Out of 552 ratients investigated 410 (74.2%) harbouredrnone or more p,astrointestinal infectious agents. Among thesern61.2% had sin~le infections. Of the sing18 infections, thernnarasites ~i8re dominant i.e. E. ,histolytici'!, accounted forrn53.8%, Ascaris lumbricoides for 19.1%, !. !richiura for...
Effective management of natural resources, especially National Parks requires accuraternand up-to-date information to guide park managers in making appropriate decision. Thernintension of this study is to provide such information using GIS and remote sensingrntechnologies to guide policy...
Waste brewery yeast has been used for biosorption of lead and nickel. The dried, ground andrnprotonated yeast has been contacted with Lead (II) and Nickel (II) solutions so as to investigaternimpact of PH, Contact time, presence of co-ion, and study equilibrium and kinetics of thernsorption...
Nitrate is the most frequently introduced pollutant in the groundwater’s of Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa city. This study was conducted to compare the level of nitrate pollution of the major cities Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa. The study tries to identify different source of nitrate pollution for...
The leather industry is characterized as an industry that uses moderately large types andrnquantities of chemicals and water. The wastes generated in tannery processes include wastewaterrneffluent, solid waste, and hazardous waste. These wastes create pollution problems in thernenvironment.rnMost...
Callus induction and shoot formation from hypocotyls and cotyledons ofrnGuizotia abyssinica Cass. has been achieved in this experiment. Thernfrequency of callus induction was influenced by the concentrations and typesrnof growth regulators. Six to eight-day-old hypocotyl segments andrncotyledons...
Bamboo is a fast growing non-wood plant with long and thin fibers. Therefore, it has potential as a raw material for pulping and papermaking. Oxytenanthera abyssinica bamboo samples were harvested, sorted, dried and milled using Wiley Mill and sieved with 250μm mesh for chemical analysis. In...
Seasonal and spatial variations of zooplanktoR ·in relation to physico-chemical,rnvariables and phytoplankton production in Lake Beseka were studied fromrnOctober 2004 to September 2005. The measurements were made on monthlyrnbasis. The lake shows temporal variations in temperature (24...
Corn starch was extracted from local corn (Melkasa-2) obtained from Melkasa Agricultural Research Center. And this extracted corn starch synthesized by the reaction of corn starch with acetic anhydride in the presence of acetic acid under varying reaction temperature and time. The result was with...
The quest for public service leadership practices are constantly changing in line with dynamicsrnin resource scarcity and the growing demand for quality services. Theoretical lenses that arerninformed by transactional and transformational leadership practices are also revisited. Morernefficient and...
Solid waste management continues to be one of the major issues facingrnmunicipal planners, which Involves managing activities associated withrngeneration, collection, transport and disposal of solid waste in an environmentallyrncompatible manner. Land filling is a common method of waste disposal...
The objective of this study was production of bioethanol from Barley spent grain by using two-stage diluted acid hydrolysis. The production process was carried out in four main stage such as pretreatment, hydrolysis (first and second stage), fermentation and distillations. The first stage diluted...
BackgroundrnGlobally, the prevalence of diabetes mellitus across various occupational groups and its relationship with an occupational factor is a topic of recent interest. Police officers as an occupational group are exposed to unhealthy life style, excessive alcohol consumption and smoking which...
Background: Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Sub-Saharan Africa. TotalrnFertility Rate of Ethiopia is 4.8 children per women, population growth rate is estimated to bern2.7% per year and contraceptive prevalence rate is only 29 % while the unmet need for familyrnplanning is 34%....
This study is aimed at assessing the spatio-temporal changes of land use / land cover andrnidentifying land degradation area in the form of soil erosion in Bishan Guracha-Adilornsubcatcments. The three landsat images (1973, 1984 and 2000) were classified into fivernmajor land use / land cover...
In this paper, we investigate some boundary value problems for two dimensional harmonicrnfunctions. That is basic introduce new tools for solving Dirichlet problems, Poisson’s equationsrnand Neumann problems with Green’s functionrnG( x; y; x0 y0) =1/2in( x –y0)2+( x –...
Addis Ababa City Charter Creates two levels of City Courts, exercising municipal jurisdiction-rnFirst Instance and Appellate Courts. There is no Supreme Court in the municipal court system,rnalthough a cassation bench is included within the Appellate Court. Cassation review ofrnAppellate court...
The purpose of this study was to investigate conflict and its management styles: Teachers, students and principals perceptions, the case of Kolfe Keranyo Sub-City Government Secondary Schools of Addis Ababa. The study attempted to identify the major sources of conflict, perceptions of conflict,...
In this thesis the application of feed forward type artificial neural networks to modelrnchemical engineering processes are demonstrated with reference to five differentrnproblems.rnNeural network models are constructed and employed to predict vapor-liquid equilibriumrn(VLE) data of twelve...