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Perfomance of the cmip5 models in simulation of present and future precipitation over the Lake Victoria Basin
(2015)The usefulness and limitations in climate information are due to uncertainty inherent in the climate system. The reduction of errors increases the reliability of the information. Therefore, for any given region to have ... -
Performance evaluation of electronic Commerce websites from a business Value perspective: A case of walmart.com
(University of Nairobi, 2003-09)E-business management is an on-going process of understanding consume rneeds and developing online solutions to meet those needs. To be effective in today's competitive environment of e-commerce, e-businesses cannot afford ... -
Performance of a parabolic trough collector Air heater
(2014)A low cost parabolic trough concentrator (PTC) was built at the Mechanical Engineering workshop of the University of Nairobi. The PTC was built to heat air to temperatures of 1000C and above which cannot be attained by ... -
Performance of seasonal rainfall forecasts in Malawi
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This research evaluates the performance of seasonal rainfall forecasts in Malawi, which has consistently been issued since 2003. The main predictor indices are the El Nino southern oscillation (ENSO). While in some years ... -
Periodicities and trends in the annual rainfall series over Africa
(1977)The object of the study is to examine the cyclical variations and trends in the annual rainfall totals for 69 stations in Africa. To examine the trends in the annual rainfall series, the annual rainfall totals have ... -
Persistence of ddt and lindane in tropical soils
(1988)The persistence of radiolabeled ^C-DDT and ^C-lindane (gamma-HCH) in tropical soils of Kenya under field conditions was investigated. For each insecticide two experiments were carried out at two sites of fairly different ... -
Persistence of DDT in soils and on cotton leaves, at Mwea Tebere, Kenya
(School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1982-05)Plots in 3 replicates at Mwea Tebere Cotton Research Station, on which cotton had been planted 1n October 1980 were treated with technical DDT at various application rates and at different times of the year. The soil ... -
A Persistent Cloud Forensics Model for Reliable Digital Forensics by Investigative Agencies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The rapid growth of cloud computing and the ever increasing demand for computing resources is gradually driving the migration from the traditional on-premise ICT infrastructure to the Cloud Computing Space. As the trend ... -
Personalized,adaptive learning model developed as a service and deployed under intermittent internet connection conditions
(School of Computing and Informatics, 2011)E-leaming has been widely used by various institutions all over the world. This has been positively embraced by many people who are eager to acquire knowledge for various reasons. This Las attracted a lot of interest by ... -
Personnel records system for Pamba engineering limited.
(University of Nairobi, 1993-10)The purpo5e of this project is to design and implement the computer based Per5onnel Record5 System for the department of Manpower Development and Admini5tration of Pamba Engineering Limited (PEL). In the current system ... -
Petrology And Geochemistry Of Rocks Hosting Niobium -Tantalum,Tin And Tungsten Bearing Mineral In Runyankezi Area Northern Burundi
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Runyankezi area occur in the northern part of Burundi in Kirundo and Ngozi Provinces. It occurs in the Meso- to- Neoproterozoic Karagwe-Ankole belt that has a huge mineral potential. Runyankezi is historically known to ... -
Petrology and iron ore mineralization in the neoproterozoic mozambique belt rocks of Mutomo – Ikutha area, Kitui county, S.E. Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)The research area, which occurs within the Neoproterozoic Mozambique belt (NMB) in Kenya, is located in Mutomo-Ikutha area, in South Kitui district, Kitui County. The study area is bounded by longitudes 38⁰ 04′E to 38⁰20′E ... -
Petrology and tectonic evolution of Achaean and neoproterozoic rocks Of the kakamega - kapsabet area, western Kenya
(2000)The Kakamega - Kapsabet study area located in western Kenya, occurs at the tectonic contact zone between the Archaean Nyanza Cratonic Segment (NCS) an extensive segment of the larger Tanzanian Craton (TC), and the ... -
Petrology and tectono metmorphic setting of iron deposits in the Mozambique belt segment in Mutomo - Ikutha area, South- Eastern Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The study area is bounded by longitudes 380 4’E to 38020’E and latitudes 1048’S to 208’S in South Kitui within the Kitui County occupying about 100 Km2. This area can be accessed from Nairobi-Thika - Kitui ,Nairobi – ... -
Pharmaceutical inventory control information system
(School of computing and informatics, University of Nairobi, 2004)With the advent of IT, many companies have had to restr icture their b rsi ess operatio in order to cope with t e new challenges brought about by the new technology. One of the operation affected ondistribution oriented ... -
Phase Type Models Applied in Estimation of Aggregate Claim Losses of Secondary Cancer Cases
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Aggregate losses can be applied widely in areas of actuarial science as well as financial mathematics. They can be calculated using the collective risk model which sums random losses involving both claim severity and ... -
Phaseolus Vulgaris Nodulating Rhizobia In Some Kenyan Soils
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological Sciences, 1995)Root nodules from bean plants and soil samples were collected from several sites in farms located in Kiambu, Nakuru, and Nyamira districts. In addition soil only was collected from the botanical garden in Chiromo campus ... -
Phlebotomine sandfly (diptera: psychodidae) behaviour and utilization of termite hills and animalburrows in Baringo district, Kenya.
(Department of Zoology, University of Nairobi, 1995)A field based project to study the behaviour and utilization of termite hills and animal burrows by phlebotomtne sandflies in Baringo District, Kenya was undertaken. The trapping of sandflles was done in two areas; around ... -
Photo-degradation of pentachlorophenol and dimethoate on the surface of loam soil, Nairobi river sediment and spinach from Ngara market in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-08)This research endeavours to investigate the photo-degradation of pentachlorophenol and Dimethoate by incandescent bulbs and fluorescence light on Nairobi river sediment, Limuru loam soil and spinach leaf surface. This is ... -
Photocatalytic oxidation of phenol using titanium dioxide thin films prepared by electrophoretic deposition (EPD)
(2007)In this study, electrophoretic deposition (EPD) technique was used to deposit Ti02 thin film on a conducting glass substrate for use in water purification from organic contaminants. The deposition parameters such as the ...