-College of Biological and Physical Sciences (CBPS)

A metagenomic analysis of DNA viruses in rumens of domestic caprines and ovines using goats and sheep as model organisms

Namonyo, Samuel (UoN, 2016-05)

The rumen is a complex ecosystem (a metagenome) that is important as it embodies microbes responsible for digestion, efficient use of feeds and energy production in ruminants. A variety of viruses have been known to exist ...

Evaluation Of The Geothermal Energy Potential Of The Olkaria Field Kenya, Based On Geochemical Data - A Numerical Model

Wamalwa, Ruth N (University of Nairobi, 2017)

The Olkaria geothermal field is located in the Kenyan Rift valley, about 120 km from Nairobi. It is surrounded by further geothermal prospects, such as Suswa, Longonot and Eburru. Exploration of the Olkaria geothermal ...

High Frequency of the Fyes Duffy Antigen Receptor for Chemokines Allele in the Absence of Plasmodium Vivax in Kilifi, Kenya

Matharu, Abneel, K (University of Nairobi, 2017)

Malaria is a human disease that is caused by the Plasmodium parasite and it is a life-threatening disease. Plasmodium vivax being one of the parasites among other Plasmodium parasites is a major cause in spreading malaria ...

Influence of Firms’ Capability on Delivery of Quality Outsourced Ict Services in Kenyan Public Institutions Case Study of Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri)

Kitembe, Sally M (University of Nairobi, 2017)

Aim: The aim of this study was to establish the influence of firm’s capability on delivery of quality outsourced ICT services in Kenyan Public Institutions. This research focused on The Kenya Medical Research Institute ...

An Evaluation of Real-Time Processing of Call Detail Records Using Stream Processing

Wambua, Catherine K. (University of Nairobi, 2017)

A common problem plaguing the telecommunication industry is how to process the gigantic amounts of Call Detail Records (CDR) data it generates. Currently, telecommunication companies use batch processing systems to process ...

Generating Probability Distributions Based on Burr Differential Equation

Momanyi, Reinpeter O (University of Nairobi, 2017)

Security of Web Applications From Cross Site Scripting Attacks on Browser Side

Omondi, Rotah R (University of Nairobi, 2017)

Cross-Site Scripting has been known to be the most common and serious attack against web based services. Confidentiality of browsers has been compromised in many ways since they support the execution of embedded scripts. ...

Assessment Of The Fate Of Selected Pesticides On Vegetables In Naivasha Area

Okworo, Emily K (University of Nairobi, 2017)

This study assessed the fate of pesticides used on vegetables in Naivasha area. The harmful effects of pesticides make them pose a serious threat to some of the non-target organisms including human and wild life. The ...

An Ict Model for Increased Adoption of Agricultural Input Information by Cereal Farmers in Developing Countries: a Case in Sikasso, Mali

Macire, Kante (University of Nairobi, 2017)

Use of agricultural inputs by small-scale cereal farmers constitutes the basis for an improvement of their agricultural productivity. Such use is related to the adoption of agricultural input information disseminated by ...

An Investigation of the Synergystic Effects of Titanium (Iv) Oxide Modified Clay in Disinfection and Purification of Water

Ojok, David O (University of Nairobi, 2017)

Access to potable water is a problem facing developing countries worldwide. This water problem is expected to worsen with the population increase in the developing countries. It is in view of the water crisis that a series ...

An Auto Telematics System for Insurance Premium Rating & Pricing

Irode, Philip L (University of Nairobi, 2017)

Insurance telematics is a new technology that has been poised to transform and change the way we buy and underwrite insurance by 2020. Insurance Premium is a major variable that determines if a client will buy or take ...

Modelling of Auto Insurance Claims Using Discrete Probability Distributions

Makori, Vanis K (University of Nairobi, 2017)

Within general insurance, pricing of premiums is always a challenging task. Frequency of claims plays a big part in pricing of premiums. Frequency of claims are determined by the attributes of a particular policy holder. ...

Modeling and Determining Risk Factors of Malaria Among Children in Kenya

Abuga, James G (University of Nairobi, 2017)

Malaria is a life threatening disease that has adverse e ects on child development. The e ects include absenteeism from school and pains associated with malaria. This paper investigates risk factors associated with malaria ...

Service Aware Scheduling Policy for Time Constrained Communication in Network Functions Virtualization and Software Defined Networks

Muchoki, Simon M (University of Nairobi, 2017)

Communication services have varying quality of service (QoS) requirements which the network should provide for a service to meet desired objective or user expectations. When it comes to services with strict service levels ...

Utilization of cloud database on criminal background check

Mutisya, Michael N (University of Nairobi, 2017)

The rate of Criminal background check has recently gone high in Kenya. Career candidates have been subjected to pre-screening they are engaged by employers. Employers have been slack in hiring or retaining employees who ...

Aweb-based Distributed Health Information System to Cater for Patients With Chronic Ailments

Onduko, Morris M (University of Nairobi, 2017)

Distributed Systems today are rising dynamically in terms of new applications, hardware and network components, users, workload changes and in various research applications. A distributed dataset is having its importance ...

Fabrication And Characterization Of Tio2/Nb2O5 Composite Photo-Electrodes Deposited Using Electrophoretic Technique For Application In Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Nguu, John N (University of Nairobi, 2017)

This study has investigated a rapid, simple and cost effective electrophoretic deposition (EPD) technique for fabrication of nanoparticulate TiO2/Nb2O5 composite electrode films for use in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). ...