Rural landscapes, particularly those close to human settlements and main roads throughout the highlands of Ethiopia, appear greener than the outfields because of eucalypt plantations. In the study areas, Western Gurage Watersheds/Western Gurageland, located in Central-south Ethiopia, the most...
Moist Afromontane rainforest plays a significant role in biodiversity conservation, mitigation of carbon dioxide emissions, and other ecosystem services. Application of allometric equations is a crucial step for carbon stock assessment. This study was conducted to determine woody species diversity,...
Background rnThe kidney is one of the major organs that have essential functions such as maintainingrnelectrolyte balance and ph as well removing waste products among other things. Variousrnneoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions affect the kidneys for which nephrectomy are the standardrnprocedure...
Background: Postpartum depression is a disabling but treatable mental disorder that is the mostrncommon complication of childbearing. It has significant adverse outcomes on both the mother andrnthe infant. The prevalence of postpartum depression is higher in low and middle income countries....
Background: - An understanding of the experience of individuals living with severe mental rnillness cared by mental health professionals and caregivers promote better understanding of thernpatient. This may in turn promote enhancement of the therapeutic relationship, engagement ofrnpeople living...
Land degradation (LD) is one of the major problems the planet earth has been facing. It has severely affected 1.9 billion hectares and decreased ecosystem services by 60%. In Eastern Africa, particularly in the northern highlands of Ethiopia, 1 billion tons of topsoil are lost annually. Thus, the...
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the most economically important foodrnlegumes cultivated in different parts of the world. Ethiopia is the largest producer,rnconsumer and exporter of chickpea in Africa. However, several biotic and abioticrnstresses restrict its potential productivity. Among...
The present study was carried out to evaluate the suitability of the land forrnagri cultural crop prodUction by using Remote Sensing and GIS application Thernevaluation of land in terms of suitability classes was based on the method describedrnin FAO guidel ine for land evaluation. The factors that...
Acrylamide is a processing contaminant with genotox ic and carc inogen ic properties and it isrnform ed in food when free asparagine reacts with reduc in g sugars at high temperature. Thernpresent study was des igned to eva luate the levels of acrylamide in three commercial heatrnprocessed foods...
In this study the effect of socioeconomi c, demographic and biological va riables on infantrnsurvival is in vestigated using data li'om "'fhe .limma in f~I1 t survival differential longitudinalrnstud y"' conducted in 46 urban and 64 ru ral ' kebe les' in South-West Ethi op ia during Septemberrn1992...
M icronuttien! deficiencies constitute important nutritional and public health problems affectingrnbillions of people globally and the prominent one is iron deficiency. To mitigate iron deficiencyrnnumber of tcchniques used and fortification is the best intervcntional strategy that can be used...
This dissertation is a contribution to the investigation and analysis of the implementation of the government-sponsored agricultural extension prohramme in the particular case of Boru Lencha Kebele .Arsi Zone of Oromiya State.The prior extension experience of peasants in the kebele induced them to...
Maternal mortality in Ethiopia is one of the highest in the world. One explanation forrnpoor health outcomes among women and children is the non use of modern health carernservices by a sizable proportion of women in Ethiopia. The main objective of this study isrnto analyze factors associated with...
Land degradation has been a major global issue because of its adverse impact on agronomicrnproductivity, the environment, and its effect on food security and the quality of life. Soilrnerosion is the major form of land degradation in Ethiopia. This study is done in AwassarnCatchment, which is the...
This study examined the properties of the bashekala barley-wheat flour and starch for biscuit production. The effects of the bashekala barley-wheat flour blends on proximate analysis, functional properties, pasting, farinograph analysis, and sensory analysis were evaluated using standard laboratory...
Background: The incidence of cancer has increased dramatically worldwide in the last two decade. Cancer in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is on the rise caused by a rapid population growth, increased life expectancy and adoption of unhealthy lifestyles. In Ethiopia the incidence of cancer is increasing...
Although the ongm of the linear optimization as arnmathematical discipline is quite recent, it is now well establishedrnas an important and very active branch of applied mathematics.rnThe wide applicability of linear optimization models and the richrnmathematical theory underlying these models and...
The present study tried to examine the important determinants of the nuptialityrnvariables 'age at first marriage' and 'the marital stability' ofreproductivernwomen in urban Addis Ababa for the time period of 1990 and 1995. Further, alirnattempt is also made to see whether there is any change in...
This seminar report basically consists of two chapters. In the first part, the Sobolevrnand Nikol Skii Besov functions spaces are investigated and some inclusion theoremsrnare developed as well as some relations of the two function spaces are stated as arnparticular case. As the main objective of...
Background rnThe major assessment tool that is of use in Ethiopia to diagnose and treat depressive disorders isrnDSM 5. However, DSM -5 might not represent the diverse symptomatology of depression in arncountry with diverse ethnic and cultural background. Having a clear knowledge of the type...