ABSTRACT Maize (Zea mays L.) is the most important cereal crop in Kenya with 90% of the total population relying on it as the main staple food. Post-harvest losses in maize is caused by insect pests such Sitophilus zeamais and Fungi such Aspergillus and Fusarium among others. Post harvest losses by insect pests can sometimes be up to 90 percent. Synthetic chemicals are used to manage weevil infestation and control mould development in maize. However, chemical residues have been detected on t...
ABSTRACT Though most of the Higher Education Institutions have appreciated the growing innovations in Information Technologies for instance automating of the day to day operation, but much of the automation was mainly done at departmental level as every department installs its system like academics, admission, finance and other departments as they could be in the Institution. This kind of automation has numerous negative implications which include high costs of operation as each department ma...
ABSTRACT A study was carried out to determine the heavy metal concentrations in the wetlands of Lake Victoria basin and their effect on bacterial resistance to ten commonly used antibiotics. Water and sediment samples for heavy metal analysis and microbiological assays were randomly collected from sewage outfalls and points bordering heavy metal activity settlements. Heavy metal analysis was done using Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (F-AAS). The microbiological assays targeted heterotr...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................ ii APPROVAL .................................................................................................................................. iii DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................... iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................
ABSTRACT Diabetes Mellitus is a group of metabolic disorders sharing a common underlying feature of hyperglycemia with disturbances of carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism. The disease may present with characteristic symptoms such as polydipsia, polyuria, polyphagia, blurring of vision, and weight loss and in its most severe forms, ketoacidosis or a non-ketotic hyperosmolar state may develop and lead to stupor, coma and, in absence of effective treatment, death. Hyperglycemia may be as ...
ABSTRACT This project was aimed at designing a Pharmacy Management Information System; a system to aid in the management and operation of the pharmacy. Methods tha~t weie ‘used to gather information about the current system include; interviews, record review and questionnaires. From that information, requirements for the new system were obtained. The new system was designed using Entity Relationship diagrams and was implanted using Visual Ba~ic and MySQL. The system generates reports that ...
ABSTRACT It is widely agreed among economists, policy makers and central bankers that all macroeconomic policies seek to attain high levels of economic growth coupled with very low rates of inflation. High inflation rates have resulted to a number of adverse effects on the economic growth of many countries over time. But how low should the inflation rate be so as not to affect economic growth negatively? Economic policymakers in Kenya have been working towards the attainment of a 5 percent r...
ABSTRACT Proprietary software are programs whose licenses give the user permission to run them but are not allowed to share, alter or even redistribute them while Open Source Software/Free Software (OSS/FS), also abbreviated as FOSS (Free Open Source Software) licenses give users the freedom to run the program for any purpose, study, modify, and redistribute copies of either the original or modified program without having to pay royalties to previous developers. Proprietary software has been ...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to establish the effects of Auto Teller Machines (ATMs) and service delivery in Banks in Uganda. It was carried out from Stanbic Bank Lira Branch. Data was collected mainly through the use of interviews, questionnaires and observations. The study involved a total of 40 respondents, 10 staff members, 27 clients of the bank, 3 Supervisors; these were all involved in the bank’s activities at different levels. The study found out that Auto-Teller Machines has...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION N APPROVAL m MR. cHEMUTAI GILBERT iii DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS v~ CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND 1 1.2 Sc0PEOFTHEsTUDY 2 1 .3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 2 1.3.1 General Objective 2 1,3.2 Specific Objective 2 1 .4 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 2 1.5 STuDyQUE5T~ONS 3 1 .6 JUS11FICAEON OF THE STUDY 3 CHAPTER TWO 5 UTERATURE REVJE~J 5 2.1 INTRODUCTION 2.2 PROBLEM AREA 2.3 APPUcATION AREA 6 2.3.1 Advantages of Online Billing Systems 7 2.4 OTHER AR...
ABSTRACT This study about examiner allocation system was conducted at Kenya Examiuation council in Nairobi. It was clearly observed that the current allocation system is time and resource consuming and also not convenient due to repetition of examiner to the same centre they were allocated last season, thus creating the need for a system that will automatically allocate examiners. An administrator receives exams from different centers and forwards them to examiners for marking and then they f...
ABSTRACT Worldwide, malnutrition is responsible directly or indirectly for deaths of children under five years. Two thirds of these deaths are associated with inappropriate feeding practices. Interventions that address child malnutrition show that appropriate complementary feeding practices can save up to 6% deaths in under-fives. Attention should therefore be given to decisions taken by the mother during complementary feeding. Thus the purpose of this study was to determine mothers‟ know...
ABSTRACT Food additives are substances that are added to food or animal feeds during processing or storage. They are usually added to preserve or improve the quality of the food or feed. They include antioxidants, preservatives, stabilizers, coloring and flavoring agents. Food additives that are present in sauces include monosodium glutamate (MSG), saccharin, aspartame, sorbic acid and sodium benzoate. Chili and tomato sauces are extensively used by both young and old in processed foods suc...
ABSTRACT Water is essential for all domestic and development activities worldwide. It‟s continues contamination by heavy metals is a major concern to many developing countries, Kenya included as they are non-biodegradable and toxic. This is expected to increase in tandem with the projected population and industrial growth. Therefore, it is important to systematically minimize the percentage concentration of the heavy metal ions in waste water before use or discharge into water bodies. Meth...
ABSTRACT Square planar complexes of cobalt in any of its common oxidation states are rare and attempt to make them either yield tetrahedral or octahedral complexes. The aim of this study was to synthesize and characterize low oxidation state complexes of cobalt using selected chelating ligands including 8-hydroxyquinoline (oxine) and glycine. It was of interest to synthesize cobalt (I) complexes of square planar geometry as these are expected to have the same mode of action as the square pla...