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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 ... -
The Use Of Generalized Spatial Data Analysis Technique To Map Poverty In Somalia
(University of NairobiSchool of Mathematics, 2008)This study reviews theory on logistic and extends to auto-logistic regression, which is appropriate for binary data. This auto-logistic regression allows for local spatial autocorrelation by the inclusion in a logistic ... -
Use of generating functions in HIV/AIDS transmission models
(Department of Mathematics University of Nairobi, 2002)This study is concerned with the mathematical modeling for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission epidemics. The mathematical models are specified by stochastic differential equations. The differential equations ... -
Use of geospatial technology for monitoring and evaluation of county development funds: A Case Study of Kericho County
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Use of Geospatial technology in rainwater harvesting: case study of Karapul sub-location, Siaya county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Kenya is currently experiencing growing pressure on water resources caused by increasing water demand for agricultural, domestic and industrial consumption. This has been brought about due the effects of climate change ... -
Use of GIS for food emergency response
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)This research presents a framework for food emergency response and uses a Geographical Information System (GIS) prototype to demonstrate how the framework can be applied in planning for and managing food emergencies. The ... -
Use Of Gis In Solid Waste Management In Kenol Municipality
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Solid Waste Management is considered as one of the most hazardous environmental problems faced by municipal authorities in developing countries. Various reasons contribute to increase in waste generation rates including ... -
Use of GPS, GSM and GPRS technologies to alert for speeding vehicles real time on Kenya highways
(University of Nairobi, 2018)In Kenya highways, there is still a high rate of road accidents. Most of these accidents are caused by over speeding and reckless driving. Most of the drivers are reckless and do not obey the speed set for given road places. ... -
Use Of Haar wavelets To Solve Optimal Control Problem
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Optimal control is an important branch in mathematics that has been widely applied in a number of elds including engineering, science and economics. We aimed at nding the performance indicator in optimal control problem ...