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Cultural and Geological Heritage Contextualism in the Interior Built Environment of Hotel Brands in Kenyan Counties
(University of Nairobi, 2018)With the onset of devolution, there has been a surge in development of three star plus hotels in Kenya as part of the development of the tourism economic pillar in Vision 2030. Despite Kenya having rich cultural and ... -
Deception in advertising: a case study of fruit juices in the local Kenyan market
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)Deception in advertising is an ongoing moral, and in some cases, controversial issue. What may appear to be a harmless advertisement to one person or group may be very misleading to another. With the increase in technology ... -
Densification of urban residential spacem and it’s effect on solid waste management:
(Department of Urban and Regional planning Faculty of Architecture, Design and Development School of Built Environment, 2010)One of the key problems that Kenya and most other developing countries have in common is the high population growth- rate, which has become an impediment to growth and led to poverty- ridden slum cities . 'This is threat ... -
Department of Geospatial and Space Technology Food Mapping; Case Study of Turkana Central Subcounty
(university of nairobi, 2022)A food map is a visual representation of food related data on geographic location, at a given scale factor, existence of a food map gives a clear illustration at a glance of the situation and state of food in the area of ... -
Design and Characterisation of an Electrohydrodynamic Multinozzle Atomizer for Thermal Desalination Processes
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Water is one of the three basic necessities (Air, water and food) of life on earth. Access to adequate quantities of safe andfresh water for drinking, domestic, commercial, agricultural and ... -
Design and Characterization of a Hybrid Flat Plate Photovoltaic-thermal System
(University of Nairobi, 2016)A variety of solar energy systems have been designed to harness sun power to produce both thermal and electric energy. Hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar energy harnessing systems can concurrently provide electric ... -
Design And Evaluation Of Solar Maize Grain Dryer With A Back-up Heater
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)A solar dryer integrated with a simple biomass burner was designed and constructed with locally available materials to dry maize. The dryer was composed of solar collector, drying chamber, back-up heater and airflow ... -
Design and Modelling of a Microcontroller Based Automatic Transfer Switch With a Sequential Loading System
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Design and planning considerations in building materials research
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Design and testing of a demand response q-learning algorithm for a smart home energy management system
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Growth in energy demand stimulates a need to meet this demand which may be achieved either through wired solutions involving infrastructural investment in generation, transmission and distribution systems or non-wired ... -
The Design and Use of AIDS- Posters in Kenya
(School of the Arts and Design, 2013)The hypothesis of this study is that differences in aesthetic and communication systems confound the efficacy of posters used in efforts to control IDV-AIDS in Kenya. The study is based on empirical observation of the ... -
Design and Validation of a GSM Enabled Electricity Prepaid Meter
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This report details the working of a conventional Customer Interface Unit (CIU) for Kenya Power pre-paid meters. We study the functionality of the meters and pay particular attention to the recharge system that involves ... -
A design approach to facilitating the village polytechnic ideology in Kenya
(Faculty of the Graduate School of Cornell University, 1985-06)The Village Polytechnic Programme (VPP) in Kenya, one of the non-formal educational programmes designed to solve problems of illiteracy, unemployment, and rural development, has been in existe,,nce since 1966. The ... -
Design approaches for community development in Kenya. A case study of Wamunyu handicrafts community in Machakos County.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Design is increasingly becoming a very important vehicle for community development especially in the rural areas where resources are limited. This role is highly linked to the rich interaction between religion, art and ... -
Design Considerations in Television and Radio Broadcast Studios.
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Design For Speech:a Case Of University Of Nairobi Lecture Theatres
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The conditions surrounding the transmission of speech in an enclosed auditorium are complicated, it is true, but are only such as will yield an exact solution in the light of adequate data (Sabine, 1964). Good acoustics ... -
Design in jua Kali pottery in Kenya
(2007)Contemporary pottery has become increasingly common within the Jua kali sector in and around urban areas in Kenya. Little research however on the creative and innovative aspects of contemporary Jua kali pottery has been ... -
Design of a hybrid power system for a wireless communication tower system
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Telkom Kenya tower systems, especially those located in rough terrain, are currently powered by diesel generator sets. Diesel power generation is associated with several disadvantages which do not make it the best option. ... -
Design of a PC Data Acquisition System
(University of Nairobi, 2014-04)This report presents the design and implementation of a PC based data acquisition system. The aim of the project is to design a system that takes four analogue inputs and display them in real time on a program running ...