Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD): Recent submissions
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An Ancient Indian Approach lor Prevention and Spread of AIDS
(1995)Attempts were made to co-relate an ancient Indian philosophy and related practices which can be used to change attitude positive and behaviorally skilled person, generally be motivated to initiate and maintain HIV/AIDS ... -
"Development of Hinduism in East Africa
(2001)Hinduism took root in Africa from the late 19th century onwards through the spread of the British Empire, which colonized huge swaths of land throughout Asia and Africa, including almost the entirety of the Indian subcontinent. ... -
Interaction of Hindu Faith with other Religions in Kenya
(2001)Hinduism and Islam, from the arrival of the Arabs as far back as the 8th century AD, has had a checkered history. During the Muslim conquests Islam gained many converts on the Indian sub-continent primarily from Hinduism ... -
Technological_Curriculum & culture
(2008)This article explores First Nations (Native American) science education from a cultural perspective. Science is recognized as a subculture of Western culture. Scientific and Aboriginal ideas about nature are contrasted. ... -
Combined Field Integral formulation for Broadwall Radiating Slots of arbitrary Shape
(2009)In this paper CFIE formulation is presented to analyze broad wall slots of arbitrary shape partially filled with homogeneous dielectric materials. The ldquo generalized network formulation rdquo for aperture problems is ... -
Land ownership and use in Kenya.Policy prescription from an inequality perspective
(2002)Inequality as a development concept refers to difference between individuals or groups both in terms of opportunities and outcomes.A substantial component of inequality may reflect differences in opportunities with people ... -
Gift of God: Kenya's Tourism Development Ignores Token Legal and lnfrastructural Support
(2008)Tourism has emerged as Kenya's lop foreign exchange earner over the last twenty years. There is evidence 10 show that despite the impressive performance of tourism, the key player, namely the public sector, is doing little ... -
Rahani: A Unique Commercial Land Tenure Arrangement Amongst the Digo of Kenya's Coast
(2008)Land ownership, distribution, utilisation and exchange amongst the Digo people of Kenya's lower Coast is done through both formal systems and informal arrangements, 'Rahani'is an informal arrangement that allows landowners ... -
Effect of air maldistribution on performance of an evaporator
(2000)An experimental facility has been constructed to enable the effects of air flow non-uniformity on the transfer performance of refrigerant evaporators to be investigated. This is based on an open-circuit wind tunnel, which ... -
The Use of Contingent Valuation to Assess the Community Willingness¬to- Pay for the Conservation of Ondiri Swamp, Kikuyu, Kenya'
(2009)An estimate of the monetary value of Ondiri Swamp, an endorheic palustrine wetland, located lO km north-west of downtown Nairobi in a peri-urban environment was determined by establishing the monetary level or community ... -
Performance Evaluation of Land Administration Systems in Kenya
(2008)The performance of any organization can be improved through constant evaluation which helps organizations mirror themselves against acceptable benchmarks, Land administration institutions are no exception. However. most ... -
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 ... -
Social Capital and User-owned Microfinance Organizations: Savings, Loans, and Associational Life in RoSCAs and ASCAs
(2008). Various studies, literature, and the resultant policy discussions on microfinance exist, especially on the economic aspects of microfinance organizations globally, and particularly in Kenya. Yet, the precise ways in which ... -
The Influence Of The Built Environment On Human Behaviour:
(2008)Current behaviour research has upgraded behaviour beyond the simplistic stimulus-and-reaction relationship. Responsive behaviour is therefore complex. Kenyan correctional facilities are challenged. The study used a combination ... -
Food insecurity in Sierra Leone Overcoming the Challenges in Post-Conflict Reconstruction
(2003)Sierra Leone has an area of about 73)326 km2 and a population estimated in mid-2000 at 5.29 million." The economy is dominated by agriculture and mining. In the 1990s about 47 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) was ... -
Impacts of Social Capital on Household Consumption Expenditure in Rural Kenya
(2009)This article investigates the influence of social capital on consumption expenditure in rural Kenya, It uses primary data collected from a sample of 340 households in Nyeri district to demonstrate the linkage between social ... -
Socioeconomic Determinants of Family Size in Nyeri District of Rural Kenya
(2010)The objective of this article is to investigate the impact of social and economic factors on family size in rural Kenya and to draw public policy implications from the results. This is an important matter because the ... -
Do Small Firms in Developing Countries Ever Transform? Evidence front Small Manufacturers in Kenya
(2010), Data from small Kenyan manufacturers unequivocally confirms that these firms not only trans¬form, but often enjoy deep transformation. A strong, positive firm-age effect on transformation suggests an underlying life cycle ... -
Agricultural Land Management for Sustainable Development in Rural Kenya
(2008)Land is one of the most important naturaE resources for the creation of wealth in many societies. Its ownership and control brings economic power, which in turn, is often the basis for social and polifical power Unlike ... -
The universe as a source of meaning in architctural design
(2008)To the extent that the universe is the context of life here on earth, the analysjs of the universe as a source of meaning in architecture constitutes the first principle of its analysis. To underline the above statement ...
