascular and macrovascular complications and sometimes fatalities. There is a need for research on substitutes for antidiabetic drugs due ...
The problem of microbial drug resistance is on the rise, and many antibiotics used to treat microbial pathogens are not working well due to the emergence of resistance. New novel sources of drugs capable of tackling cases ...
Wamukoya, Brian Khamatie(COETEC - JKUAT, 2025-08-21)
Globally, modern power grids have experienced an unprecedented increase in the integration of variable renewable energy sources (VRES) in recent years. In 2023, global VRES installations reached a record 462 GW (346 GW ...
The worldwide increase in infectious diseases has resulted in the overuse of available antibiotics. The fight to effectively reduce morbidity and mortality has increased due to multidrug resistance. This calls for further ...
There is low inclusion of women in political elective position in Kenya. If this trend continues, women will be excluded in decision making in matters of development leading exclusivity of women which goes against the UN ...
Pro. Maringa, Paul Mwangi(SABS - JKUAT, 2025-08-06)
Foreign construction firms have increasingly dominated the Kenyan construction industry over the last couple of years. The main reason for the continued foreign dominance in the local construction industry has been ...
Innovative building technologies (IBTs) are often flaunted as a panacea for mitigating housing delivery shortfalls in light of the ever-growing construction costs. However, the adoption of these technologies in Kenya’s ...
Prof. Maringa, Paul Mwangi; Dr. Abuje, Sunday; Arch. Obatsa, Allan(JKUAT-SABS, 2025-08-06)
Rehabilitation centers provide a space for the recovery of victims of substance abuse, typically using repurposed residential buildings. While these centers focus on accommodation, treatment, and safety, the psychological ...
Potato is the second most important food crop in Kenya after maize, and has been used to address food security challenges with declining yield in cereals. The yield in potato farming has been noted to decline gradually in ...
Transparent conductive oxides (TCOs) are a unique class of materials which exhibit appreciable level of electrical conductivity, high optical transparency in the visible range and high infrared reflectivity in a single ...
There is low inclusion of women in political elective position in Kenya. If this trend continues, women will be excluded in decision making in matters of development leading exclusivity of women which goes against the UN ...
Banana (Musa spp.), is the most produced fruit worldwide. It is a major staple food for many countries in the tropics and sub tropics serves as it serves as a food security crop and a source of income generation in countries ...
Campylobacter spp. are significant global contributors to food poisoning. These bacteria harbor virulence and resistance genes that play crucial roles in invasion and antibiotic resistance. Understanding the molecular ...
Healthcare organizations are investing heavily in Health Information Management Systems to improve healthcare services. Although the benefits of these innovations are undeniable, they come with a cost and require a thorough ...
Pregnant women are at higher risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19, including hospitalization, ICU admission, invasive ventilation, and maternal mortality. Despite the critical role of vaccination in mitigating these risks, ...
Indoor residual spraying (IRS) and insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are the main methods used to control mosquito pop
ulations for malaria prevention. The efficacy of these strategies is threatened by the spread of insecticide ...
Malaria remains a burden in sub-Saharan Africa with increase in malaria cases and deaths yearly according to the WHO malaria reports. Intense efforts are set to aid in malaria elimination and eradication worldwide by several ...