Browsing by Author "Musyoka, Faith M."
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Item A 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring system for preeclampsia management in antenatal care(Elsevier, 2019-06) Musyoka, Faith M.; Thiga, Moses M.; Muketha, Geoffrey M.The burden of preeclampsia has been a major concern worldwide both in developed and developing countries, making its prevention and management a major concern. Although motherhood is a fulfilling experience in society, it is connected to ill-health in some women, leading to maternal morbidity and mortality. The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 aims to reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births. These deaths are caused by among other things, the emergence of conditions such as preeclampsia during pregnancy. Therefore, this study sought to implement a 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring solution for preeclampsia management, using a smartwatch in conjunction with a mobile and cloudbased application. Upon blood pressure readings from the expectant mother, an alert is sent to the assigned caregiver in order to initiate quick action. The researchers adopted a rapid prototyping approach in the implementation of the 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring system. An experimental design was adopted in the study to evaluate whether the system functionalities performed as expected. The system, which was evaluated in the context of a sample of 30 expectant mothers from two level 5 hospitals in Kenya, has been able to read blood pressure from expectant mothers' smartwatches. The real-time data is then sent to the caregivers’ smartphone, as well as an alert. The solution has shown great potential for actual adoption in healthcare systems in developing countries, given its simplicity and affordability.Item Analysis of Static Code Techniques for Vulnerability Detection: A reviewed Literature(2017-10) Musyoka, Faith M.Web applications have become an integral part of the daily lives of trillions of users. These systems are usually complex and are developed by different programmers. Regularly programmers make mistakes in the code which could generate critical software vulnerabilities. Despite the knowledge about vulnerabilities nowadays there is still a growing tendency in the number of reported vulnerabilities, reason why software security has become an important field of research. Due to the presence of vulnerabilities it has been necessary to have tools that can help programmers detect them in code development stage. This paper has analysed pattern matching and taints analysis techniques that are currently used in development of static tools to in detection of vulnerabilities.Item An Assessment framework for Internet banking system reliability(2014-09) Musyoka, Faith M.E-banking technology is very widespread in banking sector while in Kenya; banks are striving to achieve social and economic development. Banks are investing in Internet for better financial services to their customers though these systems are believed to have critical challenges in terms of reliability yet have become modern means of performing business transactions. Therefore, there is a great need to maintain reliability, which has been investigated shallowly in developing countries given the many challenges such countries face. This paper therefore sought to define a framework that can be used for assessing Internet banking system reliability. The study used multi case study design with study population being two banks in Kenya. Data was collected from a key informant using a questionnaire and document analysis guide and was analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The study found out that documentation and size internal properties had significant positive effect on reliability. Further researches are required to establish effect of internal properties of Internet banking system on other software qualities.Item An Assessment of Suitable and Affordable Smart armband for preeclampsia Management in Antenatal Care(2019-06) Musyoka, Faith M.; Thiga, Moses M.; Muketha, Geoffrey M.Blood pressure is one of the measurements that is taken during antenatal care visits. Though motherhood is a fulfilling experience in the society, it is connected to ill-health and even death in some women leading to maternal morbidity and mortality due to preeclampsia syndromes. United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 3 aims to reduce global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births. Therefore, this study sought to assess the suitability and affordability of smart armbands for preeclampsia management in antenatal care. An exploratory design was adopted in the study to assess the suitability and affordability of the device in antenatal care to ensure real time monitoring. Twelve categories were used in assessment to select the most suitable smart armband. It was found out that F1 smart armband was suitable and affordable. The study has shown great potential for actual adoption in health care systems in developing countries.Item Determinants of Mobile Apps in C++ Programming Course: A reviewed Literature(2017-10) Musyoka, Faith M.In recent times, the use of mobile applications (mobile apps) has become undeniable where it permits people perform thousands of tasks through the use of smartphones, tablets or other related devices. The purpose of the review is to identify the determinants of programmer acceptance of mobile application for programming in C++. While developing a mobile app, a developer should consider Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) indicators which include: Perceived ease of use, social influence, Perceived Behavioural control, and perceived usefulness. With the consideration of the indicators, there will be significant intent to practice programming with use of mobile applications.Item Performance Evaluation of Internet of Things Prototype for Preeclampsia Monitoring in Antenatal Care(2020-12) Musyoka, Faith M.Globally, Preeclampsia has been an alarming condition, thus creating a major concern in its prevention and monitoring. Software developers have implemented several Internet of Things systems to transform human society towards becoming convenient and efficient with maternal health benefits. Due to the freedom in developing these systems, evaluation of the systems’ performance must be addressed to enable this revolutionized transformation. Therefore, the study selected an already developed 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring system for preeclampsia management in antenatal care to represent other IoT systems in conducting the performance evaluation. A sample of fifty pregnant mothers was selected using purposive and simple random sampling to conduct the performance evaluation. The study used a total of 200 blood pressure readings from pregnant mothers. Consistency, response rate, accuracy, reliability, and output were the metrics used to evaluate the IoT based system’s performance. During performance evaluation, the study found out that the system achieved all the functionalities expected in its assessment. Therefore, the IoT based system has the potential to inform future antenatal practices.