Background: Malaria infection is a major public health problem and cause of morbidity and mortality inrntropical and subtropical regions of the world. It has been consistently reported as one of the three leadingrncauses of morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia. Changes in hematological parameters...
The current cross sectional study was conducted from November 2014 to March 2015 on post slaughter hide and skin defects and market chain analysis in Arsi Negele and Shashemene woredas of west Arsi Zone Oromia Regional state. Eight kebeles from each woredas were selected purposively and numbers of...
Choice, toxicity, antifeedant tests and repellency effects of indigenous trees (Crotonrnmacrostachyus, Juniperus procera and Hagenia abyssinica) of Ethiopia on Macrotermesrntermite workers were studied under field and laboratory conditions. Fresh leaves of J. procerarnand C. macrostachyus fresh...
Educational policy formulation process in Ethiopia is not adequately informed byrnand reflective of research based evidence. This is largely due to limited interfacernbetween researchers on one hand, and public policy makers in the government onrnthe other. The aim of this study was therefore to...
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the psychosocial and educationalrnproblems of children heading families in Mekelle. Data were collectedfromfour childrenrnwho head families, four immediate neighbors of these children and six teachers whorntaught the children. In-depth interviews...
The rock hyrax (Procavia capensis Pallas, 1766) was studiedjiml/ September 2003 to FebruGI}'rn2004 in Dinsho area, in and around Bale Mountains National Park (BMNP). Data on thernpopulation, age and sex categol)l, group size, diurnal activity paffern, food habits, habitatrnutilization and impact of...
The issues of climate change and its causes have become agenda of di erent governmentalrnand non-governmental discussions. The major atmospheric components responsible forrnclimate change are particulate matters (aerosols) and trace gases (mainly anthropogenicrngreen house gases). The stratospheric...
This study seeks to estimate the economic benefits of controlling off-site effects of soilrnerosion and identify determinants of WTP in Kufanzik area of eastern highlands,rnEthiopia. A DB CVM survey was conducted on 134 randomly selected ruralrnhouseholds to elicit preferences for controlling the...
The pU/pose oJ the study was to assess marketing strategy oj Kombolcha textile JactolY in SouthrnWollo oj Amhara region. in order to relate the findings oJthe study, adequate related liter{lturernand documents were reviewed and the lIIethodology employed was descriptil'e survey I'ithrnquantitative...
Since MFIs work alongside government organizations and also have ties with larger globalrnorganizations they provide a reliable source of financial support and assistance as comparedrnto other sources of financing. In addition, MFIs are considered as one of the policyrninstruments to eradicate...
Dis emination of re earch findings is an exciting parI of a research process. Researches' arernu ually done to solve ocielal problem .To accompli h this ta k, they have to be disseminated torna wider community and policy makers timely. Nonethele s, literatures indicate that mo t ofrnHigher...
This study was conducted to assess cattle husbandry and marketing practices in the crop-livestock production system areas of the highland and mid-altitude and pastoralists in the lowlands of Burji woreda of Segen Zurea zone of southern Ethiopia. The cattle husbandry and marketing practices were...
This study tried to identify the spatial distribution of accidents after collecting four yearsrnsecondary data from Hosanna Administration Traffic Police Office. DEM was downloadedrnfrom USGS earth explorer of ASTER satellite image of 30mx30m resolution relief of the area.rnRoad network of asphalt...
As the current schools practice show, lower primary level (grade 1-4) is organized inrnthe form of self-contained classroom. This classroom setting has now become anrnissue of debate and discussion among those teachers of primary schools. Thus, thernmain purpose of this study is to investigate the...
The International GPS Service (IGS) Working Group on Ionosphere was created in 1998.rnSince then, the Scienti c community behind IGS, in particular CODE, ESA, JPL andrnUPC, have been continuosly contributing to reliable IGS combined vertical total electronrncontent (VTEC) maps in both rapid and ...
Climate change and variability is one of the greatest challenges facing the Ethiopian agrarians.rnClimate change has a drastic impact on agricultural output, with total crop Failure and massivernlivestock deaths. The aim of this study is to assess adaptation to climate change in the...
This study investigates the determinants of dividend policy of banks in Ethiopia. Based on thernprevious studies the independent variables; current earning, previous year’s dividend, liquidity,rnleverage, loan loss provision and bank’s age are selected .The panel data for ten years...
The main objectives of this study are to analyze the Structure-Conduct-Performance of the microfinance industry and measure the level of competition. In order to achieve these objectives, both descriptive and econometric analyses were carried out. In the econometric analysis, a...
The effect of feed restriction on the production performances and carcass yield characteristics of Koekoek chicks was studied with the objective of determining to age, on body weight and egg weight at the onset of lay, economic advantages and the effect of feed restriction on carcass yield...
This study altempted to find out the social and economic problems of integrated streetrngirls in some regular schools of Adamo town.rnQualitative method of study was employed to collect data. Participants were six streetrngirls of day and night program allendants, who were beneficiaries of the...