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
None	None	Influences of castration on the performance of landmine-detection rats (Cricetomys gambianus)	Edwards T.L., Cox C., Weetjens B., Poling A.	2015	Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research	10	4	10.1016/j.jveb.2015.04.002	Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro...	Edwards, T.L., Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling, Sokoine University of Agricu...	Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling has employed pouched rats as mine-detection ...	Castration; Landmines; Mine-detection animals; Neutering; Pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus); Sc...	Animalia; Cricetomys gambianus; Rattus	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84930590466	The impact of cassava effluent on the microbial and physicochemical characteristics on soil dynam...	Igbinosa E.O., Igiehon O.N.	2015	Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences	8	2	None	Applied Microbial Processes and Environmental Health Research Group, Department of Microbiology, ...	Igbinosa, E.O., Applied Microbial Processes and Environmental Health Research Group, Department o...	The effects of cassava effluent on soil microbial and physicochemical properties were studied usi...	Biodiversity; Heavy metal; Microbial density; Pollution; Toxicants	Aspergillus; Bacillus subtilis; Bacteria (microorganisms); Escherichia coli; Fungi; Klebsiella; M...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84951964216	Effect of irrigation with diluted winery wastewater on the performance of two grass cover crops i...	Fourie J.C., Theron H., Ochse C.H.	2015	South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture	36	2	None	ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij, Private Bag X5026, Stellenbosch, South Africa; Cape Peninsula Universi...	Fourie, J.C., ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij, Private Bag X5026, Stellenbosch, South Africa; Theron, H...	Pennisetum glaucum L. cv. Babala (pearl millet) established as a summer catch crop followed by Av...	Catch crops; Cellar effluent; Chemical oxygen demand; Cover crops; Grapevine; Interception crops;...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84943809362	Evaluation of the safety, gastroprotective activity and mechanism of action of standardised leave...	Adzu B., Balogun S.O., Pavan E., Ascêncio S.D., Soares I.M., Aguiar R.W.S., Ribeiro R.V., Beserra...	2015	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	175	None	10.1016/j.jep.2015.09.027	Área de Farmacologia, Departamento de Ciências Básicas em Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina, Universid...	Adzu, B., Área de Farmacologia, Departamento de Ciências Básicas em Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina,...	Ethnopharmacological relevance Copaifera malmei Harms (Fabaceae) is a plant that occurs in the ce...	Acute toxicity; Copaifera malmei; Gastroprotection; Leaves infusion; Phytochemicals	acetic acid; alcohol; antiulcer agent; carbenoxolone; catalase; catechin; copaifera malmei extrac...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84930402282	Evaluation of biomass yield and growth performance of alfalfa and oat cultivars in the high land ...	Befekadu C., Yunus A.	2015	Livestock Research for Rural Development	27	6	None	Arsi University, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, PO Box 193, Asella, Ethiopia	Befekadu, C., Arsi University, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, PO Box 193, Ase...	The major objective of this study was to investigate the effect of intercropping alfalfa with oat...	Crude protein; Forage yield; Growth rate; Intercropping	Avena; Medicago sativa	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84924755802	Impact of anisotropic stresses during dissipative gravitational collapse	Reddy K.P., Govender M., Maharaj S.D.	2015	General Relativity and Gravitation	47	4	10.1007/s10714-015-1880-x	Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science,...	Reddy, K.P., Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Comp...	We employ a perturbative scheme to study the evolution of a spherically symmetric stellar body un...	Anisotropic stresses; Causal thermodynamics; Dissipative collapse	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84938718507	Influence of business information use on sales performance of SMEs in Lagos State	Ojo A., Akinsunmi S., Olayonu O.	2015	Library Philosophy and Practice	2015	1	None	Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria	Ojo, A., Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria; Akinsunmi, S., Babcock University...	Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) are crucial drivers of every nation's economy. However,...	Business information; Information availability; Information use; Sales performance; SMEs	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84940703988	Evaluation of genetic parameters and growth traits of Hungarian Simmental cattle breed	Kebede D., Komlosi I.	2015	Livestock Research for Rural Development	27	9	None	Bahir Dar University College, Agriculture and Environmental Science, P.O. Box: 79, Bahir Dar, Eth...	Kebede, D., Bahir Dar University College, Agriculture and Environmental Science, P.O. Box: 79, Ba...	A study was undertaken in Hungary with the objectives to evaluate Hungarian Simmental cattle grow...	Genetic correlation; Phenotypic correlation; Programmes and assessment	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84947070662	Evaluation of the efficacy of bleach routinely used in health facilities against Mycobacterium tu...	Mekonnen D., Admassu A., Wassie B., Biadglegne F.	2015	Pan African Medical Journal	21	None	10.11604/pamj.2015.21.317.5456	Bahir Dar University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Medical Microbiology...	Mekonnen, D., Bahir Dar University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Medica...	Introduction: In Ethiopia, the most widely used disinfectant is 5% Hypochlorites. However, Ethiop...	Bleach; Efficacy; Ethiopia; M. tuberculosis; Organic load	bleaching agent; hypochlorite sodium; Article; bacterial growth; bacterial strain; bactericidal a...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84940056879	Effect of short chain iodoalkane solvent additives on photovoltaic performance of poly(3-hexylthi...	Hailegnaw B., Adam G., Yohannes T.	2015	Thin Solid Films	589	None	10.1016/j.tsf.2015.05.038	Bahir Dar University, College of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 79, Bahir Dar, Ethio...	Hailegnaw, B., Bahir Dar University, College of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 79, B...	In this work the effect of short chain iodoalkane solvent additives such as iodobutane, iodoethan...	Bulk heterojunction; Iodoalkane; Phase separation; Selective dissolution; Solvent additive	Additives; Butyric acid; Carrier mobility; Chains; Esters; Heterojunctions; Phase separation; Pho...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84948771504	Higher breastfeeding performance index is associated with lower risk of illness in infants under ...	Haile D., Biadgilign S.	2015	International Breastfeeding Journal	10	1	10.1186/s13006-015-0057-2	Bahir Dar University, Department of Reproductive Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences,...	Haile, D., Bahir Dar University, Department of Reproductive Health, College of Medicine and Healt...	Background: Breastfeeding performance index is an explanatory attempt to summarize key breastfeed...	Breastfeeding; DHS; Ethiopia; Index; Infants	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84939222284	Impacts of household energy programs on fuel consumption in Benin, Uganda, and India	Garland C., Jagoe K., Wasirwa E., Nguyen R., Roth C., Patel A., Shah N., Derby E., Mitchell J., P...	2015	Energy for Sustainable Development	27	None	10.1016/j.esd.2014.05.005	Berkeley Air Monitoring Group, 2124 Kittredge St #57, Berkeley, CA, United States; Wana Energy So...	Garland, C., Berkeley Air Monitoring Group, 2124 Kittredge St #57, Berkeley, CA, United States; J...	This paper presents results of three United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) spo...	Biofuel; Cookstoves; Fuel savings; Kitchen Performance Test; Stove performance testing	biofuel; cooking appliance; energy use; fuel consumption; household energy; liquefied petroleum g...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84930402354	Comparison of artificial neural network and response surface methodology performance on fermentat...	Osunkanmibi O.B., Owolabi T.O., Betiku E.	2015	International Journal of Food Engineering	11	3	10.1515/ijfe-2015-0072	Biochemical Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo Universit...	Osunkanmibi, O.B., Biochemical Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Obafem...	The study examined the impact and interactions of cashew apple juice (CAJ) concentration, pH, NaN...	Cashew apple juice; fermentation; fungi; gluconic acid; modeling; optimization	Carbon; Fruit juices; Fruits; Fungi; Models; Neural networks; Optimization; Surface properties; C...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84930244335	Sub-acute evaluation of extract of syzygium malaccense in albino rats	Adebayo A.H., Ogundare O.C., Adegbite O.S.	2015	Research Journal of Medicinal Plant	9	2	10.3923/rjmp.2015.60.71	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science an...	Adebayo, A.H., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, Colleg...	The study was aimed at investigating the sub-acute evaluation of the extract of Syzygium malaccen...	Biochemical parameters; Haematological indices; Histopathology; Myrtaceae; Syzygium malaccense	albumin; alkaline phosphatase; aspartate aminotransferase; hemoglobin; plant extract; protein; Sy...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84906545171	The evaluation of pioneering bioethanol projects in nigeria following the announcement and implem...	Ohimain E.I.	2015	Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy	10	1	10.1080/15567249.2010.512904	Bioenergy and Environmental Biotechnology Unit, Biological Science Department, Niger Delta Univer...	Ohimain, E.I., Bioenergy and Environmental Biotechnology Unit, Biological Science Department, Nig...	Nigeria has joined the bioenergy production bandwagon in an attempt to reduce fossil fuel consump...	bioethanol; biofuel policy; biorefineries; incentives; pioneer	Biomass; Energy utilization; Ethanol; Feedstocks; Bioenergy productions; Biofuel policies; Biomas...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84949555720	Relationships between physical and biomechanical parameters and golf drive performance: A field-b...	Green A., Dafkin C., Kerr S., McKinon W.	2015	South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation	37	3	None	Biomechanics Laboratory, School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Jo...	Green, A., Biomechanics Laboratory, School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand Medical...	A proficient golf swing is composed of a sequence of highly complex biomechanical movements and r...	Balance; Biomechanics; Co-ordination; Golf; Performance	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84959542660	Drive performance for able-bodied and disabled golfers	Kenny I.C., Campbell M.J., Surmon S., Bressan L.	2015	International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching	10	4	None	Biomechanics Research Unit, University of Limerick, Ireland; Centre for Human Performance Science...	Kenny, I.C., Biomechanics Research Unit, University of Limerick, Ireland; Campbell, M.J., Biomech...	Golf is a popular leisure and competitive activity for individuals with disabilities. The current...	Amputee; Arthrogryposis; Deaf; Disabled golf; Golf shot performance analysis; Lés Autres; Post-po...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84920903920	Computational analysis of the radial mechanical performance of PLLA coronary artery stents	Pauck R.G., Reddy B.D.	2015	Medical Engineering and Physics	37	1	10.1016/j.medengphy.2014.09.014	Biomedical Engineering, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa;...	Pauck, R.G., Biomedical Engineering, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town (UCT), ...	Stents have been an effective tool to restore and maintain the patency of narrowed blood vessels,...	Finite element analysis; Poly-l-lactic acid (PLLA); Radial strength; Stent	Biomaterials; Blood vessels; Elastoplasticity; Geometry; Lactic acid; Mechanical properties; Orga...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84928105303	Performance of regional flood frequency analysis methods in kwazulu-natal, south africa	Smithers J.C., Streatfield J., Gray R.P., Oakes E.G.M.	2015	Water SA	41	3	10.4314/wsa.v41i3.11	Bioresources Engineering, School of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Sc...	Smithers, J.C., Bioresources Engineering, School of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pri...	Estimates of design floods are required for the design of hydraulic structures and to quantify th...	KwaZulu-Natal; Regional flood frequency analysis	Design; Flood control; Rain; Annual maximum series; GEV distributions; International studies; Kwa...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84937024050	The impact of human immunodeficiency virus infection on obstetric hemorrhage and blood transfusio...	Bloch E.M., Crookes R.L., Hull J., Fawcus S., Gangaram R., Anthony J., Ingram C., Ngcobo S., Crox...	2015	Transfusion	55	7	10.1111/trf.13040	Blood Systems Research Institute, 270 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United States; Universit...	Bloch, E.M., Blood Systems Research Institute, 270 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United Stat...	BACKGROUND Globally, as in South Africa, obstetric hemorrhage (OH) remains a leading cause of mat...	None	hemoglobin; adult; Article; blood transfusion; cesarean section; cross-sectional study; female; g...	None	View

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