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Radioactivity and elemental analysis of carbonatite rocks from parts of Gwasi area, South Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
Rocks and soils from a number of areas under lied by carbonatite rocks in Kenya have
been associated with high radioactivity. In this thesis, the analyzed results of the
background radiation measurements in the field, ...
Pricing Asian currency options
(2009)
Derivatives are financial instruments that whose values depend on
some underlying assets. Options give the owner the right but not the
obligation to buy or sell the underlying asset at a price called exercise
price.Pa ...
Direct sum decomposition and canonical factorization of operators in hilbert spaces
(2009)
The existence of direct, sum decompositions and factorizations of hounded linear operators acting on a Hilbert space appears to he one of the most difficult questions in the theory of linear operators. The direct sum ...
Physical-chemical and bioactivity investigations of anti-diabetic traditional drugs
(2009)
Water extract of Podocarpus sp (CADE-A), chloroform, methanol and a mixture of water extracts of Rhamnus prinoides, Carissa edulis, and Toddalia asiatica (CADE-B) have been used traditionally by Kenyan communities for the ...
An assessment of coal from Mui basin as an alternative energy Resource for Kenya
(2009)
A study was conducted in which Seventy nine samples of coal were collected from four different
wells of the Mui basin between November, 2005 and July, 2006, and analyzed for calorific
value, fixed carbon, moisture content, ...
Investigating the impact of improved cookstoves in Kenyan schools on PM10, CO,CO2,CH4 and N2O levels
(2009)
The thesis is a culmination of efforts to quantify the benefits accrued by
institutions on switching from traditional cook stoves to improved institutional
stoves in terms ofIndoor Air Pollution, Greenhouse gas emissions ...
Bee diversity and their floral resource utilization along a distance gradient from the Arabuko Sokoke forest
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
A study was conducted to assess the change in bee diversity along a distance gradient from the
Arabuko Sokoke forest and among the three major vegetation types found in the forest. The
floral utilization and resource ...
Design and development of a bookmark manager for the university of Nairobi E-iearning system
(2009)
Bookmarks are normally considered to be thin markers commonly made out of paper
or leather, used to mark one's progress in printed material, bookmarks are dated as far
back as the sixteenth century.
Automating of bookmarks ...
Bivariate process control for variability
(2009)
It is important that a consumer get the quality of a product she/he wants.
Consequently,the quality of a finished product should be controlled to a desired
level.Thisisdone through statistical quality control. We have ...
Modelling of smear positive tuberculosis (PTB+) treatment outcome data in Kenya for the period 2002-2007
(2009)
In this research project, we review and use two statistical methods namely poisson
regression and multinomial logit regression are used to model rates of outcomes of
count data.
Thestudy reviews the research work on ...