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Non-tariff barriers in eac customs union: implications for trade in manufactured goods in Kenya

Kahenu, Samuel M (University of Nairobi, 2014)

The aim of this study was to identify the non-tariff barriers (NTBs) affecting Kenyan exports in the EAC market, analyze their impact on Kenyan exports and suggest possible policy options for EAC. This was informed by the ...

Non-technical power loss reduction and fault management using optimal recloser placement.

Amolo, Wyclife O (University of Nairobi, 2021)

Nowadays, it is rare for a power distribution system to run without a unique protective device to handle transients produced by energy theft, lightning, falling trees, and animals such as monkeys, among other things. ...

Noncommutative Gröbner Basis on Quiver Algebras

Waweru, Daniel K (University of Nairobi, 2017)

Nonporous ceramics filters for water purification

Ndungu, Jerefasio N (University of Nairobi, 2015)

ABSTRACT Clean water is a necessity for healthy human beings so is its provision and access. This study was undertaken to evaluate the performance of ceramic water filters in reducing the E. coli in contaminated water. ...

Normal Distribution In Historio-Philosophic Context

Gebrechristos, Solomon (University of NairobiSchool of mathematics,, 1998)

In general the set-up of the research work has a logical intention. That is the chapters and their respective sections are logically arranged so that one can read and arrive at the results ...

The normal hilar height ratio in Kenyan Africans; a study at Kenyatta National hospital, Nairobi

Wanene, Livingstone G (University of Nairobi,School of Medicine, 1995-07)

The Hilar Height ratio (HHR) is a numerical expression of the radiographic observation that in the normal state the right hilus is positioned in the lower half of the right hemithorax while the left hilus is situated in ...

Normal interpediculate distances and mid-sagittal diameters of the lumbar spinal canal in adult Kenyan Africans

Anwary, Mushtaq I (Degree of Master of Medicine (Diagnostic Radiology), of University of Nairobi., 1989-07)

Interpediculate distances of lumbar spinal canal were measured on normal, plain, antero-posterior radiographs of lumbar spine in 185 male and 185 female adult Kenyan Africans. Mid-sagittal diameters (Antero-Posterior ...

Normal mixtures in finance: a comparative study and applications

Manyala, Kennedy Ochieng (University of Nairobi, 2013)

Many studies on modelling return distributions of financial assets have been conducted. Among them, the most used three-type distributions are the normal, the lognormal and the non-Gaussian stable distributions. Other ...

The normal titre range of widal and brucella agglutination tests in a cross section of the human population in Nairobi and Naivasha

Jumba, Miriam (Department of Botany, University of Nairobi, 1994)

A survey of the literature revealed that among infectious diseases, typhoid fever and brucellosis are widespread in Kenya; the Widal's and Brucella agglutination tests are still widely used in the diagnosis of these ...

Normal Weighted Inverse Gaussian Distributions and Em Algorithm With Appliactions to Risk Measures and Dependence Modelling

Maina, Calvin B (University of Nairobi, 2022)

High frequencyfinancialdataischaracterizedbynon-normality,asymmetric,leptokurtic and fat-tailedbehaviour.Thenormaldistributionisinadequateincapturingthese characteristics. Tothisend,variousflexibledistributionshavebeen ...

The normality Of Wednesday returns: evidence from the Nairobi Securities Exchange

Maty, Jimmie A (University of Nairobi, 2012)

Normalization Of Political Corruption In Africa With Special Reference To Kenya

Nyongesa, George (University of Nairobi, 2019)

Since African countries’ independence, the perception of political corruption has remained widespread despite government reforms that have included adopting constitutional, legislative and institutional anticorruption ...

Normocytic anaemia and associated diseases in Kenyatta National Hospital

Oduor, Johansen N (University of Nairobi.Faculty of Medicine, 2008)

Background: Normocytic anemia is probably the most frequently encountered type of anemia in clinicalpractice because it is usually associated with several diseases. In spite of this no study has been conducted in the ...

Note Taking and Directionality: an Investigation of the Effect of Language Choice in Note Taking by Trainee Interpreters

Mwangangi, Agnes, M (University of Nairobi, 2019)

This study set out to investigate language choice in note taking by trainee interpreters, errors arising from poor note taking and and the impact of directionality in faithful rendition. To do so, the study analysed ...

Noun derivation in lutiriki : a morphophonological description

Cedricc, Jiji V C (Department of Linguistics and Languages, 2008)

This is a study on derivational noun morphology of Lutiriki. Noun derivation in Lutiriki is both morphologically and phonologically conditioned hence a morphophonological description has to be undertaken to make insightful ...

Noun derivations in Kigiryama using the word formation in generative grammar theory and the extended level ordering hypothesis

Munyanya, Elizabeth J (University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)

This is a study on derivational noun morphology of Kigiryama. In this work we investigate noun derivations within the framework of Aronoffs (1976)Word Formation in Generative Grammar and the Extended Level Ordering. This ...

Novel Sources of the Stay Green Trait in Sorghum and Its Introgression Into Farmer Preferred Varieties for Improved Drought Tolerance

Ochieng, Grace A (University of Nairobi, 2022)

Drought is an important abiotic stress in the tropics that highly constrains sorghum production. Sorghum landraces and wild relatives have been known to harbor sources of novel genes but there is hardly any information ...