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Mathematical models for hepatocytic-erythrocytic dynamics and therapeutic control of malaria
(Strathmore University, 2020)Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium. Mortality and morbidity due to malaria infection is a serious burden to malaria endemic countries. Despite the many years of ... -
Mathematical modelling of In-vivo HIV optimal therapy and management
(Strathmore University, 2018)Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) remains the main cause of premature death globally. In 2013, Kenya was the fourth largest endemic HIV country in the world having over 1.6 million people living with the virus. The fact ... -
Value creation in Kenyan e-businesses
(United States International University, 2008)E-businesses promise new avenues for creation of wealth. According to Amit and Zott (200 1), this value creation potential arises from the combination and exchange of resources . While research on value creation in ... -
Construction of a zero-coupon yield curve for the Nairobi Securities Exchange and its application in pricing derivatives
(Strathmore University, 2017)Yield curves are used to forecast interest rates for different products when their risk parameters are known, to calibrate no-arbitrage term structure models, and (mostly by investors) to detect whether there is arbitrage ... -
A Copula-based approach to differential gene expression analysis
(Strathmore University, 2006)Microarray technology has revolutionized genomic studies by enabling the study of differential expression of thousands of genes simultaneously. The main objective in microarray experiments is to identify a panel of genes ... -
Smooth tests of goodness of FIT for hazard Functions: an application to HIV retention data
(Strathmore University, 2017)In this study, we apply the methodology of smooth tests of goodness-of-fit to hazard functions. The smooth test formulation applied here is an extension of Neyman’s smooth test and is obtained by nesting the null hypothesis ...
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