Browsing by Author "Aklilu Dessalegn"

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    Existentialism in the Selected Creative Works of Adam Reta
    (Addis Ababa University, 2010-06) Aklilu Dessalegn ; Melakneh Mengistu
    Adam Reta, who has been writing for the last quarter of the century, has published a novel and three collections of short stories and novellas. Nevertheless, the critical attention given to his works was very insignificant. The author’s relationship with existentialism, however, is much stronger and conspicuous. Thus, the study aims at discussing the tenets of existentialism found in the creative works of Adam Reta, which eventually gear up to elucidate his overall existentialist philosophical thinking as the term existentialism applies to a bunch of philosophers, whose philosophical views reveal their differences rather than their similarities. To this end, the philosophy of existentialism and its concepts are employed to analyze the selected works of the author; his novel, Giracha Kachiloch, and six other narratives from his anthologies. The researcher has also employed descriptive and textual criticisms as methods. From the analyses and interpretations made, the writer of this study found out that the characteristic tenets of existentialism are shared by Adam Reta; but with his own differences in relation to the philosophy of the proponents of existentialism. Absurdity, alienation, freedom of choice and responsibility, authenticity and inauthenticity, death and repetition are among the major ones. Thus, Adam Reta is found to be a literary existentialist, who achieves in turning his philosophical ideas into symbols and myths, which greatly add up to the aesthetic value of his works.
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    Various Surgical Procedures Performed on Different Species of Animals: Outcomes and Complications
    (2019-06) Aklilu Dessalegn; Yonas Tolosa
    Surgery is a knowledge, skill and equipment based specialty that mainly employ an incision in order to provide an advanced veterinary care and to improve animals‘ quality of life as well as increase their life expectancy. In Ethiopia, there is lack of trained personnel, equipments and anesthesia which could potentially be the cause of complications of different surgical cases. There are also no adequate studies conducted to overcome this problem. So this study was conducted with the objectives to gain skill and identify, manage and document complications that could occur during and after surgical procedures in different species. The study was done from September 2018 to June 2019 at Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) of College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture (CVMA) of Addis Ababa University (AAU) which is based in Bishoftu town and some cases were performed in the field by the owners‘ request. During this period, a total of twenty five cases were studied and observations compiled. Almost all domestic animal species and some wild animals such as Marabou Stork and Oryctolagus cuniculus were included in this study. The surgical procedures which were performed and compiled are cesarean section, spaying, prolapse (uterine, vaginal and rectal) management, castration, herniorhaphy, amputation of limb, wing and udder, removal of supernumerary teat and abnormal mass, rasping of sharp molar and abscess draining. During the study in twenty four of the cases a full recovery has been registered whereas one death encountered.Generally, swelling, hypothermia, bleeding, anorexia and loss of body condition were often seen in some of the patients and recorded as a post-operative complication. Use of appropriate aseptic and surgical techniques and also applying good post-operative care can be suggestive in order to minimize post-operative complications.