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Agent-based security information monitor
(2014)
In the recent times, computer systems have been employed intensively to solve physical security
challenges. This has been catalyzed by the nature of security that is dynamically changing on a
daily basis. Numerous ...
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, ...
Molecular characterization of erythrocyte receptor genes, CR1, DARC and band 3 required for malaria parasite invasion
(University of Narobi, 2014-11)
Malaria is still among the most severe infectious diseases at the dawn of the twenty-first century and remains a major global health problem. Five species of the Plasmodium parasite cause malaria. The parasite life cycle ...
Multi-factor authentication and secure integration of mobile payments
(University of Nairobi, 2014-04)
Adoption of technology reduces cost of doing business, creating competitive advantage and efficiency. The cost of Internet connectivity and smart devices is gradually dropping,
exposing many to vast online resources and ...
Histomorphometric changes in the rabbit neural retina following monocular deprivation
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Background: Monocular deprivation in experimental animals results in both anatomical and
electrophysiological changes in the visual cortex in favor of the non-deprived eye, a phenomenon known
as ocular dominance plasticity. ...
Time course RNA-seq differential expression analysis of wild type and Jumonji (atjmjd5) mutant of arabidopsis thaliana
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Next generation sequencing technologies coupled with bioinformatics tools has reduced the cost of generating vast amounts of biological count data while enabling researchers to sequence and study genomes. Ribonucleic ...
Systems associated with wet spells over Kenya during the usually dry December-February season
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Most socio-economic activities in Kenya are rain-dependent with the occurrences of
floods and droughts inflicting miseries at many locations year after year. Most of the
rains in Kenya are experienced within two major ...
Sustainable School management systems in Kenyan secondary schools: A comparison between cloud based systems versus on premise based systems.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Use of ICT in managing secondary schools in Kenya has been rarely used; Schools started
embracing ICT tools and used them for typing letters and exams. Seven years ago schools began
automating their management systems; ...
A genomics approach to the development of molecular diagnostic tools for banana xanthomonas wilt, gray leaf spot of maize and cassava brown streak disease
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW), gray leaf spot (GLS) disease of maize and cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) are very destructive crop plant bacterial, fungal and viral diseases, respectively. Conventional methods currently ...
Performance of a parabolic trough collector Air heater
(2014)
A low cost parabolic trough concentrator (PTC) was built at the Mechanical Engineering workshop of the University of Nairobi. The PTC was built to heat air to temperatures of 1000C and above which cannot be attained by ...