Tharaka University repository: Recent submissions
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Mechanical Properties of Clay Soil Stabilized Using Sorghum Husk Ash-Blended Cement
(International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 2025-09)Clay soils, which possess expansive characteristics, are known to be problematic in construction due to their low strength, poor load-carrying capacity, and high shrink-swell potential. These clay soils undergo substantial ... -
Youth Entrepreneurship Training and Beneficiaries’ Loan Repayment Behaviour in Tharaka Noth Sub-County, Tharaka County, Kenya
(Journal of Research Innovation and Implication in Education, 2025-11)The study examines the influence of youth entrepreneurship training on the loan repayment behavior of beneficiaries of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) in Tharaka North Sub-County, Tharaka County, Kenya. ... -
IMPEDIMENTS TO YOUTH ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT FUND LOAN REPAYMENT AMONG YOUTH GROUPS IN THARAKA NORTH SUB COUNTY, THARAKA NITHI COUNTY, KENYA
(2025-11)This study examined the impediments to youth enterprise development fund loan repayment. Studies show that youths successfully repay loans consistently in the initial months after being awarded loans, but default there-after ... -
A STUDY ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF STABILIZED EXPANSIVE CLAY SOIL WITH SORGHUM HUSK ASH CEMENT BLENDS IN NKONDI, KENYA
(2025-11)Expansive soils, which are widespread globally, are a major cause of structural damage such as cracks in buildings, roads, and pavements. Stabilizing these soils is essential to minimize their plasticity, shrinkage or ... -
EXPERIENTIAL ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURE TEACHERS’ PREPAREDNESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION IN PUBLIC JUNIOR SCHOOLS IN TIGANIA ZONE, MERU COUNTY, KENYA
(2025-11)The global trends and increasing demand for twenty-first-century skills have prompted countries like Kenya to adopt a Competency-Based Education. Despite its implementation, the experiential needs of Agriculture Teachers, ... -
DETERMINATION OF CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND LARVICIDAL EFFICACY OF ESSENTIAL OILS OF Cymbopogon citratus, Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium AND Rosmarinus officinalis IN MERU AND THARAKA NITHI COUNTY AGAINST Aedes aegypti (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE)
(2025-11)Aedes aegypti is the mosquito species responsible for the viruses that cause yellow fever, zika disease, chikungunya fever and dengue fever. The four diseases have no cure, necessitating mosquito control as the proven ways ... -
MODELLING FLUID FLOW IN AN OPEN CIRCULAR CHANNEL WITH THREE LATERAL INFLOWS
(THARAKA UNIVERSITY, 2025-11)Kenya has been experiencing heavy rains in recent years, leading to significant flooding challenges. A flood happens when water spills over and covers land that is usually dry. Flooding can happen gradually over a long ... -
GENDER COMPLEMENTARITY IN SEMBENE OUSMANE’S GOD’S BITS OF WOOD AND NGUGI WA THIONGO’S PETALS OF BLOOD
(THARAKA UNIVERSITY, 2025-11)This study examined gender complementarity in Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Petals of Blood (1977) and Sembene Ousmane’s God’s Bits of Wood (1960). Previous studies on gender focus on women's oppression by men, women's empowerment, ... -
KAGURU AGRICULTURAL TRAINING CENTER: EDUCATIONAL INFLUENCE ON SMALLHOLDER FARMERS’ ENHANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE IN IMENTI SOUTH SUB-COUNTY, MERU COUNTY, KENYA
(THARAKA UNIVERSITY, 2025-11)Agricultural Training Centers (ATC) play a critical function in revealing knowledge to farmers planning to upgrade their agricultural methods and enhance their livelihoods. This study explored the educational influence of ... -
Stability analysis of a nonlinear tumor–healthy–immune cell model under radiotherapy and chemotherapy
(International Journal of Mathematical Research, 2025-12)This paper develops an analytical framework for a nonlinear dynamical model describing interactions among healthy cells, tumor cells, quiescent tumor cells, and immune cells under radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The system ... -
ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT AND JUNIOR SCHOOL LEARNERS’ ACHIEVEMENT OF COMPETENCY BASED EDUCATION CORE COMPETENCIES IN LAIKIPIA COUNTY, KENYA
(THARAKA UNIVERSITY, 2025-11)Effective administrative management has been instrumental in advancing the successful implementation of the Competency-Based Education (CBE) in junior schools across Kenya. Despite several studies highlighting administrative ... -
An Assessment of Digital Literacy skills on the Implementing of Competency-Based Education Among Agriculture Teachers in Public Schools in Tigania Zone, Meru County, Kenya
(International Journal of Social and Development Concerns, 2025-11-05)The global trends and increasing demand for twenty-first-century skills have prompted countries like Kenya to adopt a Competency-Based Education curriculum. Despite its implementation, the experiential digital needs and ... -
A throughput estimation model under two-link concurrent communications with partially overlapping channels and its application to channel assignment in IEEE 802.11n WLAN
(Int. J. Space-Based and Situated Computing, 2018)Currently, the IEEE 802.11n wireless local-area network (WLAN) has been deployed world-wide due to flexibility and low costs. A key challenge in the WLAN deployment is to provide high data-rate under strong interferences ... -
A dynamic access-point transmission power minimization method using PI feedback control in elastic WLAN system for IoT applications
(Elsevier, 2019)Nowadays, Internet of Things (IoT) has become popular in various applications, such as smart home networks, smart city networks, and smart grid systems. The IEEE802.11n wireless local-area network (WLAN) is one of major ... -
A Proposal of Transmission Power Minimization Extension in Active Access-Point Configuration Algorithm for Elastic Wireless Local-Area Network System
(International Journal of Computer & Software Engineering, 2019-04)Nowadays, the wireless local-area network (WLAN) has become common in the low-cost Internet access solution using wireless communications between access points (APs) and hosts. In WLAN, traffic demands from users tend ... -
A Proposal of Throughput Allocation Method for Concurrently Communicating Two or Three Hosts in Wireless Local-Area Network
(International Conference on Emerging Technologies for Communications, 2020)Nowadays, the IEEE802.11n wireless local-area network (WLAN) has gained high popularity for the Internet access due to the flexible and easy installations. In WLAN, the throughput unfairness may appear when multiple hosts ... -
An Exploration of Transmission Power Optimization Method for Concurrently Communicating Two Access-Points in Wireless Local-Area Network
(第21回 IEEE広島支部学生シンポジウム論文集, 2019)Nowadays, IEEE 802.11n wireless local-area networks (WLAN) has become popular around the world due to advantages in capacity, reachability, and affordability. In WLAN, any host or terminal device is connected with an ... -
A Proposal of TCP Fairness Control Method for Two-Host Concurrent Com
(ASTES Journal, 2019)The IEEE802.11n based Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) have been extensively deployed due to the flexible coverage, the easy installation, and the lower cost. To reduce the energy consumption while increasing the ... -
An Extension of Throughput Estimation Model for Three-Link Concurrent Communications under Partially Overlapping Channels without Channel Bonding in IEEE 802.11n WLAN
(IEICE Technical Report, 2020-06)The IEEE 802.11n wireless local-area network (WLAN) has been extensively deployed world-wide with advantages of flexibility, low costs, and high-speed data transmissions. However, WLAN may face cross-technology radio ... -
An Extension of Throughput Drop Estimation Model for Three Link Concurrent Communications under Partially Overlapping Channels and Channel Bonding in IEEE 802.11n WLAN
(Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, 2019)The IEEE 802.11n wireless local-area network (WLAN) has been exten sively deployed around the world due to the flexibility, lower cost, and the high-speed data transmission capability at 2.4 GHz ISM band. However, in the ...