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Willingness to Donate Eyes and Its Associated Factors Among Adults in a Community in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Introduction: Corneal diseases are a significant cause of blindness and visual impairment in less developed countries. Advanced disease is managed by corneal transplantation. In Kenya, despite having an eye-bank, donation ... -
Willingness to Pay for Air Pollution Control: Case Study of Webuye Town and Its Environs in Kenya
(Department of Arts-Economics, 2002)Environmental science research has established adverse effects of air pollution on human health, economic property and the environment. The Pulp and Paper Mills located in Webuye Township emits ... -
Willingness to Pay for Cancer Screening in Dagoretti North Constituency: Contingent Valuation Estimates
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Statistical estimates indicate that cancer is the third highest cause of mortality in Kenya with an estimated 7% of deaths per year (20,000 deaths per year) and 28,000 new cases per year. Globally, cancer is recognized ... -
Willingness to pay for improved rural domestic water Services: a contingent valuation study of sericho division, Isiolo district
(Department of Economics, 2005)This paper employs the contingent valuation method (CVM) to assess the WTP for improved water services. A field survey was carried out in the study area to collect the necessary data. A stratified systematic random ... -
Willingness to pay for the conservation of a Kenyan Wetland. The case of lake Naivasha
(2003)Wetlands are among the most productive ecosystems on the earth. They allow interaction between water, soil, vegetation and light all the year round or during a great part of the year. The depth of the water is such that ... -
Wind Data Logging and Validation Using Telecommunication Base Station Infrastructure
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Meteorological stations form the basic units for the existing wind monitoring network in Kenya. Siting of a typical Greenfield mobile telecommunication Base Station (BS) has traditionally followed similar principles to ... -
Wind Regime Analysis And Reserve Estimation (case Study: - Kenya)
(University of NairobiDepartment of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2013)Kenya is becoming increasingly vulnerable to the low water levels in its major dams caused by recurrent droughts. This has resultedin the deployment of expensive thermal power generation for both standby and base load ... -
Wind, Solar and Mini/Micro hydro power: a Kenyan approach to project implementation
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)In Vision 2030, whose main objective is to make Kenya a globally competitive and prosperous nation with a high quality of life by the year 2030, the role to be played by power and in retrospect its generation cannot be ... -
Windows Registry Forensic Artifacts; Shellbags For computer Security
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)Computers have become part of every one’s modern life for it’s the tech world that’s shaping all that is happening around us. They are not only used for office work but also as tools for achieving other interests both in ... -
Wireless blood pressure device integration with electronic medical records: Case Study of University of Nairobi Health Services
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Medical devices offer invaluable information to clinicians on a patient’s illness, making them a crucial component in the provision of safe, effective and efficient patient care. However, the entry of the most output data ... -
Wireless funds transfer via short messaging service
(School of computing & informatics, University of Nairobi, 2004)The escalation and convergence of distributed networks and wireless telecommunications has created a tremendous potential platform for providing business services. The immediacy, interactivity and mobility of wireless devices ... -
Wireless product-broadcast system
(2015)Many businesses lack advertising capacity for their products mostly because of high advertisement market rates offered by the industry players. For those who can afford newspaper and electronic media advertisement, they ... -
Wise use of Wetlands under International and National Laws: the case of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Wetlands are vital resources for human beings and the environment generally. They are natural resources that have multiple values. To mention but a few, wetlands provide source of food for a large population living around ... -
A within host system dynamics model of Hiv/Aids, tuberculosis and malaria treatment policy
(University of Nairobi, 2016-11)Simulation and Modelling have a good history of application in numerous decision support health cases where the objective is of a managerial or policy nature. In- formation and Communication Technologies(ICT) in health ... -
Without sanitary towels: the experiences of primary school girls in Korogocho slum, Nairobi
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts Sociology, 2007)This was a study that investigated the experiences of primary school girls without sanitary towels:The study was limited to understanding the relationship between lack of sanitary towels and performance of girls in selected ... -
Witness Protection In Kenya
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Wittgenstein's Theory of Semiotic Systems and Its Applications to the Problem of Representation and Communication
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2013)This study is an attempt to establish the semiotic theory of Wittgenstein as it can be discerned in his two major works namely, the Tractatus and the Philosophical Investigations. The specific problem of the study is to ... -
Wole Soyinka's satire in the interpreters
(University of Nairobi.Department of Arts, 1989-02)This thesis intends to examine Wole Soyinka's satire in his novel The Interpreters. The study seeks to highlight the fact that Soyinka attempts to ridicule and condemn different kinds of human follies in the novel by ... -
woman participation in miraa (khat) Business and Academic performance of primary school children in Runyenjes Divisions, Embu, Kenya.
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The ‘woman Question’ in Contemporary Literature: a Study of Selected Novels by Ugandan Female Writers
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The thesis presents a critical study of the situation of the woman in contemporary Ugandan novels by women writers in the country. The study examines Ugandan women writers‘ attempt to construct their identity within ...
