Volunteers are defined as those who help others with no expectation of monetary rewards and volunteerism as a type of activity that is intended to improve the wellbeing of others. However, Activities Performed by Volunteers is not well studied dimension in the Ethiopian context in general and in...
Granular filters are used in embankment dams to prevent impermeable materials fromrninternal erosion, while draining seepage water to prevent saturation of the downstreamrnembankment. Such materials are usually assessed from courses of rivers or streams thatrncontain alluvial sand and gravel...
Aflatoxin is the secondary metabolite produced by specific strains of Aspergillus species. It is arnglobal health concern, which leads to contamination of cereal grains. This research wasrnconducted to evaluate and compare the level of aflatoxins in both traditional and industrialrnbarley malts....
Homelessness is one of the main problems that many countries, including Ethiopia, face. This thesis is an exploratory study of homelessness in Addis Ababa- Ledeta sub city, an urban slum area in the southwestern part of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The purpose of this research is two-fold: 1) to develop...
The research topic is Community Policing and Gender Based Violence: from a Social WorkrnPerspective, in Yeka Sub-City of Addis Ababa. Major objective of the research is to examine thernimplementation of community policing and its applicability in addressing GBV, with a particularrnfocus on Woreda...
The study was conducted to analyze coffee value chain in Gedio Zone Yirgacheffe CoffeernFarmers Cooperatives Union (YCFCU). Yirgacheffe coffee is definitely among the mostrndistinguished coffee varieties grown in Southern Ethiopia, a region known for its fine coffees.rnThe specific objectives of...
The purpose of this study was to assess the linkage between Chagni TVET institutions and MSEs in Awi Zone of Amhara National Regional state. The approach used in this research was a mixed approach which makes the use of both quantitative and qualitative description. To this end, questionnaire and...
Adolescents‘ transitioning to adulthood is a critical point that demands the support of significant others for the smooth transition of adolescents into independence. Adolescent girls‘ aging out of institutional child care experiences and associated problems are a neglected issue in...
This project work automates school management system. In the system two applications are developed, Windows based (thick client) and Web based (thin client). rnThe windows application takes most of the activities such as offline student registering, transcript and report card generation and...
A crucial element in planning water quality assessment, management and conservation programmernof a river is the selection of the biological indicators used to appraise biodiversity andrnenvironmental conditions. The present study, therefore, aimed at comparing macroinvertebratesrnand diatoms as...
The main purpose of this study is to examine the current status of secondGl)'rnschool teachers' involvement in educational research in Afar Regional State andrnto identifY the major impediments that hinder teachers from research undertaking.rnTo achieve this objective, a descriptive survey method...
Design consistency is the conformance of highway’s geometric andrnoperational features with driver’s expectancy. A technique to evaluate thernconsistency of a design is to evaluate changes in operating speeds along anrnalignment. To use operating speed as a consistency tool requires...
Out of a total population of 71 visual impaired learners, the study has selected 12 samples of which 6 were males and the rest females. Additionally 12 non visual impaired samples were represented for the study from a total population of 253 students. There 12 samples had an equal number of gender...
It is assumed that human strengths or human capital is significant in building community livelihood in an urban context. However, available information indicates that this strength is unable to be converted into money for better lives rather hidden in poverty. Absence of research specific to...
There are brown and red colored bird resistant and whitish colored bird sensitive sorghum varieties inrnEthiopia. Thus, the bird resistant sorghum varieties commonly provide higher yield in areas where therernis higher population of birds. However, there is a hypothesis that colored grains are rich...
Given MANET'slack of static network infrastructure, lack of resourceand the use of wireless medium for communication, its key management system is an excellent point of attack for intruders. By compromising on security and using sharedkeys to avoidthe burden of asymmetric key management for each...
The green building movement originated from the need and desire for more energy efficientrnand environmentally friendly construction practices. Green building also brings together a vastrnarray of practices, techniques, and skills to reduce and ultimately eliminate the impacts ofrnbuildings on the...
is paper deals with the cost effect assessment of framework agreements for the Federal government ofrnEthiopia, Public procurement and property administration agency (PPPDS). The savings were assessedrnin terms of the three synergy benefits of economies of volume/scale, process and information &...
Claims are an inevitable fact of life in the construction industry. Whether in local orrnInternational contract projects, the issue of claims remains the same. In the context of civilrnengineering projects, claims are a demand for money or time extension or both to which onernparty rightly or...
This study is attempted to examine the effects of birth order on academic achievement motivationrnand personality. There has been a great debate among researchers regarding this area of concern.rnIt is also one of the least researched areas in Ethiopian context; hence, it gave inspiration for...