International Journal of Science, Technology and Society

Volume 8, Issue 5, September 2020

  • Reconsidering What Technologies Are Doing to Us

    Taye Birhanu

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 5, September 2020
    Pages: 94-99
    Received: 12 August 2020
    Accepted: 24 August 2020
    Published: 08 September 2020
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    Abstract: The paper exposes the non-neutrality of modern technologies in general and communication and information technologies in particular by focusing on the biases and discriminations that are built-in or embedded in the designs and operation systems of technological artefacts of now a days. The central argument of this paper is that modern technologies ... Show More
  • Evaluating the Effect of Six Weeks Strength Training on the Speed of Sprinters Among Debre Markos University Male Sport Science Students, Ethiopia

    Awoke Tibebu, Mekuriaw Demeke, Birhanu Anjetie

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 5, September 2020
    Pages: 100-104
    Received: 21 January 2020
    Accepted: 27 August 2020
    Published: 14 September 2020
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    Abstract: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of six weeks strength training interventions on speed performance of sprinters. Furthermore, the purpose was to compare the effects of strength training on some anthropometry of sprinters among University sport science students. Methods: To achieve the purpose of the study, six male ... Show More
  • Grandparents Challenges, Experience and Coping Strategy in Raising Grandchildren: The Case of West Showa Zone in Ambo Town, Ethiopia

    Alemneh Birhanu

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 5, September 2020
    Pages: 105-112
    Received: 05 August 2020
    Accepted: 01 September 2020
    Published: 14 September 2020
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    Abstract: The aim of this research study was to examine challenges and its coping strategies that are experienced by grandparents in caring for their grandchildren. In order to investigate the research problem, a qualitative research method and snowball sampling design was applied with a total of 21 grandparents. Descriptive phenomenology was the approach em... Show More
  • Condom Utilization and Associated Factors Among Female Sex Workers in Bahir Dar City Administration, Northwestern Ethiopia

    Assefa Minwyelet, Addisu Engdaw

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 5, September 2020
    Pages: 113-121
    Received: 20 August 2020
    Accepted: 03 September 2020
    Published: 14 September 2020
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    Abstract: Condoms have dual method for Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) and pregnancy prevention, but the usage is affected by several reasons. As we know, approximately 36.7 million people worldwide were living with HIV/AIDS at the end of 2016. Of these, 2.1 million were children (... Show More