The road traffic crash statistics of Addis Ababa shows pedestrian injuries have the highest sharernamong all road users.This research aims to investigate current pedestrian safety problems inrnAddis Ababa and tries to identify factors influencing it.The study area, Addis Ababa has ten subrncities...
Pervious cement concrete pavement is an innovative pavement system, which have the ability torndrain water and absorb traffic noise generated by tyre-pavement interaction. Its use in parkingrnlots, walkways and low traffic zone pavements has been promising in the past. The main featurernthat...
A study was conducted to Statistical Analysis for Identification of Motor Vehicle Crash rnBlack Spots and Low Cost Improvements on the road from Addis Ababa to Debre rnBirhan. The research was conducted exhausting both historically recorded crash data rnand Predictive Empirical Bayesian statistical...
A further usage of peels from orange as natura dyes is presented in this paper. Natural dye isrngenerally applied in an aqueous solution, and requires a mordant to improve the fastness of therndye on the fiber. Because of its good affinity, brilliant colours, nontoxic, non-allergic nature...
Due to their industrial relevance, phenolic compounds (PC) are amongst the most commonrnorganic pollutants found in many industrial wastewater effluents. The potential detrimentalrnhealth and environmental impacts of PC necessitate their removal from wastewater to meetrnregulatory discharge...
Sisal natural fiber - recycled pet bio composite is a composite material produced from sisal fiberrnand polyethylene Tere Phthalate (PET) injection pressing and by using hot pressing. Thernrecycled pet has been utilized as the matrix and the natural sisal fiber acts as reinforcement in therncourse...
Biodiesel is a renewable and sustainable energy sources with a great potential to replacernconventional fuel and causes too much less environmental impact. Vegetable oils which can bernedible or nonedible and animal fats can be used as feed stock for biodiesel production. Now a day,rnnonedible...
The study focus on the effect of hardness of clear juice for the formation of evaporator scale and rnoptimization of process parameters. The effect of clear juice hardness of the factory have been rnevaluated in terms of the response variables which include colour, turbidity, calcium oxide, ...
The intensive use of synthetic pesticide has undeniably resulted in adverse and sometimesrnirreparable effects on the environment including human health. Therefore, alternative pestrnmanagement strategies are desired. Natural pesticides have proven potential for pest managementrnand they are being...
Sugar colourants are water soluble compounds present in sugar process products and the mostrnimpurities in sugar industry. Syrup decolorization can be achieved by sulphitation process.rnHowever, at the same time the formation of fine precipitate of CaSO4 become difficult torneliminate trace of SO2...
Mekanissa Alcohol and Liquor Factory is a branch of National Alcohol and Liquor Factoryrnwhich uses molasses or technical alcohol as raw material to produce ethanol. The productionrnprocess consists of five major sections i.e. molasses treatment, fermentation, distillery, liquorrnand utilities. Raw...
The surfeit of crude glycerol as by product from biodiesel industry triggeredrnalternative routes to valorise glycerol to value added fuels such as syngas, mixture ofrnhydrogen and carbon monoxide. Dry reforming of glycerol uses carbon dioxide (CO2)rnas reactant to produce syngas. The process of...
In this study, the possible utilization of rice husk activated carbon as an adsorbent for thernoptimum removal of methylene blue dye from aqueous solutions has been investigated. rnSelective criterions for rice husk activated carbon (AC) were carried out as follows: Porousrncharacteristics by,...
Exploiting efficient and affordable treatment technology for fluoride removal via adsorption isrnhighly desirable. rnIn this study, calcinedhydrotalcites with different Mg/Al molar ratios were prepared. Layeredrndouble hydroxides calcined at 450 have been shown to recover their original layered...
The rails are the supporting parts with which the wheels are in contact. Rails, as the heart of thernrailway system, are subjected to very high service loads and harsh environmental conditions.rnFatigue failure in rails can be initiated at the rail head, at the web and/or at the foot. The...
Background: Ultrasonography is widely used for assessment of renal pathologies. Measurementrnof renal size is one of the parameters we use to determine whether the kidneys have increased orrndecreased in size depending on which we suggest some differentials.rnObjective: This study was conducted to...
BACKGROUND: Female infertility is associated with high incidence of uterine cavity and fallopian tube pathology in developing countries with a high prevalence of STDs, therefore various methods are available for structural evaluation of female reproductive system, among them is saline infusion...
Syringomyelia is a disorderinvolving the spinal cord which is abnormal accumulation of CSF inrnthe spinal cord . Pathologically, it ischaracterized by the presence of longitudinally orientedrncavities and gliosis. Theterm "hydromyelia" has been used to describe the appearance ofrndilatation of...
Supply Chain network design (SCND) is a principle emphasizing the utilization of anrnefficient integrated system of suppliers, producers, warehouses, retailers and customers, sornthat items can be produced and distributed system-wide at the right quantities and rightrnlocations so as to minimize...
Construction joints are stopping places in the process of placing concrete and they arernrequired because in many structures it is impractical to place concrete in one continuousrnoperation. The region which separates the two dissimilar concretes is called interface. Thernconcept of concrete to...