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	Impact of Presbyopia on Quality of Life in a Rural African Setting	Patel I., Munoz B., Burke A.G., Kayongoya A., Mchiwa W., Schwarzwalder A.W., West S.K.	2006	Ophthalmology	113	5	10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.01.028	Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimo...	Patel, I., Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Universi...	Purpose: To determine the impact of uncorrected presbyopia on quality of life in rural Tanzania. ...	None	adult; aged; article; confidence interval; controlled study; data analysis; female; human; major ...	None	View
None	None	Gender and performance of community treatment assistants in Tanzania	Jenson A., Gracewello C., Mkocha H., Roter D., Munoz B., West S.	2014	International Journal for Quality in Health Care	26	5	10.1093/intqhc/mzu067	Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimo...	Jenson, A., Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Univers...	Objective. To examine the effects of gender and demographics of community treatment assistants (C...	Community health worker; Gender; Mass drug administration; Tanzania; Trachoma	azithromycin; adult; Article; audio recording; community treatment assistant; demography; face; f...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84866718834	Selection of climate change scenario data for impact modelling	Sloth Madsen M., Maule C.F., MacKellar N., Olesen J.E., Christensen J.H.	2012	Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment	29	10	10.1080/19440049.2012.712059	Danish Climate Centre, Danish Meteorological Institute, Lyngbyvej 100, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmar...	Sloth Madsen, M., Danish Climate Centre, Danish Meteorological Institute, Lyngbyvej 100, DK-2100 ...	Impact models investigating climate change effects on food safety often need detailed climate dat...	crop phenology; method validation; mycotoxins; precipitation; relative humidity; temperature	Climate change projections; Climate change scenarios; Climate data; Climate projection; Crop phen...	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
WoS	WOS:000345143900001	Impact of implementing performance-based financing on childhood malnutrition in Rwanda	Binagwaho, Agnes,Bizimana, Jean de Dieu,Condo, Jeanine,Forrest, Jamie I.,Kanters, Steve,Karema, C...	2014	BMC PUBLIC HEALTH	14	None	10.1186/1471-2458-14-1132	Dartmouth College, Harvard University, The World Bank, University of British Columbia, University...	"Bizimana, Jean de Dieu: The World Bank","Condo, Jeanine: University of Rwanda","Forrest, Jamie I...	Background: Malnutrition remains a serious concern in Rwanda, particularly among children under-5...	"CHILD HEALTH",HIV/AIDS,MALNUTRITION,"MATERNAL HEALTH","Performance-based financing",COUNTRIES,GR...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84861831370	Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa	Dinkelman T., Ranchhod V.	2012	Journal of Development Economics	99	1	10.1016/j.jdeveco.2011.12.006	Dartmouth College, United States; University of Cape Town, South Africa	Dinkelman, T., Dartmouth College, United States; Ranchhod, V., University of Cape Town, South Africa	What happens when a previously uncovered labor market is regulated? We exploit the introduction o...	Africa; Domestic workers; Informal sector; Minimum wage	developing world; domestic work; informal sector; law enforcement; legislation; minimum wage; Sou...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77955655391	Comparing the results from various performance models of IEEE 802.11g DCF	Kritzinger P.S., Msiska H., Mundangepfupfu T., Pileggi P., Symington A.	2010	Computer Networks	54	10	10.1016/j.comnet.2010.01.003	Data Network Architectures Group, Computer Science Department, University of Cape Town, South Afr...	Kritzinger, P.S., Data Network Architectures Group, Computer Science Department, University of Ca...	IEEE 802.11 DCF is the most widely-used CSMA/CA access control mechanism. Recent analytic perform...	Distributed coordination function (DCF); IEEE 802.11; Medium access control (MAC); Simulation mod...	Distributed coordination functions; IEEE 802.11s; Medium access control (MAC); Simulation modelli...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84885045724	Evaluation of the taxonomic sufficiency approach for ichthyoplankton community analysis	Hernandez Jr. F.J., Carassou L., Graham W.M., Powers S.P.	2013	Marine Ecology Progress Series	491	None	10.3354/meps10475	Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL 36528, United States; Department of Marine Science, Un...	Hernandez Jr., F.J., Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL 36528, United States, Department ...	Ichthyoplankton identification is a time-consuming task, and often larvae cannot be identified to...	Gulf of mexico; Larval fish; Multivariate community analyses; Seasonality; Taxonomic resolution	benthos; data set; ichthyoplankton; larva; life history; multivariate analysis; seasonality; simi...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84867365953	Impacts of tsetse challenge on herd composition and mortality, lactation and reproductive perform...	Tigicho T., Belihu K., Terefe G.	2012	Revue de Medecine Veterinaire	163	42591	None	Dawuro Zone Agricultural Department, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State, ...	Tigicho, T., Dawuro Zone Agricultural Department, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Reg...	The study was conducted in southern Ethiopia to compare herd composition, mortality, milk yield a...	Cattle; Herd composition; Milk yield; Mortality; Reproductive performance; Trypanosomiasis; Tsets...	None	None	View
None	None	Monitoring lymphatic filariasis control in Tanzania: Effect of repeated mass drug administration ...	Simonsen P.E., Magesa S.M., Derua Y.A., Rwegoshora R.T., Malecela M.N., Pedersen E.M.	2011	International Health	3	3	10.1016/j.inhe.2011.06.009	DBL - Centre for Health Research and Development, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenha...	Simonsen, P.E., DBL - Centre for Health Research and Development, Faculty of Life Sciences, Unive...	In most countries of Sub-Saharan Africa the control of lymphatic filariasis (LF) is based on annu...	Children; Circulating filarial antigens; Control monitoring; Lymphatic filariasis; Mass drug admi...	albendazole; ivermectin; parasite antigen; article; child; female; human; lymphatic filariasis; m...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77955820304	The impact of geographic expansion on intended identity of an organisation	Spittal R.D., Abratt R.	2009	Journal of General Management	35	3	None	Dean, School of Graduate and Continuing Studies, Olivet Nazarene University, Illinois, United Sta...	Spittal, R.D., Dean, School of Graduate and Continuing Studies, Olivet Nazarene University, Illin...	As organisations grow and expand past their operational headquarters, individual branches may ref...	None	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84893974628	Evaluation of the adaptability and response of indigenous trees to assisted rehabilitation on the...	Gebretsadik W.	2014	Journal of Forestry Research	25	1	10.1007/s11676-013-0398-x	Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center (DZARC), P.O.box-32, Debre zeit, Ethiopia	Gebretsadik, W., Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center (DZARC), P.O.box-32, Debre zeit, Ethiopia	Removal of trees and shrubs from hillsides exposes a site to erosion that threatens soil aggregat...	Infiltration pits; Kuriftu Lake catchment; water harvesting	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77952876784	Effects of feed restriction on production and reproductive performance of Rhode Island red pullets	Tesfaye E., Tamir B., Haile A., Dessie T.	2009	African Journal of Agricultural Research	4	7	None	Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ad...	Tesfaye, E., Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia; Tamir, B., Faculty of...	The study examined the effect of skip a-day feed restriction on Rhode Island red chicken and eval...	Body weight; Egg quality; Feed restriction; Onset of egg laying; Skip a-day	Aves	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84861540570	Novel size and shape measurements applied to jig plant performance analysis	Voigt A.E., Twalat C.	2012	Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy	112	3	None	DebTech, De Beers Group Services (Pty) Ltd., South Africa; Kumba Iron Ore Ltd., South Africa	Voigt, A.E., DebTech, De Beers Group Services (Pty) Ltd., South Africa; Twalat, C., Kumba Iron Or...	Iron ore samples representing the input and output of several jigging experiments were analysed t...	Density; Jig; MDS; Shape; Size	3-dimensional representation; Individual particles; Input and outputs; MDS; Multi-views; Particle...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-31544457587	Economic performance of case study dairy farm in Southern Ethiopia	Ergano K., Nurfeta A.	2006	Livestock Research for Rural Development	18	1	None	Debub University, Awassa College of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Resource Economics an...	Ergano, K., Debub University, Awassa College of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Resource ...	Focus on agricultural development in Ethiopia has seen a shift towards the smallholder sector, wh...	Awassa College of Agriculture; Dairy Farm; Economics; Ethiopia	Animalia	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-79955799757	Dynamic mechanical and perforation impact behavior of all-pp composites containing beta-nucleated...	Abraham T.N., Wanjale S., Siengchin S., Karger-Kocsis J.	2011	Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials	24	3	10.1177/0892705710391402	Defence Laboratory, Ratanada Palace, Jodhpur, 342011, India; Polymer Science and Engineering Divi...	Abraham, T.N., Defence Laboratory, Ratanada Palace, Jodhpur, 342011, India; Wanjale, S., Polymer ...	Cross-ply all-polypropylene (PP) composite laminates were prepared by hot consolidation after tap...	all-polypropylene composite; draw ratio.; dynamic mechanical thermal analysis; instrumented falli...	all-polypropylene composite; Composite laminate; Cross-ply; draw ratio.; Dynamic mechanical; dyna...	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-s2.0-84862214424	Evaluation of factors influencing transmissivity in fractured hard-rock aquifers of the Limpopo p...	Holland M.	2012	Water SA	38	3	None	Delta h, PO Box 66662, Woodhill 0076, South Africa	Holland, M., Delta h, PO Box 66662, Woodhill 0076, South Africa	Geologically-complex fractured aquifers underlie large parts of the semi-arid Limpopo Province wh...	Borehole productivity; Groundwater; Limpopo province; Lineaments; Transmissivity	Fractured aquifer; Geological history; Geological setting; Granitoids; Hard-rock aquifers; Horizo...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84863208880	On the performance modeling of outage probability in CDMA wireless networks	Ekpenyong M.E., Eromosele G., Isabona J.	2011	Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review	4	2	None	Dep. of Computer Scienc, University of Uyo, PMB. 1017 520003, Uyo, Nigeria; Dep. of Basic Science...	Ekpenyong, M.E., Dep. of Computer Scienc, University of Uyo, PMB. 1017 520003, Uyo, Nigeria; Erom...	Outage probability is a key performance measure for real time traffic in wireless networks and is...	Co-channel interference; Signal outage; Spatial traffic; Spectral efficiency	Background noise; CDMA wireless networks; Cell radius; Drop call probability; Geographical inform...	None	View
WoS	WOS:000204015300006	The impact of Internet usage: A case study of Delta State (Nigeria) tertiary institutions	Ekruyota, G. O.,Oroke, G. U.,Ureigho, R. J.	2006	SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND ESSAYS	1	2	None	Delta State Polytechn	None	The Internet is one of the greatest recent advancement in the world of information technology and...	E-MAIL,INSTITUTIONS,INTERNET,RESEARCH	None	None	View

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