Search
Now showing items 611-620 of 3049
Multiple Imputation and Random Survival Forests: Application to the Demographic and Health Survey Child Survival Data
(School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, 2018)
Background: Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) provide data on a wide scope
of risk-factors of under-five child survival. Missing covariate data is inevitable in the
DHS under-five survival data since data is collected ...
Perceptions, challenges and adaptation strategies to climate change and variability: the case of smallholder dairy farming systems in Siaya sub-county, Siaya county.
(University of Nairobi, 2016-10)
An in-depth understanding of perceptions, challenges and adaptation strategies of Smallholder Dairy Farming Systems (SDFS) is crucial if appropriate interventions to increase adaptive capacities to climate change and ...
Modeling tail risks and systemic risks using copulas
(School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, 2018-08)
Understanding the relationship between financial variables is an essential part of managing financial risk. Such relationships in the context of risk management are of sensation interest in the modern world in which modeling ...
The influence of organizational culture on the adoption of ict innovation following technological disruption: a case of ICT SMEs in Kenya
(2018-09)
Disruptive ICT technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and mobile computing are
transforming how organizations communicate, connect and discover. As a result, firms are being forced to
restructure ...
Phytochemical investigation of selected tephrosia species for antiplasmodial and anti-inflammatory principles
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Malaria is one of the major diseases affecting human beings, whose symptoms include pain and inflammation. It is caused by five Plasmodium species of which P. falciparum and P. vivax are the important causative agents of ...
Assessment of population exposure to climate change-induced exceedances of health-based air pollution thresholds in some urban areas in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018-07)
Air quality is worsening in the rapidly growing metropolises of sub-Saharan Africa, including those in Kenya. In parallel, there is increasing evidence that air pollution is affecting health. Furthermore, since air quality ...
Antischistosomal activity, immunomodulation, safety and phytochemical composition of bridelia micrantha, ocimum americanum and chenopodium ambrosoides extracts.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Schistosomiasis is among the most common, debilitating disease of humans caused by several species of digenetic blood trematodes of the genus Schistosoma. It is estimated that 200 million people are infected with approximately ...
Integrating Climate Change Scenarios In The Hydrological Study Of Thika River, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
One of the most important factors influencing hydrological processes in a river basin is its weather/climate. The main objective of this study was to create a hydrological response model under changing rainfall and temperature ...
Smart school bus system to enhance child transport safety using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Child safety is a critical concern from the parents as many children use school buses to commute to and from school every day. Parents find it challenging to monitor the safety of their children when they leave for school. ...
A Robust Chemometrics Approach Towards Trace Biometal And Associated Speciation Analysis In Soft Tissue Utilizing Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence And Scattering Spectrometry
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
The goal of this study was to utilize a robust multivariate chemometrics approach towards direct, rapid and accurate quantitative determination of Na, Mg, Zn, Fe, Cu, Mn and Co and speciation of Cu, Mn and Fe in complex ...