Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions
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An Artificial Neural Network Model for Predicting Retail Maize Prices in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)The intention of food price forecasting is to achieve reliability and usefulness for agricultural, non-policymakers, policy makers and agricultural related business. In the current globalization era, food security management ... -
Reparameterization Of Autoregressive Distributed Lag To Vector Error Correction Model To Study Youth Unemployment In Kenya
(UoN, 2019)The research provides statistical basis for assessing and prioritizing investment policies, initiatives and projects to maximise youth employment by scrutinizing in uence of macroeconomic variables. The macroeconomic ... -
Adoption of Big Data Analytics to Drive Decision Making
(University of Nairobi, 2019)The current business environment has been experiencing rapid change brought about by high intensity of competition, disruptive technologies, creativity, innovations and strategic marketing. To sustain competitiveness in ... -
Use Of Data Mining To Detect Fraud Health Insurance Claims
(UoN, 2019)The extent, possibility, and complexity of the healthcare industry has attracted widespread fraud that has an impact on the economy. The fraudulent activities not only contribute to the problem of rising healthcare expenditure ... -
Managing Cybersecurity as a Business Risk in Information Technology-based Smes
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Digitization has led to an increase in exposure to risks of cybercrime especially if minimal or no controls are put in place. SMEs are core to the growth of the African economy however their continued dependency on technology ... -
A Model for Adoption of Chatbots in Kenya: a Case Study of Zuku Telegram Bot
(University of Nairobi, 2019)The 21st century customers are tech savvy, and they expect a company’s or business communication system to be seamless, real-time and customized. Social media has become a preferred tool of communication for connecting and ... -
E-Readiness Assessment Of A Constitutional Office
(UoN, 2019)Most of ICT projects that fail are partly as a result of poor planning that emanates from poor e-readiness assessments to detained specific requirements of the project before any steps of adopting the same. It is against ... -
A Framework of Open Source Solution as Tool for Cost Reduction Among Smes in Nairobi: Case of Ainushamsi Energy
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This study focuses on the open source business solution adoption as a tool of cost cutting by SMEs in Kenya due to increasing costs and shrinking IT budgets. The adoption will be aim to help these organization to ensure ... -
Mobile Based System For Reporting Road Accidents To Enable Local First Aiders Respond To Emergencies In Kenya
(UoN, 2019)Road accidents in Kenya claim approximately 3000 lives every year and leave a number of people with serious injuries or lifetime disabilities. To save lives after an accident is an issue that needs rapid response by the ... -
Interoperability Framework for National Population Register A Case Study of IPRS
(University of Nairobi, 2019)The Government of Kenya has several different agencies all undertaking population registration functions under independent pieces of legislations. The IPRS department has the sole responsibility of hosting the National ... -
Phytochemical Analysis of Selected Plants in the Leguminosae and Moraceae Families for Anticancer Principles
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Cancer is an increasing public health problem in the world with about 17.5 million new cases and 8.7 million cancer deaths reported in 2015 alone. The development of drug resistant cancer cells represents one of the major ... -
E-Learning As A Tool To Improve Stem Performance Among Girls In Secondary Schools Case Of Kariobangi North Girl’S Secondary School
(UoN, 2019)With our society progressively dependent on technology and STEM literacy, closing the dramatic gender divide within STEM areas becomes even more essential. Microsoft's latest research discovered that girls and young ... -
Effect of Corticosteroids on Neurotransmitter Metabolism in Rat Central Nervous System
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Valuation of Adipokinetic Response in the Adult Desert Locust, Schistocerca Gregaria Under the Influence of Azadirachtin and Melia Volkensii Extract.
(University of Nairobi, 1997)In order to develop realistic options and control strategies which are environmentally acceptable, sustainable utilization of indigenous ~botanical resources ought to be established. Flight performance was reduced in the ... -
A Data Logger For Monitoring Maternal Vital Signs During Labour
(UoN, 2019)Worldwide, maternal morbidity and mortality remains high with an estimated 830 women dying daily from preventable complications associate with pregnancy, with most of these cases occur in developing countries (WHO, 2017). ... -
Investigate The Software Development Methodologies In Practice: A Case Of Software Producing Firms In Nairobi
(UoN, 2019)The role of software development methodology firms and products is increasingly becoming more important in developing countries. This informs the need for software development firms operating (or intending to) in such ... -
Long Short Term Memory Based Detection Of Web Based Sql Injection Attacks
(UoN, 2019)The internet has experienced considerable growth in the past decade due to increased ease of access and growth of mobile technologies. The internet is increasingly being used for important transactions such as financial ... -
Attributable Factors To Learning Outcomes
(UoN, 2019-04)Kenya education system has experienced many challenges which have compelled the Ministry of Education to formulate and implement policies to address these challenges. For instance, after new policies governing administration ...