The main objective of this study was to assess the major causes of divorce and its effects onrnchildren’s wellbeing at Wereda 1 and Wereda 8, in Yeka sub-city. The negative impacts of divorcernon children wellbeing in terms of economic, social, psychological and emotional wererninvestigated...
This s tudy e xamined d eterminants of l oan por tfolios qual ity, us ing pane l dat a of fourteen (14)rnMFIs from the period 2003- 2012. The study employed four dependent variables as proxies forrnloan por tfolios qual ity, nam ely: l oan l oss r ate (LLR), por tfolio at r isk o ver 3 0-days (...
Background: The use of ARV prophylaxis during pregnancy can dramatically reduce the risk ofrnvertical transmission of HIV infection. Currently, limited studies have documented the effect ofrnART in decreasing the risk of opportunistic infection as well as improving survival of HIVrninfected...
The purpose of this study is to assess effects of climate change and variability on ruralrnlivelihoods and responses in Soro woreda, Hadiya zone, SNNPR. Thus, the study soughtrnto examine the pattern of rainfall and temperature in the last three decades, to explorerneffects of climate change and...
A cross sectional study was undertaken in three purposively selected horse-breeding districts of the Arsi–Bale highlands of Ethiopia, namely Dodola, Assassa and Adaba from March 2015 to the end of June 2015. The aim of this study was to describe the neurologic signs and the pathologic...
The reduction of child mortality is one of the millennium development goals of the ministry of heath of Ethiopia. No doubt some efforts have been made to minimize the problem. The problem is more serious in urban areas than rural areas.Accordingly with the overall aim of understanding the root...
Forests play a significant role in climate change mitigation by sequestering and storing morerncarbon from the atmosphere which is released by anthropogenic causes. This study wasrnconducted to estimate the carbon stock and its Contribution to Climate Change Mitigation inrnMeskele Gedam Forest in...
Seismic and geologic sections are of the vital importance to the various professionalrnbodies, institutions and industries. They give us an insight on the grounds we are literallyrnstanding on. This study has conducted the surface imaging of the earth to a depth of 10rn~--:,----'~"---."'-rnkm on a...
Background: Intestinal parasites (IPs) are major concerns in most developing countries wherernHIV/AIDS cases are concentrated and almost 80% of AIDS patients die of AIDS-related infections.rnIn the absence of HAART, HIV/AIDS patients in developing countries unfortunately continue tornsuffer from...
Throughout the world, we find human being residing either in urban or rural or inrnbetween urban fringes or rural fringes. Both urbanization and ruralism are counterrncompeting areas whereas the area between is the field of contest As it is concomitant withrnsocio-economic development, urbanization...
The study examined the situation of research works, outcome utilizations and contributionsrn10 foster education and culture in the pastoralist Borana context. The available researchesrnrelated to education were identified and reviewed. Eight interviews with researchers,rnconcerned program taffs,...
According to a recent survey by Iternational Data Corporation [63], 75% of today’s digitalrndata are duplicated copies. To reduce the unnecessarily redundant copies, the storage serversrnwould handle duplication (either at a file level or chunks of data sized 4KB and larger)....
Climate change has adverse impact on different livelihoods of pastoral communities, among these water sources, and biodiversity are likely affected resources as reported by different sources. This study mainly deals with the impacts of climate change on the pastoralist communities of Dugda Dawa...
Background: The population structure of the causative agents of human malaria, Plasmodiumrnspecies including the most serious agent Plasmodium falciparum ( P.falciparum), depends onrnthe local epidemiological and demographic situations, such as the incidence of infected people,rnthe vector...
Combined electrical resistivity and electromagnetic prospecting methods wererncarried out around Dembi area near Debrezeit town. The analysis of the resultsrnobtained from both geophysical methods has provided useful informationrnregarding the electrical characteristics of the subsurface which is...
This thesis was conducted in Amhara Regional State, South Wollo Zone Kelala Woreda with the aim of identifying the main challenges and prospects of ecotourism development in the study area. Three Kebeles having different potential and actual ecotourism sites were purposively selected. Both the...
Background: Laboratory testing plays a crucial role in the detection, diagnosis and treatment ofrndisease in patients. Analytical evaluation of a new analyzer or method should be done in order tornconfirm the declared specifications before its introduction into the routine use. Agreement of...
Water quality degradation is one of the major environmental problems in Addis Ababa andrnmunicipal solid waste disposal sites can be sources of groundwater contamination as leachaternmay infiltrate and join the aquifer. In Addis Ababa, there is currently one landfill site at Repirnin the South West...
Teaching and research are the two mam mIsszons of Higher EducationrnInstitutions. However conducting research often marginalized as universityrndevoted to teaching and administrative tasks. The problem seems to get worse inrnthe current highly expanding Haramaya University, particularly in the...
Synthetic, spectroscopic and biological studies of triphenyltinsalicylate pyridinern(TPhTSaPy) complex derived from pyridine having a nitrogen donor system havernbeen undertaken. Silversalicylate, on interaction with triphenyltin chloride (TPhTCl),rnyielded triphenyltinsalicylate (TPhTSa), which...