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Diarrhea Disease among Children under 5 Years of Age: A Global Systematic Review
(2021-11)Diarrhea diseases remain the second leading cause of death among children under five years globally. Nearly one in every five child deaths, about 1.6 million each year, are due to diarrhea. Further, diarrhea kills more ... -
Usability of big data analytics within clinical decision support systems
(2019)The adoption of electronic health record systems and other digital technologies such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques, automated laboratory tests, and body sensors have brought the era of big data technology ... -
Security and privacy determinants for a secured cloud-based electronic health record system
(2019)One of the technologies that have become widely adopted by healthcare institutions is the Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems. According to the International Organization for Standardization, an EHR system is a digital ... -
Performance expectancy as a determinant for cloud computing acceptance in Kenyan Public Universities
(2016-07)Cloud Computing is interrelated with a new perception for the provision of computing infrastructure and other services. It provides an infrastructure that is scalable, usable, virtually accessible and adjustable Information ... -
Effective approaches for enhancing data management and semantic interoperability within the healthcare sector
(2023)In a variety of contexts, Big Data is widely used. In healthcare Big Data has its own characteristics, including heterogeneity, incompleteness, timeliness and durability, privacy, and ownership. To enhance health-related ... -
Application Lifecycle Management Activities For Quality Assurance In Software Development
(2017-11)Lifecycle Management approaches promise more systematic and efficient ways to support the development and management of complex products. The concept of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) indicates the coordination of ... -
Architectural health data standards and semantic interoperability: a comprehensive review in the context of integrating medical data into big data analytics
(2023-08)The integration of medical data into Big Data analytics holds significant potential for advancing healthcare practices and research. However, achieving semantics interoperability, wherein data is exchanged and interpreted ... -
Effect of marketing competence practices on sustainability of small and medium enterprises in kenya
(2022-06-02)Sustainability of SMEs is of increasing interest globally as many entrepreneurial ventures perform dismally and are of high mortality rates. It was therefore necessary to conduct research to enhance SMEs survival rates ... -
Effect of financial management competence practices on sustainability of small and medium enterprises in kenya
(2020-02)MEs sustainability is of increasing interest worldwide as many enterprises perform dismally and are of high mortality rates. It is therefore necessary to conduct research to enhance SMEs survival rates so as to enable ... -
Effect of human resource management competence practices on sustainability of small and medium enterprises in kenya
(2023-09)SMEs sustainability is of increasing interest worldwide as many enterprises perform dismally and are of high mortality rates. It is therefore necessary to conduct research to enhance SMEs survival rates so as to enable ... -
Modeling Covariates of Infant and Child Mortality in Kenya
(2020-08)Mortality of children under the age of five has been target of public health policies. There has been a significant decline in under-five mortality in the twenty first century in almost all countries several studies have ... -
A syntactic analysis of kipsigis copula clauses
(2022-12)A copula is a verb whose main function is to link subjects with predicate complements. copula contains a verb that has its own meaning and bears the syntactic function of “the copula.” This study aimed at investigating the ... -
Toponemia kama utambulisho wa jamii:mfano kutoka jimbo dogo la maara nchini kenya
(2022-11)This study was based on onomastics that focused on the analysis of the processes involved in the formation of primary schools toponyms as an identity of the people of Mwimbi and Muthambi. The research was conducted in ... -
Ubadili maana katika leksia za kîîtharaka: mkabala wa leksika-pragmatiki
(2022-11)The simplest form of meaning occurs when the speaker utters a sentence and it means exactly what was intended by that speaker. The speaker intends to produce a certain perlocutionary effect in the hearer by getting the ... -
Factors Influencing The Performance Of Improved Pastures: A Case Of Lake Bogoria Production Landscape, Kenya
(2022-11)Globally, the expanse surrounding the saline lake Bogoria within Baringo County is recognized for different species of wildlife, a rich biological diversity and availability of forage for livestock. Unfortunately, ... -
Adsorption of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Solutions using Mangroves from Kenyan Coast
(2015)In this study, adsorption of heavy metals (copper, lead, zinc and cadmium) from aqueous solutions was investigated using mangrove biomass from the Kenyan Coast. The efficacy of mangrove biomass on the removal of divalent ... -
Adsorption of Lead (II) Ions from Aqueous Solutions Using Mangroves Roots (Rhizophora Mucronata) Charcoal-Carbon Nanotubes Nanocomposite
(2021-02)Providing clean and affordable water to meet human needs is a grand challenge of the 21st century. Worldwide, water supply struggles to keep up with the fast growing demand, which is exacerbated by population growth, global ... -
Adsorption of rhodamine b from aqueous solution using mangroves (Rhizophora mucronata) carbon nanotubes nanocomposites
(2021-03-03)The use of dyes has increased dramatically and uncontrollably in last few decades. Different types of dyes are frequently employed in plastics, paper, cosmetics, leather, and textile industries for coloring purposes. These ... -
GEOG 221: POPULATION GEOGRAPHY
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GEOG 146: INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES
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