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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 ... -
Vers l'acquisition de la morphosyntaxe du français chez les lycéens nairobiens : perspectives sociolinguistiques et didactiques
(2018)Cette recherche pseudo-longitudinale privilégiant une approche sociolinguistique et didactique s’inscrit dans le domaine du développement de l’interlangue à travers l’analyse des erreurs morphosyntaxiques du français. Notre ... -
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 ...
