Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions
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Effect Of Climate Variability On Pearl Millet (penn/setum Glaucum} Productivity And The Applicability Of Combined Drought Index For Monitoring Drought In Namibia
(University of NairobiDepartment of Meteorology, 2013)Climate variability has been one of the most important determinants of crop productivity in the world. Pearl millet farmers in the northern parts of Namibia always encounter poor pearl millet yields due to intra-seasonal ... -
Transition Probabilities Based On Kolmogorov Equations For Pure Birth Processes
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Evaluation Of Local Trichoderma Isolates For Their Efficiency In Biological Control Of Fusarium Oxysporum F. Sp Phaseoli In Common Bean
(University of NairobiCenter for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, 2013)In Kenya common beans are one of the most important food crops widely grown in the country. The production trend of beans has been on the decline over the years mostly as a result of infectious diseases from fungal ... -
Analysis of Time to Event Data to Estimate Vaccine Effectiveness
(University of NairobiSchool of Mathematics, 2013)There has been a continued undervaluation and underutilization of vaccination as a way of preventing vaccine preventable diseases and thus consequently reduce morbidity and mortality associated with the particular diseases. ... -
Determination of soil physiochemical Composition and use of MIR to predict soil properties of Mount Kenya forest
(University of NairobiCollege of Biological and Physical Sciences, 2013)The aim of this study is to use alternative methods that are being developed to enhance or replace conventional methods of soil analysis, as they overcome some of their limitations. To obtain an overview of the physical ... -
Bayesian Spatial And Spatiotemporal Modelling (Applied To Precipitation Dataset)
(University of NairobiCollege of Biological and Physical Sciences, 2013)The daily rainfall data is one type of data that is not easy to fit a simple model. This is due to the fact that there may be several days when it rains and it doesn't rain in other days. Besides, this special feature of ... -
Mathematical and Statistical Population Models: Elephants Population Modeling
(University of NairobiSchool of Mathematics, 2013)Population modeling is an area of interest in mathematics, statistics, population studies and ecological management among others disciplines. Population of wild animals especially those classifier as endangered species ... -
Pattern of Host Seeking and Oviposition Preferences of Malaria Vectors in Kilifi County, Coastal Kenya
(University of NairobiCollege of Biological and Physical Sciences, 2013-06)Most malaria vectors alternate between their vertebrate hosts and stagnant water bodies for blood meal and oviposition sites respectively. These two resources are obligatory requirements for completion of the mosquito ... -
Determination of native bacillus thuringiensis deltaendotoxin potency against prostephanus truncatus and fumonisin producing Fusarium Verticillioides isolated from maize grains
(University of NairobiCollege of Biological and Physical Sciences, 2013-07)Insect pests contribute to reduced maize grain yield pre and post harvest. They affect 46% of global maize growing area post harvest, 60% of this maize loss occurs in tropical regions. Bacillus thuringiensis has become ... -
Modelling And Simulating Train Schedule System: Case Of Rift Valley Railways
(University of NairobiSchool Of Computing And Informatics, 2013)The use of ICT systems as a business enabler has introduced strong business competitiveness worldwide. Survival of businesses from small scale to high scale increasingly depends on implementation and usage of relevant ... -
Assessment Of The Effect Of ICT Utilization On Performance For Children With Learning Disabilities In Private Primary Schools In The Nairobi County
(University of NairobiSchool Of Computing And Informatics, 2013-06)The inclusion of all children in education regardless of their learning disabilities is essential in the attainment of the millennium development goals. leT in education has offered particular benefits for children with ... -
Premium Pricing In Employer Based Medical Insurance Schemes
(University of NairobiSchool of Mathematics, 2013-07)In health care insurance, the main problem at task is “how much?” This would pose a rather complex situation in the case that we are projecting on future possible financial scenarios. With the rising cost of medical ... -
Knowledge-based Career Choice Assistant
(University of NairobiCollege of Biological and Physical Sciences, 2013-07)In this report we will present the design and development of a proposed knowledge-based system prototype that aims to assist the students select the best suitable career choice program in Institutions of Higher Learning ... -
Construction And Analysis Of Leslie Matrix Population Model For Amboseli Elephants
(University of NairobiSchool Of Mathematics, 2013-07)In this study, construction of a density independent Leslie matrix used for projecting Amboseli elephant population is discussed, where the only factors that determine the population dynamics are survivorship and fertility ... -
Empirical Distribution Of Returns Of Nairobi Stock Exchange 20 Share Index: 1998-2011
(University of NairobiCollege of Biological and Physical Sciences, 2013-07)The assumption that daily share index prices are normally distributed has long been disputed by the data. In this project, the normality assumption has been tested using time series data of daily NSE 20-Share Index for the ... -
An Implementation Of Advanced Encryption Standard In Mobile Communication: Secure Mesaging Application
(University of NairobiSchool Of Computing And Informatics, 2013)The emergence of Short Messaging services (SMS) has extensively transformed the nature of communication and information sharing. Billions of text messages are sent daily in the world sent in plain text format and hence ... -
A Survey Of Information And Communication Technology Skills Appropriateness At The Directorate Of E-government In Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool Of Computing And Informatics, 2013-06)The aim of the study was to carry out a survey on the lCT skills appropriateness at the Directorate of e-Government in Kenya. The study was guided by the following research objectives: to investigate current methods of ... -
GIS Based Cartographic Generalization in Multi-scale Environment: Lamu County
(University of NairobiDepartment of Geospatial and Space Technology of the University of Nairobi, 2013-07)Generalization generally depends on the map purpose, extent of area of interest and a desired scale. Survey of Kenya, Kenya's National Mapping Agency, produces large amounts of different data sets of geospatial data and ... -
Negative binomial Mixtures, construction of negative binomial mixtures and their properties
(Mathematical Statistics, university od Nairobi, 2013)The objective of this project was to construct Negative Binomial mixtures. We consider a class of mixture distributions generated by randomizing the success parameter p and fixing parameter r of a Negative Binomial ...