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Computer Applications In Voltage Monitoring And Control (case Of The Kenya Power And Lighting Company
(1992)
When an insulator is placed in an electrode gap, its surface charge field distorts the geometric field, leading to a flashover at a voltage value dependent on the degree of the gap field distortion. This paper reports on ...
Health care technology in public health institutions in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
OBJECTIVE: To highlight the role of technology in the practice of medicine and the delivery of health care in public hospitals, the problems encountered and suggested solutions.
DESIGN: The article reviews the process ...
Stochastic Methods for Aircraft Design
(1998)
The global stochastic optimization method, simulated annealing (SA), was adapted and applied to various problems in aircraft design. The research was aimed at overcoming the problem of finding an optimal design in a space ...
A Three Level Hierarchical Approach for Optimal Reactive power Planning IEEProc
(1992)
The key of reactive power planning (RPP), or Var planning, is the optimal allocation of reactive power sources considering location and size. Traditionally, the locations for placing new Var sources were either simply ...
Implementation of the Sectional Properties Act in Kenya
(1999)
Over the last six years there has been a tremendous development of infrastructure projects in virtually all corners of Kenya. This has taken the form of Road Improvement Project, Water and sewerage improvement project and ...
How reliable are cylinder infiltrometers in determining the infiltration characteristic of a soil?
(1994)
A number of methods are discussed for obtaining a reasonable estimate of the infiltration function for irrigation borders. Data from ring infiltrometers are fit to power functions for infiltration rate and cumulative ...
Surface runoff prediction on Kenyan catchments using the Green-Ampt model and related soil parameters
(1995)
The need for more agricultural areas stemming from population pressure has been contributing to the increased forest and grassland-to-agricultural areas conversion in recent years in the upper Mara River Basin, Kenya. The ...
Understanding Family Planning, Facts and Misconceptions
(1992)
The greatest number of barriers to the effective use of contraception was seen among non-US-born Hispanic women. Fewer differences emerged between US-born Hispanics and whites, although differences continued to exist between ...
Planning for Non-Motorized Transport as a Sustainable Transport System in Nairobi
(1994)
The current pattern of metropolitan transportation and land development in the majority of countries around the world appears to be increasingly unsustainable from both an economical and environmental perspective. Many ...