University of Eldoret Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Community-acquired Invasive Bacterial Disease in Urban Gambia, 2005–2015: A Hospital-based Surveillance
(Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2019)"Background: Invasive bacterial diseases cause significant disease and death in sub-Saharan Africa. Several are vaccine preventable, although the impact of new vaccines and vaccine policies on disease patterns in these ... -
Low Comparative analysis for producing sweet potato pre-basic seed using sandponics and conventional systems
(Journal of Crop Improvement, 2019)In Sub-Saharan Africa, sweetpotato pre-basic seed is multiplied in screenhouses using a sterilized soil substrate. This is expensive and unsustainable. The use of sand substrate with a fertigation system (“sandponics”), ... -
Association Between Seropositivity of Helicobacter pylori Infection and Anaemia Amongst Children Aged 5-15 Years in Western Highlands of Kenya
(The Asian Institute of Research Journal of Health and Medical Sciences, 2019)Anaemia is a global health problem, whose development is influenced by several factors. Helicobacter pylori infection is among the factors associated with anaemia. Long term interruption of malaria transmission in the ... -
THE INFLUENCE OF CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION ON MASTERS’ STUDENTS’ USE OF STATISTICS IN RESEARCH
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2019-07)Knowledge is attributed to successful innovation in firms and research has been identified as the main source of knowledge. University students in Kenya have been accused of doing low quality research. One of the major ... -
Analysis of How Masters’ Curriculum Meets the Needs of Masters’ Students’ Use of Statistics in Research
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2019)Knowledge is valued as a vital asset for progress and prosperity in every sphere of human understanding. Knowledge is attributed with successful innovation in firms. Research has been identified as the main source ... -
THE INFLUENCE OF PERSONAL FACTORS ON MASTERS’ STUDENTS’ USE OF STATISTICS IN RESEARCH
(IJRAR, 2019-06)Knowledge is valued as a vital asset for progress and prosperity in every sphere of human understanding. Knowledge is attributed with successful innovation in firms. Research has been identified as the main source of ... -
Perception on Circumcision Rites and Schooling in Bungoma County, Kenya
(Journal of African Interdisciplinary Studies (JAIS), 2019-05)Kenya has reaffirmed its commitment to enabling majority of its citizen’s access education by introducing free and compulsory primary education (FPE). In Bungoma County, the primary school age population (6-13) is 245,000 ... -
Role of Circumcision Rites and their Impact on Schooling of Public Primary School Pupils in Bungoma County, Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Knowledge, 2018-11)Kenya has reaffirmed its commitment to enabling majority of its citizens access education by introducing free and compulsory primary education (FPE) and subsidized secondary education (free day secondary education - FDSE) ... -
Attitude towards Computers among Primary School Teachers in Kenya: A Case of Siongiroi Divison, Bomet County.
(International Journal Of Engineering And Computer Science, 2015)In the quest of equipping the pupils with the digital skills required to work in the 21st century knowledge economy, the government of Kenya plans to provide laptops to every primary school class one pupil. If this is ... -
The Availability, Adequacy and Improvisation and the Use of Instructional Resources for Teaching Mathematics in Secondary Schools in West Pokot District, Kenya
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2014)This study examined the factors that influence the use of instructional resources/materials in the teaching of mathematics in secondary schools. Among the instructional materials that were investigated in their use ... -
Bridging Gender Disparities in Mathematics Achievement through Computer Based Learning
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2014)The purpose of this paper was to establish the influence of computer based learning (CBL) in Mathematics on learners’ achievement level in relation to gender. Specifically, the study sought to find out if there is ... -
MAPPING CANCER PREVALENCE USING GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM IN ELGEYO MARAKWET COUNTY, KENYA
(2018)Cancer is a major public health problem in Elgeyo Marakwet county (Kenya) and worldwide. Kenya has a large number of people having cancer, and many studies have demonstrated that cancer is associated with environmental ... -
ASSESSING THE INFLUENCE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES ON LEARNERS’ PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH COMPOSITION IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN ELDORET WEST SUB COUNTY, KENYA
(2018)Composition writing skills avail to the learner a means by which the exposition of ideas and responses to given tasks that can be tackled within the communicative nature of a language. However, despite the significant ... -
UTILIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR PERSONALIZED LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS: A CASE OF ELDORET EAST SUB COUNTY, KENYA
(2018)Most people agree that a major goal of schooling should be the development of students’ understanding of basic mathematical concepts and procedures. Underlying this is utilization of learners’ resources and personalized ... -
PROJECTION OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS ENROLMENT AND THE NON-SCHOOLING GAP BY 2030 IN THE ARID AND SEMI-ARID COUNTIES IN RIFT VALLEY REGION, KENYA
(2018)Enrolment is a very critical variable in the attainment of Kenya Vision 2030. The purpose of this study was to project the primary schools enrolment and the non-schooling gap by 2030 in the Rift Valley Region of Kenya. ... -
Challenges Facing Teen Mothers in Secondary Schools in Kenya; a Case of Wareng District
(. Lambert Academic Publishing Ltd, 2012)Challenges Facing Teen Mothers in Secondary Schools,’ is based on information from teen mothers on the experiences they face in schools upon re-admission. With first hand information from teen mothers and other key ... -
Shifts in the food of Nile perch (Lates niloticus) in Lake Victoria
(John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd, 2018-11)The study investigated diet of Nile perch in Lake Victoria and compared results with past data from the same lake in order to analyse diet shifts over time. Fish samples (2020) were collected by seining and trawling from ... -
Fish assemblages and size-spectra variation among rivers of Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
(Ecological Indicators, 2020-07)Riverine ecosystems are some of the most biologically diverse on earth, but are also among the most threatened by anthropogenic actions. Lack of local-scale studies monitoring changes in riverine populations makes it ... -
Hippopotamus are distinct from domestic livestock in their resource subsidies to and effects on aquatic ecosystems
(royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rspb Proc. R. Soc., 2020-03)In many regions of the world, populations of largewildlife have been displaced by livestock, and this may change the functioning of aquatic ecosystems owing to significant differences in the quantity and quality of their ... -
Trophic structure of an African savanna river and organic matter inputs by large terrestrial herbivores: A stable isotope approach
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd ; Freshwater Biology., 2018-06). Knowledge of trophic structure is important to understand sources and pathways of energy resources in community ecology and to identify determinants of ecosystem changes. Yet, little is known from rivers of African ...
