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-s2.0-84877351192	Practical implementation of the durability index performance-based design approach	Nganga G., Alexander M., Beushausen H.	2013	Construction and Building Materials	45	None	10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.03.069	Concrete Materials and Structural Integrity Research Unit (CoMSIRU), Department of Civil Engineer...	Nganga, G., Concrete Materials and Structural Integrity Research Unit (CoMSIRU), Department of Ci...	The paper provides a summary of findings from a study that was done to evaluate practicality of D...	Cover concrete; Durability index tests; Performance-based specifications; Quality control; Reinfo...	Coefficient of permeability; Cover concrete; Durability index test; Infrastructure project; Perfo...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84883637090	Durability performance potential and strength of blended Portland limestone cement concrete	Githachuri K., Alexander M.G.	2013	Cement and Concrete Composites	39	None	10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2013.03.027	Concrete Materials and Structural Integrity Research Unit, Dept. of Civil Eng., Univ. of Cape Tow...	Githachuri, K., Concrete Materials and Structural Integrity Research Unit, Dept. of Civil Eng., U...	This paper describes a study on the durability potential and strength of composite Portland-limes...	Durability; Fly ash; Limestone; Slag; Strength	Cement concrete; Competitive performance; Durability performance; Ground granulated blast furnace...	National Research Foundation	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-32544441478	Sparing land for nature: Exploring the potential impact of changes in agricultural yield on the a...	Balmford A., Green R.E., Scharlemann J.P.W.	2005	Global Change Biology	11	10	10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.001035.x	Conservation Biology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing St., Cambridg...	Balmford, A., Conservation Biology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing...	How can rapidly growing food demands be met with least adverse impact on nature? Two very differe...	Agricultural yield; Agriculture; Conservation; Crop production; Cropland; Diet; Farming; Human po...	agricultural land; crop production; crop yield; food production; land management	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84896042349	Evaluation of the deposition, translocation and pathological response of brake dust with and with...	Bernstein D.M., Rogers R., Sepulveda R., Kunzendorf P., Bellmann B., Ernst H., Phillips J.I.	2014	Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology	276	1	10.1016/j.taap.2014.01.016	Consultant in Toxicology, 1208 Geneva, Switzerland; Rogers Imaging, Needham, MA 02494, United Sta...	Bernstein, D.M., Consultant in Toxicology, 1208 Geneva, Switzerland; Rogers, R., Rogers Imaging, ...	Chrysotile has been frequently used in the past in manufacturing brakes and continues to be used ...	Amphibole asbestos; Brake dust; Chrysotile; Inhalation toxicology; Lung/pleura; Pathology	amphibole; chrysotile; crocidolite; air monitoring; air sampling; animal experiment; animal tissu...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84916887285	Evaluation of the trophic structure of the West Florida Shelf in the 2000s using the ecosystem mo...	Grüss A., Schirripa M.J., Chagaris D., Drexler M., Simons J., Verley P., Shin Y.-J., Karnauskas M...	2015	Journal of Marine Systems	144	None	10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.11.004	Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmosph...	Grüss, A., Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Rosenstiel School of Marine ...	We applied the individual-based, multi-species OSMOSE modeling approach to the West Florida Shelf...	Gag grouper; Marine ecosystem modeling; Natural mortality; Resource management; Trophic structure...	Biomass; Computer simulation; Fish; Nutrition; Reefs; Florida; Marine ecosystem; Natural mortalit...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33749248312	Impacts of the 26 December 2004 tsunami in Eastern Africa	Obura D.	2006	Ocean and Coastal Management	49	11	10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2006.08.004	CORDIO East Africa, P.O. BOX 10135, Mombasa, 80101, Kenya	Obura, D., CORDIO East Africa, P.O. BOX 10135, Mombasa, 80101, Kenya	The tsunami of 26 December 2004 was the largest ever recorded in the Indian Ocean, triggered by t...	None	Alarm systems; Earthquake effects; Energy dissipation; Satellites; Television; Tidal power; Inund...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84875478818	Eco-hydrological impacts of Eucalyptus in the semi humid Ethiopian Highlands: The Lake Tana Plain	Chanie T., Collick A.S., Adgo E., Lehmann C.J., Steenhuis T.S.	2013	Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics	61	1	10.2478/johh-2013-0004	Cornell University Master's Program in Integrated Watershed Management, Hydrology Cornell Univers...	Chanie, T., Cornell University Master's Program in Integrated Watershed Management, Hydrology Cor...	Eucalyptus is the tree of choice for wood production by farmers in Ethiopia. Although there are m...	Croton machrostachyus; Eucalyptus; Koga watershed; Soil water repellency	Croton machrostachyus; Eucalyptus; Eucalyptus trees; Farmers' perceptions; Soil physical and chem...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33846901149	Long-term impacts of anthropogenic perturbations on dynamics and speciation of organic carbon in ...	Solomon D., Lehmann J., Kinyangi J., Amelung W., Lobe I., Pell A., Riha S., Ngoze S., Verchot L.,...	2007	Global Change Biology	13	2	10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01304.x	Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States; Department of Soil Science and Soil Ecology,...	Solomon, D., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States; Lehmann, J., Cornell University...	Anthropogenic perturbations have profoundly modified the Earth's biogeochemical cycles, the most ...	13C NMR; Carbon sequestration; Deforestation; Land-use change; NEXAFS; Organic matter composition...	agricultural land; anthropogenic effect; carbon sequestration; carbon sink; deforestation; FTIR s...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33646193106	Planning and performance of small and medium enterprise operators in a country in transition	Yusuf A., Saffu K.	2005	Journal of Small Business Management	43	4	10.1111/j.1540-627X.2005.00148.x	Corporate Planning and Development Division, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Nigeria; De...	Yusuf, A., Corporate Planning and Development Division, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, ...	This paper examines the relationship between planning and performance of small and medium enterpr...	None	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84938201454	Performance assessment of poly (methacrylic acid)/silver nanoparticles composite as corrosion inh...	Solomon M.M., Umoren S.A.	2015	Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology	29	21	10.1080/01694243.2015.1066235	Corrosion Protection and Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Uy...	Solomon, M.M., Corrosion Protection and Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, U...	This article reports the preparation of poly (methacrylic acid)/silver nanoparticles composite (P...	acid corrosion; aluminium; composite; corrosion inhibition; nanoparticles; poly (methacrylic acid)	Adsorption; Aluminum; Composite materials; Contact angle; Corrosion; Electron microscopy; Energy ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84904977852	Impact of quantum entanglement on spectrum of cosmological fluctuations	Kanno S.	2014	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	2014	7	10.1088/1475-7516/2014/07/029	Cosmology and Gravity Center, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Ca...	Kanno, S., Cosmology and Gravity Center, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Unive...	We investigate the effect of entanglement between two causally separated open charts in de Sitter...	ination; quantum cosmology; quantum field theory on curved space	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84879036965	The impact of particle size and maceral segregation on char formation in a packed bed combustion ...	Malumbazo N., Wagner N.J., Bunt J.R.	2013	Fuel	111	None	10.1016/j.fuel.2013.03.056	Council for Geoscience, Mineral Resources Development, 280 Pretoria Street, Silverton, Pretoria 0...	Malumbazo, N., Council for Geoscience, Mineral Resources Development, 280 Pretoria Street, Silver...	Highveld parent coal was crushed into three size fractions, namely: 5 mm-75 mm, 5 mm-53 mm, and 5...	Char morphology; Highveld coal; Maceral segregation; Reactivity	Coal particle size; Large particle sizes; Maceral distribution; Macerals; Packed bed reactor; Par...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-83055174037	Detection and monitoring of surface subsidence associated with mining activities in the Witbank C...	Engelbrecht J., Inggs M.R., Makusha G.	2011	South African Journal of Geology	114	1	10.2113/gssajg.114.1.77	Council for Geoscience, Western Cape Unit, P.O. Box 572, Bellville, 7535, South Africa; Universit...	Engelbrecht, J., Council for Geoscience, Western Cape Unit, P.O. Box 572, Bellville, 7535, South ...	Surface subsidence associated with coal mining activities in the Mpumalanga Province, South Afric...	None	basin evolution; coal mining; deformation; detection method; environmental monitoring; GPS; human...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84866245432	Particle-capturins performance of South African non-corrosive samplers	Pretorius C.J.	2011	Journal of the Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa	64	4	None	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa	Pretorius, C.J., Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa	In view of the international drive to eliminate silicosis, it is critical that reliable and consi...	None	Aerodynamic properties; Control measures; Controlled tests; Non-corrosive; Respirable dust; Parti...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84949115102	High-performance towards Cr(VI) removal using multi-active sites of polypyrrole-graphene oxide na...	Setshedi K.Z., Bhaumik M., Onyango M.S., Maity A.	2015	Chemical Engineering Journal	262	None	10.1016/j.cej.2014.10.034	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa; Department of Chem...	Setshedi, K.Z., Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa, De...	Hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] adsorption onto polypyrrole graphene oxide nanocomposite (PPy-GO NC)...	Breakthrough; Graphene oxide; Kinetics; Nanocomposites; Polypyrrole	Adsorption isotherms; Enzyme kinetics; Graphene; Isotherms; Kinetics; Nanocomposites; Packed beds...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-80053235776	Design and performance of wideband DRFM for radar test and evaluation	Olivier K., Cilliers J.E., Du Plessis M.	2011	Electronics Letters	47	14	10.1049/el.2011.0362	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Building 44, Meiring Naude Road, Pretoria, South ...	Olivier, K., Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Building 44, Meiring Naude Road, Pre...	The test and evaluation of modern radars using hardware in the loop simulators requires the use o...	None	Commercial off-the-shelf components; Digital radio frequency memory; Hardware in the loop simulat...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-51149092100	Evaluation of registry data removal by shredder programs	Velupillai H., Mokhonoana P.	2008	IFIP International Federation for Information Processing	285	None	10.1007/978-0-387-84927-0_5	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa	Velupillai, H., Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa; Mokhonoan...	Shredder programs attempt to overcome Window's inherent inability to erase data completely. A shr...	Data removal; Shredder tools; Windows Registry	Forensic examinations; Transfer ownerships; Windows registry; Forensic examinations; Transfer own...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84961292145	Heuristic space diversity control for improved meta-hyper-heuristic performance	Grobler J., Engelbrecht A.P., Kendall G., Yadavalli V.S.S.	2015	Information Sciences	300	1	10.1016/j.ins.2014.11.012	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa; Department of Computer Sc...	Grobler, J., Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa, Department o...	This paper expands on the concept of heuristic space diversity and investigates various strategie...	Diversity management; Heuristic space diversity; Hyper-heuristics	Algorithms; Digital arithmetic; Heuristic algorithms; Heuristic methods; Algorithm performance; B...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84901028720	The evaluation and quantification of respirable coal and silica dust concentrations: A task-based...	Grové T., Van Dyk T., Franken A., Du Plessis J.	2014	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	11	6	10.1080/15459624.2013.877140	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Centre for Mining Innovation, P.O. Box 91230, Auck...	Grové, T., Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Centre for Mining Innovation, P.O. Box ...	Silicosis and coal worker's pneumoconiosis are serious occupational respiratory diseases associat...	Coal mining; Coal mining activities; Mine Health and Safety Council; Respirable dust; Respirable ...	air pollutant; coal; dust; silicon dioxide; air pollutant; analysis; coal mining; dust; environme...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77957120419	In vivo evaluation of the biodistribution and safety of PLGA nanoparticles as drug delivery systems	Semete B., Booysen L., Lemmer Y., Kalombo L., Katata L., Verschoor J., Swai H.S.	2010	Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine	6	5	10.1016/j.nano.2010.02.002	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Polymers and Bioceramics, Pretoria, South Africa; ...	Semete, B., Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Polymers and Bioceramics, Pretoria, So...	The remarkable physicochemical properties of particles in the nanometer range have been proven to...	Biodistribution; Nanomedicine; Nanoparticles; PLGA; Toxicity	BALB/c mice; Biodistributions; Cell viability; Drug delivery system; Fumed silica particles; Fume...	None	View

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