Doctoral Theses: Recent submissions
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Cytokine and Chemokine Responses to Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria Vaccine Candidate Antigens During a Period of Interrupted Malaria Transmission in a Highland Area of Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)Longitudinal studies of cytokine responses to Plasmodium Jalciparum (P. Jalciparum) antigens have depicted the acquisition and maintenance of clinical immunity, which developswith age. While the balance between cytokines ... -
An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship Between Energy Consumption and Economic Growth in Kenya: A Disaggregated Approach
(Maseno University, 2014)Energy is a fundamental input for economic growth worldwide. Despite this, the existence, direction and magnitude of the relationship between energy consumption and overall economic growth remains controversial in empirical ... -
Moderating Effect of Business Risks on the Relationship Between Audit Effort and Audit Fees Among Audit Firms in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)Auditing is an important aspect of financial management oversight and is mandatory for public companies. Despite this critical role, audit firms have been criticized for failure to embrace business risk auditing approach ... -
Effect of Financial Leverage and Ownership Concentration on Performance of Firms Listed at The Nairobi Securities Exchange, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Financial leverage literature shows plausible but mixed relationships between leverage and performance. Prior studies show mixed relationships between ownership concentration and performance. Ownership concentration and ... -
The Dynamics of Community Participation in Irrigation Management for Improved Rice Production in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Community participation in rice irrigation management has the potential to boost rice production as acknowledged in both developed and developing countries. In Ahero and West Kano irrigation schemes in Kisumu County, ... -
Moderators and Mediators in the Relationship Between Career Maturity and Career Decision of Secondary School Students in Kisumu City, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)Kisumu City offers a wide range of career opportunities in various sectors of the economy. This comes as a challenge to students who are in the process of making career decisions since they have numerous career opportunities ... -
Evaluation of Social-Economic Returns on Investment Among Households Beneficiaries of National Total Sanitation Programme in Busia County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Poor sanitation remains a public health problem. About 21 million Kenyans use unsanitary or shared latrines while 5.6 million have no latrine at all and defecate in the open. Busia County was among the counties with the ... -
Participation of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Cash Transfer Programme and its Implications for Social Protection in Ikolomani Sub-County, Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2017)he situation of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) has been a global concern. It is estimated that there are 2.4 million OVC in Kenya out of which 1.15 million are due to HIV and AIDS crisis and escalated poverty ... -
Influence of Customer Segmentation Strategy and Corporate Culture on Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)Globally and locally, financial institutions enhance economic growth through financial assistance to business fraternity, which in turn facilitates to improvement in the standard of living of people. However, with ... -
The Effect of Changes in Land Use Characteristics on Accessibility in the Suburbs of Kisumu City, Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2014)Globally, studies on the influence of density, transport costs and modal splits in the suburbs have yielded conflicting results indicating the need for more studies. Studies have also shown that the extent to which ... -
Growth and Physiological Response of Seven Amaranth Species to Soil Water Deficit
(Maseno University, 2018)Soil water deficit is a principal abiotic factor that limit plant growth and development in dry areas. Insufficient moisture contribute to soil water deficit and some negative effects on plants such as reduced growth, ... -
Effects of Floods on Economic Value of Crops, Livestock Production and Land Among Communities of Nyando and Budalangi in The Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)Increasing frequency and intensity of extreme climatic events such as floods are likely to increase the vulnerability of poor households and communities in developing countries. The Lake Victoria basin of Kenya, specifically ... -
Parental Involvement in The Assessment Process of Their Children with Special Needs at the Educational Assessment and Resource Centers in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Educational assessment of children with special needs involves identification, diagnosis, and intervention (referral and placement). Parental involvement in this process is important since parents do the initial ... -
Information Systems Resources, Capabilities and Performance of Firms in Telecommunications Industry, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)Kenya's economy today is driven majorly by information-based service businesses where telecommunication industry is playing a critical economic role. According to Communications Authority of Kenya report of 2017, Kenya ... -
Construction of Zero Inflated Poisson Mixture Distributions and Application to Fertility Data
(Maseno University, 2018)In applications involving count data, it is common to encounter the frequency of observed zeros significantly higher than predicted by the model based on the standard parametric family of discrete distributions. In such ... -
Effect of Consumer Attitudes, Consumer Characteristics and Biosecurity Principles on Consumer Preferences for Indigenous Chickens in Kisumu City, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)Consumer attitudes literature shows plausible but mixed relationships between attitudes and preferences. Prior studies show mixed relationships between consumer characteristics and consumer preferences. Kisumu City is ... -
Effect of Socialization on Commitment, Identification and Tenure of Outsourced Employees in Companies Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (Nse), Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)The increasing use of temporary workforce is becoming an integral part of today's emerging employment trend. Studies have been carried out on new employee socialization and other attitudinal constructs in conventional ... -
Characterization Of Scalar Type Operators
(Maseno University, 2017)A closed densely defined operator H, on a Banach space X, whose spectrum is contained in JR and satisfies the growth condition II (Z-H)-l II:::; CII~~:l Vz E iJR for some a ~ 0 and C > 0 is of (00,00+1) type R In studying ... -
Relationship Between Physicochemical Factors and Occurrence of Vibrio Strains in the Environment of The Lake Victoria Basin
(Maseno University, 2017)Cholera is a substantial health burden in the developing world and is endemic in Africa, Asia, South and Central America. The exact scale of the problem is uncertain because of limitations in existing surveillance systems, ... -
Phytochemical Evaluation of Cissampelos Parelra (A. Rich) Engl., Tinospora Oblongifolia { (Engl.)Troupin And Triclisia Sacleuxii (Pierre) Diels for Antiplasmodial and Antibacterial activities
(Maseno University, 2014)Plants provide awide range of useful chemicals for inanaging many ailments. Large numbers of biologically active compounds with wide varieties of structures have been isolated from plants with some developed into drugs. ...