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Modeling lapse rates using economic variables. A case study for a life insurance company operating in Kenya
(2007)
Lapse rates are an important consideration in the pricing and implementation of Life Insurance
Policies. Lapses are defined the premature withdrawal of policyholders from policies that they
have previously taken up. The ...
A study of the antimalarial constituents of cassia abbreviata oliv and strychnos Henningsii Gilg.
(2009)
Malaria remains a major health threat to millions of people in the developing countries.
Efforts to prevent the disease through vector control have not been successful due to
socio-economic reasons. The malaria parasite ...
Analysis of rainfall characteristics in Tanzania for climate change signals
(2009)
Tanzania as many other countries in Africa depends on rain water for
various economic activities in order to achieve its development. The global
climate change has not isolated Tanzania, the rainfall climatology of the ...
Impacts of rainfall on aircraft operations at Julius Nyerere international airport and Shinyanga airport, Tanzania.
(2009)
Although air transportation seems to be the best way of travels in Tanzania sometimes it
became unsafely and unreliable due to the different factors including bad weather such as
heavy rains. Bad weather may lead to ...
Modelling Rainfall Using Generalized Linear Models When The Response Variable Has A Tweedie Distribution
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
Morphometry and connective tissue composition of the sigmoid colon in adult Kenyans
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
Background
The sigmoid colon in Africans is commonly affected by volvulus formation. Anatomical characteristics of this part of the colon are thought to provide some of the contributory explanation for this predisposition. ...
Analysis of loss ratios using a mixed linear model
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
The use of remote sensing and ancillary data in GIS to assess groundwater potential of the Matayos - Funyula area, Busia district, Kenya
(2009)
Matayos - Funyula area is situated in Busia district of Western province in the Republic of
Kenya. The previous groundwater explorations in the area were done using seismic methods
which could not appropriately explore ...
The Role of Elephants in Habitat Dynamics and Its Effects on Other Mammalian Species in Mwea National Reserve
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
The vegetation of Mwea National Reserve can be categorized into three distinct types
characterized by distinctive woody plant species. These vegetation types are the
woodland, bushland and the wooded grassland as previously ...