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Information system failure causes-an investigation in Kenyan organizations
(2009)
Information system development failures still plague the software development industry despite
advances in the development process. Learning from an Information System Development Project
(ISDP) failure plays a key role ...
Software agents for projects identification - The case of CDF Projects
(2009)
This paper describes and reports on a prototypical implementation of a Multi-agent system for
Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Projects Identification. Agents as representatives of various
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stakeholders have the ...
Comparative case study of rainfall - runoff models over the Nyando river basin
(2004)
The main objective of this study was to assess the performance of some existing
rainfall-runoff linear systems models and a conceptual model using data from the
Nyando catchment. In order to estimate the optimum parameters ...
Sociological factors in the spread of schistosomiasis Mansoni in Mwea and Gichugu divisions, Kirinyaga district, Kenya
(2003)
This study was carried out in Mwea and Gichugu Divisions of Kirinyaga District, Central Kenya,
where investigations on the prevalence and intensity of Schistosoma mansoni infection and the
sociological factors that may ...
Application of dynamic financial analysis (DFA) for solvency assessment for "'general insurance companies'" in Kenya
(2008)
Regulators have recently adopted Risk-Based Capital formula for the assessment of
solvency. The project has developed a simple DFA model for the assessment of solvency
for general insurance companies. The application of ...
Determination of the adjuvant potential of bacille calmette guérin with culture derived leishmania major soluble exo-antigens
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Leishmaniasis is one of the neglected diseases that afflicts residents of developing
countries. To date, there are no proven vaccines against this disease. Previous studies
have shown that Leishmania major soluble ...
Organizational implementation of systems innovations : Case university in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, School of Computing and Informatics, 2009)
The Higher Education Sector in Kenya has taken efforts to adopt and use Information Communication Technologies (ICT) innovations to support its core functions, especially for the purposes of improving service delivery. The ...
Effect of introduced forage legumes on dry matters production, nutritive quality and soil fertility of natural pastures of Semi-Arid rangelands of Kenya
(School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2008)
A two phase study was carried out in the semi-arid range-lands of Kajiado District, Kenya to determine the effects of introduced forage legumes on production of natural pastures as a means of improving the quantity and ...
Dye sensitized solar cells fabricated from obliquely sputtered nanoprous TiO2 thin films: characterization, electron transport and lifetime studies
(University of Nairobi, Department of Physics, 2008-01)
Nonoporous titanium dioxide thin films have been obliquely deposited by reactive direct current magnetron sputtering onto conducting glass substrates for dye sensitized solar cell fabrication. The research studies the ...