Level of health literacy and associated factors among Jimma town public high school adolescent students: A cross-sectional study.

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the level of health literacy and its associated factors among Jimma town public high school adolescents, Jimma, Oromia, Southwest Ethiopia, 2023.

Methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted in June 2023 among 604 Jimma town public high school adolescents. A multistage sampling technique was employed to recruit study participants.

Parametric investigation of rectangular CFRP-confined concrete columns reinforced by inner elliptical steel tubes using finite element and machine learning models.

Nowadays, due to the structural advantages gained by combining three different materials' properties, columns made of carbon-fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP)-confined concrete with inner steel tube have received researchers' interest. This article presents the nonlinear finite element analysis and multiple machine learning (ML) model-based study on the behavior of round corner rectangular CFRP-confined concrete short columns reinforced by the inner high-strength elliptical steel tube under the axial load. The reliability of the proposed nonlinear finite element model was verified against the existing experimental investigations.

Adoption of telepharmacy among pharmacists, physicians, and nurses at Hawassa City Public Hospitals, Ethiopia.

Pharmaceutical care in the majority of developing countries is hindered by a lack of techniques, limitations in mobility, and a shortage of staff to provide patient care. However, there is no evidence that professionals intend to use telepharmacy in patient care. To fill this gap, this study was designed to examine whether pharmacists, physicians, and nursing professionals intend to use telepharamcy in their care practice.

Advancements in nanotechnology-driven photodynamic and photothermal therapies: mechanistic insights and synergistic approaches for cancer treatment.

Cancer is a disease that involves uncontrolled cell division triggered by genetic damage to the genes that control cell growth and division. Cancer starts as a localized illness, but subsequently spreads to other areas in the human body (metastasis), making it incurable. Cancer is the second most prevalent cause of mortality worldwide.

Risky behaviors in Ethiopian university students and its relationship with loneliness and coping self-efficacy.

Research shows that risky behavior peaks in young adulthood, endangering young adult's mental health and making it difficult for them to grow up to be responsible members of society. As a result, this study aimed to adapt the Risk Behavior Scale into Amharic and examine the relationships between risky behaviors, loneliness, and coping self-efficacy. A cross-sectional research design was used and convenience sampling was employed to gather data from a total of 242 Ethiopian university students.

Indigenous bio-coagulant assisted electrocoagulation process for the removal of contaminants from brewery wastewater: Performance evaluation and response surface methodology optimization.

Wastewater from human activities, particularly from brewery industries, is a significant source of pollution. Large volumes of biodegradable and non-biodegradable substances found in brewery effluent make them suitable for natural coagulant-assisted electrocoagulation. The treatment options available today are highly harmful and not economical.

Seasonal dynamics, resting behaviour and insecticide susceptibility of mosquitoes across two differentially malaria-endemic regions in Ethiopia.

Information on bionomics of species composition, seasonal dynamics and insecticide susceptibility status is important to understand malaria transmission in any particular eco-epidemiological setting and for the design of effective vector control strategies. Here, adult mosquitoes were collected using CDC light traps (CDC LTs) and human landing catches (HLC) for 17 months between June 2018 and September 2020 from Lare District of Ethiopia. Larvae and pupae of anopheline mosquitoes were collected from breeding sites of Lare District and Jimma and reared to adulthood.

, , and are emerging preharvest maize ear rot pathogens in Ethiopia.

Fusarium ear rot (FER) and Gibberella ear rot (GER) caused by Fusarium species are major diseases affecting maize production in Ethiopia. In addition to reducing quality and yield, these fungi can produce mycotoxins that contaminate maize kernels and, thereby, pose health hazards to humans and livestock. A survey was conducted in 10 administrative zones of Ethiopia within the major maize-growing regions of the country to identify the species of Fusarium associated with ear rot.

Effects of extrusion process conditions on nutritional, anti-nutritional, physical, functional, and sensory properties of extruded snack: A review.

Consumers' demand for ready-to-eat extruded snack is increasing due to their convenience and time saving. Extrusion cooking is the most commonly used technology for manufacturing ready-to-eat snack products. However, improper management of extrusion parameters such as the barrel temperature, feed moisture content, pressure, and other parameters of the extruder can influence the quality of extruded snack foods.

Predictors of time to unplanned implanon discontinuation in the first year of application at public hospitals in North Shoa, Central Ethiopia: using acceleration failure time model.

Introduction: Contraceptive discontinuation has become a widespread issue on a global basis. Implants, of which Implanon is the most popular, are only the second most widely used form of modern contraceptive in Ethiopia. However, Implanon was discontinued at a rate as high as 23.

Impact of Dried Thyme Leaf Meal on Production Performance, Egg Quality and Blood Parameters of Laying Hens.

Background: The use of commercially extracted phytogenic compounds to maintain poultry health and productivity in the absence of in-feed antibiotics is prohibitively costly in developing countries.

Objectives: The goal of the study is to determine the effect of dietary supplementation with Thymus schimperi leaf meal (TLM) on production performance, egg quality and haemato-biochemical parameters of Bovan brown layers.

Methods: A total of 96 laying hens at 25 weeks of age were randomly assigned to 4 treatments with 6 replications each.

Mothers Practices and Factors Affecting Sunlight Exposure of Their Infants in Adami Tulu Jido Kombolcha District, East Shoa Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, 2022: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study.

Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) is a global health concern affecting people of all ages. The Ethiopian guidelines recommend sun exposure for neonates starting from 2 weeks old, with 15 to 20 minutes per day. However, evidence suggests that the implementation of this recommendation is inconsistent.

Profiling vivax malaria incidence, residual transmission, and risk factors using reactive case detection in low transmission settings of Ethiopia.

Background: Identification of local Plasmodium vivax transmission foci and its hidden reservoirs are crucial to eliminating residual vivax malaria transmission. This study assessed whether reactive case detection (RCD) could better identify P. vivax cases and infection incidences in Arjo-Didessa, Southwestern Ethiopia.

Determinants of an unfavorable treatment outcome among tuberculosis patients in the Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health challenge in Ethiopia. TB treatment outcomes were suboptimal compared to the expected target of the national TB control Program. The provision of standard anti-TB treatment is the primary component of the directly observed treatment, short-course strategy.

Porous biochars derived from brewery waste for the treatment of Cr(VI)-contaminated water.

The use of brewery waste for the removal of pollutants such as chromium has rarely been studied. In the present work, the removal of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) from aqueous solutions was evaluated by brewer's spent grain (BSG), brewing sewage sludge (BSS), and their mixture (MIX), which were obtained from the Bedele Brewery Share Company, Ethiopia. BSG with acid and heat treatment at 600 °C was selected during the preliminary screening experiments and further characterized via FTIR, XRD, and SEM.