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Source | Electronic ID | Title | Authors | Publication Year▼ | Source Title | Volume | Issue | DOI | Affiliations | Authors with Affiliations | Abstract | Author Keywords | Index Keywords | Funding Details | |
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Scopus | 2-s2.0-84958750921 | Reproductive toxicological evaluation of Ficus exasperata ethanolic extract in male albino rats | Usang A.U., Ibor O.R., Owolodun O.A., Eleng I.E., Ujong U.P., Udoh P.B. | 2015 | International Journal of Toxicological and Pharmacological Research | 7 | 6 | None | Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, University of Calabar, P.M.B. 1115, Calabar, Nig... | Usang, A.U., Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, University of Calabar, P.M.B. 1115,... | Ficus exasperata popularly known as sand paper tree (due to its rough surfaces) is an important m... | F. exasperata; Male albino rats; Phytochemical screening; Reproductive effects; Testosterone | None | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84954557817 | In vivo anti-plasmodial activities and toxic impacts of lime extract of a combination of Picralim... | Idowu E.T., Ajaegbu H.C., Omotayo A.I., Aina O.O., Otubanjo O.A. | 2015 | African Health Sciences | 15 | 4 | 10.4314/ahs.v15i4.27 | Department of Zoology, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria; Nigeria Natural Medicine Devel... | Idowu, E.T., Department of Zoology, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria; Ajaegbu, H.C., Ni... | Background: Lime extracts of powdered combination of seeds of Picralima nitida, stem bark of Alst... | Alstonia boonei; Gongronema latifolium; In vivo anti-plasmodial lime extract; Mice infected with ... | alanine aminotransferase; alkaline phosphatase; Alstonia boonei extract; antimalarial agent; aspa... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84929954279 | Evaluation of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and serum lipid profile in southeastern nigeria... | Onuegbu A.J., Olisekodiaka J.M., Udo J.U., Umeononihu O., Amah U.K., Okwara J.E., Atuegbu C. | 2015 | Medical Principles and Practice | 24 | 3 | 10.1159/000381778 | Departments of Chemical Pathology and, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nne... | Onuegbu, A.J., Departments of Chemical Pathology and, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe ... | To evaluate the serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and lipid profile in women with pre-eclampsia. Mat... | C-reactive protein; High-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Pre-eclampsia; Total cholesterol; Trigl... | C reactive protein; high density lipoprotein cholesterol; lipid; low density lipoprotein choleste... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84960842493 | Effect of dietary intervention on the performance and biochemical indices of chicken broilers cha... | Bolu S.A., Olatunde O.A., Ojo V. | 2015 | Tropical Agriculture | 92 | 4 | None | Dept of Animal Production, University of Ilorin, Nigeria | Bolu, S.A., Dept of Animal Production, University of Ilorin, Nigeria; Olatunde, O.A., Dept of Ani... | A study was conducted to determine the effects of dietary interventions of vitamins A and C, meth... | Aspergillus challenged birds; Lysine; Methionine; Vitamins A,C | None | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84925250271 | The Collaborative Wilms Tumour Africa Project; Baseline evaluation of Wilms tumour treatment and ... | Paintsil V., David H., Kambugu J., Renner L., Kouya F., Eden T., Hesseling P., Molyneux E., Israe... | 2015 | European Journal of Cancer | 51 | 1 | 10.1016/j.ejca.2014.10.030 | Dept of Child Health, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana; Dept of Paediatric Oncology,... | Paintsil, V., Dept of Child Health, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana; David, H., Dep... | Aim Reported survival of Wilms tumour in sub-Saharan Africa is below 50%. A published Internation... | Adapted treatment guideline; Africa; Developing country; Low income country; Nephroblastoma; Regi... | Africa south of the Sahara; Article; cancer patient; cancer survival; demography; follow up; heal... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84919463088 | The influence of livelihood dependency, local ecological knowledge and market proximity on the ec... | Steele M.Z., Shackleton C.M., Uma Shaanker R., Ganeshaiah K.N., Radloff S. | 2015 | Forest Policy and Economics | 50 | None | 10.1016/j.forpol.2014.07.011 | Dept. of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa; Ashoka Trust for Re... | Steele, M.Z., Dept. of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa; Shack... | It is well established that non-timber forest products make significant contributions to rural in... | Communal; Direct-use value; Governance; Management; Open access; South Africa | Commerce; Developing countries; Forestry; Harvesting; Management; Surveys; Sustainable developmen... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84942241610 | Impact of an educational intervention and clinical performance dashboard on neonatal bloodstream ... | Raban M.S., Bamford C., Joolay Y., Harrison M.C. | 2015 | South African Medical Journal | 105 | 7 | 10.7196/SAMJnew.7764 | Division of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University of Cape Town, South Africa; ... | Raban, M.S., Division of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University of Cape Town, S... | Background. Blood cultures are the most direct method of detecting bacteraemia. Reducing contamin... | None | adult; Article; bacterium contamination; blood culture; bloodstream infection; clinical feature; ... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84923327691 | Microwave irradiation controls the manganese oxidation states of nanostructured (Li[Li0.2Mn0.52Ni... | Jafta C.J., Raju K., Mathe M.K., Manyala N., Ozoemena K.I. | 2015 | Journal of the Electrochemical Society | 162 | 4 | 10.1149/2.0931504jes | Energy Materials, Materials Science and Manufacturing, Council for Scientific and Industrial Rese... | Jafta, C.J., Energy Materials, Materials Science and Manufacturing, Council for Scientific and In... | A hybrid synthesis procedure, combining microwave irradiation and conventional annealing process,... | None | Aluminum; Cathodes; Characterization; Electric batteries; Electric discharges; Electrochemistry; ... | National Research Foundation | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84938922774 | Performance of the local averaging handover technique in Long Term Evolution networks | Elujide I.O., Olugbara O.O., Owolawi P.A., Nepal T. | 2015 | SAIEE Africa Research Journal | 106 | 4 | None | Dept. of Information Technology, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa; Dept. of ... | Elujide, I.O., Dept. of Information Technology, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Af... | In this paper, we investigate the performance of an alternative received signal filtering techniq... | Averaging; Evolution; Filtering; Handover; Network; Signal | Balloons; Broadband networks; Fading (radio); Filtration; Mobile telecommunication systems; Netwo... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84948131098 | Modelling the impact of radiative heat loss on CO2 emission, O2 depletion and thermal stability i... | Lebelo R.S., Makinde O.D. | 2015 | Iranian Journal of Science and Technology - Transactions of Mechanical Engineering | 39 | M2 | None | Dept. of Mathematics, Vaal University of Technology, Private Bag X021, Vanderbijlpark, South Afri... | Lebelo, R.S., Dept. of Mathematics, Vaal University of Technology, Private Bag X021, Vanderbijlpa... | In this paper, we examine the effects of thermal radiation on CO2 emission and O2 depletion in an... | CO2 emission; numerical simulation technique; O2 depletion; Reactive slab; thermal radiation | None | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84933036318 | Design and construction of 250 liters plastic bio-digester and evaluation of biogas production us... | Aderibigbe A.B. | 2015 | IIOAB Journal | 6 | 2 | None | Dept. of Microbiology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria | Aderibigbe, A.B., Dept. of Microbiology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria | Biogas is a gas produced by the breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen. This work i... | Biodigester; Biogas; Construction; Fermentation; Pretreatment; Substrates | biogas; agricultural slurry; Article; batch fermentation; biofuel production; decomposition; gene... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84920895474 | Using provider performance incentives to increase HIV testing and counseling services in Rwanda | de Walque D., Gertler P.J., Bautista-Arredondo S., Kwan A., Vermeersch C., de Dieu Bizimana J., B... | 2015 | Journal of Health Economics | 40 | None | 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.12.001 | Development Research Group, The World Bank, United States; Haas School of Business, University of... | de Walque, D., Development Research Group, The World Bank, United States; Gertler, P.J., Haas Sch... | Paying for performance provides financial rewards to medical care providers for improvements in p... | Africa; Couple testing; Health human resources; HIV testing and counseling; Performance-based fin... | acquired immune deficiency syndrome; health services; human immunodeficiency virus; incentive; ac... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84942767778 | A century of tuberculosis epidemiology in the northern and southern hemisphere: The differential ... | Hermans S., Horsburgh C.R., Jr., Wood R. | 2015 | PLoS ONE | 10 | 8 | 10.1371/journal.pone.0135179 | Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Ca... | Hermans, S., Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Uni... | Background: Cape Town has one of the highest TB burdens of any city in the world. In 1900 the Cit... | None | age distribution; Article; bacterial load; bacterial transmission; BCG vaccination; chemotherapy;... | R01AI058736-02, NIH, National Institutes of Health | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84938424022 | The more the merrier? Network portfolio size and innovation performance in Nigerian firms | Egbetokun A.A. | 2015 | Technovation | None | None | 10.1016/j.technovation.2015.05.004 | DFG Research Training Program 'The Economics of Innovative Change', Friedrich Schiller Universitä... | Egbetokun, A.A., DFG Research Training Program 'The Economics of Innovative Change', Friedrich Sc... | Abstract A positive relationship between firms' networking activities and innovativeness has been... | Collaboration; External knowledge; Innovative success; Networking; Nigeria; Open innovation | Developing countries; Collaboration; External knowledge; Innovative success; Networking; Nigeria;... | DFG, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84925538558 | Increased frequency of flash floods in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia: Change in rainfall intensity or human... | Billi P., Alemu Y.T., Ciampalini R. | 2015 | Natural Hazards | 76 | 2 | 10.1007/s11069-014-1554-0 | Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, Via G. Saragat 1, Ferrara, I... | Billi, P., Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, Via G. Saragat 1,... | In the first decade of the twenty-first century, Ethiopia has been subjected to an increased freq... | Climate change; Ethiopia; Flash flood; Land use change; Rainfall intensity | None | None | |
None | None | Welfare impacts of smallholder farmers’ participation in maize and pigeonpea markets in Tanzania | Mmbando F.E., Wale E.Z., Baiyegunhi L.J.S. | 2015 | Food Security | 7 | 6 | 10.1007/s12571-015-0519-9 | Discipline of Agricultural Economics, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, U... | Mmbando, F.E., Discipline of Agricultural Economics, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmen... | This paper evaluates the impact of maize and pigeonpea market participation and the level of part... | Endogenous switching; Market participation; Propensity score matching; Rural household welfare; T... | None | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84940206658 | The development of a scoring tool for the measurement of performance in managing hypotension and ... | Horsten G., Wise R., Ramroop S., Rodseth R. | 2015 | Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia | 21 | 3 | 10.1080/22201181.2015.1054617 | Discipline of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Nelson R. Ma... | Horsten, G., Discipline of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital,... | Background: At level one hospitals in South Africa a high annual number of maternal deaths occur ... | Anaesthesia spinal; Caesarean section; Internship; Residency; Simulation; Simulator | Article; assessment of humans; cesarean section; computerised mannequin; Delphi study; diagnostic... | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84924286466 | Comparison of effective population size, rate and level of inbreeding and its potential impact on... | Zulu S.G., Muchadeyi F.C., Dzomba E.F. | 2015 | International Journal of Poultry Science | 14 | 1 | None | Discipline of Genetics, University of KwaZulu Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzbu... | Zulu, S.G., Discipline of Genetics, University of KwaZulu Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pi... | The term village chicken best describes the scavenging chickens because of the effect of the vill... | Effective population size; Farming region; Inbreeding; Village chicken | Animalia; Gallus gallus | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84948131601 | Medicines availability at a swaziland hospital and impact on patients | Shabangu K., Suleman F. | 2015 | African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine | 7 | 1 | 10.4102/phcfm.v7i1.829 | Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Du... | Shabangu, K., Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Kwa... | Background: The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-income countries is... | None | None | None | |
Scopus | 2-s2.0-84922480580 | Performance of first-year health sciences students in a large, diverse, multidisciplinary, first-... | Higgins-Opitz S.B., Tufts M. | 2015 | Advances in Physiology Education | 38 | 2 | 10.1152/advan.00067.2013 | Discipline of Physiology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, College of Health S... | Higgins-Opitz, S.B., Discipline of Physiology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences... | Health Science students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal perform better in their professional m... | Diversity; First-year health science students; Large service modules; Physiology success rates; S... | comparative study; comprehension; curriculum; education; education; educational status; female; h... | None |