ABSTRACT Crime remains a major challenge confronting societies, especially, urban communities which continue to experience influx of people with various criminal orientations. In maintaining safety in communities through crime control, the approaches hitherto in Ghana had been focusing on formal state institutions notably the Ghana Police Service to the neglect of community crime control actors. Apparently, there is a growing concern as to the need for community to participate in crime contr...
ABSTRACT Elderly persons aged sixty years and above frequently find themselves in a situation that makes some of them less active within the society. Traditionally, because African societies emphasised communal living and reciprocity among family members, the provision of elderly care has been an ageless phenomenon. However, disintegration of the family support system and the inability of the public and the private sectors to adequately address the diverse social problems of the elderly, have...
ABSTRACT Udaga is derivative of cassava products traditionally produced by farmers through peeling, fermentation and direct or indirect sun-drying of fermented cassava roots and widely consumed in Tanzania. The study was conducted in Lushoto, Rorya and Ukerewe districts in Tanzania based on diverse processing and storage methods between October and November 2012. Households (120) were interviewed on cassava processing and storage practices. Samples of dried cassava products were also obtained...
Tourism industry has been applauded for being the sunrise industry for its continuous growth and potential to alleviate poverty. India is a country with diverse untapped tourism resources and also, a country that has suffered from persistent poverty. Henceforth, the tourism sector can act as a panacea to the problem of poverty especially in a developing country like India. In the last two decades, a good number of tourism initiatives with a ‘Pro-poor approach’ are launched in India but th...
ABSTRACT The availability of reliable energy supply to meet the exigency of the growing population in West Africa is important in achieving sustainable development and reducing poverty in the continent. Diverse studies have sought to examine the link between energy consumption and growth. However, the consensus with reference to the causal link if any between energy consumption and growth is not explicit. Conflicting conclusions have been espoused on the energy-growth nexus and this has neces...
ABSTRACT Despite the amendment of Ghana’s abortion laws in 1985, aimed at increasing access to safe abortion services, abortion has consistently been an important contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality in the country. Within the current context, this study explored the decision making process of females seeking abortion. The study was undertaken in Ashiaman, located in the Greater Accra region. It was based on 28 in-depth interviews among females between the ages of 15 and 30 year...
ABSTRACT Using the research survey method, the study sought to assess how psychosocial determinants like religion, cultural identity and gender role ideology affected the help seeking behaviour of married persons in the event of them experiencing intimate partner violence, as well as the relationship between age, gender, education and help seeking. Convenient sampling technique was used to collect data from two hundred and five participants comprising 100 males and 105 females. The Pearson Co...
ABSTRACT Evidence abounds to show that natural hair is an evolving phenomenon among Ghanaian women. This study investigates the diverse types of hairstyles categorised as natural hair and examines the increasing preference for natural hair over chemically altered or adulterated hairstyles in Ghana. It also explores the variables that enforce and redefine the wearing of natural hair as a form of cultural heritage in the country. The study employed a qualitative study design. It used ethnograph...
ABSTRACT Using the research survey method, the study sought to assess how psychosocial determinants like religion, cultural identity and gender role ideology affected the help-seeking behaviour of married persons in the event of them experiencing intimate partner violence, as well as the relationship between age, gender, education and help-seeking. A convenient sampling technique was used to collect data from two hundred and five participants comprising 100 males and 105 females. The Pearso...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the barriers to women career advancement and progression in the accountancy profession in the Kumasi Metropolis. The study sampled 48 female accountants from various institutions who also occupy diverse positions in the Metropolis. Data was collection through questionnaire and were further analysed using descriptive statistics such as mean, frequency and percentages. The study revealed that most of the female accountants pursue a career in accounting due to th...
ABSTRACT The research was carried out to assess the role of corporate identity management on influencing company performance in the insurance industry. The objectives of this research were to establish the effectiveness of corporate design on insurance policy sale growth, to determine if corporate communication improves Gross Premium Written( GPW) and to find out if corporate behavior influences customer retention. These objectives were used to gather literature from several authors to get an...
ABSTRACT The major aim of the study was to assess the re-admission policy for mothering students in secondary schools in Tanzania. A total of 6 secondary schools were sampled, and 67 respondents were involved. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative approach. The instruments of data collection included questionnaires, interview and documentary review. Qualitative data were analyzed thematically while quantitative data were analyzed and presented descriptively. The findings revea...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to assess The Effect of Talent Management Practices on Employee Retention in State Corporations in Uganda; A Case of National Social Security Fund (NSSF). The research objectives were to ascertain: firstly, the effect of talent acquisition on employee retention; secondly, the influence of talent development on employee retention; and thirdly, the impact of talent rewards on employee retention. In order to meet these objectives, a mini-survey was carried out...
ABSTRACTReal-life stochastic problems are better addressed by adopting metaheuristic techniques. One of the interesting metaheuristic techniques for defining the shortest path is the ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm. A considerable number of maps for shortest path have been considered in time past using classical techniques which is appropriate for deterministic variables. For stochastic or nondeterministic decision variables, metaheuristic techniques are much more appropriate. This is...
In this study, zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) were synthesized using an aqueous extract of the Ocimum lamifolium (O.lamifolium) plant. The I optimal coordinate exchange random response surface methodology (RSM) was used to optimize the effect of the zinc acetate precursor, temperature, and time on ZnO NPs by designing nine runs. From ANOVA analysis, the significance and validity of the designed models showed that the optimal values of the zinc acetate precursor, temperature, and time d...