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Temperature and Moisture Impact on Polarization Mode Dispersion in Carrier Grade Optical Fibre Links in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)In this research work, an investigation was carried out on the impacted environmental factors in Kenya influence Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD) in an already buried fibre optic cable in the field. A case study was ... -
Temporal and spatial distribution of Greenhouse gases in Central Kenya
(Department of meteorology, 2013-08)The increasing concentration of greenhouse gases brought about by human activities has been thrown into sharp focus by the adverse effects of climate change on the environment. As part of the important steps to achieving ... -
Temporal Dynamics of Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera Frugiperda (J.e. Smith), Stemborer Pests and Associated Natural Enemies in Maize Fields in Semi-arid Zone, Machakos, Kenya
(Uon, 2021)Maize is one of the principal food security crops in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In Kenya maize is a staple food crop and source of employment and income for millions of farming communities. Due to poor maize yields, production ... -
Temporal synthesis of cuticle proteins during larval development in the tsetse fly, glossina morsitans morsitans
(University of Nairobi, 1992)The tsetse fly is an insect of great economic importance to man as a vector of both human and animal trypanosomiasis. The important functions of the cuticle are support, including muscle attachment, protection, and ... -
Temporal Synthesis of Cuticle Proteins During Larval Development in the Tsetse Fly, Glossina Morsitans Morsitans
(University of Nairobi, 1992)The tsetse fly is an insect of great economic importance to man as a vector of both human and animal trypanosomiasis. The important functions of the cuticle are support, including muscle attachment, protection, and ... -
Testing ascertainment BIAS and RNA secondary structure morphology for phylogenetic signals
(University of NairobiCentre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, 2013)Phylogenetic reconstruction is essential to many decisions in the medical and agricultural sciences. However, a common drawback in many of these studies is the failure of different datasets to recover the same phylogeny, ... -
Testing Stochastic Dominance Of Manufacturing Stocks At The NSE Market
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Stochastic dominance relationships between two or more variables is crucial in the field of actuarial science, econometrics and in studying reliability. This project applies the Stochastic Dominance (SD) portfolio ... -
Testing Weak form of Market efficiency of exchange Traded funds at NSE Market
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Market efficiency is defined as a case when the prices in a market reflects the information, which is currently available within the market, or otherwise, the market is said to be inefficient whenever the prices of a ... -
Text operations for a relational database programming language
(School of Computer Science,Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, 1994)In this thesis we introduce a method of storing static text data, and algorithms for operations on the data, in a relational database programming language. We introduce a text data type, and implement relational algebra ... -
A Text Recognition System For Reading Meters
(University of NairobiSchool Of Computing And Informatics, 2013)T his stud y gives a solutio n for auto matic reading of meters b y taking digital images o f the meter s and using machine lear ning techniq ues to auto matically read the meter s. A dataset of positive examp les, negative ... -
A Theoretical Study and Evaluation of Kenya's Level of Voting for Presidential Position.
(University of Nairobi,School of Mathematics, 2005)Evaluating the level of voting for presidential post is of paramount importance to the country's political, social and economic well being, not only in Kenya, but also in other parts of the world, due to the significant ... -
Thermal conductivity of porous insulators, wood-ash and vermiculite
(Faculty of Science, University of Nairobi, 1987)A thermal probe was designed and used to measure the thermal conductivities of wood-ash and three grades of vermiculate, of different particle sizes. Different methods of evaluating the thermal conductivity from ... -
Thermal conductivity of refractory brick materials
(University of NairobiFaculty of Science. University of Nairobi, 1989)Thermal conductivities of refractory bricks made from the materials; fireclay, kaolin, siaya clay and Kisii soap stone have been measured. The thermal conductivities of the bricks in dry air at atmospheric pressure ... -
Thermal resistivity of Kenya soils
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Thermoregulation And Heat Balance In Some East African Herbivores
(University of NairobiDepartment of Geology, 1973)This thesis is an attempt to understand some aspects of the nature of the thermal physiology and physics of energy exchanges of animals studied in near-natural field conditions. Three indigenous species of herbivores, ... -
Three dimensional flow,temperature and humidity patterns and atmospheric fluxes over Africa during northern summer of 1971
(Department of Meteorology University of Nairobi, 1979)The problem of year to year variability of tropical rainfall attracts much attention in the wake of occurrence of severe floods and droughts over large areas. The severe drought That prevailed in the Sudano-Sahe1ian ... -
Three dimensional mean wind flow and thickness patterns over Africa
(1983)Conventional radiosonde wind observations and geopotential heights have been used to prepare ten-year mean motion field and thickness patterns over the African continent and its immediate neighborhood. Data for 75 ... -
Three-dimensional Printing and Characterization of Bottling Products Fabricated Using Polylactic Acid and Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Polymeric materials have outpaced all other materials used in housing, packaging, building, as well as other applications Most countries have sought aggressive mitigation measures to address the threat of global warming ...