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Characterization of groundwater aquifers in a structurally complex region: - a case study of West of Lake Naivasha Area
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Climate change, groundwater abstraction, horticulture and geothermal activities have influenced the volcanic aquifers within and around Lake Naivasha area. In the previous studies, the effects of faults on varying groundwater ...
Implication of Volcano-tectonic and Fluid Movements on Seismic Activity at the Paka Geothermal Prospect in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Seismic hydraulic diffusivity at the Paka geothermal prospect is investigated to examine the implications of fluid movements and volcano-tectonic activity on the seismic activity at the geothermal prospect. This is achieved ...
Numerical Solutions To Nonlinear Hyperbolic Systems Of Conservation Laws Applied To Traffic Flow Theory Research Report in Mathematics, Number 29, 2020
(university of Nairobi, 2020)
In the recent past, the rapid growing number of vehicles on long crowded roads elicited
rigorous scienti c research activities in the eld of tra c ow modeling. In this thesis
we present and discuss some of the macroscopic ...
A Comparative Study Of Infrasound Based And Image Based Wireless Sensor Networks For Human Elephant Conflict Mitigation.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Wireless sensor networks have been widely used in scientific studies to investigate phenomenon and acquire data from otherwise hostile environments that span over large geographical areas. Elephants have been discovered ...
Statistical modelling of determinants of contraceptive use in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
The world population has been increasing as the years progresses. The world population
as of 2020 stands at 7.8 billion people and is estimated to be approximately 9.9 billion
people by 2050. Kenya’s population in the ...
Modeling the Impact of Land Use Change (Irrigation) on the Transmission Dynamics of West Nile Virus (Wnv) in Tana River County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
West Nile Virus (WNV) is an arbovirus that is transmitted by Culex mosquitoes. Birds are its amplifying hosts while horses, humans and other animals are dead-end hosts. WNV mainly causes fatalities in birds and horses while ...
Meta-Analysis of Prevalence Rates of Anxiety Disorders in Kenya from 2000-2018
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
The goal of this project, was to use the available data from published documents to come
up with a pooled e_ect estimate that can inform the Health policy and economic planning
in Kenya using Meta-analysis of prevalence.Anxiety ...
ICTS As A Bridge Between Climate Information And Livelihood Strategies Among Rural Women In Kitui County, Kenya
(UoN, 2019)
The study was motivated by the increasing challenges of climate variability and climate change, which create problems, such as food insecurity in Kitui County in Kenya. In the current digital age, ICTs are core to all ...
Community Perception Study on the Impact of Shebelle River Floods on Livelihoods in Baled Wayne District, Hirsh Belle State in Somalia
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
This study looked at community perception on the impacts of Shebelle River floods on
livelihoods in Baled Weyne District in Somalia. There is minimal research on the extent of the
effects of Shebelle River flooding on ...
A Comparative Analysis of unsupervised outlier detection methods for Data Quality Assurance
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Data quality assurance is a key component in research. It is almost impossible to routinely
check for errors in large datasets if automated smart mechanisms are not put in place.
The quality of results from data analysis ...