Natural & Applied Sciences

Natural & Applied Sciences Research Papers/Topics

An Approach For Successful Information System Implementation: A Case Of Core Banking Systems In Kenya

The objective of this study was to establish the factors influencing successful implementation of core banking system. The specific objectives for the study were: To find out the processes involved in implementation of a Core Banking Systems (CBS), to identify the factors influencing the successful implementation of CBS and to design a framework that will be used for implementation of CBS. The study adopted descriptive survey and targeted 374 members of various banks as the sample frame....

A Study Of Digital Signature Influence On The Security Of Word Processors

Word processors are one of the most widely used software applications in our time and have greatly contributed to the shift of paperless office. It has brought drastic changes in the way business documents are created, edited and stored. However word processors have over the years proven to be susceptible and have been successfully exploited to launch catastrophic attacks which have been costly to various states (countries), organizations and individuals. The main objective of this resea...

Monitoring Learner Interaction With Multimedia Content Using Natural Language Processing

E-learning has enhanced the way students think and learn over time. Different studies show that students appreciate facilities offered through the e-learning process. It has also proven to be a very useful tool by bringing education closer to the learner, hence, learner-centred. A point to note about e-learning is the ability to offer a wide range of information access, storage and education curriculum. Institutions of higher learning moderate and harmonize this information between instr...

Enhanced Forensic Framework For Rooted Mobile Phones And The Impact On User Data Integrity – A Case Of Android Smartphones

The proliferation of Android smartphones has propagated negative societal issues that resulted in successful arrests of the culprits, forensic examination and prosecution. Other such cases have collapsed due to alteration of forensic evidence as a result of inadequate forensic sound frameworks. The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate an enhanced forensic framework for Android smartphones with a key focus on data integrity. The research objectives included exploration of roo...

Application Of A Multidisciplinary Approach To The Systematics Of Acomys (Rodentia: Muridae) From Northern Tanzania

 Abstract The systematic status and geographic distribution of spiny mice of the genus Acomys I. Geoffroy, 1838 in northern Tanzania is uncertain. This study assesses the systematic and geographic distribution of Acomys from northern Tanzania using a multidisciplinary approach that includes molecular, cytogenetic, traditional and geometric morphometric analyses, and classical morphology of the same individuals. The molecular analysis was based on 1140 base pairs (bp) of the mitochondrial cy...

Development And Usability Evaluation Of A Mobile-Based Crossplatform Interactive Museum Guide- Imuseum

ABSTRACT Public participation and visitor satisfaction in museums are directly related to the experience of learning, discovery and involvement in motivating learning behaviours. In most cases, visitors’ experiences are significantly improved if they gain substantial knowledge on each artefact of interest from the museum guides and this is critical to user satisfaction, however, the ratio of human guides to visitors is grossly inadequate. A visitor touring in a group is hardly taken care o...

A Model For Exploiting Mobile Health Technologies Potential To Curb Child Maternal Mortality

ABSTRACT  Zimbabwe has a fairly developed maternal-care delivery system that is served by public and private hospitals at district, provincial and national level. The public health-care system is the largest provider of maternal-care services and caters for the majority of the population but this is done in a resource-restricted context, typical of a developing context. In this context, this research sought to establish the potential of Mobile Health Technologies in Zimbabwe‘s maternal hea...

Trackforce Safety Compliance System

ABSTRACT  Trackforce Safety Compliance System is a system that will be used to ensure that all the contractors and employees who are contracted to perform different task are qualified and in good health to perform the assigned tasks. The system will ensure that before the contractor or employee commences their work, they have undergone the necessary physical checkup, test including environmental awareness of the different hazards that they are exposed to in the heavily mechanised environment...

National Health Practitioner Informatics System

Abstract ICT tools are continuously changing business processes while the Zimbabwe’s public health sector still lags behind. The commercial industry has completely evolved because of eCommerce business models but an e-Health strategy has not yet been implemented in the health sector. The need for a tool to track the areas in the country with critical shortages of public health care professionals and ease manipulation of health practitioner’s data stirred the development of the National H...

An Investigation to Determine The Resistance of The Tick (blue tick) to Amitraz in Selected Areas of Zimbabwe.

Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine if the Boophilus species spectrum of ticks infesting cattle owned by resource limited farmers in the state owned communal land areas of Zimbabwe, are resistant to Amitraz. The study was also aimed at finding a concentration of the acaricide that the tick species are susceptible to, and can give at least 99.9% mortality. Five districts were selected from the Matabeleland South province and five farms were randomly selected from each district...

A Novel Biosenser For Hydrogen Peroxide Based On Horseradish Peroxidase Immobilised On A Zinc Oxidemultiwalled Carbon Nanotube Composite

ABSTRACT A novel biosensor for hydrogen peroxide was constructed based on the immobilization of horseradish peroxidase on zinc oxide-multiwalled carbon nanotubes matrix. The model redox enzyme, horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was physically (physical adsorption) immobilized on the ZnO/MWCNT modified electrode surface. UV-Visible spectra of HRP and HRP/ZnO/MWCNT displayed soret bands at 407 and 390 nm, respectively and thus the immobilised HRP retains its native structure. The modified electrode...

Challenges faced by teachers in the implementation of inclusive education in lower gwelo cluster schools.

ABSTRACT This paper reports on the findings of a research study that investigated on the challenges faced by teachers in the implementation of inclusive education in two of the secondary schools in Lower Gwelo Cluster. The study made use of a mixed method approach .The research methodology was underpinned by a descriptive survey .The specific constructs studied were teachers and administrators .The sample was purposely drawn from 2 schools, 24 teachers and 2 heads of schools in Lower Gwelo c...

A Study of Government Policy on The Implementation of Corporal Punishment in Selected Secondary Schools in mutare Urbarn.

ABSTRACT  How discipline has been modeled and maintained through corporal punishment among pupils in schools is a controversial issue in the implementation of legal polices from the government. Corporal punishment remains ideal and the order of the day in any academic institution and it had remained an option in the teaching and learning profession and or endeavour. The study focused on the government policy on the implementation of corporal punishment in schools in Mutare urban. The study w...

Warehouse Distribution System

ABSTRACT This documentation gives in detail how the designer introduced, planned, analyzed, designed and implemented the warehouse distribution management system at TMPnP (Thomas Miekles, Pick and Pay) supermarkets. The designer clearly explained the problem which the organization had that is of using the traditional system in managing their warehouse department. By using the traditional system it gave them disadvantages in recording goods and services received and also monitoring the moveme...

Zrp Real Time Geographical Mapping System

ABSTRACT The research project was centred on developing the ZRP Real-Time geographic mapping System to address the issue of transit management in the organisation. With this understanding, the researcher concentrated on ways to improve transit management for ZRP staff to and from work. The system management to quickly view activities of their buses as well as ZRP staff to request bus locations and Estimated Times of arrival in real-time. To have a detailed understanding: interviews were cond...


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