Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions
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Forecasting The Term Structure Of Government Bonds In Kenya
(UoN, 2019)n the last two decades, modelling the term structure of interest rates and using the same to re ect the monetary policy framework in the greater scal environment has attracted interest among nancial markets players ... -
Forest Fragmentation And Anthropogenic Disturbance: Implications On Plant Foods And Behavior Of The Tana River Mangabey (Cercocebus Galeritus Peters, 1879), Tana River County, Kenya
(UoN, 2019)Tana River mangabey, Cercocebus galeritus, is an endangered monkey, endemic to lower Tana River forest fragments in Kenya. The species is restricted in its geographical distribution and is threatened by habitat fragmentation ... -
Evaluating The Effectiveness Of The Waste Management Regulation, Legal Notice 121, 2006, In Relation To Solid Waste Management In Kiambu Town, Kenya
(UoN, 2019)The study evaluated the effectiveness of the Waste Management Regulation (Legal Notice No. 121, 2006) within Kiambu town. Indiscriminate solid waste disposal is one of the salient environmental problems in developing ... -
Designing of Optimal Bonus-malus Systems Based on Individual Characteristics in Automobile Insurance
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Actuarial Science is the discipline that concerns with uncertain events where the concept of probability and statistics provide for essential instruments in the measurement and management of risks in insurance and nance.A ... -
Modelling Fatalities Associated With Road Traffic Accidents And Other Factors Using Poisson Model
(UoN, 2019)According to the World Health Organization (WHO, 2018), 1.35 million people died in 2016 on the world’s roads, with road tra c injuries being the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged 529 years. Road ... -
Pentanomial lattice models in option pricing
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Options are derivatives which is an agreement linking two persons or more of vested Interest whose worth is based on an agreed-upon underlying nancial asset. An agreement De nes the buyer the right, but not the commitment, ... -
Assessment Of Dissolved Ions And Microbial Coliforms In Water From Selected Sites Of The Upper Athi River Subcatchment Area, Kenya.
(UoN, 2019)The Upper Athi River sub-catchment area has experienced exponential growth of human population since the turn of the century. This has led to establishment of satellite towns such as Ngong, Kiserian, Ongata Rongai, ... -
Distributed Denial of Sevice Mitigation in Software Defined Networking
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Assessing The Opportunities And Challenges In The Utilization Of Drought Early Warning Information As An Adaptation Strategy To Climate Change By County Governments In Kenya: A Case Study Of Isiolo County Government
(UoN, 2019)Kenya is among the countries in the developing world which is frequently impacted by droughts and other climate hazards. Whereas these hazards can be prevented or mitigated, in most cases the magnitude of their impacts ... -
The Expression Of Recombinant Plasmodium Falciparum Sexual-Stage Proteins And Assessment Of Naturally Acquired Transmission-Blocking Immunity
(UoN, 2019)Persons residing in regions endemic to malaria have been shown to develop antibodies against gametocytes, which could subsequently prevent the progression of the parasite within the mosquito vector. The acquired immune ... -
Green Synthesis, Characterization And Antimicrobial Evaluation Of Silver And Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles From Extracts Of Bidens Pilosa
(UoN, 2019)There has been rampant outbreak of infectious diseases and various antibiotics have been introduced to treat these infections; however, they are turning out to be less effective due to their abuse leading to emergence of ... -
Determinants of Information Communication Technology Project Performancein a Software Implementation Company Africa: a Case Study of Indra Limited
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Most information systems including current ICT projects in Africa fail either totally or partially. Explanations of why some Information Systems fulfill their expectations, whereas others fail, are complex and multi-factorial. ... -
Leveraging Biometrics for Access Control Management in Learning Institutions
(University of Nairobi, 2019)A common problem plaguing institutions of higher learning is how to monitor and manage student and staff attendance and access to key location, especially in institutions with multiple locations and the high population. ... -
Older Adults And Technology Adoption: Investigating The Use Of Online Banking Among The Seniors In Nairobi County
(UoN, 2019)The overall global diffusion of technology into many domains of banking and financial services has accelerated the shift from traditional banking methods to more ICT-based such as Online Banking. Convenience and efficiency ... -
Evaluating Teachers’ Adoption Of Digital Learning In Public Primary Schools: A Case Study Of Uasin-Gishu County Schools
(UoN, 2019)In the recent past, ICT has been integrated into primary school curricula in many developing countries around the globe. Kenya is among the countries that have introduced the use of ICT. Support and funding from the ... -
Random Forests Application In Missing Data And Predictive Modelling For Hierarchical Routine Clinical Data: A Case Study Of Childhood Pneumonia In Kenya
(UoN, 2019)Health stakeholders usually need complete, accurate and reliable estimates of various health outcomes to make decisions on improving health care delivery. Missing observations especially in clinical routine data is one ... -
Geometry of Elliptic Curves and Elliptic Integrals
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Kenyan Mortality and Survivorship Tables
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Mortality tables are one of the oldest statistical tools widely used by demographers , medics and actuaries.This is because,they enables the representation of mortality in terms of probability. These tables are constructed ... -
Predicting maize (zea mays) yields in eastern province of rwanda using aquacrop model.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Rwanda is affected by prolonged droughts leading to reduction in crop production and livestock production with severe food insecurity. Rain fed agriculture in rwanda is affected by drought and variation in seasonal rainfall ...