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Analysing the temporal characteristics of extreme temperature events over asals and the coastal regions of Kenya as an indicator of climate change
(2008)
The issue of climate change is of global concern. Extreme climatic events have become
particularly of interest to most governments around the world. This concern has been
increasingly reflected in media reports over the ...
Use of logistic regression model to identify the key determinants of poverty in kenya on the basis of DHS Data
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
This study examines the determinants of poverty in Kenya. While most of the studies done on poverty determinants rely on the income, expenditure and consumption data, The data used in this study comes from
the Demographic ...
Inter carrier billing clearing house (a case study for the Kenyan ICT sector)
(2008)
This project discusses principles of interconnection and activities involved in development of a
framework of an efficient inter carrier billing clearinghouse system for the converging lCT market
(one of the core area ...
Var model of a cointegrated system: structural change and economic growth in ken
(University of Nairobi, 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 ...
An E-Payment system for Local E-Commerce
(2008)
Problem Statement
The problem under investigation pertains to the lack ofInternet merchant accounts to enable
local merchants to sell their goods and services and receive payments conveniently over the
Internet. This ...
Quasi-similarity and spectra of some classes of operators in hilbert spaces
(2008)
This thesis is devoted to results on spectrum and Cl operators. In the study of operator in Hilbert
spaces, spectrum is important since it enables us achieve properties like normality, similarity,
quasi-similarity, ...
Factors influencing diversity and abundance of farmland birds around Kakamega forest, Kenya
(2008)
As the human population grows, particularly in the developing world, so does the
demand for land for agriculture in pursuit of food security. Over the past three decades,
this has resulted in massive degradation, ...
A comparison of log-logistic survival model to logistic model in credit risk modelling
(2008)
Credit scoring systems are based on statistical and operations research models
that seek to establish the likelihood of future credit behaviour based on information
from past borrowers. Given that the cost of credit risk ...
Competition between cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) and the wild rice (Oryza punctata Kotschy ex Steud) in Kenya
(2008)
Rice is an important staple food for more than SO% of the world's population. Kenya rice production
comes from cultivated rice (Oryza. Sativa L.) that meets 60% of rice demand. Cultivated rice in the
coastal region of ...
The Impact Of Missing Data In Sample Surveys And How To Deal With Missing Data
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Using anthropometric data from the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, the research illustrates a model based approach to deal with missing numerical data. The procedure uses maximum likelihood estimates calculated using ...