Philosophy Research Papers/Topics

Performance Of Small Ruminants Fed Crop Residue Supplemented With Tree Leaves And Shrubs.

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...

In Vitro Antioxidant And Anticancer Properties Of Extracts Of Citrus Limon (Lemon)

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...

Ak{Nauche, Personhood And Social Order In Contemporary Igbo Culture

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, ...

Characterization Of Anti -Schistosoma Haema Tobium Monoclonal Antibodies And Investigations Into Their Reactivity In The W Estern Immunoblot Assay

SUMMARY Schistosoma haematobium antigens are the least studied amongst the three major human schistosomes (S. haematobium, S. mansoni and S. japonicum), mainly because of difficulty in maintaining the life cycle of this parasite in the laboratory. As a result, work on identification of potentially diagnostic and protective S. haematobium antigens lags behind. The work reported in this thesis was aimed at characterizing monoclonal antibodies recently produced against S. haematobium antigens so...

A Study Of Its Forhation Aiid Relations Hith Its Neighbours

ABSTRACT The state of Nkoransa was founded in the 1720's by migrants from the Kumase area. It was carved out of the territory of the Bono-Takyiman Kingdom after the destruction of that kingdom in 1722/23 by the Asante. The nature of the political, social and economic institutions which evolved in the Nkoransa state was determined by the circumstances out of which the state emerged, the general developments within the state and external influences in the course of time. Fundamentally, the rul...

Mathematical Models for a 3D Container Packing Problem

ABSTRACT We address the single container packing problem of a company that has to serve its customers by first placing the products in boxes and then loading the boxes into a container. We approach the problem by developing and solving mixed-integer linear models. Our models consider geometric constraints which feature non-overlappping constraints, box orientation constraints, dimensionality constraints, relative packing position constraints and linearity constraints. We also consider extensi...

Climate Change Awareness And Risk Perception In Ghana: A Case Study Of Communities Around The Munipomadze Ramsar Site

ABSTRACT This study investigated the level of awareness and knowledge of climate change, factors influencing risk perception pertaining to climate change and variability, and factors influencing the adoption of adaptation strategies in three communities around the MuniPomadze Ramsar site. Primary data were collected through a questionnaire survey, FGDs and in-depth interviews. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages were employed to assess the level of knowledge and awarene...

Performance Evaluation And Dose Verification Of The Low Dose Rate Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy System At The Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital

ABSTRACT Low dose rate prostate brachytherapy equipment that is newly acquired or substantially upgraded requires acceptance testing before being put into clinical service as well as Quality control after installation and when in use. Thus, quality control tests typically are periodic repetitions, partial or full, of acceptance and commissioning tests. The ultrasound system is the most important equipment used in LDR prostate brachytherapy. The AAPM TG 128 provide a set of instructions for qu...

Disability And Stigma: Interrogating Middle-Class Experiences In The Social Spaces Of Ghana

ABSTRACT Persons with disability continue to experience stigma which often leads to marginalisation and discrimination, despite the introduction of several legal and policy interventions intended to correct that. These stigmatising experiences have been documented and are well known. However, the known experiences are often from persons who are economically and socially dependent on others for their sustenance. This sometimes makes it seem that persons with disability are an oppressed aggrega...

Application Of Direct Current Electrical Resistivity And Hydrogeochemical Methods In Investigating Groundwater Contamination: Ga East Municipal Assembly And Its Environs, Southern Ghana.

ABSTRACT A combined electrical resistivity and hydrogeochemical methods have been used in investigating groundwater contamination in the Ga-East municipality. Thirty five vertical electrical sounding (VES) using the Schlumberger array configuration (with a maximum of AB/2 = 500 m) and one azimuthal array resistivity sounding were conducted and analysed using the single channel Scintrex Automated Resistivity Imaging System (SARIS) and IPI2WIN software. The resistivity survey revealed mainly fo...

Assessment Of The Damage Caused By Corcyra Cephalonica (Stainton) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) And Araecerus Fasciculatus (Degeer) (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) To Stored Cocoa Beans In Ghana

ABSTRACT The damage caused by Corcyra cephalonic a and Araecenus fasciculatus to cocoa beans was studied at the Research Department o f Quality Control Division o f COCOBOD, Tema. The study included breeding o f the two insects on cocoa beans to investigate the biology, fecundity and progeny production o f the two insect species. The free fatty acid level o f cocoa beans was also determined and the change in this level due to insect damage was calculated with respect to undamaged ones. The co...

A Justification For The Claim That Marxism Is A Scientific Theory

ABSTRACT This study is an examination of the scientific status of Marxism. I argue that Marxism is scientific as far as Popper’s falsificationism is taken as a serious methodology of science. The method of establishing this finding involves the use of logical analysis to provide a harmonious synthesis between Popper’s falsificationism and Orthodox Marxism. The need for the attempt to harness Marxism and science is a direct response to Popper’s remarks which seem to pose an unsurmounta...

An Epistemological Basis For Cross Cultural Understanding

ABSTRACT Many of the conflicts in the world today, in the areas of politics, religion and ethnicity, are reflections of a dearth of understanding among cultures. Several studies have identified the need for cross cultural understanding and tried to establish a basis for it in human biological make up, the universality of emotions and lived experience. However, these attempts have not satisfactorily addressed the universal epistemological basis for cross cultural understanding, the absence of ...

Misspellings on Signage: Are Learners of English Language Safe?

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to carry out an experiment to determine whether or not misspellings (in the English language) on signage (the Linguistic Landscape) has a potential effect on the spelling competence of Senior High School learners of the English Language in the New Juaben Municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana. A quasi-experimental research design was adopted for the study. Fifty (50) learners out of a population of eighty-nine (89) learners from two Senior High Scho...

CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS ON SMALLHOLDER FARMERS’ LIVELIHOODS: THE CASE OF EJURA/SEKYEDUMASI MUNICIPAL OF THE ASHANTI REGION OF GHANA

ABSTRACT Climate change is causing unusual, unpredictable and extreme weather events in the Ejura/Sekyedumasi Municipal. Although this level of exposure to climate change affects everyone in the Municipality, its impacts are differently distributed between men and women. The main objective of this study was to analyse the effects of climate change on the livelihoods of both men and women smallholder farmers. The study employed both primary and secondary data. Multistage sampling techniques we...


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