Jatropha curcas L. is one of the biofuel plants that can grow on degraded lands for rehabilitation the soil and to increase biodiversity.Its oil can also be used as a substitute for fossil fuel that causes high environmental pollution and is useful to ease energy scarcity pressure. It grows on...
This research paper tries to assess the multi-dimensional impacts of tourism in Axum which increasesrnfrom time to time as the tourist flow increase, identifying problems which hindered the tourismrnenvironment and examining the magnitude of the multi-dimensional linkages between tourism and...
This study was conducted on impacts of internal control over accounting frauds in publicrnenterprises in Addis Ababa. In general the paper uses sequential mixed methodology. Data arerncollected by using a self-administered survey which has both open ended and closed endedrnquestion. The...
This study is focused on the first step to investigate the interdependence between El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the rainfall pattern in the Ethiopian diverse micro-climate zones, using correlation and spectrum analysis. For this purpose, the sea surface temperature in the pacific and...
It is obvious that many urban areas are predominantly covered by concretesrnand nature is becoming less accessible for the existing and the comingrngeneration. The study of this research has focused on the plan,rnimplementation & management and the extent to which residents’ utilizerngreen...
The two major types of housing tenures that exist in Ethiopia are owner-occupied andrnrental occupations. Within the rental occupation, Kebele rented housing units havernbeen created since the coming of the Derg to power and the issuance of proclamationrnNo. 47/1975 which brought about government...
The two major types of housing tenures that exist in Ethiopia are owner-occupied andrnrental occupations. Within the rental occupation, Kebele rented housing units havernbeen created since the coming of the Derg to power and the issuance of proclamationrnNo. 47/1975 which brought about government...
In some developing countries such as Ethiopia the phenomenon of ruralurbanrnmigration which is mainly triggered by rural 'push' factors than urban 'pull' factors is the main cause of unbalanced rate of population growth and distribution between urban and rural areas. This situation in turn affects...
Inverse compton (IC) scattering of lower frequency photons by relativistic electronsrnwas used as a method for the production of high-energy gamma-rays in an accretingrnneutron stars. A spectrum function is derived.Based on which we obtained two newrnresults. First there is a maximum scattered...
This study examines the overall pattern of solid waste generation, collection and disposedrnin Mekelle city by analyzing primary as well as secondary data. The findings show that aboutrn39792.9Kg of solid waste in a day and 1424408.5kg in a year were generated in Mekelle in 2001.rnThe largest...
There is a considerable expansion of the volume of syndicated loans in emergingrnmarkets in the recent years. While until recently large majority of loanrntransactions in Ethiopia historically have been bilateral transactions that arernprovided by single banks.rnThis thesis empirically investigates...
Titanium (Tt2) implantation and annealing of lithium niobate (LiNbOJ) and sapphirern(AI,OJ) has been investigated using RES and SIMS measurements. The implantation wasrndone at room temperature with doses- IOI5Ti/cm2, IOHTi/cm2, 5xl01"Ti/cm2 and I017Ti/cm'.rnThe energy of implantation was 400 ke V....
Employees’ savings and credit associations (ESCAs) in Ethiopia have been investingrnover the years with the objective of maximizing their wealth. As is the case with allrninvestments, wealth maximization is a key objective whenever ESCAs have chosen anrninvestment avenue from a universe of...
We study the possibility of the coexistence of ferromagnetism and superconductivityrnin a compound ZrZn2. In the first case we derive the triplet equal spin pairingrngap equation as a function of exchange splitting Vc. We have also shown that thernsplitting gap equation can be used to estimate the...
The HIV/AIDS epidemic has affected millions of people all over the world. Inrnmost countries, the HIV epidemic is related to behaviors that expose individualsrnto the virus. And the media plays pivotal role in disseminating information andrncreating awareness about HIV/AIDS and other health related...
The main aim of this study was examining the media coverage of China- Africa relations in lightrnof Framing and Orientalism theories. The study focused on the 21st century China- Africarnrelations, when China has become one of the world’s powerful nations and Africa has startedrnbuilding a...
The study was conducted to explore the extent of the coverage of development issues onrnEthiopian Radio’s evening 8:00 Pm news. Moreover, the research tried to examine thernpriority Radio Ethiopia gives to development issues the chief goal of the country. Since itrnhas a large audience, a...
The overriding purpose of this study was to examine the national and international pressrncoverage of Ethiopia’s decision to construct the GERD project on the Nile River. Theories ofrnagenda setting, framing and political economy of mass media have been employed as theoreticalrnframeworks...
This study entitled Media framing of the Syrian conflict: Aljazeera, BBC, and ETV in comparative perspective was conducted to investigate how these media institutions framed the conflict in Syria. Guided by framing and political economy theory of the mass media, this study was carried out to answer...
This paper examined the interplay between media pluralism and development in Ethiopia with special focus on religious media taking in to consideration the different arguments regarding pluralism of media and development. The study included some concepts regarding media pluralism and theories of...