Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions
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Molluscicidal activity of selected plant extracts
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)Schistosomiasis is one of the most widespread paras itic infections and the third most prevalent parasitic disease in the world in terms of overall morbidity, socioeconomic and public health importan ce. It is the ... -
The role of mobile phone use in the success of small and medium sized enterprises: a case of SMEs providing financial services in the Kiambu sub county
(University of Nairobi, 2014-10)The global business environment is tremendously changing encompassing myriad of dynamisms driven by the increasingly changing innovations in the area of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). As a result of ... -
Agent-based Vulnerability Assessment of Government of Kenya Web Applications
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The growth of the internet in recent times has led to the spread of information crimes in renewed and changing ways. Today almost all organizations including the government of Kenya have improved their performance through ... -
The shift from compliance based supervision to risk based supervision of the defined contribution schemes in Kenya
(University of Narobi, 2014-11)Risk-based supervision of pension funds grew out of a project that was jointly conducted by the World Bank and the International Organization of Pension Supervisors (IOPS). The project was initiated in response to the ... -
Phytochemical investigation of zanthoxylum gilletii (rutaceae) for antiplasmodial biomolecules
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Currently, the problem of resistance posed by the malaria causing parasites to the available drugs, demands for collective scientific research to counter the recurrent problem. In addition to this, the malaria vector has ... -
In vitro regeneration of two varieties of pigeon pea (cajanus cajan) grown in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (L) Millsp.) is an important multipurpose grain legume that is a good source of protein for populations living in the semi-arid tropics. Being a crop that is cultivated under rain-fed agricultural ... -
Population ecology of maasai giraffe (giraffa camelopardalis Tippelskirchi) in relation to climate variability in southern kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Wildlife populations and their habitats are facing serious threats from global changes in climate and human development activities. Large herbivores with slow reproductive rates, bulk food requirements, wide foraging ... -
Phytochemistry and bioactivity investigations of three Kenyan croton species
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Three Kenyan Croton species, C. megalocarpoides Friis and Gilbert, C. alienus Pax and C. sylvaticus Hochst were investigated for their phytochemistry and biological activity relevancies. Anti-microbial activity evaluation ... -
Gender dimensions in dropout rates at secondary school in siaya county, Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This study set out to examine the gender dimensions in dropout rates at secondary school level in Siaya County of Western Kenya. It sought to investigate and identify the key factors that influence school dropout rates ... -
Use of data mining to check the prevalence of prostate cancer: case of Nairobi county
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Prostate cancer has been on the rise in the past years and alarming cases being found in men in their 20’s. The problem is that most of the cases are diagnosed in their late stages thus the mortality rate being high. In ... -
e-Voting System: A simulation case study of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-09)It is generally considered that a key component of electronic government in the future will be electronic voting, as a means of facilitating the participation of citizens in elections and public debates. The rapid ... -
Machine learning techniques for optimizing the provision of storage resources in cloud computing infrastructure as a service (iaas): a comparative study
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Cloud computing is a very popular field at present which is growing very fast and the future of the field seems really wide. With progressive spotlight on cloud computing as a possible solution for a flexible, on-demand ... -
An agent-based model of a responsive network monitoring system for internet service providers
(2014)The purpose of this project was to develop a responsive Agent based network monitoring system designed to reduce the time taken by network administrators to initiate monitoring of network nodes and making any changes and ... -
A real time web based employee abuse reporting application in Kenya: A case of a University College
(2014)This project presents a summary of the work covered in this research and the findings uncovered. This work analyses the potential of a web based applications to improve abuse reporting among employees in organizations. ... -
A comparative study of two dynamic load balancing techniques as a means to increase performance in shared memory parallel computing
(2014)With the proliferation of multicore computing devices ranging from notebooks, tablets and smart phones, parallel computing is becoming the norm of most software developers. With the ultimate goal being increasing computing ... -
Integration of fertilizers, predacious mites and acaricides in the management of cassava green mite mononychellus species (acari: tetranychidae) in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The cassava mite complex of the genus Mononychellus is among the major arthropod pests of the cassava crop in Kenya. The present investigations addressed the integrated pest management (IPM) method as it applies to the ... -
Multi- agent based realtime electric transformers monitoring system
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Vandalism of electrical equipment in Kenya has become a menace and a costly affair to the society in terms of safety and low economic activities. Particularly, transformer vandalism is on the rise year in year out and ... -
Impact of natural disasters on rural household poverty - a case study of floods in lower Kano plains, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)Disasters have disproportionate effects on the poor as they are relatively more vulnerable to disaster events. In the Kenya‘s Nyanza region, floods in the Kano Plains have been a major cause of impoverishment in the ... -
Inequalities and spectral properties of some classes of operators in hilbert spaces
(University of Nairobi, 2014-10)Every normal operator is diagonalizable and every reducible operator can be expressed as a direct sum decomposition of a normal and a pure operator. Furthermore, any two similar operators have the same spectrum. The ... -
A Data Mining approach to private healthcare services demand forecast in Nairobi County
(2014)One of the most important indices of defining general welfare and quality-of-life of people in the world is physical and mental health of individuals. Health care facilities in Kenya have always aimed to provide health ...
