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8th International Conference on Applied Science and Technology(ICAST BOOK OF ABSTRACT) 2025

SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS 

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Time  

Day 1: Parallel Session 1A - Room Alpha:  

Health and Applied Sciences  

  

  

Session Chair: Prof. Samuel Djarbeng  

Day 1: Parallel Session 1B - Room Ceeko Concept: Engineering, Built and Natural Environment  

Session Chair: Engr. Prof. Robert. D.  

Nagre  

Parallel Session 1C - Room Beta:  

Creative Arts, Business and Social Sciences  

Session Chair: Prof. Thomas Obeng Asare  

1  

11:00 am  

Antibiotic Resistance in Relation to Bacteria Burden on Common Touch  

Points.   

Prince Torli, Mina Ofosu, Linda Opponbea  

Amoani, Herbert Ekoe Dankluvi, Abena  

Kyeraa Sarpong, Solomon Wireko and  

Opoku Bempah  

Energy Management System Using  A Cocoa Processing Factory at  Tema, Ghana as A Case Study.  

Ing. Marian Omani  

  

  

  

On fiscal deficit, corruption and gross capital accumulation in Ghana: a structural VAR approach. 

Edmund Ayesu, Bismark Q. Parker,  

John Agyei, George Asumadu and  

Raymond Akantege  

2  

11:15 am  

   

Assessment of food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices of commercial salad vegetable farmers in the Eastern Region of Ghana.  

Regina Ofori Asante, Gloria Mathanda  

Ankar-Brewoo, Mina Ofosu, Agyemang Boak  

Effect of Indiscriminate Dumping and Management of Solid Waste on 

Residential Property Value in  

Maiduguri Metropolis  

Esv. Muktar Usman Alhaji, Esv.  

Babagana Bukar, Esv. Hussaini Alhassan Funtua, Ibrahim  

Babangida and Salisu Abdu 

Data To Decisions: The Role of  

Technology to End Poverty in  

Ghana  

Ismail Saani1, Mohammed Abdul  

Halim2, Rockson Kwasi Afriyie3  

  

  

3  

11:30 am  

Automated Tuberculosis Screening Based       Assessment of Lean Management on X-Ray Radiography with Vision     Practices for Public Buildings Transformer Neural Network              Maintenance in Ghana.  

Evans Kotei1*, Leo Paapa Tattrah2, Yaw            Daniel Amos Andrews Agbesi  

Obeng Asare3, Mercy Vicentia Adu-Gyamfi4,      Gadzekpo   Naana Amakie Boakye- 

and Ama Pokua Obeng                                Agyeman and   

Oti Amankwah  

Is there a causal effect between the climate vulnerability components and the government tax revenue in Ghana? Autoregressive  Distributed Lag Approach.  Benjamin Yeboah    

4  

11:45 am  

Additive Manufacturing: A Tool for              Durability Performance of Mortar 

Sustainable Technological Development        Incorporating Cement Kiln Dust and 

Innovation.                                                    Ilmenite Tailings  

M.A. Hayatu, K.A. Bello and M. Abdulwahab  Shettima U. Ali, Mohammed Yau,  Baba Gana Makinta, Abdulaziz A.  Mulima  

Utilizing Remote Sensing and GIS for Assessment of Potiskum Urban  

Growth In Potiskum Local  

Government Area, Yobe State  

Nigeria  

Surv. Umar Barde, Ishaku Iliyasu  

5          12:00 pm  

Retrospective Trend Analysis of  

Schistosoma Species, A Neglected  

Tropical Infection in Ghana  

Sergius Fiadjigbey, Mina Ofosu, Opoku  

Bempah, Abena Kyeraa Sarpong, Linda  

Opponbea Amoani, Solomon Wireko  

  

Patients Satisfaction with the  

Quality of Healthcare  

Environment in Ghanaian Teaching Hospitals.   

Oti Amankwah Daniel Amos    

Andrews Agbesi Gadzekpo Naana  

Amakie Boakye-Agyeman and  

Ebenezer Afrane  

Interior Design, Guest Satisfaction and Repeat Visit.  

Solomon Marfo Ayesu, Gloria Owusu  

Sarpong, Rosemary Abayase, Evelyn  

Catherine Impraim & Agyeiwaa  Grace  

6           12:15 pm  

Optimal Intervention Strategies and  

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Regarding Students' Lateness to Classes in Educational Institutions.   

Isaac K. Adu Fredrick A. Wireko, Joshua  

Kiddy K. Asomoah, Karikari A. Foriwaa   

Building Conditions and Energy  

User Behaviour: Systematic  

Literature Review  

Abbas, Jannat. , Ahadzie, Divine  

Kwaku, Owusu-Ansah, Anthony,  

Adjei-Twum, Anthony  

Assessing the moderating roles of  Digitalisation, and Security Spending on Economic Growth in Africa.  

Osman Babamu Halidu, Abdul Aziz  

Iddrisu, Benjamin Yeboah, George  

Ohene Gyan  

7           12:30 pm  

Assessment of Viral Suppression Rates Among Art Patients: A Cross-Sectional 

Study in A Ghanaian Tertiary Hospital. 

Solomon Wireko, Sandy Peters, Anthony  

Boakye, Seth Adjei Domfeh, John Gameli Deku  

Infrastructure Delivery in Higher Education Institutions: Importance and Challenges Encountered  

Siyabulela Dywili, Clinton  

Aighavboa, and Didibhuku Thwala  

  

  

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Time  

Day 1: Parallel Session 2A - Room  

Alpha: Health and Applied Sciences  

  

  

Session Chair: Prof. E. Omari Siaw  

Day 1: Parallel Session 2B - Room Ceeko Concept: Engineering, Built and Natural Environment  

Session Chair: Dr. Lewis Abedi Asante  

Day 1: Parallel Session 2C - Room  

Beta: Creative Arts, Business and Social Sciences  

Session Chair: Prof. Prof. Abdul-Aziz  

Abdul-Rahaman   

8  

1:45 pm  

Visual Attention-Based Framework for 

The Automatic Diagnosis of Breast 

Cancer from Ultrasound Modalities  Evans Kotei,  Eric Yaw Agbezuge, Nana Kwame Gyamfi,,  Mavis Sara Gyimah ,   and Emmanuel Oppong Afriyie  

Application of Ensemble Machine   

Learning Techniques in Malware  Identification.  

Auwal Usman  

Pragmatic Competence in Classroom Communication:  

Analyzing Apology and Request  

Strategies Among Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) Students 

 

  

 

 

 

Rosemary Gifty Addo-Danquah,  

Alberta Dansoah Nyarko Ansah  

Faustina Amponsah Partey and  

Cecelia Owusu Debrah  

 9             2:00 pm  

Assessment of the Distribution of Ticks and Tickborne Haemoparasites of Cattle Slaughtered at Selected Abattoirs in Kumasi.  

Linda Opponbea Amoani, John Asiedu  

Larbi, Mina Ofosu, David Azanu,  

Herbert Ekoe Dankluvi, Eugene Freiku1, Edward Kwadwo Osei1, Prince Torli and Gabriel Asabere.  

Castor and Yellow oleander Biodiesels: Comparative study of their Properties as sustainable alternatives to Diesel fuel.  

Abdullahi Madu Yami  

  

The Role of Pension Funds in  Bridging the Infrastructure Deficit in Ghana  

Joseph Mary James Opoku-Ware.,  

Collins Ameyaw., Francis Kwesi  

Bondinuba and Anita AsamoahDuodu  

 10           2:15 pm  

  

  

  

Factors Influencing Demand for Microfinance by Rural Farmers and The Mediation Role of Fintech  

Adoption During Covid-19  

Pandemic in Ghana  

Raymond Akantenge and John Agyei  

     

 

SN  Time  Day 2: Parallel Session 1A - Room Day 2: Parallel Session 1B - Room Day 2: Parallel Session 1C - Room  Alpha: Health and Applied Sciences  Ceeko Concept: Engineering, Built Beta: Creative Arts, Business and 

                                                                                                                       and Natural Environment                   Social Sciences  

  

                                                           Session Chair: Prof. Samuel Osei          Session Chair: Prof. Julius Ahiekpor      Session Chair: Prof. Abdul-Aziz 

                                                           Asante                                                                                                             Iddrisu  

  

 

 

  1             9:00 am  

Fibrinogen and Cytokines as  

Biomarkers of Ovarian  

Hyperstimulation Syndrome  

(OHSS) Among Women  

Undergoing In-Vitro Fertilization Procedure: A Prospective Cohort Study.  

Analysis of Pipe Conveying Fluid  

Using Finite Element Method Shaba. 

A., I., and Jiya, M.  

  

Garment Fit: Anthropometric  

Data Collection Challenges of Male Fashion Designers in Ghana.  

Mohammed Ibrahim, Faustina Emefa  

Agorda, Abena Okyerewaa Siaw,  

Joyceline Dzordzi Esi Lawoe  

 

Herbert Ekoe Dankluvi, Enoch  

Odame Anto, Benedict Sackey,  

Ebenezer Senu, Ellis Fleischer  

Djoleto4, Charles Mawunyo Senaya  

Francis Jojo Moses Kodzo Damalie5  

 

 

 2                9:15 am  

  

  

Reinforcement Learning-Based  

Real-Time Route Optimization for  

Electric Vehicles: A Scalable and  

Adaptive Framework for Energy  

Efficiency and Urban Mobility  

Kwabena Addo, Abena Agyeiwaa  

Obiri-Yeboah   

Exploring Citizen-Centric  

Marketing Approaches for  Enhancing Public Engagement in Policy-Making in the Context of Ghana.  

Collins Kankam-Kwarteng, Francis  

Osei, Appiah Sarpong  

 3                9:30 am  

  

  

Numerical Simulation of A  

Nonlinear Equilibrium Model of  

Gradient Elution in Liquid  

Chromatographic Reactor 

Considering Bi-Langmuir Isotherm.  

Abdulaziz Garba Ahmad, David  

Ugochukwu Uche  

  

 4                9:45 am  

  

 Modelling The Effect of                        

 Construction Project Supervisors'         

Attributes on Project Success in            Project Delivery.  

Tiban-Ye, L., Bondinuba, F. K., Adjei, K. O., Sam, A.  

 5               11:20 am  

  

              

              

Day 2: Parallel Session 2B - Room Alpha: Health and Applied Sciences.  

  

Session Chair: Prof. Samuel  

Djarbeng  

Day 2: Parallel Session 2B - Room Day 2: Parallel Session 2C - Room Ceeko Concept: Engineering, Built Beta: Creative Arts, Business and and Natural Environment.  Social Sciences.  

Session Chair: Prof. Julius Ahiekpor      Session Chair: Prof. Mrs. Mina  

Ofosu  

11:35 am        

Modelling The Factors That Impede Private Sector Investment in Rail Infrastructure in Ghana.  

Fiber Products of The Free Commutative Trioids  

  

 

 

 

 

 

Collins Ameyaw., Sarfo Mensah, Ibrahim Mohammed Kusi  

David A. Oluyori1 and Muhammad J.  

Ibrahim2 

  

 

11:50 am        

Sustainable Hybrid 

NanofillerReinforced Bio 

Thermosets: A Bibliometric and Comprehensive Review.  

Deborah Addai Kwartemaa,  

Benjamin Swanzy      Tetteh Donkor,  

Priscilla Mensah, Kofi Agyaako  

Ababio,  

Sampson Kofi Kyei    

Is there a causal effect between the climate vulnerability components and the government tax revenue in Ghana? Autoregressive Distributed 

Lag Approach. Benjamin Yeboah