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On Modelling and Pricing Rainfall Derivatives with Seasonality
(2011)
We are interested in pricing rainfall options written on precipitation at specific
locations. We assume the existence of a tradeable financial instrument in the market whose price
process is affected by the quantity of ...
The effect of Temperature and blending on the specific gravity and viscosity of Jatropha Methyl ester
(2011)
The specific gravity and viscosity of biodiesel fuels are key properties in determining the suitability for use of such fuels in diesel engines. Though generally higher than those of #2 diesel fuel (DF2), they have been ...
Environmental variability in Lake Naivasha, Kenya, over the last two centuries
(2011)
Lake Naivasha, Kenya, is one of a number of freshwater lakes in the East African Rift System. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, it has experienced greater anthropogenic influence as a result of increasingly ...
Can stumps tell what people want: Pattern and preference of informal wood extraction in an urban forest of Nairobi, Kenya
(2011)
Detailed patterns and preferences of informal wood extraction were investigated in an urban forest used by slum inhabitants of Nairobi, Kenya, as such information determines the sustainability of resource use. Instead of ...
Changes in plant growth, nutrient dynamics and accumulation of flavonoids and anthocyanins by manipulating the cropping systems involving legumes and cereals- a review
(2011)
Improved crop production is very important in Africa, especially in such time when food required exceeds food produced. However,
improved yield is constrained by a number of biophysical factors including poor planting ...
Exploring the sawa corpus: collection and deployment of a parallel corpus English—Swahili
(Springer, 2011)
Research in machine translation and corpus annotation has greatly benefited from the increasing availability of word-aligned parallel corpora. This paper presents ongoing research on the development and application of the ...