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Interest Rates As A Mearsure Of Financial Risk
(University of NairobiSchool of mathematics, 2003)This paper argues that in the fundamental subject of financial risk analysis, a lot of valuable lessons can be drawn from interest rates as a measure of risk. It explores interest rates and why they exist. It's about ... -
The interference effects in the atomic absorption spectrophotometry determination of chromium and complexing of antimony and tin metal ions and consequent determination in the atomic absorption Spectrophotometry
(University of NairobiFaculty of Science, 1977)The interferent effects of thirty SlX metal salts vit.h the chromium absorbance in the air-acetylene flame has been studied. Twelve metal interferents of Fe, Co, Ni, Pd, Ti, V, Mg, Al, Zr, W, U and Mo were found to have ... -
Intergrating Bioinformatics Mechanism - Based Screening Into Kinetoplastids Antiprotozoan rRna Targets Compound Discovery Paradigm
(university of Nairobi, 2020-03)Kinetoplastids are human pathogens with devastating economic and health effects, which include Leishmania and Trypanosoma species from flagellated protozoans. With the developed technology platform that allows the generation ... -
Interlingual Machine Translation Approach For Local Languages:Ekegusii- Kiswahili
(University of NairobiSchool of computing and informatics, 2007)Development of natural language applications for local languages in Africa reqmres innovative approaches since many of these languages are resource scarce. By this we mean that there are hardly any local language corpora ... -
Internet utilization: a case of connected rural and urban secondary schools
(School of Computing and Informatics, 2009)The study looked at the utilization of the Internet among teachers and students in connected rural and urban secondary schools. The purpose of the study was to help policy makers, decision makers and investors make well ... -
Interoperability Framework for National Population Register A Case Study of IPRS
(University of Nairobi, 2019)The Government of Kenya has several different agencies all undertaking population registration functions under independent pieces of legislations. The IPRS department has the sole responsibility of hosting the National ... -
Interpretation of structural controls of ground water flow using geophysical techniques in the region South of Lake Nakuru (Delamere-Enderit area)
(University of Nairobi, 2011)Water is one of the vital elements all over the world and due to several factors such as over exploitation, water resources are steadily decreasing. This study is therefore aimed at characterizing the nature of the shallow ... -
Intra-seasonal characteristics of daily rainfall over Uganda during the wet seasons
(Department of Meteorology, University of Nairobi, 2007)Over 80% of the population in Uganda lives in rural areas whose most of socio-economic activities are rain-fed, yet rainfall displays largest variability in both space and time which is reflected in either the amounts ... -
Intraspecific Genetic Diversity Among Trypanosomes From Kwale and Marsabit Counties in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)African Animal Trypanosomiasis caused by trypanosomes is a great challenge to livestock keeping. The parasites are transmitted biologically by tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) and mechanically by stable flies like Stomoxys ... -
Intraspecific Genetic Variation Among Populations Of Kenyan African Violet, Saintpaulia Rupicola B. L. Burtt: A Molecular Approach
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological Sciences, 1998)Saintpaulia rupicola B. L Burtt (Gesneriaceae) is one of the African Violet species under high threat of extinction from its habitat. It is endemic to coastal Kenya where it occurs in Kilifi and Kwale districts in four ... -
Intrinsic Factors Affecting Digital Inclusion in Higher Learning Institutions Among Staff and Students in Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2021-08)The adoption of digital has started to massively increase within the education sector for knowledge; this is evident in huge investments in computers for classrooms and training of teachers to use technology while teaching. ... -
The Introduction of Love Birds (Agapornis) to Lake Naivasha, Kenya, and Their Effect on the Lake's Agriculture and Indigenous Avifauna
(University of Nairobi, 1987)Fieldwork was conducted between August 1985 and June ;_986 in the forest surrounding Lake Naivasha. The number of lovebirds was es t imat ed by both the fixed-width 1ine-transect and mar-k -r-eccp tur-e methods. There ... -
The introduction of lovebirds (Agapornis) to lake Naivasha, Kenya, and their effect on the lake's agriculture and indigenous avifauna
(School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1987)Fieldwork was conducted between August 1985 and June 1986 in the forest surrounding Lake Naivasha. The number of lovebirds was estimated by both the fixed-width line-transect and mark-recapture methods. There was good ... -
Invariant theory of finite Groups and their applications to error-correcting codes
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Inventory System For An Agrovet Company
(University of NairobiInstitute of Computer Science, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2001-07)The objective of this project was to study the current information system for an agrovet company with the view of computerizing the manual system.It aims at improving the efficiency, reliability and effectiveness of ... -
Inverse Galois Problem
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Investigate The Software Development Methodologies In Practice: A Case Of Software Producing Firms In Nairobi
(UoN, 2019)The role of software development methodology firms and products is increasingly becoming more important in developing countries. This informs the need for software development firms operating (or intending to) in such ... -
Investigating Contribution Of Fog To Air Traffic Delay At Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)Information on fog occurrence or dissipation is very useful for aircraft maneuvers. This is usually very difficult to determine either due to the absence of instruments to sense or the complexity involved in its forecasting. ... -
Investigating dry spells in Malawi during the rainfall season
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This study investigated the occurrence of dry spells during the main rainfall seasons over Malawi so that the farming community and other stakeholders can use this information to reduce vulnerability of the agricultural ... -
Investigating Effects Of Climate Change On Aflatoxin Causing Fungi Aspergilus Distribution In Maize Over Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Climate Change is currently the bane of human existence. From impacting food resources to threatening international security by weakening national defences, climate change has garnered the attention it rightfully deserves. ...