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Urban air quality in the city of Nairobi, Kenya: application of energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence and principal component analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Air pollution is a widespread problem affecting millions of people exposed to high levels of air pollution that exceed one or more ambient limit values. One of these air pollutants is the airborne particulate matter (PM), ... -
Urban Form and Climate Change: Enhancing the Resilience of Mathare Valley Informal Settlement in Nairobi City, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Informal settlements within cities are often the most vulnerable areas to climate change due to their location in hazard prone areas, high density of population and poorly constructed structures, as well as the poor ... -
Urban Transport Real time tracking System
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)In this project we have looked at the design of an Urban Transport Real time tracking system. The current tracking systems can be used on trucks, trailers and containers for security purposes where recovery of a vehicle ... -
Usage consensus study of bioactivity of the Luo and Kuria medical ethnobotanies
(University of NairobiTHE CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS, 2012)Traditional medicines are useful for managing human and animal health in Kenya. The purpose of this study was to document, compare and investigate the bioactivity of Luo and Kuria ethnopharmacopoeias. The findings on ... -
Usasa Na Mwanamke Wa Kisasa Katika Nyuso Za Mwanamke Ya S.a Mohammed
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Malengo ya utafiti huu yalikuwa kushughulikia suala la usasa na mwanamke wa kisasa katika Nyuso za mwanamke. Hii ni riwaya yake S.A Mohammed ya mwaka wa 2010. Lengo kuu la utafiti lilikuwa kumsawiri mwanamke wa kisasa ... -
The use of a rainfall-runoff model in the forecasting of Discharge from rainfall in the upper Athi river Catchment
(University of NairobiFaculty of Science, 1991)For engineering design and planning purposes, forecasts and synthesis of hydrological information is often very necessary. These are usually obtained through the use of hydrological models. This study aims at developing ... -
Use of artificial intelligence algorithms to enhance fraud detection in the Banking Industry
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Fraud is among the most menacing problems with which every human society grapples, given the devastating impact on the effects. This practice refers to the deliberate use of false information to swindle another individual ... -
Use of bayesian model for word alignment in Swahili-English statistical machine translation
(University of Nairobi, 2014-08)State of the art word alignment models such as IBM Models (Pietra et al.,1993), hidden Markov model(HMM)(Vogel et al.,1996), and the jointly-trained symmetric HMM, contain a large number of parameters such; word translation, ... -
Use of Big Data Analytics in Business Agility: Case of Real Estate Firms in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The effect of the coronavirus pandemic has prompted firms to develop resilience to crises and the resulting shocks. As markets experience sudden changes, meeting requirements and expectations of several stakeholders ... -
Use of block Chain in the Informal distributed manufacturing industry in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)In the last decade, research and development around distributed ledger technology (DLT) has grown exponentially. The financial services industry has been revolutionised by the explosion of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and ... -
Use of Block chain Technology in Vaccine Distribution to Enhance Vaccine Safety in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Recent history has seen COVID-19 emerge as one of the deadliest communicable diseases. Following its high levels of severity, inaction, and spread, the World Health Organization, WHO, declared the disease a global pandemic ... -
Use of Blockchain Technology in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain - a Case Study of Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2023)The use of substandard, unregistered and falsified pharmaceutical drugs does not only endanger health, promote spread of antimicrobial and drug-resistant infections but also undermines confidence in health professionals ... -
Use of Blockchain to Digitize Land Records and Track Land Transfer Transactions in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Land transactions have been marred by illegal, unauthorized and untraceable actions globally and locally in Kenya. This has led to huge loses when same parcel is allocated to multiple owners or to wrong owner. To help curb ... -
Use of bone decay rate (taphonomy) in determining wildlife numbers anddistribution in Meru National Park, Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological Sciences, 2011)Bone surveys method was used in Meru national Park to estimate wildlife numbers and their distribution where bone decay rates were used to estimate the period the animal concern existed (back-censusing) in the landscape. ... -
The use of commercial sponsorships as a strategy for increasing sales by East African Breweries Ltd
(University of Nairobi, 2013)In the recent past, both scholars and policy analysts have devoted a great deal of attention to the implications of commercial sponsorship and initiatives as well as their relation to sales strategy. Management in EABL ... -
Use of Concept Map Scaffolds to Promote Adaptive E-Learning in Web-Based Systems
(School of Computing and Informatics, 2011)Scaffolds are a good method of implementing self-regulated learning. Adaptive scaffolding involves having an agent, for example a human tutor who helps the learners to plan their learning, monitor their emerging ... -
Use Of Data Governance To Boost Corporate Performance In Kenya's SME Market
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This study aimed to assess data governance practices and their effect on corporate performance within the SME sector in Kenya. This study used data governance decision areas based on Khatri and Brown, 2010 as a guiding ... -
Use of data mining to check the prevalence of prostate cancer: case of Nairobi county
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Prostate cancer has been on the rise in the past years and alarming cases being found in men in their 20’s. The problem is that most of the cases are diagnosed in their late stages thus the mortality rate being high. In ... -
Use Of Data Mining To Detect Fraud Health Insurance Claims
(UoN, 2019)The extent, possibility, and complexity of the healthcare industry has attracted widespread fraud that has an impact on the economy. The fraudulent activities not only contribute to the problem of rising healthcare expenditure ... -
Use Of Depth To Watertable,soil And Topography In Modelling Vulnerability Of Groundwater To Polllution In Naivasha- Elementaita- Nakuru Watershed Kenya Rift
(Department of Geology, 2007)Abstract Vulnerability of groundwater to pollution using DRASTIC model in the Lakes Nakuru- Elementaita and Naivasha basins has been investigated. From the results, depth to water table parameter indicates that 30% of ...