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-s2.0-33746528668	Performance of Dacryodes edulis (Don. G. Lam H.J.), seeds and seedlings in a crude oil contaminat...	Agbogidi M.O., Eshegbeyi O.F.	2006	Journal of Sustainable Forestry	22	04-Mar	10.1300/J091v22n03_01	Department of Forestry and Wildlife, Delta State University, Asaba Campus, Asaba, Nigeria	Agbogidi, M.O., Department of Forestry and Wildlife, Delta State University, Asaba Campus, Asaba,...	Environmental pollution from oil activities in a major oil producing country like Nigeria is inev...	Crude oil; Dacryodes edulis; Performance; Seedlings; Seeds; Soil pollution	Contamination; Crude petroleum; Oil spills; Performance; Restoration; Seed; Soil pollution; Dacry...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33744454393	The effect of soil amendment on the performance of Gambaya albida (Linn) seedlings	Okunomo K., Ureigho U.N., Opute H.O.	2006	European Journal of Scientific Research	13	2	None	Department of Forestry and Wildlife, Delta State University, Asaba Campus, Delta State, Nigeria	Okunomo, K., Department of Forestry and Wildlife, Delta State University, Asaba Campus, Delta Sta...	A study on the effect of soil amendments on the performance of G. albida was conducted at the tea...	Seedling growth; Soil analysis; Tree seedlings	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33747144435	Monitoring change in the spatial heterogeneity of vegetation cover in an African savanna	Murwira A., Skidmore A.	2006	International Journal of Remote Sensing	27	11	10.1080/01431160500396683	Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Zimbabwe, Mount Pleasant, Harare...	Murwira, A., Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Zimbabwe, Mount Ple...	The extent to which a new intensity-dominant scale approach to characterizing spatial heterogenei...	None	Agriculture; Imaging techniques; Monitoring; Vegetation; Remote sensing imagery; Spatial heteroge...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33846553709	Hydrologic impact of rewatering of the Gemsbokfontein dolomitic western subcompartment on the Won...	Van der Walt I.J., De Roer K.	2006	Physical Geography	27	4	10.2747/0272-3646.27.4.316	Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, School of Environmental Sciences and Developme...	Van der Walt, I.J., Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, School of Environmental Sc...	The mean annual rainfall of South Africa is only about 450 mm. The unpredictability of the rainfa...	Dewatering; Dolomitic compartments; Far West Rand gold mines; South African ground water resources	annual variation; aquifer pollution; dewatering; gold mine; groundwater resource; hydrological re...	None	View
None	None	Socio-economic impacts of irrigated agriculture in Mbarali District of south-west Tanzania	Mwakalila S.	2006	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	31	None	10.1016/j.pce.2006.08.021	Department of Geography, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35049, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Mwakalila, S., Department of Geography, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35049, Dar es Salaa...	Irrigation has been found to be central in curbing food scarcity not only in Tanzania but also in...	Gross margins; Irrigated agriculture; Poverty alleviation; Socio-economic benefits	Developing countries; Economic and social effects; Information science; Reliability; Gross margin...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33751354610	Petrographic studies of "fallout" suevite from outside the Bosumtwi impact structure, Ghana	Boamah D., Koeberl C.	2006	Meteoritics and Planetary Science	41	11	None	Department of Geological Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria...	Boamah, D., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vie...	Field studies and a shallow drilling program carried out in 1999 provided information about thick...	None	crater; crystalline rock; ejecta; fallout; impact structure; metasedimentary rock; suevite; Afric...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33748688828	Preliminary evaluation of hydrochemistry of the Kalambaina Formation, Sokoto Basin, Nigeria	Alagbe S.A.	2006	Environmental Geology	51	1	10.1007/s00254-006-0302-5	Department of Geology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria	Alagbe, S.A., Department of Geology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria	Hydrochemical investigations in the Kalambaina Formation have been initiated to determine potabil...	Hydrochemistry; Kalambaina Formation; Limestone aquifer; Nigeria; Sokoto Basin	Aquifers; Groundwater; Land use; Rain; Water quality; Water supply; Groundwater chemistry; Hydroc...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33748902768	Zimbabwean mine dumps and their impacts on river water quality - a reconnaissance study	Meck M., Love D., Mapani B.	2006	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	31	None	10.1016/j.pce.2006.08.029	Department of Geology, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP167, Mt . Pleasant Harare,, Zimbabwe; W...	Meck, M., Department of Geology, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP167, Mt . Pleasant Harare,, Z...	Zimbabwe has a substantial number of mines and 67 minerals have been mined in the country since 1...	Environmental geochemistry; Mine drainage; Mine dumps; Waste management; Water pollution; Water q...	Contamination; Environmental impact; Mining; Precious metals; Rivers; Waste management; Water pol...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33845871994	Evaluation of human exposure to lead and cadmium from some local Nigerian medicinal preparations	Nnorom I.C., Osibanjo O., Eleke C.	2006	Journal of Applied Sciences	6	14	None	Department of Industrial Chemistry, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria; Department of Chemistr...	Nnorom, I.C., Department of Industrial Chemistry, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria; Osibanjo...	In most developing countries, the use of Herbal Medicinal Preparations (HMPs) is common due to po...	Cadmium; Herbal Medicinal Preparations (HMPs); Lead; Nigeria	Blood lead levels; Flame atomic absorption spectrometers; Health implications; Human exposures; L...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33748324762	Chemical analysis and sensory evaluation of Ogi enriched with soybeans and crayfish	Samuel F.O., Otegbayo B.O.	2006	Nutrition and Food Science	36	4	10.1108/00346650610676785	Department of Home Economics, Oyo State College of Education, Oyo, Nigeria; Department of Food Sc...	Samuel, F.O., Department of Home Economics, Oyo State College of Education, Oyo, Nigeria; Otegbay...	Purpose - The objective of this work is to prepare two complementary diets based on the enrichmen...	Fish; Food products; Nigeria; Nutrition; Soya	Astacoidea; Glycine max	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-30444435779	HIV impact on acute morbidity and pelvic tumor control following radiotherapy for cervical cancer	Gichangi P., Bwayo J., Estambale B., Rogo K., Njuguna E., Ojwang S., Temmerman M.	2006	Gynecologic Oncology	100	2	10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.10.006	Department of Human Anatomy and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 2631, ...	Gichangi, P., Department of Human Anatomy and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nairobi, P...	Objective. To determine the impact of HIV infection on acute morbidity and pelvic tumor control f...	Cervical cancer; HIV; Outcome; Radiotherapy	acute toxicity; adult; Africa; aged; anemia; article; controlled study; external beam radiotherap...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33646791867	Estimating gill-net selectivity for Labeo umbratus (Pisces: Cyprinidae), and an evaluation of usi...	Booth A.J., Potts W.M.	2006	Fisheries Research	79	42371	10.1016/j.fishres.2006.02.015	Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown, 613...	Booth, A.J., Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Gra...	Estimates of gill-net selectivity for the cyprinid fish, Labeo umbratus, were compared using two ...	Fyke-nets; Gill-nets; Labeo umbratus; Length-structured model; Sechin's model; SELECT	cyprinid; fish; gillnet; growth rate; population structure; statistical analysis; Cyprinidae; Cyp...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-34047266391	Parameter estimation and performance of the p-chart for attributes data	Chakraborti S., Human S.W.	2006	IEEE Transactions on Reliability	55	3	10.1109/TR.2006.879662	Department of Information Systems, Statistics and Management Science, University of Alabama, Tusc...	Chakraborti, S., Department of Information Systems, Statistics and Management Science, University...	Effects of parameter estimation are examined for the well-known p-chart for the fraction nonconfo...	Average run-length; Binomial distribution; Fraction nonconforming; In-control; Out-of-control; Pa...	Alarm systems; Data reduction; Numerical methods; Reliability theory; Average run length; Binomia...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33749053144	The impacts of decentralization on health care seeking behaviors in Uganda	Hutchinson P., Akin J., Ssengooba F.	2006	International Journal of Health Planning and Management	21	3	10.1002/hpm.848	Department of International Health and Development, School Public Health and Tropical Medicine, T...	Hutchinson, P., Department of International Health and Development, School Public Health and Trop...	This paper examines the impacts of a public sector decentralization program on health care seekin...	Decentralization; Impact evaluation; Uganda	decentralization; health policy; health services; public sector; acquired immune deficiency syndr...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33646367919	The impact of self-efficacy and prior computer experience on the creativity of new librarians in ...	Tella A., Ayeni C.O.	2006	Library Philosophy and Practice	8	2	None	Department of Library and Information Studies, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana; Federa...	Tella, A., Department of Library and Information Studies, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botsw...	[No abstract available]	None	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33646791464	Performance evaluation of the regulatory institutions in the management of distress in Nigerian b...	Oladele P.O., Asaolu T.O., Oyesanmi O.	2006	European Journal of Social Sciences	2	2	None	Department of Management and Accounting, Faculty of Administration, Obafemi Awolowo University, I...	Oladele, P.O., Department of Management and Accounting, Faculty of Administration, Obafemi Awolow...	This paper presents a performance evaluation of the regulatory institutions in the management of ...	None	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33745443538	Monitoring environmental complexities and changes: Some lessons from small firms	Temtime Z.T.	2006	International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business	1	3	10.1504/IJGSB.2006.010612	Department of Management, University of Botswana, P.O. Box 70471, Gaborone, Botswana	Temtime, Z.T., Department of Management, University of Botswana, P.O. Box 70471, Gaborone, Botswana	The process of gathering and interpreting pertinent information from the environment and introduc...	Botswana; Developing countries; Environmental complexities; Environmental scanning; Small and Med...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33751165076	Customer-focus and business performance: The study of food and beverages organizations in Nigeria	Nwokah N.G., Maclayton D.W.	2006	Measuring Business Excellence	10	4	10.1108/13683040610719281	Department of Marketing, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Nwokah, N.G., Department of Marketing, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Ha...	Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of customer-focus on the performance ...	Beverages; Business performance; Customer orientation; Food industry; Nigeria	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33846326302	Performance of a parabolic trough solar collector	Brooks M.J., Mills I., Harms T.M.	2006	Journal of Energy in Southern Africa	17	3	None	Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mangosuthu Technikon, South Africa; Department of Mechanica...	Brooks, M.J., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mangosuthu Technikon, South Africa; Mills, I....	The performance of a South African parabolic trough solar collector (PTSC) module has been charac...	Acceptance angle; Optical efficiency; Parabolic trough collector; Time constant	Acceptance angle; Optical efficiency; Parabolic trough collector; Time constants; Heat losses; Pr...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33751364289	Palm nut cracking under repeated impact load	Koya O.A.	2006	Journal of Applied Sciences	6	11	10.3923/jas.2006.2471.2475	Department of Mechanical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria	Koya, O.A., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria	Cracking a whole palm nut under repeated impact load, with the object of minimizing kernel breaka...	Cracking; Fatigue; Fracture; Impact; Palm nut	Conservation of energy; Experimental verification; Impact; Load cycle; Palm nut; Palm nut crackin...	None	View

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