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Development Of Slow Release Nano Composite Fertilizer Using Biodegradable Super absorbent Polymer
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
This work aimed at developing a slow release nano-composite fertilizer (SRF) for improved nutrient use efficiency in soil using a biodegradable superabsorbent polymer. Partially neutralized acrylic acid was grafted onto ...
Sequestering Of Selected Heavy Metal Ions In Wastewater From Industrial Area In Nairobi Using Water Hyacinth As A Low Cost Adsorbent
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
The adsorption of heavy metals from wastewater and aqueous solution by water hyacinth powder was investigated under batch experiments. The factors such as pH, contact time, particle size and adsorbent dose that influence ...
Big Data Intelligence Using Distributed Deep Neural Networks
(UoN, 2019)
Large amount of data is often required to train and deploy useful machine learning models in
industry. Smaller enterprises do not have the luxury of accessing enough data for machine
learning, For privacy sensitive fields ...
Assessment of M & E IT Systems in Community-based Organisations
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
The study was to evaluate the design of M&E IT systems used in Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) and to contribute to data management and program improvement. This assessment was to determine how M&E IT systems comply ...
Towards Improving the Skill of Seasonal Rainfall Prediction over Rwanda
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Rainfall prediction exhibits spatial and temporal variability over Rwanda.
The improved seasonal rainfall prediction to reduce the climatic extreme events using dynamical
and statistical models with fewer uncertainties ...
Impacts of Deforestation on Climate and Implications on Food Production in South West Mau
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
It is increasingly important that forests are very important in sustaining income and rural community livelihoods through food production. It is increasing important for food production assessment in the wake of today’s ...
Attrition Modelling for Online Media Users by Cox Proportional Hazards
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
In this work survival analysis was used to analyse propensity to churn for online writers
of a news website in Kenya known as hivisasa.com. The study sought answers on which
covariates were major determinants of writer ...
Sums of Exponential Random Variables
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Exponential distribution is one of the continuous probability distributions that in most
cases has been used in the analysis of Poisson processes and is the most widely used in
statistical studies of reliability applications. ...
Assessment of Water Quality of Earth Dams in Chepalungu Sub-county, Bomet County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
An assessment of water quality from six selected earth dams in Chepalungu Sub-County, Bomet County was carried out by determining the levels of pH, TDS, TSS, nitrate, ammonia, fluoride, phosphorus, copper, lead, zinc, ...