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- 1Dr. McQuarrie, Lynn (Education Psychology)
- 1Dr. Vera Caine ( Nursing, University of Alberta)
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Spring 2014
This thesis evaluates economic impact of adoption of crops developed by means of modern genomic tools. The economic impact of these improved crops is looked at from two different angles: the welfare implications from trading improved crops on the world market, and the benefits of adopting...
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1997
Parkins, John R., Gill, Dhara S.
For decades now, there have been grave warnings about the alarming rates of tree and shrub destruction in the tropics. These warnings stressed the disastrous consequences of deforestation and predicted imminent fuelwood deficits across the African continent. However, the reality has been somewhat...
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2008-01-04
E-learning is one of the main ways of overcoming some of the key challenges in accessing education by the people living in rural and remote Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) in Kenya. Different types of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can be used in innovative ways to resolve some...
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Negotiating identities: A narrative inquiry into the experiences of people living with HIV in Kenya.
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This paper-based dissertation is a culmination of my personal journey of inquiring into the experiences of people living with HIV (PHAs), a curiosity that began as a Registered Nurse caring for dying clients who were HIV positive at a hospital in Kenya in 2003. At the time, witnessing PHAs die in...
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2012
Dawkins, P., Kahwa, E., Mill, J., Etowa, J., Hepburn,C., Richter, M.S., Muller, C.E.
Background: A multidisciplinary team of 20 researchers and research users from six countries – Canada, Jamaica, Barbados, Kenya, Uganda and South Africa – are collaborating on a 5-year (2007–12) program of research and capacity building project. This program of research situates nurses as leaders...
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Resource Use Efficiency as a Climate Smart Approach: Case of Smallholder Farmers in Nyando, Kenya
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To simultaneously enhance agricultural productivity and lower negative impacts on the environment, food systems need to be transformed to become more efficient in using resources such as land, water, and inputs. This study has examined the resource use efficiency of maize production for...
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Teacher Practices in Science Literacy Instruction for Learners who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Kenya
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The Kenyan Vision 2030 initiative, which aims at improving the quality of life for all citizens, has put increasing emphasis on science literacy (Amunga, Amadalo, & Musera, 2011). Even though the Kenyan secondary school curriculum is designed to accomplish the goals of the Vision 2030 initiative,...
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Fall 2020
Digitizing newspapers has a decades-long history, particularly within the library settings that cater to needs of researchers and scholars. However, as scanned images, navigating such archives to locate news articles of interest, mobilize items by topic, authorship or correspondences is often...