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Growth performance of weaner rabbits fed on dried pito mash as a replacement for maize

Twenty four crossbred unsexed weaner rabbits of about seven (7) weeks old with mean body weight of 528.75g were used in a feeding trial involving four dietary treatments containing 0, 10, 15, and 20% inclusion levels of dried pito mash (DPM) in a completely randomized design study that lasted for seven (7) weeks. The animals were randomly divided into four (4) treatment groups consisting of six (6) animals per group. Each treatment group was replicated three (3) times with two (2) animals per replicate. The parameters studied were daily feed intake, daily weight gain, feed conversion ratio, carcass yield, organ weights, haematological and biochemical components of rabbits, and cost benefit analysis of replacing maize with DPM in rabbit diets. The inclusion of DPM in rabbit diets did not significantly (p>0.05) influence the daily feed intake of the animals. There was a slight reduction in the daily weight gain of animals with the inclusion of DPM from 0% to 20%. The slaughter weight and dressed weight decreased significantly (p<0.05) as the level of DPM in the experimental diets increased. Rabbits fed the control diet (0% DPM) and the diet containing 10% DPM had significantly higher (p<0.05) dressing percentage than rabbits fed diets containing 15% and 20% DPM inclusion levels. However, there were no significant (p>0.05) dietary treatment effect on the heart, lungs, liver, spleen and kidney weights when they were expressed as percentage of the live body weight of the rabbits fed the four treatment diets. The feeding of DPM to rabbits did not show significant (p>0.05) variation in both the haematological and biochemical components of the rabbits studied and they were within the normal physiological ranges for rabbits. The total feed cost/kg was significantly reduced (p<0.05) as the inclusion levels of DPM in the diets increased. Therefore, the control diet (0% DPM) was more expensive than the diets containing 15% and 20% DPM, respectively. Also, the cost of feed/kg live weight gain was significantly higher (p<0.05) for the control diet (0% DPM) when compared with the other treatment diets. The results of this study suggest that DPM could completely replace maize up to 20% without any detrimental effect on the growth performance of rabbits. And since the total feed cost was significantly reduced as the inclusion levels of DPM in the rabbit diets increased, indicate that it is possible to produce rabbits at relatively cheaper prices when the maize component of the diets is completely replaced by DPM up to 20%. Keywords: weaner rabbits, growth performance, dried pito mash, maize, carcass characteristics, haematological and biochemical components, cost benefit analysis.

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Growth, reproduction, milk quality, blood profile and carcass characteristics of pigs fed diets containing graded levels of moringa oleifera leaf meal

The study which lasted for thirteen months was undertaken to evaluate Moringa oleifera leaf meal (MOLM) as feed ingredient on the growth, reproduction, milk quality, blood indices and carcass characteristics of pigs. The specific objectives were to determine the impact of Moringa oleifera leaf meal fed at varying levels (0%, 5%, 7.5%, 10%, and 12%) on the growth rate, reproductive performance, milk quality, haematological and biochemical indices and carcass characteristics of pigs. The study was carried out at the Piggery Section of the Department of Animal Science Education, University of Education, Winneba, Mampong-Ashanti Campus, Ghana from 5th April, 2014 to 17th April, 2015. A total of twenty four (24) large white weaner pigs comprising twenty females and four males which were 10-11 weeks of age and an average body weight of 11 kg were used for the experiment. The females were randomly grouped into five treatments with each animal constituting a replicate in a randomized complete design and each treatment had four replicates (animals). The four young boars were used to cross the gilts when they were on heat. The control diet contained no moringa leaf meal (0%), while Diets 2, 3, 4 and 5 contained moringa leaf meal at the rate of 5, 7.5, 10 and 12%, respectively. Data collected were subjected to the analysis of variance procedure of Statistical Analysis Systems (SAS 2010). The results showed that there were no significant differences (P>0.05) in initial body weight, final body weight, total weight gain and daily growth rate among treatment means. However, daily feed intake, total feed intake and feed conversion efficiency showed significant (P<0.05) difference among treatments with feed conversion efficiency means being 0.25, 0.25, 0.26, 0.24 and 0.23, for 0, 5, 7.5, 10 and 12% MOLM respectively. The biochemistry blood parameters, cholesterol and albumen were significantly (P<0.05) different among dietary treatments but total protein and globulin were not significantly (P˃0.05) different among dietary treatments with cholesterol means being 175.05, 124.95, 132.65, 111.50 and 144.20 (ml/L) for 0, 5, 7.5, 10 and 12% MOLM respectively. Red

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Guidance and counselling needs of some selected prison inmates in Ghana.

The study was conducted to find out the Guidance and Counselling needs of prison inmates in Ghana. Purposive sampling technique was used to select two (2) prison facilities in Greater Accra region of Ghana. Proportional stratified sampling technique was used to select one hundred (100) prisoners consisting of eighty five (85) males and fifteen (15) females. The data was analyzed descriptively and presented in tables as frequency counts and percentages. Independent sample test was used to determine whether the extent of educational, vocational and personal-social guidance needs of male prisoners differed from female prisoners. It was found that both male and female prison inmates needed educational guidance to a little extent but needed vocational and personal social guidance to a large extent. Significant differences were found between the educational, vocational and personal-social needs between the male and female inmates. It was recommended among others that, the expressed educational, vocational and personal-social guidance needs of prison inmates should be provided to ensure their proper rehabilitation and integration into society upon their release. KEYWORDS: educational, vocational, personal-social, guidance and counselling needs, prisoners

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Guidance services in virtual spaces an online ethnographic study of Facebook groups

On Facebook, online social media groups make it possible to find and share health, educational, economic, and social-related information, as well as to discover social help by communicating with those that are dealing with the same problem or condition. Little is known about Guidance services provided with Facebook for emotional contact. The goal of this qualitative ethnographic study was to explore how guidance services are delivered in the virtual space via Facebook groups. The research questions focused on how people access guidance services on Facebook groups, why people access guidance services from Facebook groups, what forms of guidance services are accessed on Facebook groups and how effective are these services rendered on Facebook groups? A quota sampling technique was used, a semistructured online interview with four Popular Facebook groups named, Tell it All, Tell it Mum, Trotro Diaries and Abena Manokekame was used for the study, using 20 participants for the interview and 4 extracts from Facebook platforms, the data from the interviews were coded and categorized in inductive thematic analysis. The findings shows that all guidance services such as appraisals, consultations, information, placement, follow-up, orientation and referrals are provided on the various Facebook platforms. Also due to the number of comical postings and entertaining comments, virtual groups on Facebook use that as avenues to de-stress themselves when they are stressed out. Since majority of people who get access to these platforms were invited by friends and are also ready to recommend their platforms to others, then it means online guidance has come to stay, so, the researcher recommend that Ghana Psychological Association encourage its members to create such platforms using their members to assist people, Conveniently, people prefer seeking help from Facebook groups and due to that , The researcher recommend that , online and Face-to-face guidance services should go far to assist people irrespective of where they stay, in terms of providing assistance, professional counsellors should not narrow themselves to institutions such as churches and schools but should instead focus their efforts on the virtual community, as most people are now attached to social media.

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Guided discovery and self learning strategies biology intervention lessons in a Ghanaian Senior High School

This study used guided discovery and self learning strategies as intervention to improve academic performance of students in biology at Wenchi Senior High School in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. The study investigated whether the guided discovery and self learning approaches can provide opportunity to inculcate science process skills and to identify which science process skills are inculcated during science lessons.The study employed case study design using action research approach. A Form 2 class made up of 48 females and 2 male students were used for the study. The data of study was collected using learning packages and observational checklists. The observational checklist was used to take inventory of science process skills that were exhibited by the students during the lessons. Data collected from the study was analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The findings of the study showed that the academic performance of the students improved after being exposed to guided discovery and self learning strategies. This study also revealed that using the approaches in the teaching and learning science has additional advantage of providing opportunities for the inculcation of science process skills. The implications for teaching and learning are that guided discovery and self learning strategies make science classroom more realistic as students are actively involved. Students learn to be responsible for their own learning.

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Guided discovery and self learning strategies, biology intervention lessons in a Ghanaian senior high school.

This study used guided discovery and self learning strategies as intervention to improve academic performance of students in biology at Wenchi Senior High School in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. The study investigated whether the guided discovery and self learning approaches can provide opportunity to inculcate science process skills and to identify which science process skills are inculcated during science lessons.The study employed case study design using action research approach. A Form 2 class made up of 48 females and 2 male students were used for the study. The data of study was collected using learning packages and observational checklists. The observational checklist was used to take inventory of science process skills that were exhibited by the students during the lessons. Data collected from the study was analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The findings of the study showed that the academic performance of the students improved after being exposed to guided discovery and self learning strategies. This study also revealed that using the approaches in the teaching and learning science has additional advantage of providing opportunities for the inculcation of science process skills. The implications for teaching and learning are that guided discovery and self learning strategies make science classroom more realistic as students are actively involved. Students learn to be responsible for their own learning.

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Guided discovery and self-learning strategies biology intervention lessons in a Ghanaian Senior High School

This study used guided discovery and self learning strategies as intervention to improve academic performance of students in biology at Wenchi Senior High School in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. The study investigated whether the guided discovery and self learning approaches can provide opportunity to inculcate science process skills and to identify which science process skills are inculcated during science lessons.The study employed case study design using action research approach. A Form 2 class made up of 48 females and 2 male students were used for the study. The data of study was collected using learning packages and observational checklists. The observational checklist was used to take inventory of science process skills that were exhibited by the students during the lessons. Data collected from the study was analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The findings of the study showed that the academic performance of the students improved after being exposed to guided discovery and self learning strategies. This study also revealed that using the approaches in the teaching and learning science has additional advantage of providing opportunities for the inculcation of science process skills. The implications for teaching and learning are that guided discovery and self learning strategies make science classroom more realistic as students are actively involved. Students learn to be responsible for their own learning.

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Guided discovery teaching on performance of students in modes of heat energy transfer

The concern of this study was to investigate the effect of guided-discovery learning strategy on the performance of students on mode of heat transfer. Students from two selected public senior high schools were used. The research was a quasi-experimental one and the main instruments for data collection were a 20-item multiple choice Physics Achievement Test drawn from West African Examination Council past questions on mode of Heat Transfer and a questionnaire. The questionnaire items were seven (7) in number and were related to students’ interest in physics. Three research questions were raised with three corresponding hypotheses tested. The size of the population was 350 senior high school two (SS2) physics students. The sample of the study was 90 SS2 physics students of which 63 were males and 27 were females taken from two schools. This comprises two science classes of forty-five (45) students from each school. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the schools from the target population. Excel was used to analyse the data obtained from the Pre and Post test data analysis. The outcome of the results revealed a significant difference in favour of those exposed to guided-discovery learning strategy compared to those taught using the traditional lecture method since their means were 2.19 and 3.55 respectively. It was deduced after the study that students interest in the study of Mode of Heat energy transfer was improved as well. It was recommended among others that physics teachers should make the teaching and learning of physics interactive and activity – based for the students, using strategy that all students could benefit from, irrespective of the ability levels of the individuals in the classroom.

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Guided inquiry method an approach to improve the performances in physics for senior high school students in Ghana

The purpose of this research was to teach students with the guided enquiry approach to enhance the academic performance of Physics students at Nafana Presby Senior High School in the Bono Region of Ghana. The Researcher taught scientific process skills such as manipulating and observing through guided inquiry methods as well as the specific science process skills to students in some classes. The study was a case study design using an Action Research methodology. Thirty-eight students in Form 2 constituted the sample for the study. Class observational checklists and learning packages were used to collect the study's data. The science process skills displayed by the students during the lesson sessions were recorded using the observational checklist. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses were done on the data using tables and graphs. The study's findings demonstrated that after being exposed to the guided inquiry approach, the students was able to demonstrate skills of manipulating, holding, measuring, and observing. There was an improvement on their previous skills of communicating and drawing. This study showed that employing guidedinquiry methods to teaching helped students to investigate problems and also learn how to use scientific method to solve a problem. The study method employed had added benefit of giving students the chance to develop their science process skills. The implications of the results of the study for teaching and learning science are that the guided inquiry method makes the science classroom more real as students are actively involved in all activities prescribed by the teacher.

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Guiding pre-service teachers to identify and name aliphatic organic compounds using molecular model kits a case study

This study was conducted in the context of the organic chemistry aspect of the Integrated Science course for the pre-service teachers in St. Teresa’s Colleges of Education, Hohoe in the Volta Region of Ghana. The study examined new ways of guiding students to conceptualise organic chemistry that was developed to promote in-depth understanding of aliphatic organic compounds to students. Applying a case study and action research paradigm, pre-test and post-test questions were employed in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data. The research population included fifty (50) first year students of the St. Teresa’s College of Education, Hohoe in the Volta Region. The study was conducted using hands-on exploration of the molecular models to guide students to identify organic compound functional groups, name them and draw or write their structures / formulae. Descriptive statistics and t-Test were used to analyse data collected. Findings indicated that the integration of model-based learning enhanced students’ understanding of aliphatic organic compounds; their functional groups, naming and drawing/writing of formulae. Findings also indicated that teachers’ demonstrations of the use of the molecular models kits to build various organic molecules did enhance students’ ‘knowledge’- a low order thinking skill; however, in order to enhance higher levels of thinking, students should be able to explore the use of the molecular models on their own. Applying constructivist and interpretative analysis of the data, three themes were emerged, corresponding to cognitive, affective, and social aspects of learning while exploring model-based learning.

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Gyamkaba an original composition derived from asafo songs of aboakyer festival of Winneba

The study is a by-product of an acculturation of music that uses the creative dynamism mode, and deliberately searches the musical elements of the Aboakyer festival of the Effutu of Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana. It integrates these elements with the Western compositional techniques to create a relatively unique hybrid atonal programmed music of the African. The research adopted the aesthetic functionalism theory on social functions wherein meaning of music is derived from the role music plays in the lives of those who make it. Additionally, the research pivots on the culture information (CI) theory in which creativity is a product of the interplay of environment and knowledge. A field study design was used for the data collection and twentieth century compositional techniques applied to create a hybrid novelty called Gyamkaba. The novelty was analyzed and a definitive analysis which leads the listener and the reader through the piece was presented. The study resolved the controversial provenance date of Effutu settlement as 1515 and not 1530 which was confirmed by the branding of the 2015 Aboakyer Festival as its 500th celebration. The study also revealed that the name of the animal in the hunt should have been a bushbuck and not a deer. Finally, it also uncovered the modal scales used by the Effutu Asafo companies as ionian, dorian and phrygian. It is hoped that this original work will provide a platform for future art composers to research into the other ethnicities in Ghana and use their elements to recreate new hybrid musical forms to augment the 21st century classical repertoire.

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Hall current and thermophoresis effects on magnetohydrodynamic mixed convective heat and mass transfer thin film flow

The combined influences of Hall current and thermophoresis on a magnetohydrodynamic mixed convective heat and mass transfer flow of a thin film second-grade fluid with viscous dissipation and thermal radiation past a stretching sheet are analyzed. An external strong and uniform magnetic field is applied transversely to the stretching sheet. The surface of the stretching sheet is taken to move with a linear velocity and subject to the constant reference temperature and concentration. Entropy generation is introduced to investigate the irreversibility associated with flow, heat and mass transfer. The basic governing equations for the velocities, temperature and concentration of the fluid motion have been modeled by employing appropriate similarity transformations which result in high nonlinear coupled differential equations with physical conditions. The solution of the transformed systems of equations has been achieved by employing Homotopy Analysis Method (HAM) which lead to detailed expressions for the velocities, temperature and concentration components. The obtained results are compared with the published results in the tables 3�5 demonstrating an excellent agreement and correlation. Graphs are discussed to elucidate the effects of various parameters. � 2019 The Author(s).

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Hall effect on Titania nanofluids thin film flow and radiative thermal behavior with different base fluids on an inclined rotating surface

The present study is about the investigation of different aspects of viscous and electrically conducting Titania nanofluids with different base fluids. A three dimensional geometry is assumed for the steady nanofluid flow over an inclined rotating disk by applying magnetic field. The time-independent partial differential equations are constructed from the demonstrated geometry for the continuity, momentum and energy balance. By using similarity variables transformation these equations are reduced to a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. A numerical technique is used to solve the reduced system of equations. State variables are depicted to investigate the effects of various parameters with their variation. The influence of different physical parameters, like magnetic parameter M, Hall parameter m, porosity parameter ?, radiation parameter Rd and thickness parameter ? are briefly discussed graphically. In addition, the Nusselt number and skin friction are discussed graphically. A comparison of the applied numerical approach with the homotopy analysis method is carried out in the tabular form. Tables show the reliability of our technique verses the homotopy analysis method. The convergence of the implemented technique is presented by graph for the number of iterations performed. � 2019 Author(s).

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