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-s2.0-78649778038	Empirical modelling of the impact of financial innovation on the demand for money in Nigeria	Matthew O.A., Fasina F.F., Olowe O., Adegboye B.F.	2010	International Research Journal of Finance and Economics	58	None	None	Department of Economics, Development Studies, College of Development Studies Covenant University,...	Matthew, O.A., Department of Economics, Development Studies, College of Development Studies Coven...	Financial innovation refers both to technological advances which facilitate access to information...	DD; Deposit; Interest rate; M; Money demand; Narrow money; Nigeria	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-80053073181	The impact of foreign direct investment on economic growth in Nigeria	Benjamin Badeji O., Olufunsho Abayomi O.	2011	International Research Journal of Finance and Economics	73	None	None	Department of Economics, Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State, Nigeria; Depa...	Benjamin Badeji, O., Department of Economics, Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun...	The paper examines the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth in Nigeria. I...	FDI; Locational choice and viability	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84952980374	Foamy polystyrene trays for fresh-meat packaging: Life-cycle inventory data collection and enviro...	Ingrao C., Lo Giudice A., Bacenetti J., Mousavi Khaneghah A., Sant'Ana A.D.S., Rana R., Siracusa V.	2015	Food Research International	76	None	10.1016/j.foodres.2015.07.028	Department of Economics, University of Foggia, Largo Papa Giovanni Paolo II, 1, Foggia, Italy; De...	Ingrao, C., Department of Economics, University of Foggia, Largo Papa Giovanni Paolo II, 1, Foggi...	Food packaging systems are designed to perform series of functions mainly aimed at containing and...	Environmental hotspots; Foam polystyrene; Life Cycle Assessment; Packaging system; Tray; Wind power	Ecodesign; Environmental impact; Environmental impact assessments; Environmental protection; Food...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84941905493	The impact of the 2014 platinum mining strike in South Africa: An economy-wide analysis	Bohlmann H.R., Van Heerden J.H., Dixon P.B., Rimmer M.T.	2015	Economic Modelling	51	None	10.1016/j.econmod.2015.08.010	Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria...	Bohlmann, H.R., Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Van Heerden, J.H.,...	In this paper we measure the economy-wide impact of the 2014 labour strike in South Africa's plat...	Computable general equilibrium; Platinum mining strike; UPGEM	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84957538919	Enhancing students’ reading comprehension performance through think and search questions. A study...	Yusuf H.	2015	Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology	2015	None	None	Department of Educational Foundations and Curriculum, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria	Yusuf, H., Department of Educational Foundations and Curriculum, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, ...	This study focused on using “think and search” questions to enhance student’s performance in read...	Enhance student’s	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84926613321	Constructionist career counseling of undergraduate students: An experimental evaluation	Obi O.P.	2015	Journal of Vocational Behavior	88	None	10.1016/j.jvb.2015.03.009	Department of Educational Foundations, College of Agricultural and Science Education, Michael Okp...	Obi, O.P., Department of Educational Foundations, College of Agricultural and Science Education, ...	This study used a pretest-posttest control group design to examine the effectiveness of a six-ses...	Career indecision; Constructionist career counseling; Narrative career counseling	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84858961003	Evaluation of in-vitro anthelmintic activity of the roots of ziziphus oenoplia Linn, Mill. (Rhamn...	Kuppuram G., Dhunmati K., Jaison D., Kousalya M., Mohammad Yaseen A., Swetha S.	2012	International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences	4	None	None	Department of Educational planning, Management Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia; College of phar...	Kuppuram, G., Department of Educational planning, Management Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia; D...	Background: Helminth infections are most common infections in man which affects a large proportio...	Albendazole; Anthelmintic; Earthworms; Ethanolic extract; Ziziphus oenoplia	albendazole; alcohol; carboxymethylcellulose; jujube extract; unclassified drug; Ziziphus oenopli...	None	View
None	None	Improving the shunt active power filter performance using synchronous reference frame PI based co...	Msigwa C.J., Kundy B.J., Mwinyiwiwa B.M.M.	2009	World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology	57	None	None	Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Msigwa, C.J., Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, University of Dar es Sal...	In this paper the reference current for Voltage Source Converter (VSC) of the Shunt Active Power ...	Phase locked loop (PLL); PI; Pulse width modulation (PWM); Shunt active power filter (SAPF); Volt...	Anti-windup; Anti-windup schemes; Control errors; Feedback paths; Harmonic filtering; Integral ac...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84908296039	Performance analysis of rain rate models for microwave propagation designs over tropical climate	Obiyemi O.O., Ojo J.S., Ibiyemi T.S.	2014	Progress In Electromagnetics Research M	39	None	None	Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Osun State University, Nigeria; Department o...	Obiyemi, O.O., Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Osun State University, Nigeri...	Rain attenuation is a major source of impairment to signal propagation at microwave and millimete...	None	Microwave propagation; Performance analysis; Rain rates; Tropical climates	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84879632237	The performance of nanogenerators fabricated on rigid and flexible substrates	Van Den Heever T.S., Perold W.J.	2013	Microelectronic Engineering	112	None	10.1016/j.mee.2013.05.020	Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Weste...	Van Den Heever, T.S., Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Stellenbosch Universit...	The manufacturing process of a zinc oxide piezoelectric nanogenerator is discussed in detail. The...	Kapton; Nanogenerator; Nanowires; Si	Flexible substrate; Gold electrodes; Kapton; Manufacturing process; Nanogenerator; Output voltage...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84897383740	Hybrid diesel generator/renewable energy system performance modeling	Kusakana K., Vermaak H.J.	2014	Renewable Energy	67	None	10.1016/j.renene.2013.11.025	Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Central University of Technology, ...	Kusakana, K., Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Central University o...	A Hybrid Energy System may been defined as a system in which different energy sources (solar, win...	Diesel generator; Hybrid system; Optimal operation control; Renewable energy	Costs; Decision making; Life cycle; Mathematical models; Optimization; Renewable energy resources...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84871165053	Performance of block codes using the eigenstructure of the code correlation matrix and soft-decis...	Oduol V.K., Ardil C.	2009	World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology	33	None	None	Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya; Nati...	Oduol, V.K., Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Nairobi, Nairobi...	A method is presented for obtaining the error probability for block codes. The method is based on...	Bit error rate; Block codes; Code correlation matrix; Eigenstructure; Soft-decision decoding; Wei...	Additive White Gaussian noise; Correlation matrix; Eigen-structure; Eigen-value; Error probabilit...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-79551621405	Rainfall rate probability density evaluation and mapping for the estimation of rain attenuation i...	Owolawi P.A.	2011	Progress in Electromagnetics Research	112	None	None	Department of Electrical Engineering, Mangosuthu University of Technology, Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal,...	Owolawi, P.A., Department of Electrical Engineering, Mangosuthu University of Technology, Umlazi,...	The paper describes the modelling of the average rainfall rate distribution measured at different...	None	Contour map; Conventional models; Hybrid method; ITU-R model; Maximum likelihood methods; Probabi...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84898971133	Investigation of the impact of demand elasticity on electricity market using extended Cournot app...	Yan J., Folly K.	2014	International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems	60	None	10.1016/j.ijepes.2014.03.037	Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa	Yan, J., Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; ...	The impact of demand elasticity on electricity market is investigated in this paper. An extended ...	Cournot competition; Demand elasticity; Electricity market	Commerce; Electric industry; Cournot; Cournot competition; Cournot model; Demand elasticities; El...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84919359601	Evaluation of optimal control-based deformable registration model	Matjelo N.J., Nicolls F., Muller N.	2015	Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering	312	None	10.1007/978-3-319-06764-3_15	Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; iThemba L...	Matjelo, N.J., Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Af...	This paper presents an evaluation of an optimal control-based deformable image registration model...	Deformable image registration; Level diagrams; NSGA-II; Pareto Fronts; Quality measure; Similarit...	Deformation; Genetic algorithms; Image registration; Deformable image registration; Level diagram...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-48849098160	Performance of turbo interference cancellation receivers in space-time block coded DS-CDMA Systems	Mashwama D.B., Bejide E.O.	2008	Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking	2008	None	10.1155/2008/473796	Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7701, Sout...	Mashwama, D.B., Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Ronde...	We investigate the performance of turbo interference cancellation receivers in the space time blo...	None	Code division multiple access; Codes (standards); Codes (symbols); Decoding; Dielectric relaxatio...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77956950520	Enhancing PMIPv6 for better handover performance among heterogeneous wireless networks in a micro...	Magagula L.A., Falowo O.E., Chan H.A.	2010	Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking	2010	None	10.1155/2010/274935	Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa	Magagula, L.A., Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, S...	This paper analyzes the reduction of handover delay in a network-based localized mobility managem...	None	Air interface; Analytical results; Handover; Handover coordinators; Handover delay; Handover perf...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84870512131	Evaluation of demodulation algorithms for robust self-sensing active magnetic bearings	Van Schoor G., Niemann A.C., Du Rand C.P.	2013	Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical	189	None	10.1016/j.sna.2012.10.033	Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, North-West University, Potchefstro...	Van Schoor, G., Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, North-West Univers...	Active magnetic bearings (AMBs) play a key role in various industrial applications. In the ongoin...	Active magnetic bearing (AMB); Amplitude modulation; Demodulation; Position estimation, Direct cu...	Active Magnetic Bearing; Active magnetic bearings; Air-gaps; Coil current; Current signal; Demodu...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84911449292	Evaluation of a low-tech method, pepper–grease, for combatting elephant crop-raiding activities i...	Wiafe E.D., Sam M.K.	2014	Pachyderm	55	None	None	Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, Presbyterian University College, PO...	Wiafe, E.D., Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, Presbyterian Universit...	Alow-tech method for preventing elephants from destroying farms around Kakum Conservation Area in...	None	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84939790411	Impacts of land tenure arrangements on the adaptive capacity of marginalized groups: The case of ...	Antwi-Agyei P., Dougill A.J., Stringer L.C.	2015	Land Use Policy	49	None	10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.08.007	Department of Environmental Science, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and ...	Antwi-Agyei, P., Department of Environmental Science, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah Universit...	Climate change and variability continue to adversely impact the livelihoods of many agriculture-d...	Climate change and variability; Gender; Land tenure; Livelihoods; Migrant farmers; Participatory ...	adaptive management; climate change; dryland farming; gender; land tenure; land use planning; lan...	None	View

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