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 Employing the transitivity framework of the ideational metafunction, this study explored the language of the Sermon on the Mount, found in Matthew chapters 5-7, from the perspective of grammar. To ascertain the predominant process types that were used and the participants that roles were assigned to, the study used two out of the three grammatical components that the framework proposes which are the process types and the participants. This was done to show how the grammatical choices...
ABSTRACT This research was undertaken to explore the sources of funding of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation to determine whether it was reflective of that of a Public Service Broadcaster or other Broadcasting Systems. Two qualitative approaches were adopted for the study, focus group discussion and in-depth interviews were used in data collection. Two groups of six persons were used for the focus group discussion and two persons for the in-depth interview. The results indicated that GBCs fu...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was to find out how animation affected internet advertisements. This study was conducted to see if, by incorporating animation into internet ads, these ads may become more effective at influencing audiences. In essence it sought to find out if animation enhanced the persuasive effect of internet ads. This study was conducted within the framework of the hierarchy of effects model. This model suggests that individuals are persuaded in three main stages. The...
Abstract Diverse views are expressed about the role of the Church in Society and the relationship between religion and politics for that matter. One view is that, our world is God's world and the Church's role is not just preparing people for the world here after but also serving as the agent of making life better in the present. The other, is for the Church to concentrate on preparing people for heaven and leave the rest to the social structures of society. These views are further complicate...
ABSTRACT Exploring Intellectual Property (IP) system to facilitate research activities and transfer of advanced technology to harness creativity and innovation has become an issue of global debate. Using Ghana as a case study for the period 2003-2013, the study examined the role, prospects and challenges for exploring IP systems to stimulate Ghana’s domestic creativity and innovation. The study employed qualitative research approach, utilizing a purposive sampling method to obtain primary d...
Abstract An ethnic minority ―is not the same...as a party, a trades union, or a pressure group. It is akin, rather, to a class, or an age group, or an interest group. (Crowley, 107) This thesis addresses the negotiation of Identity from the historical perspective. It seeks to show how Kotokoli, Mossi and other African migrants to Rural Asante shaped and expressed their sense of be identity from 1930 to 1996. The hypothesis to be explored by this research is that identity among migrants to a...
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 This study sought to investigate issues of equivalence in translating the source text (ST) from French to English. The ST – Les banques centrales dans la tempête pour un nouveau mandat de stabilité financière was selected as a primary source material. The design in the work was primarily analytical and contrastive, as it analyzed issues of equivalence owing to linguistic and extralinguisitic factors, such as false friends, ambiguity, non-equivalence and context. Translation stra...
ABSTRACT In Ghana, biography as a study of personal histories has not been seriously pursued. This is because not much has been done about the life trajectories of personalities, who undoubtedly have contributed immensely to the socio-economic, cultural and political development of Ghana. It is therefore important that by sampling some of the more fascinating figures whose lives and activities had affected the people and the nation dramatically, readers are given an idea of the astonishing ri...
ABSTRACT Following post-electoral crisis in Kenya and Cote D’Ivoire, the International Criminal Court (ICC) indicted some political leaders from the two countries. Those indicted included Laurent Gbagbo and Uhuru Kenyatta of Cote D’Ivoire and Kenya respectively. The ICC’s action was subsequently criticized as injurious to democracy in Africa, particularly in the case of Kenyatta who had been elected as president of Kenya. This study examined the role of the ICC with regard to democratic...
ABSTRACT The emergence and fast growth of the internet, as well as the proliferation of information and communication technology (ICT) facilities, have empowered academic institutions across the globe to adopt e-learning and teaching. The study was set up to assess e-learning and teaching by distance education students and lecturers of the Valley View University (VVU) Oyibi Campus in Accra, Ghana. The main objectives were to find out students and lecturers perceptions, attitude, perceived eas...
ABSTRACT Globally, there have been concerns about child migration, wellbeing and holistic child protection policy to address and protect migrant children. However, there is no comprehensive national migration policy managing migration in Ghana; hence it is being managed by different policies and legislations. The present study examined the policies and legal instruments that are directly and indirectly related to child migration in Ghana. The general objective was to examine how these policie...
ABSTRACT Body weight (especially overweight and obesity) are of global concern because of their health implications. Notwithstanding the health implications, the prevalence rates continue to increase in both developed and Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs). The rising prevalence of overweight/obesity is attributed to changing behavioural practices such as reduced physical activity and poor dietary behaviours. Being underweight is associated with high levels of malnutrition, starvation an...
ABSTRACT The study measured the extent of democratic consolidation through the spectrum of constitutional reforms, elections and the independence of the electoral commission, institutional structures, constitutionalism and rule of law, civil society organisations, freedom of the media, electoral violence, ethnicity and sub-regionalism, socio-economic challenges, corruption, security-sector challenges, and the role of the international community. It did a comparative analysis of the extent to ...