African Evaluation Database

9120 records found

Source	Electronic ID	Title	Authors	Publication Year	Source Title	Volume	Issue	DOI▲	Affiliations	Authors with Affiliations	Abstract	Author Keywords	Index Keywords	Funding Details
Scopus	2-s2.0-84891627675	Impacts of convection schemes on simulating tropical-temperate troughs over southern Africa	Tozuka T., Abiodun B.J., Engelbrecht F.A.	2014	Climate Dynamics	42	42371	10.1007/s00382-013-1738-4	Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7...	Tozuka, T., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University...	This study examines southern African summer rainfall and tropical temperate troughs (TTTs) simula...	Atmospheric general circulation model; Convection scheme; El Niño-Southern Oscillation; Southern ...	atmospheric convection; atmospheric general circulation model; precipitation (climatology); preci...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84894359286	Evaluation of the CORDEX-Africa multi-RCM hindcast: Systematic model errors	Kim J., Waliser D.E., Mattmann C.A., Goodale C.E., Hart A.F., Zimdars P.A., Crichton D.J., Jones ...	2014	Climate Dynamics	42	42496	10.1007/s00382-013-1751-7	JIFRESSE, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States; Jet Propulsion La...	Kim, J., JIFRESSE, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States; Waliser,...	Monthly-mean precipitation, mean (TAVG), maximum (TMAX) and minimum (TMIN) surface air temperatur...	Africa; CORDEX; Impact assessments; IPCC; RCM evaluation; Regional climate; Systematic model biases	None	NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; 1125798, NSF, National Science Foundation; 2...	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84894311378	Impact of Mascarene High variability on the East African 'short rains'	Manatsa D., Morioka Y., Behera S.K., Matarira C.H., Yamagata T.	2014	Climate Dynamics	42	42496	10.1007/s00382-013-1848-z	Department of Geography, Bindura University of Science, Bindura, Zimbabwe; Department of Ocean Te...	Manatsa, D., Department of Geography, Bindura University of Science, Bindura, Zimbabwe, Departmen...	The interannual variability of East African 'short rains' (EASR) and its link with the Mascarene ...	Droughts; East Africa 'short rains'; Mascarene High eastern ridge; South East trade winds; South ...	None	JSPS, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science London	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84901988360	Performance assessment of three convective parameterization schemes in WRF for downscaling summer...	Ratna S.B., Ratnam J.V., Behera S.K., Rautenbach C.J.W., Ndarana T., Takahashi K., Yamagata T.	2014	Climate Dynamics	42	42686	10.1007/s00382-013-1918-2	Application Laboratory, Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences, JAMSTEC, 3173-25 Showa-machi, Kana...	Ratna, S.B., Application Laboratory, Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences, JAMSTEC, 3173-25 Show...	Austral summer rainfall over the period 1991/1992 to 2010/2011 was dynamically downscaled by the ...	Convective parameterization schemes; Downscaling; ENSO; Seasonal rainfall; South Africa; WRF regi...	boundary condition; convective system; downscaling; El Nino-Southern Oscillation; ensemble foreca...	JST, Japan Science and Technology Agency	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84946474311	The impact of ENSO on Southern African rainfall in CMIP5 ocean atmosphere coupled climate models	Dieppois B., Rouault M., New M.	2015	Climate Dynamics	45	42623	10.1007/s00382-015-2480-x	African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Dep...	Dieppois, B., African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Sou...	We study the ability of 24 ocean atmosphere global coupled models from the Coupled Model Intercom...	CMIP5; Coupled model; El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO); Rainfall; Southern Africa; Teleconnection	atmosphere-ocean coupling; atmospheric convection; atmospheric dynamics; climate modeling; El Nin...	NRF, Water Research Commission; WRC, Water Research Commission	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-49649085836	Colostomy for high anorectal malformation: An evaluation of morbidity and mortality in a developi...	Chirdan L.B., Uba F.A., Ameh E.A., Mshelbwala P.M.	2008	Pediatric Surgery International	24	4	10.1007/s00383-008-2114-z	University of Jos, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Murtala Mohammed Way, Jos, Nigeria; Ahmadu B...	Chirdan, L.B., University of Jos, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Murtala Mohammed Way, Jos, Ni...	Colostomy is a life-saving procedure in newborns with high anorectal malformations (ARM). However...	Anorectal malformation; Colostomy; Morbidity	anal canal; article; body weight; clinical trial; colostomy; congenital malformation; developing ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84857048528	Evaluation of smell and taste in patients with Wegener's granulomatosis	Fasunla J.A., Hundt W., Lutz J., Förger F., Thürmel K., Steinbach S.	2012	European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology	269	1	10.1007/s00405-011-1691-y	Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Philipps-University, Baldingerstrae, Marburg 35033, Germany; D...	Fasunla, J.A., Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Philipps-University, Baldingerstrae, Marburg 35...	Although a reduced olfactory/gustatory function affects patients in all parts of life, this probl...	Smell; Taste; Wegener's granulomatosis	acetylsalicylic acid; azathioprine; cortisone; cotrimoxazole; cyclophosphamide; dipeptidyl carbox...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84938751855	A cross-sectional evaluation of the correlation between disease severity and quality of life in c...	Olowosusi O.Z., Asoegwu C.N., Olagunju A.T., Nwawolo C.C.	2015	European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology	272	9	10.1007/s00405-014-3348-0	Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos, Nig...	Olowosusi, O.Z., Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (...	Quality of Life (QoL) studies are increasingly being used as the primary outcome measure in chron...	Africans; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Quality of life; Rhinosinusitis disability index	adult; aged; Article; chronic rhinosinusitis; correlational study; cross-sectional study; disease...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-36448937088	Stable isotope study of the Archaean rocks of the Vredefort impact structure, central Kaapvaal Cr...	Fagereng Å., Harris C., La Grange M., Stevens G.	2008	Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology	155	1	10.1007/s00410-007-0224-6	Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa; Depart...	Fagereng, Å., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South ...	The Vredefort dome in the Kaapvaal Craton was formed as a result of the impact of a large meteori...	Archaean basement; Fluid-rock interaction; Stable isotopes; Vredefort impact structure; Witwaters...	Archean; basement rock; granite; granulite facies; greenstone; host rock; impact structure; lower...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-78651254199	Increasing the discrimination power of forensic STR testing by employing high-performance mass sp...	Pitterl F., Schmidt K., Huber G., Zimmermann B., Delport R., Amory S., Ludes B., Oberacher H., Pa...	2010	International Journal of Legal Medicine	124	6	10.1007/s00414-009-0408-x	Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Müllerstrasse 44, 6020 Innsbruck, Aust...	Pitterl, F., Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Müllerstrasse 44, 6020 In...	Short tandem repeat (STR) typing has become the standard technique in forensic methodology for th...	Forensic science; Khoisan; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Short tandem repeats; Yakut	microsatellite DNA; article; Asian; comparative study; forensic genetics; forensic medicine; gene...	None	View
None	None	Parkinsonism in a population of northern Tanzania: A community-based door-to-door study in combin...	Winkler A.S., Tütüncü E., Trendafilova A., Meindl M., Kaaya J., Schmutzhard E., Kassubek J.	2010	Journal of Neurology	257	5	10.1007/s00415-009-5420-z	Palliative Medicine and Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Marchioninistrass...	Winkler, A.S., Palliative Medicine and Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Ma...	The prevalence of Parkinson's disease (PD) in sub-Saharan Africa is still a matter of debate. The...	Community-based study; Hospital-based study; Parkinson's disease; Prevalence; Tanzania	adult; Africa; aged; article; clinical article; community; ethnicity; evaluation; extrapyramidal ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-20344392413	Cycling time trial performance during different phases of the menstrual cycle	Oosthuyse T., Bosch A.N., Jackson S.	2005	European Journal of Applied Physiology	94	3	10.1007/s00421-005-1324-5	School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown 2193, South Africa; ...	Oosthuyse, T., School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown 2193,...	Submaximal exercise performance has not previously been assessed in the late follicular phase of ...	Endurance performance; Eumenorrhoeic women; Ovarian hormones	estrogen; luteinizing hormone; adult; article; bicycle ergometry; clinical trial; controlled clin...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33745470983	Neuromuscular factors determining 5 km running performance and running economy in well-trained at...	Nummela A.T., Paavolainen L.M., Sharwood K.A., Lambert M.I., Noakes T.D., Rusko H.K.	2006	European Journal of Applied Physiology	97	1	10.1007/s00421-006-0147-3	KIHU - Research Institute for Olympic Sports, Rautpohjankatu 6, 40700 Jyväskylä, Finland; Departm...	Nummela, A.T., KIHU - Research Institute for Olympic Sports, Rautpohjankatu 6, 40700 Jyväskylä, F...	This study investigated the effects of the neuromuscular and force-velocity characteristics in di...	Distance running performance; EMG; Ground contact time; Running economy; Stride length	adolescent; adult; anaerobic exercise; analysis of variance; article; athlete; correlation analys...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-35348933379	Hyperoxia improves 20 km cycling time trial performance by increasing muscle activation levels wh...	Tucker R., Kayser B., Rae E., Rauch L., Bosch A., Noakes T.	2007	European Journal of Applied Physiology	101	6	10.1007/s00421-007-0458-z	Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Sports Science Institute of South Africa, P...	Tucker, R., Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Sports Science Institute of Sou...	Increasing inspiratory oxygen tension improves exercise performance. We tested the hypothesis tha...	Exercise; Fatigue; Hyperoxia; Pacing strategy	lactic acid; adult; article; athlete; controlled study; cycling; electromyogram; heart rate; huma...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-76449120950	Measuring submaximal performance parameters to monitor fatigue and predict cycling performance: A...	Lamberts R.P., Rietjens G.J., Tijdink H.H., Noakes T.D., Lambert M.I.	2010	European Journal of Applied Physiology	108	1	10.1007/s00421-009-1291-3	Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, P.O. Box 115, N...	Lamberts, R.P., Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town,...	Recently a novel submaximal test, known as the Lamberts and Lambert submaximal cycle test (LSCT),...	Cycling; Fatigue; Heart rate recovery; LSCT; Monitoring; Performance	adaptation; adult; article; athlete; athletic performance; bicycle; case report; endurance; exerc...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84899644624	The validity of the Moxus Modular metabolic system during incremental exercise tests: Impacts on ...	Beltrami F.G., Froyd C., Mamen A., Noakes T.D.	2014	European Journal of Applied Physiology	114	5	10.1007/s00421-014-2825-x	Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, B...	Beltrami, F.G., Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Department of Human Biology, University...	Purpose: We investigated the accuracy of the Moxus Modular Metabolic System (MOXUS) against the D...	Criterion validity; Douglas Bag method; Gas exchange; Moxus Modular metabolic system; Oxygen uptake	adolescent; adult; comparative study; exercise; exercise test; human; lung gas exchange; male; ox...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84939950343	Factors to consider when assessing diurnal variation in sports performance: the influence of chro...	Rae D.E., Stephenson K.J., Roden L.C.	2015	European Journal of Applied Physiology	115	6	10.1007/s00421-015-3109-9	MRC/UCT Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Tow...	Rae, D.E., MRC/UCT Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Cape Tow...	Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare morning and evening time-trial performance, RPE and...	Chronobiology; Habitual training; Morning types; Neither types; PER3 VNTR	None	National Research Foundation; MRC, National Research Foundation	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84869504734	Impact of disease frequency and host density on pollination and transmission of an African anther...	Curran H.R., Dreyer L.L., Roets F.	2012	Planta	236	6	10.1007/s00425-012-1727-6	Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa; Department...	Curran, H.R., Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Afri...	The vast majority of flowering plants rely solely on insects for pollination. A number of pathoge...	Anther-smut; Microbotryum violaceum; Oxalis lanata; Spore transmission; Thecaphora capensis	animal; article; Basidiomycetes; fern; flower; fungus spore; growth, development and aging; insec...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-36148949714	Hepatitis B virus genotype E surface antigen detection with different immunoassays and diagnostic...	Olinger C.M., Weber B., Otegbayo J.A., Ammerlaan W., Van Der Taelem-Brulé N., Muller C.P.	2007	Medical Microbiology and Immunology	196	4	10.1007/s00430-007-0050-5	Institute of Immunology, National Public Health Laboratory, 20a, rue Auguste Lumière, Luxembourg ...	Olinger, C.M., Institute of Immunology, National Public Health Laboratory, 20a, rue Auguste Lumiè...	The major neutralizing epitope, the "a" determinant of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype E sur...	Genotype E; HBsAg; Nucleic acid amplification test; PreS/S gene	hepatitis B(e) antigen; nucleotide; antigen detection; article; diagnostic test; DNA sequence; ge...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84924777770	Further evaluation of uPA and PAI-1 as biomarkers for prostatic diseases	Akudugu J., Serafin A., Böhm L.	2015	Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology	141	4	10.1007/s00432-014-1848-3	Division of Radiobiology, Department of Medical Imaging and Clinical Oncology, Stellenbosch Unive...	Akudugu, J., Division of Radiobiology, Department of Medical Imaging and Clinical Oncology, Stell...	Purpose: To assay for uPA and PAI-1 in prostate tissue from 40 patients with prostatic disease an...	Correlation with prostatic disease; Prostate tissue resections; uPA/PAI-1 markers	plasminogen activator inhibitor 1; urokinase; biological marker; plasminogen activator inhibitor ...	CANSA, National Research Foundation; 85703, National Research Foundation; 92741, National Researc...	View

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