• DESIGN OF NEURO-FUZZY SYSTEM CONTROLLER FOR DC SERVO MOTOR BASED SATELLITE TRACKING SYSTEM 

  Aloo, Linus Alwa (JKUAT COETEC, 2018-02-16)

  There are increasing needs to develop control systems that can be used to automatically point Direct Current (DC) servo motor driven parabolic antennas to moving targets, notably in satellite tracking. This is in order to ...
• Failure Analysis of Bucket Elevator Conveyor Chain Links 

  Yin, Edward (JKUAT COETEC, 2018-02-16)

  Although designers and manufacturers continue to strengthen the links between design, manufacturing and performance, failures still occur and will continue to occur for one reason or another. In view of this, the cause ...
• Assessment of Laterized Quarry Dust and Crushed Bricks as Alternative Concrete Making Materials 

  Loonturot, Paul Sankale (JKUAT-COETEC, 2018-02-09)

  The research was conducted to study the suitability of using laterite soil, quarry dust and the crushed brick as alternative aggregates for concrete production for low cost housing since the rising cost of concrete ...
• PERFORMANCE OF BITUMEN AND BITUMINOUS MIX MODIFIED WITH SHREDDED WASTE PLASTIC BAGS AND WASTE SUGAR CANE ASH FOR ROAD WEARING COURSE 

  Kung’u, Beatrice Wanjugu (JKUAT COETEC, 2018-02-06)

  Any improvement on the quality of bitumen is a great achievement as it is a major component in road construction material providing its ability to sustain traffic loading. Bituminous paved road fails or get damaged if it ...
• Development of Key Performance Indicators Model for Manufacturing Safety in Paint Manufacturing Firms in Kenya 

  Musyoka, Enoch Kimanzi (JKUAT COETEC, 2018-02-02)

  Manufacturing safety is a key priority in the success of any business, as it can affect both the present and future competitive position of an organization. Several factors can lead to accidents in the manufacturing ...
• Assessment of the Extent and Perceived Effects of Noise Pollution in Manufacturing Industries in Nairobi City 

  Gongi, Samson Peter (JKUAT COETEC, 2018-02-01)

  Noise is generally defined as the unpleasant sounds which disturb the human being psychologically and physiologically. High levels of occupational noise remain a problem in all regions of the world and there’s evidence of ...
• Determinants of Improved Water Supply and their Influence on Dietary Intake, Nutritional Status and Morbidity Rates of Pupils Aged 6-13 years in Yatta Sub County, Kenya 

  Musee, Simuli Beatrice (COHRED - JKUAT, 2018-01-30)

  In Africa, it is estimated that 25% of the population (about 200 million people) currently experience water stress, with more countries expected to face high risks in the future. In Kenya, three and a half (3.5) million ...
• Acute Pain Management: Prevalence and Strategies for Improvement in Nakuru Sub-County, Kenya 

  Macai, John Nyaga (COHES - JKUAT, 2018-01-30)

  The effective management of acute pain remains a challenge to many households especially in resource-poor countries. In Kenya, healthcare seeking behavior associated with the management of acute pain at the household level ...
• Molecular based detection, Validation of LAMP assay and Phylogenetic analysis of Capripoxvirus in Kenya 

  Omoga, Dorcus Caroline Achieng (COHES - JKUAT, 2018-01-30)

  The genus Capripoxvirus (CaPVs) comprises of sheeppox virus (SPV), goatpox virus (GPV) and Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) that cause sheep pox (SP), goat pox (GP) and Lumpy skin disease (LSD) in sheep, goats and cattle ...
• Determinants of investment intentions of individual retail stock market investors on the Nairobi Securities Exchange in Kenya 

  Njuguna, Peter Kamau (JKUAT- COHRED, 2018-01-30)

  The purpose of this thesis was to assess the determinants of investment intentions among the individual retail investors in Nairobi Securities Exchange. The specific objectives were; to investigate the influence of Perceived ...
• The Effectiveness of Sexual and Reproductive Health Counselling Services for HIV Positive Women in Comprehensive Care Centres in Langata, Kenya 

  Kisaakye, Victoria Kanobe (COHES - JKUAT, 2018-01-30)

  In Kenya, women living with HIV account for 52%of the 1.5million people living with HIV. With advent of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), many HIV positive women have become pregnant intentionally or unintentionally. In 2009, ...
• Physical, chemical and functional characterization of edible cricket (Acheta domesticus) protein concentrate 

  Ndiritu, Alex Karuiru (COHRED - JKUAT, 2018-01-30)

  Edible insects have been shown to be good sources of proteins and a potential solution to food and nutrition insecurity. Therefore the aim of this study was to investigate physico- chemical and functional characteristics ...
• Influence of Outsourced Public Service Provider’s Quality Dimensions on Performance of Nairobi City County 

  Ingari, Boaz Ken (JKUAT- COHRED, 2018-01-29)

  To ensure that public sector can fully benefit from outsourcing, Nairobi City County should adopt informed approaches in their outsourcing strategy. This study assessed the influence of outsourced public service provider’s ...
• Domestic Solid Waste Management in Gitothua Ward of Ruiru, Kiambu County 

  Njogu, Priscilla Gathigia (COHES - JKUAT, 2018-01-29)

  Solid waste management may be defined as that displine associated with the control of generation, storage, collection, transfer and transport, processing and disposal of solid waste in a manner that is friendly to the ...
• Analysis of Chemical Admixture use on the Quality of Concrete in Nairobi County, Kenya 

  Legeto, Cosmas Kirui (JKUAT COETEC, 2018-01-08)

  Quality of concrete has been the focus of key stakeholders in the construction industry of Kenya for quite a while now. The main question has been, ‘what exactly leads to concrete failure’ and has inspired inquiry into the ...
• Assessment of the Ministry of Public Works Supervision Capacity in the Construction of Public Buildings in Kenya 

  Somba, Kennedy (2018-01-04)

  Quality supervision is utilization of available resources effectively and efficiently. It has a major influence on the overall performance of building projects. Inadequate supervision, or lack of it cost huge sums of money ...
• Adaptive bandwidth allocation for handover multimedia services for quality of service performance in mobile cellular networks 

  Omosa, Edwin Nyang’wara (COETEC, JKUAT, 2017-06-06)

  With the explosive growth of multimedia services in the telecommunication industry due to the increase in the role of communication in the recent past, Quality of Service (QoS) provisioning and ensuring fair bandwidth ...
• Effects of Road Improvement on Safety:A Case study of Nairobi – Thika Superhighway, Kenya 

  Chelugo, Nicholas Chepchieng (COETEC, JKUAT, 2017-06-05)

  Road safety is one of the main transportation problems in developing countries. The major goal of the transportation system is to enhance mobility and road traffic accidents (RTA) are unwanted by-products which have to ...
• A Macroscopic Spatial Model Analysis of Traffic flow: A case study of Nyeri town 

  Lekariap, Edwin Mararo (COETEC, JKUAT, 2017-05-26)

  Traffic flow analysis is an essential component of a town’s traffic and transport systems since these flows could, and often do, lead to the occurrence of congestion on our roads. Traffic congestion is a growing problem ...
• Improving Channel Capacity in the LTE Downlink through Channel Prediction 

  Karuga, Francis Gichohi (COETEC, JKUAT, 2017-05-26)

  Link adaptation, multiuser resource scheduling and adaptive MIMO precoding are implemented in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) downlink in order to improve spectral efficiency and enhance effective utilization of the available ...

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