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-s2.0-84866506828	Comparative evaluation of conventional infiltration models under tropical rainforest (TRF) condit...	Ehigiator O.A.	2011	International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa	6	None	10.4028/www.scientific.net/JERA.6.65	Department of Civil Engineering, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria	Ehigiator, O.A., Department of Civil Engineering, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria	Three commonly used expressions for modeling soil-water infiltration were evaluated for a tropica...	Deforestation; Infiltration opportunity; Kostiakov's expression; Phillip's model	Alfisols; Comparative evaluations; Infiltration models; Infiltrometers; Kostiakov's expression; N...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-80052486976	Contrasting the impact of aerosols at northern and southern midlatitudes on heterogeneous ice for...	Kanitz T., Seifert P., Ansmann A., Engelmann R., Althausen D., Casiccia C., Rohwer E.G.	2011	Geophysical Research Letters	38	17	10.1029/2011GL048532	Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstrasse 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany; Ozone ...	Kanitz, T., Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstrasse 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Ger...	Three cloud data sets, each covering four months of observations, were recently recorded with a l...	None	Air pollution; Atmospheric aerosols; Biological materials; Deforestation; Dust; Marine pollution;...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84875651218	Evaluation of adjuvants for enhanced management of Podosphaera xanthii using potassium silicate a...	Tesfagiorgis H.B., Annegarn H.J.	2013	Crop Protection	48	None	10.1016/j.cropro.2013.03.002	Department of Geography Environmental Management and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg, ...	Tesfagiorgis, H.B., Department of Geography Environmental Management and Energy Studies, Universi...	Three adjuvants [polyether-polymethylsiloxane-copolymer (Break-Thru®), alkoxylated fatty alkylami...	Adjuvant; Biocontrol agents; Podosphaera xanthii; Potassium silicate; Powdery mildew; Zucchini	biocontrol agent; deposition; disease control; electron microscopy; fungus; growth rate; integrat...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84864568925	Perceptions of Threat Risk Frequency and Impact on Construction Projects in Ghana: Opinion survey...	Chileshe N., Boadua A., Yirenkyi-Fianko	2011	Journal of Construction in Developing Countries	16	2	None	Barbara Hardy Institute (BHI), School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Aust...	Chileshe, N., Barbara Hardy Institute (BHI), School of Natural and Built Environments, University...	Threat risks are experienced by all stakeholders in a construction project. Although the nature o...	Construction industry; Ghana; Opinion survey; Project risk factors	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84875045560	Revisiting dominant notions: A review of costs, performance and institutions of small reservoirs ...	Venot J.-P., de Fraiture C., Acheampong E.N.	2012	IWMI Research Report	144	None	10.5337/2012.202	International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Land and Water Develo...	Venot, J.-P., International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; de Frai...	Thousands of small reservoirs dot the rural landscape of sub-Saharan Africa. They have long attra...	None	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-79955108129	The impact of burnout on the intention to quit among professional nurses in the Free State region...	Pienaar J.W., Bester C.L.	2011	South African Journal of Psychology	41	1	None	Centre for Health Systems Research and Development, Department of Industrial Psychology, Universi...	Pienaar, J.W., Centre for Health Systems Research and Development, Department of Industrial Psych...	Thousands of qualified nurses leave the South African health sector on an annual basis owing to v...	Burnout; Free state; HIV; Intention to quit; Professional nurses; Stress	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-79958070993	Evaluation of soil quality identified by local farmers in Mai-Negus catchment, northern Ethiopia	Tesfahunegn G.B., Tamene L., Vlek P.L.G.	2011	Geoderma	163	42433	10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.04.016	Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Walter-Flex-Str. 3, 53113 Bonn, German...	Tesfahunegn, G.B., Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Walter-Flex-Str. 3,...	Though soil quality (SQ) degradation is a serious challenge to national food security, little inf...	Local farmer; Mai-Negus catchment; Northern Ethiopia; Soil attributes; Soil quality; Soil quality...	Catchment scale; Developing regions; Ethiopia; Farmer knowledge; Local farmer; Mai-Negus catchmen...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-73449090879	Evaluation of the analgesic properties of the Datura metel seeds aqueous extract	Wannang N.N., Ndukwe H.C., Nnabuife C.	2009	Journal of Medicinal Plants Research	3	4	None	Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Jos, Nigeria; Depar...	Wannang, N.N., Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Jos,...	This work was carried out to investigate the analgesic activity of dried seed of Datura metel Lin...	Analgesic; Antinociceptive; Datura metel; Seed extract	acetic acid; alkaloid derivative; anthraquinone derivative; carbohydrate derivative; cardiac glyc...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84945447390	Evaluation of micro- and nano-carbon-based adsorbents for the removal of phenol from aqueous solu...	Asmaly H.A., Abussaud B., Ihsaah, Saleh T.A., Bukhari A.A., Laoui T., Shemsi A.M., Gupta V.K., At...	2015	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	97	9	10.1080/02772248.2015.1092543	KACST – Technology Innovation Centre on Carbon Capture and Sequestration (KACST-TIC on CCS), King...	Asmaly, H.A., KACST – Technology Innovation Centre on Carbon Capture and Sequestration (KACST-TIC...	This work reports on the adsorption efficiency of two classes of adsorbents: nano-adsorbents incl...	activated carbon; carbon nanofibers; carbon nanotubes; fly ash; phenol	Activated carbon; Adsorbents; Carbon nanofibers; Carbon nanotubes; Chemicals removal (water treat...	KACST, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology; AR-30-92, KFUPM, King Abdulaziz City for S...	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-79956082344	Evaluation of petroleum hydrocarbons in water, fish and plant samples in Degele and Environs in D...	Olaji E.D., Edema Clarkson U., Edema Mary O.	2010	Ecology, Environment and Conservation	16	4	None	Chemistry Department, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria; Department of Animal and Environm...	Olaji, E.D., Chemistry Department, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria; Edema Clarkson, U., ...	This work measures the total petroleum hydrocarbon in water, fish and plant samples from and arou...	Fish plant petroleum hydrocarbon; Well-pond-River water	fish; gas chromatography; petroleum hydrocarbon; pH; pond; river water; water level; Nigeria	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-44149086909	Assessment of sewage application in southeastern Nigeria Part 1: Impact on selected soil morpholo...	Asadu C.L.A., Ucheonye-Oliobi C., Agada C.	2008	Outlook on Agriculture	37	1	None	Department of Soil Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria	Asadu, C.L.A., Department of Soil Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria; U...	This work investigated the impact of long-term application of sewage sludge/effluent on morpholog...	Aggregate stability; Bulk density; Organic matter; Sewage; Soil morphology; Total porosity; Ultisol	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84878252333	Corporate governance and performance of Nigerian listed firms: Further evidence	Adewuyi A.O., Olowookere A.E.	2008	Corporate Ownership and Control	6	2 D CONT. 3	None	Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria	Adewuyi, A.O., Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria; Olowookere, A.E., Departme...	This work, in an agency framework, adds to the few literatures on Nigeria by examining the impact...	Agency problem; Corporate governance; Panel regression; Tobin's q	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-70149092759	Evaluation of pH levels in some common carbohydrate food items consumed by communities in the Cen...	Tawo E.N., Abara A.E., Malu S.P., Alobi N.O.	2009	Pakistan Journal of Nutrition	8	9	10.3923/pjn.2009.1387.1390	Department of Chemical Sciences, Cross River University of Technology, Calabar, Nigeria; Departme...	Tawo, E.N., Department of Chemical Sciences, Cross River University of Technology, Calabar, Niger...	This work evaluates and provides data on the seasonal pH of common carbohydrate food sources in m...	Acidity; Alkalinity; Carbohydrate foods; Conductivity; pH	starch; article; bacterial growth; carbohydrate diet; conductance; food analysis; food compositio...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84884953969	Comparative functionality evaluation of co-precipitate of Zea mays and Oryza sativum starch in pa...	Onyishi Ikechukwu V., Chime Salome A.	2013	International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research	22	2	None	Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Industrial Pharmacy, University of Nigeria, Nsukka 41...	Onyishi Ikechukwu, V., Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Industrial Pharmacy, Universit...	This work evaluated paracetamol tablets formulated using binder-disintegrant co-precipitate made ...	Coprecipitation; Oryza sativum; Paracetamol; Starch; Zea mays	acetone; croscarmellose sodium; disintegrating agent; lactose; magnesium stearate; paracetamol; s...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84930376404	Predictive complexation models of the impact of natural organic matter and cations on scaling in ...	Bosire G.O., Ngila J.C., Mbugua J.M.	2014	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	None	None	10.1016/j.pce.2014.11.007	Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 17011, Doornfontein, Johannes...	Bosire, G.O., Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 17011, Doornfon...	This work discusses simulative models of Ca and Mg complexation with natural organic matter (NOM)...	Cooling water; Humic acid; Metal complexation; Mineral phases; Natural organic matter; Pipe scaling	Alkalinity; Biogeochemistry; Biological materials; Calcium; Chemicals removal (water treatment); ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84904430262	Monitoring alcoholic fermentation: An untargeted approach	Silva Ferreira A.C., Monforte A.R., Teixeira C.S., Martins R., Fairbairn S., Bauer F.F.	2014	Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry	62	28	10.1021/jf502082z	Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de...	Silva Ferreira, A.C., Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Rua Dr....	This work describes the utility and efficiency of a metabolic profiling pipeline that relies on a...	fermentation; HS-SPME/GC-MS; metabolomic; OPLS-DA; PCA; target; untargeted	Chromatographic analysis; Metabolism; Pipelines; Targets; Chromatographic analysis; Metabolism; P...	None	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-s2.0-80052584171	Exploring the Impact of Energy Sources on Production, Inequality and Poverty in Simultaneous Equa...	Ngepah N.	2011	African Development Review	23	3	10.1111/j.1467-8268.2011.00290.x	University of Johannesburg, Policy and Research Division, South Africa	Ngepah, N., University of Johannesburg, Policy and Research Division, South Africa	This work adapts per capita income, energy demand (sub-group decomposed), inequality and poverty ...	None	coal; energy resource; energy use; income; numerical model; poverty; South Africa	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84886671156	A process evaluation of a programme for street people	O'Donoghue K., Louw-Potgieter J.	2013	Social Work (South Africa)	49	4	None	Section of Organisational Psychology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa	O'Donoghue, K., Section of Organisational Psychology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South A...	This theory-driven process evaluation assessed whether the implementing non-governmental organisa...	None	implementation process; nongovernmental organization; social policy; welfare provision	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-68249161020	Effects of diets based on 2 different maize varieties (QPM and common) on growth and slaughter pe...	Mekonnen H., Endale M., Salvador F., Tegegne A.	2009	Revue de Medecine Veterinaire	160	6	None	Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 34, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia; Intern...	Mekonnen, H., Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 34, Debre Zeit, Et...	This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of feeding with two maize (Zea mays) cultiva...	Carcass trait; Ethiopia; Growth; Maize; Sheep	Ovis aries; Zea mays	None	View

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