In this thesis we propose a curved spacetime version of the Dirac equation. Thernequation has been developed mainly to try and account in a natural way for thernsolution of the Dirac equation in curved spacetime in an open cosmological universernwith a partially horn topology in the presence of a...
Urban development especially planned urban development is a recent phenomena inrnthe history of urban development in the Ethiopian context in general and particularlyrnin Addis Ababa. Various attempts were made to guide the development of AddisrnAbaba in a planned manner. Starting from the more...
Safflower, Carthamus tinctorius, L. is an oilseed crop that belongs to the family Asteraceae, arndiverse group of flowering plants that grow in many parts of the world. So far, therncharacterization of safflower using molecular markers has been limited. The objective of thisrnstudy was to...
Corporate governance has become an issue of global significance and has received new urgency duernto various corporate scandals and failure. This study seeks to see impacts of corporate governancernmechanism on financial performance of Insurers in Ethiopia. In order to achieve this objective,rnthe...
The objective of this study is to estimate survival probabilities and identify the risk factors forrnthe death of tuberculosis patients in Addis Ababa during the treatment period. The data for thisrnstudy are obtained from TB patients registered during September 2007 to January 2008 underrnDOTS at...
This paper examines Bewketu Seyum's satiric and comic treatment of variousrnsocial and political issues in his prose works, Enqilf ena Edmie (Sleep and Age)rnand Berari Kiteloch (Winged Leaves).The author of these literary worksrncritically presents different issues through humorous ways. The...
The purposes of this study were to determine total phenolic content (TPC), totalrnflavonoids content (TFC), total tannin content (TTC), and total antioxidant activity (TAA) and torncompare these parameters of Ethiopian traditional alcoholic beverages from different origins ofrnEthiopia within the...
The attempt of the study was to diagnose and illuminate the current practice of GZSS inrnimproving school effectiveness through SBER with the intention of suggesting and amplifyingrnbest practices and alleviating the challenges. To this end, both quantitative and qualitativernresearch approaches...
Surface water monitoring programs rely on biological, chemical, and habitatrninformation to make science-based judgments on aquatic life use-supportrndesignations. Urbanization and extensive agriculture within and adjacent to streamrncorridors can seriously impact aquatic species and their...
We make use of Volkov states of electron and positron for trident pair production. Thernperiodic plane wave case shows an in nite sum over photon number in the calculationsrnand leads to unphysical cross section. We calculate the trident pair production rate andrncross section in strong laser...
Ethiopian children's literature is an area that has not been givenrnmuch attention for long even though it has a long history in Ethiopianrnliterature. Researching this area started in 1994 for the first time, thatrnonly focuses on Ethiopian children's literature in Amharic. But thisrnresearch...
Ion transfer across the membrane-stabilized water/nitrobenzene interface has beenrninvestigated. The response behavior of the sensor has been studied employingrndifferent hydrophilic dialysis membranes and membrane filters. The influence of thernmembrane on the transfer of different cations and...
In this study we have investigated the factors of adherence to ART and selectedrnthose factors or variables that can discriminate between adherent and non adherentrnpatients on ART. Simple structured questionnaire was employed and self reportedrnadherence measurement was used. Bivariate data...
The main purpose of this study was examining the extent to which teachers andrnstudents of Ethiopian Defense Command and Staff College adopt effective teachinglearningrnapproaches. The study applied mixed design approaches. The study madernuse of questionnaire, interview and document assessment as...
Audit quality is a very debatable topic in the area of auditing for the last decades following thernaccounting scandals experienced in the West. One of the issues that gained momentum has beenrnto analyze the external audit quality and the various determinant factors those influence it.rnThe...
A floristic and ethnoboatnical study was carried out in Chetta plain, South Welo, between 20rnNovember 1999 and 30 February 2000. A total of 74 quadrat were established in semiwetlandrnand relict forest Islands. Cover-abundance values were taken for 115 plant species.rnFrom each quadrat one after...
Every group activity requires some sort of leadership to organize and direct therngroups' effort towards previously decided goals. Success of differentrnorganizations, especially educational institutions depend on effective and efficientrnprincipals.rnThe main purpose of this study was undertaken...
Washback of the University Entrance English Exam (UEEE) on Teachers’ and Students’rnPractices: The Case of Preparatory Schools in Amhara National Regional StaternSimachew GashayernAddis Ababa University, 2012rnThe main purpose of this study was to examine the influence of the UEEE on...
In the present paper we study stable lattice configuration for a vortex in HTSC usingrnthe Ginzburg-Landau(GL) theory for a superconductor with d-wave paring. We calculaternthe minimum G-L free energy interms of evaluating the Abrikosov parameterrn( A) for the ratio of unit-cell dimensions(R). For...
Schottky formation energy of some sixteen alkali halides with NaCl structure and cluster size ofrn1728 ions was calculated using numerical summation of Coulomb, repulsive and Van der Waalsrninteraction. The energy difference between a cluster with a point defect and the correspondingrnperfect...