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Modelling Climate Variability and Climate Change and Their Associated Effects on Highland Cooking Banana Production in Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Climate extremes associated with climate variability and change are on the rise both in time and space. These extremes have far reaching impacts on socio-economic sectors particularly for countries like Uganda that rely ... -
Modelling Climate Variability and Climate Change and Their Associated Effects on Highland Cooking Banana Production in Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Climate extremes associated with climate variability and change are on the rise both in time and space. These extremes have far reaching impacts on socio-economic sectors particularly for countries like Uganda that rely ... -
Modelling Credit Risk for Personal Loans Using Product-limit Estimator
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Modelling determinants of adult literacy and numeracy skills in Kenya
(School of mathematics, 2011-07)This study describes the determinants of adult literacy and numeracy skills (ALNS) in Kenya with the aid of a logistic model analysis using the 2007 Kenya National adult literacy survey data. The objectives were:- To ... -
Modelling Determinants of Contraception Use in Women in Rural Households in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)In recent times, there has been an exponential growth of the human population currently standing at 7.6 billion. There has been an increase in contraception which entails pregnancy prevention by inhibiting the normal ... -
Modelling determinants of duration of School-to-Work transition among Public University Graduates
(University of Nairobi, 2020)In this study, we analyse Kenya STEP Survey 2013 data byWorld Bank. We seek to identify signi cant determinants of duration of school-to-work transition among public university graduates. We analyse a sample of 116 public ... -
Modelling Economic Determinants Of Youth Unemployment In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Despite numerous interventions by government and development partners, youth unemployment has remained an intractable challenge in Kenya. The “youth bulge” and attending challenges of unemployment resulting in social ... -
Modelling Efficacy of Demographic Changes on Capital Investment Returns: A Case of Kenya between 1965 and 2015
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Modelling Exchange Rate Volatility of Kenya’s Top Five Trade Partners Research Report in Mathematics,number 15, 2018
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Theworld has become a global village and trade among countries has also become inevitable. Since most countries use their own domestic currencies, how much of one currency should be exchanged for another has slowly become ... -
Modelling Exchange Rate Volatility Of KES/USD Using Garch Family Models
(University of Nairobi, 2014-07)Investors, Policy makers, Governments etc. are all consumers of exchange rates data and thus exchange rate volatility is of great interest to them. In this paper, the importance of exchange rate volatility modelling has ... -
Modelling extreme claims using generalised pareto distributions family in an insurance company
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The project focuses on modeling and estimating loss claims from Insurance company. Generalized Pareto distributions family was used and compared to come with a best fitting distribution. These distributions include ... -
Modelling Fatalities Associated With Road Traffic Accidents And Other Factors Using Poisson Model
(UoN, 2019)According to the World Health Organization (WHO, 2018), 1.35 million people died in 2016 on the world’s roads, with road tra c injuries being the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged 529 years. Road ... -
Modelling Green Gram Production in Kenya Under the Current and Future Climates
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Green gram is one of the legumes considered suitable for cultivation in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) of Kenya. However, the area that is currently suitable remains small due to inadequate knowledge on the variation ... -
Modelling Hydrological Response to Urbanization: Case Study Syokimau – Katani Area, Machakos County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The Syokimau – Katani peri-urban catchment has over time been affected by adverse urban development related flooding. The encroachment of the expanding Nairobi city on this metropolitan space has spurred the mushrooming ... -
Modelling Impacts Of Climate Change On Tree Biomass And Distribution In Arabuko Sokoke Forest Reserve, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The Arabuko Sokoke forest ecosystem is characterized by degradation from natural and anthropogenic drivers. Despite these challenges the forest has no study on how climate change will impact on forest biomass and species ... -
Modelling influenza incidence in relation to meteorological parameters in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Meteorological parameters are believed to play a role in the influenza seasonality; influenza activities occurs sporadically all year round in the tropical regions with some peaks coinciding with rainy season and cold ... -
Modelling intrinsic and potential growth of Acacia Senegal under varying nutrient conditions
(School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, 2004)This study uses a logistic model to a repeated measures data and models the intrinsic growth, time of maximum growth rate and potential growth of Acacia Senegal tree seedlings. Various factors such as the silvicultural ... -
Modelling Mothers’ Socio-Economic and Demographic Determinants of Nutritional Health of Children Under Five in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This study analyzes how socio economic and demographic factors in uence Nutritional status of Kenyan children aged 0-59 months. Since malnutrition is classi ed as a critical health problem in sub-saharan Africa, this ... -
Modelling Multi-Drug Resistance During Chemotherapy Of Animal African Trypanosomiasis In Kwale, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Multi-drug resistance (MDR) has complicated treatment and control of numerous infectious diseases. The extent and rate of increase of MDR varies widely with different drug-pathogen combinations. Each year, animal African ... -
Modelling non-obstetric factors of cesarean section births
(School of mathematics, 2010-09)Cesarean section (CS) can be a life-saving technique for both mother and infant. On the other hand it presents documented medical risks such to both mother and baby, which if anticipated can be averted or have their ...