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Marketing models for performance among four and five star Hotels in Kenya
(2016)Kenya has been slow in adjusting to the external hospitality environment and adopting competitive marketing strategies as evidenced by the higher growth of tourism in competitor countries. Marketing models such as the four ... -
MEDIATING ROLE OF TOURISTS’ EMOTIONAL SATISFACTION ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERVICE QUALITY AND BEHAVIOURAL INTENTIONS IN MAASAI MARA GAME LODGES, KENYA
(Murang’a University of Technology, 2024-08)Providing high-quality services in game lodges promotes emotional satisfaction and, subsequently, favourable behavioural intentions, leading to enhanced business performance, including market share and profitability. ... -
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 ... -
MODELING SELF-HELP GROUPS’ IMPACT ON MEMBERS’ LIVELIHOODS IN MURANG’A EAST SUB-COUNTY USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES
(Murang’a University of Technology, 2024-07)Approximately 8.9 million people, or 17% of Kenya’s population, live below the poverty line of 1.9 USD on a daily basis, majority of them in the rural areas. This research aimed to model the impact of self-help groups on ... -
MODELING THE PREVALENCE OF DEPRESSION AMONG MURANG’A UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES
(Murang’a University of Technology, 2024-07)Around the world, depression is a prevalent mental illness and it affects the way people think, feel, talk and conduct their daily activities. The stigma associated with depression makes it to be misdiagnosed in the mild ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
OPTIMIZATION OF PRETREATED CASSAVA PEELS BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION USING TAGUCHI DESIGN INTEGRATING KINETICS OF YEAST (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) REACTION AND BIOETHANOL CHARACTERIZATION
(Murang’a University of Technology, 2024-07)Majority of African rural homes use harmful energy sources like wood and fossil fuels, which are hazardous to human health and not environmentally friendly. Bioethanol is a form of ethanol produced from fermentation process. ... -
OPTIMIZATION OF PROPORTIONAL INTEGRAL DERIVATIVE PARAMETERS BASED ON IMPROVED PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM FOR NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS
(Murang’a University of Technology, 2024-07)The control of linear and nonlinear systems is of paramount importance when it comes to improvement of the plant performance. Many industries employ different modes of control when it comes to the proportional integral and ... -
PERCEIVED VALUE AS A MEDIATOR BETWEEN EXPERIENTIAL QUALITY AND VISITORS’ POST-CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOURS IN SELECTED KENYAN THEME PARKS
(Murang’a University of Technology, 2024-08)Kenya's tourism industry’s full potential remains unexploited due to a lack of diversification. The industry is still based on beaches and safaris. Kenya Vision 2030 identified diversification products including theme ... -
The Relationship Between Organizational Culture, Entrepreneurial Orientation And Performance Of Christian Faith Based Hotels In Kenya
(2019-10)The alliance between Christianity and entrepreneurship has had an immense impact on the Kenyan economic performance and thus the connection between economic development and Christianity activity cannot be underscored. ... -
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 ... -
ROLE OF URBAN TOURISM IN PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY, KENYA
(Murang’a University of Technology, 2024-06)Urban tourism offers economic and social benefits for cities but may also cause environmental harm, overcrowding and economic disparities. Achieving sustainable development in urban areas requires a comprehensive management ... -
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 ... -
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’ ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ZnO:Al:Ga CO-DOPED NANOPARTICLES FOR POSSIBLE SOLAR CELL APPLICATION
(Murang’a University of Technology, 2024-07)Pollution is a major reason traditional energy sources like crude oil and fossil fuels are not environmentally friendly, negatively impacting climate change. Creating of alternative clean energy sources such as solar energy ... -
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 ... -
Trustee-Related Determinants of Financial Returns of the Registered Occupational Pension Schemes in Kenya
(2019-12)The reforms witnessed in the pension industry over the past years had an effect on the financial performance of the pension schemes and more so, on the occupational pension schemes. This thesis attempted to examine ...
