University of Nairobi Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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What Happened to the Internet? Scientific Communities in Three Low-income Areas, 2000-2010
(2014)This ten year study suggests that the digital divide in connectivity may have largely closed for the scientific community in parts of the world that were previously unconnected. Almost a decade ago Ynalvez et al. (2005) ... -
Effectiveness of youth polytechnics in training the youth for employment in Machakos District, Kenya
(2014)Youth Polytechnics play an important role in training school leavers who do not proceed with higher education. They are trained in relevant skills for either salary or self-employment. This study was set out to investigate ... -
Identification of widespread pollution in the Southern Hemisphere deduced from satellite analyses
(University of Nairobi, 1991)Vertical profiles of ozone obtained from ozonesondes in Brazzaville, Congo (4°S, 15°E), and Ascension Island (8°S, 15°W) show that large quantities of tropospheric ozone are present over southern Africa and the adjacent ... -
Transformation of Kikuyu traditional architecture : case study of homesteads in lower Mukurwe-ini, Nyeri, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)This thesis brings together the diverse documentation of Kikuyu traditional architecture written within a span of approximately one hundred years from 1910 to the present. It traces the transformation of Kikuyu traditional ... -
Direct forcing immersed boundary simulation for lock-in phenomena and assessment for renewable energy
(University of Nairobi, 2013) -
Numerical assessment of three flexibly mounted rotary wave energy converters with a two degree of freedom constraint
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Antioxidant activities in extracts of selected indigenous vegetables from Kenya and Malawi
(University of Nairobi, 2014-03)Antioxidant activities and phytochemical compounds of ethanol and hot water extracts of 7 selected indigenous vegetable species from Malawi and Kenya were Spectophotometrically determined and evaluated. Their effectiveness ... -
Mediating difference to achieve sustainable outcomes for low-income communities
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Security secures investment
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This study looks at the relationship between insecurity challenges arising from criminal activities and private sector investment using firm level data. It assumes that insecurity influences investment decisions through ...
