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Application of artisanal dimension stone in the building industry: factor analysis of the regulatory environment in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
This is an assessment of the regulatory environment in which artisans operate to produce dimension stone in Nairobi where the quarrying of the same becomes an aspect of artisanal mining; an activity that is fraught with ...
Organic Architecture
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Organic architecture was invented by Frank Lloyd Wright to define is architectural designs. Wright was inspired by one of the people he looked up to, by the name Louis Sullivan. Organic architecture refers to use of organic ...
Micronutrients in selected food crops in Muguga, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Micronutrients are essential for growth of
plants and although they are required in
small quantities, inadequate supply of one
or more of these results in reduced yields
and quality of crop products. Micronutrients
are ...
Application of gis to water quality management for the city of Nairobi water supply.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Micromechanisms of short fatigue crack growth in an Al-Si piston alloy
(University of Nairobi, 2014-06)
The short fatigue crack growth behaviour of a model cast aluminium piston alloy has been investigated. This has been achieved using a combination of fatigue crack replication methods at various intervals during fatigue ...
Voltage controller for radial distribution networks with distributed generation
(University of Nairobi, 2014-03)
This paper presents a coordinated network controller
whose objective is to maintain an optimal voltage profile across
radial distribution networks with distributed generation. This is
done by varying the output of the ...
Modelling the potential of rainwater harvesting in western Kenya using remote sensing and GIS techniques
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)
Water scarcity is among the many problems faced today by many countries in the world,
especially African countries. The Kakamega area in western Kenya is known for plenty of rainfall
(around 2000 mm annually), however, ...
Towards Plane Hurwitz Numbers
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
The main objects of this thesis are branched coverings obtained as projection from a point in P^2. Our general goal is to understand how a given meromorphic function f: X -> P^1 can be induced from a composition X --> C ...
Coping strategies adopted by public universities in Kenya in response to environmental changes
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
This study was undertaken to establish strategies adopted by public universities in Kenya in response to changes in the environment. The study design was descriptive and utilized a cross-sectional survey of all the public ...
Development of an x-ray method for mineralogical analysis of Africa soils using a benchtop diffractometer
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Soil mineralogy is a principal determinant
of many soil functional properties that are
expensive and time consuming to measure,
and can in turn determine soil agricultural,
engineering and environmental
qualities. ...