Diallel Analysis and Heritability of Grain Yield, Yield Components, and Maturity Traits in Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) by Emmanuel Yaw Owusu, Haruna Mohammed, Kulai Amadu Manigben, Joseph Adjebeng-Danquah, Francis Kusi, Benjamin Karikari, Emmanuel Kofi Sie

“…This study was conducted (at the CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Ghana) to determine general combining ability (GCA) and specific combining ability (SCA), heritability, genetic advance, GCA, and SCA effects as well as the relationship between parents per se performance and progenies for yield components and maturity traits in cowpea. …”
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Antidiabetic Effect of Young and Old Ethanolic Leaf Extracts of Vernonia amygdalina: A Comparative Study by Du-Bois Asante, Emmanuel Effah-Yeboah, Precious Barnes, Heckel Amoabeng Abban, Elvis Ofori Ameyaw, Johnson Nyarko Boampong, Eric Gyamerah Ofori, Joseph Budu Dadzie

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Competency in Chest Radiography Interpretation by Junior Doctors and Final Year Medical Students at a Teaching Hospital by Bashiru Babatunde Jimah, Anthony Baffour Appiah, Benjamin Dabo Sarkodie, Dorothea Anim

“…We conducted a cross-sectional study in the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital in the Central Region of Ghana among 99 nonradiologists, comprising 10 doctors in residency programmes, 18 medical officers, 33 house officers, and 38 final year medical students. …”
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Assessment of Hemoglobin Variants in Patients Receiving Health Care at the Ho Teaching Hospital: A Three-Year Retrospective Study by Daniel Kpodji Awaitey, Elliot Elikplim Akorsu, Emmanuel Allote Allotey, David Annor Kwasie, Precious Kwablah Kwadzokpui, Philip Apraku Tawiah, Stephen Adomako Amankwah, Albert Abaka-Yawson

“…In Africa, there are limited data on the incidence and prevalence of SCD and the Volta region of Ghana is no exception. Aim. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of SCD and to assess the hemoglobin variants among patients attending Ho Teaching Hospital. …”
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Climate response to stratospheric aerosol injection during the Harmattan season in West Africa by Francis Nkrumah, Gandome Mayeul Leger Davy Quenum, Kwesi A Quagraine, Simone Tilmes, Nana Ama Browne Klutse, Atanas Dommo, Hubert A Koffi, Patrick Essien, Rebecca Bediako

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Fetal Rhesus D Genotyping and Sex Determination from Maternal Plasma of Rhesus D-Negative Antenatal Population: The Usefulness of Conventional Polymerase Chain Reaction in Resource... by Otchere Addai-Mensah, Edward Y. Afriyie, Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Christian Obirikorang, Max Efui Annani-Akollor, Eddie-Williams Owiredu, Francis A. Amponsah, Richard Vikpebah Duneeh, Evans Asamoah Adu

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Formulation and Analysis of Patterns in a Score Matrix for Global Sequence Alignment by James Owusu Asare, Justice Kwame Appati, Kwaku Darkwah

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Incidence, long-term predictors and progression of chronic kidney disease among African migrants and non-migrants: the transcontinental population-based prospective RODAM cohort st... by Charles Agyemang, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Erik Beune, Karlijn Meeks, Bert-Jan H van den Born, Liffert Vogt, Felix P Chilunga, Charles F Hayfron-Benjamin, Sampson Twumasi-Ankrah, Muhulo Muhau Mungamba, Eva L van der Linden, Engwa A Godwill, Samuel N Darko, Benedicta N Chungag

“…CKD progression to ESKD was 2.3% among Ghanaians residing in Ghana and 0.0% among Ghanaians residing in Amsterdam.Conclusion One-tenth of Ghanaians developed CKD over 7 years, with higher incidence in Ghana compared with Europe. …”
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Conventional and Indigenous Biodiversity Conservation Approach: A Comparative Study of Jachie Sacred Grove and Nkrabea Forest Reserve by Samuel Boadi, Collins Ayine Nsor, Daniel Haruna Yakubu, Emmanuel Acquah, Osei Owusu Antobre

“…This study investigated tree and insect diversity in Jachie sacred grove (JSG) and Nkrabea forest reserve (NFR) in Ashanti region, Ghana. The study area constituted eight plots of 50 × 50 m along two 300 m long transects. …”
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Characterization of Ghanaian clays as raw materials for the synthesis of ZSM-5 zeolite by Benjamin K. Kokloku, Johannes A.M. Awudza, Michael B. Mensah, Mizpah A.D. Rockson, Francis Kemausuor

“…In this work, clay samples were collected from Anfoega, Mfensi, Teleku-Bokazo, and Tetebu clay reserves in Ghana and used as sources of silica and alumina for the synthesis of ZSM-5 zeolite. …”
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On Zero-Inflated Hierarchical Poisson Models with Application to Maternal Mortality Data by Kassim Tawiah, Samuel Iddi, Anani Lotsi

“…These models are applied to maternal mortality data from fifty-six health facilities in four regions of Ghana. The objective is to identify factors associated with maternal mortality. …”
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Students’ Choice of Dining Outlets during the COVID-19 Pandemic: What did Students Consider? by Noble Amoako Sarkodie, Edwina Asamoah, Jane Dery, Charlotte Gyimah, Comfort Gyeduaa

“…The study investigated factors influencing tertiary students’ choice of dining outlets amidst the COVID-19 pandemic with its concomitant challenges and restrictions in Ghana. A cross-sectional survey was employed using a simple random sampling technique through a lottery to select 222 final-year students from Sunyani Technical University. …”
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Experimental Estimation of the Heat Transfer Coefficient of an Unglazed Solar Plate for Unsteady Humid Outdoor Condition by Felix Uba, Eric Osei Essandoh, Gilbert Ayine Akolgo, Richard Opoku, Lawrence Oppong-Kyereh, Eric Anokye Gyimah

“…The novelty of this work is the use of such a study to generate empirical equations for Ghana and to produce representative equations for determining the heat transfer coefficient for solar plate collectors in unsteady humid outdoor conditions in West Africa. …”
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Antibacterial, Antibiofilm, and Efflux Pump Inhibitory Properties of the Crude Extract and Fractions from Acacia macrostachya Stem Bark by Akua Frema Barfour, Abraham Yeboah Mensah, Evelyn Asante-Kwatia, Cynthia Amaning Danquah, Daniel Anokwah, Silas Adjei, Michael Kwesi Baah, Merlin L. K. Mensah

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Wound Management Property of a Hydroethanolic Leaf Extract of Cnestis ferruginea DC by Jibira Yakubu, G. A. Koffuor, Talent Atsu-Nunyawu, Jeremiah Aboagye, Irene Aasam Aabeinir, Fasilatu Alhassan, Lord Christian Ocran, Philomena Entsie

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Natural Product Identification and Molecular Docking Studies of Leishmania Major Pteridine Reductase Inhibitors by Moses N. Arthur, George Hanson, Emmanuel Broni, Patrick O. Sakyi, Henrietta Mensah-Brown, Whelton A. Miller, Samuel K. Kwofie

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Bayesian and Non-Bayesian Inference for Survival Data Using Generalised Exponential Distribution by Chris Bambey Guure, Samuel Bosomprah

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Human Papillomavirus Detection in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas at a Tertiary Hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa by Evans Aboagye, Francis Agyemang-Yeboah, Babatunde Moses Duduyemi, Christian Obirikorang

“…Fewer studies have been done over the years to establish the association of human papillomavirus (HPV) with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSSC) within the subregions of sub-Saharan Africa, and thus this study was designed to investigate the presence of HPV in HNSCC at a tertiary hospital in Ghana, providing additional evidence on the need to explore similar studies in other subregions. …”
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Impact of Serum Prolactin and Testosterone Levels on the Clinical Parameters of Dry Eye in Pregnant Women by Samuel Kyei, Richard K. Dadzie Ephraim, Stephen Animful, Madison Adanusa, Stephen Karim Ali-Baya, Belinda Akorsah, Mabel Antwiwaa Sekyere, Kofi Asiedu

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Revisiting the drivers of electricity consumption in designated Sub-Saharan African regions: Unraveling the role of education by Alfred Quarcoo, Isaac Adjei Mensah, Akoto Yaw Omari-Sasu, Clement Yenube Kunkuaboor, Emmanuel Nouwati

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