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A Hybrid of Fuzzy Logic and Sliding Mode Techniques for Photovoltaic Maximum Power Point Tracking Systems Under Partial Shading
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Solar energy harvesting using photovoltaic (PV) modules have been one of the most common
sources of renewable energy for several decades. These modules have been used as a source
of electricity for households, industries, ...
Perceptions of Pastoralists on the Role of Land Use Change on Resource Use Conflicts in Turkwel River Basin
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
In several areas around the world, dry land pastoralism is being threatened as a result of
increasing land-use change and related demand on water and land whose environmental
management needs to be urgently rethought in ...
Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Surface Water Resources in the Rift Valley Region: a Case Study of Narok County
(university of Nairobi, 2020)
Over the past century, notable changes in precipitation and temperature have been observed,
which has been greatly attributed to a change in climate. These changes have altered the climate
system and considerably induce ...
Effects of Soil Characteristics and Disturbance on Floodplain Vegetation in Upper Tana River, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Floodplains of rivers in semi-arid areas of Africa are important areas for agriculture, livestock grazing and wildlife conservation. However, floods and anthropogenic disturbances affect soil properties, which subsequently ...
Modeling the Key Determinant of Child Labour in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Child labour is an e ect of many factors that are addressed in the MDGs, SDGs and verious
policy documents. In the listen years , programmes and policies have not been established
out to address the issues of child labour ...
Raman Spectrometric Study of Influence of Acetaminophen on Female Mice`s Reproductive Hormone Levels Blood
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
This study presents work on the effects of acetaminophen on female mice’s reproductive
hormone levels in blood using Raman spectroscopy together with chemometrics. Here weak
Raman signals are enhanced by a factor of 3.94 ...
Trends in Low Birthweight Deliveries as an indicator of Malaria Transmission
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Low birthweight (LBW < 2500 g) is a phenomenon that is more pronounced in developing
countries where infectious diseases are most prevalent. Malaria infection in all endemic
areas of Sub-Saharan Africa has become an ...
Modelling determinants of duration of School-to-Work transition among Public University Graduates
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
In this study, we analyse Kenya STEP Survey 2013 data byWorld Bank. We seek to identify
signi cant determinants of duration of school-to-work transition among public university
graduates. We analyse a sample of 116 public ...
Evaluation of Plasmodium falciparum histidine rich protein 2 and 3 genes deletion prevalence in Kenya and it implication to RDTs use
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Globally, Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) diagnoses about 75% of all suspected malaria cases. The accuracy of the most frequently used Plasmodium falciparum histidine rich protein 2 (Pfhrp2) based RDTs can be compromised by ...
Intergrating Bioinformatics Mechanism - Based Screening Into Kinetoplastids Antiprotozoan rRna Targets Compound Discovery Paradigm
(university of Nairobi, 2020-03)
Kinetoplastids are human pathogens with devastating economic and health effects, which include Leishmania and Trypanosoma species from flagellated protozoans. With the developed technology platform that allows the generation ...