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Grading of ladies’ patterns by small scale garment producers in the Sekondi -Takoradi Metropolis

The study investigated the grading of ladies‟ patterns by small scale garment producers in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. This study employed mixed methods design, specifically the triangulation design. The target population was all the 515 professional dressmakers and tailors (garment producers) in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. However, 100 active members formed the accessible population. Twenty (20) participants who were garment producers were purposively sampled for the study. Interview schedule, observation guide, and test samples were used to gather data for the study. The quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics such as means and standard deviations, and frequencies and percentages, while the qualitative data were analysed using thematic analysis. The study revealed that garment producers did not patronize commercial patterns but produced their own, mainly from freehand cutting method. Garment producers were able to grade patterns for larger sizes than smaller sizes. Products from patterns produced fitted well with shoulder than all other body parts. Dart was poorly fitted from produced patterns. Major challenges of pattern grading were grading for ladies with same hip and waist measurements, grading for ladies with big bust and small hip, grading for small waist with large hip, grading for ladies of hollow chest and exchange of clients‟ measurements. It was recommended that the Government of Ghana provide standardized measurement through the investment in the scanners to create a database of measurements for Ghanaians. The Ghana National Association of Dressmakers and Tailors are entreated to pay more attention on pattern grading to make it key requirement for end of apprentice certification.

Source: UEW
Grammatical error analysis an investigation of the essays of pupils of three junior high schools of Effiduase, AR

The purpose of this study was to unravel the mystery surrounding the errors committed by some JHS pupils in the Effijam-Sekyere District of the Ashanti region. It was necessary to find out why these errors: Tense, Spelling, Concord, Capitalization and Preposition errors which were identified were committed by pupils in most cases. This study adopted a qualitative approach in examining the grammatical errors in the written essays of 150 JHS pupils of three different schools in the district. The instruments used for the data collection were written essays, informal interviewing and observation. A total of 3463 errors were committed owing to the context of teaching, social networking sites complexity in the L2, differences in the structure of the L1 and L2 and lack of practice. Subsequently four recommendations were made; concerning how the respective stakeholders can effectively play their roles to minimise and eventually eliminate some of the errors and also embark on future research.

Source: UEW
Grammatical error analysis, an investigation of the essays of pupils of three Junior High Schools of Effiduase Ashanti Region

The purpose of this study was to unravel the mystery surrounding the errors committed by some JHS pupils in the Effijam-Sekyere District of the Ashanti region. It was necessary to find out why these errors: Tense, Spelling, Concord, Capitalization and Preposition errors which were identified were committed by pupils in most cases. This study adopted a qualitative approach in examining the grammatical errors in the written essays of 150 JHS pupils of three different schools in the district. The instruments used for the data collection were written essays, informal interviewing and observation. A total of 3463 errors were committed owing to the context of teaching, social networking sites complexity in the L2, differences in the structure of the L1 and L2 and lack of practice. Subsequently four recommendations were made; concerning how the respective stakeholders can effectively play their roles to minimise and eventually eliminate some of the errors and also embark on future research.

Source: UEW
Grammatical errors in the essays of senior high school students, the case of Ghana senior high school, Tamale

This is a qualitative study aimed at investigating the grammatical errors students of Ghana Senior High School, Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana commit in their essay writing. The study sought to identify grammatical errors and examine the causes of the errors. To achieve these objectives, essays from 201 students randomly selected from across the three streams were collected and analyzed. In all, 2864 errors were identified; verb related errors, concord, prepositional, adverbial, number, article and sentence fragments, spelling, and punctuation errors. The findings of the study indicate that causes of errors in learners‟ writing include incomplete learning of rules, ignorance of rule restrictions, overgeneralization of concepts and rules, context of instruction as well as L1 interference. Based on these findings, it is recommended that teachers should make conscious attempts at understanding the L1 oftheir students. Finally and most importantly, teachers should adopt the communicative teaching method in order to minimize errors.

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Grammatical errors in the writings of Diamono shs students

This research examined the common grammatical errors in the writings of students of Diamono Senior High School with the aim of providing remedies. It aimed to find out the grammatical errors made by the students in their writings and the ways to eliminate these errors in their writings. The data source was collected from the students’ writings on a given essay topic. I randomly sampled 61 students’ writings out of a total of 125 students or essays. Of these, 20 essays each were from the two Arts classes (A1 and A2), 13 from the Business class and 8 from the General Science class. Dulay’s theory was the main key in the data analysis. The results showed that the students produced 475 errors which could be grouped into 5 categories. These categories were errors in writings of concord, use of tense, spellings, preposition and conjunction. Concord errors were found 125 times; tense errors were found 115 times; spelling errors were found 100 times; preposition errors were found 75 times and conjunction errors were found 60 times. Based on the results, some recommendations were made, suggesting the various roles stakeholders must play as far as teaching and learning of grammar in the English Language is concerned. These findings undoubtedly have implications for sports media discourse, pedagogy, literary studies and further research.

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Grammatical errors in the written compositions of the SHS 3 students of methodist senior high technical school, Berekum in Bono Region, Ghana

This work is a qualitative study that analyses grammar errors in the written essays of SHS graduate in Ghana, specifically Berekum Methodist Senior High/Technical School. The research sought to establish the types and causes of grammar errors in the written composition of SHS graduates and how it could be addressed. A total of two (2) teachers and one hundred and forty (140) students out of four hundred and fifty six (456) population, were selected through purposive sampling technique for the study. The data used for the analysis comprised written essays/exercises of the students, interviews, and observations from teachers. Five major error types were identified and they include; agreement errors, morphological and lexical omissions, capitalization errors, spelling errors and intralingua transfer. From this, agreement errors had the highest frequency with specific errors on word omission being the lowest. Based on the findings of the study, causes of errors in learners’ writings were identified as incomplete learning of rules, ignorance of rule restrictions, and context of instruction as well as L1 interference. Suggestions to minimize the errors of students are given with emphasis on teachers’ attitude towards the teaching of English language. Other suggestions are made to various stakeholders to ensure effective teaching and learning of the English Language through supervision and those teachers of English language show mastery in the teaching of the language

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Grammaticalised and non-grammaticalised conceptualisations of liyil �head� in Likpakpaln (Konkomba)

This paper qualitatively analyses the conceptualisations of the body part, head in Likpakpaln, an understudied Mabia (Gur), Niger-Congo language spoken on the North-Eastern corridors of Ghana. The analytical framework is a synthesis of grammaticalisation and conceptual metaphor theories. I establish that the head in Likpakpaln is unproductive for the grammaticalised, main pools of conceptual transfer. I examine the non-grammaticalised conceptualisation(s), too, under four salient semantic domains � luck, reasoning, emotion and personality traits. The head displays varying degrees of productivity for each of the four target domains. In all, I argue that the conceptualisations are filtered by lived-experiences, cultural construals and the language-specific lexical structure. The data provides further support for the embodied cultural prototype view of body part metaphor analysis. � 2022 Elsevier Ltd

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Greenhouse effect on growth and yield of tomato in the transitional zone of Ghana

Tomato is one of the most popular vegetables consumed in Ghana. With the increasing demand for tomato on daily basis, there is the need to increase productivity. However, the production of tomato in Ghana is limited by harsh climate, drought and inadequate knowledge on the use of modern technology such as greenhouse technology. Hence, the purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of greenhouse technology on the growth and yield of tomato in the transitional zone of Ghana. The experiment was conducted at the multipurpose Crop Nursery of the former University of Education, Winneba (now AAMUSTED) College of Agriculture Education Mampong Campus from 4th August, 2020 to 30th November, 2020. The experimental design used for the study was Random Complete Block Design. Two treatments made up of greenhouse technology and open field were used. Parameters measured included: plant height, number of branches, stem girth, number of flowers, number of fruits harvested, harvested fruit weight, matured vertical fruit length and diameter and economic analysis. The data collected were analysed using the Student T-test using Genstast version 11.1. Results from the study revealed that plant height, number of branches and stem girth were significantly higher (P<0.05) among tomato plants grown in the open field compared with tomato plants grown under the greenhouse technology. Number of harvested fruits, harvested fruit weight, matured vertical fruit length and diameter were significantly (P<0.05) highest among tomato plants grown under the greenhouse technology as compared with tomato plants grown in the open field. This study concludes that greenhouse technology increased the yield of tomato with higher economic returns. The study recommends that farmers should adopt greenhouse technology, since it gave higher productivity and economic returns.

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Gricean Maxims in courtroom discourse an analysis of the Supreme Court proceedings of the 2020 Presidential election petition in Ghana

This study examines the observance and non-observance of the Gricean Maxims as used by petitioner‟s witness and counsels during the cross examination session of the 2020 Presidential Election Petition in the supreme court of Ghana. The study investigates the possible implicatures drawn from the non-observance of the maxims amongst the petitioner‟s witness and counsels. A qualitative content analysis, data is drawn from conversational transcripts of petitioner‟s witness and counsels for respondents during the cross-examination phase of the 2020 Presidential Election Petition. Employing Grice‟s theory of Cooperative Principle and implicature, the findings show that there was the observance of all the maxims (quantity, quality, relation/relevance and manner) from both the witness for petitioner and the counsels for first and second respondents. The maxim of manner appeared as the most dominant observed maxim. It also revealed that violations occurred 82 times and flouting appeared 91 times as non-observance cases recorded amongst petitioner‟s witness as well as the counsels for the respondents. The reasons for violating and flouting the maxims could generally be for the purposes of building public image, mislead the court, skip relevant questions and for emphasis. Furthermore, violating and flouting the maxims were purposefully done to give additional information to the court. The findings further suggest that, witness and counsels tend to flout and violate the maxims to demonstrate command over language usage which was least recorded in terms of frequency. The study affirms Grice‟s position that, Cooperative Principle advances the assumption that participants in a conversation normally attempt to be informative, truthful, relevant, and clear. Moreover, it is recommended that, critical attention should be given to how language is used by people in cross-examinations to present their testimonies during court trials.

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Gricean maxims in courtroom discourse- an analysis of the supreme court proceedings of the 2020 presidential election petition in Ghana

This study examines the observance and non-observance of the Gricean Maxims as used by petitioner’s witness and counsels during the cross examination session of the 2020 Presidential Election Petition in the supreme court of Ghana. The study investigates the possible implicatures drawn from the non-observance of the maxims amongst the petitioner’s witness and counsels. A qualitative content analysis, data is drawn from conversational transcripts of petitioner’s witness and counsels for respondents during the cross-examination phase of the 2020 Presidential Election Petition. Employing Grice’s theory of Cooperative Principle and implicature, the findings show that there was the observance of all the maxims (quantity, quality, relation/relevance and manner) from both the witness for petitioner and the counsels for first and second respondents. The maxim of manner appeared as the most dominant observed maxim. It also revealed that violations occurred 82 times and flouting appeared 91 times as non-observance cases recorded amongst petitioner’s witness as well as the counsels for the respondents. The reasons for violating and flouting the maxims could generally be for the purposes of building public image, mislead the court, skip relevant questions and for emphasis. Furthermore, violating and flouting the maxims were purposefully done to give additional information to the court. The findings further suggest that, witness and counsels tend to flout and violate the maxims to demonstrate command over language usage which was least recorded in terms of frequency. The study affirms Grice’s position that, Cooperative Principle advances the assumption that participants in a conversation normally attempt to be informative, truthful, relevant, and clear. Moreover, it is recommended that, critical attention should be given to how language is used by people in cross-examinations to present their testimonies during court trials.

Source: UEW
Growth and yield of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) as affected by organic and inorganic fertilizers

A study on the effect of poultry and cattle manures on the growth and yield of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) was carried out in the transitional zone of Ghana in 2008 and 2009 in a randomized complete block design experiment with three replicates. The treatments were; 350 kg NPK ha-1, 8t Poultry Manure ha-1, 12t Cow dung Manure ha-1, 175 kg NPK + 4t Poultry Manure ha-1, 175 kg NPK + 6t Cow dung Manure ha-1 and No treatment of manure (control). The combined treatments of 175 kg NPK + 4t Poultry Manure ha-1 and 175 kg NPK + 6t Cow dung Manure ha-1 produced higher levels of the growth and yield parameters than the rest of the treatments in both seasons. The 175 kg NPK + 4t Poultry Manure ha-1 recorded the highest figures of the parameters which were not significantly (P=0.05) different from the figures of the 175 kg NPK + 6t Cow dung Manure ha-1 treatment. The combined treatments were found to be economically profitable. The treatment combination of 175 kg NPK + 4t Poultry Manure ha-1 was more superior in the areas assessed.

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Growth and yield response of two onion (Allium Cepa) varieties to integrated nutrient management in the transitional zone of Ghana

Field experiments were conducted in 2016 and 2017 cropping seasons at the University of Education Winneba, Faculty of Agriculture Education, Mampong in the forest-savannah transitional zone of Ghana. The study was to evaluate the growth and yield response of two onion varieties to integrated nutrient management in the transional zone of Ghana. The treatments used were 10 t/ha Cow Dung, 10 t/ha Poultry Manure, 300 Kg/ha NPK, combination of half rate animal manure and half rate NPK 15:15:15 fertilizer (5 t/ha PM +150 kg/ha NPK; 15:15:15 and 5 t/ha CD +150 kg/ha NPK) and control (without amendment), laid out in a split plot design with 3 replications. Variety was laid as main plot while nutrient treatments were assigned to sub-plots. The onion varieties used in the study were Bawku Red and Red Creole. Application of poultry manure and cow dung and their combination with NPK fertilizer improved soil physical conditions, particularly aeration, total porosity, water holding capacity and gravimetric moisture content than the control. Soil bulk density was high in the control plots while the manure and their combinations reduced the soil bulk density. The sole cow dung and poultry manure as well as their combinations with NPK significantly increased soil organic carbon, N, P, K, Ca, and Mg concentrations over the control. Also, the total exchangeable bases, effective cation exchange capacity and percent base saturations recorded an increase over the control. Plant height and number of leaves per plant for the 5 t/ha PM + 150 Kg/ha NPK was significantly (P<0.05) higher for Bawku Red than the control while the 10 t/ha PM recorded a significantly higher number of leaves and plant height for Red Creole than the control in 2016 cropping season. The 10 t/ha PM recorded a significantly (P<0.05) greater number of leaves

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Growth of software framework usability and its effects on software engineering

The researcher found that few study measures the growth of software usability and its effects, so we want to measure it and then try to improve on our software development industry. The purpose of the study is to find out the growth of software framework . usability and its effects software engineering or development with respect to computer programming. A descriptive survey study was employed. The targeted population (277) for this study covers the final years computer science or information technology masters’ students in five public universities in Ghana and two software companies (Gracecoms – programmers and Kologsoft – programmers). The sample size was 249 students’ software developers. The questionnaire tool was used to collect data. The data had been gathered through MS Excel then exported to the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) for analyses. The analyses measure the association between socio-demographic and other related variables in the survey by using frequencies, percentage mean and standard deviation. The study found that there is very high/ high 60% (n= 149) level of growth of software framework usability in software engineering. And the popular software frameworks use was bootstrap 32.1% (n=80) and flutter 26.1% (n=65). Secondly, the study found that the most leading cause students and software developer identified is: It is faster to develop a system with framework than pure coding with the highest mean score of (means = 2.67 std = 0.64) respectively. Lastly, the study found that even though effect of Software Framework usability contributed significantly to the statements, there is a positive relationship between effect of Software Framework usability and the software development to a large extent.

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Growth performance of cocoa (theobroma cacao) hybrid seeds in different media

The study was conducted to determine the growth performance of cocoa (Theobroma cacao) hybrid seeds in different media. The study was carried out at the multipurpose crop nursery, college of Agriculture Education, Akenten-Appiah Menkah University Of Skills Training And Entrepreneurial Development. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with three replication and four treatments. The treatments were Topsoil , 50 % Topsoil + 50 % cocoa Husk , 50 % Topsoil + 50 % Rice Husk ,and 50 % Topsoil + 25 % Rice Husk + 25 % Cocoa Husk. 80 polybags were filled for each replication, making a total of 240 filled polybags and a seed was sown per polybag. 80 seeds were used for each replication making a total of 240 seeds for the study. The variables observed were plant height, number of leaves, canopy spread, leaf area, and stem diameter. The results showed no significant difference among most of the treatments. 50 % Topsoil + 25 % Rice husk + 25 % Cocoa Husk showed a better effect in improving the growth of cocoa seedlings among the treatment. It could be concluded that the 50 % Topsoil + 25 % Rice Husk + 25 % Cocoa Husk can support the growth of the hybrid cocoa (Theobroma Cacao) seedlings and could be used as a substitute for the topsoil.

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Growth performance of grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus) eating leaf and stem fractions of Guinea grass (Panicum maximum)

This study was carried out to determine the growth performance of grasscutters (Thryonomys swinderianus) when fed on leaf and stem fractions of guinea grass. Eighteen (18) three month old male grasscutters were randomly assigned in equal numbers to three treatment diets consisting of Guinea Grass Leave fraction (GGL), Guinea Grass Stem fraction (GGS) and Whole Plant of Guinea Grass (GGW). The results of the chemical analysis of the treatment diets indicated that the nutritive value of the GGL was better than that of GGS and GGW. There were no significant differences between treatments for mean daily feed intake (P>0.05). However, animals fed GGL performed better than those fed GGS and GGW in terms of total weight gain, mean daily weight gain and feed efficiency (P<0.05). Animals fed GGS produced better lean meat compared to those on GGL and GGW (P<0.05). The mean dressing percentage of animals fed GGL was significantly higher than those on GGW and GGS (P<0.05). The results of this work suggest that the leaf portion of elephant grass is more nutritious than the stem portion. This implies that the current practice in Ghana whereby farmers cut off the leaves of the grass and feed only the stem fraction to the animals is a waste of feed resources, and should be discouraged.

Source: UEW