Study of the diversity and relative abundance of birds was conducted from October 2015 to April 2016 in Berek Forest, near Sendafa town of Oromia special Zone, Berek Woreda,Central Ethiopia, using the Timed Species Count System (TSCS). A total of 89,293 individual birds were encountered that...
The study was designed to investigate the factors that contribute to the low participationrnof women and to assess the opportunities that promote women’s participation in schoolrnleadership. Survey research method was conducted in five secondary schools and the datarnwere collected using...
Hot Asphalt Mixtures (HMA) is particulate composite material consisting of mineralrnaggregates, asphalt binder and air voids. Asphalt binder is considered as the mostrnexpensive and economically variable material. In road construction, different kindsrnof alternative materials are used for...
Ethiopia. situated in the Ilorn of Africa. shows widernvariation in topography climate and land use distribution.rnIt has a high population of livestock. However. the prevalencernof a number of important diseases has impeded the rationalrnexploitation of this resource.rnIn recent years a...
The main objective of this Study Vas to investigate the status of communityrnparticlj)atiol7 in iJ17pro ing access in education with particular reference 10 thernprimar.l' education q/lladlJ a /..oneISNNPR.rnTo conduct the research a descriptive survey type of the research method wasrnemp/o}'ed....
Road infrastructure safety is a world issue. Many researches have been done to solve road safety problems. There exist two types of internationally recognized engineering approaches to counter road safety problem, the Proactive and the Reactive approach. In the Reactive Approach, safety improvement...
The performance of roads depends mainly on the strength of the underlying subgrade soil. Blackrncotton soil gives rise to the failure of the road constructed on it. These soils have cyclic volumernchange due to fluctuation of moisture content. The degree of volume change or expansivenessrndepends...
Malaria is a mosquito-vectored infectious disease, which causes serious human health problemsrnin many endemic areas. The dominant malaria vectors in sub-Saharan countries are Anophelesrngambiae, Anopheles coluzzii, Anopheles funestus and Anopheles arabiensis. Of these, An.rnarabiensis is the most...
Vehicles are the major sources of air pollution. In the developing world old agedrnvehicles are one of the main reasons why vehicles emit pollutant gases to thernenvironment. The poor transport planning and traffic management systems leading torntraffic congestion and hence idling, on the other...
Safety is the timely issue of the road transport sector due to high frequency and severity of Road traffic crashes. The world health organization report shows 1.2 million People are killed and 50 million injured annually in road crashes worldwide. In Ethiopia, the age standardized death rate is 20...
Drainage is one of the most important factors to be considered in the road design, constructionrnand maintenance projects. It is generally accepted that road structures work well and last longerrnto give the desired service. When a road fails, whether it is concrete, asphalt or gravel,rninadequate...
Congestion problems in metropolitan areas are not addressed only throughrninfrastructure measures. Capital cities of developing countries like Ethiopia arernexisting witnesses in supporting such premises. Thus, in assisting the collective effortrnin alleviating congestion problems, investigation of...
The increasing economic activities in recent years in Ethiopia have increased the movement of freight activities on major roads. The need for reducing cost of transportation and transporters' efforts to make more profit by transporting heavier load have made overloading common on major freight road...
Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness and death in Ethiopia. Over the past years, the disease has been reported as the first leading cause of outpatient visits, hospitalization and death in health facilities across the country. Regardless of decades of sustained control efforts, malaria...
Highway hydraulic structures perform the vital function of conveying, diverting, or removing surface water from the road right-of-way. In this regard, various types of drainage facilities are required to protect the roads against surface and subsurface water. Among these, Bridges are the most...
The purpose of this study was to determine thernadequacy of the professional training of the pre-servicernprimary teacher education program vis-a-vis the overallrnobj ectives and specific outcomes of the program. And arns rvey was conducted by taking r andom sampl es of 410rngraduating students and...
The major aim in understanding this research was to assess the practice of humanrnresource management In Amhara National Regional State the case of Wag Himra Zonernand there by forward possible suggestions for the improvement of TVET programs and inrnorder to perform the training, acquisition,...
Crash reports and statistics of roads, generally, are of importance to many organizations and institutions; the output of the reports/ statistics will help decision makers in the field of road safety, in adopting a suitable safety program consistent with the actual size of the problem.rnHowever,...
The demand for different kinds of naturally occurring construction materials isrnincreasing in areas like the road construction industry. Unfortunately, not all the naturalrnmaterials along the vicinity of road projects are suitable for the proposed constructionrnbecause these materials fail to...
The major contributing factor for low level of logistic performance in Ethiopia is freight transport delay. Delay affects trade performance of a country in terms of cost, time, reliability, predictability and customer services. This study is designed to estimating the actual time it takes for...