BACKGROUND: Many inpatients become anxious or frightened about scheduled treatment processes, and medical staff do not have sufficient time to provide emotional support. The recent advancement of information and communications technology (ICT) and the use of artificial ...

Grain contamination by mycotoxins can cause significantly negative health and economic impact in areas where poor agricultural practices and food insecurity is prevalent. This study was conducted to investigate the current postharvest practices and aflatoxin contaminat...

Abstract Own production contributes much of the food supply in smallholder production systems in low‐ and middle‐income countries like Ethiopia. Understanding the potential as well as constraints of these production systems in terms of nutrient supplies is thus a critic...

Background Agricultural work can expose workers to potentially hazardous agents including known and suspected carcinogens. This study aimed to evaluate cancer incidence in male and female agricultural workers in an international consortium, AGRICOH, relative to their re...

Most of Ethiopia’s National Parks are affected by anthropogenic factors. The objective of this study was to assess the major wildlife threatening factors of Gibe Sheleko National Park (GSNP) through semi-structured questionnaire, focus groups discussion and observation....

Climate change is predicted to adversely affect agricultural yields, particularly in African countries such as Ethiopia, where crop production relies heavily on environmental factors such as rainfall and temperature. However, there have only been a limited number of stu...

Abstract Currently, there is a huge production in the automotive industries and energy consumption resulted into spike in the cost and emissions of greenhouse gases. Hence, an efficient energy utilisation mechanism has become a prime most important factor. Energy and it...

Abstract Elevated levels of mental health symptoms – especially related to depression and anxiety – are observed in water-insecure communities. A small set of ethnographic studies have suggested that inadequate safe and sufficient water does not in itself well explain o...

Abstract BackgroundIn Ethiopia, the majority of farmers have limited access to inorganic fertilizers, but agricultural development is largely limited by economic constraints. Agroforestry practices (AFPs) are the typical solutions for such kind of agricultural systems. ...

Background: One of the primary reasons for an increase in cesarean sections is obstetricians’ uncertainty about labor trial safety following a previous cesarean section. The success rate of vaginal birth after cesarean section with a single cesarean scar is greater than...