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Chemistry And Some Biological Activities Of Benzoquinones Of Embelia Schimperi
(University of NairobiSchool of Physical Sciences, 1997)Embelia schimperi and Embelia keniensis are among the five medicinal Myrsinaceae plants found in Kenya which find a wide range of application in ethnopharmacology as antimicrobials and anthelmintics. The berries and root ... -
Chemodynamic studies and assessment of pesticide residues in lake Victoria catchment area for rivers Sio and Nzoia
(Depatment of Chemistry, University of Nairobi, 2005) -
Chemometrics -assisted laser induced breakdown spectroscopy of high background radiation area (HBRA) geothermal field matrices
(Department of Physics University of Nairobi, 2012)In this study, the utility of LIBS with chemometrics techniques namely PCA, PLS, ANNs and SIMCA has been investigated and demonstrated in performing trace quantitative and explorative analysis of High Background Radiation ... -
Chemosystematics, Antimicrobial and Antiproliferative Activities of the Kenyan Zanthoxylum Species and Dodonaea Viscosa Populations
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The aim of this study was to establish the relationship in Zanthoxylum species, and Dodonaea viscosa populations based on the metabolite profiles. The study also included the evaluation of the crude extracts and pure ... -
Child protection, surveillance and decision support management information system (CPSMIS) for Nairobi children's home
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Child safety on the internet: a case study of Kawangware primary and secondary schools
(School of Computing and Informatics, University of Nairobi, 2012)With an upsurge in cyber crimes globally, children are becoming a target on the cyberspace as Kenya grapples with a feeble Children's Act that does not provide sufficient protection to the victims as well as stringent ... -
The Choice Of Actuarial Funding Methods For Funded Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Defined benefit pension schemes are pension schemes in which pension benefits payable at retirement are determined using a pre-defined formula contained in the schemes’ trust deed and rules. The pension benefit formula ... -
Churn prediction in mobile telecommunications industry: Acase study of Safaricom Ltd
(School of mathematics, 2012-07)The focus of telecommunication companies has shifted from building a large customer base into keeping customers in house. For these reasons, it is valuable to know which customers are likely to switch to a competitor ... -
Churn Prediction Modelling in B2b E-commerce: a Case Study of Twiga Foods
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The informal structure of African retail, which is mostly fueled by layers of brokers and middlemen, is fundamentally changing as a result of technology. Selling locally grown fresh produce to Kenyans should be simple, but ... -
Citizen Centric Evaluation of Accessibility of Ict Services for Persons With Disability: a Case Study of Huduma Centres in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Kenya National Bureau of Statistics survey show that an estimated 1.3 million Kenyans live with vision, hearing, mobility or cognitive disabilities. In 2013, the Kenya government initiated Huduma programme which is a single ... -
A Citizen-Centric Model for Evaluating the Intermediate Impact of Egovernment: A Case Study of Huduma Centres in Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)It is evident from literature review that theory on e-government measurement and evaluation is still at nascent stages of growth in terms of development and implementation despite the importance of e-government evaluation. ... -
Claim Reserving Using Tweedie Distribution
(University of NairobiSchool of Mathematics, 2013)Fitting mathematical regression models to insurance claims data has always been challenging. The problem is predominantly grave for data from individual policies where most of the losses are zero. In addition, those ... -
Claims reserving using overdispersed poisson model
(School of mathematics, 2011-10)HIV/AIDS pandemic is a global crisis with consequences that will be felt for decades to come. It has already claimed more than 25 million lives and another 40 million people are currently estimated to be living with ... -
Classification of selected apple fruit varieties using naive bayes
(University of Nairobi, 2016-08)Manual sorting of apple fruit varieties results to high cost, subjectivity, tediousness and inconsistency associated with human beings. A means for distinguishing apple varieties is needed and therefore, some reliable ... -
Classification problems in Dorfrnan-Sterrett group-screening designs
(School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, 2006)This thesis is a study on the Dorfman-Sterrett group-screening designs assuming equal a-prior probabilities of items being defective. Based on a clear theoretical framework, we have studied both restricted and unrestricted ... -
Clay Derived Zeolites for Removal of Nitrates, Phosphates and Heavy Metals From Water
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Access to clean and safe water for domestic and industrial use remains a significant challenge in developing countries of the Third World. In Kenya, safe drinking water is accessible to only 59% of the population. Multiple ...