Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) representing the Government of Ethiopia manages roadrnconstruction projects in Ethiopia. Local and International contractors are carrying out substantialrnportion of these road construction projects. However, most of the road projects are sufferingrnfrom factors...
Mineralogy, major, traces, and rare earth elements geochemistry of Adigrat SandstonesrnFormation from the Blue Nile Basin (BNB), NW Ethiopian plateau have been analyzed torndetermine their provenance composition, paleoweathering and paleoclimaice scenarios. Samplesrnof this sandstone are slightly...
Public transport systems are broadly accepted in many cities as preferred transportation alternative for communication to work, traveling to social events. However, the existing public transport system in Addis Ababa is critically inadequate to provide services for the existing travel demand.rnThis...
In today’s world, the media has become one of the most important sourcesrnof information on candidates running for office in an election. Along withrnthat, the media has been thoroughly studied in order to assess how fairrnand balanced their coverage of candidates and political parties...
The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence and associated factors of postpartum depression among mothers in Nifas Silk Lafto Sub City, Woreda 1 and 2 health centers. Participants were recruited from the postnatal clinic at Nifas Silk Lafto Sub City, Woreda 1 and 2 health centers....
In this thesis the investigation of the possible use of solar energy for large scale waterrnheating system is conducted for the following sites in Ethiopia: Addis Ababa Tannery,rnDire Tannery, Modjo Tannery, and Jimma Hospital.rnThe thesis focuses on simulation of large-scale solar water heating...
Background: Tuberculosis is one of the major public health problems and health workers,rnespecially laboratory professionals, are at high risk areas for infection compared to the generalrnpopulation. Infection control measures are not always implemented even when HCWs are wellrninformed....
The main objective of the study is to investigate police officers’ attitude towards gender-based violence in Kirkos Sub-City of Addis Ababa. To attain this objective, both primary and secondary data collectionmethods were used. The secondary data were gathered through critical review of...
The audit profession has been highly scrutinized among researchers and regulatorsrnfollowing the fall of giant companies in the West. One of the issues that gainedrnmomentum has been to analyze the audit fee structure and the various auditor-clientrnrelationships. This study investigates the...
Zooplankton community grazing rate as % of algae grazed per day wasrndetermined in five lakes and one public water-supply reservoir from March, 1993 to October,rn1993_ Physical and chemical measurements (Temperature, Secchi depth, alkalin~y, salin~y etc_)rnwere taken at the same time....
The current study aimed at finding out the impacts of social media, particularly Facebook on the traditional Dagu communication of the Afar people in North Eastern Ethiopia. The study is basically situated within the theoretical frameworks of technological determinism theory and theory of networked...
In this paper we study the Landau number arising within the relativistic dynamicsrnof a neutral particle which possesses a permanent magnetic dipole moment interactingrnwith an external electric eld in the curved spacetime background. Therneigenfunction and eigenvalues of the Hamiltonian are...
The purpose of this paper was to assess the practices and challenges of solid waste management in SNNPR Kembate Tambaro Zone Durame Town; accordingly, descriptive survey research method was used. Questionnaire, Field observation and interview were the instrument employed to collect valid data. Data...
One of the wide ranging problems that the construction industry is facing is the price fluctuation of construction inputs. This major problem is spread all over the country and domestic contractors are critically affected. Moreover the projects’ performances are also affected against time,...
Groundwater is a valuable and important natural resource in the world and it is the most fundamental for the growth and development of one country. However estimating the potential of groundwater potential and its recharge zone has still uncertainty due to the nature of groundwater. Therefore, this...
The purpose of this research is to investigate the casual relationship among service qualityrndimen ion and overall ervice quality and overall customer atisfaction, and identify servicernquality gap a experienced by institutional customers. Modified SERVQUAL model was used tornmeasure the...
Background: In Ethiopia there are large numbers of plants having medicinal values; among them arernAlbizia gummifera and Millettia ferruginia. The effect of seeds extracts of these plants on bloodrnparameters and organs such as heart and small intestine is not fully investigated.rnObjective: This...
Land degradation, which is mainly exhibited by soil erosion and nutrient depletion, reduces the productive capacity of the land which poses a serious threat on food security status of households. So far, various studies attempted to study the causes of land degradation and low productivity...
The study was carried out to estimate diversity, distribution and abundance of avian species in Duguma Jaldeso Forest east Wollega Zone, Limu Woreda area covering wet and dry seasons from September 2015 to July 2016. Duguma Jaldeso forest is found 493 km a way from Addis Ababa. Forest, Bushland,...
This study is designed to examine how effectively UNICEF’s billboards in AddisrnAbaba communicate health message. In other words it looks into whether thernbillboards are designed in a way the audience understands them. It also exploresrnthe strategy employed to design health posters and...