Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions
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Effect of East Coast Fever Marikebuni Vaccine on Feeding and Reproductive Success of Rhipicephalus Appendiculatus
(University of Nairobi, 2023)East Coast Fever is a tick-borne disease of economic importance in bovines caused by Theileria parva, a protozoan parasite transmitted transstadially by a three-host tick, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus. The control of ECF ... -
Predicting Antenatal Care (ANC) Visits Using Machine Learning Algorithms
(University of Nairobi, 2022)In 2016,the World Health Organization(WHO)updated the prior recommendations for Antenatal Care(ANC)visitsandsuggested8+ANC appointments over the course of pregnancy.The aim of this was to address the problem of perinatal ... -
Factors Influencing Consumer Adoption of Mobile Payments at Equity Bank
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Consumers often conduct financial transactions using mobile wallets, and mobile wallet companies use the most recent, highly secure encryption technology to safeguard consumer information. While consumers are assured that ... -
Information Technology-organizational Strategy Alignment in Public Organizations in the Gambia
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Organizations and information technology managers have shared a common concern over the alignment of organisational strategy and information technology. IT-organizational strategy alignment plays a significant role in ... -
Application of Geospatial Technologies in Monitoring Urban Growth: a Case Study of Ahero Town
(University of Nairobi, 2023)With over 80% of global GDP created in cities, urbanization may contribute to long-term growth if properly managed. Cities must act fast to plan for expansion and provide the fundamental services, infrastructure, and ... -
Comparative Analysis of Quantum Encoding Methods in Quantum Neural Networks for Image Classification on the MNIST Dataset
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Quantum computing, a paradigm that utilizes the concepts of quantum mechanics, has emerged as a transformative force in various fields, including machine learning. Within this setting, Quantum Neural Networks (QNNs) have ... -
Enhancing Named Entity Recognition in Low Resource Domains Using Deep Transfer Learning: a Case of Rt&b Crop Diseases in Scientific and Online Text
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Named Entity Recognition (NER) is important in fields where researchers have to review large amounts of scientific text, such as plant pathology. However, NER is especially difficult in low-resource domains, for ... -
Application of Geostatistics to Mineral Resource Modelling and Estimation: Case Study of Gofolo Hill Iron Ore Deposit, Western Liberia
(University of Nairobi, 2023)The Gofolo Hill deposit, situated over a regional northwest trending shear zone (Todi Shear Zone) on the margin of the Archean West African craton, occurs in one of Liberia's historic iron ore mining districts notable for ... -
Determinants of Adoption of Micro-services in Digital Banking Solutions Among Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Microservices architecture is a major trend in software development presently. It promotes the componentization concept where a single application is broken down to small and independent services. This study was founded ... -
A Computer Vision System for Early Detection of Sick Birds in a Poultry Farm Using Convolution Neural Network on Shape and Edge Information
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Poultry farming is increasingly becoming popular because it provides cheap alternatives to animal-based proteins in the form of eggs and meat. It is also easy to practice poultry farming because it does not require very ... -
Recognizing Brain Tumor Using Convolutional Neural Networks
(University of Nairobi, 2023)A brain tumor is a collection of abdominal cells in the brain that, if left untreated, can cause permanent brain damage and even death. In order to stop the progression of this life-threatening malignant tumor, early ... -
Predictive Analytics for Retention in Care and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Using Supervised Learning: a Case Study of County Health Facilities in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa are scaling up ART programmes to reduce HIV transmission for patients infected by the diseases (UNAIDS, 2014). In healthcare organizations, a great problem is faced by healthcare ... -
Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment of Southern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Kenya’s Indian Ocean coastline is a passive continental margin that resulted from the breakup of the East and West Gondwanaland supercontinent during the Jurassic-Tertiary age and is consequently expected to have minimal ... -
Economic Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic of Internet Gambling in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Gambling is among ancient activities people take part in either for economic endeavor, leisure or both. In recent years, increased gambling legalization globally has resulted in high internet gambling rates in developing ... -
Optimization of the Blood Bank Management Using a Distributed Web Application
(University of Nairobi, 2023)A major problem facing blood banks is how to optimally forecast the amount of blood to collect and how to allocate the blood collected to reduce wastage. Currently, each blood bank manages blood allocation manually which ... -
Assessing Management of Biodiversity in the Maasai Mau Forest Ecosystem
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Biodiversity conservation and management are key to sustainable forest ecosystems, which play an important role in the well-being of world economies and societies. This study examined how biodiversity-related programs and ... -
Effects of Climatic Variability on Nematode Diversity Richness, Distribution, and Use of Resistant Potato Varieties for Management of Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera Rostochiensis) in Nyandarua, in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Temperature, latitude, and altitude are critical in the soil nematode distribution. The documentation of macro-ecological diversity and geographic distribution patterns of soil-dwelling nematodes have received little ... -
Deficiency Theory in Chemical Reaction Networks: the Analogy of Chemical Kinetics of Models of Infectious Disease Transmission
(University of Nairobi, 2023)of chemical reaction networks. This research explores the concept of de ciency theory in chemical reaction networks(CRNs) and its analogy with models of infectious disease transmission. In this study, we begin by ... -
Blockchain-based Ride-sharing Model With Decentralized Governance
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Digital technologies have gained immense significance in our society and economy. Various sectors embrace technology to optimise operations and achieve efficiency and smooth functioning. One notable example is the rise ... -
Use of Blockchain Technology in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain - a Case Study of Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2023)The use of substandard, unregistered and falsified pharmaceutical drugs does not only endanger health, promote spread of antimicrobial and drug-resistant infections but also undermines confidence in health professionals ...
