Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions
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Effects of Exceedance of Thunderstorm-related Phenomena Limits on Aircraft Operations at Selected Airports in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of exceedance of thunderstorm-related phenomena limits, including heavy rainfall, surface winds and visibility, on aviation operations at selected airports in ... -
Numerical Solutions for Pennes’ Bioheat Equations
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Forensic Analysis of Evernote Data Remnants on Windows 10
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Cloud computing technology is rapidly growing globally and many businesses are starting to adopt cloud computing to leverage the computing power and cost of operation. Therefore, cloud-based storage services are gaining ... -
Functional Analysis of Immune Response to Plasmodium Falciparum Gametocytes Surface Antigens Pfs25, Pfs48/45 and Pfs230
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Malaria Transmission Blocking Vaccine (MTBV) candidates capable of eliciting effective and long-lasting protection, thereby blocking or reducing community Plasmodium falciparum transmission rates are becoming more fashionable. ... -
Multinomial Logistic Regression to Study the Determinants of Choices of Contraceptive Methods Among Married Muslim Women in Indonesia
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Family planninghasbeenatopicofmajorconcernintheresearchfieldforyears.The correspondencebetweensociodemographiccharacteristicsandchoiceofcontraceptive methodofusespecificallyamongmarriedcoupleshasnotbeensufficientlystud ... -
Bayesian Inference of the Weibull-pareto Distribution
(University of Nairobi, 2022)There are a wide range of industries that make use of theWeibull distribution, including industrial engineering, general insurance, survival analysis, electrical engineering, and reliability engineering, to name just a ... -
An Approach to Bootstrapping the Development of Multilingual Rule-based Grammars for Under-resourced Languages Using Cross-linguistic Similarities: a Case Study of a Sub-set of Kenyan Bantu Languages
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Grammar development through the traditional rule-based method remains a challenge because the method is slow, time-consuming, expensive, knowledge-intensive, and laborious, particularly for under-resourced languages. Moreso, ... -
Assessment of Maternal and Umbilical Cord Blood Lead Levels From Selected Informal Settlements in Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Lead (Pb) is used in many manufacturing processes due to its useful properties. It is an important component in the manufacturing and recycling of lead batteries, manufacturing of paints and production of glazed pottery ... -
On Stock Market Dynamics and Options Pricing Based on Garch and Regime Switching Models
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The understanding of the linkage between stock returns, volatility and trading volume is paramount since it provides insights into the financial markets’ micro-structure. The available literature reveals insufficient ... -
Assessment of Vulnerability of Pastoralists to the Adverse Impacts of Climate Change: a Case Study of West Pokot County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The IPCC report of 2017 noted that climate change is expected to worsen the existing vulnerabilities of natural resource-dependent communities while at the same time imposing new risks beyond the range of existing experiences. ... -
Effects of Charcoal Production on Environment in the Lower Shebelle Region, Somalia
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Every country requires energy in order to develop. Somalia, a developing country relies to a large extent on wood fuel (especially charcoal) to satisfy its energy demands. Charcoal energy plays a major role in the rapid ... -
Laser Raman Spectroscopic Assessment of Honey Adulteration by Molasses
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Honey adulteration by cheaper sweeteners such as sugar syrups, synthetic honey, molasses, and sugar beet has become a common vice thus negatively affecting the quality of honey production, and diminishing its market value. ... -
Bayesian Inference of the Weibull-pareto Distribution
(University of Nairobi, 2022)There are a wide range of industries that make use of theWeibull distribution, including industrial engineering, general insurance, survival analysis, electrical engineering, and reliability engineering, to name just a ... -
Assessment of the Outcomes of Women Economic Empowerment Program: a Case of Hand-in-hand Eastern Africa Project in Kitui
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of Hand-In-Hand Eastern Africa’s (HIHEA’s) intervention on increasing women’s monthly enterprise earnings. Data for the assessment was collected from the direct ... -
Innovation and Productivity of Flour Millers in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This study sought to investigate the relationship between innovation and productivity of flour milling companies in Kenya. The researcher collected data from all the large-scale millers in Kenya. Questionnaires were used ... -
Expectation Maximization Algorithm Application in Gaussian Mixture Models
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Gaussian mixture models are applied in machine learning specifically unsupervised machine learning. More specifically they can be used during image segmentation and music classification just to mention a few. In this ... -
An Assessment of Stakeholders’ Participation in Smile Community Centre Programs Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Stakeholder participation in programs implementation is key to accountability, sustainability and ownership of community projects. This study assessed stakeholders’ participation in Smile community centre programs in Kayole, ... -
Livelihoods Expansion Impacts on Carbon Sequestration: a Case Study of Mau Forest Complex
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Forest ecosystems provide direct-tangible benefits such as fodder and tree parts for animals, whole trees for timber, firewood and charcoal provides livelihoods for the local communities, whilst the indirect-intangible ... -
A Comparative Tariff Assessment between Grid Electricity and Own Consumer Generation: A Case Study of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Consumers, particularly big companies and commercial enterprises, are increasingly moving away from the traditional national grid to own generated electricity. Arguably, with low sales, the utilities are forced to pass ... -
Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity in Enterobacter, Paenibacillus and Brevibacillus Species Isolated in Soil Samples From Lakes Magadi, Bogoria and Elementaita
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Species of genera Enterobacter, Paenibacillus and Brevibacillus are widely distributed throughout the globe and they have been isolated in different habitats i.e. soil, saline and alkaline water bodies, decaying plant ...