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-s2.0-78649759374	Evaluating the performance of ground-based and remotely sensed near real-time rainfall fields fro...	Ghile Y., Schulze R., Brown C.	2010	Hydrological Sciences Journal	55	4	10.1080/02626667.2010.481374	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01002...	Ghile, Y., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amhers...	The South African Weather Service (SAWS) issues routine experimental, near real-time rainfall map...	ACRU; Merged field; Radar; Raingauge; Satellite; Streamflow	ACRU; AS-soils; Current status; Ground based; Hydrological response; Hydrological simulations; Me...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84890669317	Ceramic water filters impregnated with silver nanoparticles as a point-of-use water-treatment int...	Abebe L.S., Smith J.A., Narkiewicz S., Oyanedel-Craver V., Conaway M., Singo A., Amidou S., Mojap...	2014	Journal of Water and Health	12	2	10.2166/wh.2013.185	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Virginia, Thornton Hall, 351 McC...	Abebe, L.S., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Virginia, Thornton ...	Waterborne pathogens present a significant threat to people living with the human immunodeficienc...	Ceramic water filters; Cryptosporidium parvum; HIV; Point-of-use; South Africa	drinking water; silver nanoparticle; ceramics; diarrheal disease; drinking water; human immunodef...	NSF, National Science Foundation	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84943616357	Extraction of oil from Terminalia catappa L.: Process parameter impacts, kinetics, and thermodyna...	Menkiti M.C., Agu C.M., Udeigwe T.K.	2015	Industrial Crops and Products	77	None	10.1016/j.indcrop.2015.08.019	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Center, Texas Tech University,...	Menkiti, M.C., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Center, Texas T...	The effects of temperature, time, solvent type, and particle size on oil yield as well as the eff...	Kinetics; Solvent extraction; Terminalia catappa L.; Thermodynamics	Chemical analysis; Enzyme kinetics; Extraction; Fatty acids; Free energy; Hexane; Kinetics; Parti...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77953514020	Groundwater overdraft and the impact of artificial recharge on groundwater quality in a cone of d...	Ong'or B.T.I., Long-Cang S.	2009	Water International	34	4	10.1080/02508060903377619	Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technolo...	Ong'or, B.T.I., Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Masinde Muliro University of Scie...	Groundwater overdraft has led to cone of depression formation in Jining City, China. This paper i...	Artificial recharge; China; Geographic Information System; Groundwater overdraft; Groundwater qua...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33644799663	Evaluation and prediction of the swelling characteristics of Nigerian black clays	Nwaiwu C.M.O., Nuhu I.	2006	Geotechnical and Geological Engineering	24	1	10.1007/s10706-004-1928-2	Department of Civil and Water Resources Engineering, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri 600004 Bo...	Nwaiwu, C.M.O., Department of Civil and Water Resources Engineering, University of Maiduguri, Mai...	The swelling characteristics of black clays from two major areas of occurrence in Borno State, Ni...	Free swell; Regression analysis; Swell percent; Swelling pressure; Tropical black clays	Clay deposits; Composition; Density measurement (specific gravity); Electric conductivity measure...	None	View
None	None	Taxation in the Tanzanian gold sector: Overview of impacts and possible solutions	Magai P.S., Márquez-Velázquez A.	2013	Development Southern Africa	30	2	10.1080/0376835X.2013.797225	Department of General Management, University of Dar es Salaam, Business School, PO Box 35046, Dar...	Magai, P.S., Department of General Management, University of Dar es Salaam, Business School, PO B...	This paper analyses the factors that reduce the gold sector's contribution to the Tanzanian gover...	gold; impacts; revenue; Tanzania; taxation	export; gold; mining industry; policy making; tax system; Tanzania	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84906673266	Evaluation of combined pareto multiobjective differential evolution on tuneable problems	Adeyemo J.A., Olofintoye O.O.	2014	International Journal of Simulation Modelling	13	3	10.2507/IJSIMM13(3)2.264	Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Du...	Adeyemo, J.A., Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying, Durban University of Technology, P....	Many optimization problems in engineering involve the satisfaction of multiple objectives within ...	Constraints; Differential evolution; Evolutionary algorithms; Multi-objective optimization; Tunea...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84901197113	THe review of sub-sahara africa gravel roads maintenance management system's monitoring and need ...	Mwaipungu R.R., Allopi D.	2014	International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning	9	1	10.2495/SDP-V9-N1-74-89	Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying, Durban University of Technology, South Africa	Mwaipungu, R.R., Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying, Durban University of Technology, ...	Although the urge to construct new gravel roads to reach areas, which are potential economically ...	Conservation; Effective; Gravel roads; Infrastructure; Inventory; Monitoring; Needs assessment; P...	Conservation; Gravel roads; Highway bridges; Maintenance; Monitoring; Planning; Surveys; Transpor...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84903839917	Geotechnical evaluation of some lateritic soils in Akure South, South-Western Nigeria	Owolabi T.A., Aderinola O.S.	2014	Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering	None	None	None	Department of Civil Engineering, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria; Department of Civil...	Owolabi, T.A., Department of Civil Engineering, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria; Ader...	This research project aims at evaluating the geotechnical properties of lateritic soil in Akure S...	Atterberg limit test; California bearing ratio; Compaction test; Geotechnical properties; Laterit...	Civil engineering; Compaction; Compressive strength; Contractors; Density (specific gravity); Gra...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84883262182	Evaluation of rutting models using reliability for mechanistic-empirical design of flexible pavement	Murana A.A., Olowosulu A.T.	2012	Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences	7	2	10.3923/jeasci.2012.123.127	Department of Civil Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Kaduna State, Zaria, Nigeria	Murana, A.A., Department of Civil Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Kaduna State, Zaria, Nige...	Monte Carlo simulation has proven to be an effective means of incorporating reliability analysis ...	Mechanistic-empirical; Monte Carlo; Nigeria; Pavement distress; Reliability; Rutting	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-19544379146	Comparative reliability evaluation of lateritic soils as hydraulic barriers	Afolayan J.O., Nwaiwu C.M., Osinubi K.J.	2005	Geotechnical and Geological Engineering	23	5	10.1007/s10706-004-1199-y	Department of Civil Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria; Departmen...	Afolayan, J.O., Department of Civil Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Ni...	A numerical investigation to determine the existence or otherwise of congruence between laborator...	Compactor weights; Congruence of laboratory and field models; Hydraulic conductivity; Laboratory ...	Clay; Compaction; Hydraulic conductivity; Mathematical models; Parabolic antennas; Probability di...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84866506828	Comparative evaluation of conventional infiltration models under tropical rainforest (TRF) condit...	Ehigiator O.A.	2011	International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa	6	None	10.4028/www.scientific.net/JERA.6.65	Department of Civil Engineering, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria	Ehigiator, O.A., Department of Civil Engineering, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria	Three commonly used expressions for modeling soil-water infiltration were evaluated for a tropica...	Deforestation; Infiltration opportunity; Kostiakov's expression; Phillip's model	Alfisols; Comparative evaluations; Infiltration models; Infiltrometers; Kostiakov's expression; N...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84876378203	Optimization of pollution control performance of wet detention ponds in tropical urban catchments...	Dan'Azumi S., Shamsudin S., Aris A.	2013	Journal of Hydroinformatics	15	2	10.2166/hydro.2012.206	Department of Civil Engineering, Bayero University Kano, PMB 3011, Kano, Nigeria; Razak School of...	Dan'Azumi, S., Department of Civil Engineering, Bayero University Kano, PMB 3011, Kano, Nigeria, ...	Wet detention ponds are the best management systems for the control of urban stormwater. The obje...	Active storage; Detention pond; Particle swarm optimization; Permanent pool; Pollution control; W...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84934277129	The effect of organic loading rates (OLRs) on the performances of food wastes and maize husks ana...	Owamah H.I., Izinyon O.C.	2015	Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments	11	None	10.1016/j.seta.2015.06.002	Department of Civil Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Landmark University, P.M.B.1...	Owamah, H.I., Department of Civil Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Landmark Unive...	A continuous anaerobic digestion experiment was carried out to investigate the co-digestion of 75...	Biogas yield; Continuous digestion; Digester performance; Food waste; Maize husk	Alkalinity; Biogas; Carbon; Carbon dioxide; Fatty acids; Methane; Pulp digesters; Volatile fatty ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33646161927	Ecosystem approach to mitigate impacts of sedimentation on the hydrological cycle and aquatic eco...	Yamashiki Y., Nakamura T., Kurosawa M., Matsui S.	2006	Hydrological Processes	20	6	10.1002/hyp.6089	Department of Civil Engineering, College of Science and Technology, 1-8 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-...	Yamashiki, Y., Department of Civil Engineering, College of Science and Technology, 1-8 Kanda Suru...	This study illustrates the importance of sedimentation control on a global scale by introducing g...	Eutrophication; Lake Biwa; Sedimentation; WWF3	Economics; Environmental impact; Hydrology; Lakes; Management; Rivers; Sediments; Water quality; ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84922831782	Measuring spatial variability of land use associated with hydrological impact in urbanised quater...	Ilunga M., Singh V.P.	2015	Water SA	41	1	10.4314/wsa.v41i1.7	Department of Civil Engineering, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of So...	Ilunga, M., Department of Civil Engineering, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Univ...	Decision making for water resources is needed for land-use change due to urbanisation, which impa...	Decision-making; Entropy; Hydrological impact; Quaternary catchments; Risk; Urbanisation	Catchments; Decision making; Entropy; Land use; Risks; Runoff; Surface water resources; Surface w...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84879687751	Evaluation of performance of stress-absorbing membrane interlayer (SAMI) using accelerated paveme...	Ogundipe O.M., Thom N.H., Collop A.C.	2013	International Journal of Pavement Engineering	14	6	10.1080/10298436.2012.742193	Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ekiti-State University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti...	Ogundipe, O.M., Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ekiti-State University, ...	This study examines the performance of stress-absorbing membrane interlayer (SAMI) under traffic ...	crack; overlay; reflective cracking; SAMI; traffic	Accelerated pavement testing; Interface bonding; Interface shear; overlay; Reflective cracking; S...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84868698289	Model evaluation from soil porosity to predict the rate of microbial transport contaminating grou...	Eluozo S.N., Nwaobakata C., Udeh N.	2012	International Journal of Applied Environmental Sciences	7	3	None	Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria; ...	Eluozo, S.N., Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsu...	Model evaluation from soil porosity to predict the rate of microbial transport contaminating grou...	None	Degree of porosity; Microbial transport; Model evaluation; Nigeria; Predictive models; Soil Poros...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33745206026	Strength performance of laterized concrete	Udoeyo F.F., Iron U.H., Odim O.O.	2006	Construction and Building Materials	20	10	10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2005.03.002	Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Uyo, P.M.B. 1017, Akwa Ibo...	Udoeyo, F.F., Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Uyo, P.M.B. ...	The results of an experimental program to investigate some characteristics of concrete containing...	Laterized concrete; Strengths	Absorption; Bending strength; Cements; Elastic moduli; Regression analysis; Sand; Strength of mat...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-78650973080	Performance of laterite-cement blocks as walling units in relation to sandcrete blocks	Aguwa J.I.	2010	Leonardo Electronic Journal of Practices and Technologies	9	16	None	Department of Civil Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria	Aguwa, J.I., Department of Civil Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria	A study of the performance of laterite-cement blocks as walling materials in relation to those of...	Blocks; Laterite-cement; Mix; Performance; Sandcrete; Walling-units	None	None	View

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