The recognition of handwritten documents, which aims at transforming writtenrntext into machine encoded text, is considered as one of the most challengingrnproblems in the area of pattern recognition and an open research area. Especiallyrnancient manuscripts, like Ethiopic Geez scripts, are...
The Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation is the sole provider of national andrninternational telecommunications in Ethiopia since 1894. In Ethiopia, teledensity grew sornslowly, as compared to developed countries or other developing countries. This study uses 31rnyears of yearly data starting...
Spatial data processing especially using GIS techniques has been playing anrnimportant role in different applications. Multiple source spatial and non-spatial datarncan be processed and integrated for the analysis of spatio-temporal dimension of arngiven area. In this study, land use/cover dynamics...
Banking is a business practice, or profession almost as old as the veryrnexistence of man. It has sprouted from the very primitive stone agernbanking, through the Victorian age to the technology driven Google- agernbanking, encompassing automotive teller machines (ATMs), credit andrndebit card,...
Capital flight has been a problem among many developing countries. It is more severe among African countries. Given their smaller resource base and limited market, the problem of capital flight justifies a serious attention particularly among East African Economies. Albeit most of these countries...
Land use/land cover (LULC) change is one of the challenges which strongly influencernthe process of agricultural development. The study intended to carry out land use /landrncover changes, trends and their magnitude over the last 40 years using remote sensingrnand GIS and establish the main drivers...
Back ground: Dermatomycosis is a common fungal infection that constitutes public healthrnproblem among humans and animals worldwide, including Ethiopia. Though it is a trivialrndisease, its psychological effect and morbidity in terms of loss of time and treatment cost isrnconsiderable.rnObjective:...
Tempered glass is a safety glass processed by a controlled thermal or chemical treatment to increase its strength compared with the ordinary (or annealed) glass. In thermal tempering process, the glass is heated to a temperature just below the softening point and is then quenched rapidly in air....
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the practices and challenges ofrnconducting action research in Sululta Secondary School and identifY the major factorsrnthat hinder/enable teachers in conducting action research. The research methodrnemployed in this study was mixed method...
The present study area is located in upper Awash river basin, in central part of the country, which covers a total area of about 2780 Km2.The elevation ranges from 1519 to 2300 m.a.s.l. Becho and Koka areas were the focused areas for this specific research. The main objective of the present study...
The study and entire laboratory works ware conducted from December 2014 to April 2015 in National Veterinary Institute, Bishoftu, Ethiopia. A total of 120(20 chickens from four farms and 40 backyard chickens from commercial farms and local markets respectively) were used for the study. The chickens...
Aerosol optical depth is determined from measurements of atmospheric effective spectralrntransmission, for clear-sky days on May 21, 2008 and May 23, 2008, at Addis Ababarn(9° 1′ 48″ N, 38° 44′ 24″ E) carried out using pyrheliometer, which we constructed inrndepartment...
Advances in networking technologies enable interactions and communications atrnhigh speeds and large data volumes. But, securing data and the infrastructurernhas become a big issue. Intrusion Detection Systems such as Snort play an importantrnrole to secure the network. Intrusion detection systems...
The study was conducted in three kebeles of Ensaro woreda found in North Shewa zone, Amhara Regional State to assess the communities’ perception on climate change, impact and adaptation strategies. The study were used purposive sampling techniques to select both kebeles and household heads....
Sensorless drive of interior permanent magnet (IPM) synchronous motors is possible because the motors’ rotor position information is attached to stator inductance (due to magnetic saliency) and back electromotive force (EMF). The vector controlled sensorless drive, which uses the inductance...
The stll(0' allempled 10 examine Ihe role o/Lileraey in economic empowermenllaking Iherncase of Women MSBE operalors al Nekemple lown, parlicularly wilh Ihe pwposes 0/rnidel7lifying Iheir educational and work background Ihey had had, Ihe exisling gap amongrnIhem because of lileracy, and...
Capital structure decision is one of the core decisions that financial managers should care for.rnDifferent firms will have different choice of funds that are categorized under either debt orrnequity. But the most important question is what factors to affect their choice of finance and howrnthey...
Severe land degradation affects the livelihood of many farmers in the Ethiopian highlands. Inrnresponse, the current government has invested in soil and water conservation practices, mainly inrnthe degraded lands. The overall objective of the research was to assess the contribution of soilrnand...
The main objective of this research was to investigate the role of CEE in the development ofrnStudents' behavior at Kokebe Tsibah secondary and preparatory school. To realize this purpose,rncase study method was implemented. Data were gathered from the school vice principal, 8rnteachers, two...
In this thesis, a Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) system that is based onrnsegmentation and color feature is presented. CBIR helps to organize and retrieve digitalrnimages using their visual content from large databases. The CBIR system proposed in thisrnwork consists of segmentation, feature...