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Diversity, Species Composition And Some Ecological Aspects Of Terrestrial Molluscs In Mount Kenya National Park - Kenya
(1998)This study was done between November 1996 and July 1997 and sought to establish the species composition of terrestrial molluscs in Mt. Kenya National Park. The study also sought to investigate the effect of soil pH, ... -
Bedsediments organic matter and macroinvertebrate responses to changes in catchment land use along a low order tropical stream : Sagana River, Kenya
(2000)The hydrological, morphological and biological characteristics of a Kenyan low order mountain tropical stream were studied in order to assess the possible impacts of catchment land use changes from forestry to agriculture ... -
Effects Of Communal And Individual Land Tenure Systems On Land Use And Food Security In Kajiado District, Kenya
(2004)The East African governments have initiated land reform programmes with the objective of creating individualisation of land rights where rules of access, use and transfer are reformulated in order to adapt to rising ... -
A NONPARAMETRIC APPROACH TO VARIANCE FUNCTION ETIMATION: AN APPLICATION TO NAIROBI’S STOCK EXCHANGE MARKET
(2005)A NONPARAMETRIC APPROACH TO VARIANCE FUNCTION ETIMATION: AN APPLICATION TO NAIROBI’S STOCK EXCHANGE MARKET Abstract We consider the analysis of a method for fitting regression models to data in the field which exhibit ... -
A SURVEY OF CHALLENGES FACED IN DATA MIGRATION BY COMPANIES QUOTED AT THE NAIROBI STOCK EXCHANGE
(2008)The study objective was to investigate the challenges faced in data migration by companies listed at Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE). In order to achieve the objective, a survey design was used and data was collected using ... -
A Comparison of Performance Between Unit Trusts and A Market Portfolio of Shares at Nairobi Stock Exchange
(2010)There has been a dramatic increase in the number of individuals who want to invest in the securities offered in the Nairobi stock exchange. The amount of funds however, required tend to be prohibitively high to many. ... -
YOUTH TRAVEL AS A POTENTIAL MARKET SEGMENT FOR TOURISM INDUSTRY AMONG THE YOUNG TRAVELERS IN NAIROBI, KENYA
(2010)The study was conducted in Nairobi National park in Nairobi County and focused on assessing youth travel as potential market segment for the tourism industry in Kenya. Exploratory and descriptive survey design was adopted ... -
Size and complexity metrics as indicators of maintainability of business process execution language process models
(2011)One of the most popular process modeling languages is the Business Process Execution Language (BPEL). Despite the popularity, BPEL process models have an inherent complexity. This complexity keeps on increasing with age ... -
Detection of sweet potato viruses in Western Kenya, development of a multiplex PCR technique for simultaneous detection of major viruses and evaluation of medicinal plants for antifungal and antibacterial activities against the crop pathogens
(2011)Sweet potato is an important food crop worldwide since it is drought tolerant and acts as a famine relief crop. However, its production is limited by viral, fungal and bacterial infections. Lack of rapid and sensitive ... -
Determination of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Elements and Radiation Exposure Levels in the Soapstone Quarries of Tabaka Region of Kisii District, Kenya
(2011)A radiological study was carried out in the soapstone quarries of Tabaka region of Kisii district in the Southern Nyanza province, Kenya, where soapstone is mined and used as a carving medium. In this study, 14 soil and ... -
Concentration of Iron in Murram (Laterite) From Ruiru Area, Thika District, Kenya To Asses Economic Viability.
(2011-10)A study on possibility of concentrating iron in laterite (murram) has been carried out. This was done using froth floatation where oleic acid was used as collector and cresylic acid as frother. Magnetic separation was also ... -
A MODEL FOR SELECTING SECURITY PROTOCOLS FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
(2013)A MODEL FOR SELECTING SECURITY PROTOCOLS FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS Abstract The process of mapping security requirements to the most appropriate security protocol has over the time proved a great challenge. Though ... -
Isolation, Identification and Screening of Bacillus species from Rastrineobola argentea (Omena) for Production of Bacteriocins active against Bovine Mastitis Pathogens
(2015)Bacteriocins offer an advantage over antibiotics in that they target very specific organisms and they are generally regarded as safe for humans. The aim of this study was to isolate and identify bacteriocin-producing ... -
Development and analysis of a mobility-aware resource allocation algorithm based on min-max optimization for OFDMA femtocell networks
(2015)Femto Access Points (FAPs) significantly improve indoor coverage and quality of service. FAPs are small, inexpensive, low-power base stations that are generally consumer deployed. However, due to high density of FAPs, many ... -
Boron- and Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, Characterization and Application in Solar Cells
(2015-07)The investigations in this project focused on the synthesis and characterization of boron- and nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (B- and N-CNTs), and the subsequent application of the doped-CNTs in organic solar cells (OSCs). ...
