123 10 3070 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of Computing and Information Systems Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Using Item Response Theory to Understand Item-Nonresponse (Missing Data) in Ghanaian Surveys Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Abdul Iddrisu Wahab Description An account of the resource After reviewing the theoretical and empirical literature on Item Response Theory (IRT) and Item-Nonresponse, this study investigates three issues: Firstly, to identify the most appropriate IRT model for understanding item-nonresponse. Secondly, to find out the reason behind ''don't know'' responses and missing data; whether respondents don‟t really know, don‟t care, or don‟t want to tell. Finally, to find out the characteristics of nonrespondents in Ghanaian surveys. Secondary analyses were done on questionnaire data collected in the 5th wave of the world values survey. All items were dichotomously scored. 0 was assigned to missing or „don‟t know‟ responses, and 1 was assigned to answered items. The data was analysed based on four item response theory models namely, the constrained Rasch model, the unconstrained Rasch model, the two parameter logistic model, and the three parameter logistic model … Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=ECTxVnYAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=ECTxVnYAAAAJ:LkGwnXOMwfcC Language A language of the resource English https://repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/1ec08497a6425d11bd063e78029d50ca.pdf 1885b4123be2b27796e71729f5d3b892 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of Computing and Information Systems Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spatial bayesian methods of flow forecasting in the Black Volta river Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Iddrisu Wahab Abdul, Kaku Sagary Nokoe, Frank Badu Osei, Eric Ofosu Antwi Description An account of the resource The use of Spatial Bayesian Vector Autoregressive (SBVAR) models for river flow forecasting is studied in this paper. SBVAR models based on both the First Order Spatial Contiguity (FOSC) and the Random-Walk Averaging (RWA) priors were estimated and compared in terms of forecast performance. Monthly data on river flows from January 2000 to December 2009 for the four gauge stations along the Black Volta River namely, Lawra, Chache, Bui and Bamboi was obtained from the hydrological services department of Ghana and used for model fitting. The estimation and forecasting procedure was conducted using the Econometrics Toolbox in MATLAB. Mean Absolute Percentage Errors (MAPEs) were calculated for all models considered. The results indicated very good forecasts for all the models considered. However, a comparison among them clearly indicated a much better performance by the SBVAR model based on the RWA prior which considered flows from only the immediate upstream gauge station as important while flows from all other gauge stations were considered unimportant. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available European journal of scientific research Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=ECTxVnYAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=ECTxVnYAAAAJ:MXK_kJrjxJIC Language A language of the resource English https://repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/ff6943f27948debd28ea253c8d99cefd.pdf 16f6c080b109c47234c345b6108a6eab Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of Computing and Information Systems Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Assessment of COVID-19’s impact on hotels in Ghana: Case study of hotels in Accra and Kumasi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Deri Mildred Nuong, Iddrisu Wahab Abdul, Wireko-Gyeib Sampson, Zaazie Perpetual, Mohammad Faiz Afzal Description An account of the resource The spread of COVID-19, travel restrictions and social distancing continue to affect the hotel industry globally. Using Accra and Kumasi metropolis, the aim of the study is to assess the impact of the COVID-19 on hotels in Ghana. The Survey technique is used. Data was collected from 80 hotel managers using questionnaires. Paired sample t-test was used to compare the average number of employees before COVID-19 and the average number of employees presently at post. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to compare the different levels of impact on the different types of hotels in the country. The major findings are indicated about employees from different hotels on total number of employees before and during COVID-19. Moreover, results also highlighted on the negative impact on Ghana’s hotel industry due to this pandemic spread globally. Implications are discussed. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available International Journal of Tourism and Hotel Management Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=ECTxVnYAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=ECTxVnYAAAAJ:_kc_bZDykSQC Language A language of the resource English https://repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/a2d4875c0f9563b645cf9b59840d385a.pdf b023b97336e146451e1f09c59a219049 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of IT Business Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Managing market innovation for competitive advantage: how external dynamics hold sway for financial services Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Robert Ebo Hinson Description An account of the resource Abstract: From the complexity theory, it is argued that external factors largely determine the effectiveness of firm-level strategies. Hence, firms must seek to align their strategies such as market innovation with the prevailing business environment to achieve competitive advantage. We investigate the moderating effect of three environmental factors, regulatory regime, competitive intensity and customer demand on the relationship between innovation and competitive advantage creation in financial services firms. Data were collected from the Ghana’s financial services sector with a focus on banking and insurance institutions. Constructs were validated through confirmatory factor analysis while robust regressions estimates were run to test their hypothesised relationships. We found that both competitive intensity and regulatory regime positively increase the effect of market innovation on competitive advantage. It was also found that the interaction between competitive intensity and regulatory regime has a positive effect while the interaction between customer demand and regulatory regime dampens the positive relationship Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available 200X Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://scholar.google.com/scholar?start=20&q=Robert+Ebo+Hinson&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5 Language A language of the resource English https://repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/da835c970bbaf12f683ecda81501c4f8.pdf a9838dd0af1904897469b7907e3a6f44 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Food Science Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Nutrition and food Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa, Agnes Simpson Budu, Clement Asiedu, Linley Chiwona-Karltun, Drinah B Nyirenda Description An account of the resource High yielding and cassava mosaic disease (CMD) resistant cassava varieties have been developed by the Crop Research Institute of Ghana with varying compositions and concentrations of starches and sugars. This study characterized four of these improved cassava varieties (Ampong, Broni bankye, Sika and Otuhia) together with two traditional varieties (Amakuma and Bankye fitaa) for their composition of starches and sugars using principal component and cluster analyses. The concentration of total sugars, reducing and non-reducing sugars, sucrose, starches, amylose and amylopectin were determined using standard analytical methods. Results obtained were total sugar (4.04-18.47%), non-reducing sugar (2.08-16.21%), sucrose (1.98-15.40%), starch (15.39-31.07%) and amylose (30.57-40.33%) and these were significantly different (p< 0.05) amongst the studied cassava varieties. The improved varieties (Ampong, Broni bankye, Sika and Otuhia) had high total sugar levels ranging from 7.19 to 18.47%. With the exception of Broni bankye (improved variety) all the improved and traditional varieties were high starch and amylose containing varieties. These differences in the biochemical composition of the traditional and improved cassava varieties could be used in their selection for specific food and industrial processing applications. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2011 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=EZuX1N8AAAAJ&cstart=80&citation_for_view=EZuX1N8AAAAJ:35N4QoGY0k4C Language A language of the resource English https://repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/b2347ebc0f9039ca43c9958c1cd35403.pdf 4a5cb5477de451eab69ebf4337951596 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of Computing and Information Systems Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Modelling the Impact and Effects of Climatic Variability on Electricity Energy Consumption in the Yendi Municipality of Ghana Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wahab A Iddrisu, Sampson T Appiah, Khalid Abdul-Mumin, Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Samed Description An account of the resource One of the cherished assets of every economy is electricity since it has proven to be the major source of energy for industrialization. Developing economies like Ghana have suffered the downside of poor management of the already inadequate electrical energy at its disposal. This is as a result of limited research into factors that influences electricity energy consumption, most importantly, the effects of climatic variables on electricity energy consumption. This research work explores the causal connection between climatic variables and electricity energy consumption, and develops a Vector Auto Regression (VAR) model to determine the influence of the climatic variables in forecasting electricity energy consumption in Yendi Municipality in the northern region of Ghana. The climatic factors considered in this work are; Rainfall (Rain), maximum temperature (Tmax), Sunshine (Sun), Wind (wind) and Relative Humidity (RH). The Granger causality tests employed in this work revealed that aside from Relative Humidity, the end energy consumption is affected by the other four climatic factors under consideration. The impulse response was used to ascertain the active interaction among electricity energy consumption and the climatic variables. The impulse response of electricity energy consumption to the climatic variables indicates a maximum positive effect of Temperature and Sunshine on electricity energy consumption in March and September respectively. The VAR model was also used in forecasting future consumption of electricity energy. The results indicate excellent forecasts of electricity Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Scientific Research Publishing Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=ECTxVnYAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=ECTxVnYAAAAJ:0EnyYjriUFMC Language A language of the resource English https://repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/4ce80bd28d0b23f072a4ca7fedb801b2.pdf 76ab33af3ab8ba5b0a5b81348543b81b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of Computing and Information Systems Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Modeling the Causes of Power‐Related Network Outages Using Discrete‐Time Markov Chains Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ibrahim A Gedel, Wahab A Iddrisu Description An account of the resource In this paper, we model the causes of power‐related network outages in Ghana using discrete‐time Markov chains. We used data consisting of 2,756 small‐scale carrier telecommunications outages occurring in Ghana, with accompanying root causes over a period of 5 years and 8 months, from August 2015 to April 2021. The results indicate that the majority (n = 1,404) of the network outages were caused by the generators while the least number (18) of outages were caused by a communication equipment. However, longer network outages were caused by fuel issues with an average outage time of 1,027.82 min over the study period. The transition probability matrix obtained from the data revealed that regardless of the present cause of the network outage, the probability that the next network outage will be caused by the generators is higher than the probability that the outage will be attributable to any other … Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Hindawi Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2023 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=ECTxVnYAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=ECTxVnYAAAAJ:qxL8FJ1GzNcC Language A language of the resource English https://repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/3c3fdde218367891334319ff2d17bd2e.pdf 18d4440932470eced113bd574e85ed28 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Food Science Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Comparing flavor profiles of dark chocolates refined with melanger and conched with Stephan mixer in various alternative chocolate production techniques Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michael Hinneh, Davy Van de Walle, Daylan Amelia Tzompa-Sosa, Julie Haeck, Enoch Enorkplim Abotsi, Ann De Winne, Kathy Messens, Jim Van Durme, Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa, Luc De Cooman, Koen Dewettinck Description An account of the resource The use of alternative equipment for chocolate production is gaining attention in recent times in many countries. This is due to the lower cost of investment and maintenance, multi-functionality, and lower throughput. This study was conducted to investigate the applicability of two of such equipment; melanger and Stephan mixer. In the first set-up, the possibility of refining chocolate with the melanger in comparison with the conventional 3-roll refiner was explored. Whereas in the second set-up, the applicability of the Stephan mixer (aided with a vacuum pump) for a conching-like application was also investigated. From each set-up, 70% dark chocolates produced through various alternative means were then evaluated on the basis of their flavor profiles. Specific groups of volatiles such as aldehydes, ketones, terpenes and terpenoids, showed significant (p < 0.05) differences due to the different refining … Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Springer Berlin Heidelberg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=EZuX1N8AAAAJ&cstart=80&citation_for_view=EZuX1N8AAAAJ:PQ6BjWB6CiEC Language A language of the resource English https://repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/274348eda0060069f848032bc40e0152.pdf fac50f6c0418e94decdde1c2fc793e75 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of Computing and Information Systems Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Assessment of Neonatal Mortality and Associated Hospital-Related Factors in Healthcare Facilities Within Sunyani and Sunyani West Municipal Assemblies in Bono Region, Ghana Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kassim Tawiah, Killian Asampana Asosega, Samuel Iddi, Alex Akwasi Opoku, Iddrisu Wahab Abdul, Richard Kwame Ansah, Francis Kwame Bukari, Eric Okyere, Atinuke Olusola Adebanji Description An account of the resource Objectives Ghana’s quest to reduce neonatal mortality, in hospital facilities and communities, continues to be a nightmare. The pursuit of achieving healthy lives and well-being for neonates as enshrined in Sustainable Development Goal three lingered in challenging hospital facilities and communities. Notwithstanding that, there have been increasing efforts in that direction. This study examines the contributing factors that hinder the fight against neonatal mortality in all hospital facilities in the Sunyani and Sunyani West Municipal Assemblies in Bono Region, Ghana. Methods The study utilized neonatal mortality data consisting of neonatal deaths, structural facility related variables, medical human resources, types of hospital facilities and natal care. The data was collected longitudinally from 2014 to 2019. These variables were analysed using the negative binomial hurdle regression (NBH) model to determine factors … Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available SAGE Publications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=ECTxVnYAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=ECTxVnYAAAAJ:roLk4NBRz8UC Language A language of the resource English https://repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/9f265df8a4031855de5ce63b1a4489cc.pdf 26128ffe5069d7a0130a277da1b4801b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Food Science Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Response surface methodology for studying the effect of processing conditions on some nutritional and textural properties of bambara groundnuts (Voandzei subterranea) during … Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa, Agnes Simpson Budu, Alan Bullock Merson Description An account of the resource The response surface methodology and central composite rotatable design for K=3 was used to study the combined effect of blanching, soaking and sodium hexametaphosphate salt concentration on moisture, ash, leached solids, phytates, tannins and hardness of bambara groundnut during canning. Regression models were developed to predict the effects of the processing parameters on the studied indices. Significant interactions were observed between all the factors with high regression coefficients (64.4–82.6%). Blanching and soaking of the seeds prior to canning led to increases in moisture content and leached solids, while significant decreases were observed for phytates, tannins and hardness of the canned bambara groundnuts. Increasing the concentration of sodium salt added during soaking caused significant (P≤0.05) decreases in phytates, tannins and the hardness of the seeds, suggesting that pre … Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Taylor & Francis Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=EZuX1N8AAAAJ&cstart=80&citation_for_view=EZuX1N8AAAAJ:tswL-GKFg8UC Language A language of the resource English