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Assessment of Levels of Occupational Exposure to Extremely Low Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields in A Data Centre In Greater Accra Region - Ghana
The Electric and Magnetic fields for workers in a data centre in the Greater Accra Region was assessed. The fundamental objective was to determine the levels of the electric and magnetic fields and to assess the extent of exposure of workers in the data centre to these fields. -
Congestion-Aware Routing (Car): Vehicular Traffic Routing Based on Real-Time Road Occupancy Estimates
This work addresses the problem of routing vehicular traffic on road networks. Fair routing is effected using real-time data acquired from a sensor network superimposed on road networks. -
Influence of improved technology adoption on livelihoods of small ruminant farmers in Ghana
The study was conducted with the objective of finding how adoption of small ruminant technologies affected the livelihood outcomes of small ruminant farmers in Ghana. Data collected using questionnaires which were triangulated with focus group discussions. -
Radiological Risk Assessment Due to Ingestion of Some Bottled Drinking Water on The Ghanaian Market
Activity concentrations of the Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORMs) in some bottled drinking water brands obtained from some supermarkets in Accra were analyzed using gamma spectrometry. -
Triggers of innovativeness in publicly and privately driven agricultural value chains: Case study of cocoa and pineapple in Ghana
This paper uses the multiple case study design approach to assess situations under which actors in the cocoa and pineapple value chains show evidence of innovativeness. Open-ended interviews were conducted with a range of actors in the two case studies. A survey of small-scale pineapple and cocoa farmers was also conducted in the two respective study areas, Akuapem South District and the Tafo Cocoa District, to triangulate findings from the qualitative data. -
Design and Navigation Technique of an Underground Mine Inspection Robot
The state of most underground mine tunnels could be very capricious and precarious with possible sudden dangers including that of near collapse walls, exposition to toxic substances including dangerous gases. These dangers coupled with size restrictions of portions of such mines inspection by robots the preferred option as opposed to that done by humans. -
Information Security Practices and IT Disaster Recovery Readiness: An Assessment of Ghanaian Government Ministries
This study set out to assess whether information security best practices are adhered to in Ghanaian government ministries and to assess their readiness for Information Technology (IT) disaster recovery.The sequential exploratory design was used to focus on qualitative data first via preliminary interviews, this was followed by the collection and analysis of quantitative data. -
Implications of Policy on Publicly and Privately Driven Agricultural Industries: Case Study of Cocoa and Pineapple Value Chains in Ghana
This study sought to assess the implications of policy on the cocoa and pineapple value chains in Ghana. Using the multiple case study design approach, the study was derived from analyses of documents and interviews with different actors in the two case studies with emphasis on the value chain as a whole. The intention was to obtain the perceptions, knowledge and behaviors and their bases of the actors as perceived and interpreted in their own context. -
Perceptions of Shop Operators on Packaging of Made-in-Ghana Products
he importance of packaging in the marketing of a product cannot be overemphasized. It raises the appeal of the product and becomes its silent salesman. Proper packaging is a less expensive means of advertisement and leads to a direct reduction in production cost and indirectly increases sales by attracting the final consumer. -
Users’ Perception of the Quality of Public Library Services in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana: An Application of the LibQUAL+ Model.
This study seeks to assess user perception of the quality of public library services in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana using the LibQUAL+ model. Based on a quantitative approach, the study surveyed 180 patrons of public libraries in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana using convenience sampling technique.