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Trust and Distrust: A Reputation Ratings Approach
(2016)
Agents’ reputation ratings in a social network form a real valued matrix which is discounted with singular
value decomposition (SVD) to estimate the trust and distrust levels of agents. SVD eliminates noise as future ...
The Critical Technological Factors OF E-Government in Kenya
(2015)
EGovernment and innovation can provide significant opportunities to transform public administration into an instrument of
sustainable development. However, the rate of failure of eGovernment projects in the developing ...
The Effect of the Operational Parameters on the Draft Requirement of Ripping in a Sandy Clay Soil
(2016)
This study set out to investigate the effect of operational parameters (i.e. ripping depth and operational speed) during a ripping operation on the draft requirement during ripping in a sandy-clay soil. Field experiments, ...
Cloud Computing Adoption in Insurance Companies in Kenya
(2016)
Cloud Computing allows companies to access ICT-based services i.e. computer infrastructure, applications, platforms and business processes, via the internet. Cloud Computing is still at the infancy stage in Africa. Studies ...
Influence of soil fertility amendment practices on ex-situ utilisation of indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and performance of maize and common bean in Kenyan highlands
(2014)
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) are important
in agriculture and have received attention as they are
considered a part of an active and diverse soil
biological community essential for increasing the
sustainability ...
Using a Mobile Based Web Service to Search for Missing People – A Case Study Of Kenya
(2015)
Being out of touch with a loved one is concerning and not hearing from someone you care about is terrifying. Several cases
of missing people have been reported for many years, where most of the searches turn out unsuccessful. ...
Occurence of Fusarium species and associated T2-Toxin in Kenyan Wheat
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Survey covering 120 wheat fields was conduc- ted in three wheat-growing districts of Kenya during the 2008 cropping season to determine the incidence of Fusarium head blight (FHB) and T2-toxin contamination in grain. FHB ...
Conflict Prediction Model in a Dynamic State
(2015)
Environmental c
onflicts
arise as a consequence of
actions prevent
ing
or compel
ling
some outcome at
the resistance
to the actions.
More specifically, they are caused by anthropogenic activities tha
t strain ...
Adsorption of Pb (II) Ions from Aqueous Solutions by Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia Crassipes): Equilibrium and Kinetic Studies
(2014)
The Eichhornia crassipes roots for the removal of Pb (II) ions from aqueous solutions has been investigated. The adsorption of Pb (II) ions was found to be affected by solution pH, contact time, adsorbent dosage, initial ...
Regulating group cognitive conflicts using intelligent agents in collaborative M-learning
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
Group cognitive conflicts occur when a learner in a
collaborative mobile learning environment becomes aware of a
discrepancy between his/her existing cognitive framework and
new information or experience. The cognitive ...