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-s2.0-84907708668	Impact of the residential environment on second home use in Finland - Testing the compensation hy...	Strandell A., Hall C.M.	2015	Landscape and Urban Planning	133	None	10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.09.011	Finnish Environment Institute SYKE, Environmental Policy Centre, Built Environment and Land Use, ...	Strandell, A., Finnish Environment Institute SYKE, Environmental Policy Centre, Built Environment...	Calls for densification of urban structure highlight questions of compensation: do residents in d...	Compensation hypothesis; Densification; Green infrastructure; Leisure mobility; Urban planning	Urban planning; Finland; Green infrastructure; Home use; Residential environment; Densification; ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84920278542	Kathu Pan 1 points and the assemblage-scale, probabilistic approach: A response to Rots and Pliss...	Wilkins J., Schoville B.J., Brown K.S., Chazan M.	2015	Journal of Archaeological Science	54	None	10.1016/j.jas.2014.12.003	Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University...	Wilkins, J., Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona Sta...	Rots and Plisson (2014) question our conclusion that 500,000-year-old points from Kathu Pan 1, So...	Diagnostic impact fractures; Edge damage distribution; Functional analysis; Hafting; Hunting tech...	archaeological evidence; hunting; Mesolithic; probability; tool use; South Africa	BCS-0524087, NSF, National Science Foundation; BCS-1138073, NSF, National Science Foundation	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84949647742	Reduction of Used Memory Ensemble Kalman Filtering (RumEnKF): A data assimilation scheme for memo...	Hut R., Amisigo B.A., Steele-Dunne S., van de Giesen N.	2015	Advances in Water Resources	86	None	10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.09.007	Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department of Water Resources Management, Delft Uni...	Hut, R., Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department of Water Resources Management, ...	Reduction of Used Memory Ensemble Kalman Filtering (RumEnKF) is introduced as a variant on the En...	Data assimilation; Ensemble Kalman Filter; Global models; Large memory problems	Digital arithmetic; Kalman filters; Data assimilation; Ensemble Kalman Filter; Ensemble Kalman fi...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84941337682	Effect of cooling regime on the residual performance of high-volume palm oil fuel ash concrete ex...	Awal A.S.M.A., Shehu I.A., Ismail M.	2015	Construction and Building Materials	98	None	10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.09.001	Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia; Department of Build...	Awal, A.S.M.A., Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia; She...	This paper presents the experimental findings of a study on the effect of cooling method on the r...	Cooling regime; Elevated temperature; High volume; Palm oil fuel ash; Residual performance	Air; Compressive strength; Concretes; Cooling; Electric furnaces; Fuels; Light velocity; Oil shal...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84887421754	The impact of declining measles vaccination coverage is control: A case study of Abia state Nigeria	Umeh C.A., Ahaneku H.P.	2013	Pan African Medical Journal	15	None	10.11604/pamj.2013.15.105.2515	Hospital Management Board, Bayelsa state, Nigeria; Department of Epidemiology, University of Texa...	Umeh, C.A., Hospital Management Board, Bayelsa state, Nigeria; Ahaneku, H.P., Department of Epide...	Introduction: Efforts at immunizing children against measles was intensified in Nigeria with nati...	Immunization; Measles; Nigeria	measles vaccine; measles vaccine; article; case study; child; disease surveillance; epidemic; fev...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84883092366	Performance of hydrocarbon particles on the drying shrinkage of cement mortar	Muhammad B., Ismail M.	2013	Construction and Building Materials	48	None	10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.07.011	Faculty of Engineering, Bayero University Kano, PMB 3011, Nigeria; Faculty of Civil Engineering, ...	Muhammad, B., Faculty of Engineering, Bayero University Kano, PMB 3011, Nigeria; Ismail, M., Facu...	The inherent volume reduction normally witnessed in hydraulic cement mixes is probably one of the...	Cement mortar; Cracks; Drying shrinkage; Poly(1,4-isoprene); Scanning electron microscopy	Cement mortars; Drying shrinkages; Hydraulic cement; Micro-structural; Mortar specimens; Poly(1,4...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84888105582	Growth kinetics evaluation of hydrothermally synthesized β-FeOOH nanorods	Chowdhury M., Fester V., Kale G.	2014	Journal of Crystal Growth	387	None	10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2013.10.016	Faculty of Engineering, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, P.O. Box 652, Cape Town 8000, So...	Chowdhury, M., Faculty of Engineering, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, P.O. Box 652, Cap...	Based on the proposition that a quantitative and qualitative relationship between alcohol surface...	Alcohol surface tension; Empirical correlation; Growth rate constants; Oriented attachment kineti...	Different solvents; Empirical correlations; Generalized correlation; Hydrothermally synthesized; ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84893978591	Forest monitoring and social media - Complementary data sources for ecosystem surveillance?	Daume S., Albert M., von Gadow K.	2014	Forest Ecology and Management	316	None	10.1016/j.foreco.2013.09.004	Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Büsgenweg 5, 37...	Daume, S., Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Büsg...	Forest monitoring captures human impacts and other biotic and abiotic influences on forests and i...	Anthropocene; Forest ecosystem services; Forest monitoring; Forest observational studies; Social ...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84937869806	Laboratory evaluation of a specimen transport medium for downstream molecular processing of sputu...	Omar S.V., Peters R.P.H., Ismail N.A., Dreyer A.W., Said H.M., Gwala T., Ismail N., Fourie P.B.	2015	Journal of Microbiological Methods	117	None	10.1016/j.mimet.2015.07.010	Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria,...	Omar, S.V., Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Pretori...	Background: Modern molecular-based approaches for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in ...	DNA stability; Molecular detection; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Specimen transport medium	Article; bacterium culture; bacterium detection; clinical laboratory; controlled study; DNA extra...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84883482993	Evaluation of the maximized power of a regenerative endoreversible Stirling cycle using the therm...	Ahmadi M.H., Mohammadi A.H., Dehghani S.	2013	Energy Conversion and Management	76	None	10.1016/j.enconman.2013.07.082	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, K.N Toosi University, Tehran, Iran; Institut de Recherche en G...	Ahmadi, M.H., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, K.N Toosi University, Tehran, Iran; Mohammadi, A...	In this communication, the optimal power of an endoreversible Stirling cycle with perfect regener...	Ideal regenerative; Multi-objective optimization; Power; Stirling engine; Thermal efficiency	Design parameters; Endoreversible cycles; External heat transfer; Ideal regenerative; Optimal tem...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-58249104035	Relationship between Total Lymphocyte count (TLC) and CD4 count among peoples living with HIV, So...	Daka D., Loha E.	2008	AIDS Research and Therapy	5	None	10.1186/1742-6405-5-26	Faculty of Medicine, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia; Faculty of Public Health, Hawassa Uni...	Daka, D., Faculty of Medicine, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia; Loha, E., Faculty of Public...	Background: CD4 count is a standard measure of immunodeficiency in adults infected with HIV to in...	None	adolescent; adult; aged; article; CD4 lymphocyte count; child; correlation coefficient; correlati...	None	View
None	None	Community health workers to improve antenatal care and PMTCT uptake in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A...	Lema I.A., Sando D., Magesa L., Machumi L., Mungure E., Sando M.M., Geldsetzer P., Foster D., Kaj...	2014	Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes	67	None	None	Familia Salama Trial Unit, Management and Development for Health, Mwai Kibaki Road, Dar es Salaam...	Lema, I.A., Familia Salama Trial Unit, Management and Development for Health, Mwai Kibaki Road, D...	Methods: Over a 16-month period, we carried out a quantitative evaluation of the performance of C...	Antenatal care; Community health workers; Maternal and child health; Performance evaluation; Tanz...	adult; Article; compensation; evaluation study; female; gestational age; government; health auxil...	None	View
WoS	WOS:000272135900011	The use of routine monitoring and evaluation systems to assess a referral model of family plannin...	Abubakar, Zubaida,Awi, Dorka D.,Chabikuli, Nzapfurundi O.,Chukwujekwu, Ogo,Gwarzo, Usman,Hamelman...	2009	AIDS	23	None	None	Family Hlth Int	None	Objective: To measure changes in service utilization of a model integrating family planning with ...	CONTRACEPTION,"health services evaluation",HIV,INTEGRATION,NIGERIA,"ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY","CONT...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84888319054	Ozone concentrations and their potential impacts on Vegetation in Southern Africa	Laakso L., Beukes J.P., Van Zyl P.G., Pienaar J.J., Josipovic M., Venter A., Jaars K., Vakkari V....	2013	Developments in Environmental Science	13	None	10.1016/B978-0-08-098349-3.00020-7	Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; Environmental Sciences and Management, North...	Laakso, L., Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, Environmental Sciences and Manag...	The tropospheric ozone concentrations over southern Africa are relatively high due to large precu...	Air pollution; AOT40; South Africa; Tropospheric ozone; Vegetation impacts	None	None	View
WoS	WOS:000311637600011	Exploring Household Economic Impacts of Childhood Diarrheal Illnesses in 3 African Settings	Adegbola, Richard A.,Breiman, Robert F.,Farag, Tamer H.,Kotloff, Karen L.,Kukla, Matt,Levine, Myr...	2012	CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES	55	None	10.1093/cid/cis763	Florida State University System, GlaxoSmithKline, University of Florida, University of Maryland B...	"Adegbola, Richard A.: GlaxoSmithKline","Farag, Tamer H.: University of Maryland Baltimore","Fara...	Beyond the morbidity and mortality burden of childhood diarrhea in sub-Saharan African are signif...	,COMMUNITY,COST-EFFECTIVENESS,DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES,GASTROENTERITIS,HEALTH-CARE-SEEKING,KENYA,MORT...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84921272087	Rapid mapping and impact estimation of illegal charcoal production in southern Somalia based on W...	Bolognesi M., Vrieling A., Rembold F., Gadain H.	2015	Energy for Sustainable Development	25	None	10.1016/j.esd.2014.12.008	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Somalia Water and Land Information...	Bolognesi, M., Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Somalia Water and L...	Following more than 20years of civil unrest, environmental information for southern Somalia is sc...	Al-Shabaab; Forest degradation; Object-based image analysis; Remote sensing; Woodfuel	charcoal; detection method; environmental impact assessment; fuelwood; land degradation; mapping;...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84905404882	Mathematical modeling and simulation application to visualize the performance of retrofit heat pu...	Tangwe S., Simon M., Meyer E.	2014	Renewable Energy	72	None	10.1016/j.renene.2014.07.011	Fort Hare Institute of Technology, Private Bag X1314, Alice 5700, South Africa	Tangwe, S., Fort Hare Institute of Technology, Private Bag X1314, Alice 5700, South Africa; Simon...	Air source heat pump unlike water and geothermal source heat pumps are widely used in sanitary ho...	Air source heat pump (ASHP); Coefficient of performance (COP); First hour heating rating (FHHR); ...	Computer simulation; Heating rate; Linear regression; Mathematical models; MATLAB; Measurement er...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-79551684533	Blood transfer devices for malaria rapid diagnostic tests: Evaluation of accuracy, safety and eas...	Hopkins H., Oyibo W., Luchavez J., Mationg M.L., Asiimwe C., Albertini A., González I.J., Gatton ...	2011	Malaria Journal	10	None	10.1186/1475-2875-10-30	Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Lumumba Avenue, Kampala, Uganda; Department of Medical...	Hopkins, H., Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Lumumba Avenue, Kampala, Uganda; Oyibo, W...	Background. Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are increasingly used by remote health personne...	None	edetic acid; glass; article; blood; blood sampling; calibration; device; diagnostic accuracy; dia...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84867741983	The effect of froth depth on air recovery and flotation performance	Hadler K., Greyling M., Plint N., Cilliers J.J.	2012	Minerals Engineering	None	None	10.1016/j.mineng.2012.04.003	Froth and Foam Research Group, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College, Lon...	Hadler, K., Froth and Foam Research Group, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial ...	In recent years, it has been shown that there is a clear link between froth stability and flotati...	Flotation bubbles; Flotation froths; Froth flotation; Process optimisation	Air rate; Air recovery; Concentrate grade; Experimental campaign; Flotation bubbles; Flotation ce...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84907364089	Wild flower harvesting on the Agulhas Plain, South Africa: Impact of harvesting intensity under a...	Privett S.D.J., Krug R.M., Forbes G., Gaertner M.	2014	South African Journal of Botany	94	None	10.1016/j.sajb.2014.06.015	Fynbos Ecoscapes, Witkrans, Gansbaai 7220, South Africa; CapeNature, Walker Bay Nature Reserve, 1...	Privett, S.D.J., Fynbos Ecoscapes, Witkrans, Gansbaai 7220, South Africa; Krug, R.M., Laboratoire...	We present a simple method for assessing the medium-term sustainability of different flower harve...	Cape Floristic Region; Conservation; Flower farming; Fynbos; Threshold	flower; growth response; mortality; seed bank; species diversity; wild population; Agulhas Plain;...	None	View

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