Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions
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Effect Of Cropping Systems On The Occurrence Of Fungal And Bacterial Diseases Of Legumes In Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Bacterial and fungal diseases of legumes are a major constraint in legume production in western Kenya and persistently curtail optimal yields and quality of food legumes. This study aimed at determining the occurrence ... -
On classification of simple plane curve singularities
(University of Nairobi, 2015)In this pro ject we aim to classify simple plane curve singularities by considering simple plane curve singularities as quotient singularities in C2 by a finite subgroup G ≤ SL(2, C). We also review McKay correspondence ... -
Enumeration Of Rational Curves In Complex Projective Plane
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This project studies rational curves and their enumeration. First, we show that there are a finite numb er of rational curves of degree d passing through 3d − 1 general points in the complex projective plane. Finally, ... -
On Reducibility And Quasireducibility Of Operators In Hilbert Spaces
(University of Nairobi, 2015)In this dissertation, we study invariant, reducing and hyp erinvariant subspaces and how they play a key role in the study of reducibility and quasireducibility of op erators. We also consider some equivalence relations and ... -
A Parallel Corpus Based Translation Using Sentence Similarity
(University of Nairobi, 2014)When large quantities of technical texts are being translated manually, it is very difficult to produce consistent translations of recurrent stretches of text, such as paragraphs, sentences and phrases, making it not ... -
Application Of Radiography In Evaluating Quality Of Welds: Case Of Selected Jua Kali Fabricated Products In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Radiography is an effective Non Destructive Testing (NDT) method for inspecting internal and surface defects in engineering materials. It has been applied in this study to establish the integrity of welded joints in Jua ... -
Information and Communication Technology Talent Management Alignment with Outsourcing: Case of Kenya Power
(2014)Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays a critical role in the survival and growth of business organizations in Kenya. The Government of Kenya, through Kenya Vision 2030 development program has identified ... -
Laboratory And Field Evaluation Of Entomopathogenic Fungi, Metarhizium Anisopliae And Beauveria Bassiana, For Management Of The Legume Pod Borer, Maruca Vitrata (fabricius) On Cowpea
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) is one of the most important food and forage legumes in the semi-arid tropics. The legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is considered as one of the most ... -
An academic certification verification system based on cloud computing environment
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Cloud computing is new technology that involves moving of software, services and data storage from computer desktop to remote servers, allowing user to access these resources from anywhere on demand. There are different ... -
Determination of elemental concentrations in edible seaweeds, sea sediments and seawater samples from the Kenyan Coast using X-ray Fluorescence techniques
(2015)Since ancient times, seaweeds have been used as human food, animal feed, fertilizers, salt extractors and pharmaceuticals in orient countries but not to any great extent in Kenya. Currently, world seaweed industry is ... -
Integrating policy transfer, policy reuse and experience replay in speeding up reinforcement learning of the obstacle avoidance task
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Obstacle avoidance is one of the key functionalities necessary for the proper functioning of an autonomous mobile robot. Smart & Kaelbling (2002) showed that the time required to learn this task using reinforcement ... -
Application of Linear Mixed E ects Model on Hierarchical Data (KCPE Examination Scores)
(2015)Over the last four decades, the mixed e ects model has gained prominence in so- cial research in education, health and elds whose data naturally have hierarchical structures. The ability of the mixed e ects model to ... -
Analysing Factors in ICT Integration among Staff in Tertiary Academic Institutions:A Case Study of Machakos Town
(2015)Organisations and the government have been trying to promote ICT integration among staff to enable them use ICT tools at the place of work. Enormous amount of resources have been spent to improve productivity by promoting ... -
Wireless product-broadcast system
(2015)Many businesses lack advertising capacity for their products mostly because of high advertisement market rates offered by the industry players. For those who can afford newspaper and electronic media advertisement, they ... -
Adsorption characteristics of captafol pesticide by sediment and soil samples: apparent thermodynamic properties using spectroscopic methods
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This study involved adsorption of captafol on red soil obtained from Kwale county and the sediments collected from Ngong river, by varying the initial concentration of the adsorbate, shaking time and weight of adsorbent. ... -
Factors influencing domestic violence among families in Chebunyo ward, Chepalungu sub-county, Bomet county, Kenya
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Factors influencing retention of engineers in power generating project: a case of geothermal power station, Naivasha Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The vision of KenGen is “Provision of reliable, safe, quality and competitively priced electric energy in East Africa”. Its mission is “To efficiently generate competitively priced electrical energy using state of the art ... -
Demand-Side Factors Influencing the Adoption of Broadband for Small Business in Kenya: A Case Study of Cybercafés in Nairobi City
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Dynamics of institutional arrangements and their adaptation to socio-economic and ecological challenges in pastoral areas of northern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07)The Northern Rangelands of Kenya are home to approximately 10 Million people and the key livelihood is pastoralism. The rangelands are a source of numerous and diverse goods and services, that are sometimes tangible and ... -
Evaluation of spatial variability of selected soil chemical properties, their influence on coffee yields and management practices at Kabete field station farm
(University of Nairobi, 2015)ABSTRACT Coffee production in Kenyan farms (smallholder and plantations) has been on the decline over the last two and half decades in output and quality and this may have been due to declining soil productivity arising ...
