Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions
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Local structure of proton conducting Y-doped A Z rO3 (A = Ba , Sr, Ca) perovski tes
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Burning of fossil fuels has disastrous implications on the environment due to emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides and a wide range of toxic organic and inorganic compounds. We are also about to deplete the ... -
Adoption of mobile banking services by Nairobi county Saccos
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Mobile money providers have partnered with commercial banks in Kenya to offer mobile based financial products that aim to reach the unbanked. However, as compared to commercial banks in Kenya, the penetration of M-banking ... -
Valuing Mortgage Insurance Contracts Using An Option Based Model
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The effects of temperature acclimation on the oxygen consumption and enzyme activity of red and white muscle fibres isolated from the tropical freshwater fish Oreochromis niloticus
(University of Nairobi, 1994)The standard oxygen consumption rate and the activities of muscle citrate synthase, creatine phosphokinase and lactate dehydrogenase in the tropical fish Oreochromis niloticus acclimated to either 20.5 ± 0.3° C or 26.5 ± ... -
The kinetics of dissolution of zircon (ZrSiO4)
(University of Nairobi, 1984)The dissolution of amorphous zircon obeys first order kinetics, and, over long periods of time decreases due to precipitation of new phases from solution. The dissolution reaction has an activation energy of 12.8 K cal/mole. ... -
Determination of minimum initial capital using the Cramer-L undberg model and discrete time Bisection Ruin model
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The dissertation uses the classical Cramer-Lundberg model to find the minimum initial capital (MIC) required by a hypothetical insurance company in launching a new product line, or, for investors wishing to open a new ... -
Continuous and discrete probability distributions emerging from pure birth process
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Many real life process evolve according to the rules of a pure birth process. The Probability that the population will reach a certain size by time t is obtained by solving a system of basic difference differential equations. ... -
Investigating linkages between the subtropical Indian ocean dipole mode and east Africa rainfall during October to December
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The linkage of the Subtropical Indian Ocean Dipole (SIOD) with the October-December rainfall season over East Africa was investigated. The data used in the research spanned for the period 1961-2013 and were monthly ... -
Big data and network biology 2015
(2015)Recently, biology has become a data intensive science because of huge datasets produced by high throughput molecular biological experiments in diverse areas including the fields of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, ... -
Cloud computing adoption in financial regulating bodies under national treasury in Kenya: A technology-organization-environment approach
(University of Nairobi, 2015-08)Cloud Computing is a term that refers to resources and computer systems available on demand through the internet, which can provide a number of integrated computer services without being bound by local resources in order ... -
The social and environmental impacts of Ndakaini dam on the catchment community, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-09)Dams have been used for thousands of years to regulate river flows and ensure adequate supply of water during dry periods. In the future, as population increase and water consumption rises, many people believe there will ... -
Residue concentrations of chlorpyrifos in french beans and soil and assessment of dimethoate and chlorpyrifos residue levels in french beans in Nairobi, kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Residue concentration of applied chlorpyrifos in soil and French beans was determined in green house experiment, the residue levels of chlorpyrifos and dimethoate in French beans sold in Nairobi County were also determined ... -
Quality assessment of some selected water boreholes in Mogadishu, Somalia
(University of Nairobi, 2015-08)The study was undertaken to assess the fluoride content and other parameters in selected borehole waters in Hodan District area, Southern Mogadishu region, Somalia. Quality water supply is one of the constraints being ... -
Validation of a new clinical scoring system for acute bronchitis
(University of Nairobi, 2007)ABSS had small floor and ceiling effects (1.8/0.2) and demonstrated high internal consistency (coefficient of 0.66) and internal validity, with a mean inter item total correlation of 0.25. Effect sizes from baseline ... -
Investigation on radiative corrections related to the fine structure and hyperfine structure
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Radiative corrections related to the fine structure, Lamb shift and hyperfine structure of atomic energy levels are studied. Since the perturbation Hamiltonian is very small compared to zero order Hamiltonian first order ... -
Investigation of mutagenicity of solar disinfected (SODIS) water stored in plastic bottles
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Waterborne illnesses associated with poor sanitation are a major problem in Africa’s major slum, Kibera. Microbiologically the Solar Disinfected (SODIS) water is safe but the potential mutagenicity of such water is of ... -
Information security awareness measuring model - A case study of Nairobi Stock Exchange systems
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Information Security awareness initiatives are seen as critical to any information security programme. Organizations are highly dependent on information management and processes and this creates a level of security alert. ... -
A Surveillance Study on Tick and Tick-Borne Pathogen diversity in Shimba Hills National Reserve, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Outbreaks of emerging and re-emerging tick-borne pathogens are becoming more frequent worldwide. Surveillance is critical to improve our understanding of pathogen diversity and their tick vectors. This will elucidate disease ... -
Rural urban prevalence and associated factors of overweight and obesity in adult patients seeking healthcare: a case of PCEA kikuyu hospital, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07)Obesity is now of such epidemic proportions that its impact threatens the capacity of health services in the richest countries. The main objective of the study was to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of ... -
Predicting recidivism among inmates population using Artificial Intelligent (AI) techniques: A case study of Kenya prisons department
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Currently in the Kenya prisons department there is no defined way of checking the rate of recidivism among the prison inmates population. The officers rely only on manual tallying of prisoners during admission which is ...
