In analyzing most survey data in which the dependent variable is a binary choice variable taking values 1 or 0 for success or failure respectively it is feasible to consider the conditional probabilities of the dependent ...
Omwonylee, Joseph Okello(JKUAT-PAUSTI, 2018-02-14)
In this thesis, parameters of a three-parameter Weibull distribution model are estimated based on a combination of both progressive and fixed type-I censoring using the techniques of maximum likelihood estimation, Corrected ...
There is a growing use of living green roofs in some parts of the world to reduce heat gain into houses. The reduction of heat gain or loss into buildings automatically reduces energy consumption or combats urban heat ...
The conventional techniques of soil stabilization are becoming
expensive day by day
due to the rising cost of the stabilizing agents like, cement, lime, etc. The cost of
stabilization and environmental ...
In this thesis, we examine the most appropriate method for modeling and forecasting
Gambia’s inflation rates. We investigate the statistical properties of the inflation
data and specify two models namely seasonal ...
The study aim is to propose a mathematical model to be used to investigate the flow in an open rectangular channel with a lateral inflow channel. An incompressible flow of a Newtonian fluid through a man-made open rectangular ...
This study was based on the total survey error paradigm in which the purpose was to examine
a variety of sources of errors in a survey. The study sought to quantify the total survey error
for estimating population total ...
Droughts are a major problem in Kenya especially in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) where they are frequent and causes a great deal of suffering and loss. Drought monitoring and forecasting requires extensive climate ...
Collapse of buildings in Kenya and other nations has been on the increase and has resulted to loss of lives, inflicted injuries and led to huge loss of investment for developers. In a span of 8 years, fourteen buildings ...
Bamboo has been known to possess superior strength properties especially its tensile strength that compares well with that of mild steel, has positive environmental impacts of absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen ...
The use of conventional materials in construction of buildings is facing two main challenges of
high cost and large scale depletion of the source of the materials thus creating environmental
problem. This challenges ...
Human activities often generate solid wastes such as plastics and egg shell wastes. Disposal of these wastes is usually a problem. The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using plastic and egg shell ...
Shuaibu, Richard Abubakar(JKUAT-PAUSTI, 2018-02-13)
The need to provide cheaper housing and find alternative to ordinary Portland cement in most part of the world has necessitated research in blending and replacing the constituent materials of concrete. Although many studies ...
Structural engineering education and practice in Kenya has been based on British Standards which are developed and maintained by the British Standards Institution (BSI). Given that BSI has decided to change to Structural ...
More often, steel is used as reinforcement in concrete because of its high tensile
strength. Unfortunately steel is not produced in all parts of the world hence leading to
a higher cost of steel that has to be imported ...
Ntawihebasenga, Jean De Dieu(JKUAT-PAUSTI, 2018-02-13)
The importance of conditional Value-at-Risk and conditional Expected Shortfall to estimate extreme risk in financial time series data cannot be exaggerated. This study applies these tools to estimate extreme risk in exchange ...
Stock returns volatility of daily closing prices of the Uganda Securities Exchange
(USE) all share index over a period of 04/01/2005 to 18/12/2013 is Modelled. We
employ di erent univariate Generalised Autoregressive ...
The global Vector autoregressive (GVAR) approach directly models the interlinkages using trade- weighted observable macroeconomic aggregates and financial variables and allows for interdependencies at a variety of levels ...
This thesis models Liberia’s Inflation rates using the Box-Jenkins Methodology. It was
modeled using seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average which extends the
ARIMA model to capture seasonality. The monthly ...