Abstract Peace and security are sine qua non for development; and they are intrinsically linked to demographic change. People are likely to move out en masses where there is extremely low personal security, real or perceived. Even in non-conflict societies, personal security is especially compromised through crime, persecution, domestic violence and public disorder. Perceptions of personal security determine people’s participation in social, economic and political activities, and have an im...
ABSTRACT In Kenya, nutrition education is included in the school curriculum as recommended in the year 2009 national school health policy. Nevertheless, policy advocacy and communication strategies on nutrition education are relatively weak, and there is insufficient focus on operational research on nutrition. In addition, nutrition education is not taught as a standalone subject and is only infused in science subjects. Consequently, the malnutrition problem is not as well understood as it co...
Abstract Increasing demand for IP addresses on the IPv4 address space made the introduction of a new addressing scheme with more addresses inevitable. IPv6 was designed to address the issue of small address space in IPv4. In addition to increasing the address space IPv6 is presumably supposed to increase the security of networks. However, does IPv6 really improve network security? Based on the IPv6 design, it can be argued that IPv6 does improve network security to some extent. IPv6 was desig...
ABSTRACT Food is a basic human need that plays a vital role in the sustenance of life. Its safety, however, has become a major concern to the food industry given that the consumption of contaminated food and water contributes to a myriad of health problems the world over. Although food prepared and served at the restaurants may look clean and taste delicious, it may have been contaminated by biological, chemical or physical hazards during the preparation procedures from the source through to ...
Abstract: The typical dry bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, is the essential food legume for direct human consumption. They play a significant role in food security and nutrition. Despite their nutritional importance, its production growth rates have declined in Kenya due to diseases, insect pests, plant nutritional deficiencies, and drought. Therefore, this study's main objective was to determine whether there are differences in bean varieties' tolerance to whitefly transmitted viral diseases. The ...
ABSTRACT Adolescents’ stage is usually characterized by a lot of influence in action taken. What to eat, how to eat, when to eat are mostly influence by several factors by the adolescent. Adolescents select and practice a particular eating behaviour base on certain influences when they leave normal environment for places like school. Therefore, the study is aimed at assessing the influences of adolescents’ food selection practices and its impact on their health.The target population...
ABSTRACT Food insecurity and malnutrition remain global food and health challenge. This is likely to be severe in developing countries where statistics on food insecurity and malnutrition are high. This study examined the association between dietary pattern and child nutritional status using the weight-for-age as indicator. A child was defined as having poor nutritional status (underweight) if his or her weight-for-age index was less than minus two standard deviations below the WHO refere...
EXTENDED ABSTRACT In Tanzania, local chicken farming is an integral part of the rural economy with a high potential for poverty reduction and enhancing food security. However, despite its contributions to household economy and food security, local chicken productivity remains low because of low genetic potential, diseases and poor feeding. One of the options to increase local chicken production and productivity is the adoption of the chicken strains with high genetic potential. In that respe...
ABSTRACT Iron deficiency anaemia among under-five children is still a public health problem in developing countries. A longitudinal, randomized, controlled study involving 382 children was conducted in two wards of Kilosa District, Tanzania to determine the effectiveness of a daily home fortification of complementary foods with MNP in reducing IDA among children six to 59 months. The intervention group (n = 191) received 90 sachets of micronutrient powder (10 mg of iron) taken as one sachet d...
ABSTRACT The Livestock sector plays a vital role in the economies of many developing countries. It provides food, income, employment and possibly foreign exchange. Consumption and trade of livestock and livestock products in developing countries is rapidly growing however, animal diseases have a permanent threat to livestock keepersand major economic implications both through public and private costs of outbreaks. An example of such diseases is transboundary animal diseases (TADs). One of th...
ABSTRACT This thesis examined some security related issues that might be unknown to computer users in Nigeria. It addressed the security vulnerabilities and flaws in most popular home computer operating systems. The study also concentrated on important computer security issues like worms, spyware, viruses etc. The researcher used the survey method for data collection via questionnaire method; therefore the data collection system in the research is primary data. The research reviewed previou...
ABSTRACT This thesis examined some security related issues that might be unknown to computer users in Nigeria. It addressed the security vulnerabilities and flaws in most popular home computer operating systems. The study also concentrated on important computer security issues like worms, spyware, viruses etc. The researcher used the survey method for data collection via questionnaire method; therefore the data collection system in the research is primary data. The research reviewed previous...
ABSTRACT The study was designed to have both survey and biochemical components. Three communities were selected randomly from twelve communities in Obio-Akpor local government area. The sample size was calculated using the maternal mortality ratio for pregnant women in Nigeria which was 30%. Two hundred pregnant women were purposively selected from health care centers, public and private clinics providing ante-natal care and from traditional birth attendants and local delivery homes. The surv...
ABSTRACT For good health status of mother and child it is important that mother takes proper diet during lactating. It is only possible if the mother has proper knowledge about nutrition. In developing countries where resources and knowledge are limited more responsibility lies on the health personnel but more importantly on the mother. The general objective of the study was to explore the nutritional knowledge and dietary habit of lactating mothers in Kumasi municipality. The targeted parti...
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATION iAPPROVAL iiDEDICATION iiiACKNOWLEDGEMENT ivTABLE OF CONTENTS viABSTRACT ixCHAPTER ONE ......... 1THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE 11.1 Back Ground to the Study 11.2 Statement of the Problem 21.3 Purpose of the study 31.4 Research objectives 31.5 Research questions 41.6 Hypothesis 41.7 Scope 51.8 Significance of the study 61.9 Operational Definitions of Key Terms 6CHAPTER TWO 8LITERATURE REVIEW 82.1 Theories of Local Government 82.2 The implications of Local Govern...