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Determinants of tax compliance by small and medium businesses in Embu County, Kenya
(2019-04)
Small and medium enterprises are a key engine of economic growth in both developing and
developed countries. Small and medium businesses being profit making institutions are expected
to pay taxes to the government. ...
A Pragmatic Analysis of Gichuka Request Patterns
(2019-05)
Pragmatics studies the way language is used, the choices that the speakers have to make when constrained by socio-cultural context of a given language situation and the effect that using language in a particular way has ...
Effects of Chlorides on Corrosion of Simulated Reinforced Blended Cement Mortars
(Hindawi, 2019-03)
Cementitious materials are subject to degradation when subjected to corrosive chloride media. This paper reports the experimental
results on corrosion studies conducted on a potential cementitious material, PCDC, made ...
Physicochemical Performance of Portland-Rice Husk Ash-Calcined Clay-Dried Acetylene Lime Sludge Cement in Sulphate and Chloride Media
(Hindawi, 2019-03)
This paper reports leach and/or intake of SO42−, Cl−, Ca2+, Na+, and K+ from and/or into cement mortar cubes made from a novel cementious material in naturally encountered environmental simulated media. The paper also ...
Performance Analysis of Debit Card Services on Deposit-Taking SACCOs’ Financial Performance: A Case of Kenya
(Kennesaw State University, 2019-04)
The Co-operative Bank of Kenya has partnered with Deposit-Taking Savings and Credit Cooperative
Societies (SACCOs) in Kenya to allow their members access to Co-operative Bank automated teller
machines (ATMs) via Saccolink ...
Response of Selected Kenyan Rice Cultivars to Infection by Root Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne incognita)
(2019-03)
Meloidogyne incognita causes huge yield losses in rice which is the third most important cereal crop in Kenya. The aim of
this study was to identify M. incognita-resistant rice cultivars from Kenya and relate the responses ...
Barriers to Immediate Post-Partum Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Device Uptake among Mothers Delivering at Meru Hospital
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2019-03)
Global contraceptive use is at 64%, Africa lagging behind at 33.4%. Kenya has
an unmet need for family planning at 23%. Hormonal injections are the most
used in Africa at 9.8% and Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Devices at ...
Performance of Three Isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae and Their Virulence against Zeugodacus cucurbitae under Different Temperature Regimes, with Global Extrapolation of Their Efficiency
(MDPI, 2019-08)
The performance of entomopathogenic fungi in pest control is usually a ected by both
biotic and abiotic factors. This study aimed to determine the e ects of various temperatures (15, 20,
25 and 30
C) on conidial ...
Effects of Performance Ranking in Mathematics on Students’ and Teachers’ Identity Development
(Science Publishing Group, 2019-04)
Student and teacher identities are generally considered to influence students’ academic performance in
Mathematics. The objective of the study reported in this paper was to investigate the effects of performance ranking ...
Facilitators to Immediate Post Partum Intra Uterine Contraceptive Device Uptake among Mothers Delivering in Meru Hospital
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2019-04)
Family planning allows people to attain their desired number of children and
determine the spacing of pregnancies. It is important to promote uptake of
family planning services because it is one of the four pillars of ...