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Organisational Internal Context, Information Communication Technology Infrastructure, Staff Attitude and Implementation of Electronic Project Monitoring Information System in Public Tertiary Institutions in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
The study sought to establish the influence of organizational internal context on the implementation of Electronic Project Monitoring Information System (e-ProMIS) in
Public Tertiary Institutions ...
Effects of Selected Media on Novel Portland Pozzolana Cement
(Kenyatta University, 2009-02)
Cement is subject to degradation by aggressive media found in the environment. Durability
tests are therefore necessary for any cementitious material in a given environment. The work
reported in this thesis involved the ...
Being There for the Other: Towards a Phenomenology of Help in Mathematics
(University of Alberta, 2013)
A qualitative study, framed within a hermeneutic phenomenological stance, was
undertaken to explore and describe the essence of the meaning of help in mathematics from the perspective of high school students. Participants ...
Contributions of Selected Microsystems to antisocial behaviours among Adolescents in Secondary Schools in Manyatta Sub- County, Embu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015-04)
Antisocial behaviour is a major challenge in secondary schools in Kenya. It is linked
with delinquent behaviour such as truancy, drug abuse and bullying. These
behaviours are related to negative interactions ...
Design, Fabrication and Characterization of an appropriate Solar Thermal Electricity Generating System
(Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2015-07)
The sun provides an abundant and clean source of energy. However the supply of this energy is periodic following yearly and diurnal cycles, intermittent, unpredictable and it is diffused. Its density is low compared to the ...
Effect of Government Regulations on Factors Hindering Financing of Small Scale Water Investments in Kenya
(Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2015)
In Kenya, most water utilities have been publicly owned and managed. These utility
firms have thus been getting financial support from the government in form of
subsidies in addition to the revenue they ...
Empirical and model derived respiration responses to climate in different soils of an arid South African ecosystem
(The University of the Western Cape, 2009)
This study examined the magnitude of soil CO2 efflux in an arid South African ecosystem, the flux responses as well as those of key limiting nutrients to soil temperature increases and moisture reductions consistent with ...
Nutritional contribution of atmospheric deposition to the Strandveld vegetation of West Coast South Africa
(University of Cape Town, 2013-07)
Ecosystem nutrient availability depends on the balance between rates of nutrient
inputs and losses. Nutrients may be lost through fire and displacement of ash,
herbivory, leaching and volatilization. The main pathways ...
Microbial Diversity of Lake Elmenteita, Kenya
(Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2009)
The major goal of microbial ecology is to understand microbial diversity in natural
habitats their interaction with one another and with their habitat. The soda lakes are
highly productive environments and the soda lakes ...
Assesing the Drivers of Pollinator and Natural Enemy Community in Pigeonpea and Field Bean Crops
(The University of Reading, 2010-09)
1. Arthropods are key components in agro-ecosystems providing critical ecosystem services to crops, such as pollination and natural pest control. The structure and functioning of these arthropod communities can be influenced ...