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-s2.0-77952112077	Evaluation of final examination papers in engineering: A case study using bloom's taxonomy	Swart A.J.	2010	IEEE Transactions on Education	53	2	10.1109/TE.2009.2014221	Department of Electronic Engineering, Vaal University of Technology, Vanderbijlpark 1900, South A...	Swart, A.J., Department of Electronic Engineering, Vaal University of Technology, Vanderbijlpark ...	Questions are used to obtain information, stimulate thinking, and redirect reasoning. Academics i...	Academics; Bloom's taxonomy; Examination papers; Higher order questions; Lower order questions	Academic level; Academics; Bloom's taxonomy; Higher education; Higher order; Literature reviews; ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84862024119	Combining ability, genetic diversity and heterosis in relation to F 1 performance of tropically a...	Solomon K.F., Zeppa A., Mulugeta S.D.	2012	Plant Breeding	131	3	10.1111/j.1439-0523.2012.01965.x	Department of Employment Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI), Hermitage Research Facility...	Solomon, K.F., Department of Employment Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI), Hermitage Re...	The objectives of this study were to evaluate the importance of heterosis for agronomic and quali...	Combining ability; Heterosis; Simple sequence repeats; Sweet corn	Zea mays	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84870680969	Techno-economic evaluation of wind energy in southwest Nigeria	Adaramola M.S., Oyewola O.M., Ohunakin O.S., Dinrifo R.R.	2012	Frontiers in Energy	6	4	10.1007/s11708-012-0205-y	Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Tro...	Adaramola, M.S., Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science an...	In this study, an analysis of the wind energy potential in the southwest geo-political region of ...	mean wind speed; Nigeria; southwest geopolitical region; techno-economic analysis; Weibull distri...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-79960458669	Evaluating the performance of wind turbines in selected locations in Oyo state, Nigeria	Adaramola M.S., Oyewola O.M.	2011	Renewable Energy	36	12	10.1016/j.renene.2011.04.029	Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Tro...	Adaramola, M.S., Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science an...	The wind speed distribution and wind energy potential are investigated in three selected location...	Capacity factor; Energy output; Nigeria; Wind speed; Wind turbine	Annual mean; Capacity factors; Energy output; Mean power; Mean wind speed; Medium size; Nigeria; ...	None	View
None	None	Development and performance testing of solar cookers	Kimambo C.Z.M.	2007	Journal of Energy in Southern Africa	18	3	None	Department of Energy, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Kimambo, C.Z.M., Department of Energy, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	The most common type of energy used is firewood. In some Sub Saharan countries, up to 90% of tota...	Cooker; Evaluation; Performance; Solar; Tanzania; Test	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84883454079	Evaluation of residual stress development at the interface of plasma electrolytically oxidized an...	Asquith D., Yerokhin A., James N., Yates J., Matthews A.	2013	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science	44	10	10.1007/s11661-013-1854-0	Department of Engineering and Mathematics, Sheffield Hallam University, Howard Street, Sheffield ...	Asquith, D., Department of Engineering and Mathematics, Sheffield Hallam University, Howard Stree...	Fatigue failure in hard oxide-coated aluminum is usually driven by rapid short crack propagation ...	None	Fatigue failures; Material consumption; Oxide coating; Oxide layer; Short crack propagation; Stre...	EP/H051317/1, EPSRC, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84875754510	The impact of biases in mobile phone ownership on estimates of human mobility	Wesolowski A., Eagle N., Noor A.M., Snow R.W., Buckee C.O.	2013	Journal of the Royal Society Interface	10	81	10.1098/rsif.2012.0986	Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pitt...	Wesolowski, A., Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 For...	Mobile phone data are increasingly being used to quantify the movements of human populations for ...	Human mobility; Mobile phone; Socio-economic status	Demographic groups; Health research; Human mobility; Human population; Mobile phone datasets; Mob...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84867325145	Quantifying the impact of human mobility on malaria	Wesolowski A., Eagle N., Tatem A.J., Smith D.L., Noor A.M., Snow R.W., Buckee C.O.	2012	Science	338	6104	10.1126/science.1223467	Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15221, Un...	Wesolowski, A., Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsbur...	Human movements contribute to the transmission of malaria on spatial scales that exceed the limit...	None	disease transmission; epidemiology; health risk; infectious disease; malaria; mobility; movement;...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84923991691	Quantifying the impact of accessibility on preventive healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa using mobi...	Wesolowski A., O'Meara W.P., Tatem A.J., Ndege S., Eagle N., Buckee C.O.	2015	Epidemiology	26	2	10.1097/EDE.0000000000000239	Department of Engineering and p'Ublic Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United ...	Wesolowski, A., Department of Engineering and p'Ublic Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsbu...	Background: Poor physical access to health facilities has been identified as an important contrib...	None	Africa south of the Sahara; Article; child; female; health care access; health care facility; hou...	FIC, National Institutes of Health; NIH, National Institutes of Health	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84902170332	The role of supervisor support in predicting employee job satisfaction from their perception of t...	Baloyi S., van Waveren C.C., Chan K.-Y.	2014	South African Journal of Industrial Engineering	25	1	None	Department of Engineering and Technology Management, Graduate School of Technology Management, Un...	Baloyi, S., Department of Engineering and Technology Management, Graduate School of Technology Ma...	Past studies of performance management systems (PMS) have focused more on designing the framework...	None	Developing countries; Human resource management; Job satisfaction; Management; Supervisory person...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-20444503401	Asset life cycle management: Towards improving physical asset performance in the process industry	Schuman C.A., Brent A.C.	2005	International Journal of Operations and Production Management	25	6	10.1108/01443570510599728	Department of Engineering and Technology Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa	Schuman, C.A., Department of Engineering and Technology Management, University of Pretoria, Preto...	Purpose - Asset management is often one of the last options to maximise cost savings in a competi...	Assets; Assets management; Maintenance; Project management	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-18844458301	Integrating LCIA and LCM: Evaluating environmental performances for supply chain management in So...	Brent A.C.	2005	Management of Environmental Quality	16	2	10.1108/14777830510583146	Department of Engineering and Technology Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa	Brent, A.C., Department of Engineering and Technology Management, University of Pretoria, Pretori...	Purpose - Evaluations of environmental performances are of increasing importance for environmenta...	Automotive industry; Environmental management; Life cycle costs; South Africa; Supply chain manag...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-24944546571	Evaluation of the maintenance management function for a control plant at a substation	Jacobs T.D., Visser J.K.	2005	SAIEE Africa Research Journal	96	3	None	Department of Engineering and Technology Management, University of Pretoria, South Africa	Jacobs, T.D., Department of Engineering and Technology Management, University of Pretoria, South ...	Maintenance has historically been regarded as a "necessary evil" and the potential benefits of ef...	Control plant; Maintenance; Management; Substation	Capital-intensive industries; Control plant; Management practices; Potential benefits; Electric p...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77952616146	Computerised information systems: Comparison of relative impacts on planned project duration with...	Govender S., Steyn H.	2008	South African Journal of Industrial Engineering	19	1	None	Department of Engineering and Technology Management, University of Pretoria, South Africa	Govender, S., Department of Engineering and Technology Management, University of Pretoria, South ...	As more organisations acquire project management computerised information systems (CIS) to ensure...	None	Efficient scheduling; Empirical research; Experimental research; Multi-project environment; Proje...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84935429480	Evaluation of the importance of the 39 subjects defined by the global forum for maintenance and a...	Visser J.K., Botha T.A.	2015	South African Journal of Industrial Engineering	26	1	None	Department of Engineering and Technology Management, University of Pretoria, South Africa	Visser, J.K., Department of Engineering and Technology Management, University of Pretoria, South ...	The Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM) was formed in 2011 to bring together...	None	Maintenance; Surveys; Asset Management strategy; Global forum; Maintenance management; Management...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-75649107822	Good optical limiting performance of indium and gallium phthalocyanines in a solution and co-poly...	Yüksek M., Elmali A., Durmu M., Gul Yaglioglu H., Nver H., Nyokong T.	2010	Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics	12	1	10.1088/2040-8978/12/1/015208	Department of Engineering Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Ankara University, 06100 Beevler, Anka...	Yüksek, M., Department of Engineering Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Ankara University, 06100 B...	The optical limiting characteristics of tetra-and octasubstituted gallium and indium phthalocyani...	Nonlinear absorption; Optical limiting; Phthalocyanine; Polymer film; Z-scan	Ground state absorption; Indium complexes; Linear absorption coefficient; Nanosecond pulse; Non-l...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84901476200	Liminality space in-between: A feminist evaluation of primordial and modern polarities of the wom...	Alkali M., Talif R., Yahya W.R.W., Jan J.M.	2014	3L: Language, Linguistics, Literature	20	1	None	Department of English, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Nigeria; Department of English, Uni...	Alkali, M., Department of English, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Nigeria; Talif, R., Dep...	The option offered by the modern polarity feminist is not with the intent of sounding like magic,...	Feminism; Nego-feminism; Negotiation; Nigerian novel; Nigerian woman	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77951657673	Women, power and subversion in orature: A palace performance in Yorubaland, Nigeria	Jegede O.B.	2006	Journal of Gender Studies	15	3	10.1080/09589230600862000	Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria	Jegede, O.B., Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria	It is our contention in this paper that though royal wives in Oyo-Yorùbá community are invisible ...	Gender relations; Kingship; Power; Subversion; Visibility; Women	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-34347381921	Identity and memory in Omobóyòdé Àrowá's Oríkì performance in (Yoruba) Ekiti dialect	Dasylva A.O.	2007	African and Asian Studies	6	02-Jan	10.1163/156921007X180631	Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria	Dasylva, A.O., Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria	Oríkì is a significant panegyric poetry in indigenous Yoruba communities of South-Western Nigeria...	Àrowá'ş oríkì; Eketi; Identity; Memory; Ogun; Omoboyode; oriki	anthropology; cultural history; cultural identity; indigenous population; language; memory; Afric...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77649134931	Zimbabwean urban grooves and their subversive performance practices	Manase I.	2009	Social Dynamics	35	1	10.1080/02533950802666923	Department of English, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa	Manase, I., Department of English, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa	This paper examines the role played by popular culture in response to the effects of the unfoldin...	Anti-western cultural imperialism; Complicity; Popular culture; Subversion; Zimbabwean urban grooves	None	None	View

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