A prospective communi ty-based study of pregnant women was conductedrnto assess pregnancy outcome with emphasis to perinatal mortality in ruralrncommunities of Meskan and Mareko district in Gurage zone in Southern Ethiopia,rnbetween March 22 and August 21, 1997. Pregnant women were identified...
Quantifying possible sources of uncertainty in simulations of hydrological extreme events is very important for better risk management in extreme situations and water resource planning. The main objective of this research work is to identify and address the role of input data quality and...
Streamflow is one of the key components of the hydrological cycle that can be altered and/or modified by a variety of variables. One of the key variables is the change in LULC. In kulfo cathement, in Ethiopia's southern region, suitable LULC detection techniques were not addressed and evaluated...
Many people tend to live in the floodplains along River Malaba due to fertile soils which support agriculture. However, heavy rains in the highlands of Mount Elgon often lead to floods which end up affecting especially the local population in terms of loss of lives and destruction of infrastructure...
The sedimentary succession exposed in a 386 sq. Ian Geba basin represents one of thickrnaccumulations of continental sediments that are commonly known to associate the EthiopianrnTertiary volcanics. The succession is a coal and oilshale bearing, and comprises about 150mrnConglomerate, sandstone,...
The purpose of this research is to study the corporate governance mechanisms and theirrnimpact on performance of commercial banks in Ethiopia. The study examined thernrelationship between selected internal and external corporate governance mechanisms, andrnbank performance as measured by ROE and...
The purpose of this research is to study the corporate governance mechanisms and theirrnimpact on performance of commercial banks in Ethiopia. The study examined thernrelationship between selected internal and external corporate governance mechanisms, andrnbank performance as measured by ROE and...
The study attempts to measure the change in welfare and poverty that occurredrnin the wake of policy reform implemented in Ethiopia. For this purpose, twornperiods (1994/95 and 1996/97) were taken for the study. The data for 1994/95rnwere obtained from CSA while for 1996/97 were collected by the...
The consumption pattern of household energy shows that multiple fuel use is common inrnsample households and both traditional biomass fuels (fuelwood, charcoal, BLT and sawdust)rnand modem fuels (electricity and kerosene) are consumed for domestic purposes inrnAsella town.rnTraditional fuels are...
The study sought to determine the relationship between personal data,rnattitudes, and financial factors and job sa tisfaction. It was conducted inrnETHIOPIAN INSURANCE CORPORATION. A 28. 1 per cent sample (n = 331)rnwas selected by proportionate stratified random sampling method from...
The last two decades have witnessed an enormous influx of urban women into variousrnincome-generating activities in major towns like Nazareth. Though this observationrnhas been acknowledged in many circles, no particular attention or reference has beenrnmade to women's participation in petty trade...
The need to introduce computers in Egerton University Libraries have beenrnemphasized in this document. The document particularly discusses the need torncomputerise the catalogue system which is the main access to the libraries' holdings.rnApplication of IT 111 Kenya has been briefly discussed with...
The need to introduce computers in Egerton University Libraries have beenrnemphasized in this document. The document particularly discusses the need torncomputerise the catalogue system which is the main access to the libraries' holdings.rnApplication of IT 111 Kenya has been briefly discussed with...
Background: Health information plays a significant role in the quality of decisions made byrnhealth professionals while delivering health services. Utilization of information among healthrnprofessionals differs as a result of individual health information seeking behavior. Researchesrnshowed that...
The role of information in the scientific, technical and socio-economicrndevelopment of nations is becoming widely accepted . In what has come to bernreferred to as the "information age" , a larger percentage of people in therndeveloped world are now employed in the information sector and the same...
This study attempted to determine social and academic problems of hearing impairedrnstudents, to assess their classroom behavior and investigate the relationship betweenrnclassroom behavior and students' achievement in the second cycle of primary school inrnselected special school s. Data was...
Background: Study findings on inter-pregnancy interval and its effect on birth outcome arerncontradictory. Some studies report that it is a risk factor for adverse perinatal outcome whilernothers say it has no association. Still less attention has been given to the way in which changes inrnfamily...
For the last couple of decades, there are several economic and political reforms has been donernto increase the performance of private investment in Ethiopia; but the actual performance ofrnprivate investment was very low. This paper conducted with the main objective of identifying...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which TTl instructorsrnin the Amhara region effectively employ the didactic elements of a lesson.rnAccordingly, attempts were made to identify the techniques of each didacticrnelement instructors often employ. An attempt was also made to...