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Studies on the ecology of hive beetles in Kenya
(2012-02)
Although beekeeping has become an important economic venture in Kenya, and is being used
to alleviate poverty and promote environmental conservation, very little information exists on
arthropods associated with honey ...
A GIS-based investigation of the effects of physical access on Primary School enrollment: Case study of Loitokitok Sub County
(University of Nairobi, 2014-05)
Education is considered as one of the most effective ways to reduce poverty, give people
opportunities to improve their lives and raise their voice, improve their health, productivity and
foster participation in civil ...
Investigating the viability of carbon financing for climate smart agriculture for a small holder farming in western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
AbstractIn the recent past, climate change has been a big problem in the world causing a lot of disaster. The world has adopted a system of reducing the greenhouse gases (GHG) through mitigation aspects and a reward given ...
Efficiency Of Municipal Waste Water Treatment Plants In Kenya: A Case Study Of Mombasa Kipevu Treatment Works
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
This research study undertakes to establish the efficiency of Kipevu wastewater treatment works which is located in Mombasa County by analyzing the influent, effluent and storm water that runs adjacent to the treatment ...
Automated route selection: Short term traffic decision support for Nairobi
(2006)
The city of Nairobi is currently grappling with the problem of rapidly increasing traffic, and its
management. We have developed a prototype decision support system for short term traffic prediction
and subsequent shortest ...
Sampling African malaria vectors using limburger cheese and 'milk cream' as odour baits
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
The efficacy of Limburger cheese as an odour bait for sampling African malaria
vectors was evaluated. Studies were done in Suba district, Western Kenya at Lwanda
Nyamasare village and in a screen house set up at the ...
Modelling a hierarchical system with multiple absorbing states
(2007)
Previous studies on the education system, which is hierarchical in nature, made use of Markov
chain transition models, comprising a single absorbing state. This work considers a Markov
chain transition model consisting ...
The analysis of the oestrus activity of the five breeds of sheep for seasonality in the tropics
(1979)
The objective of the study was to examine the oestrus
activity of Somali, Nandi, Merino, Romney Marsh and Karakul
breeds of sheep in the tropics for seasonality. Chapter I
introduces the work of other researchers in ...