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Common fixed points of generalized F -contraction of multivalued mappings in bi-b-metric spaces 双比特空间中多值映射的广义 F -收缩的公共定点
Pub Date : 2023-11-22 DOI: 10.4314/sinet.v46i2.2
Kibru Ababu Agonafir, Bahru Tsegaye Leyew
In this article, we introduce a new concept of generalized F -contraction of nonlinear multivalued mappings and establish conditions for the existence of common fixed points of such mappings in the framework of bi- b-metric spaces. These findings combine, generalize, and expand on current and classic analogous findings in the literature.
在这篇文章中,我们引入了非线性多值映射的广义 F -收缩这一新概念,并在双双对称空间的框架内建立了此类映射的公共定点的存在条件。这些发现结合、概括并扩展了当前和经典文献中的类似发现。
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Identifying Amharic-Tigrigna Shared Features: Towards Optimizing Implementation of Under Resourced Languages 确定阿姆哈拉语-提格里尼亚语的共同特征:实现资源不足语言的优化实施
Pub Date : 2023-11-22 DOI: 10.4314/sinet.v46i2.5
Lemlem Hagos, Million Meshesha, Solomon Atnafu, Solomon Teferra
In this article, exploratory research is conducted to analyze statistical overlap across Amharic and Tigrigna at different level of abstraction, namely, word level, CV syllable level, and at phoneme level. Amharic and Tigrigna are among the most widely spoken Ethiosemitic languages in Ethiopia, yet under resourced to be fully integrated into TTS applications that assist oral society in their day-to-day activities. Text to speech research requires linguistic resources involving intensive text analysis and acoustic resources that involve digital signal analysis. TTS researches for Ethiosemitic languages have been explored on monolingual basis which require fragmented research activities towards the resource intensive task. Investigating the level of overlap for Amharic and Tigrigna gives an insight to reuse shared acoustic and linguistic resources across these languages and reduce duplication of effort in the process of designing higher level applications such as TTS. According to our statistical analysis, Amharic and Tigrigna share 86.36% at phonemic level, 85.93% at CV syllable level, and encouraging level of overlap at the word level. The extent to which these languages overlap at different level of abstraction implies the opportunity to reduce duplication of effort in the design and development of bilingual and multilingual TTS for Ethiosemitic polyglots.
本文进行了探索性研究,分析了阿姆哈拉语和提格里尼亚语在不同抽象层次上的统计重叠,即单词层次、CV 音节层次和音素层次。阿姆哈拉语和提格里尼亚语是埃塞俄比亚使用最广泛的民族语言之一,但资源不足,无法充分整合到帮助口语社会日常活动的 TTS 应用程序中。文本到语音研究需要涉及密集文本分析的语言资源和涉及数字信号分析的声学资源。针对民族语言的 TTS 研究一直是以单语为基础进行的,这就需要对资源密集型任务开展零散的研究活动。对阿姆哈拉语和提格里尼亚语的重叠程度进行调查,可以帮助我们深入了解如何在这些语言中重复使用共享的声学和语言资源,并在设计更高级应用(如 TTS)的过程中减少重复劳动。根据我们的统计分析,阿姆哈拉语和提格里尼亚语在音位层面的重叠率为 86.36%,在 CV 音节层面的重叠率为 85.93%,在词层面的重叠率令人鼓舞。这些语言在不同抽象层次上的重叠程度意味着,在为多语言民族设计和开发双语和多语种 TTS 时,有机会减少重复劳动。
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Food access vs food safety: The case of street food operation around Mexico Square, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 食品获取与食品安全:埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴墨西哥广场周边的街头食品经营案例
Pub Date : 2023-11-22 DOI: 10.4314/sinet.v46i2.6
Tamenu Abera Tamenu Abera, Mogessie Ashenafi Mogessie Ashenafi
: Street foods are common in in Addis Ababa. The city administration considers the business as informal and illegal. However, street food operation creates significant self-employment opportunities. Moreover, it markedly contributes to the food security of low-income consumers and vendors. The food security status, food safety knowledge and practice of 160 stationary street food vendors were assessed around Mexico Square, Addis Ababa. A detailed site observation was made around vending sites. Household food insecurity experience and food safety KAP of vending households was assessed using close-ended standard questionnaires. Job-specific interviews were made on street food operation with key informants from among woreda officials and consumers. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and opinions of key informants were described. About 72% of the street food vendors were female. Over 90% were adolescents or young adults and 30% had more than three children. About 71% of the vendors were either moderately or severely food insecure. Vendors had good knowledge (81%), moderate attitude (74%) but very poor practice (14%) in food safety. Street food vending was the only source of affordable meals to low-income groups in the study area. Meals were served and consumed immediately after cooking minimizing food safety risks. As street food vending creates economic and physical access to the low-paid urban poor and is a livelihood to poor families, it may be useful to recognize its positive role in mitigating food insecurity. Government control on food safety compliance, allocation of vending zones, and giving training to street food vendors could improve safety of street foods.
:街头小吃在亚的斯亚贝巴很常见。城市管理部门认为街头小吃属于非正规非法经营。然而,街头食品经营创造了大量的自营职业机会。此外,它还显著促进了低收入消费者和商贩的食品安全。对亚的斯亚贝巴墨西哥广场附近 160 个固定街头食品摊贩的食品安全状况、食品安全知识和做法进行了评估。对售卖点周围进行了详细的现场观察。使用封闭式标准问卷对小贩家庭的食品不安全经历和食品安全 KAP 进行了评估。此外,还就街头食品经营问题对县官员和消费者中的关键信息提供者进行了特定工作访谈。利用描述性统计对定量数据进行了分析,并对主要信息提供者的意见进行了描述。约 72% 的街头小贩为女性。超过 90% 是青少年或年轻成年人,30% 有三个以上的孩子。约 71% 的小贩处于中度或严重的粮食不安全状态。小贩们对食品安全的认识良好(81%),态度一般(74%),但做法很差(14%)。街头食品售卖是研究地区低收入群体唯一能负担得起的膳食来源。膳食在烹饪后立即供应和食用,最大限度地降低了食品安全风险。由于街头食品售卖为低收入城市贫民提供了经济和物质条件,也是贫困家庭的一种谋生手段,因此承认其在缓解食品不安全方面的积极作用可能是有益的。政府对食品安全合规性的控制、售卖区域的分配以及对街头食品摊贩的培训都可以提高街头食品的安全性。
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Assessing the Motivation of First-year Undergraduate Students for Physical Fitness Workout and Contextual Differences at Bahir Dar University 评估巴哈达尔大学一年级本科生的体育锻炼动机和环境差异
Pub Date : 2023-11-22 DOI: 10.4314/sinet.v46i2.8
Demissie Gashu Walle
Motivation can be seen as a major factor in improving physical exercise behavior among people. Evaluating the motivational of university students towards physical fitness workout is important to implement intervention strategies’ to increase their motivationlevel for their personal development and achievement of individual goals.This study aimed to assess university first-year undergraduate students' motivations for engaging in physical fitness workout and how those motivations related to contextual factors. The study used a cross-sectional survey design consisted of 323 sample students at Bahir Dar University. The majority age of the students (n= 216, 66.9%) were 20 years old. The adapted Exercise Self-Regulation Questionnaire (SRQ-E) was used to measure the motivation for physical fitness workout.The results were analyzed using descriptive statistics and t tests. The results show that overall mean of students’ motivation for physical fitness workout was below the average (2.85). The mean scores of most few motivational variables show significant statistical difference across the students religion, and residential status (p<.05).As far as major field was concerned, there was a statistically significant difference between natural and social science students in the two motivational variables: identified regulation and external motivation (p<.05,Cohen's d= -.123 & -.027). To understand the motivation of freshman students for physical fitness workout in universities, future research needs to consider the direct effect of some other contextual variables.
动机是改善人们体育锻炼行为的一个重要因素。本研究旨在评估大学一年级本科生参加体育锻炼的动机,以及这些动机与环境因素的关系。本研究采用横断面调查设计,由巴哈达尔大学的 323 名抽样学生组成。大部分学生(216 人,66.9%)的年龄为 20 岁。采用改编的运动自我调节问卷(SRQ-E)来测量体育锻炼的动机。结果显示,学生体育锻炼动机的总体平均值低于平均值(2.85)。就专业领域而言,自然科学学生和社会科学学生在两个动机变量:认同调节和外部动机上存在显著差异(P<.05,Cohen's d= -.123 & -.027)。为了了解大学新生的体育锻炼动机,未来的研究需要考虑其他一些情境变量的直接影响。
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Analysis of two-operator boundary-domain integral equations for variable-coefficient Dirichlet and Neumann problems in 2D with general right-hand side 具有一般右手边的二维可变系数迪里希勒和诺伊曼问题的双操作边界域积分方程分析
Pub Date : 2023-11-22 DOI: 10.4314/sinet.v46i2.1
Markos F. Yimer, Tsegaye G. Ayele
The Dirichlet and Neumann boundary value problems for the linear second-orderscalar elliptic differential equation with variable coefficients in a bounded two-dimensional domain are considered. The right-hand side the PDE belongs to H´1 pΩq or Hr ´1 pΩq, when neither classical nor canonical conormal derivatives of solutions are well defined. The two-operator approach and appropriate parametrix (Levi function) are used to reduce each of the problems to two different systems of two-operator boundary-domain integral equations (BDIEs). Although the theory of BDIEs in 3D is well developed, the BDIEs in 2D need a special consideration due to their different equivalence properties. As a result, we need to set conditions on the domain or on the associated Sobolev spaces to ensure the invertibility of corresponding parametrix-based integral layer potentials and hence the unique solvability of BDIEs. The equivalence of the two-operator BDIE systems to the original problems, BDIE system solvability, solution uniqueness/nonuniqueness, and invertibility BDIE system are analyzed in the appropriate Sobolev spaces. It is shown that the BDIE operators for the Neumann BVP are not invertible, and appropriate finite-dimensional perturbations are constructed leading toinvertibility of the perturbed operators.
研究了在有界二维域中具有可变系数的线性二阶标量椭圆微分方程的迪里希勒和诺伊曼边界值问题。当解的经典或规范常导数都没有很好定义时,PDE 的右边属于 H´1 pΩq 或 Hr ´1 pΩq。利用双算子方法和适当的参数矩阵(列维函数),可以将每个问题简化为两个不同的双算子边界域积分方程(BDIE)系统。虽然三维边界域积分方程的理论已经发展成熟,但由于二维边界域积分方程的等价性不同,因此需要对其进行特殊考虑。因此,我们需要对域或相关的 Sobolev 空间设定条件,以确保相应的基于参数矩阵的积分层势的可逆性,从而确保 BDIEs 的唯一可解性。在相应的索波列夫空间中分析了双算子 BDIE 系统与原始问题的等价性、BDIE 系统的可解性、解的唯一性/非唯一性以及 BDIE 系统的可逆性。结果表明,诺伊曼 BVP 的 BDIE 算子不可逆,并构造了适当的有限维扰动,从而导致扰动算子的可逆性。
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Evaluation of phenotypic relationships of date palm cultivars at Melka Werer, Ethiopia 评估埃塞俄比亚 Melka Werer 地区枣椰树栽培品种的表型关系
Pub Date : 2023-11-22 DOI: 10.4314/sinet.v46i2.7
Workia Ahmed, T. Feyissa, K. Tesfaye, Sumaira Farrakh
Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is one of the oldest fruit bearing perennial trees classified under the genus of Phoenix in Arecaceae (Palm) family. The natures of date palms with their long productivity have an indispensable socio-economicsignificance and contributions in agricultural sustainability. The date palm is a food and income source for societies particularly in the desert and also it has medicinal, cultural, ecological and environmental values. Date palms are dioecious with a wide range of phenotypic variations. Therefore, evaluation of date palm cultivars using morphological characters at regional as well as global level is critically necessary for sustainable utilization of itsgenetic resources as well as for genetic improvement and conservationprograms. The aim of this study is to assess the phylogenetic relationships of ate palms date palm cultivars cultivated at Melka Werer research centre. A total of 45 morphological traits were used to assess phylogenetic relationships of eleven date palm cultivars. All traits showed mean variations amongthe cultivars.Principal component analysis on the first component revealed 37% variation in vegetative and reproductive traits data combined together and 29% and 32% of variations was observed in separate vegetative and reproductive morphological traits data respectively. Among 45 morphological traits 43 traits exhibited significant differences at p <0.05 inanalysis of variance and also 23 traits showed significant variances at p <0.05 inhomogeneity of variance analysis among cultivars. Besides, dendrograms were constructed based on combined vegetative and reproductive traitsdataand in separatevegetative and reproductive traits data and showed the genetic relationships between date palm cultivars.Generally, this study clearly display the phenotypic variations between cultivars and also the resultis important as baseline for documenting and further agronomic traits studies of date palm cultivars particularly in Ethiopia.
枣椰树(Phoenix dactylifera L.)是最古老的多年生果树之一,属棕榈科凤凰属。枣椰树产量高,具有不可或缺的社会经济意义,并对农业可持续性做出了贡献。枣椰树是社会的食物和收入来源,尤其是在沙漠地区,它还具有药用、文化、生态和环境价值。枣椰树雌雄异株,表型差异很大。因此,在地区和全球范围内利用形态特征对枣椰树栽培品种进行评估,对于枣椰树遗传资源的可持续利用以及遗传改良和保护计划至关重要。本研究旨在评估 Melka Werer 研究中心栽培的枣椰树的系统发育关系。共使用了 45 个形态特征来评估 11 个椰枣栽培品种的系统发育关系。所有性状在各栽培品种之间都显示出平均差异。第一主成分分析表明,无性性状和生殖性状数据合在一起的差异为 37%,无性性状和生殖性状数据分开观察的差异分别为 29% 和 32%。在 45 个形态性状中,有 43 个性状在方差分析中显示出显著差异(p <0.05),还有 23 个性状在栽培品种间的不均匀性方差分析中显示出显著差异(p <0.05)。总之,该研究清楚地显示了栽培品种之间的表型差异,其结果对于记录和进一步研究枣椰栽培品种(尤其是埃塞俄比亚的枣椰栽培品种)的农艺性状非常重要。
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New Record for Scolopia Sp. Nov. (Salicaceaesensulato) from the Early Miocene of Ethiopia: Identification and Classification of Fossil Leaves into their Living Relatives 埃塞俄比亚早中新世Scolopia Sp.Nov.(Salicaceaesensulato)的新记录:叶化石与活体亲缘植物的鉴定与分类
Pub Date : 2023-11-22 DOI: 10.4314/sinet.v46i2.4
Tekie F. Tesfamichael
Early Miocene sedimentary layersfrom the Mush Valley in the Ethiopian Highlands located northeast of Addis Ababa preserve compressed fossil leaves and seeds with abundant organic matter in carbonaceous lacustrine shales. Fossil leaf morphotypes, preserved in those sediments, allow compilation of data and provide information on species richness and species relative abundance without the need for lengthy investigation to determine their taxonomic identity. Moreover, identification of fossil plants with respect to their nearest living relatives provides additional data critical for understanding their phylogenetic history, paleoclimate, and concentration of atmospheric CO2. Here a previously unnamed taxon from the Mush Valley site was described; the taxon has a distinctly acrodromous primary venation, a pulvinus base, brachyparacyticstomatal complexes, and a suite of other characters of higher order venation and epidermal cells. The comparison of venation patterns and cuticular features among the fossil leaves and herbarium leaves using categorical variables shows that the fossil shares several characters with trinerved species in the genus Scolopia, but does not share all characters with any living species. Therefore, an extinct species found in the genus Scolopia (Scolopieae, Salicaceae) is described; the genus Scolopia is found today in Madagascar, the Solomon Islands, the Comoros, Southeast Asia, and eastern Australia. Two species of Scolopia occur today in Ethiopia, but these appear distantly related to the fossil based upon their pinnate, rather than acrodromous, primary venation. The fossil leaves are 21.73 ± 0.03 million years old, based upon 206Pb/238U geochronology, which can provide a precise date pointfor phylogenetic analysis. The taxonomic identification of this fossil leaf has important implication for reconstructing concentration of atmospheric CO2 and paleo temperature of the time and hence, to understand the response of plants to the early Miocene global warming.
位于亚的斯亚贝巴东北部的埃塞俄比亚高原穆什谷的早中新世沉积层中保存了碳质湖相页岩中的压缩化石叶片和种子以及丰富的有机物质。保存在这些沉积物中的化石叶片形态可用于汇编数据,并提供物种丰富度和物种相对丰度方面的信息,而无需进行冗长的调查来确定其分类身份。此外,化石植物与其最近的近缘植物的鉴定还为了解其系统发育历史、古气候和大气二氧化碳浓度提供了额外的重要数据。这里描述的是来自蘑菇谷遗址的一个以前未命名的类群;该类群具有明显的尖顶主脉纹、脉基、腕瓣口复合体以及高阶脉纹和表皮细胞的一系列其他特征。利用分类变量对叶片化石和标本馆叶片化石的脉络模式和角质特征进行比较后发现,叶片化石与三叶草属(Scolopia)的物种具有相同的特征,但与任何生物物种都不具有相同的特征。因此,本文描述了一种已灭绝的 Scolopia 属(莎草科 Scolopieae)物种;Scolopia 属现今分布于马达加斯加、所罗门群岛、科摩罗、东南亚和澳大利亚东部。今天,埃塞俄比亚有两种 Scolopia,但根据它们的羽状主脉而非刺状主脉来看,似乎与化石的亲缘关系较远。根据 206Pb/238U 地质年代测定,该化石叶片的年龄为 21.73 ± 0.03 百万年,可为系统发育分析提供一个精确的日期点。该叶片化石的分类鉴定对于重建当时的大气二氧化碳浓度和古温度,从而了解植物对中新世早期全球变暖的反应具有重要意义。
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Conflict management and resolution: the case of Ethiopian Athletics Federation 冲突管理与解决:埃塞俄比亚田径联合会的案例
Pub Date : 2023-11-22 DOI: 10.4314/sinet.v46i2.9
Ameneshewa Tahlew, Jemal Abagissa, Aschenaki Taddese, Zeru Bekele
The purpose of this study was to examine conflict management and resolution in Ethiopian Athletics Federation. Cross sectional survey design which incorporates both quantitative and qualitative methods was the research design of the study. The target population of the study was 284 and of these a sample of 166 respondents was selected using probability proportional sampling technique. Regarding the data collection instruments, questionnaires, interviews and document analysis were employed. The data obtained through questionnaires were analyzed using statistical tools such as frequency, standard deviation, and average. The finding of the study indicated that there were different causes and sources of conflicts in the federation. Informal relations, rent seeking and misinterpretation of rules and regulations are the major causes of conflicts. The gaps were also identified in the conflict management style and the time it takes to resolve.
本研究旨在考察埃塞俄比亚田径联合会的冲突管理和解决情况。研究设计采用了横断面调查设计,其中包含定量和定性方法。研究的目标人群为 284 人,采用概率比例抽样技术从中抽取了 166 名受访者。在数据收集工具方面,采用了问卷调查、访谈和文件分析。通过问卷获得的数据使用了频率、标准偏差和平均值等统计工具进行分析。研究结果表明,联邦冲突的原因和根源各不相同。非正式关系、寻租以及对规则和条例的曲解是冲突的主要原因。在冲突管理方式和解决所需的时间方面也发现了差距。
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GDDs with 4 Groups and Block Size 5 具有 4 个组和块大小 5 的 GDD
Pub Date : 2023-11-22 DOI: 10.4314/sinet.v46i2.3
Zebene Girma Tefera, Samuel Asefa Fufa
This paper studies a special case of group divisible designs (GDDs) called 3-GDDs, which were defined by extending the definitions of a group divisible designs and a t-design. In particular, the paper looks at a 3-GDD(n, 4, 5; μ1, μ2) with 4 groups and block size 5. Necessary conditions for the existence given.
本文研究了分组可分割设计(GDD)的一种特例,称为 3-GDD,它是通过扩展分组可分割设计和 t-设计的定义而定义的。本文特别研究了具有 4 组和块大小为 5 的 3-GDD(n, 4, 5; μ1, μ2)。给出了存在的必要条件。
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Effects of Eight Week Plyometric Training on Shooting and Long Passing Accuracy of under- 17 Tesfa Male Soccer Project at Bahir Dar 8周增强式训练对17岁以下特斯法男子足球项目射门和长传准确率的影响
Pub Date : 2023-04-30 DOI: 10.4314/sinet.v46i1.8
Haileyesus Bazezew Belete
The purpose of the present study was to determine the Effects of Eight Weeks of Plyometric Training on Shooting and Long Passing Accuracy of the under -17 Male Tesfa Soccer Project at Bahir Dar. The study engaged a quantitative research approach and a true experimental research design. The target population of this study was 24 (n = 24) male soccer project trainees in Bahir Dar. Due to the small numbers of study population, all trainees were taken using comprehensive sampling techniques. 24 male soccer trainees were divided in to two equal groups, such as EG (N = 12) and CG (N =12) by means of randomization. Both groups undergo programs. The experiment group (EG) performed additional plyometric training for eight weeks, 3-days per week for a total of 60 minutes. The experimental and control group of the study participated in the selected technical skill before and after the training. Shooting accuracy was measured by using the front set ball shot test, and long pass accuracy using accurately kicking the ball to the team meat test. This data was analyzed through SPSS version 23 software by paired sample t-test and independent sample t- test of with a significant level of 0.05. The analyzed data showed that plyometric training significantly improved shooting accuracy long and passing accuracy in the pre-test and post-test performance of EG (p<0.05).But, no significant improvements were found in all selected technical skill variables to the pre-post-test performance of CG (P>0.05). In addition, as it was assessed by the independent t-test, the post-test performance of shooting accuracy and long passing accuracy of EG more significantly improved than post-test CG group tests( p<0.05). Based on this finding, it can be concluded that 8 weeks plyometric training had positive effect on shooting accuracy and long passing accuracy of soccer players. Therefore, it is recommended that soccer players and coaches should include some plyometric exercise in their training sessions for development of the technical skills of players.
本研究的目的是确定八周增强式训练对17岁以下男子Tesfa足球项目的射门和长传准确性的影响。这项研究采用了定量研究方法和真正的实验研究设计。本研究的目标人群为Bahir Dar的24名(n = 24)男性足球项目学员。由于研究人数较少,所有受训者均采用综合抽样技术。将24名男性足球学员随机分为EG组(N =12)和CG组(N =12)。两组人都要接受培训。实验组(EG)进行额外的增强训练,为期8周,每周3天,共计60分钟。本研究的实验组和对照组在训练前和训练后分别参加了所选的技术技能。射门准确度采用前定位球射门测试,长传准确度采用准确踢到队肉测试。采用SPSS 23版软件对数据进行配对样本t检验和独立样本t检验,显著水平为0.05。分析数据显示,增强训练显著提高了EG前测和后测成绩的射击精度、传球精度和传球精度(p0.05)。此外,经独立t检验,EG组的射击精度和长传精度的测试后性能比CG组测试后更显著提高(p<0.05)。基于这一发现,可以得出8周增强训练对足球运动员的射门准确度和长传准确度有积极影响的结论。因此,建议足球运动员和教练员在训练中加入一些增强式训练,以提高球员的技术水平。
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