COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM-SPECIFIC RDT AND PCR FOR DETECTING MALARIA IN NORTHERN GHANA

Authors: Gideon Adu-Bonsu, Francis Addy, Jacob N. O. Ankrah, Sylvanus M. Kpangkpari, Julius T. Dongdem, James Abugri, Gideon K. Helegbe, and Cletus A. Wezena.

Affiliations: Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biosciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana.

Corresponding Author: cletusadiyaga@gmail.com

DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF THE KPM APP, A MHEALTH INTERVENTION FOR IMPROVING GLAUCOMA MEDICATION ADHERENCE IN A SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN POPULATION

Authors: Benjamin Abaidoo^1,2,3, Khathutshelo Percy Mashige³, Pirindhavellie Govender-Poonsamy³, Nii Aryeetey Agyei², and Samuel Mahama^7*.

Affiliations: ¹Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Surgery, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, Accra,
²Eye Department, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra,
³Discipline of Optometry, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa,
⁴Obossey Okine Online, P.O. Box 135KN, Kaneshie, Accra.

Corresponding Author: benjamin_abaidoo@yahoo.com

SMARTPHONE ADDICTION AND PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING DIFFERENTIALLY ALTER COGNITION AND BEHAVIOUR

Authors: Thomas Amatey Tagoe, Sandra Quaye, Michael Adjei, Emmanuel Darko, and Seth Mawusi Asafo.

Affiliations: Department of Physiology, University of Ghana, Accra.

Corresponding Author: tatagoe@ug.edu.gh

IDENTIFICATION OF CUCUMBER AND COURGETTE VEGETABLES USING TEXTURE AND SHAPE IMAGE FEATURES

Authors: Akua Gyanba Morgan Acquah, Abdul-Lateef Yussiff, and Charles Roland Haruna.

Affiliations: Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.

Corresponding Author: charuna@ucc.edu.gh

REMEDIATION OF CADMIUM-CONTAMINATED PADDY SOIL USING ORANGE RESIDUE BIOCHAR

Authors: Joseph Payne, Najat Iddrisu, and Abudu Ballu Duwiejuah.

Affiliations: Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biosciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana.

Corresponding Author: jpayne@uds.edu.gh

EFFECT OF DIFFERENT DRYING METHODS ON THE PROXIMATE, PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND SENSORY PROPERTIES OF HEAP AND TRAY FERMENTED COCOA BEANS

Authors: Emmanuel Amankwah, Gabriel Annobi Bisiw, Clifford Yeboah-Manson, Benjamin Boadi, and Amma Sarpong Adutwumwaa.

Affiliations: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

Corresponding Author: eamankay@gmail.com

DEVELOPMENT OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS FROM WASTE PRECURSORS UTILIZING CASHEW NUTSHELL LIQUID AS A COUPLING AGENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TABLETOPS

Authors: Maame Adwoa Bentumah Animpong, Robert Kwame Nkum, William Owusu Oduro, Elizabeth Von-Kiti, and Bright Kwakye-Awuah.

Affiliations: CSIR-Institute of Industrial Research, Legon, Ghana.

Corresponding Author: mabsage@yahoo.com

SEROPREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH TOXOPLASMA GONDII INFECTION AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN SEEKING ANTENATAL CARE IN SELECTED HOSPITALS IN KOFORIDUA, GHANA

Authors: Daniel Sai Squire, Ebenezer Ransford Teye, Sylvia Afriyie Squire, and David Adedia.

Affiliations: School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.

Corresponding Author: dsquire@uhas.edu.gh

EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT ON RESOLUTION AND COUNTING EFFICIENCY WITH VARYING MESH-HOLE DIAMETERS OF A CIRCULAR MESH COLLIMATOR IN ALPHA SPECTROMETRY

Authors: Peter A. Amoah, Mikhail S. Kuznetsov, Oleg Yu. Dolmatov, Andrey O. Semenov, and Andrey Dm. Poberezhnikov.

Affiliations: School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia.

Corresponding Author: amoah1@tpu.ru, peter.amoah@gaec.gov.gh

NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS OF SOURSOP SEEDS AND PULP COMPOSITE FLOUR

Authors: P.S.D. Yirenkyi, P.A. Twumasi, L.D.K. de-Souza, and W. Vale-Hagan.

Affiliations: Department of Food Science and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.