ABSTRACT Background: Eating out (EO) has been identified as a significant driver to the poor quality of diet due to the high fat, sodium and energy content of meals which have a negative consequence on nutritional health, resulting in overweight/obesity and related non-communicable diseases. The study sought to assess EO lifestyle and associated factors; assess the nutrient content of some selected meals from fast-food restaurants (FFRs) in Accra; and associations of EO lifestyle with selec...
ABSTRACT The behavioural responses o f two schistosom e host snails (Bitlinus Iruncattts and Biomphalaria pfeifferi) to tw enty-six naturally occurring (crude and sem i-processed) products weic measured in diffusion olfactom eters. 15 out o f these 26 m aterials (i.e. 57% ) were found to act as statistically significant attractants for adult 13. pfeifferi w hile only 5 (19%) o f the lest materials clicited statistically significant responses from the adults o f B. truncatus. The juveniles oil...
ABSTRACT The gametocytocidal effect of antimalarial drugs has become important in malaria research owing to the global quest to eradicate the disease. In Ghana and most parts of Africa, people still depend on herbal medications despite advances in western medicine. However, these drugs lack the necessary scientific assessment. The IC50s of 10 known herbal antimalarial drugs on the Ghanaian market were determined. The development of sexual stages of the Plasmodium falciparum was monitored and ...
ABSTRACT This study examined the contribution of value addition in agriculture to socio-economic development with reference to the oil palm industry in Kwaebibirem District. The specific objectives addressed in this study were to: determine the character of the activities that generate value in the oil palm industry; find how the process of value addition contributes to development, especially in terms of employment and income; and analyse the wider policy implications for agricultural develo...
Abstract Some inequalities involving the p-digamma function are presented. These results are the p-analogues of some recent results.
ABSTRACT The right to a fair hearing within a reasonable time by a court when charged with a criminal offence and to a speedy and public trial in all criminal prosecutions are some of the basic rights guaranteed by the 1992 constitution of the Republic of Ghana. In this study, survival analysis was used to determine the average time to justice delivery for the upper east and west regions of Ghana both first collectively and as individual entities. Type of cases that last longer in courts and...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at finding a minimum cost of investment in Renewable Energy (RE) sources, specifically in Hydro, Wind, Solar and Biomass that will meet projected demand levels in specific time periods in the future and ensure a modest (10%), (20%) or an ambitious (30%) incorporation of these renewable energy sources. To do this, a relevant optimization model was formulated and discussed. The Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) model adopted for the purpose was also discussed in detail....
Abstract Some inequalities involving the q-digamma function are presented. These results are the q-analogues of some recent results.
ABSTRACT This study was undertaken to examine the nature and quantify the magnitude of Genotype by Environment interaction effects on rice (Oryia Sativa L.) grain yield and to determine the most stable and winning genotype (s) in terms of yield stability and performance in two rice producing hubs. The study was conducted at four locations within two rice producing hubs in Northern Ghana on fifteen (15) rice genotypes including a checking genotype GR18 red. A randomized complete block design ...
ABSTRACT The role of weight-for-age babies in the early childhood and its effects on later lives of children cannot be over emphasized. Birth weight according to Murthy (1991) is a key indicator of the incidence of infant mortality and thus, a reflection of the socio-economic development of a country. The main objective is to use statistical models to assess the change in weight of children over time and to investigate whether maternal characteristics such as marital status, educational leve...
ABSTRACT Recent discovery of cutaneous H. ducreyi has complicated the epidemiology of Yaws in endemic countries. Yaws and H. ducreyi ulcers are clinically indistinguishable from each other and some other causes of skin ulcerations. The aim of the study was to isolate and characterize H. ducreyi strains from lesions of children in yaws-endemic areas. Symptomatic patients were first screened with Dual Path Platform (DPP-RDT) Syphilis Screen & Confirm test kit (Chembio, Medford, New York) for ya...
ABSTRACT The water level at a particular time determines the amount of hydro-electrical energy generated by the Akosombo dam. The Akosombo dam serves as the main source of electrical energy in Ghana. This research work sought to estimate and assess the impact of the Bagre Dam as an intervention event on the Akosombo Dam. Daily water level data covering the period 1982 to 2002 which was obtained from the Volta River Authority (V.R.A), Ghana was used in carrying out this study. Empirical resul...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at collecting, characterizing, storing and assessing the ethnobotanical uses of the African rice and its wild relatives collected from the Volta Region of Ghana. It also aimed at detecting the concentrations of mineral elements namely: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As) in soils of the different accessions collected. Seven accessions of rice were collected from paddy fields in fourte...
ABSTRACT Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is an arbovirus which belongs to the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever serogroup. It belongs to the viral family, Nairoviridae and genus, Orthonairovirus. Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever serogroup and Nairobi sheep disease serogroup both fall under this genus. Viruses from these two serogroups are pathogenic to humans and animals respectively, and therefore have a significant economic impact. Tick species of three genera are known to tra...
ABSTRACT The gametocytocidal effect of antimalarial drugs has become important in malaria research owing to the global quest to eradicate the disease. In Ghana and most parts of Africa, people still depend on herbal medications despite advances in western medicine. However, these drugs lack the necessary scientific assessment. The IC50s of 10 known herbal antimalarial drugs on the Ghanaian market were determined. The development of sexual stages of the Plasmodium falciparum was monitored and...