Browsing by Author "Owusu, Samuel"

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    The Effect of Single Parenting on Child Health: A Case Study of Kwabre East District
    (2013-3-30) Owusu, Samuel
    parenthood is challenging even under the best of conditions. With one parent, the challenges are multiplied...
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    A study of environmental radon concentration anomalies for earthquake prediction in Southern Ghana
    (1997-02-22) Owusu, Samuel
    Radon concentrations in relation to seismic activity have been monitored on a 1 km2 piece of land situated at Tuba, a village which is about 22 km from Accra, off the Accra-Winneba trunk- road. This area is known to be within the most seismically active zone along the coast of West Africa. The CR-39 and the can technique were used. Three diffident sets of measurements were made. The mean Radon concentration values obtained were as follows: 8.67 ± 0.11 kBq m-3 , for the period 25th November – 16th December, 1996; 4.21 ± 0.08 kBq m-3, for the period 10th February – 3rd March, 1997; 3.64 ± 0.06 kBq m-3, for the period 4th – 25th March, 1997. The rather anomalous value of 8.67 ± 0.11 for the period 25th November -16th December, 1996 was most likely due to a precursory Radon emanation of the Jar1rr7 8, 1997 earthquake event. The overall range and mean radon concentrations for the whole period of survey were 2.00 - 9.99 kBq m-3 and 5.51 ± 0.08 kBq m-3 respectively.