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Statistical Properties Of The Dorfman-Sterrett Group Screening Procedure With Errors In Decision
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Chapter 6 – remote sensing application supporting IWRM in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)This chapter begins with a synopsis of the basic concept of remote sensing with the various stages and interactions that characterize the entire remote sensing process described. A brief recapitulation of the status of ... -
Incorporating ict in teaching and learning: A case of accelerating 21st century Education (ACE) project in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2012)Accelerating 21st Century Education (ACE) aims to strengthen capacity of teachers to become more effective in teaching using ICTs. It is also expected that this initiative will enable students to develop 21st century ... -
Consumer perceptions and demand for biofortified sweet potato-based biscuit: The case of Akarabo golden power biscuit in Rwanda
(2014)Certain varieties of sweet potato, especially orange-fleshed, are being promoted as part of the strategy to combat vitamin A deficiency in children and pregnant mothers. However, the consumption of sweet potato is more ... -
Farmer Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato Attributes: An Analysis of Common Beliefs about Sweetpotato Production and Consumption
(2014)This paper interrogates some of the beliefs about production and consumption of sweet potato in general, and orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) in particular, using both descriptive and exploratory factor analysis and ... -
The role of partnerships in teacher Education: improving quality of Teacher preparation and practice
(University of Nairobi, 2012-11)The paper discusses partnerships in the preparation and practices of teachers. Teachers' colleges in Kenya were empowered to develop successful networks within the educational system as well as with private entities and ... -
Professional development Centre initiative for primary Teacher Training Colleges in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2012-11)This paper focuses on the genesis; operational structure; the results; the challenges, lessons learnt; and policy implications for the professional development centers (PDC) initiative. PDC is an institutional internal ... -
Stabilization of solid waste through leachate recycling
(University of Nairobi, 1994)One characteristic which landfills Have in common is the long stabilization times they require. Stabilization implies that conditions within the fill have achieved a state of relative physical, biological and chemical ... -
A Competency Framework for Teachers in Kenya: Working Towards New Standards for a New Era
(University of Nairobi, 2012)The paper discusses partnerships in the preparation and practices of teachers. Teachers' colleges in Kenya were empowered to develop successful networks within the educational system as well as with private entities and ... -
Impact of Land Use /Cover dynamics on Streamflow: A Case of Nzoia River Catchment, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010)Degradation of watershed areas in Kenya’s basins is on the increase and is currently a major concern for the government. The main causes of watershe d degradation stem from the abuse and poor management of forests ... -
Review of soil water retention characteristic (SWRC) models between saturation and oven dryness
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Soil water retention characteristic is the key soil property used in many applications in the fields of irrigation, hydrology, geotechnical engineering and soil science in general. Since the advent of digital soil mapping ... -
Combustion characteristics of wet sludge in a fluidized bed: Release and combustion of the volatiles
(1995)Combustion characteristics of wet (i.e. mechanically dewatered) sewage sludge were investigated in both laboratory and semi-pilot-scale fluidized bed combustors. The aims were to determine the influence of the high water ... -
Outcome Of Globe Preservation Therapy In Patients With Bilateral Retinoblastoma At The Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Background The past 60 years have seen retinoblastoma management transform from enucleation of diseased eyes to attempts to salvage the eye and vision guided by the principles of first preserving life, then the eye and ... -
Managing the externalities of declining dry season river flow: A case study from the Ewaso Ngiro North River Basin, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2004)Upstream-downstream water conflicts are common phenomenon in most basins. Such conflicts take a different dimension when they occur during dry season with an already low level of river flows. This context aggravates the ... -
Potato virus Y (PVY) and potato virus X (PVX) resistance breeding in Kenya: applicability of conventional approaches
(2013)Potato virus Y (PVX) and potato virus X (PVX) are among the most important viruses of the potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) crop worldwide. The use of virus resistant varieties is considered the most effective and sustainable ... -
Makueni district profile: tree management, 1989-1998.
(University of Nairobi, 2000)The efforts made by households in Makueni District, Kenya, to manage trees in crop and grazing lands are reviewed, using survey data from 4 villages in Wore and Kibwezi Divisions covering the period 1989-1998. The impact ... -
Weather and climate hazards that affect food production in the Lake Victoria basin.
(University of Nairobi, 2000)This paper discusses the impact of weather and climate hazards on the lives of the rural people living near Lake Victoria, Africa, thereby worsening their already desperate condition, and suggest ways of mitigating these ... -
What does integration imply in choosing a unit of enumeration: enterprise, holding or individual? Does it matter? Perspectives from Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2009)Statistical integration is advanced as a means of making data meet particular needs and ad value to the whole statistical data collection and management system. At the data collection level it can produce significant ... -
Financial integration relationships and linkages in east African community (EAC) equity markets
(University of Nairobi, 2014-10)This paper investigates financial integration and linkage relationships amongst equity markets in East Africa Community over time by determining the speed and levels of integra tion using monthly market return data for ... -
Agroforestry solutions to some African wind problems
(University of Nairobi, 2002-10)The Traditional Techniques of Microclimate Improvement-Project was in several cases called upon to find urgently required local solutions to problems caused by wind in Africa, using trees in an agroforestry setting. In ...
