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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 ...
System Overflow/Blocking Transients For Queues with Batch Arrivals Using a Family of Polynomials Resembling Chebyshev Polynomials
(2009)
The paper shows that in the analysis of a queuing system with fixed-size batch arrivals, there emerges a set of polynomials which are a generalization of Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind. The paper uses these ...
Theoretical underpinnings of Urban Sprawl; in search of a universal theory of the 21st century urban management challenge
(2009)
Urban sprawl is a phenomenon which characterizes all urban spaces both in MDCs and LDCs. Managing the problems associated with urban
sprawl, especially in LDCs, is, however, mind boggling, hence, the very reason why the ...
Application of water demand management strategies in Kenya journal of civil engineering research and practice under review.
(2004)
This study set out to examine the policy position in Kenyan health care financing, with regard to implementation of the proposed social health scheme (NSHIF) and its performance potential. The specific objectives were to: ...
The Impacts of organisational culture in the performance of land administration institutions
(2009)
Land as a resource and factor of production plays a major role in the development of a country. The management and administration of land is
done through structures and processes that are governed by the existing institutional ...
Reality effects on the human development paradigm in sub-saharan Africa
(2009)
The Paper argues that humanity should be at the centre of development. People should be involved in the design, implementation of local development
projects. The paper also advocates for the decentralisation of authority ...
A designer and principles of cloth design
(2009)
There are many practices of design for example fashion, graphics, industrial and environmental among others. These are all use the same principles,
elements and theories. This paper endeavours to define the role of a ...
Efficacy of Polyaluminium Chloride as a substitute for Alum in Water Treatment
(2008)
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BIP-Based Alarm Declaration and Clearing in SONET Networks Employing Automatic Protection Switching
(2009)
The paper examines the performance of bit-interleaved parity (BIP) methods in error rate monitoring, and in declaration and clearing of alarms in those transport networks that employ automatic protection switching (APS). ...