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Motivation and its Effect on Productivity of Workers in the Kenyan Construction Industry
(2010)
Human resource today has a strategic role for productivity increase of any organization. Effective and optimum use of human resource could result to enhanced productivity. Therefore, this study examined motivation as one ...
Banditry and conflict in the kapotur triangle An Alternative Menu for Resolution
(2003)
Since the late 1980s,. the conflicts in northwestern Kenya and the eastern pans of Uganda have been increasing in both intensity and magnitude. Even though these conflicts differ from conventional wars, defined as violence ...
. Influence of selected tillage operations on draft power and penetration resistance of a crusting soil.
(2000)
Depending on the top and subsoil textures, semi-arid soils exhibit cohesive and frictional properties that are associated with the relatively high soil strength, bulk density and penetration resistance. The objective of ...
Simulation of the Microclimate in Poultry Structures in Kenya
(2011)
A computer model based on the thermodynamic principles was developed for simulating the internal temperature responses in a naturally ventilated broiler chicken house. The model used transient thermal analysis with suitable ...
Organic Architecture
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Organic architecture was invented by Frank Lloyd Wright to define is architectural designs. Wright was inspired by one of the people he looked up to, by the name Louis Sullivan. Organic architecture refers to use of organic ...
Spatial Analysis of Distribution and Socio-economic Impacts of Immigration: Case Study of Nairobi, Kenya
(2015)
Increasing globalization trends have made migration a key element in national and international deliberations
worldwide. Mapping of immigrant issues has therefore gained prominence in many parts of the world. In Kenya ...
Analysis of soil for trace elements along two highways of Kenya
(1998)
For a long time, the toxicity of metals was
considered as an occupational hazard.
Industrialization, urbanization, increased
vehicular traffic and use of fertilizers and
pesticides in agriculture have resulted in
increased ...
The Needs-Problem Matrix: Providing Some Order to the Chaotic Ideation Fuzzy Front End
(American Society for Engineering Education, 2007)
The fuzzy front end of the ideation process can often be chaotic, disorganized and seemingly
haphazard, especially to student novice designers. Presented with a large array of pre-ideation
tools and methods that are ...
Environmental Monitoring and Management
(2013)
A natural way to begin this monogram is by posing several pertinent questions. Firstly, what exactly does the term “monitoring” mean. Furthermore, is monitoring synonymous to measuring or observing? And more specifically, ...
Environmental Impact Assessment
(2013)
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is defined by Munn (1979) as the need to identify and predict the impact on the environment and on man’s health and well-being of legislative proposals, policies, programs, projects, ...