ABSTRACT Information plays a very vital role in every aspect of life activities. Information is used at all times irrespective of the situation and circumstance. The ability of teachers to teach depends on their ability to have access to information and use it to effect change in an individual. The study sought to examine the information needs of teachers in second cycle institution in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of Ghana, how they acquire and use information using Wilson’s (1999) In...
ABSTRACT This thesis, on quest for identity and the use of resistance in Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon, Beloved and Paradise, examines the African-American’s search for an authentic self and the various forms of resistance they resort to in their quest. In Song of Solomon, the protagonist, Milkman leaves home in search of gold that would buy him his freedom but rather ends up on a journey in search for his roots; the discovery of which eventually earns him his identity. In Beloved, Seth...
ABSTRACT Most of the literature on the affairs of Caesar that survived was either written by people who stayed under the patronage of the Roman nobles or were themselves Roman aristocrats such as Appian, Livy, Plutarch, Sallust, and Cicero. For these reasons the main motive of Caesar‟s crossing of the Rubicon was seen to be the inordinate ambition of a Roman general who wanted more for himself. This propaganda has gotten hold of scholars of classical history so much that even notable histor...
ABSTRACT There are different ways in which conflicts can be handled. For any conflict handling mechanisms to be successful, people’s attitudes, behaviour and root causes or contradictions have to be addressed in the light of genuine commitments of all parties engaged in the peace process. Absence of such genuine commitments can result in serious challenges. The study was undertaken to examine the management mechanisms of the Nkonya and Alavanyo conflict in the Volta Region of Ghana. The stu...
ABSTRACT This thesis is a comparative analysis of William James and Richard Rorty on the pragmatists‟ conception of truth. In this thesis, I argue that Rorty‟s notion of truth is similar to James‟s pragmatic notion of truth, contrary to the claims that it is not. Also, I argue that Rorty remains a Jamesian in respect of James‟s pragmatic notion of truth. Rorty agrees with James‟s position that truth is the expedient in the way of our thinking. However, Rorty argues for other positio...
ABSTRACT This thesis is a comparative analysis of William James and Richard Rorty on the pragmatists‟ conception of truth. In this thesis, I argue that Rorty‟s notion of truth is similar to James‟s pragmatic notion of truth, contrary to the claims that it is not. Also, I argue that Rorty remains a Jamesian in respect of James‟s pragmatic notion of truth. Rorty agrees with James‟s position that truth is the expedient in the way of our thinking. However, Rorty argues for other positio...
ABSTRACT Measles remains a major severe infectious disease causing deaths of many children in most countries including Ghana. The disorder is associated with prolonged immunosuppression resulting in complications and mortality in children. Although attempts have been made to identify the specific immune functions altered during measles, the exact immune changes have not been fully characterized. The pro and anti-inflammatory response balances (Thl/Th2) are important in determining the pathoge...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out in the Kogyare Strict Nature Reserve, an area considered as ecologically fragile because of its strategic position between the northern savanna and the tropical rainforest in the South. The objective was to examine the conflict that has tended to affect the effective management of the reserve as a Strict Nature Reserve. This was looked at within the framework of socio-economic factors such as increasing population, claims of ownership and the general method...
ABSTRACT The main objective of this work is to assess the integrity of structural shielding to validate the protection of the staff and the public for two selected general radiography and CT facilities. The assessment for general radiography was based on 729 examinations for facility A and 706 examinations for facility B. For computed tomography (CT) rooms, a total of 293 body and 190 head procedures were used for facility A, and 195 body and 160 head procedures for facility B. For general ra...
ABSTRACT In this study radiological hazards to members of the public and workers from exposure to natural radioactivity as a result of mining activities from Kenticha Tantalum Mines in Ethiopia, have been studied through several exposure pathways using direct gamma spectrometry to determine 238U, 232Th, 40K, 226Ra and 222Rn in tantalum ore, soil, waste, waste tailing and water samples. Additionally, cancer risk assessment associated with NORM was estimated. The average activity concentrations...
ABSTRACT Aspects of seasonal dynamics, population dynamics, and successional dynamics were investigated in three kinds of woody vegetation which occur on the Accra Plains: dry tropical forest, large thickets, and isolated clumps of thicket. Flowering, fruiting, foliage behaviour, and girth changes show a strong seasonal pattern in the study area; moisture deficits limit phenological activity within the community, although patterns vary among species. Synchrony was high within species in repro...
ABSTRACT According to the non-reductive physicalist, mental properties are not identical to physical properties. In order to distinguish non-reductive physicalism from epiphenomenalism, the non-reductive physicalist considers mental properties as not just a by-product of physical processes but posits that mental properties can cause physical events thereby violating the principle of the causal closure of the physical domain. The problem which this thesis seeks to investigate, therefore, is th...
ABSTRACT This study has investigated disclosure, self-efficacy, personality, and mental health: the case of HIV positive women in the Ashanti Region. A sequential transformative mixed methods design was used. Three theories served as the backbone of the study; The Rational Choice, Social Cognitive and The Big Five Theories. Using a total of 320 women living with HIV (WLHIV), a significant positive correlation exists between self-efficacy and mental health symptoms among WLHIV. Personality tra...
ABSTRACT As reported malaria cases continue to decline, heterogeneity in transmission will become more pronounced and thus more sensitive tools would be required to identify micro-geographic areas of higher risk for targeted interventions. Sero-positivity against antigens expressed at different stages of the parasite life cycle and proteins in the mosquito saliva cocktail have gained relevance as transmission monitoring tool. However, the persistent nature of blood stage antigens and the...
ABSTRACT The issue of transnational justice was made popular in the 20th century by the American liberal philosopher, John Bordley Rawls, who tries to evolve a conception of justice that would be applicable at the transnational level. Unfortunately, his liberal prescription for transnational justice does not provide for any principle of redistributive justice that would be morally obligatory at the international level and, as such, fails to adequately address the question of justice at that ...