Institution
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Recent research
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Abstract Co-production is essential for usable and useful climate services, yet expert-driven, supply-side approaches and limited engagement persist. We investigate the relationship between users’ current climate-service use and desired needs for completely new climate services f...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Sources and sinks of dissolved oxygen in eutrophic tropical earthen fishponds
Dissolved oxygen is the main limiting factor in pond aquaculture production, yet the relative contributions of its various sources and sinks remain poorly quantified in eutrophic earthen pond systems. Photosynthetic oxygen production, surface exchange, sediment oxygen demand and...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
One in seven has severe pain: a point-prevalence study of hospitalised patients across Africa
ABSTRACT: Acute pain in hospitalised patients is common, yet African data are scarce. We conducted a prospective point-prevalence study of hospitalised adult patients across Africa to determine acute pain prevalence and severity and investigate associations of pain with critical...
- Health & Medicine
Abstract Consumer demand for healthier functional bread has increased over the past decades. However, the development and marketability of functional bread with appealing physical and textural qualities that will demonstrate health-promoting benefits have challenges. This case st...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Temperature–time profiles obtained through thermistor-based monitoring provide a rich but noise-sensitive source of information for estimating kinetic and thermal parameters in exothermic batch reactions. Conventional workflows typically combine deterministic smoothing with numer...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
<ns5:p> Background <ns5:italic>Plasmodium falciparum</ns5:italic> ( <ns5:italic>P. falciparum</ns5:italic> ) infection remains a significant public health threat in West Africa, where chemoprevention and first-line therapies are key interventions against malaria. However, the dev...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
The cement industry contributes almost 8% of global CO₂ emissions, creating an urgent need to develop scalable low-carbon substitutes for ordinary Portland cement (OPC). Supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) based on agricultural ashes have emerged as potential candidates,...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Pregnancies conceived through assisted reproductive technology (ART) have a substantially elevated risk of pre-eclampsia, and international guideline classify ART as a high-risk factor warranting low-dose aspirin prophylaxis. However, data on aspirin utilisation and effectiveness...
- Engineering & Technology
Hybrid CD‐MMSE Two‐Timescale Channel Estimation for RIS‐Assisted 6G Systems
ABSTRACT Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) represent a transformative technology for enhancing coverage and energy efficiency in sixth‐generation (6G) wireless networks. However, the substantial pilot overhead required to estimate cascaded channels remains a critical bott...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
OBJECTIVE: To explore how key stakeholders contribute to dietary self-care support for adults with type 2 diabetes receiving outpatient care in diabetes clinics in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. DESIGN: Descriptive phenomenological study. Purposive sampling technique was used to re...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Mass casualty incidents (MCI) are of significant public health concern. Most health facilities in developing countries often struggle to be fully prepared for MCI. MCI preparedness among other factors involves important processes like communication among staff on the emergency re...