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Factors influencing the growth of small-scale dairy farming: a case of Githunguri constituency, Kiambu county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
This research sought to investigate factors influencing the growth of small scale dairy
farming. The study was carried out in Githunguri Constituency of Kiambu County.
Various factors in relation with dairy production ...
Factors influencing subscriber adoption of mobile payments: a case of safaricom's lipa na m-pesa service in Embu town, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
M-PESA service was introduced in the year 2007 by Safaricom Company as a business
strategy to increase the company‟s business growth and deepen financial inclusion in Kenya.
Currently it is being widely used by a population ...
Development of chemometrics aided energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence and scattering (edxrfs) method for rapid diagnostics of cancer
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
The goal of this work was to investigate and exploit the potential of chemometrics-assisted
energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence and scattering (EDXRFS) spectrometry towards rapid
diagnostics of cancer (and its severity) ...
Modelling extreme claims using generalised pareto distributions family in an insurance company
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
The project focuses on modeling and estimating loss claims from Insurance company.
Generalized Pareto distributions family was used and compared to come with a best fitting
distribution. These distributions include ...
An evaluation framework for the use of ICT technologies to teach in Kenyan universities: the case of Multimedia University of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
The extant literature on pedagogical development using ICT technologies is dominated
by conceptual analysis, descriptive studies of current practice, critiques of current
practice, and prescriptions for better ways to ...
Slum growth and space transformation: the implication on service delivery and environment
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
This research study investigated slum growth and transformation and the associated
implications on the environment and service delivery in Mukuru Settlement between
September 2013 and October 2014. The study particularly ...
Stabilization of Silt Clay Soil Using Molasses for Small Dam Embankment Construction as inner Zone
(2015)
The Agriculture sector contributes 45% of Tanzania’s GDP and about 30% of its export
earnings, while employing over 80% of the nation’s work-force (National Irrigation
Master Plan, 2002). The government of Tanzania is ...
Factors affecting information systems security effectiveness in University Of Nairobi
(2015)
Dependence on information systems (IS) is growing at a very high rate; this is
encouraged by business competitiveness. Though the growth is health literature reveals
that, there are security threats accompanying this.
The ...
Impact of longevity risk with best fit mortality forecasting model
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
The data used in this research is from the Human Mortality database for
the United States for the period 2000 - 2009. We first begin by fitting
linear, Makeham, cubic smoothing spline and Lee Cater models to the data
to ...
Protecting mobile agents from malicious hosts in a distributed network
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Distributed applications provide challenging environment in today’s advancing technological
world. To enhance the aspects of better performance and efficiency in real scenario, mobile
agent’s concept has been brought ...