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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Pregnancy is defined as the period from conception to birth(Dorland’s medical dictionary, 2012). It is also referred to as gestation period, during which there is an embryo developing in the uterus and it could be a single embryo or multiple embryo(Abman, 2011). In humans, it usually lasts around 40weeks from the last menstrual period and ends in childbirth(ACOG,...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE Introduction Since its founding in the late 1940s, the United Nations (UN) and its technical organizations have actively led the global development agenda. Until the 1990s, the strategy was divided and disjointed initiated at multiple World Summits and Conferences by its specific organizations or funds to tackle three aspects of financial, social and environmental development. The MDGs...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Excessive weight gain during pregnancy has shown to increase blood volume, cardiac output and blood pressure during pregnancy. They showed almost a 6 fold rise of induced hypertension compared with women who had adequate gestational weight (Nan et al., 2013). The amount of weight gained during pregnancy can affect the immediate and future health of a woman and her infa...Continue Reading »
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PSYCHOLOGY
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the study A cashless economy is one in which all the transactions are done through electronic means such as debit/credit cards, online transfers, mobile money transfers, amongst others are used to transact business. The recent development in the banking system has made it easier and safer to keep one’s money in a bank account. It is even easier to trans...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION Given the pervasive nature of social deviance, research have shown that society cannot be devoid of crime. The fact that laws have been made to prevent crime and yet people always break them, presupposes that there is something in human nature that demands attention other than punishment. What should matter, therefore, is how to assist people who fall foul to the l...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT Every year, over 550,000 pupils sit for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education and only about 70% secure admission in secondary schools. As a remedy, Youth Polytechnics (YPs) provide alternative avenues as institutions of learning so as to absorb those who do not proceed to secondary schools. YPs offer school leavers opportunity to acquire competitive skills and knowledge for gainful ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background According to Scholze et al. (2006), adverse effect of climate change and variability has become environmental and socio economic pest which is increasingly causing harm to people around the world. This assertion was also supported by Zhu & Zhou (2010) suggesting that climate change is now one of the main environmental problem which is threatening the surviva...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Over the years, man has lived in the dark era; been of certain information, but today mass media has played a significant role in the development of our communities, a medium through which message travel from the source to the receiver. Mass Media is designed as information and news such as newspapers, magazine, television that reach and influen...Continue Reading »
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SOCIOLOGY
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction If the question “what is language?” is asked, it has many senses and can be variously defined. It can be language of a particular field like science, humanity just to mention few. It can also be the animal language, sign language and many other types of languages. Human language especially spoken dominates them all. Human language is natural. According to A...Continue Reading »
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SOCIOLOGY
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background Agriculture is currently undergoing significant transformation to meet food demands under the realities of climate change. Without doubt, this effort will bring into focus the important role that information plays in creating awareness and enabling farmers to adopt innovative practices for increasing production levels. Based on food consumption patterns and popu...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background The adverse effects of heavy metals such as arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), lead (Pd), mercury (Hg), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn) and nickel (Ni) are documented (Duruibe et al., 2007; Banfalvi, 2011). Heavy metals toxicity can result to damaged or reduced mental and central nervous function, lower energy concentration and damage to blood composition,...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Eutrophication is the natural process whereby a confined water body (e.g. lake or dam) ages with time due to accumulation of silt or organic matter in the lake (Ademoroti, 1996). A young lake is characterized by low nutrient level and consequently low plant productivity and at this stage is described as oligotrophic (few food) lake. The water body gradually acquires in...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND Recently, there is an increasing concern about the quality of imported foods and food related products in several parts of the world (Maxwell and Neumann, 2009) particularly from China. This, as observed by the United States Congress, was due to the large size of shipments, the many different routes of entry, the variety of foods imported, and the large ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background of the study. The migration of individuals from one place to another has occurred throughout history. For thousands of years, migrants around the world have chosen to leave their home countries on discovery missions and in search of a better life in foreign places. Unfortunately, many others with little choice have been forced to leave their place of birth. ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.8 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Biologically, a child is generally a human between the stages of birth and puberty. The legal definition of child generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority. On the other hand, the United Nations convention on the right of a child (1984), as cited in Wikipedia, defines a child as a human being belo...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Clothing is anything placed on the body to adorn or to motivate behaviour (John and Foster, 1990). It includes all the different garments, accessories or ornaments worn by people as well as their make up and styles. Theories have attempted to explain the motivation factors underlying clothing choices and decision. Such theories include: modesty, imm...Continue Reading »
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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study The University of Ghana, Legon, is the premier University of Ghana. It was founded by Ordinance on August 11, 1948. It is situated about thirteen kilometers north east of Accra, the capital city. There is a student population of 41,964, and senior members group that engage in research and teaching, numbering 1,095 (University of Ghana, 2010). Being ...Continue Reading »
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» Two field experiments were carried out from July 1993 to January 1994 at the University of Ghana farm, Legon. The first experiment investigated the effects of two pre emergent herbicides alachlor atrasine mixture and diuron at the manufacturers’ recommended rates and at rates 50% above those recommended on weed control, growth and yield of maize variety ’Abeleehi’. The second exp...Continue Reading »
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» This study was conducted to evaluate energy and protein feedstuffs for poultry. Proximate composition was estimated and metabolizable energy also investigated in experiments I and II respectively. Sorghum and Soybean oil meal were also evaluated as main energy and protein sources replacing maize and fish meal respectively for broilers in experiment III. Experiment III was conducted as a 3×3 ...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The history of revenue generation of government is as old as the existence of government. Government generates revenue not only for the purpose of taking care of the cost administration, defense, security, but for the provision of various other social and economic amenities. There are several means by which government can generate revenue. Among...Continue Reading »
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MARKETING
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