MUT REPOSITORY: Recent submissions
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A Low Cost Water Meter System based on the Global System for Mobile Communications
(International Journal of Computer Applications, 2016)The accurate reading of a customer water-meter is important as it is the main revenue base for the water authorities. The traditional data collection process is still common in developing countries despite the inherent ... -
Soap stone mining, challenges and opportunities for tourism development: case study of soapstone in Tabaka, Kisii County, Kenya
(African Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Studies, 2015)Soapstone mining in Kenya especially in Kisii region is historical and its exploitation has been conducted from time immemorial. With beautiful carvings that are normally destined for the export market, the soapstone ... -
Natural Convection in a Rectangular Enclosure with Colliding Boundary Layers
(Journal of Applied Mathematics & Bioinformatics, 2014)The movement of the fluid in natural convection results from the buoyancy forces imposed on the fluid when its density in the proximity of the heat transfer surface is decreased as a result of the heating process. The ... -
Effect of Grashof Parameter on Velocity for Unsteady Fluid Flow Past an Infinite Vertical Porous Flat Plate
(2015)Natural convection of an incompressible fluid flow past an infinite vertical flat plate with constant suction velocity is investigated. In this work, we investigate the effect of Grashof parameter on velocity profiles. ... -
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 ... -
Accelerating Research in Africa through Sustainable Virtual Research Communities
(2012)Despite the commendable efforts by African NRENs to interconnect universities and research institutions, research capacity in Africa is still a major challenge. In particular African universities and research institutions ... -
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 ... -
Assessment Framework for Cyber Security
(LAP Lambert Academic Publishers, 2016)The capabilities and opportunities the Internet provides have caused transformation in many business activities, increasing the speed and ease for conducting transactions while also lowering many of the costs. As a ... -
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 ... -
Activity concentrations of 40K, 232Th, 226Ra and radiation exposure levels in the Tabaka soapstone quarries of the Kisii Region, Kenya
(African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 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 has been mined and used as a carving medium for hundreds of years. ... -
Understanding the travel motivation among youth travelers in Kenya: the ‘push’ and ‘pull’ paradigm
(African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2017)The purpose of this study was to provide an in-depth understanding of the factors that motivate youth travel in Kenya using the ‘Push’ and ‘Pull’ paradigm of travel motivation. The study adopted a questionnaire survey ... -
A Survey on Cyber Crime Perpetration and Prevention: A Review and Model for CyberCrime prevention
(2012)Threats posed to organizations by cyber crimes have increased faster than potential victims or cyber security professionals can deal with them, placing targeted organizations at considerable risk. The growth of the ... -
Size measures for large Web service systems
(2012)Web service systems grow larger with age whenever organizations add new services to existing systems. As is the case with other types of software, very large Web service systems are difficult to understand and maintain and ... -
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 ... -
EVALUATING THE PUBLIC VALUE OF E-GOVERNMENT SERVICES: ACTOR NETWORK THEORY APPROACH
(2014)Government all over the world are working on a broad array of e-services, re-designing services as diverse as tax filing, applying and registering for social security, obtaining birth and marriage certificates, procurement ... -
Evaluating the Public Value of E-Government Services
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2015)Governments all over the world are working on a broad array of e-government-services. As a result, there is need to evaluate e-government services objectively to identify areas of concerns. Recently, researchers have shown ... -
E-government websites user experience from public value perspective: Case study of iTax website in Kenya
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016)The need to encourage citizens' adoption of e-government services has led to an increasing interest in the evaluation of e-government websites. The success of e-government websites depends on how well it is perceived by ... -
MUT among CUE Compliant Universities in Kenya
(2017)Murang’a University of Technology was named among the 12 Universities in Kenya that the Commission for University Education (CUE) identified for complying with the Universities Standards and Guidelines. This follows a ... -
MUT Trust Deed
(2014)
