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Finite difference solution othird order viscous wave equation
(International journal of engineering, science and mathematics, 2014)
A new numerical method for Nwogu’s (ASCE Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean En-gineering1993;119:618) two-dimensional extended Boussinesq equations is presented using a lineartriangular nite element spatial ...
Determination of tannin concentrations in african indigenous vegetables, grains and cassava roots from Emuhaya District, western Kenya
(Sciknow Publications Ltd : American Journal of Nutrition and Food Science, 2014-01-01)
The studyevaluated tanninconcentrations in four vegetables, three grains and cassava roots as the most common foodstuffs in the diet of local communities from Emuhaya district in western Kenyaand their nutritional health ...
Environmental implications of cell phones penetration and disposal in Kenya
(International Journal of Computers & Technology, 2014)
Kenya has over six million active mobile subscribers who may at some point want to replace or get rid of old mobile phones. A big number of the mobile phones were recently switched off for not being genuine without a prober ...
ICT personnel maturity towards green ICT in Kenya
(Journal of Information Engineering and Applications, 2014)
Though ICT is contributing to the economy associated with innovations, inventions and rapid development in almost all aspects of human life, is responsible for climatic degradation. The rapid increase of ICT usage means ...
Ambiguity in translation of metaphors: A case of Dholuo and Kiswahili
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2014)
This study investigates ambiguity in the translation of Christian religious metaphors from Dholuo into Kiswahili through a pragmatic approach. Data is drawn from the sermons delivered in Dholuo and translated into Kiswahili. ...
Intervention measures towards successful implementation of software projects in public universities in Kenya
(Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Sciences, 2014)
Kenya is in the forefront of embracing ICT in steering her economic growth and one of the indicators that shows this commitment is the emergence of the Vision 2030. Software projects in public universities have been ...
A review of algorithms for determination of attackability metrics
(Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Sciences, 2014)
Attackability is a concept proposed recently in literature to measure the extent that a software system or service could be the target of a successful attack. A Holistic predictive attackability metrics model has been ...
Effect of Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) on the Shelf Life and Postharvest Quality of Purple Passion Fruit (Passiflora Edulis Sims)
(2014-07-03)
Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims) being highly perishable is susceptible to rapid water loss after harvest leading to diminished quality. This study evaluated the efficacy of activebag® which is a new modified atmosphere ...
Variation of nutritional and anti-nutritional contents in finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn) genotypes
(2014-11)
Variation in nutritional and anti-nutritional contents among six finger millet genotypes was
determined. Improved finger millet genotypes Gulu-E and FMV-1 from Kenya Agricultural Research Institute,
KNE-479 and KNE 1034 ...
A HIV/AIDS model in a homogeneous population with time lags in the transmission
(HIKARI Ltd: Applied Mathematical Sciences, 2014-01-01)
We investigate a simple HIV/AIDS epidemic model in a heterosexual population by by modifying a Susceptible-Infective-Removed (SIR) model. The model considers sexual transmission of HIV where individuals are being recruited ...