A qualitative exploratory study was conducted on supply chain and the related risk management at Adutwumwaa Herbal Industries Limited (AHL) in Ghana. The study employed a case study research strategy using semi-structured interview guide as data collection tool. Thematic analysis...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2019/v6i330154
The objective of this research was to determine the variables that influence the learners’ competencies in Alternative Learning System (ALS). Specifically, it aimed to determine: the Accreditation and Equivalency (A and E) test takers’ socio-demographic characteristics; the ALS...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2019/v6i330153
Aims: The current study targets the achievement of a reliable process for the determination of heavy metal contents in kola nuts, namely cadmium, mercury, and lead, for better appreciation of the risks incurred from the consumption of such food products. Study Design: kola nuts c...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2019/v6i330152
Quantification of naturally occurring radioactive materials in sediment provides information on geological characteristics, the possibility of petroleum and mineral exploration, radiation hazards to the dwelling populace and so on. The coastal sediment collected from the densely...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2019/v6i330151
A spherical cap harmonic analysis (SCHA) model has been used to derive a high resolution regional model of the geomagnetic field in the southwest Pacific region over the past 400 years. Two different methods, a self-consistent and the gufm1 dipole method, have been used to fill i...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2019/v6i230150
Aim: Online shopping is the most popular feature around the world as well as in Sri Lanka. People are tending to do online shopping by using those social media and also by using online shopping websites. As well as most of the business organizations try to use online shopping to...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2019/v6i230149
This study examined the Effect of Financial Liberalization on Nigerian Economic Growth (1990-2018) using secondary data from Statistical bulletin of Central Bank of Nigeria. The research work selected Nigeria as its sample and used the ECM to test the effect of the independent va...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2019/v6i230148
Purpose: There is a resistance in the adoption of e-commerce in certain parts of the world even though most successful businesses in the world has successfully adopted e-commerce to their businesses gained an increasing success. The study aims to find the crucial factors affectin...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2019/v6i230147
Background: Occupational Hazards has been identified as one of the primary cause of disability and mortality among the working population globally. Estimates also show that 8% of unintentional injuries and more than 10 million disability-adjusted life years or healthy years of li...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2019/v6i230146
In this paper, we investigate the generalized third order Pell sequences and we deal with, in detail, three special cases which we call them third order Pell, third order Pell-Lucas and modified third order Pell sequences. We present Binet’s formulas, generating functions, Simson...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2019/v6i130144
Newly employed workers (newbies) usually find it difficult acclimatizing with their new life at work. Although modern-day organizations acknowledge this and attempt to buffer their stress; however, it is not known if social support dimensions can help their course. The objective...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2019/v6i130145
The study examines the influence of compensation on employee’s performance with particular reference to Nigerian Breweries Plc. Purposive sample technique was adopted to select 5 staff members each from the marketing department, quality control department, procurement department,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2019/v6i130143
Unemployment is one of the major problem affecting Nigeria’s economy and its’ society, the rate of unemployment have increased over the years. This study’s aim is to investigate the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the employment and unemployment rate in Nigeria. The...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2019/v6i130141
The rapid increase in both urban and rural populations in Rivers State has led to the problem of inadequate availability of urban facilities and social services thus giving rise to social disparity and unequal access to these basic facilities and services by people of the same po...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2019/v6i130142
This study is an experimental test done on the secondary data of banking sector of Islamabad Stock Exchange for year 2017 and applied different techniques on the given data record by using Generalized Extreme Value Distribution (GEV), Gumble Distribution (GBL), Generalized Pareto...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2019/v5i430140