Diarrhoea, particularly infectious diarrhoea in children less than 5 yrs of age is labeled as thernsecond leading cause of mortality and morbidity throughout the world. This is especially truernin developing countries like Ethiopia where there is poor sanitation and overcrowding.rnAmong the leading...
The study investigated the prevalence ,the nature and attitudes of bullying among students in grades 11 andrn12 from four selected schools in Addis Ababa based on convenience & ownership type namely Yekatit-12 &rnMedhanialem schools (Government owned), Holy Trinity(Faith based), Vision...
Lepidium sativum L. (family Brassicaceae), is an underutilized medicinal plant with worldwiderndistribution. In Ethiopia, Lepidium sativum occurs in all regions and agro-ecologies at differentrnaltitudinal ranges. The study was conducted to assess the genetic diversity of Lepidium...
Most young people throughout the world will be engaged in sexual intercourse byrnage 20, whether married or unmarried (5). Study done in Ethiopia also revealedrnthat, 52.8% of high school students in North West Ethiopia to be sexually activern(3). Moreover the vast majority of sexual intercourse...
Forests play a significant role in climate change mitigation by sequestering and storing morerncarbon from the atmosphere than any other terrestrial ecosystem. Church forests, includingrnother sacred places, are relatively more protected than forests in any other places. The overallrnobjective of...
The thermal neutron flux of a 241Am-Be (),nαsource available in AAU (Science Faculty) is determined using neutron-activation method of KI target which is 99.99% pure. The flux is measured relative to 127I, whose cross-section is taken be equal to 6.2barns. So the thermal neutron flux of the...
The main. focus of this study has been to (uu:1 out and describe the determinants,rneffects, and implications of child begging. In this regarct efforts have been. madernto assess the psychologicaL social and economic aspects of child begging as theyrnare observed in two sub-city administrative...
This study focuses on students' attitudes towards assessment practices in DillarnUniversity. A questionnaire was developed to measure students' perceptions of andrnattitudes towards the educational assessment practices in the university. It relates to: (a)rnfrequencies of use of assessment...
Background: In Ethiopia, 96 000 children under fifteen live with HIV, which is related to thernprevalence rate of HIV/AIDS and mother to child transmission (MTCT) of the virus.Withoutrnintervention, the risk of MTCT of HIV is 15-30% in non breastfeeding populations;rnbreastfeeding by an infected...
The Ethiopian highland region has long been recognized as having an important role in the development of agriculture and civilizations. Much interest exists in the roles of climate and land use change on the rise and fall of civilizations in the Ethiopian highlands. Although the study of ancient...
Addis Ababa city is experiencing rapid expansion and population growth. Following thernpopulation growth the demand for employment opportunities is getting much higher than thernsupply of jobs. In addition to this the expansion of the city could not significantly respond to therndemand for shelter....
BackgroundrnTraditionally, women have been the main respondents for the most of knowledge, attitude and practice survey related to family planning, contraceptive prevalence, demographic and health surveys and the like. The role of men has been limited especially in Africa where as men are the...
The earth's climate is continuously changing due to various factors among which humanrninduced activities like emissions from deforestation, fossil fuel burning, etc. are the dominantrnones. Responses to this concern have focused on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases,rnespecially carbon...
Since recent years, the Government of Ethiopia has been striding to transform the nation’s economy of currently predominantly agriculture lead to industrial economy. To facilitate and achieve this magnificent ambition, one of the tools at the center piece is the construction of industry...
There is a w idespread belief that one of the critical and recurring shortcomings of the post-1991rnpolicymaking pr ocesses happens t o b e t his imbalance between po licymaking institutions a ndrnsocietal act ors. The main focus o f t he study was t o u ndertake an a ssessment o n p...
Background: The Health Extension Program (HEP) in Ethiopia is a core component of thernbroader health system and is one of the strategies implemented with a view to achievingrnuniversal coverage of primary health care to the rural population within the context of limitedrnresources. There is scanty...
The two-dimensional form of graphite (graphene) has been obtained only very re-rncently, and immediately attracted great deal of attention. Electrons in graphene,rnobeying linear dispersion relation, behave like massless relativistic particles. It is be-rnlieved that graphene can replace silicon in...
This study is attempting to explain the case of “Eastern IndustrialrnZoneâ€, which found in Eastern part of Addis Ababa in the DukemrnAdministration. The overall objective of this study is to investigaternachievements, challenges and potential impacts of Chinese EasternrnIndustrial Zone...
The main purpose of this study was to compare the psychological and social adjustment ofrnnon-institutionalized and institutionalized HIV I AIDS orphans in Addis Ababa.rn94 HIV/AIDS orphans were selected from Organization for Social Services for AIDS (OSSA),rnTesfa Berhan Ethiopia AIDS Orphans...