Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions
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A Secure Collaborative Manuscript Management System For National Examinations, A Case Study Of The Kenya National Examinations Council
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) did declare the use of ICT in all its operations as one of its main objectives for its development. In this line, KNEC has in the recent past embraced ICT even while interacting ... -
Importance of arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi in the restoration of a disturbed site in Kakamega forest
(2014)Kakamega forest, a major reservoir of biodiversity in Kenya has experienced degradation over a long period of time due to human disturbance. This disturbance has resulted in a heterogeneous mixture of vegetation including ... -
Modeling Factors Affecting Academic Transition In Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2014-06)Academic transition has been known to be affected by many factors. This project sought to investigate the most effective factors to academic transition. First, the factors were extracted from literature. They were then ... -
Factors affecting the adoption of E-governance in a public institution in Kenya: case of Nema-Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)The aim of the study is to determine factors affecting the adoption of e-governance in a public institution in Kenya, a case of NEMA-Kenya. E-government has been identified and adopted as one of the most efficient vehicles ... -
Modeling of Malaria Prevalence in Kisumu County Kenya Using Logistic Regression
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Modeling Labor Market Performance In Sub-Sahara Africa Using Convex Optimization Techniques
(University Of Nairobi, 2014-06)In this project, we have modeled labor market performance in Sub-Sahara Africa using convex optimization. Labor market indicators were adopted as a reliable source of information capable of describing Sub-Sahara Africa ... -
Frailty models with applications in medical research : observed and simulated data
(2014)Multivariate or cluster failure time data are common in survival analysis and nding an appropriate method to model the correlation among the observations is a very important issue for valid and reliable statistical ... -
Assessment of quality of life of breast cancer patients using principal component analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2014-06)Background: The most commonly diagnosed cancers worldwide are those of the lung, breast and colorectum. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. In 2012, 1.7 million women were diagnosed with breast ... -
A framework for determining the level of success in the implementation of IFMIS: a case of the national treasury
(2014-07)The Government of Kenya through the Ministry of Finance has implemented IFMIS as its sole accounting system since the year 2005 and from then the system has not been able to fully provide the expected benefits of integrated ... -
Religious groups and moral development of pre-school children in Nairobi county, Kenya
(2014)Morality grows in human beings spontaneously alongside physical limbs, basic mental and social capacities. Children evolve maturity in moral thinking with the growing age. Further, children at any age can be presented with ... -
Modelling Exchange Rate Volatility Of KES/USD Using Garch Family Models
(University of Nairobi, 2014-07)Investors, Policy makers, Governments etc. are all consumers of exchange rates data and thus exchange rate volatility is of great interest to them. In this paper, the importance of exchange rate volatility modelling has ... -
Construction of household asset-based wealth index for Eastern region, Kenya
(2014-07)There are growing concerns regarding inequities in health, with poverty being an important determinant of health as well as a product of health status. Within Eastern region Kenya, disparities in socio-economic position ... -
Knowledge Management System For Knowledge Transfer In Technical Institutions Case Study: Wote TTI
(University of Nairobi, 2014-04)Lack of proper skills has led to mass failure in technical and business national examinations in the Technical Institutions. A committee, in its report, considered the problem of mass failure as due to lack or unavailability ... -
The influence of training extension workers on farm productivity: a case study of agra- Nairobi county, Kenya
(2014)Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) works to achieve a food secure and prosperous Africa through the promotion of rapid, sustainable agricultural growth based mechanisms on smallholder farmers. In implementation ... -
Factors that influence youth participation in decision making in community projects in Wajir East district, Wajir county
(2014)Youth need a chance to develop their various communities through participation in decision making on projects that can bring about the beautification of their community without depending on the government. This study ... -
Tectonic evolution of Mui basin and the depositional sequence of the basin sediments
(2014-07-07)This study was conducted over the Mui Basin which is located in the south eastern parts of Kenya. It focuses on the tectonic evolution and depositional history of the basin. One of the motivating factors for the choice of ... -
A framework for the adoption of biometric ATM authentication in the Kenyan financial institutions
(2014)The use of ATMs has become fundamental in the financial institutions owing to the values that are transacted using these systems and the 24/7 availability of these systems. Although several researchers have discussed the ... -
Using Sequential Analysis To Shorten Clinical Trials
(University of Nairobi, 2014-07)Sequential analysis is concerned with the statistical theory and methods of analysis of such data in which the final number of observations need not to be fixed in advance but may depend in some specified way on the data ... -
Marker Assisted Gamete Selection For Multiple Disease Resistance In Mesoamerican Bean Genotypes And Race Typing Of Angular Leaf Spot Pathogen In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Productivity of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is severely constrained by angular leaf spot, anthracnose, bean common mosaic virus and Pythium root rot, among other biotic and abiotic constraints. The most effective ... -
Use of remote sensing techniques for the exploration of groundwater: a case study of Voi divison Taita Taveta district.
(University of Nairobi,, 2005-07)This dissertation applies remote sensing techniques in groundwater exploration. Remote sensing techniques provide efficient real time methods for analysis of hydrologic issues and tools for water use planning and modelling. ...
