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Influence of Value Based Management on Strategic Renewal of Insurance Firms in Kenya
(Strategic Journals, 2018-08)
The objective of the study was to determine the effect of value based management on the strategic renewal of insurance firms in Kenya. Two dimensions of strategic renewal were studied: the insurance firms’ deliberate ...
Shifting the Canon: An Analysis of Achebe’s Women in Things Fall Apart and Anthills of the Savannah
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2018-07-06)
This paper analyses the image of women in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall
Apart and Anthills of the Savannah to bring into focus on the shifting of the
canon through Achebe’s depiction of female characters in the two novels. ...
Copper extraction by wet chemical method
(Elsevier, 2018-07)
In many countries large deposits of copper with no locally established copper based industries occur because
known methods for extraction are prohibitively expensive and unaffordable. This study reports on an affordable
and ...
Properties of activated blended cement containing high content of calcined clay
(Elsevier, 2018-08)
This paper presents findings of an experimental investigation on sodium sulphate
(Na2SO4) activated calcined clay e Portland cement blends in sulphuric acid media.
Calcined clays were blended with Ordinary Portland Cement ...
Real Interest Rate, Inflation, Exchange Rate, Competitiveness and Foreign Direct Investment in Kenya
(AJP, 2018)
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish the effect of real interest rates, exchange
rate, inflation and competitiveness on FDI in Kenya.
Methodology: The study used annual time series data for the period ...
Mutation EthAW21R confers co-resistance to prothionamide and ethionamide in both Mycobacterium bovis BCG and Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
(Dove Press, 2018-06)
Ethionamide (ETA) and prothionamide (PRO) are interchangeably used in tuberculosis
(TB) chemotherapy regimens. Subtle discrepancies between biochemical and genetic
information on the modes of sensitivity and resistance ...
Influence of Resource Based Management on Strategic Renewal of Insurance Firms in Kenya
(Strategic Journals, 2018-08)
The objective of the study was to determine the effect of resource based management on the strategic renewal of insurance firms in Kenya. Two dimensions of strategic renewal were studied: the insurance firms’ deliberate ...
Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
(Elsevier, 2018-11)
progress. To meet this need, the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2016 estimated
global, regional, national, and, for selected locations, subnational cause-specific mortality beginning in ...
Tomato Leaf miner (Tuta absoluta) (Meyrick 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) prevalence and farmer management practices in Kirinyanga County, Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2018-08)
Pest invasion is one of the limiting factors affecting food production. Tomato leaf miner (Tuta absoluta)
(Meyrick 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is an invasive insect pest of tomato. However, In Kenya,
there is limited ...
Microbial biomass and acid phosphomonoesterase activity in soils of the Central Highlands of Kenya
(Elsevier, 2018-12)
Soil biological properties are the most sensitive soil quality indicators that respond quickly to short-term soil fertility management changes. We studied the combined effects of tillage and soil external inputs on total ...