MUT REPOSITORY: Recent submissions
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Role of Public Procurement Preference Scheme on the Growth of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Nyamira County, Kenya
(2023-08)The focus of the study is to investigate the role of public procurement preference schemes in enhancing the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises. The general objective of the study was: To investigate the role of ... -
Electronic Tendering and Organizational Performance of Parastatals in Nakuru County
(2023)E-tendering plays a key role in ensuring that the best suppliers are selected for a continuous supply of better-quality products and services. The study focused on the role of e-tendering through online registration of ... -
A Metrics-Based Model for Estimating the Maintenance Effort of Python Software
(2023-05)Software project management includes a substantial area for estimating software maintenance effort. Estimation of software maintenance effort improves the overall performance and efficiency of software. The Constructive ... -
Factors Affecting Software Maintenance Cost of Python Programs
(2022)One of the primary areas of software project management is cost estimation. The cost estimation problem remains unsolved today because of the ineffective cost estimation techniques which are unsuitable for handling current ... -
Integration of E-Supplier Management and Organizational Performance of Parastatals in Nakuru County
(2022-10)This study sought to investigate the integration of e-supplier management and its influence on organizational performance. The study aimed to specifically; analyse e-information sharing and its influence on organizational ... -
A Support Vector Machine and Artificial Neural Network Model for Enhanced Image Classification of Maize Leaf Diseases
(2022-10)Image classification accuracy is the total number of images predicted correctly out of the total images in the test dataset in the field of computer vision. Classifying the images accurately is still a challenge due to ... -
Effects of Stress Control Techniques by Middle Level Employees on Strategic Performance Management of Murang’a County Government
(2022-11)Globally, employees experience stress at the workplace. It has become a real exertion in most organizations especially in the developing countries where the significance amount of stress at the workplace has had influence ... -
An Assessment of Social Media Platforms on Guests’ Choice of Fine Dining Restaurants in Selected Cities in Kenya
(2022-10)Despite the popularity of Social Media Platforms, limited data and studies have assessed the influence of Social Media Platforms on guests' choice of fine dining restaurants. Fine dining restaurants are defined as exceptional ... -
Effect of Moderated Internal Audit Practices on Financial Performance of NSE-Listed Banks in Kenya
(2022-10)The application of ongoing financial management reforms seeks to enhance and improve the performance of various organizations. In the last decade, performance of Kenyan banks, in terms of rate of increase in profits before ... -
Environmental Commitment and Adoption of Green Practices Among Star-Rated Hotels Along the Kenyan Coast
(2022-10)The hospitality and tourism industry is one of the key economic sectors expected to take a leadership role in transforming the emerging green economy. The economic pillar of Vision 2030 in Kenya acknowledges the crucial ... -
Impact of Educational Robotic Activities on Secondary School Students’ Interest in Engineering Career Pathways
(2022-11)Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics related careers are important in preparing any nation for development. There has been low interest by the secondary school students in the STEM fields and as such teaching ... -
Moderating Effect of Business Regulatory Requirements on The Effect of Firm Specific Factors on Financial Performance of Private Security Firms in Kenya
(2022-10)Even though Kenya enacted Private Security Regulatory Act of 2016, majority of private security companies have continued to operate without complying with the regulation thus inhibiting their performance. For private ... -
Spatial Modelling of Malaria Prevalence in Kenya
(2022-10)Malaria is a leading cause of deaths in Kenya. A vector-borne disease caused by parasite of genus plasmodium; the disease is introduced into the human circulatory system from bites caused by infected female anopheles’ ... -
Forecasting of Banking Sector Security Prices in Kenya Using Machine Learning Techniques
(2022-10)Financial analysts should be able to make accurate predictions about the direction of the stock market. First and foremost, investors should understand how the stock market works before making any form of investment in a ... -
The centre and pathology: Postmodernist reading of madness in the oppressor in contemporary fiction
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2023-08)This study examines the pathological consequences of in-between identity on the members of the dominant group in polarized cosmopolitan settings in Lessing’s The Grass is Singing (1950). The study is a postmodernist reading ... -
Warburgia Ugandensis: A Review of Compounds and Bioactivity
(2023-07)Warburgia species (Canellaceae) are traditionally used to treat a wide range of illnesses including stomach ache, diarrhea, abdominal pains, toothache, oral thrush, venereal diseases, cold and cough, fever, muscle pains, ... -
Efficacy of Travel Motivation on Destination Loyalty Among Domestic Tourists in the Coast Region of Kenya
(2022-11)Despite the marginal growth recorded in the tourism sector in Kenya, the domestic visits and estimates fall far below the expectations. This study aimed at assessing the efficacy of travel motivation on destination loyalty ... -
Enhanced Deep Learning Model to Detect Anomalies in Surveillance Videos
(2022-08)Increased security challenges and advancements in technology have led to heavy usage of surveillance cameras. This has resulted in an overwhelming abundance of video data which requires automated analytics for better ... -
Book of Abstracts
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Evaluating Linear and Non-linear Dimensionality Reduction Approaches for Deep Learning-based Network Intrusion Detection Systems
(2023-08-08)Dimensionality reduction is an essential ingredient of machine learning modelling that seeks to improve the performance of such models by extracting better quality features from data while removing irrelevant and redundant ...
