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Forecasting Foreign Exchange Rates in Kenya Using Time Series: A Case of Usd/Kes Exchange Rates
(Maseno University, 2019)In October 1993, Kenya adopted a floating exchange rate system where the exchange rates are determined by forces of demand and supply for the local currency. Exchange rate forecasts are necessary to evaluate the foreign ... -
Generalized Bloch Spaces of the Upper Half-Plane and Their Composition Semigroups
(Maseno University, 2021)Banach space structure of the Bloch space of the unit disc B(D) has been studied widely by many Mathematicians. Cima, Anderson, among others have proved that the Bloch space of the unit disc, B(D) and the little Bloch space ... -
Groups of composition Operators on dirichlet spaces Of the upper half-plane
(Maseno University, 2019)Composition groups has been a topic of interest in the past decades. Most studies have been on spaces of analytic functions of the unit disk. For instance; Matache studied bouncledness and compactness of composition operators; ... -
Hierarchical logistic regression model for Multilevel analysis: an application on use of Contraceptives among women in Reproductive age in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Contraception allows women and couples to have the number of children they want, when they want them. This is everybody's right according to the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. Use of Contraceptive also reduces ... -
HIV Vaccine Model with Application to Kenya
(Maseno University, 2003).Many models for HIV pandemic have come up as humankind grapples with the blight. Scientists and policy makers are struggling to contain the scourge. Mathematicians are not left behind. They are modeling the epidemic as ... -
Impact Assessment of the Io-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Prevention Of Pneumonia Among Children Under Five Years in Kijabe Mission Hospital, Kiambu County
(Maseno University, 2016)This study assessed the impact of the 10 valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumonia prevention by determining annual trends of pneumonia, recurrent pneumonia levels as well as establishing the association of other ... -
Knowledge, attitudes, practices and prevention of malaria: a statistical perspective of Kabras north division, Kakamega county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)An elaborate understanding of the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) of particular community can inform the design of Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) campaigns to influence acceptance and use of Malaria control ... -
A Markov chain Analysis of HIV Progression in Key Populations; A case Study of HIV in Homa Bay County
(Maseno University, 2022)Key populations account for the highest number of individuals with HIV infections. Theyincludefemalesexworkers,menwhohavesexwithmenandpeoplewhoinjectdrugs. While many studies have been done regarding HIV/AIDS and its spread, ... -
Mathematical Model of the Roan Antelopes, Ruma Park
(Maseno University, 2011)Roan antelopes that were once abundant in the country in the 1880s have been reduced to a remnant population of less than fifty individuals in the last estimate,November 2009. Oksendal and Lungu developed population growth ... -
Mathematical Model to Determine the Concentration of Fly-Ash at Sony Sugar Company in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Mathematical modeling continues to attract attention of applied math- ematicians, physicists, engineers, biologists, research institutions and oth- ers. This study focuses on air pollution concentration: a case study ... -
Mathematical Model to Determine the Concentration of Fly-Ash at Sony Sugar Company in Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2015)Mathematical modeling continues to attract attention of applied mathematician, physicist, engineers, biologists, research institutions and others. This study focuses on air pollution concentration: a case study of fly-ash ... -
Mathematical modeling of flood wave: a case study of Budalang’i flood plain basin in Busia county, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2022)Flooding is a worldwide problem with more adverse effects in developing countries. In Kenya, severe flooding is experienced on the lower tributaries of Lake Victoria, mainly Budalang’i area. This is indicated in the ... -
A Metapopulation ModelfFor Cholera With Variable Media Efficacy and Imperfect Vaccine
(Maseno University, 2021)Cholera, a diarrheal disease caused by a pathogenic virulent bacteria known as Vibrio cholerae, a_ects both children and adults and can kill within hours if left untreated. It continues to persist in developing coun- tries ... -
Model selection in generalized estimating Equations based on kullback’s i-divergence
(Maseno University, 2020)The method of Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) is often used in analyzing correlated longitudinal data and does provide consistent estimates which are robust to misspecification of the working correlation structure. ... -
Modeling Mechanistic-Empirical Road Design: The Case for Kenyan Roads
(Maseno University, 2011)Regular revision of road design manuals is a recommended practice in pavement management, and Kenya has recently completed a review of hers. The outcome of the process is an enhanced but empirical manual with rigid ... -
Modelling delay in migration for constant predator And predator-density-dependent prey migration
(Maseno University, 2020)ABSTRACT Predator-prey models describe the dynamics of ecological systems in which two species, the predator and the prey, interact. The classical Lotka-Volterra model is the simplest predator-prey model. Migration of ... -
Multiple linear regression analysis of mathematics, English, KCPE and KCSE in Ndhiwa sub-county Kenya
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Network Modelling of Infectious Diseases
(Maseno University, 2014)Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases is an important tool for assessing disease dynamics. This branch of mathematics has provided many significant insights concerning the epidemiology of infectious diseases. ... -
Norms of generalized derivations on norm ideals
(Maseno University, 2019)The norms of inner and generalized derivations on different kinds of algebras have been determined. However, the norms of their restrictions to norm ideals have not been fully explored. For instance, the concept of ... -
Numerical Solutions of Burgers Equation Using Hybrid Methods
(Maseno University, 2016)Research on Burgers equation: u_t + 〖uu〗_x = 〖αu〗_xx which is a second order nonlinear partial differential equation is gaining interest for its application and mathematics itself. It arises in model studies of turbulence ...