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-s2.0-77952239651	Evaluation of three numerical weather prediction models for short and medium range agrohydrologic...	Ghile Y.B., Schulze R.E.	2010	Water Resources Management	24	5	10.1007/s11269-009-9483-5	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01002...	Ghile, Y.B., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amhe...	The skill and accuracy of the quantitative precipitation forecasts by CCAM, UM and NCEP-MRF model...	ACRU; NWP models; Streamflow forecasting	Hydrological condition; Leadtime; Medium range; Numerical weather prediction models; NWP model; O...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84873747198	Using Large Climate Ensembles to Plan for the Hydrological Impact of Climate Change in the Freshw...	Fung F., Watts G., Lopez A., Orr H.G., New M., Extence C.	2013	Water Resources Management	27	4	10.1007/s11269-012-0080-7	Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, School of Geography and the Environment, University o...	Fung, F., Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, School of Geography and the Environment, Un...	We explore the use of large ensembles of climate scenarios to inform climate change adaptation in...	Climate change; Decision making; Large ensembles; Macro-invertebrate response; Modelling; River e...	Climate change adaptation; Climate scenarios; Decision makers; England; Freshwater ecosystem; Fre...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84920708383	Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Small-Scale Sprinkler Irrigation Systems Using Grey Relational Analysis	Tu Q., Li H., Wang X., Chen C., Luo Y., Dwomoh F.A.	2014	Water Resources Management	28	13	10.1007/s11269-014-0765-1	Research Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road...	Tu, Q., Research Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology, Jiangsu University, 301 Xu...	The technical and socioeconomic evaluation of small-scale sprinkler irrigation systems is a multi...	Evaluation; Grey relational analysis; Irrigation system; Life cycle cost; Multi-criteria analysis	Cost benefit analysis; Costs; Economics; Energy utilization; Hose; Irrigation; Life cycle; Evalua...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-78049326022	The impact of irrigated agriculture on water quality of rivers Kongoni and Sirimon, Ewaso Ng'iro ...	Mutisya D.K., Tole M.	2010	Water, Air, and Soil Pollution	213	04-Jan	10.1007/s11270-010-0373-5	Department of Environmental Sciences, Kenyatta University, P. O. Box 43844, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya...	Mutisya, D.K., Department of Environmental Sciences, Kenyatta University, P. O. Box 43844, 00100,...	This study aimed at determining the water quality of River Sirimon and River Kongoni, Ewaso Ng'ir...	Fertilizer; Irrigation; Kenya; Kongoni and Sirimon rivers; Pollution	Concentration levels; Fertilisers; Irrigated agriculture; Kenya; Kongoni and Sirimon rivers; Mean...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84862227285	Performance evaluation of fixed bed of nano calcium oxide synthesized from a gastropod shell (ach...	Oladoja N.A., Ololade I.A., Olatujoye V.O., Akinnifesi T.A.	2012	Water, Air, and Soil Pollution	223	4	10.1007/s11270-011-0990-7	Department of Chemistry, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Nigeria	Oladoja, N.A., Department of Chemistry, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Nigeria; Olola...	The shell of a gastropod (Achatina Achatina) was used as a precursor for the synthesis of nano ca...	BDST model; Chromium (VI); Fixed bed; Gastropod shell; Nano calcium oxide	Bed depth service time model; Bed height; Break through curve; Equilibrium data; Experimental dat...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84923658847	Biomonitoring and evaluation of metal concentrations in sediment and crab samples from the North-...	Somerset V., Van Der Horst C., Silwana B., Walters C., Iwuoha E.	2015	Water, Air, and Soil Pollution	226	3	10.1007/s11270-015-2329-2	Natural Resources and the Environment (NRE), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR...	Somerset, V., Natural Resources and the Environment (NRE), Council for Scientific and Industrial ...	In this study, various metal concentrations were determined in environmental samples from rivers ...	Bioaccumulation; Bioavailability; Freshwater crab; Heavy metals; Potamonautes warreni; Precious m...	Bioaccumulation; Biochemistry; Cadmium; Heavy metals; Lead; Metals; Nickel; Palladium; Platinum; ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33746454751	Impact of land use on vegetation composition, diversity, and selected soil properties of wetlands...	Walters D.J.J., Kotze D.C., O'Connor T.G.	2006	Wetlands Ecology and Management	14	4	10.1007/s11273-005-4990-5	Mondi Wetlands Project, Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa, WWF-South Africa, P.O. ...	Walters, D.J.J., Mondi Wetlands Project, Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa, WWF-So...	Wetlands provide the ecosystem services of enhancing water quality, attenuating floods, sequestra...	Carbon; Communal; Cultivation; DCA; Invasives; Oxbows; Plant diversity; South Africa	community composition; grazing pressure; land use; ordination; plant community; soil carbon; soil...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33749513576	PCR-based denaturing gradient gel electrophoretic evaluation of changes in the non-methanogenic p...	Keyser M., Witthuhn R.C., Britz T.J.	2006	World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology	22	10	10.1007/s11274-005-3575-z	Department of Food Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, 7602, Matieland, South Africa	Keyser, M., Department of Food Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, 7602, Matieland,...	The performance of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) bioreactors is influenced by the compos...	Bacteria; Microbial consortium; PCR-based DGGE; UASB granules	Microbial consortium; PCR-based DGGE; Polymerase chain reaction; UASB granules; Biodiversity; Con...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84856638788	Impact of different malolactic fermentation inoculation scenarios on Riesling wine aroma	Knoll C., Fritsch S., Schnell S., Grossmann M., Krieger-Weber S., du Toit M., Rauhut D.	2012	World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology	28	3	10.1007/s11274-011-0917-x	Department Geisenheim, Hochschule RheinMain, University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden Rüsselsheim...	Knoll, C., Department Geisenheim, Hochschule RheinMain, University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden ...	During malolactic fermentation (MLF), lactic acid bacteria influence wine aroma and flavour by th...	Co-inoculation; Low pH wine; Malolactic fermentation; Oenococcus oeni; Volatile aroma	Alcohol contents; Aroma compounds; Co-inoculation; Cool climates; Ethyl esters; Lactic acid bacte...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84878114883	Improving yield performance of Pleurotus pulmonarius through hyphal anastomosis fusion of dikaryons	Adebayo E.A., Oloke J.K., Yadav A., Barooah M., Bora T.C.	2013	World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology	29	6	10.1007/s11274-013-1266-8	Department of Pure and Applied Biology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, P.M.B. 4000, Og...	Adebayo, E.A., Department of Pure and Applied Biology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, ...	High production and good quality are always the principal goals for agriculturally important crop...	Hybridization; Mushroom; Performance; Pleurotus; Yield	Hybridization; Mushroom; Performance; Pleurotus; Yield; Biology; Chemistry; Fungi; fungal DNA; ar...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84939898267	Performance Analysis of Microwave Radio Refractivity on Radio Field Strength and Radio Horizon Di...	Adediji A.T., Ismail M., Mandeep J.S.	2014	Wireless Personal Communications	79	3	10.1007/s11277-014-1963-0	Department of Physics, The Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria; Department of Electr...	Adediji, A.T., Department of Physics, The Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria, Depar...	Surface radio refractivity studies are being carried out in Akure, (formula presented) South-West...	Field strength; Humidity; Pressure; Radio horizon; Refractivity; Temperature	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84942817362	Performance Analysis of Cross QAM with MRC Over Dual Correlated Nakagami-m, -n, and -q Channels	Kamdar M.W., Xu H.	2015	Wireless Personal Communications	84	4	10.1007/s11277-015-2780-9	School of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa	Kamdar, M.W., School of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; Xu, H., S...	An approximation of the symbol error probability (SEP) of the cross QAM (XQAM) signal in a single...	Correlated; Cross QAM; Nakagami; Performance analysis	Blind equalization; Fading channels; Probability; Correlated; Maximal ratio combining (MRC); Mome...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84928806204	The impact of SNP fingerprinting and parentage analysis on the effectiveness of variety recommend...	Padi F.K., Ofori A., Takrama J., Djan E., Opoku S.Y., Dadzie A.M., Bhattacharjee R., Motamayor J....	2015	Tree Genetics and Genomes	11	3	10.1007/s11295-015-0875-9	Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana, Box 8, New-Tafo Akim, Ghana; Central Biotechnology Laboratory,...	Padi, F.K., Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana, Box 8, New-Tafo Akim, Ghana; Ofori, A., Cocoa Rese...	Evidence for the impact of mislabeling and/or pollen contamination on consistency of field perfor...	Diversity; Fingerprinting; Genetic structure; Mislabelling; Theobroma	Theobroma; Theobroma cacao	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84900845582	Good quality sleep is associated with better academic performance among university students in Et...	Lemma S., Berhane Y., Worku A., Gelaye B., Williams M.A.	2014	Sleep and Breathing	18	2	10.1007/s11325-013-0874-8	Addis Continental Institute of Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; School of Public Health, Add...	Lemma, S., Addis Continental Institute of Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Berhane, Y., Addi...	Purpose: This study assessed the association of sleep quality with academic performance among uni...	Academic performance; Khat and students; Sleep quality	academic achievement; adult; analysis of variance; article; college student; cross-sectional stud...	T37-MD001449, NIH, National Institutes of Health	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84939872175	Impact of gold mining associated with mercury contamination in soil, biota sediments and tailings...	Odumo B.O., Carbonell G., Angeyo H.K., Patel J.P., Torrijos M., Rodríguez Martín J.A.	2014	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	21	21	10.1007/s11356-014-3190-3	Department of Physics, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197-00100, Nairobi, Kenya; Department of...	Odumo, B.O., Department of Physics, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197-00100, Nairobi, Kenya; ...	This work considered the environmental impact of artisanal mining gold activity in the Migori–Tra...	Bioindicators; Kenya gold mining; Mercury pollution; Multivariate geostatistics; Spatial variatio...	biological marker; gold; mercury; soil; soil pollutant; waste; analysis; chemistry; environment; ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84922418256	Comparative study on the impact of copper sulphate and copper nitrate on the detoxification mecha...	Lyubenova L., Bipuah H., Belford E., Michalke B., Winkler B., Schröder P.	2015	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	22	1	10.1007/s11356-014-3402-x	Department of Environmental Seienees, Researeh Unit Mierobe-Plant Interaetions, German Researeh C...	Lyubenova, L., Department of Environmental Seienees, Researeh Unit Mierobe-Plant Interaetions, Ge...	The present study focused on cupric sulphate and cupric nitrate uptake in Typha latifolia and the...	Antioxidative enzymes; Cupric nitrate; Cupric sulphate; Typha latifolia	concentration (composition); copper compound; detoxification; enzyme activity; monocotyledon; nit...	FA0995, DAAD, German Academic Exchange Service	View
None	None	The Glasgow consensus on the delineation between pesticide emission inventory and impact assessme...	Rosenbaum R.K., Anton A., Bengoa X., Bjørn A., Brain R., Bulle C., Cosme N., Dijkman T.J., Fantke...	2015	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	20	6	10.1007/s11367-015-0871-1	IRSTEA, UMR ITAP, ELSA LCA research group and ELSA-PACT Industrial Chair for Environmental and So...	Rosenbaum, R.K., IRSTEA, UMR ITAP, ELSA LCA research group and ELSA-PACT Industrial Chair for Env...	Purpose: Pesticides are applied to agricultural fields to optimise crop yield and their global us...	Consensus; Ecosphere; Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA); Life cycle inventory (LCI); Pesticides...	pesticide; agricultural pest; air pollution; Article; consensus; controlled study; data base; eco...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84884419325	Impact of Al and Fe on the development of phenanthrene catabolism in soil	Obuekwe I.S., Semple K.T.	2013	Journal of Soils and Sediments	13	9	10.1007/s11368-013-0759-2	Department of Microbiology, University of Benin, Benin, Nigeria; Lancaster Environmental Centre, ...	Obuekwe, I.S., Department of Microbiology, University of Benin, Benin, Nigeria; Semple, K.T., Lan...	Purpose: Heavy metals often occur as co-contaminants with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)...	Aluminium; Catabolism; Iron; Phenanthrene; Soil	aluminum; biodegradation; catabolism; heavy metal; iron; PAH; phenanthrene; soil pollution; toxic...	None	View
None	None	Investigating the distribution and fate of Al, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn in sewage-impacted m...	Kamau J.N., Kuschk P., Machiwa J., Macia A., Mothes S., Mwangi S., Munga D., Kappelmeyer U.	2015	Journal of Soils and Sediments	15	12	10.1007/s11368-015-1214-3	Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, P.O Box 81651-80100, Mombasa, Kenya; Helmholtz Cen...	Kamau, J.N., Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, P.O Box 81651-80100, Mombasa, Kenya; ...	Purpose: Coastal towns in the developing world are faced with the challenge of wastewater treatme...	Enrichment factor; Kenya; Metals; Mozambique; Pollution factor; Tanzania	aluminum oxide; bioavailability; carbonate; enrichment; heavy metal; mangrove; mobility; physicoc...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84947030845	Spatial variability of the rate of organic carbon mineralization in a sewage-impacted mangrove fo...	Kamau J.N., Ngila J.C., Kirui B., Mwangi S., Kosore C.M., Wanjeri V., Okumu S.	2015	Journal of Soils and Sediments	15	12	10.1007/s11368-015-1271-7	Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, P.O. Box 81651-80100, Mombasa, Kenya; University o...	Kamau, J.N., Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, P.O. Box 81651-80100, Mombasa, Kenya;...	Purpose: Extensive amounts of untreated sewage are discharged in creeks lined by mangrove forests...	Carbon dioxide production; Fe(II) production; Fe(III) reduction; Sewage; Sulfate reduction; Tudor...	anoxic conditions; carbon dioxide; coastal zone; developing world; iron; mangrove; mineralization...	None	View

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