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Structural sources of constitutional conflicts: a conflict analysis of constitution-making in Kenya, 1997-2005
(2008)The study investigates the structural sources of constitutional conflicts in Kenyan society by examining the process and content debates in the constitutional review process that took place between 1997 and 2005. The study ... -
Keeping warm in later life: tackling money, mindsets and machinery
(Sheffield Hallam University, 2011)A study to examine the knowledge, beliefs and values of older people with a focus on keeping warm at home and barriers to accessing help to keep warm.With the findings we will develop solutions and strategies to overcome ... -
Adoption of agricultural technologies in Kenya : How does gender matter?
(2011-10)This paper uses plot level data to investigate the agricultural technologies adoption across male and female plots managers in Kenya with particular attention on complementarity or substitutability of several technologies ... -
Emerging trends and concerns in the economic diplomacy of African states
(Inderscience Publishers, 2012-10-10)Increased globalisation has played a key role in shaping recent trends and concerns in the economic diplomacy of African states. African states are increasingly interested in becoming more relevant actors in the global ... -
What determines gender inequality in household food security in Kenya? application of exogenous switching treatment regression
(ScienceDirect, 2014-04)This paper explores the link between the gender of a household head and food security in rural Kenya. The results show that the food security gap between male-headed households (MHHs) and female-headed households (FHHs) ... -
Complementarity in firm-level innovation strategies: a comparative study of Kenya and Nigeria
(Taylor and Francis Online, 2015-09)We present and analyse firm-level innovation data from Kenya and Nigeria. We test for the existence of complementarities between internal R&D and external innovation activities, and between organizational and marketing ... -
The cascade model of teachers’ continuing professional development in Kenya : a time for change?
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-01-28)Kenya is one of the countries whose teachers the UNESCO (2015) report cited as lacking curriculum support in the classroom. As is the case in many African countries, a large portion of teachers in Kenya enter the teaching ... -
The Aftermath of fraud
(ICPAK, 2016-03)You have just unearthed that “major” fraud in your organization. You now want to establish the underlying cause of the fraud and how you can recover the lost assets. Question is:how do you involve the ... -
The Fading role of bank reconciliation in fraud prevention and detection
(ICPAK, 2016-04)Bank reconciliation statements have traditionally served as an important control tool in detecting anomalies either in the cash book and or the bank statements. Whereas there may exist a number of ... -
If they don't use it, they lose it: how organisational structures and practices shape residents' physical movement in care home settings.
(2017)Older people living in long-term facilities (nursing and residential homes providing 24-hour care) spend the majority of their time inactive, despite the known health and wellbeing benefits of physical activity and reduced ... -
Shocks affecting electricity prices in Kenya, a fractional integration study
(ScienceDirect, 2017-02)We conduct a fractional integration and cointegration study of several Kenyan electricity price series in order to determine whether signs of persistence or mean reversion can eventually be discovered. Such features can ... -
Providing context and inspiring hope: using the case method to teach public policy in developing countries
(2017-05-03)This article asks: What makes for good cases when teaching public policy in a developing country? How important is geographic proximity relative to other factors in determining relevance? Building on literature about the ... -
Determination of ciprofloxacin in human plasma using high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with fluorescence detection: Application to a population pharmacokinetics study in children with severe malnutrition
Clinical pharmacokinetic studies of ciprofloxacin require accurate and precise measurement of plasma drug concentrations. We describe a rapid, selective and sensitive HPLC method coupled with fluorescence detection for ... -
Matrimony: A key element in the demographic system of Modern Europe
In this paper, I summarize Moreno’s work cited above. This summary discusses the factors affecting human natural fertility and also considers European experience during the Modern period. This has been made possible ... -
Risk perception, choice of drinking water, and water treatment: evidence from Kenyan towns
This study uses household survey data from four Kenyan towns to examine the effect of households’ characteristics and risk perceptions on their decision to treat/filter water as well as their choice of main drinking water ... -
Modeling mortality with a bayesian vector autoregression
Mortality risk models have been developed to capture trends and common factors driving mortality improvement. Multiple factor models take many forms and are often developed and fitted to older ages. In order to capture ... -
The Monogamous family : a historical perspective
The reasons and consequences of the Catholic Church’s historical position on marriage among relatives since the 4th century have been extensively debated by many socio‐historians. The assertions made by Jack Goody that the ...
