To determine the prevalence of human hydatidosis in Bahir Dar and the sex and age distribution and awareness, we used a questionnaire and retrospective analysis covering 5 years of the case reports at public health institutions in Bahir Dartown and the surrounding areas. We interviewed 244 individuals: 150 households, 32 abattoir workers, 30 butchers and 32 health professionals. None of the hou...

This paper is part of a wider study to explain the historical spread and changing epidemiological patterns of kuru by analysing factors that affect the transmission of kuru. Part of the study has been to look at the mortuary feasts that were the means of transmission of the kuru agent. This paper shows the complexity of Fore eschatology, and the variations and contradictions of human behaviour ...

This study examines grant and conversion of temporary ceremonial buildings for imperial funerals including funeral halls in the postwar period, as a continuation previous study. The findings are follows: 1) Compared to prewar number granted converted has decreased significantly period; 2) Handling procedure commemoration have changed over time, influenced by transitions political system, legal ...

The epigraphic record from Palmyra brings light on the organization of temples: personnel, management feasts, economy and ritual practices towards certain deities like Allat Shai ‘al-Qaum. These texts were previously called in research literature “sacred laws”and what scholarly debate nowadays labels with term “ritual norms.”The aim this paper, divided temple behavior, is to understand through ...