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Estimating Large Carnivore population using Mixture Distributions
(University of Nairobi, 2016-07)Context. In order to manage any animal species well, the knowledge and understanding of how abundant they are in their habitats and their spread around the same habitat ought to be as accurate as possible. However, this ... -
Estimating the economic value and willingness to pay for environmental improvement of recreational services at the Nairobi national park, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Nairobi National Park is a key urban environmental amenity that provides a wide range of ecosystem services, among them, recreation services. The Park faces constant conservation threats mainly due to land use change thus ... -
Estimation and projection of HIV/AIDs situation in Kenya
(Depatment of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, 2002)Estimation and projection of the current and future health status of populations has become an essential tool for governments and other organizations involved in the planning and delivery of health programmes. Various ... -
Estimation of areal rainfall from satellite data
(Department of Meteorology, University of Nairobi, 1988)For hydrological, agricultural and other raindependent activities, the estimates of the average rainfall over a catchment are very important.' Most of the methods formulated for estimating the areal average rainfall make ... -
Estimation of areal rainfall in some catchments of the upper Tana river
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Estimation of concentration of carbon monoxide hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen from motor vehicles in Nairobi
(Department of Meteorology, University of Nairobi, 1992)Highway traffic is one of the major source of air pollutants and account for a considerable fraction of the air pollutants discharged into the atmosphere in urban areas Among {he principal transportation related poilu/ants ... -
Estimation of Ethanol/Water Solubility Profiles
(University of Nairobi, 2006)The goal of this study was to develop a simple means of estimating the cosolvent/water solubility profile using just the available properties (logKow, dielectric constant etc.) of the solute, cosolvent and water. Ethanol ... -
Estimation of market risk for the main investment market segment of Nairobi Stock Exchange
(School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, 2002)This Project paper applies a model for estimating market risk by use of beta coefficients.A Beta table is built using secondary data from companies listed in the Nairobi Stock Exchange Main Investment Market Segment. The ... -
Estimation of risks in stock markets (securities considered are KQ shares, KCB shares and Barclays bank shares)
(School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, 2005)Whenever one thinks of an investment, the term risk loudly or silently comes into ones mind. Attempts have been prompted to define and estimate risks both in capital assets and stocks. The pillar to which all these have ... -
Estimation Procedures in Group Testing
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Estimation of proportion of defective items using group testing has been proven to be more precise (reduced MSE) and economical than individual testing. Seven point estimators have been explored in this project with their ... -
The Estolide Fraction Of The Leaf Wax Of The If Genus Pinus And Its Use As A Taxonomic Guide
(University of NairobiCollege of Biological and Physical Sciences, 1967)Plants have been classified by the botanist according to their morphological and anatomical features. Other characteristics are increasingly supplementing the taxonomic data used by the botanist. One of these characteristics ... -
An Ethnobotanical And Chemical Study Of The Poisonous Plants Of Busoga District In Uganda.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Botany, 1993)This project was an ethnobotanical survey of the poisonous plants of Busoga district in Uganda. The information was gained through a questionnaire. A total of 74 species of poisonous plants in 64 genera and 34 families ... -
Ethnobotanical And Chemotaxonomic Study Of Some Kenyan Medicinal Labiatae Species.
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological Sciences, 1990-06)The Labiatae is a large and cosmopolitan family growing in a large variety of climate. In Kenya there are about 70 genera currently recorded at the East Africa Herberium and collected from all parts of the country. This ... -
An ethnobotanical and phytochemical study of medicinal plants used to treat gastrointestinal disorders in children in Siaya district, Kenya.
(Department of Botany, University of Nairobi, 1997)Although the local Siaya people attribute most of the diseases and misfortunes to spirits, magical and religious practices or animal sacrifices are seldom sought to get rid of diseases and illnesses, and these do not ... -
An ethnobotanical and phytochemical study of the herbal remedies of Migori district, Kenya
(Department of Botany, University of Nairobi, 1999-08)Aspects of ethnobotany , ethnosystematics and ethnomedicine of the Luo , an agropastoral community ofMigori district, Kenya are recorded based on a one year field and laboratory research. The area covered was 2506 sq. ... -
An ethnobotanical and phytochemical study of the medicinal plants of Makueni district, Kenya
(Department of Botany, University of Nairobi, 1999)Of all the uses of African plants, the aspect of medical use has probably attracted the most attention and has also been the most complex and varied. Nearly 70,000 species of higher plants have been used for medical ... -
An Ethnobotanical and Phytochemical Study of the Medicinal Plants of Maku£ni District, Kenya
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Ethnobotanical and Taxonomic Study of Catha Edulis Plant Grown in Embu and Meru Counties, Kenya.
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Ethnobotanical study, toxicity and phytochemical screening of selected medicinal plants of Tinderet district, Nandi county, Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological Sciences, 2013)Most indigenous communities depend on plants for medicine. Plants contain active principles that ensure the well being of local communities. The purpose of this study was to identify and document the medicinal plants of ...