Introduction Packaging is the technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. Packaging also refers to the process of design, evaluation, and production of packages. Packaging can be described as a coordinated system of preparing goods for transport, warehousing, logistics, sale, and end use. Packaging contains, protects, preserves, transports, informs, and sells. In many countries it is fully integrated into government, business, institutional, indust...
ABSTRACT Attention has recently been focused on irregular aspect of the behavior of dynamic systems. One of such behaviour models is chaos which has been widely reported as having a great potential in communications. This study aimed at demonstrating the major concepts in non-linear dynamics and chaos grid the application of these properties in communication. The behavioural modes of logistic map which is a simple dynamical system were investigated with different values of system parameters a...
ABSTRACT This study was undertaken to analyse economic determinants for households involvement in fishing for livelihoods in coastal villages of Bagamoyo District. Specifically, trend in the number of fishers for ten years in coastal villages were determined, factors influencing household decision to be involved in fishing were examined and household income structure was analysed. Three villages were randomly selected and thirty households were randomly selected from each village. Primary da...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out to investigate the production potential for oil crop called jatropha (Jatropha curcas) in Arumeru district. A total of 111 farmers were randomly selected for interview. The study involve estimates of profitability of jatropha farming compared with maize farming, investigating household factors that influence adoption of recommended jatropha cultivation practices and identify opportunities and challenges for the development of jatropha industry in Tanzania. T...
ABSTRACT Background- The promotion of sanitation and hygiene as well as potable water supply has emerged as one of the cost-effective possible interventions against high burden diseases like diarrhoea in developing countries. Diarrhoea cases among diseases reported at the Outpatient department attendances has been increasing for the past few years in health facilities in Asuogyaman district. The aim of this study was to determine environmental risk factors for diarrhoea in children under-five...
Maternal mortality has been one of the key problems in public health over the decades. This is because about 585,500 women lose their lives annually through maternal mortality. According to the World Health rganization, more than 14% of the world's deaths among pregnant women are attributed to hypertension-related to Pregnancy. This predicament hinders the efforts in reaching sustainable development goal three (3) which seeks to end preventable deaths of new- borns and children under five yea...
The study was to find out the impact of Negotiation Strategies on procurement efficiency in World Food Programme - Uganda. The objectives of the study were to establish the role of negotiation strategies on procurement efficiency, to establish the level of knowledge and understanding officers have about negotiation strategies and the challenges faced during Negotiation process. The study was carried out in World Food Programme Kampala - Uganda. The participants were from Procurement unit, Log...
Abstract The aim of this study is to analyze some demographic variables in terms of migration using some statistical models, such as the exponential model, the Gumbertez model, the logistic model, and to determinant the classification of these variables on the estimation, classification and analysis of these variables on migration. Some statistical package was used such as Spss and Excel to analysis and interpret the findings, for this study data collected from the United Nations Annual Repo...
ABSTRACT This study explored and described the Primary Health Care experiences of Community Health Nurses (CHNs) in Nkoranza South in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. Four themes served as a guide to investigate the experiences: the factors that serve as hindrances to Primary Health Care delivery, the factors that facilitate Primary Health Care delivery, the methods CHNs use in ensuring optimum Primary Health Care delivery and ways CHNs create rapport with clients in communities. The design o...
ABSTRACT This study examined international migration and drug trafficking in Ghana. It specifically described trends in reported drug trafficking cases in Ghana from 2009 to 2015 and the socio-demographic characteristics of the people involved. It also identified the specific vulnerabilities and the perceived socio-economic benefits that influence migrants to engage in drug trafficking. Lastly, it described policy interventions implemented to deal with drug trafficking in Ghana and the chall...
ABSTRACT The aim of this research was to understand public relations practices within the context of private universities in Ghana. The objectives of the study were to investigate public relations practices in private universities, to identify public relations tools utilized by public relations in private universities, to identify if public relations in private universities have succeeded in building a good corporate image and finally, to identify the challenges faced by public relations un...
ABSTRACT The general purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between inventory control and financial performance of private health institutions in Uganda and the specific objectives were; to examine the effect of material handling on financial performance of Nsambya hospital, Makindye division, to establish the effect of purchase orders on the financial performance ofNsambya hospital, Makindye division and to determine the effect of reverse logistics on the financial performanc...
Abstract: New generalized distributions namely Topp-Leone-G Power Series class of distributions, Marshall-Olkin-Exponentiated Odd Exponential Half Logistic-G family of distributions, Exponentiated Odd Exponential Half Logistic-G Power Series class of distributions and Marshall-Olkin-Type II-Topp-Leone-G family of distributions are presented. Properties of these generalized distributions including series expansion of density functions, hazard functions, quantile functions, moments, conditiona...
ABSTRACT This work investigated the anaerobic digestion of cow-dung and cassava peels, the effect of co-digestion in biogas production and purification process for biogas upgrade. The biogas experiments were carried out in five different anaerobic digesters which contained cow-dung and cassava peels slurry in the (wt-wt%) ratios of (100:0), (75:25), (50:50), (25:75), (0:100) and were incubated for a 30-day period at ambient temperature. Combined absorption and adsorption process was used to p...
ABSTRACT The Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT) and serum agglutination test (SAT) were conducted to determine the serologic prevalence of brucellosis in horses in the Khartoum State Sudan. A total of 150 horses that were on stable management system was sampled. During the period from December 2016 to February 2017. Using cross sectional study localities State this included Khartoum, Bahri and Omdurman. The objectives of the study were to determine the prevalence of Brucella antibodies in horses ...