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Control of farley fly delia, flavibasis stein (diptera: Anthomyiidae) with resistant varieties and insecticides
(University of NairobiDepartment of Zoology, 1982)Control of barley fly Dolia fla7ibasis Stein (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) with resistant varieties and insecticides. Field experiment awere carried out to determine the effects of infestation of D. flavibasis on growth and ... -
Control of mechanical system by moving coordinates and motion in fluids, by applying of additional forces and having coordinates as a function of time.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This thesis is about the qualitative Analysis and model of equations concerned to the control of the mechanical system by moving coordinates and locomotion in a fluid. There are two essential different ways of controlling ... -
Conventional And Non Conventional Propagation Of Tree Species: Development Of Appropriate Methods For Arid Land Tree Propagation
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Botany, 1985)Three species ef Terminalia L namely T. brownie, T. kilimandscharica and T. spinosa were used for the experimentation. The trees were located in different regions in the dry zones of Kenya. Seeds were collected from the ... -
Conversion of aluminium anodizing sludge into aluminium potassium sulphate for use as a coagulant in wastewater treatment
(University of Nairobi, 2018)During the process of aluminium surface treatment, a large quantity of aluminium-rich sludge is generated but its disposal is a great challenge. The main objective of this study was to investigate the potential to recover ... -
Convolutional Neural Network Based Fall Armyworm Damage Detection System
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is an invasive pest that attacks a wide range of plants (Early et al., 2018) It is especially notorious for attacking one of Africa’s most important foods: maize which is a source ... -
Convolutional neural network for predicting poverty using satellite imagery
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Eradication of poverty in all its forms worldwide by 2030 is the rst of 17 Sustainable Development Goals outlined by the United Nations. In Africa, where the bulk of the world's poorest people live, national household ... -
Convolutional Neural Network to enhance stock taking
(University of Nairobi, 2018)In the current competitive economic environment, there is a lot of focus in optimization of processes and providing high quality customer experience. This study explores the use of deep learning particularly convolutional ... -
Cooperative problem solving: A Case study of the mobile phone technology
(School of Computing and Informatics, 2007)A cooperative distributed problem solving (CDPS) system is a distributed network of semi-autonomous processing nodes that work together to solve a single problem [23]. Cellular radio provides mobile telephone service by ... -
The coordinate graphics unit
(1981)The purpose of this coordinate graphics project is to test and evaluate an unconventional hardware design for plotting and displaying scientific and mathematical functions. This design project is interfaced with a ... -
Copper Indium Diselenide (CIS) Based Solar Cells: Effect Of CIS Preparation Conditions And Thickness On Performance
(University of NairobiFaculty of Science, 1999-09)The effect of CulnSe, thin film preparation conditions and thickness on CuInSe2 based solar cells has been investigated. Prior to CuInSe2 thin films and device fabrication, metallic Cu and In resistivity changes with ... -
Copper levels in soils collected from cofffee farms along Ruiru river in Kiambu district and Rutui river in Kirinyaga district
(Facult of Science, University of Nairobi, 1991)The total copper content was determined in river water, sediments, soil, potato shoots and tubers, weeds, coach grass, coffee leaves and coffee berries using atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS). Plant available ... -
Copula inference for incurred but not reported (IBNR) claims
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Core Indicators Of Appropriate Drug Use At Public Primary Healthcare Centers In Kisii County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background: Rational drug use requires that patients receive medications appropriate to their clinical needs, in doses that meet their requirements, for an adequate period, and at the lowest cost to them and their community. ... -
The Correlates Of Survival In Primary Billiary Cirrhosis (PBC) Of The Liver
(University of NairobiSchool of Science, 2002)This study examined the correlation of survival in primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) of the liver The main objectives of the study were to determine the effect of treatment on survival of the patients recruited in the ... -
The Correlation of plasma lipid levels with susceptibility of inbred laboratory mice to experimental Trypanosoma Congolense infection
(University of Nairobi, 2005)Mammalian hosts of African trypanosomes show marked differences in susceptibility to infection with Trypanosoma congolense as judged by survival time, anaemia, and levels of parasitaemia. For instance, the N'Dama cattle ... -
Correlation of lithology, hydrothermal alteration with temperarures on Olkaria domes, Kenya
(Department of Geology, University of Nairobi, 2011)The Kenyan Rift which forms part of the great Eastern African rift is a graben.Its formation started about 5 million years ago followed by fissure eruptions in the axis of the Rift to form flood lava by about 2 to 1 ... -
Correlation of the experimental crystallinity with the mechanical properties of isotactic polypropylene
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Coumarins from Hypericum keniense (Guttiferae)
(Institute of Plant Biochemistry", Halle/ Saale, GermanyChemistry Department", University of Nairobi, KenyaTraditional Medicines and Drugs Research Centre, Nairobi,Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), 1998) -
A Course Recommender System at Higher Education Learning
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Recommender systems have been employed in entertainment, e-commerce, agriculture, healthcare and education among other industries to provide personalised suggestions to users. Recommender systems help to solve the problem ... -
Covariates and risks of birth order transitions in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The general objective of this study was an investigation of some of the key factors determining transition between births among women of reproductive age in Kenya. For this purpose, data from Kenya Demographic and Health ...