A foundation study has been conducted on the construction site of the Addis Ababa Science and Technology University Campus. The site is located in the central Ethiopian highlands at the western margin of the Main Ethiopian Rift within the Akaki catchment, locally known as Kilinto. Geophysical...
Background: The increased sexual risk and exploitation among orphans and vulnerable childrenrnand its associated physical, psychological and social consequences is becoming a major publicrnhealth concern globally. The number of orphans has risen significantly in recent years inrnEthiopia....
Superconductivity through Hubbard model has been studied following Hartree FockrnApproximation. The theoretical study has been made on the origin of superconductivityrnin electron-electron interaction with coulomb repulsion which is not phononic.rnThe former interaction is under some condition,...
A dot blot assay to detect P. faicipaTum sporozoi tesrnfrom naturally infected An. gambiae s.l was developed. Indoorrnresting blood fed female An.gambiae s.l were collected fromrnMetehara, Zeway and Arbaminch. These mosquito specimens werernassayed for P.faicipaTum sporozoites using the...
The study aims at evaluation of land use suitability for surface irrigation by using GIS.rnThe evaluation of land in terms of the suitability classes was based on the method asrndescribed in FAO guideline for land evaluation. Multi-criteria decision evaluationrnmethod was used to evaluate the...
Introduction: Diabetic foot ulcers and the resulting lower extremity amputations are arncommon, complex, costly, and disabling complication of diabetes. An estimated 15% ofrnpatients with diabetes will develop a lower extremity ulcer during the course of their disease. The but drying of feet and...
The effectiveness of the electrical resistivity methodsrnhas been studied using various configurations over the FilwoharnFaul t. It has been opserved that the del inea tionof the faul trnwas possible under differential weathering. Geoelectricrnsections across the fault has been prepared on the...
BackgroundrnKangaroo mother care is a universally available and biologically sound method of care for allrnnewborns, particularly for premature babies. It facilitates longer duration of breast feeding and hasrngreat effect on improving the health of the neonate in babies submitted to...
Thirty-three crude extracts from nine Ethiopian medicinal plants that are used torntreat malaria were screened for antimalarial activity against a chloroquine-resistant FCM-29rnstrain of Plasmodiumjaiciparum in vitro. The measurement of radiolabelled hypoxanthinernincorporation by P. jaiciparum was...
Soil samples were collected, in February 2009, from a farm land in Bilajig villagernnear Gondar town North West Ethiopia. The soil samples were taken from a farmrnland that uses chemical fertilizers for nearly three decades and from farm plot thatrnhas never used chemical fertilizers. Samples were...
Durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf) is an economically important crop because of its unique characteristics and end products like semolina for pasta making. In Ethiopia, durum wheat is among the most important Triticum species with higher morphological variability among landraces. Knowledge of the...
Introduction: The double burden of malnutrition in developing countries is a challenge to peoplernhealth. Childhood obesity is related to an increased risk of high blood pressure, diabetes,rnrespiratory disease and orthopedic disorders during childhood as well as its adverse effects inrnadulthood....
Dung seed content of cattle, donkey and sheep were studied using a greenhouse technique. Four replicates of 125 g dry weight of dung from each type of livestock were collected during 12 consecutive sessions starting from October 2/2006 –March16/2007 in natural grassland. The comparison is...
The studied area is located in the northen part of the central s!(5ctor of the MainrnEthiopian Rift. It is bounded by 7° 35' N & 812' N latitudes and 38 25' E & 39°15' Ernlongitudes. It is covered by Pliocene to Recent volcanic rocks and lacustrine sediments.rnVolcanic rocks are dominantly...
One of the main tasks in occupational radiation protection is the reliable determi~rnnation of radiation protection dose quantities like effective dose or organ equivalentrndose. Basic dosimetric quantities like air kerma or operational dose quantities likernambient dose equivalent, directional...
A study on the history and status of the population of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) andrnhuman-elephant conflict in Chebera-Churchura National Park was conducted from July 2005 tornMarch 2006. This study was aimed to fill information gap on the population status of the elephantsrnof the...
Indoor air pollution due to combustion of biomass fuel is a common practice in ruralrnhouseholds of developing countries. Young children living in households exposed to solidrnfuel have greater risk of developing acute respiratory infections. The main objective of thisrnstudy is to evaluate the...
Abortion law and policy liberalization could lead to dropping of unsafe abortion and related deathsrnhowever, unsafe abortion is still major problem of the whole society. Many women want to seekrnunsafe abortions practice due to inadequate access to safe abortion and other reproductive...
Textile industry is faced with serious environmental problems associated with itsrnimmense wastewater discharge, substantial organic load, extreme alkalinity and heavilyrncolored effluent. The overall objective of this study was to evaluate the treatmentrnperformance of pilot anaerobic/ aerobic...
In this project optical properties of pure caffeine, i.e., time dependency of caffeine in coffeernpowder and solution kept under different conditions and temperatures were inyestigated. FOI'rnthe pure caffeine molar decadic absorption coefficient and transitional dipole moment wererncomputed and...