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Genetic characterization of the indigenous Maasai goats (capra hircus) in Narok and Kajiado counties of Kenya using mitochondrial DNA control region
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
The Kenyan indigenous Maasai goats (Capra hircus) have been
very scantily characterized, which has resulted in poor efforts to fully
exploit and conserve these genetic resources. Genetic characterization is
necessary ...
Population parameters, genetic differentiation and socio-economics of sardinella aurita (valenciennes 1847) and pseudotolithus senegalensis (valenciennes 1833) in south coast, Liberia
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Fish is a source of protein to over 20 million people. This contribute to food security and poverty alleviation in coastal communities of the world leading to overexploitation in most fisheries in Africa. This study ...
Factors that influence farmers decision to adopt IOT sensing and monitoring greenhouse farming solutions in Kenya: a case study of illuminum green house
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
The aim of this study was to understand the factors that influence farmers to adopt IoT sensing and monitoring solutions, how they affect and what can be done in order to scale up the technology beyond the early adopters ...
Use of GPS, GSM and GPRS technologies to alert for speeding vehicles real time on Kenya highways
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
In Kenya highways, there is still a high rate of road accidents. Most of these accidents are caused by over speeding and reckless driving. Most of the drivers are reckless and do not obey the speed set for given road places. ...
Hydrodynamic Stability of Taylor-Couette Flow
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
The stability of Couette flow between two cylinders with the outer one stationary and the
inner one rotating and also moving with a constant axial velocity is investigated. Both
axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric disturbances ...
Enhancing realtime reporting of maternal and new-born mortality through DHIS2
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Background: An audit by WHO (2010) revealed that there were low levels of maternal deaths reporting, lack of reporting forms, and lack of understanding of classification of various causes of death according to the International ...
Multiple Imputation and Random Survival Forests: Application to the Demographic and Health Survey Child Survival Data
(School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, 2018)
Background: Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) provide data on a wide scope
of risk-factors of under-five child survival. Missing covariate data is inevitable in the
DHS under-five survival data since data is collected ...
Modeling tail risks and systemic risks using copulas
(School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, 2018-08)
Understanding the relationship between financial variables is an essential part of managing financial risk. Such relationships in the context of risk management are of sensation interest in the modern world in which modeling ...
The influence of organizational culture on the adoption of ict innovation following technological disruption: a case of ICT SMEs in Kenya
(2018-09)
Disruptive ICT technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and mobile computing are
transforming how organizations communicate, connect and discover. As a result, firms are being forced to
restructure ...
Phytochemical investigation of selected tephrosia species for antiplasmodial and anti-inflammatory principles
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Malaria is one of the major diseases affecting human beings, whose symptoms include pain and inflammation. It is caused by five Plasmodium species of which P. falciparum and P. vivax are the important causative agents of ...