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Risk factors of abnormal visual cervical inspection in HIV infected women on antiretroviral treatment.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Background: HIV infected patients have a higher likelihood of multiple oncogenic
HPV sub-types, get persistent HPV infections and progress faster to invasive cancer
compared to their HIV uninfected counterparts. Unresolved ...
Impact of longevity risk with best fit mortality forecasting model
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
The data used in this research is from the Human Mortality database for
the United States for the period 2000 - 2009. We first begin by fitting
linear, Makeham, cubic smoothing spline and Lee Cater models to the data
to ...
Protecting mobile agents from malicious hosts in a distributed network
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Distributed applications provide challenging environment in today’s advancing technological
world. To enhance the aspects of better performance and efficiency in real scenario, mobile
agent’s concept has been brought ...
Influence of early booking for antenatal care on antenatal and early pregnancy outcomes at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Introduction: The value of antenatal care (ANC) includes enhanced level of knowledge
in preparation for motherhood, early detection of pregnancy related complications and
their corrective and preventive measures. Early ...
Determinants of youth participation in prevention of HIV and AIDS in secondary schools in Suba district, Homabay county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Knowledge, attitudes and sexual behavior change towards HIV/AIDS remains a primary goal of
HIV prevention efforts.HIV and AIDS is one of the leading health problems in Kenya where
nearly 7.1% of the population had been ...
Forecasting maternal mortality ratio in Juba teaching hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
n an effort to reduce global maternal mortality, all countries that gathered at the United
Nation Millennium Summit in 2000 agreed to incorporate maternal mortality as MDG-5.
This was intended to improve maternal health ...
Employee perception of involvement in performance target setting in the department of Nairobi Metropolitan Development, Ministry Of Lands, Housing And Urban Development
(2015)
Organizations are operating in a very competitive environment whereby, to gain a competitive advantage they require a clear and shared vision of purpose and aim. Performance management approach helps every employee understand ...
Factors influencing teenage pregnancy in public secondary schools in Imenti north sub county, Meru County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest levels of teenage pregnancies in the world. In spite
of that, there is paucity of research on causes of teenage pregnancies in African countries.
Teenage pregnancies and the ...
Predicting student’s loan default in Kenya: fisher’s discriminant analysis approach
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06)
The current high student enrollments in Kenyan universities has outstretched HELB in terms of loan disbursement. High default rate which stood at 43% as at 2012/2013 financial year have been the major challenge to HELB in ...
Comparative analysis of anomally detection algorithms
(2015)
Attacks with no previously known signatures present a challenge on how to detect them. These attacks (commonly are referred to as zero day attacks) have not been experienced before and exploit vulnerability previously no ...