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Value Addition to Dagaa “omena” (Rastrineobola Argentea) Through Recovery of Fish Protein Hydrolysate With Potential Bioactive Properties
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Food insecurity is increasingly becoming an issue of national concern. The fish industry has been identified as one of the sectors that if improved would effectively contribute towards alleviation of food insecurity as a ... -
Valuing Mortgage Insurance Contracts Using An Option Based Model
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Var model of a cointegrated system: structural change and economic growth in ken
(University of NairobiSchool of Mathematics, 2008)The objective was to show that structural change plays a significant role in economic growth in the Kenyan economy. Structural change in the cointegrated VAR model was described as the deviation of actual production ... -
Variable selection for marginal longitudinal models
(2006)Model selection is an essential part of any statistical analysis. A generalized version of Mallows's Cp (GCp) (Cantoni et al., 2005) was developed as a model selection criterion for longitudinal data. GCp, just like ... -
The variance function of the difference and the difference of the variance functions between two estimated responses for a fourth order rotatable design in two dimensions
(College of biological and physical sciences school of mathematics, 2006)In this paper the variance function of the difference and the difference of the variance functions between two estimated responses for a fourth order design at any two points in the factor space is developed. In particular, ... -
The variance function of the difference and the difference of the variance functions between two estimated responses for rotatable designs
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Medicinal herbs constitute an important source of raw materials for both the traditional and the conventional medicine. Due to their availability all over the world, they play a key role in world health as complement if ... -
A vegetation and large herbivore species survey in Hell's gate national park, Naivasha - Kenya
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Vegetation changes in Tsavo National Park (East) , Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of Science. University of Nairobi, 1982)The work examines medium- term ( ten-year period ) vegetation changes during 1971 - 1981 in Tsavo National Park ( East), Kenya, with reference to the role of elephants and fire regimes. It includes a detailed evaluation ... -
Vegetation characterization and large herbivore population changes at IL N'gwesi community conservancy, Laikipia district, Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological Science, University of Nairobi, 2007)This study was carried out at IL N'gwesi Community Conservancy in Mukogodo division of Laikipia District, between January and August 2001 and in September 2006. The overall objective of the study was to establish ... -
A vegetation survey of Masai Mara game reserve, Narok District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,Departments of Botany and Zoology, 1993-05)The work presented here is a study of the vegetation of Masai Mara Game Reserve, in the Narok District of the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. The study was carried out between May~ 1971 and August,1972, in the Research ... -
A Vendor Neutral Quality of Service Monitoring Model for Software as a Service Cloud Computing Solutions
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The large number of providers of cloud services, offering comparable solutions marketed at different prices and at distinctive Quality of Service (QoS) levels, portends a decision challenge to users. The users have to make ... -
Vertical temperature and chemical gradients in groundwater in the Tucson Basin, Arizona
(1975)A study of vertical temperature and chemical gradients in groundwater was conducted, primarily to determine whether or not temperature gradients could be used as an index of vertical mixing in well bores and, hence, as ... -
A Veterinary Notification Service for Livestock Farmers a Case Study of Bumula Subcounty, Bungoma County
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The problem of timely access to Veterinary Doctors by Livestock farmers has paused great deal on livestock mobile health (mHealth) in Bumula Sub County, Bungoma County. This problem is traceable at the initial stage of ... -
Virtual Banking Adoption by Saccos in the Face of Covid 19 Pandemic in Kenya: a Case Study of Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic saw overwhelming effects on consumers’ buying behavior globally, with economic productive activities shifting from offline to online. As a result, many business leaders were left with ... -
Virtual tour tool for enhancing destination marketing
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Virtual tours are a great way of implementing destination marketing. Correctly used, they can increase revenue to a wide number of sectors including tourism, hospitality industry, learning, manufacturing, and security, ... -
Visibility forecast verification at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
(School of Physical Sciences, 2013)The economic growth of any airline is largely determined by the optimum operationalization of the flight schedules. Bad weather and in particular low visibility at the airport may lead to interruption of the schedule. ... -
Visualizing Nairobi Traffic From Social Media Data
(2016)Traffic congestion is one of the greatest challenges faced by developing cities in the world. Nairobi, Kenya is not exceptional. Traffic data collection methods such as cameras, radars are too expensive to install and ... -
The volcanic petrology and geological structures of mt. Margaret - kijabe hill area, Kenya rift valley
(1983)The Mt. Margaret - Kijabe Hill study area is situated 52 kilometres northwest of Nairobi, and consists for the greater part of the Kedong valley floor, being bordered to the east by the eastern wall of the Gregory rift ... -
Vulnerability of Nairobi aquifers due to over abstraction of groundwater resources
(Department of Geology, University of Nairobi, 2012)This report covers the City of Nairobi and its environs; it covers an area of approximately 260 kilometer square and it is on the sheet 148/4 and bounded by the latitudes 250000 to 270000 E and longitude 984900 to986200 ...
