Joseph Boakye Danquah (1895-1965): The First African Theologian and Pan Africanist

The research that is culminating into this paper was undertaken to explore the way three West African theological educators were influenced by Joseph Boakye Danquah, himself not a Christian theologian, but a Pan Africanist, in their theological presuppositions. These three theological educators are Harry Sawyerr (Sierra Leone), Bolaji Idowu (Nigeria), and Kwesi Dickson (Ghana). Danquah’s significance lies in helping the reader not only to understand but also to appreciate the possibility of an African theologian and a Pan Africanist informing and inspiring the theology of church theologians. In this they provided intellectual reflections on a range of issues—the doctrine of God, ancestorhood, clan relations, the belief in things African, the important place of mother tongue in theology, culture, and financial independence among others. To describe Danquah as the first African theologian is not out of place, then influencing pioneer Christian theologians

Family Roles and Dual Career Marriages in Ghana: Benefits and Challenges to Emerging Families in Ghana

In most of the newly married families in Ghana today, both spouses are employed outside the home. Employment has a profound effect on the family life as well as on personal satisfaction. In turn, family life can influence the work environment and vice versa. The study examines the relationship between work and family, its effect on marriages and the entire family life. The study reviewed existing literature on Family Roles and Dual Career, Dual-earner Marriages. Keywords: Marriage, Dual Career, Work, Environment, Relationship, Employment, Satisfaction, Family Role and Dual-earner Marriages.

The importance of shape analysis of the first upper molar in the separation of two subspecies of the Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius (Linnaeus, 1758)) in Northern Anatolia

Morphological features are important for intraspecific and interspecific variation. Teeth are important taxonomical characteristics because they can differ according to diet. Shape analysis of the first upper molar (M1) was used to determine geographical variations and effects of ecological changes on the population structure of Hazel dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius) living in Turkey. Both outline and landmark analysis, as well as a canonical variates analysis, showed significant differences in teeth shape between populations. With this technique, we separated out two subspecies: M. a. trapezius and M. a. abanticus. © TÜBİTAK

SEM image and GC/MS data for "Photocatalysis using Zinc Oxide-Zinc Phthalocyanine Composite for Effective Mineralization of Organic Pollutants

The dataset includes figures and a table. The SEM image of ZnO-ZnPc composite and the various GC–MS figures of intermediates fragments of Reactive dark blue M-2GE (C. I. Reactive Blue 194) at 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140 and 160 minutes (min) in an experimental test performed to ascertain the effectiveness of Zinc oxide-Zinc Phthalocyanine composite for the photodegradation of the dye is identified in the dataset. Two SEM images of the ZnO-ZnPc composite were presented in Figure 1(a) and (b) with a magnification of (a) as x 3,000 and (b) as x 3,300. The SEM micrographs indicate a crystalline nature of the synthesized ZnO-ZnPc composite. The SEM image of the ZnO-ZnPc composite at low magnification (a) shows loose grain particles. Close view at high magnification (b), shows a high crystalline nature of ZnO-ZnPc composite. The particle size was in nanoscale. Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 5, Figure 6, Figure 7, Figure 8 and Figure 9 of the dataset shows the gas chromatogram of degradation of the sample at 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140 and 160 minutes. Similar retention time peaks were obtained. Figure 10, Figure 11, Figure 12, Figure 13, Figure 14, Figure 15, Figure 16 and Figure 17 of the dataset also shows the mass spectrum of degradation of the samples at 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140 and 160 minutes. The spectrum for the various times showed similar fragment peaks. The retention time of peaks and suggested molecular weight of fragments of these compounds indicated that in the degradation of Reactive dark blue M-2GE, were most likely broken down into compounds with lower molecular weight. Table 1 in the dataset showed the common intermediate compound identified by the GC/MS for the various degradation time. The common intermediates include analine (m/z 91), nitrobenzene(m/z 119), phenol (m/z 93), 3,6,8-trihydroxynaphthylamine (m/z 191), benzo-1,4-quinone (m/z 109), phthalic acid (m/z 161), maleic acid (m/z 113), oxalic acid (m/z 87) and acetic acid (m/z 57)

Research data for "Photocatalysis using Zinc Oxide-Zinc Phthalocyanine Composite for Effective Mineralization of Organic Pollutants"

The dataset is in tables and shows the various experimental tests performed to ascertain the effectiveness of Zinc oxide-Zinc Phthalocyanine composite for the degradation of organic pollutants such as dyes under photocatalysis. Table 1 shows UV-Vis absorbance spectra data of synthesized unsubstituted zinc phthalocyanine sample. Peaks obtained from data indicates a characteristic ZnPc absorbance per literature. Table 2 is an XRD data for ZnO at a range of 20°-70°. Diffraction peaks obtained from data matched that of ZnO. Table 3 shows XRD data for Synthesized unsubstituted ZnPc obtained at 2.5°-40°. Data shows sharp peaks which relate to literature. An XRD data of various synthesized ZnO-ZnPc composites with varying amount of ZnPc is captured in Table 4. Data was obtained between 20°-80°. The obtained data had peaks corresponding to some peaks obtained for ZnO and ZnPc. Table 5 shows UV-Vis spectra data obtained from the singlet oxygen generation test to ascertain the stability of ZnPc.The data obtained suggested that the phthalocyanine was not degraded. Data on various scavengers effect on degradation of the pollutant in the presence of ZnO at 20 min irradiation time interval to identify which reactive species plays a major role in the mineralization process is shown in Table 6. Data obtained for isopropanol (OH• scavenger) shows the least dye degradation. This indicated that the hydroxyl radical (OH•) is the main reactive species during the photocatalytic degradation of the dye. Table 7 is a UV-Vis spectra data showing degradation of the dye luminescence peak at 600 nm for the sample containing ZnO and terephthalic acid (TPA) under irradiation to ascertain the formation of OH• free radicals. This data confirms the formation of OH•. Data on percentage degradation of C. I. Reactive Blue 194 with time under various irradiation conditions with a dye concentration of 40 mg/L and ZnO-ZnPc composite loading of 0.005 g/L at a Solution pH = 7.2 is seen in Table 8. Data on the Solar/ZnO-ZnPc composite condition showed the highest degradation efficiency values. Table 9 shows data on the Effect of ZnO-ZnPc composites with varying amount of ZnPc on mineralization of C. I. Reactive Blue 194. Data shows that increasing the ZnPc amount for composite formation increases photocatalytic activity. Table 10 is data on the effect of C. I. Reactive Blue 194 concentration on degradation percentage with ZnO-ZnPc Loading of 0.005 g/L at pH of 7.2. data shows that high dye concentrations will demand higher catalytic dosage.THIS DATASET IS ARCHIVED AT DANS/EASY, BUT NOT ACCESSIBLE HERE. TO VIEW A LIST OF FILES AND ACCESS THE FILES IN THIS DATASET CLICK ON THE DOI-LINK ABOV

Oral health status of mentally and physically challenged children in the Sekondi Metropolitan area of Ghana

Introduction: Oral hygiene has been implicated as a causal factor in the development of dental caries and periodontal diseases, and this may be negatively affected by physical disability and the limited understanding in persons with intellectual needs. It was for this reason and the fact that no published study has been reported in this group in Ghana that the need for a study of the oral hygiene status of mentally and physically challenged children became imperative.The main objective was to determine the oral hygiene status of physically and mentally challenged children aged 6-15 years in the Sekondi Metropolitan area of the Western Region in Ghana. Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional survey to determine the oral hygiene status of physically and mentally challenged children aged 6-15 years in the Sekondi Metropolitan area of the Western Region in Ghana.Results: The Oral Hygiene Index score (OHI-S) among 6 to 10-year-old mentally challenged school children was 2.67, and for the age groups 11-15, the score was 3.0. Among the physically challenged, the OHI-S for age group 6-10 was 0.46, and for the 11-15-years old, it was 0.99. These scores reflect that oral hygiene status was fair in the physically challenged but quite poor in the mentally challenged children of comparable age. &nbsp

Molecular detection of Bacillus anthracis: evaluation of the efficiency of DNA extraction and a novel dry PCR

Background: Due to recent increase in mailings of anthrax spores, the detection of bioweapons has gained a great deal of interest. This study aimed to investigate the yield and purity of DNA obtained from spores and vegetative forms of Bacillus anthracis for detection by conventional (wet) and dry (lyophilized) PCR methods

ASSESSMENT OF CUSTOMER EXPECTATION AND PERCEPTION OF SERVICE QUALITY DELIVERY IN GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK

The study is to determine customers’ expectations and perception of quality of servicedelivery of Ghana Commercial Banks Limited. The study also aims at determining thegap between customers’ expectation and perception of service quality delivery(customer satisfaction /dissatisfaction) of the banks. To achieve the main aim of thestudy, the following specific objectives have been set out; determine customers’expectations of the quality of service delivery of GCB, measure customers’ perceptionof the quality of service delivery of GCB, determine the gap (customer satisfaction ordissatisfaction) between customers’ perception and expectation of service qualitydelivery of the bank