ABSTRACT The accounting information system (AIS) is of utmost important in providing the financial information for decision making purposes within the organisation. The research explores on the risks of using new integrated (AIS) and the effect of operating non- integrated accounting information systems. For the past years the ZIMSTAT has been facing challenges due to the operation of non- integrated (AIS), various departments operated stand- alone systems divorced from each other. The o...
ABSTRACT This research arose from the popular assumptions that rural women contribute greatly to the economy through agricultural activities but have little access and control to land. Thus the study attempted to empirically examine the issue of gender perspective in rural land access and control. The study was specifically designed to examine the factors that determine one’s access to ownership and control over rural land in Bunyala district, western Kenya, to examine the major gender role...
Abstract Stepper motors are motors that indexes by digital pulses that turn their rotors a fixed fraction of a revolution where they will be clamped securely by their inherent holding torque. Stepper motors are a cost-effective and a reliable choice for many applications such as CNC and Robotics. They are used as open loop control systems which are in no need for feedback devices. Being open loop control systems, their major drawback is that if they were not used within their specified range...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at evaluating employee perceptions on the reward system adopted by Telone Pvt Ltd. It was motivated by the continuous decrease in employee performance through poor revenue collection ,poor customer service and prolonged time in fixing faults even in the presence of a reward system . The study examined the effectiveness of the reward system, its effect on employee perceptions and the challenges of the current reward system. Literature put forward by different scholar...
ABSTRACT The sustainable environment has become an important issue in global development as a result of recurrent instability in the interaction among environmental, economic and social systems. Different policy directives and interventions have therefore been championed for promoting a balance in these systems. Key among them is education for a sustainable environment, identified to contribute knowledge, skills and attitudes required to bring about a change. In spite of these, a sustainable ...
ABSTRACT Livestock production is one of the farming systems and has a great impact on food and economic security in most developing countries. Animal African trypanosomiasis is a major limitation to livestock production in Africa, particularly cattle production. The disease is caused by Trypanosoma spp., a broad range of protozoan parasites of wild and domestic animals through cyclical and mechanical transmission. Cross-sectional studies conducted in Ghana reveal the common species of trypano...
Dairy farming is an important industry in Kenya with an estimated value of Ksh 160 billion and supporting over 1 million households. Commercial smallholder dairy farmers number over onemillion and produce about 80% of marketed milk in the country. However, the smallholder dairy farmers have had to contend with ups and down in the industry since its liberalization and collapse and revival of the then Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC) in 1990s. However, the factors that influence smallho...
Abstract: Enset is one of the major food crops supporting many people in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region. The crop requires intensive management and has high amount of nutrients. However, only limited efforts have been made to improve productivity and marketing of the crop though the demand for the crop increases from time to time. Therefore, this study examines enst production efficiency and impacts of participation in enset products marketing on food security in gedeo zo...
Abstract: Sexual selection is a frame of reference that attempts to explain exaggerated signaling traits, including acoustic signals between male and female animals. Contemporary studies in the field of sexual selection are focused on the evolution of female mating preferences, with particular emphasis being placed on the good genes models of sexual selection. Here I investigate whether sexual selection is in operation in the acoustic communication system of the field cricket, Gryllus bimacu...
Abstract Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) require Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Systems to be able to communicate their feelings, thoughts, and expressions. However, AAC systems are not being developed to focus on the complex communication needs of individuals such as the motor, cognitive , sensory needs of the users of the system. Without a focus on the complex and varying competencies of the users of the system, the technology does not perform its intended ro...
ABSTRACT Kenya’s drylands constitutes about 80% of the country’s size. These drylands are prone to relatively high vegetation and general environmental degradation; translating to changes in soil physical and chemical properties. Conservation agriculture with trees presents an opportunity to reduce vegetation and soil degradation thereby enhancing soil characteristics and carbon sequestration, which is an important component of redressing dryland problems associated with greenhouse gases...
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to assess the factors that influence the success of agriculture mobile information systems in Botswana. Agriculture mobile information systems have been widely adopted in the commercial and subsistence agricultural sector however little research has explored the success of agricultural mobile information systems. Firstly, the factors that influence the success of agricultural mobile information system were identified and adopted from the DeLone and McLe...
ABSTRACT Implementing Distributed Database Management System is often difficult due to the disruption of highly coordinated, interdependent processes (e.g.) information exchange, communications, relationships) of providing care in Road Safety. Thus, this system creates and maintains all offender data electronically. The system captures accident victim data, vehicle registration, driving license, and offenders, at its source at the time of entry using a graphical user interface having touch s...
Non-tracking planar concentrators are a low-cost method of increasing the performance of traditional solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. This paper presents new methodologies for properly modeling this type of system design and experimental results using a bi-directional reflectance function (BDRF) of non-ideal surfaces rather than traditional geometric optics. This methodology allows for the evaluation and optimization of specular and non-specular reflectors in planar concentration systems. In ...
ABSTRACT A survey study was carried out to assess the biosecurity practices and evaluate their benefit-cost implications in commercial poultry farms in Enugu State, Nigeria. A total of 152 poultry farms were selected through a stratified random sampling technique for assessment of biosecurity and management practices in Enugu State. Thirty-four poultry farms (seventeen farms from those that adopted biosecurity measures and seventeen farms from those that did not adopt biosecurity measures) w...