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-s2.0-33745047510	Performance measures reflecting impact of the Workplace Challenge Programme	Sebego C.	2006	Measuring Business Excellence	10	2	10.1108/13683040610668693	National Productivity Institute, Midrand, South Africa	Sebego, C., National Productivity Institute, Midrand, South Africa	Purpose - The paper aims to examine the impact of the Workplace Challenge (WPC) Programme within ...	Best practice; Cost effectiveness; Operations management; Performance measures; Productivity rate...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84883733820	The performance of children prenatally exposed to HIV on the A-not-B task in Kilifi, Kenya: A pre...	Abubakar A., Holding P., Van Baar A., Newton C.R.J.C., Van de Vijver F.J.R., Espy K.A.	2013	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	10	9	10.3390/ijerph10094132	Neuroassessment, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Box 230, Kilifi 80108, Kenya; Departmen...	Abubakar, A., Neuroassessment, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Box 230, Kilifi 80108, Ke...	The aim of the study was to investigate early executive functioning in young children from 6-35 m...	A-not-B task; Children; Executive functions; HIV; Kenya	child development; cognition; human immunodeficiency virus; infectious disease; multivariate anal...	None	View
WoS	WOS:000291851000001	Two-year evaluation of Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Children (IPTc) combined with timely...	Ahorlu, Collins K.,Koram, Kwadwo A.,Seake-Kwawu, Atsu,Weiss, Mitchell G.	2011	MALARIA JOURNAL	10	None	10.1186/1475-2875-10-127	Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Basel, University of Ghana, Keta D...	"Ahorlu, Collins K.: Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research","Ahorlu, Collins K.: Univer...	Background: Intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) has recently been accepted as an important co...	,AFRICA,ANEMIA,DELIVERY,INFANTS,"PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL",RANDOMIZED-TRIAL,"ROUTINE VACCINATIONS...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84926365570	Evaluation of two influenza surveillance systems in South Africa	Budgell E., Cohen A.L., McAnerney J., Walaza S., Madhi S.A., Blumberg L., Dawood H., Kahn K., Tem...	2015	PLoS ONE	10	3	10.1371/journal.pone.0120226	Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Influenza...	Budgell, E., Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingd...	Background: The World Health Organisation recommends outpatient influenza-like illness (ILI) and ...	None	Article; controlled study; disease surveillance; flu like syndrome; health survey; human; influen...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84859187717	Exploring the impacts of social networking sites on academic relations in the university	Rambe P.	2011	Journal of Information Technology Education:Research	10	1	None	Office of International Academic Programmes, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Af...	Rambe, P., Office of International Academic Programmes, University of the Free State, Bloemfontei...	Social networking sites (SNS) affordances for persistent interaction, collective generation of kn...	Academic relations; Critical theory of technology; Differential power; Meaningful learning; Socia...	Academic relations; Affordances; Differential power; Instructional designer; Knowledge constructi...	None	View
None	None	The economic impact of malignant catarrhal fever on pastoralist livelihoods	Lankester F., Lugelo A., Kazwala R., Keyyu J., Cleaveland S., Yoder J.	2015	PLoS ONE	10	1	10.1371/journal.pone.0116059	Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United S...	Lankester, F., Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullma...	This study is the first to partially quantify the potential economic benefits that a vaccine, eff...	None	Africa; age; Article; body constitution; Bovinae; cattle farming; controlled study; economic eval...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84956597471	Decreasing the burden of type 2 diabetes in South Africa: The impact of taxing sugar-sweetened be...	Manyema M., Veerman J.L., Chola L., Tugendhaft A., Labadarios D., Hofman K.	2015	PLoS ONE	10	11	10.1371/journal.pone.0143050	PRICELESS SA-MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), Schoo...	Manyema, M., PRICELESS SA-MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agin...	Introduction Type 2 diabetes poses an increasing public health burden in South Africa (SA) with o...	None	Article; beverage; body mass; caloric intake; cost of illness; disability; disability adjusted li...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-79955832040	Palliative care making a difference in rural Uganda, Kenya and Malawi: Three rapid evaluation fie...	Grant L., Brown J., Leng M., Bettega N., Murray S.A.	2011	BMC Palliative Care	10	None	10.1186/1472-684X-10-8	Primary Palliative Care Research Group, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Ed...	Grant, L., Primary Palliative Care Research Group, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Tevio...	Background: Many people live and die in pain in Africa. We set out to describe patient, family an...	None	morphine; analgesia; article; bath; care and caring; caregiver; death; evaluation; family; feedin...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84929497624	Low parasitemia in submicroscopic infections significantly impacts malaria diagnostic sensitivity...	Lo E., Zhou G., Oo W., Afrane Y., Githeko A., Yan G.	2015	PLoS ONE	10	3	10.1371/journal.pone.0121763	Program in Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of California at Irvine, Irvine,...	Lo, E., Program in Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of California at Irvine,...	Asymptomatic malaria infections represent a major challenge in malaria control and elimination in...	None	adolescent; adult; age; Article; child; controlled study; diagnostic test accuracy study; disease...	D43TW001505, NIH, National Institutes of Health; R01 A1050243, NIH, National Institutes of Health...	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84933035582	Earth observation in support of malaria control and epidemiology: MALAREO monitoring approaches	Franke J., Gebreslasie M., Bauwens I., Deleu J., Siegert F.	2015	Geospatial Health	10	1	10.4081/gh.2015.335	Remote Sensing Solutions GmbH, Baierbrunn, Germany; School of Agricultural, Earth and Environment...	Franke, J., Remote Sensing Solutions GmbH, Baierbrunn, Germany; Gebreslasie, M., School of Agricu...	Malaria affects about half of the world’s population, with the vast majority of cases occuring in...	Disease monitoring; Health; Malaria risk; Remote sensing; Vector control	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84862227694	Impacts of maize intercropping with ryegrass and alfalfa on environment in fields with nitrogen f...	Nie S.-W., Chen Y.-Q., Egrinya E.A., Sui P., Huang J.-X.	2012	Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment	10	2	None	Research Center of Circular Agriculture, China Agriculture University, Beijing 100193, China; Nat...	Nie, S.-W., Research Center of Circular Agriculture, China Agriculture University, Beijing 100193...	Accumulation of nitrate in soil increases the risk of nitrate leaching and hence ground water nit...	Environment impact; Intercropping; Life cycle assessment; Nitrogen fertilizer	nitrogen fertilizer; pesticide; acidification; alfalfa; article; controlled study; cropping syste...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84942921309	JMS: An open source workflow management system and web-based cluster front-end for high performan...	Brown D.K., Penkler D.L., Musyoka T.M., Bishop O.T.	2015	PLoS ONE	10	8	10.1371/journal.pone.0134273	Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes Unive...	Brown, D.K., Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology,...	Complex computational pipelines are becoming a staple of modern scientific research. Often these ...	None	analytical parameters; Article; bioinformatics; cluster analysis; computer interface; computer pr...	93690, National Research Foundation	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-35948957044	Tillage effects on growth performance of Hevea seedling rootstock and some fertility indices of s...	Okore I.K., Akpobome F.A., Tijani-Eniola H., Oghide E.A.	2007	Journal of Rubber Research	10	2	None	Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria, P. M. B 1049, Benin City, Nigeria; Department of Agronomy, ...	Okore, I.K., Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria, P. M. B 1049, Benin City, Nigeria; Akpobome, F...	Vast amount of resources are devoted annually for the establishment of Hevea seedling rootstock n...	CEC; Growth performance; Hevea seedling; Natural rubber; Nigeria; Nursery; Organic C; Rootstock; ...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-46449125231	Bacterial biosensors for rapid and effective monitoring of biodegradation of organic pollutants i...	Olaniran A.O., Motebejane R.M., Pillay B.	2008	Journal of Environmental Monitoring	10	7	10.1039/b805055d	School of Biochemistry, Genetics, Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Science and Agricu...	Olaniran, A.O., School of Biochemistry, Genetics, Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Sc...	Significant amounts of toxic substances which are hazardous to animals, plants, microorganisms, a...	None	article; biodegradation; bioluminescence; biosensor; chemical analysis; controlled study; ecotoxi...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-37849019619	Performance optimization of a membrane assisted passive sampler for monitoring of ionizable organ...	Chimuka L., Nemutandani T., Cukrowska E., Tutu H.	2008	Journal of Environmental Monitoring	10	1	10.1039/b713072d	School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa; School of...	Chimuka, L., School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2050, South Afri...	A thin-walled silicone rubber hollow fibre membrane has been developed as a passive sampler. The ...	None	2,4 dichlorophenol; 4 chlorophenol; organic compound; river water; aqueous solution; article; ext...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84860830558	Embracing the mobile phone technology: Its social and linguistic impact with special reference to...	Nkomo D., Khumalo L.	2012	African Identities	10	2	10.1080/14725843.2012.657832	School of Languages, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa; Department of Linguistics, Uni...	Nkomo, D., School of Languages, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa; Khumalo, L., Depart...	Mobile phone technology has revolutionised the art of communication across all societies. Access ...	communication; culture; mobile phone; Ndebele language; SMS	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-60849127577	The risk-adjusted performance of companies with female directors: A South African case	Msweli-Mbanga P., Mkhize H.	2007	South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences	10	2	None	School of Management Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; School of Economics and ...	Msweli-Mbanga, P., School of Management Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; Mkhiz...	The objective of this research was to examine the effects of female directors on the risk-adjuste...	None	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84883370799	The perceived impact of restructuring on service quality in a health care environment	Ntsatsi L., Brijball Parumasur S.	2012	Corporate Ownership and Control	10	1 E,CONT4	None	School of Management, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Westville Campus), Private Bag X54001, Durban,...	Ntsatsi, L., School of Management, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Westville Campus), Private Bag X5...	This study evaluates health care employees perceptions of service quality in a hospital environme...	Assurance; Business strategies; Empathy; Integrated delivery network; Reliability; Responsiveness...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-69849099187	Impact of social stigma on the process of obtaining informed consent for genetic research on podo...	Tekola F., Bull S., Farsides B., Newport M.J., Adeyemo A., Rotimi C.N., Davey G.	2009	BMC Medical Ethics	10	1	10.1186/1472-6939-10-13	School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Brighton and Sussex Medic...	Tekola, F., School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Brighton and ...	Background. The consent process for a genetic study is challenging when the research is conducted...	None	adult; aged; article; community medicine; consensus; controlled study; Ethiopia; fear; female; fi...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84941992325	Evaluating the impact of Zimbabwe's prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission program: Popul...	Buzdugan R., McCoy S.I., Watadzaushe C., Dufour M.-S.K., Petersen M., Dirawo J., Mushavi A., Muju...	2015	PLoS ONE	10	8	10.1371/journal.pone.0134571	School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States; Centre for Sexual...	Buzdugan, R., School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States; McC...	Objective: We estimated HIV-free infant survival and mother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT) rate...	None	antiretrovirus agent; adolescent; adult; Article; blood sampling; breast feeding; community; cont...	None	View

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