The success of a system development is greatly dependent on the quality of the requirements. The quality of the requirements, in turn, is highly affected by the type of elicitation techniques that are employed during the requirements elicitation process. On the other hand, the effectiveness of...
This study explores the extent of access to microfinance services to people with disabilities inrnmainstream society in selected areas of Addis Ababa City Administration. For in-depthrnunderstanding of the experiences of people with disabilities, qualitative research design wasrnemployed...
The town of Dangila, having adequate land area for expansion will have a high potential forrnfuture development. Due to rapid development of the town and appearance of constructionrnworks, the characteristics of the soil are important to be investigated. The aim of this presentrnresearch is to...
This study deals with the customary institution of conflict resolution among Haro Limmu Oromornof Northwest Wallaga with particular emphasis on the role of qaalluu institution. The functionsrnthat Oromo indigenous religious institution service for the society other than religious purposernhave...
The independence of an auditor and maintaining audit quality has not only been viewed asrnan ethical issue within the auditing professional bodies like the International Federation ofrnAccountants (IFAC), but also it is the cornerstone, which a successful audit is based. Thisrnpaper examines...
Anaemia is defined as a lower than normal level of hemoglobin in the blood. Normal levels ofrnhemoglobin are different for pregnant women, non pregnant women, men, child etc. Thernprevalence of anaemia in the world according to WHO, based on the studies conducted fromrn1993 to 2005 was 24.8 percent...
The Italian occupation of Ethiopia holds arnsignificant place in the history of the country. BethrnEthiopian and foreign historians have written extensivelyrnon the subject. The theme of Italian occupation hasrnalso inspired Ethiopian novelists and playwrights.rnTheir novels and plays try to show...
In the past two decades Ethiopian women have migrated to Middle Eastern Arab countries in large numbers. The vast majority of the women migrate for domestic employment purposes. The last fifteen years, in particular, have seen private employment agencies play a significant role in the migration of...
The main objective of this study is to examine the impact of NBE regulations on private banksrnperformance through the significant regulatory variables explaining the NBE directives, using bank-rnspecific and macroeconomic variables as control variables. Balanced fixed effect panel regression...
This thesis introduces shell foundations in general and conical type shell foundation inrnparticular as an alternative to the conventional plain foundation. The different types ofrnshells that may be employed in foundations are introduced with their geometry andrnapplications under different...
This study deals with the changing role of access to farmland on householdrnsocio-economic status overtime and regimes in Wonqa, East Gojjam, where landrnwas an index for socio-economic status in pre-1975. The research identified localrnlevel dynamics in relation with household access to farmland...
The Total Electron Content (TEC) from a spatially distributed network of Global Posi-rntioning System (GPS) receivers can show the temporal, seasonal, latitudinal and longi-rntudinal variations of the ionospheric electron distribution. However, it does not conveyrnany information about ionospheric...
This study is an attempt to study the determinants of health/nutritional status of children inrnEthiopia using data collected in Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey EDHS (2005). Thernsurvey collected information from a total of 5,280 children aged less than 59 months out ofrnwhich 3108 children...
This thesis aims to examine the major themes of Amharic oral lyric poetry of West Gojjam Zone. Since the oral lyric poetry of the Amhara people in West Gojjam Zone is an unexplored genre, one finds only few studies in such a widespread and most functional category of literature. This is the...
The main aim of this study is to investiate the indigenous survival strategies of Booranarnin the face of famine. To this effect different research methods are employed. Some ofrnthis are participant observation, case studies, interviews and analysis of secondary ofrnthe data.rnThe results of the...
Damage due to soil swelling is very noticeable in wide spectrum of structures such asrnroads, buildings, canal linings, landfill liners, etc. To evaluate severity of swelling and torndesign for the best and most economical stabilization strategy, an accurate assessment ofrnthe swell potential is...
This thesis attempts to explain the role of indigenous institutions in dispute settlement among thernTulama Oromo of the Sulultadistrict the case of Qaalluu Oofaa Abbuukko. There are variousrnlocal dispute settlement institutions in sululta district such as jarsumma, peace settlement atrnlinage;...
The purpose of this study is basically to identify the communication strategies used by Ethiopian second cycle primary school teachers of English to compensate for the linguistic deficiencies that they encounter while conducting their lessons. It aims at identifying the strategies in their...
In the present study the theory of photovoltaic energyrnconversion is presented. Basic factors affecting conversionrncapability of photovoltaic devices are discussed. Generalrnformula of the minority carrier distribution and currentrndensity across p-n junctions are revised and further developrnto...
The main objective of the study is to examine the socio-cultural context in which the decision tornmigrate are made and migrants experience focusing from Sekela Woreda to Addis Ababa. Morernspecifically, the study attempted to identify kind of ties migrants maintain at the destination and previous...