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Differentiation Of Isolates Of Uromyces Appendicuiatus (per. Ex. Per. ) Unger V A R .appendicuiatus And Evaluation Of Bean Cultivars For Resistance To Bean Rust In Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,, 1989)Bean rust caused by Uromyces appendiculatus (Per. ex. per) Unger val'. appendiculatus is an important disease of beans in Kenya. Work was carried out on' this disease to investigate the variability of the pathogen in ... -
Digital Archiving and Preservation of Cancer Records- Case of Knh/uon Department of Pathology.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Cancer is considered to be 3rd leading killer and 2nd among non-communicable diseases in Kenya Mutinda J. (2019). Ferlay, et al (2013) noted there are about 37,000 new cases of cancer annually and annual mortality rate of ... -
Digital forensics framework for Kenyan courts of laws
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)We are living in the knowledge age where information and knowledge has become of the most sought after commodity as characterized by proliferation of digital devices and systems. This has seen a paradigm shift in the ... -
Digital Image Processing Application to Agriculture
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Digital Mapping Of Food Banks In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This research presents a case study of food banks for local level use to help identify suitable geographic location areas with inadequate distribution of food aid. Kenya is affected by periodic drought seasons, which ... -
Digitalization of Multi-stakeholder Structures Along Sorghum Value Chain in Siaya County
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Detailed knowledge of specific agricultural value chain stakeholders is a key element for quality and profitable food production (Makini et al. 2013). While there are attempts to organize agricultural stakeholders in ... -
Digitization Readiness Assessment in Public Organizations a Case of Kenya National Examinations Council
(University of Nairobi, 2020)An education system geared towards critical thinking, problem solving and lifelong learning is an important part of the innovation ecosystem. The examination process is an important indicator of learning outcomes. In ... -
Dilution Of Circular Wall Jet In Crossflow
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Civil Engineering, 1994)Dilution of turbulent circular wall jets discharging perpendicular to crossflow ambients has not received much attention compared to studies on free turbulent jets in crossflows. An effluent diffuser designed as a circular ... -
Direct Determination of Mercury in Skin Lighteners Using Chemometric Assisted Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The use of cosmetic products for skin colour lightening or bleaching is a common practice across the globe. However human health effects associated with mercury in these products such as skin cancer and kidney failure ... -
Direct Screening of Micronutrients on Maize Plant Leaves Using Handheld X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (HHXRF)
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Foliar nutrient analysis is an indication of soil’s elemental compositions. However, its use has been limited by the short window available for plant sampling and analysis since different plant species utilize nutrients ... -
Direct sum decomposition and canonical factorization of operators in hilbert spaces
(School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, 2009)The existence of direct, sum decompositions and factorizations of hounded linear operators acting on a Hilbert space appears to he one of the most difficult questions in the theory of linear operators. The direct sum ... -
Disaster recovery planning for business continuity in information systems - a survey of some organizationsin Nairobi, Kenya
(School of Computing and Informatics, 2002)The world we live in is full of uncertainties. A day that seemingly started well may spring surprises, some pleasant and others nasty. Much as we may not like them, disasters will happen. At the work place, they will ... -
Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method for Solving Equations in Ocean Circulation
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Discovering medical diagnosis patterns in electronic medical records using Association Rule Mining
(University of NairobiMa, 2014)Data mining technologies have been used extensively in the commercial retail sectors to extract data from their “big data” warehouses. In healthcare, data mining has been used as well in various aspects which we explore. ... -
Discrete probability distributions and their recursive relations
(School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, 2010)The objective of this project is to study discrete probability distributions and their recursive patterns. In Chapter I, we state the importance of expressing probability distributions in terms of recursive relations. ... -
Disease Monitoring System
(University of Nairobi, 2004)Geographical Information Systems or GIS are becoming useful tools in making strategic decisions in a variety of government and business activities in areas such as housing, healthcare, land use, natural resources, environmental ... -
The diseases of coffee under the changing climate: the established situation in Kenya
(2012-02-20)The distribution of key diseases of coffee particularly the Coffee berry disease (CBD) and Coffee leaf rust (CLR) in Kenya depended on coffee growing agro-ecological zones, which have varied climatic conditions. Under the ... -
Dissipation Studies of Ridomil Gold (Metalaxyl M) and Actara 25wg (Thiamethoxam) Pesticides on Irish Potatoes (Solanum Tuberosum) and Snow Peas (Pisum Sativum) in Nyandarua County.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The main objective of this study was to assess the dissipation rates of methyl N-(methoxyacetyl)-N-(2, 6-xylyl)-D-alaninate (ridomil gold; metalaxyl M) and 3-(2-chloro-1, 3-thiazol-5-ylmethyl)-5-methyl-[1, 3, 5]-oxadiazi ... -
Distributed Denial of Sevice Mitigation in Software Defined Networking
(University of Nairobi, 2019)