The rain fed crop production is inherently sensitive to climate change and variability. Climaternchange affects all countries but disproportionately affecting the poorest counties and the poorrnpeople with less capacity to cope with. Accordingly, this research is intended to understand thernlocal...
Introduction: Diarrhea particularly due to enteric bacterial pathogen is a major health problem worldwide. In developed countries, it contributes primarily to morbidity but, in the developing world like Ethiopia, it is responsible for morbidity and a high level of mortality, particularly in...
The role of advertising in market economy is to inform as well as educate consumersrnabout products and services. To achieve these goals, advertisers employ a variety ofrncultural values in their appeals.rnToday one of the most contested issues in advertising strategies is the role of culture....
A study was conducted to assess and describe the extent, variations and associated causes ofrnroad traffic accidents in Bahir Dar. Based on the understanding and appreciation of thernproblems, the study has come up with suggestions some remedial measures.rnThe research was conducted based on the...
Seismic hazard is one of the most destructive natural phenomena in the world as well as in ourrncountry. Subsurface conditions play a major role in the damage potential due to earthquake andrnseismic soil amplification of a site. The average shear wave velocity of the soil in the top 30 mrnlayer is...
Construction industry is a major player in economy of any countries by generating employmentrnand wealth to the nations. However many projects in developing countries experiencedrnextremely low performance in terms of time cost. One of the contributing factors to this lowrnperformance among others...
The Purpose of this study was to investigate the State of Continuous Assessment Practicernin secondary schools of Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne. For this study,rnmixed method and descriptive survey research was employed; both quantitative andrnqualitative data were gathered through...
Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains a major global healthrnproblem. More than three-quarters of HBV infections occur in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.rnHCV causes an acute and necroinflamatory disease of liver. Blood serves as a vehicle forrntransmission of...
Having seen its great importance and the role it can play in protecting security of individuals,rntheir well-beings and the state; this study was intended to assess internal security managementrnand identify its practical problems in Gambella regional state. It proposes the ways ofrnenhancement in...
The objective of this study is to identify the socio-economic challenges of smallholder farmers in agricultural practices in Robe Woreda. To do so, different sampling techniques were employed firstly stage the study Woreda was stratified by agro-ecology (Dega, Woinadega and Kola). Secondly, three...
Malnutrition, in particular child malnutrition is arnserious problem in the developing world. However itsrnmagnitude and fact ors are seldom well defined. Hence, arncross-sect i ona l study with internal comparisons wasrnconducted in Meskan ena Mareko Woreda, Butajira, betweenrnOctober 1994 and...
The main purpose of this study is to identify the practices and level of community participation in the implementation of primary school curriculum. Communities are strategic in a variety of ways towards the provision and management of education as well as teaching learning and enforcement...
Data on solid waste generation rates and waste composition are the basic information tornplan and implement solid waste management systems. Adama town, like any developingrncountry towns, has poor solid waste management. This is mainly because of lack ofrninformation on the generation rates of the...
The latest version of the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)rnRegional climate model version 4 (RegCM4) is used to study the inrnuences ofrn ve di erent Lateral Boundary Schemes (LBSs) on the simulated rainfall forrna period of 20 years. The rainfall from RegCM4 simulations under...
BACKGROUND: HAART greatly reduces the risk of developing tuberculosis in HIVinfectedrnpersons. However, individuals who initiate HAART may still be reported as havingrnTB, either because they are developing active TB due to persistent immunodeficiency orrnbecause they have sub clinical TB that...
In their claim as agents of change CSO’s produce newsworthy actions. The thesis studiesrntheir representation in three Amarigna newspapers over the entire election year 1997rn(2005 G.C.). The paucity of material on the issue has led me to rely more on theoreticalrnsources (social...
In any mixer, it is essential that sufficient interchange of materials between different parts of mixer chamber takes place, so that the uniform concrete is produced. The efficiency of the mixer can be measured by the variability of the mix discharged into a number of cubes without interrupting the...
The Main Ethiopian Rift (MER) constitutes the northern most part of the East African Rift System (EARS), connecting the EARS with the Afar triple junction and is an area characterised by active extensional tectonics and associated volcanic activities. Structurally the area is generally...
The objective of this study is to assess the economic and social impacts of remittance together with the aim of identifying the pattern and magnitude of overseas migration and remittance. This study was conducted in Dessie town using methodological triangulation to collect primary data. In this...
The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of preschool attendance on the academicrnachievement and learning process of first cycle primary school children. The research was surveyrntype and descriptive in nature. One hundred twenty pupils from two first cycle primary governmentrnschools...