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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...