ABSTRACT This dissertation is a qualitative assessment of the future of the transit trade in Ghana with emphasis on import transit trade through the Port of Tema. A brief history of the transit trade in West Africa particularly Ghana was discussed. The study revealed that Ghana did not position itself for the transit trade so she was caught unaware when the trade arrived in Ghana. The international regime for the transit trade was also discussed. It revealed that Ghana had no option but to op...
ABSTRACT Background: Cleft lip and/or palate is a craniofacial abnormality, usually congenital, which occurs when the oral and nasal tissues do not merge during the development of the fetus. Research has shown that it has adverse effects on the child’s feeding, dentition, respiration, hearing which in turn, affects speech. For effective long term outcomes, research from developed countries show that cleft lip and/or palate management requires, a multidisciplinary approach involving plastic ...
ABSTRACT The aim of this work was to assess the doses delivered to paediatric patients during computed tomography (CT) examinations of the head, chest and abdomen, and establishing regional diagnostic reference levels (RDRLs) for four age groups. The patient data, technique parameters and dose descriptors collected include: age, sex, tube voltage, tube current, rotation time, slice thickness, scan length, volume CT dose index (CTDIvol) and dose length product (DLP). Currently, paediatric CT ...
ABSTRACT Parents who have children with communication disorders are likely to be key actors in taking independent actions to improve on the communication skills of their child. Studies in other countries have explored the self-help behaviors of parents with children with communication disorders (Tomasella, Maning & Dulmus, 2010). These studies concluded that parents play a leading role in helping children with communication disorders cope or improve upon their communication skills, provided t...
ABSTRACT The main source of natural internal irradiation of man is radon and its decay products. In this study, the radon concentration levels in selected homes in Aburi of the Akuapim North Municipal Assembly in Eastern Region, Ghana were estimated using time-integrated passive radon detector; LR-115 Type II solid state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) technique. The primary objective of the study was to measure radon levels in 30 selected homes in the Aburi municipality and determine the unc...
ABSTRACT The sterile insect technique involves mass rearing of male insects for sterility purpose. This heavily relies on male fitness and genetic compatibility of laboratory-adapted male insects and the wild to ensure successful competition with their male counterpart in the wild. Uniform environment in the laboratory as compared to the wild conditions might lead to genetic drift which might lead to reduced sexual competitiveness, fitness, morphological changes or changes in the sexual behav...
ABSTRACT Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) systems and their management are very important issues in today‘s market place. Many kinds of research have been done to indicate that it has direct impact on productivity and performance but very little emphasis is placed on it in the Ghanaian market. The Tema Port is an important entry and exit point in this country and its operations involves dealing with large metal containers and machine equipment. This requires that safety measures are pr...
ABSTRACT Background: In Ghana, rapid human population growth without efficient and proper waste management interventions continue to seriously affect sustainable development of waste management practices. In particular, poor solid waste management in rural and urban Ghana associated with unlawful disposal into drainages continues to have attendant negative impacts such as pollution on health, leading to death and value loss. To address this surging indiscriminate solid waste disposal menace ...
ABSTRACT Background: Malaria treatment policy has changed from presumptions based on signs and symptoms to specific drug treatment after positive test results. The Ghana NMCP signed up to the WHO policy known as the test, treat and track (T3) which stipulates that all cases of malaria must be treated only after they have been confirmed by means of a laboratory test. Ghana has however not reached the level proposed for the elimination of malaria as still not all suspected cases are tested whic...
ABSTRACT Often managers are tempted to believe that the only effect of operational efficiency is cost reduction and improvement in profit. Operational efficiency is not just about cost; other business objectives, including service quality, customer satisfaction, customer retention, sustainability and market expansion still have to be achieved in order to keep existing customers and revenue. Many This thesis provides a background on ports operational efficiency through automation, and custome...
ABSTRACT RF radiation exposure from antennas mounted on rooftop mobile phone base stations have become a serious issue in recent years due to the rapidly developing technologies in wireless telecommunication. The heightening numbers of base station and their closeness to the general public has led to possible health concerns as a result of exposure to RF radiations. The primary objective of this study was to assess the level of RF radiation emitted from roof top mobile phone base station ant...
ABSTRACT Background TB is one of the dominant and devastating infection that affects over a quarter of human population especially the poor and vulnerable. The disease is endemic in developing countries including Ghana. A lot more cases are being missed annually and passive case detection has not improved TB case detection. However, implementation of intensive TB case finding among others has been documented to detect more cases. Low case detection has been a precedence in Ghana’s NTP’s H...
ABSTRACT This research interrogates the influence of trust, price, service quality and customer satisfaction on customer loyalty in the freight forwarding service industry in Ghana. The research used primary data through a survey of 60 respondents. The respondents were importers and exporters, who have been clearing goods with freight forwarders working in Tema port. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0 software was used to analyse the data gathered using 25-ite...
ABSTRACT Background: Learning to speak and understand language is exceptional and forms an important accomplishment of early childhood. As part of the general growth of children, language development plays a vital role in their cognitive and social development. Language development of children across the world is believed to follow the same pattern. There is much debate on the first words of children as well as the content of these first words. Few studies have addressed these questions (wha...
ABSTRACT The objective of the study is to explore the potential for dose reduction in the selected Xray facilities for the selected examinations and to ensure that images obtained after the reduction of dose are satisfactory for diagnosis.DAP were measured on a total of 327 patients for chest (PA), skull (PA/LAT), lumbar spine (AP/LAT), abdomen (AP) and pelvis (AP) examinations at COCL, MNDH, TAFH and MMGH. The effective dose incurred by patients per examination was estimated using a PCXMC ve...