Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Incidence and Risk Factors of Pressure Ulcer Among Critically Ill Patients at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background Pressure ulcer represents a significant burden in a healthcare setup. Patients admitted to the critical care unit are at high risk of PU development with an incidence ranging from 7% to 71.6% across countries. ... -
Bovine Mastitis: Establishing Bacterial Diversity, Associated Risk Factors, and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of the Isolates in Embu and Kajiado Counties, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Bovine mastitis is one of the most important global diseases of cattle in which it adversely affects animal and human health, quality and quantity of milk, and the economics of almost every country. Despite the global ... -
Determination of Optimum Harvesting Time and Development of Cassava Root- Leaf Flakes With Improved Protein, Minerals and Vitamins
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The current study intended to bridge a gap where coastal Kenya contributes up to 27% of the cassava produced nationally, yet remains highly insecure in terms of food and nutrition. This is at an interface of scientific ... -
Gully Erosion and Stabilization in Semi-arid Environment of Wanjoga River Catchment of Tana Basin, Embu County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022-07)Gullies are prone to occur in semi-arid regions characterized by rainfall variability and increased overland flow, thus affecting thresholds of geomorphic processes and ecological fragility and affecting any landscape ... -
The Impact of Mobile Money on Firm Performance in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The research project focused on the impact of mobile money on firm performance in Kenya. It also dealt with the factors that influenced firms to adopt mobile money in their business transactions. The research project ... -
Examining Factors That Are Associated With Financial Quality of Listed Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)There is very limited information available on the e ect of board diversity and internal controls on Financial Reporting Quality (FRQ) of listed commercial banks in Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) in Kenya. To safeguard ... -
The Implementation of Ai Self-triage Systems as a Digital Health Solution for Primary Healthcare in Kenya: Challenges and Prospects
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Digital innovation has brought about huge paradigm shifts on how services are rendered to end-users in many sectors of the Kenya economy. Information and technology is seen to hold more potential within the healthcare ... -
Experimental Study on the Influence of Mogadishu Manufactured Sand on the Engineering Properties of Concrete.
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Due to the increasing demand for sand for construction activities across the world including Mogadishu Somalia, natural sand resources are growingly used up and its price is becoming increasingly high. This study aimed ... -
Supporting Information Retrieval From Clinical Narrative Texts Using Text Classification and Visualization Techniques
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Electronic health records (EHRs) are increasingly becoming common in healthcare delivery settings, enabling physicians to continuously document patients’ care episodes in EHRs and therefore creating digital health records ... -
Machine Learning Approaches to Cancer Diagnostics in Humans Based on Laser Raman Microspectrometry of Human Body Fluids
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Near-infrared Raman spectroscopy is a spectroscopic technique capable of providing fingerprint-type information on biochemical molecules. For the early detection of cancer, specific biomarkers, e.g., biofluids’ biomarkers, ... -
Metabolic Surgery for Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Eligibility, Diabetes Remission Score and Awareness in a Kenyan Tertiary Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Metabolic surgery refers to a set of gastrointestinal operations performed on the stomach and intestines with the intent to treat diabetes mellitus and metabolic dysfunctions. Studies have shown significant remission of ... -
Patterns of specific learning disorder and comorbid psychiatric disorders among children at the child psychiatry clinic of Kenyatta National Referral Hospital, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Introduction: Many mental illnesses coexist with Specific Learning Disorder (SLD), as is widely acknowledged around the world. The presence of these psychiatric conditions in children with SLD worsens their clinical image ... -
Effect of inclusion of enzymatically pre-treated Sunflower Meal and Wheat Middlings in Broiler chicken diets
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The study investigated 1) the effect of in vitro pre-treatment of sunflower meal (SM) and wheat middlings (WM) using fiber degrading enzymes (FDE) without or with protease on mono-sugars release, organic acid concentration ... -
Phytochemical Analyses of Mundulea Sericea, Tephrosia Uniflora (Leguminosae) and, Strebulus Usambarensis (Moracea) for Anti-infective and Cyctotoxic Principles
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Phytochemical analysis of the dichloromethane/methanol (1:1) extracts of Mundulea sericea and Tephrosia uniflora (both Leguminosae) and Strebulus usambarensis (Moraceae) yielded thirtyone compounds. Phytochemical analysis ... -
Nuclear Forensic Analysis via Machine Learning Assisted Laser-based Spectroscopy and Spectral Imaging
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Nuclear forensics (NF) is a systematic and scientific methodology designed to identify, categorize, and characterize seized nuclear and radiological materials (NRM). The aim of NF is to reveal the geographical origin, ... -
The Impact of Apocalyptic Music on Religious, Economic, Socio-political and Cultural Life Experiences in Zimbabwe
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This study investigates the impact of apocalyptic music on religious, economic, socio-political, and cultural life experiences in Zimbabwe. The study arises from the realisation that religious, economic, socio-political, ... -
Tick-borne Pathogens as Etiologies of Undifferentiated Acute Febrile Illness in Kenya: Geographical Distribution, Risk Factors and the Tick Bacteriome as a Bio-indicator of Tick - Borne Zoonosis
(University of Nairobi, 2022). Background: Vector-borne pathogens, which include viruses, bacteria and protozoa, are among the most common etiological agents of acute febrile illness (AFI) worldwide and have reportedly caused epidemics of human ... -
Maximum Entropy Modelling of Parthenium Hysterophorus L. Under Current and Projected Climate Change Within the Maasai Mara Ecosystem
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Land managers are increasingly using Species Distribution Models (SDMs) in modeling potential geographical distribution of Invasive Alien Plant Species (IAPS). These models show current distribution and also areas prone ... -
Project Team Diversity, Interpersonal Conflict, and Implementation of Building Construction Projects in Kajiado County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Economic growth coupled with urban population rise have necessitated the need for construction of buildings. The process of implementing construction project in the building sector is usually undertaken by individuals ... -
Vision Assessment of Public Service Vehicle Drivers in Gaborone, Botswana
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background:. Good vision is a vital element for safe driving and pertinent sensory factor that accounts for approximately 95% of all sensory requirements. Public service drivers (PSV) vision testing is done by a transport ...