Theses & Dissertations: Recent submissions
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AN IMPROVED TEXT-TO-TEXT TRANSFER TRANSFORMER (T5) FOR TEXT SUMMARIZATION OF NEWS ARTICLES
(Murang’a University of Technology, 2024-07)Text summarization is a Natural Language Processing (NLP) task that condenses textual content while preserving essential information. With the exponential growth in digital news content, efficient summarization techniques ... -
INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MONOPOLY STRATEGIES AND VALUE PROPOSITION ENVIRONMENT ON ELECTRICITY UTILITY IN KENYA
(Murang’a University of Technology, 2024-08)Studies have shown that lack of competition allows companies to artificially inflate prices, impacting consumers' quality of life and deterring investment in the economy. The research gap addressed by the study was the ... -
ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYEE RESOURCING STRATEGIES AND JOB SATISFACTION; LAKE REGION ECONOMIC BLOC COUNTY GOVERNMENTS, KENYA
(Murang’a University of Technology, 2024-08)The globalized and technologically turbulent world witnesses increased competition for suitably qualified employees as organizations try to achieve higher productivity and meet the ever-changing customer demands. Public ... -
INFLUENCE OF PUBLIC REGULATION ON SERVICE DELIVERY OF WATER COMPANIES IN MURANGA COUNTY
(Murang’a University of Technology, 2024-08)In accordance with the public regulation, sound policies and practices in public procurement are among the key components of good excellent stewardship and governance. However, the procurement process is still built on ... -
EFFECT OF INTERNAL CONTROLS ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF TRANSPORT SECTOR SAVINGS AND CREDIT CO-OPERATIVES IN MURANG’A COUNTY, KENYA
(Murang’a University of Technology, 2024-07)The study sought to establish the effect of internal controls on the financial performance of SACCOs in the transport sector. The Kenyan transport sector accounts for about 8.3% of the Kenyan GDP. The sector faces inadequate ... -
EFFECT OF E PROCUREMENT ON THE TENDERING PROCESS OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN KENYA
(Murang’a University of Technology, 2024-08)E-procurement is considered one of the major restructurings in public procurement. It is the utilization of electronic approaches over the internet to carry out procurement tasks such as needs identification, the bidding ... -
Integration of E-Supplier Management and Organizational Performance of Parastatals in Nakuru County
(2022-10)This study sought to investigate the integration of e-supplier management and its influence on organizational performance. The study aimed to specifically; analyse e-information sharing and its influence on organizational ... -
A Support Vector Machine and Artificial Neural Network Model for Enhanced Image Classification of Maize Leaf Diseases
(2022-10)Image classification accuracy is the total number of images predicted correctly out of the total images in the test dataset in the field of computer vision. Classifying the images accurately is still a challenge due to ... -
Effects of Stress Control Techniques by Middle Level Employees on Strategic Performance Management of Murang’a County Government
(2022-11)Globally, employees experience stress at the workplace. It has become a real exertion in most organizations especially in the developing countries where the significance amount of stress at the workplace has had influence ... -
An Assessment of Social Media Platforms on Guests’ Choice of Fine Dining Restaurants in Selected Cities in Kenya
(2022-10)Despite the popularity of Social Media Platforms, limited data and studies have assessed the influence of Social Media Platforms on guests' choice of fine dining restaurants. Fine dining restaurants are defined as exceptional ... -
Effect of Moderated Internal Audit Practices on Financial Performance of NSE-Listed Banks in Kenya
(2022-10)The application of ongoing financial management reforms seeks to enhance and improve the performance of various organizations. In the last decade, performance of Kenyan banks, in terms of rate of increase in profits before ... -
Environmental Commitment and Adoption of Green Practices Among Star-Rated Hotels Along the Kenyan Coast
(2022-10)The hospitality and tourism industry is one of the key economic sectors expected to take a leadership role in transforming the emerging green economy. The economic pillar of Vision 2030 in Kenya acknowledges the crucial ... -
Impact of Educational Robotic Activities on Secondary School Students’ Interest in Engineering Career Pathways
(2022-11)Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics related careers are important in preparing any nation for development. There has been low interest by the secondary school students in the STEM fields and as such teaching ... -
Moderating Effect of Business Regulatory Requirements on The Effect of Firm Specific Factors on Financial Performance of Private Security Firms in Kenya
(2022-10)Even though Kenya enacted Private Security Regulatory Act of 2016, majority of private security companies have continued to operate without complying with the regulation thus inhibiting their performance. For private ... -
Spatial Modelling of Malaria Prevalence in Kenya
(2022-10)Malaria is a leading cause of deaths in Kenya. A vector-borne disease caused by parasite of genus plasmodium; the disease is introduced into the human circulatory system from bites caused by infected female anopheles’ ... -
Forecasting of Banking Sector Security Prices in Kenya Using Machine Learning Techniques
(2022-10)Financial analysts should be able to make accurate predictions about the direction of the stock market. First and foremost, investors should understand how the stock market works before making any form of investment in a ... -
Efficacy of Travel Motivation on Destination Loyalty Among Domestic Tourists in the Coast Region of Kenya
(2022-11)Despite the marginal growth recorded in the tourism sector in Kenya, the domestic visits and estimates fall far below the expectations. This study aimed at assessing the efficacy of travel motivation on destination loyalty ... -
Enhanced Deep Learning Model to Detect Anomalies in Surveillance Videos
(2022-08)Increased security challenges and advancements in technology have led to heavy usage of surveillance cameras. This has resulted in an overwhelming abundance of video data which requires automated analytics for better ... -
A Transfer Learning and Two-Level Hyperparameter Optimization Based Model for Improved Classification of Diabetic Retinopathy
(2022-10)Automated diagnosis of disease from medical images using machine learning has been in rise in the recent past. One such case is the classification of diabetic retinopathy from fundus images. Diabetic Retinopathy is an eye ... -
Removal of Phenol, Hydroquinone and 2-Naphthol from Aqueous Solutions Using Tertiary Amine Modulated Cornstarch
(2022-11)Phenolics are a family of chemical compounds with at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to aromatic group. The sources of phenolics pollutants in water are mainly chemical industries and pharmaceutical. They are ...
