Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions
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T-helper 17 cells responses among TB/HIV coinfected subjects in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Background: Tuberculosis disease (TB) is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). TB leads to about 2 million deaths annually and remains a major public health burden globally. According to the WHO report, in 2013 ... -
Influence of corporate governance on performance of organizations a case of alliance capital partners limited, Nairobi, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The main objective of the study was to look into the Influence of Corporate Governance on Performance of Organizations. A Case of Alliance Capital Partners Limited, Nairobi-Kenya. Corporate governance in this case is the ... -
Modelling and projection of HIV/AIDS epidemics in Ethiopia using ARIMA
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Data sharing among selected government institutions in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This research study aims at assessing the strategies put in place to encourage or enable data sharing among government institutions in Kenya a; establish the existence of data and information sharing and the factors ... -
Phytochemical investigation of the stem bark and the leaves of teclea simplicifolia for analgesic activity
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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 ... -
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) ... -
Factors influencing management of liquid waste in kenyan urban centres: the case of Machakos Town, Kenya
(2015)The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors that influence liquid waste management in urban areas in Kenya, the case of Machakos Town. It was guided by four objectives; to establish the extent to which funding ... -
Mapping of Agricultural Donor Funding to Kenya
(2015)Food insecurity in Kenya and among other developing countries remains a key issue to be addressed. Millions of Kenyan people require food assistance each passing day. Kenya has high agricultural potential with diverse ... -
An economic analysis of farmers’ preferences for participatory management of volcanoes National Park in Rwanda
(2015)Urbanization and population growth have been the major forces driving natural forests depletion. Globally, 600 million people depend on forest resources. Specifically, 65 percent of workforce in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) ... -
A histopathological and immunohistochemical study of cutaneous nodular lesions and other surface swellings of Kenyan horses
(2015)The objective of the study was to determine the trends of nodular cutaneous lesions and other surface swellings of the horse in Kenya and to relate the histological and immunohistochemical characteristics to the clinical ... -
Urban air quality in the city of Nairobi, Kenya: application of energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence and principal component analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Air pollution is a widespread problem affecting millions of people exposed to high levels of air pollution that exceed one or more ambient limit values. One of these air pollutants is the airborne particulate matter (PM), ... -
Management practices and their role on sustainability of income generating projects in Kilifi county in Kilifi county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Sustainability has become a major challenge that isfacing many projects in developing countries despite the efforts by the implementing partners. The nature of project management has taken a direction that focuses on ... -
Mobile device web-based complementary teaching of GIS
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The presence of mobile devices provides an opportunity to complement Geographical Information Systems (GIS) education. They contain internet browser application which can act as a thin client to Web-based Geographic ... -
Effect Of Cropping Systems On The Occurrence Of Fungal And Bacterial Diseases Of Legumes In Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Bacterial and fungal diseases of legumes are a major constraint in legume production in western Kenya and persistently curtail optimal yields and quality of food legumes. This study aimed at determining the occurrence ... -
On classification of simple plane curve singularities
(University of Nairobi, 2015)In this pro ject we aim to classify simple plane curve singularities by considering simple plane curve singularities as quotient singularities in C2 by a finite subgroup G ≤ SL(2, C). We also review McKay correspondence ... -
Enumeration Of Rational Curves In Complex Projective Plane
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This project studies rational curves and their enumeration. First, we show that there are a finite numb er of rational curves of degree d passing through 3d − 1 general points in the complex projective plane. Finally, ... -
On Reducibility And Quasireducibility Of Operators In Hilbert Spaces
(University of Nairobi, 2015)In this dissertation, we study invariant, reducing and hyp erinvariant subspaces and how they play a key role in the study of reducibility and quasireducibility of op erators. We also consider some equivalence relations and ... -
A Parallel Corpus Based Translation Using Sentence Similarity
(University of Nairobi, 2014)When large quantities of technical texts are being translated manually, it is very difficult to produce consistent translations of recurrent stretches of text, such as paragraphs, sentences and phrases, making it not ...