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-s2.0-33644520644	Starch hydrolysis using α-amylase: A laboratory evaluation using response surface methodology	Schoonees B.M.	2006	International Sugar Journal	108	1286	None	Sugar Milling Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa	Schoonees, B.M., Sugar Milling Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041, Sout...	The South African cane sugar mills use a thermostable amylase enzyme (produced by genetically mod...	None	Bacillus licheniformis; Enzyme concentrations; Genetically modified; Laboratory evaluation; Respo...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33644518381	Performance optimization of coagulant/flocculant in the treatment of wastewater from a beverage i...	Amuda O.S., Amoo I.A., Ajayi O.O.	2006	Journal of Hazardous Materials	129	03-Jan	10.1016/j.jhazmat.2005.07.078	Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nig...	Amuda, O.S., Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, ...	This study investigated the effect of coagulation/flocculation treatment process on wastewater of...	Beverage wastewater; Coagulation; pH control; Polyelectrolyte; Sludge	Beverages; Chemical reactions; Flocculation; Optimization; pH effects; Polyelectrolytes; Sewage s...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33644510772	Evaluation of the abortifacient properties of chloroform extract of Carica papaya L. seed in fema...	Raji Y., Morakinyo A.O., Akinsomisoye O.S., Oloyo A.K., Esegbue-Peters P.R.C., Kunle-Alabi O.T.	2006	International Journal of Pharmacology	2	1	10.3923/ijp.2006.20.23	Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeri...	Raji, Y., Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Ibadan, Ibad...	This study was carried out to investigate the impact of oral administration of chloroform extract...	Abortion; Carica papaya seed; Implantation; Pregnancy	abortive agent; Carica papaya extract; chloroform; animal experiment; animal model; article; bree...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33244492442	Work ethic, locus of control and salesforce task performance	Ntayi J.M.	2005	Journal of African Business	6	02-Jan	10.1300/J156v06n01_09	Makerere University Business School, P.O. Box 1337, Kampala, Uganda	Ntayi, J.M., Makerere University Business School, P.O. Box 1337, Kampala, Uganda	This study explores the relationship between work ethic, locus of control and salesforce task per...	Job withdrawal behaviours; Locus of control; Organizational retaliation behaviours; Work ethic; W...	ethics; performance assessment	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33244456606	Hybrid data capture for monitoring patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in ur...	Bussmann H., Wester C.W., Ndwapi N., Vanderwarker C., Gaolathe T., Tirelo G., Avalos A., Moffat H...	2006	Bulletin of the World Health Organization	84	2	10.2471/BLT.04.019307	Botswana-Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana; Infecti...	Bussmann, H., Botswana-Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative Partnership, Gaborone, Bot...	Individual patient care and programme evaluation are pivotal for the success of antiretroviral tr...	Automatic data processing; Botswana (source: MeSH, NLM); Computerized; Data collection; Medical r...	antiretrovirus agent; data acquisition; health monitoring; urban population; article; Botswana; c...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-32644447881	Impacts of the women-in-agriculture (WIA) extension programme on women's lives; implications for ...	Odurukwe S.N., Matthews-Njoku E.C., Ejiogu-Okereke N.	2006	Livestock Research for Rural Development	18	2	None	Department of Agricultural Extension, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria	Odurukwe, S.N., Department of Agricultural Extension, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, I...	This study analysed the impacts of the WIA programme on the lives of women in Imo State Nigeria, ...	Imo State; Impacts on Women's live; Nigeria; Women-in-Agriculture Programme	Colocasia esculenta; Gari; Glycine max; Lycopersicon esculentum; Manihot esculenta; Zea mays	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-32644441447	Impact of coal mine dump contaminated soils on elemental uptake by Spinacia oleracea (spinach)	Chunilall V., Kindness A., Jonnalagadda S.B.	2006	Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part B Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultu...	41	3	10.1080/03601230500357447	School of Chemistry, Westville Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; School ...	Chunilall, V., School of Chemistry, Westville Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South ...	The elemental uptake and the growth response of Spinacia oleracea (spinach) to the soil contamina...	Coal mine dumps; Edible plants; Elemental uptake; Soil pollution; Spinacia oleracea	Contamination; pH effects; Plants (botany); Positive ions; Soil pollution; Coal mine dumps; Edibl...	None	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-s2.0-32544440191	Calculating age-adjusted cancer survival estimates when age-specific data are sparse: An empirica...	Gondos A., Parkin D.M., Chokunonga E., Brenner H.	2006	British Journal of Cancer	94	3	10.1038/sj.bjc.6602976	Department of Epidemiology, German Centre for Research on Ageing, Bergheimer Str. 20, Heidelberg ...	Gondos, A., Department of Epidemiology, German Centre for Research on Ageing, Bergheimer Str. 20,...	We evaluated empirically the performance of various methods of calculating age-adjusted survival ...	Age-adjusted survival; Cancer survival; Sparse data	adolescent; adult; aged; article; cancer survival; child; data analysis; human; infant; mathemati...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-32544437153	Comparison of phenotypic and molecular distances to predict heterosis and F1 performance in Ethio...	Teklewold A., Becker H.C.	2006	Theoretical and Applied Genetics	112	4	10.1007/s00122-005-0180-3	Holetta Research Centre, Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization, 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopi...	Teklewold, A., Holetta Research Centre, Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization, 2003, Addis...	Predicting heterosis and F1 performance from the parental generation could largely enhance the ef...	None	Distance measurement; Genetic engineering; General combining ability (GCA); Molecular distances; ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-32344440641	The impact of participatory and non-participatory evaluations on meeting project objectives	Niba M., Green J.M.	2005	African Journal of AIDS Research	4	2	None	Department of Community Resources, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville 3209...	Niba, M., Department of Community Resources, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scotts...	This study investigates the value of participation on meeting a project's objectives by comparing...	Africa; Behaviour; Community empowerment; HIV/AIDS interventions; Monitoring and evaluation	acquired immune deficiency syndrome; article; attitude to illness; demography; documentation; emp...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-32244447844	Evaluation of human liver slices and reporter gene assays as systems for predicting the cytochrom...	Persson K.P., Ekehed S., Otter C., Lutz E.S.M., McPheat J., Masimirembwa C.M., Andersson T.B.	2006	Pharmaceutical Research	23	1	10.1007/s11095-005-8812-5	DMPK and Bioanalytical Chemistry, AstraZeneca R and D Mölndal, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden; Division o...	Persson, K.P., DMPK and Bioanalytical Chemistry, AstraZeneca R and D Mölndal, 431 83 Mölndal, Swe...	Purpose. The aim of the study was to investigate the feasibility of predicting human in vivo cyto...	AhR; CYP induction; Human liver slices; In vitro-in vivo correlation; PXR; Reporter gene assay	2,3,7,8 tetrachlorodibenzo para dioxin; aromatic hydrocarbon receptor; betamethasone; carbamazepi...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-32144457214	Traditional healers for HIV/AIDS prevention and family planning, Kiboga district, Uganda: Evaluat...	Ssali A., Butler L.M., Kabatesi D., King R., Namugenyi A., Kamya M.R., Mandel J., Chen S.Y., McFa...	2005	AIDS and Behavior	9	4	10.1007/s10461-005-9019-9	Traditional and Modern Health Practitioners Together Against AIDS (THETA), Kampala, Uganda; Cente...	Ssali, A., Traditional and Modern Health Practitioners Together Against AIDS (THETA), Kampala, Ug...	In the face of ongoing epidemics of HIV/AIDS and STI, high demand for family planning, and limite...	Family planning; HIV prevention; Traditional healers; Uganda	acquired immune deficiency syndrome; adolescent; adult; article; clinical practice; condom; contr...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-32044466935	Participatory on-farm evaluation of the performance of drought-tolerant maize varieties in the Gu...	Kamara A.Y., Kureh I., Menkir A., Kartung P., Tarfa B., Amaza P.	2006	Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment	4	1	None	International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria; C/o L.W. Lambourn and Co...	Kamara, A.Y., International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria, C/o L.W. L...	Maize is an important food crop in the Guinea savannas of Nigeria where it is gradually replacing...	Drought; Drought-tolerant maize; Farmer preference; Participatory evaluation	Zea mays	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-31944449074	The relationship between some chemical parameters and sensory evaluations for plain black tea (Ca...	Okinda Owuor P., Obanda M., Nyirenda H.E., Mphangwe N.I.K., Wright L.P., Apostolides Z.	2006	Food Chemistry	97	4	10.1016/j.foodchem.2005.04.027	Tea Research Foundation of Kenya, P.O. Box 820, Kericho, Kenya; Tea Research Foundation (Central ...	Okinda Owuor, P., Tea Research Foundation of Kenya, P.O. Box 820, Kericho, Kenya, Department of C...	Reliable and accurately measurable chemical parameters that can be used to estimate black tea qua...	Black tea; Brightness; Camellia sinensis; Central and Southern Africa; Colour; Eastern Africa; Ke...	black tea extract; theaflavin; article; chemical parameters; chemical structure; food composition...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-31744447128	The first 5 years of the family clinic for HIV at Tygerberg hospital: Family demographics, surviv...	van Kooten Niekerk N.K.M., Knies M.M., Howard J., Rabie H., Zeier M., van Rensburg A., Frans N., ...	2006	Journal of Tropical Pediatrics	52	1	10.1093/tropej/fmi047	Amsterdam Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Department of Paediatr...	van Kooten Niekerk, N.K.M., Amsterdam Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherl...	Background: Family clinics address the problems of HIV-infected children and their families. The ...	None	anti human immunodeficiency virus agent; antiretrovirus agent; tuberculostatic agent; adolescent;...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-31744438443	Evaluation of two novel Ziehl-Neelsen methods for tuberculosis diagnosis	Frimpong E.H., Adukpo R., Owusu-Darko K.	2005	West African Journal of Medicine	24	4	None	Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research, Legon, Ghana; Departm...	Frimpong, E.H., Department of Clinical Microbiology, School of Medical Sciences, KNUST, Kumasi, G...	Background: Currently, the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in Ghana relies on direct sputum smear,...	Laboratory infection; Sputum microscopy; Tuberculosis	hypochlorite sodium; xylene; acid fast bacterium; adolescent; adult; aged; article; clinical tria...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-31744431924	Evaluation of the efficiency of various commercial products for the bioremediation of hydrocarbon...	Claassens S., Van Rensburg L., Riedel K.J., Bezuidenhout J.J., Van Rensburg P.J.J.	2006	Environmentalist	26	1	10.1007/s10669-006-5358-y	School of Environmental Sciences and Development, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Pr...	Claassens, S., School of Environmental Sciences and Development, North-West University, Potchefst...	Bioremediation has become an important method for the treatment of terrestrial oil spills and is ...	Bioremediation; Enzymatic activity; Hydrocarbon; PLFA; Soil	bioremediation; hydrocarbon; soil pollution	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-31644435352	Design and preclinical evaluation of a multigene human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C DN...	Burgers W.A., van Harmelen J.H., Shephard E., Adams C., Mgwebi T., Bourn W., Hanke T., Williamson...	2006	Journal of General Virology	87	2	10.1099/vir.0.81379-0	Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Division of Medical Virology, University ...	Burgers, W.A., Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Division of Medical Virolo...	In this study, the design and preclinical development of a multigene human immunodeficiency virus...	None	DNA vaccine; epitope; Gag protein; gamma interferon; glycoprotein gp 160; Human immunodeficiency ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-31544477415	The effect of supplementing Rhodes grass hay with cotton seed cake and pyrethrum marc based ratio...	Wekesa F.W., Abdulrazak S.A., Mukisira E.A.	2006	Livestock Research for Rural Development	18	1	None	National Animal Husbandry Research Centre, P.O. Box 25, Naivasha, Kenya; Division of Research and...	Wekesa, F.W., National Animal Husbandry Research Centre, P.O. Box 25, Naivasha, Kenya; Abdulrazak...	The objective of the study was to evaluate the voluntary feed intake and body weight gain of Sahi...	Cotton seed cake; Intake; Live-weight gain; Pyrethrum marc; Rhodes grass hay	Animalia; Bovidae; Chloris gayana; Gossypium hirsutum	None	View

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