ABSTRACT With the increasing recognition of the several pitfalls of serum creatinine (SCr) and creatinine-based glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimates as measures of kidney function, a novel biomarker, cystatin C (Cys C) which is claimed to be superior to the creatinine-based estimates has been proposed. However, this claim is yet to be validated in an indigenous black setting. This study was therefore, to verify this claim and to assess the best method to estimate GFR in a typical Afric...
Crime profiling helps law enforcement agencies understand, tackle and sometimes predict the next move by criminals. This can be achieved by monitoring and studying patterns and trends that have occurred in the past and continue to occur in the present. Social media platforms such as Facebook, Google Plus, Instagram, Reddit and in this case Twitter, have created platforms where people share views, opinions and emotions all the while influencing and informing others. This research set out with...
ABSTRACT The Free Primary Education (FPE) programme was commissioned in January 2003 to provide basic education to all Kenyan children of school going age and to ease the burden of cost sharing from the parents. The public primary school class teachers were to shoulder the greatest responsibility in the implementation of this programme but the assessment of the success of this programme has not involved the class teachers who are the main stakeholders. The study therefore aimed at assessing ...
ABSTRACT Head teachers’ leadership has to do with the execution of those policies and decisions which help to direct the activities of a school towards the achievement of its specified goals. Their effectiveness in school management is determined by whether they perform their assigned roles as required by the Ministry of Education in managing pupils, staff, curriculum implementation and school finances. Available Reports indicate that the government of Kenya has heavily invested in Free Pr...
Over years, the economic impact of Small and Medium Enterprises in our societies has been significant. For instance, In Kenya, over 50 percent of jobs were created by this sector in 2005 leading to the growth of the country’s GDP. But despite its impact, SME’s often take the biggest blow in periods of slow business. When there are reduced orders, cancelation of orders, delayed payments by creditors, the impact is immediate as most of these firms don’t have a wide array of products or se...
The purpose of the study was to develop strategies and a framework for successful implementation of public sector construction projects in Zambia, which was marred with public outcries and constant reports of failure by Auditor General`s reports. An exploratory sequential mixed method was used to attain the objective. This design allowed application of mixed methods where by exploratory study was conducted to establish basic facts and main study followed which in this case was general su...
This study was performed in the hot lab of nuclear medicine department in Fedail Specialized Hospital, (Khartoum) over eleven days extending from December 19th to January 30th 2016. TC99m generator was selected for the study. Measurements of dose were performed in nine points distributed in hot lab, measured by high sensitive survey meter and dose calibrator. The results showed that the hand exposure was 2.9msv during elution (eleven days)Thewhole body exposure was 0.066 mSv during elut...
The government of Kenya has undertaken an ambitious project to equip children with laptops and tablets for the purposes of facilitating electronic based learning. This initiative can only bear fruit provided that there is content relevant to the studies being undertaken. Many Kenyans learn English as a second language. Swahili or other African languages is the mother tongue. Therefore, with content in Swahili, a better and deeper understanding of subject matter takes place. Much of the academ...
The main purpose of this Project is to learn the basic of Digital Electronics before ones put them into practice in the real world. This The main purpose of this Project is to learn the basic of Digital Electronics before ones put them into practice in the real world. This entails learning the basic of Digital Electronics with the use of few pieces of equipment such as Bread Board, LED’s, Registers, Raspberry Pi. This Project was carried out to give students a better understanding of...
Most organizations in private and public sector take a risk-based approach to mitigate any business venture also leveraging on customer satisfaction aligned with quality and keeping costs at bay. The purpose of this study was to investigate if the development of an integrated risk-based microservice can reduce the turnaround time for consignment clearance. Also ascertain whether use of microservices enhances level four Enterprise Resource Planning integration of organizational enterprise syst...
Social engineering refers to the use of deception by an attacker, with the intent of psychologically manipulating the target/victim, into sharing crucial/confidential information which could either be leaked or used to swindle them. Without a clear understanding of social engineering, mobile users may be highly likely to be victims of social engineering crimes. Regarding social engineering on the mobile money platform, there are few existing documents/statistics on the study. Therefore, this ...
ABSTRACT Solar thermal energy storage technology has made solar energy a potentially viable supplement for fossil fuels in much of the developing world. However one of the challenges in adopting the technology is the low efficiency of the storage media. Many thermal energy storage materials have difficulties and limitations such as handling, containment, storage and cost. Sand which is abundant, cheap, easy to handle and contain, can be used to alleviate the difficulties. Research carried out...
The growth of technology specifically the mobile devices has been exponential and this is evident in the growth of smart phones and mobile devices around the world. The growth has also encouraged its usage in educational environments such as in schools. In several countries the smartphones have been introduced in the various schools so as to aid in learning and many other different benefits. In Kenya, the government through the digital literacy programme, has provided tablet devices to variou...
The high profits posted each year by one of the major mobile phone operators in Kenya is an indication of the high smart phones and data usage in the country. Further the highest percentage of this mobile data usage is on social media which includes facebook, twitter, whatsapp, instagram, snapchat and others. While a lot of organizations especially companies have leveraged on information shared on these platforms to improve on product and service delivery while fostering better customer servi...
A huge number of studies have been done supporting seamless mobility networks and mobile technologies over the years. The recent innovations in mobile technologies have unveiled another revolution from the static architectural approach for client-server network relationships to more dynamic, and even mobile approaches. Due to the special equipment and infrastructure needed to support network mobility management, it is difficult to deploy such networks beyond the local network coverage witho...