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-s2.0-67649210610	Performance of FASTPlaqueTB™ and a modified protocol in a high HIV prevalence community in South ...	Trollip A.P., Albert H., Mole R., Marshall T., Van Cutsem G., Coetzee D.	2009	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	13	6	None	Biotec Laboratories South Africa Ltd., Cape Town, South Africa; Foundation for Innovative New Dia...	Trollip, A.P., Biotec Laboratories South Africa Ltd., Cape Town, South Africa, Biotec Laboratorie...	Modifications in the FASTPlaqueTB™ test protocol have resulted in an increase in the analytical l...	Diagnostic tests; FASTPlaqueTB; HIV; Mycobacteriophages; Pulmonary tuberculosis; South Africa	adolescent; article; community; controlled study; culture medium; diagnostic test; human; Human i...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-68949084939	Performance of diverse rice genotypes based on seed-set in interspecific hybrid production: Impli...	Efisue A., Ubi B., Tongoona P., Derera J., Laing M.	2008	Journal of New Seeds	9	2	10.1080/15228860802086265	Biotechnology Research Development Centre, Ebonyi State University, P.M.B. 053, Abakaliki, Nigeri...	Efisue, A., Biotechnology Research Development Centre, Ebonyi State University, P.M.B. 053, Abaka...	Interspecific hybridization is an important technique used in improving rice populations by combi...	Genotypes; Interspecific hybrids; Oryza; Pollination; Seed set; Sterility	Oryza; Oryza glaberrima; Oryza sativa	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77950118323	The impact of Bioversity International's African Leafy Vegetables programme in Kenya	Gotor E., Irungu C.	2010	Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal	28	1	10.3152/146155110X488817	Bioversity International, via dei Tre Denari, 472/a, Maccarese, Rome 00057, Italy; St Paul's Univ...	Gotor, E., Bioversity International, via dei Tre Denari, 472/a, Maccarese, Rome 00057, Italy; Iru...	An objective of Bioversity International is to promote income and food security by ensuring that ...	Agro-biodiversity; ALVs; Impact assessment; In-situ conservation; Kenya; Poverty alleviation	agricultural production; biodiversity; food security; leafy vegetable; poverty alleviation; produ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77952744220	Post-privatization performance and organizational changes: Case studies from Ghana	Tsamenyi M., Onumah J., Tetteh-Kumah E.	2010	Critical Perspectives on Accounting	21	5	10.1016/j.cpa.2008.01.002	Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, University House, Birmingham B15 2TT, Unite...	Tsamenyi, M., Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, University House, Birmingham ...	A significant number of less developed countries (LDCs), including Ghana, have embraced the World...	Balanced scorecard; Ghana; Less developed countries; Performance evaluation; Privatization	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84870267171	Definition and application of a cohesive crack model allowing improved prediction of the flexural...	Denneman E., Kearsley E.P., Visser A.T.	2012	Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering	54	2	None	Bituminous Surfacing, ARRB Group Ltd., 500 Burwood Highway, Vermont South VIC 3133, Australia; De...	Denneman, E., Bituminous Surfacing, ARRB Group Ltd., 500 Burwood Highway, Vermont South VIC 3133,...	In conventional concrete pavement design methods the design parameters are determined using linea...	None	Beam tests; Cohesive crack models; Cohesive cracks; Concrete mix design; Conventional concrete; D...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77955279919	Performance of mild steel perforated plates as a blast wave mitigation technique: Experimental an...	Langdon G.S., Rossiter I.B., Balden V.H., Nurick G.N.	2010	International Journal of Impact Engineering	37	10	10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2010.06.001	Blast Impact and Survivability Research Unit (BISRU), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Unive...	Langdon, G.S., Blast Impact and Survivability Research Unit (BISRU), Department of Mechanical Eng...	This article presents the results of an experimental and numerical investigation into the influen...	Blast loading; Mitigation; Numerical modelling; Perforated plates; Plastic deformation	Blast loading; Blast waves; Blockage ratio; Hole diameter; Hole size; Mild steel; Mitigation; Mit...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84937024050	The impact of human immunodeficiency virus infection on obstetric hemorrhage and blood transfusio...	Bloch E.M., Crookes R.L., Hull J., Fawcus S., Gangaram R., Anthony J., Ingram C., Ngcobo S., Crox...	2015	Transfusion	55	7	10.1111/trf.13040	Blood Systems Research Institute, 270 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United States; Universit...	Bloch, E.M., Blood Systems Research Institute, 270 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United Stat...	BACKGROUND Globally, as in South Africa, obstetric hemorrhage (OH) remains a leading cause of mat...	None	hemoglobin; adult; Article; blood transfusion; cesarean section; cross-sectional study; female; g...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-80054900405	The influence of separation distance on the performance of perforated plates as a blast wave shie...	Langdon G.S., Nurick G.N., du Plessis N.J.	2011	Engineering Structures	33	12	10.1016/j.engstruct.2011.07.017	Blast Impact and Survivability Research Unit (BISRU), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Unive...	Langdon, G.S., Blast Impact and Survivability Research Unit (BISRU), Department of Mechanical Eng...	This article presents the results of an experimental investigation into the performance of perfor...	Blast loading; Mitigation; Perforated plates; Plastic deformation	Blast loading; Blast waves; Blockage ratio; Experimental investigations; Mitigation; Mitigation m...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77949502966	Response of axially stacked square tubes to axial impact loads	Ronchietto F., Chung Kim Yuen S., Nurick G.N.	2009	Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures	6	4	None	Blast Impact and Survivability Research Unit (BISRU), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Unive...	Ronchietto, F., Blast Impact and Survivability Research Unit (BISRU), Department of Mechanical En...	The crushing and energy absorption characteristics of thinwalled specimens consisting of single a...	Axial impact loading; Axially stacked; Buckling transition; Energy absorber; Global bending; Prog...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84875808744	Impact delamination testing of fibre reinforced polymers using Hopkinson Pressure Bars	Govender R.A., Langdon G.S., Nurick G.N., Cloete T.J.	2013	Engineering Fracture Mechanics	101	None	10.1016/j.engfracmech.2012.07.025	Blast Impact and Survivability Research Unit, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of...	Govender, R.A., Blast Impact and Survivability Research Unit, Department of Mechanical Engineerin...	High rate delamination tests are often performed using high speed servo-hydraulic or drop-weight ...	Delamination; Fibre reinforced polymer; Strain rate	Cohesive zone element; Delamination testing; Fibre reinforced polymers; Force-deflection curves; ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84865661795	The blast and impact loading of aluminium foam	Merrett R.P., Langdon G.S., Theobald M.D.	2013	Materials and Design	44	None	10.1016/j.matdes.2012.08.016	Blast Impact Survivability Research Unit (BISRU), Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of ...	Merrett, R.P., Blast Impact Survivability Research Unit (BISRU), Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,...	This paper reports results from impact and blast loading experiments on aluminium foam. The impac...	Aluminium foam; Blast loading; Direct impact; Shock	Aluminium foam; Blast loading; Cladding structures; Direct impact; Impact and blast loadings; Non...	NRF, National Research Foundation	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84908032494	Evaluation of the Effects of Reduced Personal and Corporate Tax Rates on the Growth Rates of the ...	Zellner A., Ngoie J.K.	2015	Econometric Reviews	34	None	10.1080/07474938.2014.944468	Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States; Department of Econom...	Zellner, A., Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States; Ngoie, ...	Using several variants of a Marshallian Macroeconomic Model (MMM), see Zellner and Israilevich (2...	Disaggregation; Impulse response functions; Marshallian macroeconomic model; Transfer functions; ...	None	NSF, National Science Foundation	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84900016364	Influence of soil fertility amendment practices on ex-situ utilisation of indigenous arbuscular m...	Nyaga J., Jefwa J.M., Muthuri C.W., Okoth S.A., Matiru V.N., Wachira P.	2014	Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems	17	1	None	Botany Department, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), P.O Box 62000-...	Nyaga, J., Botany Department, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), P.O...	Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) are important in agriculture and have received attention as th...	Arbuscular Mycorrhizae Fungi; Colonisation intensity; Crop yield; Indigenous species; Inoculation...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-34249281963	From pastoralism to tourism: The historical impact of changing land use practices in Namaqualand	Hoffman M.T., Rohde R.F.	2007	Journal of Arid Environments	70	4	10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.05.014	Botany Department, Leslie Hill Institute for Plant Conservation, University of Cape Town, Private...	Hoffman, M.T., Botany Department, Leslie Hill Institute for Plant Conservation, University of Cap...	We use the concept of ecological revolutions to explain the environmental history of Namaqualand,...	Degradation; Environmental history; Human impact; Population; Repeat photography	anthropogenic effect; environmental history; historical geography; human settlement; land use cha...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-34548548350	Paleolimnological assessment of human impacts on an urban South African lake	García-Rodríguez F., Anderson C.R., Adams J.B.	2007	Journal of Paleolimnology	38	3	10.1007/s10933-006-9076-8	Botany Department, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, PO Box 77000, Port Elizabeth 6031, Sou...	García-Rodríguez, F., Botany Department, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, PO Box 77000, Po...	North End Lake is a polluted and eutrophic freshwater system located in Port Elizabeth, South Afr...	Diatoms; Eutrophication; Human impacts; Paleolimnology; South Africa; Spheroidal carbonaceous par...	anthropogenic effect; diatom; eutrophication; lake; lake pollution; mesotrophic environment; orga...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84876435776	Impact of Prosopis invasion on a keystone tree species in the Kalahari Desert	Schachtschneider K., February E.C.	2013	Plant Ecology	214	4	10.1007/s11258-013-0192-z	Botany Department, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7701, South Afr...	Schachtschneider, K., Botany Department, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X, Rondebosch, Cape...	Several Prosopis species were introduced into South Africa in the last century. Since then two sp...	Acacia erioloba; Alien invasive; Kalahari Desert; Keystone species; Prosopis; Water	abundance; arid region; biological invasion; dicotyledon; dieback; ecological impact; keystone sp...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-43149102054	Ecological engineering by a mega-grazer: White Rhino impacts on a south African savanna	Waldram M.S., Bond W.J., Stock W.D.	2008	Ecosystems	11	1	10.1007/s10021-007-9109-9	Botany Department, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, Cape Town 7701, South Africa...	Waldram, M.S., Botany Department, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, Cape Town 770...	Herbivory can change the structure and spatial heterogeneity of vegetation. We ask whether all sp...	Ecosystem engineers; Facilitation; Fire; Grazing; Keystone species; Megaherbivores; Pleistocene e...	ecosystem engineering; experimental study; extinction; grass; grazing; herbivory; keystone specie...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-81855176565	Exploring the impact of national system of innovation on the outcomes of foreign direct investment	Baskaran A., Muchie M., Muchie M.	2009	International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development	2	4	10.1504/IJTLID.2009.02682	Business School, Middlesex University, London NW4 4BT, United Kingdom; Institute for Economic Res...	Baskaran, A., Business School, Middlesex University, London NW4 4BT, United Kingdom; Muchie, M., ...	This paper attempts to explore the possible relationship between the characteristics of a Nationa...	China; Ethiopia; FDI; foreign direct investment; Ghana; India; national innovation system; South ...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84880424853	Exploring Teachers' Assessment Practices of Performance Tasks in Agriculture and Factors Influenc...	Masole T.M., Howie S.	2013	Journal of Agricultural and Food Information	14	3	10.1080/10496505.2013.803347	Botswana Examinations Council, Private Bag 0070, Gaborone, Botswana; Faculty of Education, Univer...	Masole, T.M., Botswana Examinations Council, Private Bag 0070, Gaborone, Botswana; Howie, S., Fac...	The aim of the study was to explore processes employed in performance assessment in agriculture i...	agriculture; assessment; Botswana; performance assessment; process assessment; product assessment	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84923652968	Performance of rapid HIV testing by lay counselors in the field during the behavioral and biologi...	Mine M., Chishala S., Makhaola K., Tafuma T.A., Bolebantswe J., Merrigan M.B.	2015	Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes	68	3	10.1097/QAI.0000000000000434	Botswana Harvard Reference Laboratory, National Health Laboratory, Gaborone, Botswana; Department...	Mine, M., Botswana Harvard Reference Laboratory, National Health Laboratory, Gaborone, Botswana; ...	The study assessed the performance of rapid HIV testing with whole blood using Kehua Bio-engineer...	BBSS; Botswana; FSW; MSM; rapid HIV testing	Human immunodeficiency virus antibody; adult; Article; bioengineering; blood analysis; Botswana; ...	None	View

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