Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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An Assessment Of Community Participation In Slum Upgrading
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Kenya‟s development approaches indicate that the country has encompassed development paradigm shifts to echo changes in the global development thinking from technocrat, trickle-down effect strategies of the 1960s and 1970s ... -
Erlang Mixtures And Their Link With Exponential And Poisson Mixtures
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A prior Or Determinaints Of Produce Suppliers To Co-operatives: Case Of Limuru Dairy Co-ooerative.
(University of Nairobi, 1994)Since independence, co-operatives have been looked upon as one of the institutions for mobilizing the population into modernization. Th is is mainly because these organizations have accumulated capital which could be ... -
Comparison of Random Survival Forests Split rules in selecting the determinants of under-five mortality in Kenya using 2014 DHS data.
(2019)Background Survival trees and Random Survival Forests are extensions of classi cation and regression trees and random forests in analyzing time to event data. These methods are alternatives to Cox Proportional hazards ... -
Time Series Analysis and Short Term Forecasting of Female Contraceptives Consumption in the Public Health Sector
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Background: Contraceptives security is crucial in ensuring access and delivery of family planning services and improving the contraceptive prevalence rate. Commodity security ensures that clients have access to commodities ... -
An Evaluation Of The Validity Of Discriminant Analysis: The Case Of MBA Projects, Faculty Of Commerce, University Of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 1991)The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the validity of the discriminant method and results as used in Master of Business and Administration (M.B.A.) projects in the University of Nairobi. This was done ... -
Teachers Experience On The Integration Of Tablets In Primary School Education
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Information and communications technology (ICT) is a matter of everyday life and has a key role to play in education. The ICT Integration into primary education (Digital Learning programme), which is one of the main ... -
Effects of Enterprise Resource Planning on Financial Performance of Financial Institutions in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This research investigated the effects of enterprise resource planning on financial performance of Kenyan financial institutions. A descriptive research design was utilized in this study. The research focused on all the ... -
Volunteers’ Perceptions and Experiences of Clinical Research Participation in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Background: The conduct of clinical research in low resource settings faces unique chal-lenges that compromise optimal recruitment and participation of volunteers into studies. In Kenya, at KAVI-Institute of Clinical ... -
Administrative Practices Influencing Students Indiscipline In Public Universities
(University of Nairobi, 2019)The aim of the study was to investigate administrative practices influencing indiscipline in public universities a case of Machakos University in Machakos County, Kenya. in public universities, a case of Machakos University, ... -
Influence of Perfomance Appraisal on Teachers’ Perfomance in Public Primary Schools in Homa Bay Sub – County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)The purpose of the study was to determine the influence of Performance Appraisal on teachers performance in public primary school in Homa Bay Sub County, Homa Bay county, Kenya. The study was set to achieve the following ... -
Evaluation Of The Effect Of The Partial Replacement Of Caridina Nilotica (P. Roux, 1833) With Spirulina, Arthrospira Platensis, (Gomont, 1892) On Water Quality Parameters And Growth Performance Of Cultured Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis Niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758).
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Tilapia is considered the best species for aquaculture production in Kenya and the world because it grows faster, has high tolerance to different environmental conditions and is easy to breed. However, tilapia culture faces ... -
Principals’ Administrative Practices Curbing of Drug and Substance Abuse in Public Secondary Schools in Busia County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)The study sought to determine whether significant differences existed between principals who supported peer education, mentoring programmes, invitation of exaddicts, student searches as well as collaboration with National ... -
Assessment of Soil Erosion Dynamics Using Geospatial Technology Case Study of Lake Baringo Catchment
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Land degradation in form of soil erosion is a significant problem in arid and semi-arid region of Lake Baringo catchment. Soil erosion by water is one of the major contributors of reducing soil fertility, eutrophication ... -
Effects Of Butorphanol, Meloxicam And Their Combination On Postoperative Pain, Stress Response And Wound Healing In Dogs Following Ovariohysterectomy
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Pain, defined as an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage, is associated with trauma, surgery and disease processes. If pain is ... -
Umbilical Cord Hygiene And The Risk Of Neonatal Sepsis Among Neonates Presenting At Kahawa Health Centre In Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Introduction: Neonatal sepsis could be defined as a bacterial, fungal or viral systemic condition characterized by bio-chemical and clinical symptoms and attended by significant morbidity and mortality. Three-quarters of ... -
Digital Mapping Of Food Banks In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This research presents a case study of food banks for local level use to help identify suitable geographic location areas with inadequate distribution of food aid. Kenya is affected by periodic drought seasons, which ... -
Assessment Of The Relationship Between Land Use And Traffic Along The Thika Superhighway, Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The Thika Superhighway is perhaps the most massive infrastructural project in the East African region, save for perhaps the standard gauge railway (SGR) project. It was anticipated by the business community, leading to the ... -
Factors Influencing Marketing Of Agricultural Produce Among Small-Scale Farmers, A Case Of Sorhgum In Giaki Location, Meru County Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Small scale farmers frequently consider marketing of their farm produce as one of their major problems. This study aimed at establishing the factors that influence marketing of agricultural produce among small-scale farmers, ... -
Influence of Tablet Use on Cognitive and Critical Thinking Skill Attainment of Learners in Kalawa Primary School, Kitui County
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The use of e-learning is increasingly continuing to grow in the current education system due to the increase of technology influence on our day to day activities. A tablet PC-Based learning approaches are also gaining ...
