Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions
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An Investigation of the Synergystic Effects of Titanium (Iv) Oxide Modified Clay in Disinfection and Purification of Water
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Access to potable water is a problem facing developing countries worldwide. This water problem is expected to worsen with the population increase in the developing countries. It is in view of the water crisis that a series ... -
An Auto Telematics System for Insurance Premium Rating & Pricing
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Insurance telematics is a new technology that has been poised to transform and change the way we buy and underwrite insurance by 2020. Insurance Premium is a major variable that determines if a client will buy or take ... -
Modelling of Auto Insurance Claims Using Discrete Probability Distributions
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Within general insurance, pricing of premiums is always a challenging task. Frequency of claims plays a big part in pricing of premiums. Frequency of claims are determined by the attributes of a particular policy holder. ... -
Modeling and Determining Risk Factors of Malaria Among Children in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Malaria is a life threatening disease that has adverse e ects on child development. The e ects include absenteeism from school and pains associated with malaria. This paper investigates risk factors associated with malaria ... -
Service Aware Scheduling Policy for Time Constrained Communication in Network Functions Virtualization and Software Defined Networks
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Communication services have varying quality of service (QoS) requirements which the network should provide for a service to meet desired objective or user expectations. When it comes to services with strict service levels ... -
Utilization of cloud database on criminal background check
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The rate of Criminal background check has recently gone high in Kenya. Career candidates have been subjected to pre-screening they are engaged by employers. Employers have been slack in hiring or retaining employees who ... -
Aweb-based Distributed Health Information System to Cater for Patients With Chronic Ailments
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Distributed Systems today are rising dynamically in terms of new applications, hardware and network components, users, workload changes and in various research applications. A distributed dataset is having its importance ... -
Fabrication And Characterization Of Tio2/Nb2O5 Composite Photo-Electrodes Deposited Using Electrophoretic Technique For Application In Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
(University of Nairobi, 2017)This study has investigated a rapid, simple and cost effective electrophoretic deposition (EPD) technique for fabrication of nanoparticulate TiO2/Nb2O5 composite electrode films for use in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). ... -
Aweb-based Distributed Health Information System to Cater for Patients With Chronic Ailments
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Distributed Systems today are rising dynamically in terms of new applications, hardware and network components, users, workload changes and in various research applications. A distributed dataset is having its importance ... -
Isolation And Characterizatioin Of Cauda Epididymal Cellular Androgen Binding Protein
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E-Tracking System For Solid Waste Management A Case Study Kajiado County, Ngong Town
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)Solid waste management is a major problem in most towns in Kenya. The county governments are charged with the responsibility of management county resources including waste management; however they are usually faced with ... -
Status of Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria Isolated From Kenyan Chickens
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The term antimicrobial resistance refers to the ability of microorganisms to grow in the presence of an antimicrobial (drug) at a concentration that would normally kill them or inhibit their growth. Antimicrobial resistance ... -
The efficacy of treatment on schistosoma mansoni, schistosoma haematobium and soil transmitted helminthes and its effects on antischistosome IgE levels among primary school children in Taveta , Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Helminth infections caused by soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) and schistosomes are among the most endemic, communicable diseases of humans who live in parts of the developing world. All-inclusive strategies for the ... -
Option pricing with stochastic volatility correlated to the underlying process
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Molecular phylogeny, leaf micromorphology and antimicrobial activity of phytoconstituents of Kenyan plectranthus species in the coleus clade
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Assessing The Suitability Of Tea Growing Zones Of Kenya Under Changing Climate And Modeling Less Regret Agrometeorological Options.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The suitability of tea production within the tea producing counties in Kenya by the years 2050 and 2070 was determined by the use of various methodologies where both ground based and satellite data was used. Tea production ... -
Development of Polyacrylic Acid Based Electrochemical Sensor for Detection of Selected Heavy Metals in Water
(University of Nairobi, 2017)A simple differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetric sensor based on Polyacrylic acid/Glassy carbon electrode has been developed for simultaneous analysis of lead(II), cadmium(II) and cobalt(II) ions. Electrochemical ... -
Detecting Abandoned Vehicles in Public Vehicle Parking Environment-based on Time
(University of Nairobi, 2017)It is common to come across Abandoned Vehicles (AVs) in many of the public Vehicle Parking Environment (VPE) facilities. Very few if any of these vehicles are really abandoned; in most scenarios Motorists drive into a ... -
Comparison of Activation Functions for Nse Stock Price Prediction.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)ANN timeseries prediction has been successfully implemented and tested on NSE stocks prediction by Barack (2014) and other stock exchanges (Safi & White 2017) however these studies focused on factors like training algorithm, ...