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Researchers’ Perceptions of Research Data Management Activities at an Academic Library in a Developing Country
(2021-12)
This study investigated researchers’ perceptions of RDM activities at the Mahatma Gandhi Graduate
Research Library (MGGL) to recommend measures to enhance managing, sharing, and reusing
research data. The study was ...
Suitability of different data sources in rainfall pattern characterization in the tropical central highlands of Kenya
(Heliyon, 2020-11)
Uncertainty in rainfall pattern has put rain-fed agriculture in jeopardy, even for the regions considered high rainfall potential like the Central Highlands of Kenya (CHK). The rainfall pattern in the CHK is spatially and ...
Analysis of the determinants of farmer participation in sorghum farming among small-scale farmers in Siaya County, Kenya
(Elsevier, 2020-09)
Sorghum as a drought tolerant crop provides an alternative opportunity towards increasing food production in the face of global climate change, mostly affecting Sub-Saharan Africa. Kenya is in the fore front in increasing ...
Gender and cognitive factors influencing information seeking of graduate students at Kenyatta University Library
(2020-07)
Background: Gender has been identified as a possible influencing factor in users’ information-
seeking process. Previous studies have alluded to the fact that gender as a variable may be
useful for a better understanding ...
Relationship Between Gender and Cognitive Factors that Influence Information Seeking Amongst Postgraduate Students: a case of Kenyatta University Post-modern Library in Nairobi, Kenya
(2020)
This article discusses salient features of a study carried out at Kenyatta University. The study
was aimed at investigating the relationship between gender and the cognitive factors that drove
postgraduate students to ...
Utilization of Mobile Phone and the Ethical Implications on University and Government Services: a Case of Post Graduate Students at Kenyatta University, Kenya
(Association for Computing Machinery., 2021)
This study investigated access and usage of mobile phones by
postgraduate students. Mobile phone technology has greatly
contributed to the quick access and sharing of information in the
contemporary world. However, the ...
Evaluating the surface functional groups on banana leaf petioles and the resultant biochar for potential adsorbance
(JMES, 2020)
The presence of surface functional groups is key to the performance of an adsorbent
material. The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of functional groups on banana
leaf petiole and on biochar made from ...
Ranks and Subdegrees of External Direct Product of Cn Dr Acting on X Y
(UoEm, 2020)
In this paper, transitivity, ranks and subdegrees of the action of ex-
ternal direct product of Cyclic and Dihedral group on Cartesian Product
of two sets are determined. The action is proved to be transitive. Also,
it's ...
Action of PGL(2,q) on the Cosets of the Centralizer of an Eliptic Element
(Uoem, 2021-08-19)
Most researchers consider the action of projective general group on the cosets of its maximal subgroups
leaving out non-maximal subgroups. In this paper, we consider the action of PGL(2,q) centralizer of an
elliptic ...
Assessment of genetic variability of passion fruit using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers
(Integrity, 2020-10)
Purple passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims) is the third most important fruit crop in Kenya that is produced
for both local and export markets. In Uasin Gishu County, passion fruit had recently emerged as an important ...