School of Pure and Applied Sciences

Recent Submissions

  • Using ICT to attract Kenyan youth into Agriculture: E-gardens 

    Njoroge, Thomas; Kinyua, Bob (IRACST - International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology & Security (IJCSITS), 2014-08)
    This report offers a detailed case study of an initiative that seeks to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to attract Kenyan youth to agriculture. Agriculture in Kenya has not been looked at as a ...

  • Plasmodium berghei ANKA: Selection of pyronaridine resistance in mouse model 

    Kimani, S. K; Ng'ang'a, J.K.; Kariuki, D. W.; Kinyua, J.; Kimani, F.T.; Kiboi, D.M. (Academin Journals, 2014-08)
    Pyronaridine is a partner drug in, Pyramax®, a combination of artesunate (ASN)-pyronaridine (PRD) which was recently prequalified by WHO drug as a potential alternative for treatment of malaria in African setting. ...

  • Distance librarianship in Kenyan universities 

    Murumba, Joan Wakasa (Regional Institute of Information and Knowledge Management, 2015)
    Rationale of study – Many institutions of higher learning in Kenya are now delivering their programmes through distance learning and the library is providing support by offering information resources and services to students ...

  • Sample size for a randomized paired screen positive design 

    Kinyanjui, Josphat k.; Keter, ALfred K.; Otieno, R. Argwings (JP Journal of Biostatistics, 2012-03)
    The design of epidemiologic studies for the validation of screening tests necessitates accurate sample size calculations to allow for the estimation of relative measures of accuracy within a specified level of precision ...

  • Information matrices for non-maximal parameter subsystems for second-degree mixture experiments 

    Kinyanjui, Josphat k.; Koske, Joseph K.; Mutiso, John M.; Cherutich, Mike R. (American Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences (Open Access Journal), 2012-12)
    Many practical problems are associated with the investigation of mixture of m factors, assumed to influence the response through the proportions in which they are blended together. More often, the primary concern of the ...

  • Garch modelling in share prices for specific companies in Kenya 

    Kinyanjui, Josphat k.; Mutiso, John M.; Omar, Latifa s. (American Journal of Mathematical Science and Applications, 2013-06)
    The Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH) models of volatility that were introduced by Engle (1982) and Bollerslev (1986) are specifically designed to capture the volatility clustering of ...