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Isolation of soil actinomycetes from different sites and screening for their antimicrobial activity
(Schoolof Biological Sciences College of Biological and Physical Sciences University of Nairobi, 2008)Screening of several microbes for bioactive compounds is an open avenue for discovery of novel bioactive compounds with varied functions as agricultural chemicals. The work done resulted in isolation of seventeen ... -
Isolation, characterization and evaluation of potency of native bacillus thuringiensis against maize insect pests and aflatoxin producing fungi
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological Sciences, 2010)Bio-control of pests using Bacillus thuringiensis represents the most potential use of biological control agents to date. Among major constraints to maize production, safety and hence food sufficiency in Kenya is ... -
Isolation, purification and characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis o-endotoxin active against Mosquito larvae
(University Of Nairobicollege of biological and physical science, 1992)During the past decade, growing public awareness of the impact of pesticides on food and enviromental safety has significantly affected the pest control industry. Several organizations (scientific, consumer, enviromental ... -
IT governance maturity according to cobit: a case study of Kenya Methodist University (KEMU)
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)For organizations to be competitive, they have to provide and delineate strategies to maintain high levels of profitability and efficiency to cope with changes in markets. Increasingly, organizations have continued to ... -
IT Risk Management in E-Governance: Case for the Cargo Clearance Process in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)Governments all over the world are embracing e-governance by integrating information technology in their operations in an effort to improve quality of services, accountability and efficiency. Traditionally IT risk ... -
IT-business partnership as enabler for IT-Business Alignment in organizations, a case of Compassion International
(University of Nairobi, 2018)This study sought to assess IT-Business partnership as enabler for the IT-Business Alignment (ITBA) in the organization, a case of Compassion organization and understand the drivers and factors influencing forging of ... -
It-enabled Dynamic Capabilities and Their Influence on Organizational Agility; Case for Nairobi’s Medium-sized Manufacturing Firms
(University of Nairobi, 2021-08)Globalization, fueled by the progressive rate of technological advancement, has exerted profound changes in the way individuals, businesses or society in general operate. Disruptors are fundamentally changing business ... -
Iterative principal factor analysis -application on ordinal data
(School of mathematics, 2012-06)This study discusses the procedure of variables reduction that improves assessment of attributes for a subject of interest. Details of how measured variables can be used to obtain a set of unobserved underlying factors ... -
ITIKI: Bridge between African Indigenous Knowledge and Modern Science on Drought Prediction
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)The now more rampant and severe droughts have become synonymous with the SubSaharan Africa where they are a major contributor to the acute food insecurity in the Region. Though this is not different from other regions ... -
Job scheduling in grid computing using simulated annealing
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Grid computing has emerged as a platform to aggregate heterogeneous resources into a virtual computing resource that can provide non trivial quality of service to end users. A Key problem in grid computing platforms is ... -
Job tracking system for a publishing company
(School of Computing and Informatics, University of Nairobi, 2003)This document gives a report and a user manual on aJob Tracking System developed for a publishing company. The system re-engineers the processes involved in tracking and scheduling jobs or tasks for the publishing company. ... -
Joint Modelling of CD4 Count and Time ToWound Healing in HIV-Positive Men Following Circumcision
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background: Modelling longitudinal information and event time outcomes simultaneously helps in describing the progression of the disease over time. Past studies have mostly applied standard Cox proportional hazards model ... -
Joint modelling of time to event and repeated measurement of eucalyptus tree species in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Physical Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2006-08)The characterization of the relationship between a longitudinal response process and a time-to-event has been a pressing challenge in biostatistical research. This has emerged as an important issue especially in genetic ... -
Kenya national in-patient information system for ministry of health
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Kenya Rift Valley Break-up – Focus on Velocity, Trend, and Vertical Displacement
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Position time series files processed by GAMIT/GLOBK with extension velocities in the Victoria-Nubia reference frame processed by the rot program from thirteen continuous Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) station ... -
Kenyan Mortality and Survivorship Tables
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Mortality tables are one of the oldest statistical tools widely used by demographers , medics and actuaries.This is because,they enables the representation of mortality in terms of probability. These tables are constructed ... -
Kenya’s Domestic Export,1964-1978
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Kerogen analyses of sediments in the Lamu embayment Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Geology, 1986)Results of numerous wells drilled by BP-Shell Petroleum Development Company of Kenya between 1963 and 1971 within the Lamu Embayment, as confidential Geological Completion Reports indicate, gave hydrocarbon gas shows ... -
A kinematic analysis of open excavation slopes in discontinuous rock masses: a case study of Gataka building stone quarries in Ololua-Nairobi area, Kenya
(Department of Geology, University of Nairobi, 2004)This project work presents the results of a kinematic analysis of the open excavation slopes at the building stone quany sites in OIoIua - Nairobi area. The study was aimed at establishing modes of failure mechanisms ... -
Kinetic studies of nad-linked malic enzyme from flight muscle of the tsetse fly glossina and the beetle Ca- Tharsius
(University of Nairobi, 1987)