ABSTRACT This is a phenomenological study which explores how rural women conceptualise intimate partner violence (IPV) from their own perspectives. The study also examines the lived experiences and resilience of women who have been victimised in their intimate relationships. Two theoretical strands form the framework of this study and they are, the Integrative Feminist Model and the Strengths Perspective. The research combines two qualitative designs namely, in-depth interviews, and communi...
Abstract Background Vaccination undoubtedly remains one of the most cost-effective ways of decreasing child morbidity and mortality globally. Ga East Municipality is one of the districts with a low operational vaccination coverage in the Greater Accra Region. The municipality in 2015 recorded 71%, 78% and 74% as its BCG, Penta3 and Measles 2 vaccination coverage. Accumulation of unvaccinated population lowers herd immunity thereby lead to disease outbreaks. This study sought the factors assoc...
J B B S I R A C I . Reports on the number of isolates and yeast species obtained from palmwine samples have differed very widely. One factor that probably accounts for this is the method of phenotypic discontinuity which has exclusively been employed in palmwine yeast speciation. The phenotypic features used mainly for this kind of speciation have been shown to be unstable. Consequently it was decided to employ the more consistent; and reliable method of Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphi...
ABSTRACT Experiments were carried out to examine the ease of establishment of some native browse species through both seed and stem cuttings, the forage production from these browse species and the nutritive quality of the forage produced as livestock feed. Five experiments were therefore conducted to address the problem. Experiment I: The objective of this experiment was to test in vitro techniques for breaking the dormancy of the seed of some native browse plants. Germination tests were per...
ABSTRACT The banking industry in Ghana over the years has experienced significant growth owing to reforms and deregulation that characterised the sector. This however has changed and the sector is beset with slow growth as a result of fierce competition of keeping existing customers and attracting new ones and this has shifted the focus of marketing into a relationship paradigm. Despite the challenges in the banking sector, customers continue to seek value and this however, makes it important...
ABSTRACT Since Plato, political philosophy has been regarded as man's attempt to prescribe the ideal solution to the problems of governance, in order to bring the ideal state into being. In post-colonial Africa, several post-independence African leaders, prominent among them, Kwame Nkrumah, attempted theoretical constructions of this ideal state. Nkrumah particularly thought that the three factors that could bring about the ideal state in colonial Africa were: the realisation of political ind...
SUMMARY Several Plasmodium spp. antigens have been found to be associated with protection against malaria and a few have been tested in the field in human volunteers. However, these efforts have achieved limited success, and as a result the search for additional more potent malaria vaccine components continues. The work reported in this thesis was executed with the objective of determining the suitability of three peptides obtained from the merozoite surface antigen, MSA-2, as putative sub-u...
ABSTRACT Ancient Greek tragedy came to Euripides with its general conditions fixed in a manner which he could not attempt to alter. There is a governing diction, tone and propriety which define the genre and sustains its elevation; three actors in a play, a chorus, and subject-matter that must be taken from the heroic legends and myths. Wounds and death were not supposed to be presented on stage. These are some of the basic conventions of ancient Greek play. But it is widely held against the ...
ABSTRACT Two field experiments were conducted at the Multipurpose Crop Nursery of the University of Education, Winneba, Mampong-Ashanti campus during the minor and major rainy seasons from September, 2011 to January, 2012 and April to August, 2012 respectively to verify the yield and storability of sweetpotato roots as influenced by chicken manure and inorganic fertilzer in the forest transitional agro-ecological zone of Ghana.. In both cropping seasons sweetpotato root tubers were stored fo...
ABSTRACT Post implant dosimetry has become the gold standard for prostate implant evaluation. The goal of this research was to compare the dosimetry of intraoperative real-time ultrasound plan to CT postimplant plan in permanent prostate seed implant brachytherapy. A retrospective study of 20 patients treated with 125 I prostate seeds implant were performed. All plans were created using VariSeed 8.0 planning system. Intraoperative real-time ultrasound images were acquired using 0.5 cm slice ...
ABSTRACT This study probes the perspective of Wojtyla’s sexual ethics regarding his views on love and responsibility and his synthesis on the ends of marriage and the morality of the use of contraception in marriage. “Love and Responsibility” is the title and the theme of his book on sexual ethics which reflects his own brand of moral philosophy. Karol Wojtyla argues against the use of contraceptives for married couples. His view is that contraceptive sexual intercourse is reductive, do...
ABSTRACT Three experiments were conducted to determine the performance of small ruminants fed crop residue supplemented with tree leaves and shrubs. Experiment 1 was undertaken to determine the chemical composition of eight browse species harvested during the dry and wet seasons of Ghana. Also, the chemical compositions of untreated rice straw (RS), sodium hydroxide treated rice straw (STS) and urea ammoniated rice straw (UTS) were determined. Samples were analyzed for Dry matter, Crude prote...
ABSTRACT Cancer is a disease of health concern globally, arising from uncontrolled proliferation of cells. Most drugs used in chemotherapy are derived from plants. Citrus limon (lemon) has been shown to possess significant amounts of anticancer agents. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant and anticancer properties of extracts of C. limon. Aqueous extracts of C. limon were prepared using distilled water by heating, filtration and centrifugation. Organic extracts were prepa...
ABSTRACT Ak[nauche, an ontological and intelligent component of the human person capable of mediating and unifying the individual‘s facets of existence, is central in maintaining social order in Igbo culture. Existing studies have addressed the idea of ak[nauche mainly from scientific and aesthetic perspectives, without adequate analysis of the concept in relation to the unity of the individual as a being of many parts, significant to the attainment of social order. This study, therefore, ...