Nowadays the internet has gained paramount importance in the education arena. The main objective of the study is to identify the impacts of social networking sites (SNS) on growing up adolescent girls in KCC. To identify the nature of browsing the internet, to find out how social sites help to increase the knowledge level, to know the impact of using a social networking site. The study was conducted through a survey research design. For this study, purposive sampling was used. Samples were co...
The rapid spread of the Covid-19 around the world following the discovery of a new outbreak in December 2019 has completely paralyzed the lives of all people. The main purpose of this study is to observe the experiences and challenges of international students living at Huzhou University during the epidemic. Qualitative methods in a phenomenological manner have been used in the study through which in-depth research has been conducted and data has been collected through semi-structured intervi...
ABSTRACT The study examined women participation in the management of community water in the Offinso North District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The study was motivated by the fact that not enough literature is available on the subject in Ghana and the Offinso District in particular. The concurrent mixed method design was used for the study. The study population consisted of household heads, staff of CWSA and members of the DWST, assembly members, and members of WATSAN committees. A multis...
Abstract Building on current knowledge, the primary aim of the present study was to assess psycho-social correlates of Masculine Gender Role Conflict (MGRC) among homosexual men and to posit and test a model by which the variables (psychological well-being, gay identity development and attitudes towards psychological help seeking behaviour) are related to MGRC. Guided by the Male gender role conflict theory, survey and interviews were used to collect data from 175 homosexual men. The data ana...
ABSTRACT This research was undertaken with the aim of determining whether bias occurred in news coverage by private newspapers in Ghana. The study focused on the year 2014 which was the period just after the 2013 presidential election petition at the Supreme Court. This period was chosen because it was the era immediately after a major election dispute in Ghana and rivalry between the feuding parties, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was perceived to be...
ABSTRACT The nineteenth century saw the scramble for territories in Africa by European powers. Germany a front-runner in this agendum employed several means in asserting their ideologies on the colonized. The joint activity of missionaries, administrators and merchants ensured that the colonized adopted German ideologies. One of the main reasons for the colonization of territories was economical, however; missionization was used as an overture to change the world views of the colonized. This ...
ABSTRACT The focus of this archaeological research is in the area of ceramic technology and art. The aims of this study is to analyze the data on ceramic technology and art, establish ceramic typology base on technological and stylistic attributes and to determine the source of clay raw material of the excavated ceramics. To achieve these goals, the research approach adopted includes archaeological and chemical compositional analysis so as to provide answers to the unsolved concerns. The reco...
Abstract The study focused on religious excepts and its significance in West African Arabic Poetry, seeking to showcase not only the extent of occurrence of these excerpts, but also its artistic value. The study was carried out on pieces of poems curled from collection of individual poets from the dawn of the twentieth century to date. The essence of the study was to highlight the central role of excerpts technically defined in Arabic Rhetoric as "al-iqtibas" in consolidating the thoughts exp...
Abstract Obligate brood parasites lay their eggs in the nests of other species, foisting the costs of parental care onto the host parents. The success of the parasite and host are then at odds, with both parties evolving defences and countermeasures in an evolutionary arms race. This reciprocal influence of acting upon both species’ evolution — a process known as coevolution — has forged the natural world around us. Avian brood parasites and their hosts are now model systems for studyin...
Abstract The development of enhanced selectivity of a host towards (aromatic) isomers continues to be an important feature in supramolecular studies. In this thesis, several nickel Werner complexes have been synthesised and used as crystallographic hosts with inclusions of aromatic isomers, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols or ketones. Thermogravimetric methods were used to confirm the composition of the host-guest complexes and were employed to analyse their thermal behaviour. Struc...
SHORT ABSTRAC Over the past decade there has been global concern about the bycatch of seabirds, turtles and sharks in fishing operations, in particular longline and trawl fisheries, which have been widely held responsible for their declining populations and threatened conservation status. This thesis addresses the issue of bycatch in a holistic manner, taking into account that species, whether they be target or non-target, do not exist in isolation from each other and their environment. South...
ABSTRACT Nel, J.L. 2008. Enhancing the conservation of freshwater biodiversity through improved freshwater conservation planning techniques. PhD thesis, University of Cape Town. Freshwater ecosystems and biota are among the most endangered in the world. This current situation is even more disturbing when future threats of escalating human demand and global climate change are considered. Urgent measures are therefore needed to conserve freshwater ecosystems and sustain the services they provid...
ABSTRACT There has been a global acceptance of the need for students at all levels of education to acquire Information Literacy skills. Currently, there has been proliferation of information sources as information comes in various forms and it is prudent for every individual and especially students to be wise information users to assume greater control of their own learning. This study assesses the information literacy skills of students of Opoku Ware and Yaa Asantewaa Girls’ Senior High Sc...
ABSTRACT This study sought to find out the profile of readers of Graphic Showbiz, an arts and entertainment newspaper, especially as it relates to students and workers. Mass media audiences comprise individuals who select the media among other available sources to satisfy specific needs. For this reason one area of media studies, which has had a great deal of attention, is newspaper readership. Owing to the large number of subject areas that newspapers cover, it can be understood that readers...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to determine Sunyani residents' perceptions of Sky FM and Radio BAR news bulletins. Specifically, it was to determine which of the radio stations' news bulletins listeners perceived as more credible. The measures of credibility used were objectivity, fairness and balance. The study also sought to find out whether factors such as style of news presentation, importance of news and a listener's gender influenced credibility and preference of the news bulletins ...