Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions
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Fundamental Properties of N-power Operators and Their Characterization
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The project will study class of n-power operators and their properties. The study will focus n-power normal operators, n-power hyponormal operators,npower posinormal operators,n-power quasi-normal operators and n-power ... -
Combination Of Phages And Antibiotic Therapy To Control And Revert Antimicrobial Resistance Of Salmonella Enteritidis Isolated From Poultry Farms In Kiambu And Nairobi Counties, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Multi-drug resistant (MDR) Salmonella enterica Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) is an important cause of food-related illness globally. MDR Salmonella infections have complicated the current chemotherapeutic options. Bacteriophages ... -
Investigation of Portable Water Quality and Provision in the City of Nairobi, Kenya
(University of nairobi, 2022)Water quality is one of the indicators that can provide consumer confidence in drinking water distributed in the City of Nairobi. A safe water supply is crucial to public health hence the quality of portable water may have ... -
Comparing Accelerated Failure Time and Cox Ph Models:a Case Study on Employee Attrition
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The goal of this project, is to compare the AFT model and Cox PH model using the employee attrition data set. Survival analysis examines the desired outcome until the occurrence of the event. Although Cox PH together ... -
Factors Affecting Population, Nesting Habits, and Conservation of Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica Reguloram, Bennett 1834) in Lake Ol’ Bolossat Basin, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Birds are significant drivers of ecosystem processes and are therefore sensitive to natural and human-induced changes. Cranes are a highly threatened bird family and Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) is listed as ... -
Shared Compound Frailty Model With Application in Joint Life Annuity Insurance
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Observable risk factors (e.g., health condition) can explain heterogeneity in mortality among assureds; but modeling the risk profile of a heterogeneous life from unobservable risk factors, such as genetics is complex. ... -
Diet Analysis of Two Sympatric Owls to Assess Small Mammals Population Change in Nairobi Suburbs and Tsavo East National Park, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Owls are nocturnal raptors that feed on small vertebrate animals and regurgitate undigested food remains in form of oval-shaped pellets. The pellets contain diverse species of small vertebrates and analysis of this pellets ... -
Effects of Exceedance of Thunderstorm-related Phenomena Limits on Aircraft Operations at Selected Airports in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of exceedance of thunderstorm-related phenomena limits, including heavy rainfall, surface winds and visibility, on aviation operations at selected airports in ... -
Numerical Solutions for Pennes’ Bioheat Equations
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Forensic Analysis of Evernote Data Remnants on Windows 10
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Cloud computing technology is rapidly growing globally and many businesses are starting to adopt cloud computing to leverage the computing power and cost of operation. Therefore, cloud-based storage services are gaining ... -
Functional Analysis of Immune Response to Plasmodium Falciparum Gametocytes Surface Antigens Pfs25, Pfs48/45 and Pfs230
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Malaria Transmission Blocking Vaccine (MTBV) candidates capable of eliciting effective and long-lasting protection, thereby blocking or reducing community Plasmodium falciparum transmission rates are becoming more fashionable. ... -
Multinomial Logistic Regression to Study the Determinants of Choices of Contraceptive Methods Among Married Muslim Women in Indonesia
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Family planninghasbeenatopicofmajorconcernintheresearchfieldforyears.The correspondencebetweensociodemographiccharacteristicsandchoiceofcontraceptive methodofusespecificallyamongmarriedcoupleshasnotbeensufficientlystud ... -
Bayesian Inference of the Weibull-pareto Distribution
(University of Nairobi, 2022)There are a wide range of industries that make use of theWeibull distribution, including industrial engineering, general insurance, survival analysis, electrical engineering, and reliability engineering, to name just a ... -
An Approach to Bootstrapping the Development of Multilingual Rule-based Grammars for Under-resourced Languages Using Cross-linguistic Similarities: a Case Study of a Sub-set of Kenyan Bantu Languages
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Grammar development through the traditional rule-based method remains a challenge because the method is slow, time-consuming, expensive, knowledge-intensive, and laborious, particularly for under-resourced languages. Moreso, ... -
Assessment of Maternal and Umbilical Cord Blood Lead Levels From Selected Informal Settlements in Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Lead (Pb) is used in many manufacturing processes due to its useful properties. It is an important component in the manufacturing and recycling of lead batteries, manufacturing of paints and production of glazed pottery ... -
On Stock Market Dynamics and Options Pricing Based on Garch and Regime Switching Models
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The understanding of the linkage between stock returns, volatility and trading volume is paramount since it provides insights into the financial markets’ micro-structure. The available literature reveals insufficient ... -
Assessment of Vulnerability of Pastoralists to the Adverse Impacts of Climate Change: a Case Study of West Pokot County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The IPCC report of 2017 noted that climate change is expected to worsen the existing vulnerabilities of natural resource-dependent communities while at the same time imposing new risks beyond the range of existing experiences. ... -
Effects of Charcoal Production on Environment in the Lower Shebelle Region, Somalia
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Every country requires energy in order to develop. Somalia, a developing country relies to a large extent on wood fuel (especially charcoal) to satisfy its energy demands. Charcoal energy plays a major role in the rapid ... -
Laser Raman Spectroscopic Assessment of Honey Adulteration by Molasses
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Honey adulteration by cheaper sweeteners such as sugar syrups, synthetic honey, molasses, and sugar beet has become a common vice thus negatively affecting the quality of honey production, and diminishing its market value. ... -
Bayesian Inference of the Weibull-pareto Distribution
(University of Nairobi, 2022)There are a wide range of industries that make use of theWeibull distribution, including industrial engineering, general insurance, survival analysis, electrical engineering, and reliability engineering, to name just a ...
