ABSTRACT The eating habits, nutrient intakes and nutrition knowledge of one hundred and forty adolescent students from four secondary schools in the central region of Ghana were investigated. Instruments used for the data collection included questionnaires, food records, anthropometric measurements and observations. Data obtained were analysed using a computer and descriptive analysis was used to present the data. Jellife's anthropometric reference data, Kaufman's weight classification and Bo...
ABSTRACT The study sought to demonstrate how credibility claim costs without the consideration of claim frequency and claim severities underlined by different risk profiles underestimate claim costs or premiums charged policyholders by non-life insurance companies. We used secondary data of non-life marine insurers in Ghana, claim histories that range from the period of 2013 to 2018. The claim histories included claim sizes, claim counts and policy counts. Bühlmans-Straub Credibility theory...
Abstract Background: Acute respiratory infections (ARI) remain a leading cause of morbidity, mortality, and economic loss globally. Until recently, human coronaviruses (HCoVs) have been mainly associated with mild upper respiratory tract infections. The 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) since 2012, illustrate the potential of coronaviruses to cause severe disease. Thus, it was necess...
ABSTRACT Mole National Park is the largest and oldest national park in Ghana. With a large number of species of birds, mammals and reptiles, the number of tourists in Mole National Park keeps increasing and therefore creating room for human disturbance in diverse ways. Using the total area count method, this study established the species of waterbirds at Mole National Park and determined the seasonal variations in their diversity and abundance in four permanent wetlands from August 2015 to F...
ABSTRACT Data is presented on 2n~numbers of some forty- six (46) species of Tropical Reduviidae collected in Southern Ghana, West Africa. This information is combined with existing data and together analyzed and discussed. It was found that the roccgnised morphological plasticity of Reduviidae extends to the diploid numbers as well. However a level of cytological organization was found to exist within the family. Three autosomal-Chromosome groups: 20A, 24A and 23A are proposed. It has emerged...
ABSTRACT Cashew is made up of the nut attached to the apple (false fruit) both of which have nutritional significance and economic value. Evaluating the changes that occur during growth and maturation as well as processing w ill help to optimize quality. This is what the study involved. Compositional and physical changes were monitored in six cultivars o f cashew (apple and nut). Local cashew trees were selected randomly after flowering. Collection o f samples commenced after fruit set and at...
ABSTRACT In the present study miraculin, a non-nutritive taste modifier from the tropical plant, Richardella dulcifica has been purified to homogeneity. It was extracted from the pulp of the fruits in 0.5M NaCl and purified at ordinary temperatures by a three step chromatographic process namely; Hydrophobic interaction chromatography, (HIC), Ion exchange chromatography, (IEC), and Gel filtration chromatography (GFC) respectively. The relative molecular weight (Mr) of purified miraculin was a...
ABSTRACT This thesis is an educational piece which deals with methods and decision-making ways of detecting for life expectancy in the sub-Saharan region of Ghana precisely the Accra Metropolitan area. The data was picked from the archives of the district health directorate of Accra Metropolitan area. A secondary data was used the variables of interest includes age, number of deaths and population and this was done by searching for the age data of the given period and matching it to the numb...
ABSTRACT Accurate knowledge and understanding of heat transfer characteristics near and above critical conditions is crucial to the successful design of the SCWR. Many studies, both numerical and experimental assessments have been conducted on bare tubes and simple geometries like annuli. However, heat transfer performance studies of the fuel assemblies for SCWR are scarce. Thus, there is still a lack of understanding of heat transfer performance in the fuel assembly designs for SCWR. Moreov...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate cereal crop yields in Ghana. Specifically, this research determines whether there is a significant difference in the yields across the ten regions in Ghana and also finds out the evolution of crop yields among the regions. Data on two major cereal crops (Maize and Rice) produced and consumed in Ghana was attained from Ministry of food and Agriculture (MOFA). Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) and Linear Mixed model (LMM) were employed...
ABSTRACT The hydrogeochemical data of groundwater and surface water of Vea dam water of the Bongo District in the Upper East Region of Ghana were examined to determine the main factors controlling the groundwater chemistry and the resultant water type formed in order to determine the suitability of the water for different uses. Conventional graphical methods combined with multivariate statistical analysis are the main methods applied to groundwater and surface water hydrochemical and stable ...
ABSTRACT The Pentagram map is a well notable integrable system that is dened on the moduli space of polygons. In 2005, Richard Evan Schwartz introduced certain polynomials called pentagram integrals (Monodromy invariants) of the pentagram map and dened certain associated integrals, the analogous rst integrals. Schwartz further studied in 2011 with S. Tabachnikov on how these integrals behave on inscribed polygons. They discovered that the integrals are equal for every given weight of polygon...
ABSTRACT The transmission of zoonotic gastrointestinal parasites in cattle is dependent on the availability of intermediate hosts, poor sanitation and principally, the husbandry and management practices of cattle. The research work was aimed at studying cattle as reservoirs for parasitic zoonotic diseases in the Lower Manya Krobo District of southern Ghana. Microscopic examinations were done on stool samples to determine the prevalence and intensity of egg counts among cattle (N = 486) sampl...
ABSTRACT Malaria and tuberculosis (TB) though curable and preventable, remain serious public health problems globally, with devastating consequences. Co-infection of these two deadly diseases worsens the situation and particularly makes treatment very difficult. While the current mainstay for malaria treatment, artemisinins, may gradually lose their potency due to the development of resistance by P. falciparum, M. tuberculosis has developed Multi-Drug Resistance (MDR) and Extensive Drug Resis...
ABSTRACT Uterine peroxidase has been induced in immature female rate with estradiol and anovlar 21. Anovlar 21 is a steroid contraceptive containing 4 mg. norethisterone acetate (a progestin)t and 0.05 mg. ethinyl estradiol (an estrogen) per tablet. Maximum enzyme activity was found to occur 24 hours after oral administration of the contraceptive. The increased peroxidase activity accused by the eonbined steroids was inhibited by the administration of aycloheximide and puromycin (inhibitors o...