The measurement of thermal neutron cross sections gives basic information about therninternal structure of atomic nuclei and their structure. Measurement of Thermal Neutronrncross-section of Sb -121 has been performed at the Addis Ababa University Nuclearrnphysics Laboratory using the concept of...
The aim of this study is to investigate readers’ viewpoints on the readability of the sports news stories reporting of the local sport newspapers. The researcher was interested in working on this area for he repeatedly observed that some readers claimed that the sport news stories were...
According to the Internet World Status report, number of Internet users is increasing at about 10% annually, and the trend is the same in Ethiopia. Beside, most networks in telecom companies are converging to Internet Protocol (IP)-based core networks.rnTo get maximum possible capability of...
A lot of work has been done on the development of context-aware applications that focus on enabling pervasive computing using mobile devices. Most of these systems are context-aware mobile systems which aim at delivering information and services tailored to the current user’s context....
In order to be competitive, profitability of a firm plays an undeniable role and investigation ofrnthe factors determining profitability of a firm would provide useful insights. Therefore, the mainrnpurpose of the study is to show factors that determine Ethiopian Airlines profitability....
Back groundrnThe removal of discussion on sexual matters from the control of the community resulted in individual decisions about when, where, with whom and for what purpose to have sexual intercourse. This kind of decision make Students in higher learning institutions vulnerable to many sexual and...
In this paper computer simulation is employed to investigaternthe nature of the error sizes and the distribution of sample sizernrequired in a sequential probability ratio test (SPRT). In therntest we can distinguish between two kinds of error probabilities.rnThe first kind are the specified error...
The main intent of this study was to look into the purposes rural Afar communitiesrnattach to schooling and their concern over curricular relevance. For this purposes, casernstudy design was employed based on which one zone, two woredas and six kebeles werernselected as source of information. Data...
The main purpose of this study was to assess the practices of human resource development inrngovernment TVET colleges of Addis Ababa and to identify the problems encountered duringrnimplementation of human resource development programs and finally to forwardrnrecommendations. The study was carried...
Contemporary African philosophy has been struggling with questions of identity and lack of direction since its inception. This is in part due to its unique position between two traditions, that of Africa and the West. These two traditions had shown considerable historical polarity that made it...
The membrane-stabilized water-nitrobenzene interface was used as anrnamperometric (or voltammetric) ammonium ion sensor for an indirect detection ofrnurea. The ammonium ion was produced by the action of watermelon seeds and soyrnbean flour on urea in the aqueous phase (5 mmol/L Li2S04). The...
The demand for new antibiotics increased due to the misuse and over use of antibiotics inrnvarious sectors creating an evolutionary pressure and resulting in multi drug resistant strainsrnwhich result in increment of morbidity and mortality in the world. The main objective of thisrnstudy was to...
Background: Adolescence is an important time in the life cycle of human being for establishingrnhealthy behaviors, attitudes, and lifestyles that contribute to current and future health. Globally,rnyouths and adolescents are more sexually active. One of the important factors for the present...
The aim of this paper is to provide large sample evidence on capital structure and itsrnimpact on profitability using a new database of large tax payer manufacturing firms inrnEthiopia. The study employs a panel data regression analysis. The dataset comprisesrntwenty four large tax payer...
Money Laundering (ML) is the crime of transforming illegally obtained income into seemingly legitimate funds in banks. Anti Money Laundering (AML) is a set of rules or regulations enacted to stop the practice of generating income through Money Laundering and to stop the international and local...
This research attempted to study the practice of development journalism in Ethiopian media landscape, through comparing the development issue coverage and challenges of government and private owned media. It was informed by public serving development journalism and social responsibility theory of...
Green infrastructures are the lungs and eco-friendly structures of urban areas whichrnsave guard the living in the non-living built-up urban areas. However, it is beingrnchallenged by the process of urbanization which has been changed and replaced it,rnby built up areas in city. The study...
Bulk silicon (Si) and germanium (Ge) have an indirect band gap transitions; howeverrnwhen they are miniaturized to nanometeric scale, the energy gap between the highestrnoccupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO)rnincreases, and hence the transition changes...
Tuberculosis has become the major killer disease globally. As it is the case with mostrnother infectious diseases the magnitude of the problem is the highest in resource poorrncountries. There are several means to control the disease. One of these is the use ofrnvaccine (BCG). However, the vaccine...
Speech synthesis – the production of artificial speech – has a lot of applications. Applying speechrnsynthesis onto mobile phones for Amharic language will be an important success in languagerntechnology.rnMobile phones are characterized by smaller memory and processing capacity. The...