Measurements of the diffusion coefficient of two miscible liquids are reported.rnThe liquids are various combinations of sodium chloride (NaCl) and pure water.rnThe liquids were placed in a diffusion cell such that the interface is initiallyrnhorizontal. As the fluids diffuse, the profile of the...
Environmental problems are among the most series problems in Ethiopia. Every year the country loose aboutrna million tones of top soil and millions will be left without adequate food, its forest resource which used torncover 40 percent of the total area now declined to less than 3 percent, its...
Superplasticizing admixtures interact chemically with the ingredients of concrete and affect thernconcrete properties in the fresh and hardened state. Now a days, its possible to produce concreternhaving better quality with the addition of superplasticizing admixture in different ways by...
Traditional finance theories such as Capital Asset Pricing Model, Efficient MarketrnHypothesis and Modern portfolio theories presumes that markets are efficient, peoplernmake rational decisions to maximize profits. But recent studies on individual investors’rnbehavior have shown that people...
The main purpose of this study was to asses the abuse of drug among secondary schoolrnstudents and to examine the prevalence rate of drug abuse among secondary school students.rnBasic questions were raised regarding the spread of drug abuse, its relationship with somernvariables of the study...
The growth, development, reproduction as well as yield of silkworms can berngreatly affected by their feed sources. In the present investigation, eightrndifferent castor genotypes (Abaro, Acc 106584, Acc 203241, Acc 208624, Ar sel,rnBako, GK sel and local genotype) were evaluated for their...
Pseudomonas aeruginosa surgical site infection is a serious infection with significant patientrnmortality and health-care costs. The emergence of multidrug resistant strains ofrnPseudomonas aeruginosa has complicated treatment decisions and leads to treatmentrnfailures. In Ethiopia, few studies...
This study was conducted to examine the coverage of environmental issues in the OromiarnTelevision News. In the study, specific news which was transmitted in six months out of a yearrn(2003) was examined.rnIn order to achieve the main objective of the study, content analysis was employed as the...
Atmospheric deposition has been recognized as a serious environmental problem in many parts of the world. Countries are striving for corrective measures based on research outputs to minimize human health and ecological problems related to atmospheric deposition. This study tries to present the...
This study tried to see the determinants of nutritional status of children using longitudinalrndata from fifteen villages of rural Ethiopia. An attempt was also made to see if there are anyrnsignificant interactions between mother’s education and community characteristics. Byrnemploying...
In this work the optical constants and thickness of organic thin films is determinedrnusing ellipsometry technique. Because it is non-destructive and sensitive tornseveral material characteristics, such as Layer thickness, optical constants (refractivernindex and extinction coefficient), Surface...
Ethiopian construction industry participants have long recognized that accepting the lowest pricernbid does not guarantee maximum value. Achieving a value-based procurement approach is arnchallenge, particularly for the Ethiopian public sector clients who are limited in their ability tornevaluate...
Soil loss by runoff is the most serious problem in the world today because it isrnthreatening agriculture and also natural environment. It can cause in lowering thernproductivity of a land temporarily or permanently. In order to reverse such kind ofrnproblem assessing the level of problem and...
This study was conducted in Gedebano Gutazer Welene Destrict, Gurage Zone of SNNP Regional state aiming at assessing and documenting the overall traditional medicinal uses of Ensete ventricosum. The plant, locally known as ENSET, is drought tolerant multipurpose crop originally domesticated in the...
Background: HIV infection among pregnant women poses particular risks to their family,rnoffspring and health workers at the time of delivery. Potential mother to child transmission ofrnHIV (vertical transmission) is a major concern, because of the attendant consequences ofrnmorbidity and mortality...
Professional ethics and independence of an auditor has been considered as one of the main elementsrnfor the auditing environment and auditing professional bodies like the International Federation ofrnAccountants (IFAC,),. The main objective of this study is to examine the current status of...
The general objective of this study was to investigate the status and determinants of educationalrnresearch undertaking and dissemination in Addis Ababa University. In doing so, the independentrnvariables were categorized in to two: individual and environmental variables while therndependent...
This research attempts to examine the practices and challenges of environmental coverage in the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC). Specifically, the study explores the extent of coverage of environmental issues in EBC‘s news and programmes. It also looks into the frames within which...
research attempts to identify climate induced changes and spatio-temporal tendencies in the governing hydroclimatic variables over the complex topography of Ethiopia in general and the Blue Nile basin in focus; using dynamically downscaled high-resolution climate simulations. The statistical...
Conducive learning environment is one of the factors that affect students ' academic performance. Scholarsrnbelieve that students' residence is part of the learning environment which affects students' academicrnwork. Following the establishment of new education and training policy in Ethiopia, TEIs...