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-s2.0-84940562306	Institutional forces and divestment performance of South African conglomerates: Case study evidence	King D., Coldwell D., Joosub T., McClelland D.	2015	South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences	18	3	10.17159/2222-3436/2015/v18n3a4	College of Business, Iowa State University, South Africa; School of Economic and Management Scien...	King, D., College of Business, Iowa State University, South Africa; Coldwell, D., School of Econo...	The history of South Africa serves as a natural experiment in how a changing institutional enviro...	Case studies; Coercive and mimetic isomorphism; Divestment; Event analysis; Institutional theory	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84941194969	Enhanced catalytic performance of a Pt-xCeO<inf>2</inf>/Graphene catalyst for DMFCs by adjusting ...	Wang W., Zhu M., Lu X., Gao Y., Li L., Cao Z., Li C., Liu J., Zheng H.	2015	RSC Advances	5	91	10.1039/c5ra08144k	College of Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot, China; Material...	Wang, W., College of Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot, China...	Oxygen storage capacity is influenced by the morphology and crystal-plane(s) of CeO<inf>2</inf>, ...	None	Carbon; Carbon monoxide; Catalyst poisoning; Catalysts; Catalytic oxidation; Direct methanol fuel...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84919662308	Mesoporous nitrogen-doped carbon derived from carp with high electrocatalytic performance for oxy...	Wang R., Song H., Li H., Wang H., Mao X., Ji S.	2015	Journal of Power Sources	278	None	10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.12.072	College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China; Depar...	Wang, R., College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, Ch...	In this work, a low-cost and nitrogen-containing carbon material with mesopores and high surface ...	Carp; Fuel cells; Mesoporous; Nitrogen-doped carbon; Oxygen reduction reaction	Catalysts; Doping (additives); Electrolytic reduction; Fuel cells; Mesoporous materials; Nitrogen...	21163018, NSFC, National Natural Science Foundation of China; 21363022, NSFC, National Natural Sc...	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84949032280	Evaluation of replacing maize with mango (Mangifera indica) kernel on fertility and hatchability ...	Beyene G., Niguse M., Gebreslasie L., Berhe A.	2015	Livestock Research for Rural Development	27	12	None	College of Dryland Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Animal, Rangeland and Wildlif...	Beyene, G., College of Dryland Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Animal, Rangeland...	The study was conducted to evaluate replacing maize with mango kernel on fertility, hatchability,...	Byproduct; Feed; Layer diet; Poultry	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84940659300	Evaluation of different oat varieties for fodder yield and yield related traits in Debre Berhan a...	Beyene G., Araya A., Gebremedhn H.	2015	Livestock Research for Rural Development	27	9	None	College of Dryland Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mekelle University, P.O. Box 231, Mekelle, ...	Beyene, G., College of Dryland Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mekelle University, P.O. Box 23...	Oat is the most important well-adapted cereal fodder crop grown in the central highlands of Ethio...	Avena sativa L; Forage yield; Yield traits	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84949456608	The impact of the maintenance management system: A case study of the petrosa GTL refinery	Mahlangu B.P., Kruger L.P.	2015	South African Journal of Industrial Engineering	26	3	10.7166/26-3-1197	College of Economic and Management Sciences, Department of Business Management, University of Sou...	Mahlangu, B.P., College of Economic and Management Sciences, Department of Business Management, U...	This research study investigated the impact of the maintenance management system (MMS) on product...	None	Refining; Assessment tool; Descriptive statistics; Maintenance management systems; Production out...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84937886083	Business environment and the financial performance of small and medium enterprises: A study of La...	Titus O.A.	2015	Corporate Ownership and Control	12	4CONT4	None	College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa	Titus, O.A., College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa, Pretoria, S...	The financial outcome of an enterprise is perceived to have some relationships with its operation...	Business environment; Correlational analysis; Financial performance; Small and medium enterprises	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84930268635	Evaluation of sulfonated acrylamide-based tetrapolymer as a rheology modifier in water-based dril...	Nagre R.D., Zhao L., Frimpong I.K., Owusu P.A.	2015	Petroleum and Coal	57	2	None	College of Petroleum Engineering, Yangtze University, Wuhan, China; College of Geophysics and Oil...	Nagre, R.D., College of Petroleum Engineering, Yangtze University, Wuhan, China, Faculty of Engin...	The need for improved water-based drilling fluid systems for application in unfavourable wellbore...	Filtration loss; Rheological property; Temperature and salt resistance; Tetrapolymer; Water-based...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84959258429	Prognostication of water flooding performance in communicating layered reservoir	Owusu P.A., De Hua L., Nagre R.D.	2015	International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering	8	5	None	College of Petroleum Engineering, Yangtze University, Wuhan, China; Department of Civil Engineeri...	Owusu, P.A., College of Petroleum Engineering, Yangtze University, Wuhan, China, Department of Ci...	A model which approaches the recovery performance of waterflooding in communicating stratified re...	Mobility ratio; Permeability cut; Permeability variation; Vertical coverage; Water flooding; Wate...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84938414925	Longitudinal evaluation of aflatoxin exposure in two cohorts in south-western Uganda	Kang M.-S., Nkurunziza P., Muwanika R., Qian G., Tang L., Song X., Xue K., Nkwata A., Ssempebwa J...	2015	Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment	32	8	10.1080/19440049.2015.1048749	College of Public Health and Peanut CRSP, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States; Medic...	Kang, M.-S., College of Public Health and Peanut CRSP, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United ...	Aflatoxins (AF) are a group of mycotoxins. AF exposure causes acute and chronic adverse health ef...	aflatoxin B<inf>1</inf>–lysine adduct; aflatoxins; cohort studies; human exposure; Uganda	Aflatoxins; Agriculture; Amino acids; Body fluids; Developing countries; Population dynamics; Rur...	DFID, National Institutes of Health; FIC, National Institutes of Health; MRC, National Institutes...	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84938288655	Trypanosome infection in dromedary camels in Eastern Ethiopia: Prevalence, relative performance o...	Fikru R., Andualem Y., Getachew T., Menten J., Hasker E., Merga B., Goddeeris B.M., Büscher P.	2015	Veterinary Parasitology	211	42433	10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.04.008	College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, Addis Ababa University, PO Box 34, Debre Zeit, Et...	Fikru, R., College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, Addis Ababa University, PO Box 34, Deb...	A cross-sectional study was conducted in Chifra and Dewe districts of Afar region, Eastern Ethiop...	Dromedary camel; Ethiopia; Prevalence; Risk factor; Trypanosoma evansi; Trypanosoma vivax; Trypan...	animal parasitosis; Article; blood smear; cohort analysis; controlled study; cross-sectional stud...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84941759345	Damping characteristics of nanoclay filled hybrid laminates during medium velocity impact	Mohan T.P., Velmurugan R., Kanny K.	2015	Composites Part B: Engineering	82	None	10.1016/j.compositesb.2015.08.016	Composites Research Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Durban University of Technology,...	Mohan, T.P., Composites Research Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Durban University o...	The objective of this paper is to study the vibrational damping characteristics during medium vel...	A. Laminates; A. Nano-structures; B. Impact behavior; B. Vibration	Ballistics; Damping; Fibers; Modal analysis; Nanocomposites; Nanostructured materials; Nanostruct...	76460, Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology; DST, Department ...	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84916887285	Evaluation of the trophic structure of the West Florida Shelf in the 2000s using the ecosystem mo...	Grüss A., Schirripa M.J., Chagaris D., Drexler M., Simons J., Verley P., Shin Y.-J., Karnauskas M...	2015	Journal of Marine Systems	144	None	10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.11.004	Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmosph...	Grüss, A., Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Rosenstiel School of Marine ...	We applied the individual-based, multi-species OSMOSE modeling approach to the West Florida Shelf...	Gag grouper; Marine ecosystem modeling; Natural mortality; Resource management; Trophic structure...	Biomass; Computer simulation; Fish; Nutrition; Reefs; Florida; Marine ecosystem; Natural mortalit...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84938201454	Performance assessment of poly (methacrylic acid)/silver nanoparticles composite as corrosion inh...	Solomon M.M., Umoren S.A.	2015	Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology	29	21	10.1080/01694243.2015.1066235	Corrosion Protection and Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Uy...	Solomon, M.M., Corrosion Protection and Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, U...	This article reports the preparation of poly (methacrylic acid)/silver nanoparticles composite (P...	acid corrosion; aluminium; composite; corrosion inhibition; nanoparticles; poly (methacrylic acid)	Adsorption; Aluminum; Composite materials; Contact angle; Corrosion; Electron microscopy; Energy ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84949115102	High-performance towards Cr(VI) removal using multi-active sites of polypyrrole-graphene oxide na...	Setshedi K.Z., Bhaumik M., Onyango M.S., Maity A.	2015	Chemical Engineering Journal	262	None	10.1016/j.cej.2014.10.034	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa; Department of Chem...	Setshedi, K.Z., Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa, De...	Hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] adsorption onto polypyrrole graphene oxide nanocomposite (PPy-GO NC)...	Breakthrough; Graphene oxide; Kinetics; Nanocomposites; Polypyrrole	Adsorption isotherms; Enzyme kinetics; Graphene; Isotherms; Kinetics; Nanocomposites; Packed beds...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84961292145	Heuristic space diversity control for improved meta-hyper-heuristic performance	Grobler J., Engelbrecht A.P., Kendall G., Yadavalli V.S.S.	2015	Information Sciences	300	1	10.1016/j.ins.2014.11.012	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa; Department of Computer Sc...	Grobler, J., Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa, Department o...	This paper expands on the concept of heuristic space diversity and investigates various strategie...	Diversity management; Heuristic space diversity; Hyper-heuristics	Algorithms; Digital arithmetic; Heuristic algorithms; Heuristic methods; Algorithm performance; B...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84934290452	Modeling impact of climate change on water resources and agriculture demand in the Volta Basin an...	Amisigo B.A., McCluskey A., Swanson R.	2015	Sustainability (Switzerland)	7	6	10.3390/su7066957	CSIR-Water Research Institute, P.O. Box AH38, Achimota, Accra, Ghana; Engineering Management, Uni...	Amisigo, B.A., CSIR-Water Research Institute, P.O. Box AH38, Achimota, Accra, Ghana; McCluskey, A...	An assessment of the impacts of projected climate change on water availability and crop productio...	Agriculture; Climate change; Ghana; Water resources	None	None	View
None	None	Does globalisation impact SME development in Africa?	Mutalemwa D.K.	2015	African Journal of Economic and Management Studies	6	2	10.1108/AJEMS-01-2015-0012	Dar-es-Salaam Campus College, Mzumbe University, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania	Mutalemwa, D.K., Dar-es-Salaam Campus College, Mzumbe University, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania	Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding and knowledge of the impact of g...	Africa; Globalization; Industrialization; SMEs	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84930338805	Genetic parameter estimation and evaluation of duroc boars for feed efficiency and component traits	MacNeil M.D., Kemp R.A.	2015	Canadian Journal of Animal Science	95	2	10.4141/CJAS-2014-089	Delta G, 145 Ice Cave Rd., Miles City, MT, United States; Animal and Grassland Sciences, Universi...	MacNeil, M.D., Delta G, 145 Ice Cave Rd., Miles City, MT, United States, Animal and Grassland Sci...	MacNeil, M. D. and Kemp, R. A. 2015. Genetic parameter estimation and evaluation of Duroc boars f...	Feed efficiency; Production; Swine; Variance components	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84930002990	Performance evaluation of a membraneless divergent electrode-flow-through (DEFT) alkaline electro...	Gillespie M.I., Van Der Merwe F., Kriek R.J.	2015	Journal of Power Sources	293	None	10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.05.077	Demcotech Engineering, P.O. Box 9624, Edenglen, South Africa; Electrochemistry for Energy and Env...	Gillespie, M.I., Demcotech Engineering, P.O. Box 9624, Edenglen, South Africa; Van Der Merwe, F.,...	A membraneless divergent electrode-flow-through (DEFT) alkaline electrolysis design and operating...	Alkaline water electrolysis; Hydrogen production; Membraneless	Current density; Electrolysis; Flow velocity; Hydrogen; Hydrogen production; Alkaline electrolysi...	None	View

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