Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Survey of Cyber Security Frameworks
(2014)In a digital world, the national economy and welfare have grown critically dependent on the cyber infrastructure due to the capabilities and opportunities the Internet provides. This leaves organizations open to various ... -
Social Attackability Metrics for Software Systems
(2013)Software based system have become ubiquitous in modern day activities. Software system based system are being increasing attacked, leading to the need for software system administrators, and managers to have some metrics ... -
MOBILE-ASSISTED INSTRUCTIONAL FOR DOMESTIC MAID (MAID-M)
(2014)Statistics from Immigration Department of Malaysia has shown that the foreign workers have increased tremendously over the past 4 years. Different nationalities of foreign maids usually speak in their own mother languages ... -
Factors affecting sustainability of low priced computers for learning in Kenya
(2012)The debate on surging e-waste amounts in some African countries has seen the ban of importation of refurbished computers arguing that they are the main source of e-waste. The view that refurbished computers are bad contradicts ... -
Factors Affecting Requirements Elicitation for Heterogeneous Users of Information Systems
(2015)Modern organizations keep up with the fast changing technology through successful information systems development and integration to automate their business operations. Among others, this can be achieved through effective ... -
Challenges in achieving interoperability in distributed systems: a survey of literature
(2012)As need for collaboration and distributed systems among organizations increase, there is the challenge of different standards in almost all communication issues. This calls for scrutiny of systems used by different ... -
An Investigation into Customers' Requirements for Electronic Banking: A Case Study of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Keny
(2017)There is a general consensus that governments, businesses and all individuals need to harness the power of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and ICT enabled services for wider access and improved welfare ... -
An interoperability framework for systems in Kenya
(2012)This paper presents a platform level interoperability framework for mobile money transfer systems in Kenya. The proposed interoperability framework is aimed at exploiting the potential of mobile money transfer across ... -
ALGEBRAIC APPROACH TO COMPOSITE INTEGER FACTORIZATION
(2013)There various algorithms that can factor large integers but very few of these algorithms run in polynomial time. This fact makes them inefficient. The apparent difficulty of factoring large integers is the basis of some ... -
Advances in composite integer factorization
(2013)In this research we propose a new method of integer factorization. Prime numbers are the building blocks of arithmetic. At the moment there are no efficient methods (algorithms) known that will determine whether a given ... -
A Review of Agile Software Effort Estimation Methods
(2016)Software cost estimation is an essential aspect of software project management and therefore the success or failure of a software project depends on accuracy in estimating effort, time and cost. Software cost estimation ... -
A Review of Agent Based Interoperability Frameworks and Interoperability Assessment Models
(2014)In a heterogeneous world, concurrent distributed development has led to many types of multi-agent systems that offer diverse functionality in agents as different types of platforms are not in a position to interoperate. ... -
A Probabilistic Data Encryption scheme (PDES)
(2013)In this paper the author presents a probabilistic encryption scheme that is polynomially secure and has the efficiency of deterministic schemes. From the theoretical construction of Brands and Gill (1996), it is clear ... -
A Framework for E-Learning Implementation in Developing Countries: A Students' Perspective
(2012)Institutions of higher learning in developing countries have lagged behind those in the developed world in e-learning (eL) adoption, mainly due to cost and poor Internet infrastructure. Introduction of eL in such institutions ... -
The performance of Husani dairy goats under water restriction in the arid western lowlands, Eritrea
(Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa, 1999)Eighteen adult Husani female goats of approximately equal age and body weight, and in their late pregnancy were purchased from Eritrean western lowlands. They were randomly assigned to three watering regimes (treatments): ... -
The perfect drought? Constraints limiting Kalahari agro-pastoral communities from coping and adapting
(African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2011)Rural Kalahari agro-pastoral communities of Southern Africa have been exposed to drought shocks throughout history and have adapted their livelihoods accordingly. Yet, drought continues to disrupt or threaten to disrupt ... -
A Review of African Pastoral Production Systems: Approaches to Their Understanding and Development
(2002)Pastoralism is a system that has been in existence for a long time. Scholars have come up with a cornucopia of definitions related to what entails this centuries old art. Many of these scholars agree, though, that ... -
THE EFFECTS OF MARKET INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS ON SALES REVENUE AMONG FRENCH BEAN PRODUCERS: A CASE STUDY OF OL-DONYO SABUK, MACHAKOS COUNTY, KENYA
(2016)Businesses operate in a world in which information is more readily and publicly available than ever before. Thanks to the development of the Internet, information on market trends, legislation, customers, suppliers, ...
