Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions
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Evaluation framework for it service continuity and disaster recovery plans: the case in Kenyans county governments.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Information Technology and Systems are bound to fail due to various reasons at one time or the other. Business and organizations rely more on systems these days than before. If these failures happen it affects objectives ... -
The Efficiency of Nairobi’s Kariobangi Wastewater Treatment Plant
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Kariobangi Sewerage Treatment Plant in Nairobi City County is a conventional mechanical wastewater treatment plant with an installed capacity of 32,000 m3/day and has an in built methenation unit. It is the only available ... -
Automated greenhouse system using wireless sensor network
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Agriculture has been among the key contributors to the country Kenya‘s GDP and greenhouse technology has shown the improvement of the deteriorating soil value caused by the extreme weather conditions and continual usage, ... -
Assessing ERP systems post implementation success in kenyan Corporates
(University of Nairobi, 2016-10)Enterprise Resource Planning Systems have gained widespread usage among Kenyan corporates and in order to achieve the many benefits ERP systems have to offers, an organization needs to achieve ERP post implementation ... -
User- Centric Evaluation Of Government Of Kenya Online Services: The Case Of Itax
(University of Nairobi, 2016-05)In recent years, the Kenyan government has worked to use Information and communication technologies (ICTs) to increase openness and transparency in their operations. These ICTs are seen as a cost-effective and convenient ... -
Integrated Analysis Of Student Feedback, A Business Integrated Intelligence Approach
(University of Nairobi, 2016-10)Over the years the negative notion that people have held about feedback is quickly changing and now more than ever we are using our customer feedback as a way to assess our current market placement and improve our services. ... -
Fertility transition status in Sub Saharan Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Fertility transition has been identi ed to be a¤ected by numerous factors. This research aimed at investigation of the most e¤ective factors a¤ecting fertility transition in Kenya. These factors were rstly extracted ... -
Application of the utaut model to understand the factors influencing the use of web 2.0 tools in e-learning in Kenyan public universities
(University of Nairobi, 2016-04)The focus of this study was to identify factors influencing the use of Web 2.0 tools in e-learning in Kenyan Public Universities. The tools can then be introduced and used to aid in successful collaborative learning. The ... -
Social network analysis for Credit Risk Modeling
(University of Nairobi, 2016-07)The modern society quest for credit has led to an increase in consumer credit uptake with proportionate increase in default rates. Some of the current credit risk models deteriorate over time and need frequent validation. ... -
A roadmap for the adoption of government e-payments in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-07)Analogous to the motorists’ roadmap that shows roads, directions and distances to a destination of a given region, A roadmap in this context is a detailed guideline that answers the “why-what-how" questions and lay out the ... -
Anti-oxidant and Monoamine Oxidase Inhibition Studies on the Surface Exudates of Gardenia Ternifolia
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Numerous scientific studies point to oxidative stress (OS) as an important etiological factor in common diseases such as artherosclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, tumors, cancer, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular and ... -
Management of Mycotoxigenic Fungi and Associated Mycotoxins in Maize by Use of Hermetic Storage
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)Maize is a staple food crop in Kenya with about 90% of the rural households depending on it. However, the grain is vulnerable to degradation by mycotoxin producing fungi in the field and during storage. Mycotoxins produced ... -
Forecasting Kenya’s Sugar Production Using Garch Model
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)The goal of this research project is to predict the production volume of the sugar industry in Kenya in five years’ time projecting from the year 2012, that is, production volume in the year 2017. There has been mechanisms ... -
A knowledge management system for indigenous crops production: case of sorghum farming in tharaka south
(Univeraity of Nairobi, 2015-12)Kenya continues to struggle with the challenge of an endemic food insecurity problem with over 50% of the population classified as food insecure (FAO, 2015). Recent research has shown that a food security strategy that’s ... -
Implementation of service discovery for android operating system based mobile ad-hoc networks
(Univeraity of Nairobi, 2016)A mobile ad hoc network is an autonomous collection of mobile devices that communicate with each other over wireless links and cooperate in a distributed manner in order to provide the necessary network functionality in ... -
Population of aspergillus section flavi and aflatoxin contamination in maize from fields treated with atoxigenic aspergillus flavus (aflasafe ke01) in lower eastern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Maize, the staple food for 96% of Kenya’s population is highly prone to aflatoxin contamination. The objective of this study was to understand shifts in baseline populations within Aspergillus section Flavi in soils and ... -
Density-based Cluster Analysis Of Fire Hot Spots In Kenya's Wildlife Protected Areas
(University of Nairobi, 2016-04)Wild res occurring in Kenya's wildlife protected areas pose a signi cant risk to wildlife conservation since they cause biodiversity loss and habitat degradation. There is a need for the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to ... -
Phytochemical Investigation Of Bridelia Micrantha And Tabernaemontana Ventircosa For Cytotoxic Principles Against Drug Sensitive Leukemia Cell Lines
(University of Nairobi, 2016)There are various treatment options that are available for the treatment of cancer. However, development of multidrug resistant cancer has become a global health challenge in the fight against cancer. Bridelia micrantha ... -
Investigating factors affecting rate of violent crime in kenya using multiple linear regression
(Univeraity of Nairobi, 2015-06)The purpose of this study was to investigate the key factors affecting rate of violent crimes in Kenya. Data used in this study was obtained from the Kenya Bureau of Statistics. Exponential Population growth model was used ... -
An ICT intervention to provide timely and contextualized reproductive health information to urban teenagers
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07)Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2014 indicates that 15% of women aged 15-19 have already given birth while 18% have begun childbearing. Research indicates that Adolescents feel that more needs to be done to make ...
