University of Eldoret Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
Now showing items 1581-1600 ya 2007
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INSECT DIVERSITY AND THEIR SUITABLE MANAGEMENT ON AFRICAN INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES IN WESTERN KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2021)Insect pests, especially aphids (Hemiptera) and flea beetles (Coleoptera), have been documented to lower the yield and quality of common African indigenous vegetables (AIVs) in western Kenya. Their persistence and ... -
INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS: A CASE OF BUNGOMA COUNTY, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2021)The degree to which students learn could be improved relying upon what the school condition gives to the students and the instructors on the grounds that the school condition influences the teaching learning process. ... -
MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF SELECTED COMMON BEAN (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) GENOTYPES FOR RESISTANCE TO ANTHRACNOSE (Colletotrichum lindemuthianum)
(University of Eldoret, 2021)Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), is one of the most important legume crop for provision of proteins in peoples’ diet globally and including Kenya. Anthracnose (Colletotrichum lindemuthianum) is a common disease of ... -
BIOACTIVITY OF CRUDE ESSENTIAL OILS AND BLENDS OF Artemisia afra, Ocimum kilimandscharicum AND Tagetes minuta AGAINST Anopheles gambiae S.S.
(University of Eldoret, 2021)Malaria causes heavy morbidity and high mortality in most parts of the world. Synthetic insecticides mostly employed to control the mosquito vector have detrimental effects to the environment, necessitating the search ... -
EFFECT OF CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE ON SELECTED SOIL PROPERTIES, MAIZE AND BEANS PERFORMANCE IN WESTERN KENYA AND EASTERN UGANDA
(2015)Despite Conservation Agriculture (CA) being advantageous towards improving soil quality and thus productivity, farmers in Western Kenya and Eastern Uganda still practice conventional tillage (CT). These result into soil ... -
EFFECTS OF STOCKING DENSITIES ON GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF JUVENILE NILE TILAPIA Oreochromis niloticus (Lin, 1758) IN HAPA NETS
(University of Eldoret, 2015)A study was carried between October 2008 and February 2009 to evaluate the effect of varying stocking densities on the growth and survival of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus stocked in a pond of 100m2 and average depth ... -
APPLICATION OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) FOR SITING A SANITARY LAND FILL: A CASE OF FINLAY’S TEA (K) LIMITED KERICHO, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2015)Solid waste disposal is one of the most troublesome challenges facing many developing countries including Kenya. Not only has the volume of solid waste increased rapidly in the past few years, but the available sites meeting ... -
THE ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION EQUATION: THE DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN TIME DOMAIN SOLUTION APPROACH
(University of Eldoret, 2019)This thesis presents a finite element method, discontinuous Galerkin time domain approach that solves the 2-D acoustic wave equation in cylindrical coordinates. The method is based on discretization of the wave field into ... -
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NEW COMPOUNDS FROM Strychnos henningsii AND THEIR ANTI-MALARIAL ACTIVITIES
(University of Eldoret, 2013)Traditional medicines play an important role in the management of common fever associated with malarial symptoms, particularly in the rural Africa. However, their potential use as sources of medicines has not been fully ... -
SOLID-STATE THERMAL DESOLVATION AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF OXALIC ACID DIHYDRATE, ZINC ACETATE DIHYDRATE, COPPER (II) SULFATE PENTAHYDRATE AND NICKEL (II) SULFATE HEXAHYDRATE
(University of Eldoret, 2013)For many years it has been widely accepted that crystal dehydration can be related to internal crystal structure. However, there is very little empirical data or experiments on this work. This work makes an attempt to use ... -
FABRICATION AND CALIBRATION OF LOW COST CAPACITIVE SOIL HUMIDITY SENSOR
(University of Eldoret, 2013)Soil humidity is critical in crop production and its control is essential to water conservation. The knowledge of soil humidity to majority of farmers in Kenya is based on effects of weather on crops and soil texture. ... -
INFLUENCE OF PRODUCTION PRACTICES ON SEED QUALITY OF SPIDERPLANT (Cleome.gynandra L.) ECOTYPES FOUND IN WESTERN KENYA AND EASTERN UGANDA
(University of Eldoret, 2014)Spiderplant is an African leafy vegetable that has gained popularity in the recent past, it is grown in a wide range of environmental conditions and is a rich source of vitamins A (β-carotene) and C and minerals Calcium ... -
FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEMES ARISING FROM OPERATOR SPLITTING FOR SOLVING TWO DIMENSIONAL SYSTEM OF BURGERS’ EQUATION
(University of Eldoret, 2016)Solving Burgers equation continues to be a challenging problem. Burgers‟ equation is a fundamental partial differential equation from fluid mechanics. It occurs in various areas of applied mathematics, such as modeling of ... -
THE EFFECTS OF AMENDED MOLASSES WASTEWATER ON THE GROWTH PROGRESS, NUTRITION AND YIELD OF Capsicuum annuum ON ACIDIC SOILS OF KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2015)Little research work has been done especially on increasing effects of soil acidity on crop production due to long periods of chemical fertilizer use in North Rift region especially Uasin Gishu and Nandi Counties. Moreover, ... -
INFLUENCE OF INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGY ON PERFORMANCE OF POETRY IN KISWAHILI IN KENYAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS’ CASE OF LUGARI SUB-COUNTY
(University of Eldoret, 2021)This study was intended to investigate the influence of instructional methodology on performance in poetry in Kiswahili in Kenyan secondary schools’ case of Lugari Subcounty. The objectives of the study were: to investigate ... -
EFFECTS OF PRICES BEFORE AND AFTER TAX, AND INCOME PER CAPITA ON TOBACCO CONSUMPTION IN KENYA: COINTEGRATION APPROACH
(University of Eldoret, 2021)Smoking of cigarette is regarded as one of the most cause of deaths among other factors in the world. It is also a causative agent of the various cancerous diseases. It is by fact though preventable, the major cause ... -
MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN WASTE IN THE INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS OF ELDORET MUNICIPALITY, KENYA: AN ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING PERSPECTIVE
(University of Eldoret, 2014)In Kenya, there is current problem of rural urban migration that put immense pressure on the existing resources in the urban sector. Consequently most urban dwellers live in informal settlements. Heaps of garbage is a ... -
EFFECTS OF COULOMB AND PAIRING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN NUCLEONS IN DETERMINING NUCLEAR STABILITY OF FINITE NUCLEI
(University of Eldoret, 2021)From time to time, several nuclear models have been proposed by various research groups to explain the properties of finite nuclei and large nuclear systems in nuclear physics and astrophysics. However, no single model ... -
VEHICLE STRUCTURE DESIGNS AND MATERIALS ON SCHOOL BUS BODY CRASHWORTHINESS: A CASE OF VEHICLE BODY BUILDING INDUSTRY IN NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA.
(University of Eldoret, 2021)Thousands of vehicles are involved in vehicle collisions or crashes every year in Kenya, resulting in fatal accidents and severe injuries to passengers. There is growing concern among the stakeholders that the design ... -
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF ARTISANAL GOLD MINING AT ABANDONED ROSTERMAN MINE AND ITS SURROUNDING, KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2013)Rosterman mine is an abandoned gold mine located in Kakamega County, of Western Kenya. The mine was started in 1935 and was abandoned without rehabilitation in 1952 with deep open excavations and huge amount of tailings ...
