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Comparative factors that influence landslide occurrence: application of gis and rainfall thresholds in landslide assessment in kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Landslides are recurrent phenomena in Murang’a and Mt. Elgon Districts, causing loss of lives,
property and fertile farmland. Despite the grievous danger posed, comparative studies of
landslides in the two districts have ...
An approach for using twitter to perform sentiment analysis in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
The interest in sentiment analysis as a research area has become increasingly popular with the development
of new social interaction technologies. Twitter, being one of these new technologies, presents a unique
environment ...
Assessment of the potential impacts of coal mning on water resources in Mui Basin, Kitui county in Eastern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
The venture into coal exploration has led to the discovery of over 240,000 tonnes in the
Mui basin and hence plans to start mining are ongoing. However, the analyses of this coal
by various researchers revealed that it ...
A framework for post-implementation evaluation of e-government systems in Kenya – a citizen centric approach
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
The e-government field is growing to a considerable size, especially in developing countries
as government seeks to make use of ICT to serve its citizens efficiently and effectively. E-government
projects cost are enormous ...
Multi agent based extension support system for horticulture
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Most of the medium- and small-scale horticultural farmers rely on public extension service
providers while large-scale farmers depend on private extension services. However, the current
number of extension service providers ...
Geologic setting and heavy mineral sands occurrence at the Kenyan coast and the effects of mining on the Kwale ecosystems
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
The Kenyan coast extends from Kiunga in the North to Vanga in the South, for about 574Km.
the Coastal region is bounded in the North by latitude 2˚S and in the West by the meridian of
longitude 38˚E. The southern and ...
Agent-Based Remote File locator in a virtualized environment
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Users continue to be overwhelmed by massive amount of information spread across the
network with which they are confronted on a daily basis. Most network operations
continue to use client server technology which has ...
Holistic approach for efficient extraction of web data
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
There is a tremendous growth in the volume of information available on the internet,
digital libraries, new sources and company database or intranets that contain valuable
information. Information from World Wide Web has ...
Biometric model for online verification of a large client base
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Authentication is determining an individual's identity correctly from among many, mostly through
observing unique physiological features like face or presentation of a token that is unique for every
individual. While ...
Framework for Process Mining in Semi-structured Information Systems
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
There are many application systems in the developing world that do not adhere to the systematic software
development procedures and are not process-aware. Many of these systems do not meet their objective of efficiency
& ...