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-s2.0-75149164777	Current impact of mining alkaline rocks on Save River water quality in Zimbabwe	Meck M., Atlhopheng J., Masamba W.R.L.	2009	Journal of African Earth Sciences	55	42371	10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2008.12.006	Department of Geology, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP167, Mt . Pleasant Harare,, Zimbabwe; E...	Meck, M., Department of Geology, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP167, Mt . Pleasant Harare,, Z...	Alkaline rocks (phosphate deposits in particular) of igneous origin are currently being mined in ...	Alkaline rocks; Phosphate mining; River water quality	alkaline rock; mining; phosphate; pollutant source; river pollution; water quality; Save River [S...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33748902768	Zimbabwean mine dumps and their impacts on river water quality - a reconnaissance study	Meck M., Love D., Mapani B.	2006	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	31	None	10.1016/j.pce.2006.08.029	Department of Geology, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP167, Mt . Pleasant Harare,, Zimbabwe; W...	Meck, M., Department of Geology, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP167, Mt . Pleasant Harare,, Z...	Zimbabwe has a substantial number of mines and 67 minerals have been mined in the country since 1...	Environmental geochemistry; Mine drainage; Mine dumps; Waste management; Water pollution; Water q...	Contamination; Environmental impact; Mining; Precious metals; Rivers; Waste management; Water pol...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84943448356	Impact of mesoscale meteorological processes on anomalous radar propagation conditions over the n...	Telišman Prtenjak M., Horvat I., Tomažic I., Kvakic M., Viher M., Grisogono B.	2015	Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres	120	17	10.1002/2014JD022626	Department of Geophysics, Andrija Mohorovičic Geophysical Institute, University of Zagreb, Zagreb...	Telišman Prtenjak, M., Department of Geophysics, Andrija Mohorovičic Geophysical Institute, Unive...	The impact of mesoscale structures on the occurrence of anomalous propagation (AP) conditions for...	bora; mixing length; moist convection; sea/land breeze; SST; WRF	accuracy assessment; advection; convection; land breeze; mesoscale meteorology; mixing ratio; num...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84943383524	Evaluation of Curie-point depths, geothermal gradients and near-surface heat flow from high-resol...	Nwankwo L.I., Shehu A.T.	2015	Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research	305	None	10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.09.017	Department of Geophysics, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria; Physics Unit, Centre for Prelimi...	Nwankwo, L.I., Department of Geophysics, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria; Shehu, A.T., Phys...	An evaluation of Curie-point depths, geothermal gradients and near-surface heat flow has been car...	Aeromagnetic data; Curie-point depth; Geothermal exploration; Heat flow; Nigeria; Sokoto basin	Curie temperature; Geothermal energy; Geothermal prospecting; Heat transfer; Spectrum analysis; A...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84901467794	The impact of land abandonment on species richness and abundance in the Mediterranean Basin: A me...	Plieninger T., Hui C., Gaertner M., Huntsinger L.	2014	PLoS ONE	9	5	10.1371/journal.pone.0098355	Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksber...	Plieninger, T., Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhag...	Land abandonment is common in the Mediterranean Basin, a global biodiversity hotspot, but little ...	None	agroforestry; arable land; arthropod; article; biodiversity; bird; climate; cropland; effect size...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33645281951	Relative performance of self-organizing maps and principal component analysis in pattern extracti...	Reusch D.B., Alley R.B., Hewitson B.C.	2005	Polar Geography	29	3	10.1080/789610199	Department of Geosciences, EMS Environment Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, Universi...	Reusch, D.B., Department of Geosciences, EMS Environment Institute, The Pennsylvania State Univer...	As a contribution toward improving our ability to identify robust patterns of variability in comp...	None	numerical method; principal component analysis; self organization	None	View
None	None	Paleolimnological investigations of anthropogenic environmental change in Lake Tanganyika: IX. Su...	Cohen A.S., Palacios-Fest M.R., Msaky E.S., Alin S.R., McKee B., O'Reilly C.M., Dettman D.L., Nko...	2005	Journal of Paleolimnology	34	1	10.1007/s10933-005-2422-4	Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States; Terra Nostra, ...	Cohen, A.S., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States; P...	Paleorecords from multiple indicators of environmental change provide evidence for the interactio...	Deforestation; East Africa; Lake level; Lake Tanganyika; Late Holocene; Soil erosion	anthropogenic effect; deforestation; paleolimnology; soil erosion; Africa; East African Lakes; Ea...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-81755161582	Groundwater potential evaluation using surface geophysics at Oru-Imope, South-Western Nigeria	Oyedele K.F., Ogagarue D.O., Esse O.	2011	European Journal of Scientific Research	63	4	None	Department of Geosciences, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria; Department of Earth Sciences, Fed...	Oyedele, K.F., Department of Geosciences, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria; Ogagarue, D.O., De...	The application of Electrical resistivity technique in the evaluation of groundwater potential an...	Aquifer; Geo-electric section; Longitudinal conductance; Weathered basement	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84915784151	Economic evaluation of a cluster randomized trial of interventions to improve health workers' pra...	Mangham-Jefferies L., Wiseman V., Achonduh O.A., Drake T.L., Cundill B., Onwujekwe O., Mbacham W.	2014	Value in Health	17	8	10.1016/j.jval.2014.07.010	Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15-1...	Mangham-Jefferies, L., Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and ...	Background Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are a valid alternative to malaria testing with ...	Cameroon cluster-randomized trial; cost-effectiveness analysis; health worker training; malaria p...	antimalarial agent; artemisinin; adolescent; adult; Article; Cameroon; child; controlled study; c...	ACT, Arts and Culture Trust	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-79953731718	The COL5A1 gene: A novel marker of endurance running performance	Posthumus M., Schwellnus M.P., Collins M.	2011	Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise	43	4	10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181f34f4d	Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Sout...	Posthumus, M., Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, ...	BACKGROUND: Running economy, a key component of endurance ability, has been shown to be associate...	IRONMAN; TRIATHLON; TYPE V COLLAGEN	COL5A1 protein, human; collagen type 5; adult; article; athletic performance; blood; endurance; g...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84891758858	School violence, mental health, and educational performance in Uganda	Devries K.M., Child J.C., Allen E., Walakira E., Parkes J., Naker D.	2014	Pediatrics	133	1	10.1542/peds.2013-2007	Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15-1...	Devries, K.M., Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical...	BACKGROUND: Violence against children from school staff is anecdotally common in low- and middle-...	Child maltreatment; Corporal punishment; Education; Mental health; Primary school; Uganda; Violen...	academic achievement; adolescent; article; child; child neglect; controlled study; cross-sectiona...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84915820672	The impact of SASA!, a community mobilization intervention, on reported HIV-related risk behaviou...	Kyegombe N., Abramsky T., Devries K.M., Starmann E., Michau L., Nakuti J., Musuya T., Heise L., W...	2014	Journal of the International AIDS Society	17	None	10.7448/IAS.17.1.19232	Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Lond...	Kyegombe, N., Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical ...	Introduction: Intimate partner violence (IPV) violates women's human rights, and it is a serious ...	Community mobilization; HIV-related risk behaviours; Intimate partner violence; Relationship dyna...	Article; awareness; clinical decision making; community; concurrent sexual partnership; condom us...	None	View
None	None	In Tanzania, the many costs of pay-for-performance leave open to debate whether the strategy is c...	Borghi J., Little R., Binyaruka P., Patouillard E., Kuwawenaruwa A.	2015	Health Affairs	34	3	10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0608	Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Unit...	Borghi, J., Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Me...	Pay-for-performance programs in health care are widespread in low- and middle-income countries. H...	None	Article; cost effectiveness analysis; health care cost; health care delivery; health care personn...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84941341158	New pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introductions in four sub-saharan african countries: A cross-c...	Torres-Rueda S., Burchett H.E., Griffiths U.K., Ongolo-Zogo P., Edengue J.-M., Kitaw Y., Molla M....	2015	African Health Sciences	15	3	10.4314/ahs.v15i3.22	Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Unit...	Torres-Rueda, S., Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropi...	Background: Pneumonia is a main cause of under-five mortality in low-income settings. The pneumoc...	Health systems’ impacts; Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; Sub-Saharan	Pneumococcus vaccine; Article; Cameroon; controlled study; Ethiopia; health care delivery; health...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84555189394	The Central Governor Model in 2012: Eight new papers deepen our understanding of the regulation o...	Noakes T.D.	2012	British Journal of Sports Medicine	46	1	10.1136/bjsports-2011-090811	Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Research Unit for Exercise Science and Spor...	Noakes, T.D., Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Research Unit for Exercise Sc...	[No abstract available]	None	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-79960851883	Impact of measles elimination activities on immunization services and health systems: Findings fr...	Hanvoravongchai P., Mounier-Jack S., Oliveira Cruz V., Balabanova D., Biellik R., Kitaw Y., Koehl...	2011	Journal of Infectious Diseases	204	None	10.1093/infdis/jir091	Department of Global Health and Development, LSHTM, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, 420/6 Rajvithi ...	Hanvoravongchai, P., Department of Global Health and Development, LSHTM, Faculty of Tropical Medi...	Background. One of the key concerns in determining the appropriateness of establishing a measles ...	None	accelerated measles elimination activity; article; awareness; Bangladesh; Brazil; Cameroon; disea...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84865710126	Assessing the population health impact of market interventions to improve access to antiretrovira...	Bärnighausen T., Kyle M., Salomon J.A., Waning B.	2012	Health Policy and Planning	27	6	10.1093/heapol/czr058	Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, Un...	Bärnighausen, T., Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Bo...	Despite extraordinary global progress in increasing coverage of antiretroviral treatment (ART), t...	Antiretroviral treatment; assessment; market intervention	antiretrovirus agent; article; economics; health care delivery; health survey; human; Human immun...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84864482374	HIV treatment as prevention: Issues in economic evaluation	Bärnighausen T., Salomon J.A., Sangrujee N.	2012	PLoS Medicine	9	7	10.1371/journal.pmed.1001263	Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United S...	Bärnighausen, T., Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Bo...	Meyer-Rath and Over assert in another article in the July 2012 PLoS Medicine Collection, "Investi...	None	antiretrovirus agent; anti human immunodeficiency virus agent; article; CD4 lymphocyte count; cos...	None	View
None	None	Evaluation of a community health worker intervention and the World Health Organization's Option B...	Sando D., Geldsetzer P., Magesa L., Lema I.A., Machumi L., Mwanyika-Sando M., Li N., Spiegelman D...	2014	Trials	15	1	10.1186/1745-6215-15-359	Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Huntington Avenue, B...	Sando, D., Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Huntingto...	Background: Mother-to-child transmission of HIV remains an important public health problem in sub...	Antenatal care; Community health workers; HIV; Prevention of mother-to-child transmission; Retent...	Article; birth; clinical protocol; controlled study; cost effectiveness analysis; economic evalua...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33845871994	Evaluation of human exposure to lead and cadmium from some local Nigerian medicinal preparations	Nnorom I.C., Osibanjo O., Eleke C.	2006	Journal of Applied Sciences	6	14	None	Department of Industrial Chemistry, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria; Department of Chemistr...	Nnorom, I.C., Department of Industrial Chemistry, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria; Osibanjo...	In most developing countries, the use of Herbal Medicinal Preparations (HMPs) is common due to po...	Cadmium; Herbal Medicinal Preparations (HMPs); Lead; Nigeria	Blood lead levels; Flame atomic absorption spectrometers; Health implications; Human exposures; L...	None	View

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