Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions
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Antischistosomal activity, immunomodulation, safety and phytochemical composition of bridelia micrantha, ocimum americanum and chenopodium ambrosoides extracts.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Schistosomiasis is among the most common, debilitating disease of humans caused by several species of digenetic blood trematodes of the genus Schistosoma. It is estimated that 200 million people are infected with approximately ... -
The factors affecting adoption of online doctor services in Kenya. A case study of the Nairobi hospital.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)This research was concern with the factors affecting online doctor services adoption. The study is aimed to examine the critical factors affecting adoption of online doctor services in the context of Kenya. Aspects such ... -
Assessment of population exposure to climate change-induced exceedances of health-based air pollution thresholds in some urban areas in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018-07)Air quality is worsening in the rapidly growing metropolises of sub-Saharan Africa, including those in Kenya. In parallel, there is increasing evidence that air pollution is affecting health. Furthermore, since air quality ... -
Diversity of ticks and tick-borne protozoan parasites from livestock and wildebeests at the Maasai-mara wildlife- livestock interface, Narok county, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018-04)Wildlife-livestock interfaces are hotspots for tick-borne livestock diseases, which cause high mortalities and morbidity. Wild bovines in these interfaces play a major role in maintaining tick vectors and tick-borne ... -
Phytochemical investigation of selected tephrosia species for antiplasmodial and anti-inflammatory principles
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Malaria is one of the major diseases affecting human beings, whose symptoms include pain and inflammation. It is caused by five Plasmodium species of which P. falciparum and P. vivax are the important causative agents of ... -
On equivalence of some operators and topology of invariant subspaces
(University of Nairobi, 2018)In this project we investigate the invariant and hyper-invariant subspace lattices of some operators. We give a lattice theoretic description of the lattice of hyper-invariant subspace of an operator in terms of its ... -
Biometrics class attendance management system
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Transfer of knowledge in most institutions of higher learning is done through lecturing where students are expected to attend classes and a lecturer dictates notes and share the contents of the lesson with the students. ... -
Use of GPS, GSM and GPRS technologies to alert for speeding vehicles real time on Kenya highways
(University of Nairobi, 2018)In Kenya highways, there is still a high rate of road accidents. Most of these accidents are caused by over speeding and reckless driving. Most of the drivers are reckless and do not obey the speed set for given road places. ... -
Factors that influence farmers decision to adopt IOT sensing and monitoring greenhouse farming solutions in Kenya: a case study of illuminum green house
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The aim of this study was to understand the factors that influence farmers to adopt IoT sensing and monitoring solutions, how they affect and what can be done in order to scale up the technology beyond the early adopters ... -
Enhancing realtime reporting of maternal and new-born mortality through DHIS2
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Background: An audit by WHO (2010) revealed that there were low levels of maternal deaths reporting, lack of reporting forms, and lack of understanding of classification of various causes of death according to the International ... -
Population parameters, genetic differentiation and socio-economics of sardinella aurita (valenciennes 1847) and pseudotolithus senegalensis (valenciennes 1833) in south coast, Liberia
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Fish is a source of protein to over 20 million people. This contribute to food security and poverty alleviation in coastal communities of the world leading to overexploitation in most fisheries in Africa. This study ... -
Investigation of forecasting potential of aircraft weather hazards over Kenya using numerical model
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The study investigates the forecasting potential of aircraft weather hazards over Kenya using numerical model. The various causes of accidents/incidents are identified using analyzed investigated weather-related aviation ... -
Hydrodynamic Stability of Taylor-Couette Flow
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The stability of Couette flow between two cylinders with the outer one stationary and the inner one rotating and also moving with a constant axial velocity is investigated. Both axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric disturbances ... -
A Model for Evaluating E-learning Systems Quality. A case of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The rapid growth of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has significant changes in the practice of education globally using Learning Management System (LMS) assisted e-learning in Higher Education Institutions ... -
A model of an integrated unified communication network using public switched telephone network gateways and cisco unified communication manager server
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Communication requirements are constantly evolving in recent times demanding flexibility and response mechanism in controlling deployments need for everyday connections. It is a necessity in business today and a well ... -
Genetic characterization of the indigenous Maasai goats (capra hircus) in Narok and Kajiado counties of Kenya using mitochondrial DNA control region
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The Kenyan indigenous Maasai goats (Capra hircus) have been very scantily characterized, which has resulted in poor efforts to fully exploit and conserve these genetic resources. Genetic characterization is necessary ... -
Facilitating Group Learner Interactions using Intelligent Agents to Improve Group Knowledge Construction in Collaborative M-Learning: Case of Higher Learning Institutions in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)This research study aimed to improve the levels of group knowledge construction by providing intelligent-based facilitations to learner group interactions in a collaborative mobile learning environment. The interactions ... -
Determinants of HIV prevalence in Kenya: research report in mathematics
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Kenya.Since then,the virus has caused many deaths.It continues to be a threat to our economy considering its e ects on the active members of the society. There exists wide discrepancies in HIV rates across the country, ... -
Factors hindering integration of physical access control and cyber security in the Banking sector in Kenya.
(School of Computing and Informatics, University of Nairobi, 2018)Over the last few years, many industrial control systems, including security solutions, have adopted digital technology. Components of these systems, which were physically separated are now linked together over network, ... -
Clustering of structured data using axes sub-clustering: the ASIC algorithm
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The focus of this thesis is on clustering algorithms. Clustering is a data mining technique for grouping related data sets together. Studies on improving clustering have been going on especially for the past twenty years. ...
