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-s2.0-84937728099	Performance of Cervical Cancer Screening Techniques in HIV-Infected Women in Uganda	Bansil P., Lim J., Byamugisha J., Kumakech E., Nakisige C., Jeronimo J.A.	2015	Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease	19	3	10.1097/LGT.0000000000000090	Reproductive Health Global Program, PATH, Seattle, WA, United States; Department of Gynaecology a...	Bansil, P., Reproductive Health Global Program, PATH, Seattle, WA, United States; Lim, J., Reprod...	Objective: Women infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have a higher risk of HPV infec...	cervical cancer; HIV; human papillomavirus (HPV); screening tests; Uganda	acetic acid; adolescent; adult; Article; cancer screening; cervical care human papilloma virus; c...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84905158972	Impact of climate change on river flows in the Black Volta River	Sawai N., Kobayashi K., Apip, Takara K., Ishikawa H., Yokomatsu M., Samaddar S., Juati A.-N., Kra...	2014	Journal of Disaster Research	9	4	None	Research and Development Center, Nippon Koei Co., Ltd., 2304 Inarihara, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 300-...	Sawai, N., Research and Development Center, Nippon Koei Co., Ltd., 2304 Inarihara, Tsukuba-shi, I...	This paper assesses the impact of climate change in the Black Volta River by using data output fr...	AGCM20; Climate change; Distributed rainfall-runoff model; Flood; The Black Volta River	Climate change; Computer simulation; Drought; Floods; Flow of water; Rain; Rivers; Runoff; Transp...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84925444150	Puddling intensity for late-season sawah systems based on soil hydrophysical conditions and rice ...	Obalum S.E., Watanabe Y., Igwe C.A., Obi M.E., Wakatsuki T.	2014	International Agrophysics	28	3	10.2478/intag-2014-0023	School of Agriculture, Kinki University, Nara, Japan; Department of Soil Science, University of N...	Obalum, S.E., School of Agriculture, Kinki University, Nara, Japan, Department of Soil Science, U...	Lowland sawah farmers often puddle to improve soil hydrophysical conditions for rice, but the pud...	Lowland sawah systems; Power-tiller passes; Rice grain yield; Soil bulk density; Water-controllin...	agronomy; bulk density; crop yield; lowland environment; moisture content; paddy field; rice; soi...	JSPS, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84883383987	Impact of treating young children with antimalarials with or without antibiotics on morbidity: A ...	Chinbuah M.A., Adjuik M., Cobelens F., Koram K.A., Abbey M., Gyapong M., Kager P.A., Gyapong J.O.	2013	International Health	5	3	10.1093/inthealth/iht021	Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, PM Bag 190, Accra, Ghana; The Internatio...	Chinbuah, M.A., Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, PM Bag 190, Accra, Ghana...	Background: Community health workers in Dangme-West district, Ghana, treated children aged 2-59 m...	Amoxicillin; Anaemia; Artesunate; Children; Community; Fever	amodiaquine plus artesunate; amoxicillin; hemoglobin; anemia; antibiotic therapy; antimicrobial t...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84925815778	The impact of providing rapid diagnostic malaria tests on fever management in the private retail ...	Ansah E.K., Narh-Bana S., Affran-Bonful H., Bart-Plange C., Cundill B., Gyapong M., Whitty C.J.M.	2015	BMJ (Online)	350	None	10.1136/bmj.h1019	Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, PO Box MB-190, Accra, Ghana; Dodowa Heal...	Ansah, E.K., Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, PO Box MB-190, Accra, Ghana...	Objective To examine the impact of providing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria on fever manageme...	None	antibiotic agent; antimalarial agent; antipyretic agent; artemisinin; antibiotic therapy; Article...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-50549102649	Evaluation of the pathogenicity of African Horsesickness (AHS) isolates in vaccinated animals	von Teichman B.F., Smit T.K.	2008	Vaccine	26	39	10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.07.037	Research and Development Virology, Onderstepoort Biological Products Ltd., Private Bag X07, Onder...	von Teichman, B.F., Research and Development Virology, Onderstepoort Biological Products Ltd., Pr...	Background: The polyvalent African Horsesickness (AHS) attenuated live vaccine (ALV) produced by ...	African Horsesickness; Reassortant; Reassortment; Reversion to virulence; Vaccination	African horse sickness vaccine; complementary DNA; live vaccine; unclassified drug; virus RNA; Af...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-74549181205	Evaluation of pneumococcal polysaccharide immunoassays using a 22F adsorption step with serum sam...	Poolman J.T., Frasch C.E., Käyhty H., Lestrate P., Madhi S.A., Henckaerts I.	2010	Clinical and Vaccine Immunology	17	1	10.1128/CVI.00289-09	Research and Development, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rue de l'Institut 89, Rixensart B-1330, Be...	Poolman, J.T., Research and Development, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rue de l'Institut 89, Rixen...	The history of the pneumococcal polysaccharide enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is chara...	None	diphtheria pertussis poliomyelitis tetanus Haemophilus influenzae type b hepatitis B vaccine; dip...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84929299666	The impact of high temperatures on foraging behaviour and body condition in the Western Australia...	Edwards E.K., Mitchell N.J., Ridley A.R.	2015	Ostrich	86	42371	10.2989/00306525.2015.1034219	School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia; Centre for Evo...	Edwards, E.K., School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia;...	High temperatures can pose significant thermoregulation challenges for endotherms, and determinin...	Australian Magpie; body condition; body mass; Cracticus tibicen dorsalis; foraging effort; heat d...	Animalia; Cracticus; Gymnorhina tibicen; Tibicen	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84878862975	The effect of governance on performance of commercial banks in Kenya: A panel study	Nyamongo E.M., Temesgen K.	2013	Corporate Governance (Bingley)	13	3	10.1108/CG-12-2010-0107	Research and Policy Analysis Department, Central Bank of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya; School of Economi...	Nyamongo, E.M., Research and Policy Analysis Department, Central Bank of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya; T...	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of corporate governance on the pe...	Commercial banks; Governance; Kenya; Organizational performance; Panel data	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84910661234	Lot Quality assurance sampling to monitor supplemental immunization activity quality: An essentia...	Brown A.E., Okayasu H., Nzioki M.M., Wadood M.Z., Chabot-Couture G., Quddus A., Walker G., Sutter...	2014	Journal of Infectious Diseases	210	None	10.1093/infdis/jit816	Research and Product Development, Global Polio Eradication Initiative, WHO, Ave Appia 20, Geneva-...	Brown, A.E., Research and Product Development, Global Polio Eradication Initiative, WHO, Ave Appi...	Monitoring the quality of supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) is a key tool for polio er...	independent monitoring; lot quality assurance sampling; mobile phones; poliovirus	Article; clinical protocol; endemic disease; health care delivery; health care quality; health pr...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84879365996	Evaluation of antidiabetic activity and associated toxicity of artemisia afra aqueous extract in ...	Sunmonu T.O., Afolayan A.J.	2013	Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2013	None	10.1155/2013/929074	Research Center for Phytomedicine, Department of Botany, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, Sou...	Sunmonu, T.O., Research Center for Phytomedicine, Department of Botany, University of Fort Hare, ...	Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd. is a widely used medicinal plant in South Africa for the treatment...	None	alanine aminotransferase; albumin; alkaline phosphatase; Artemisia afra extract; aspartate aminot...	National Research Foundation	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84907992931	Evaluation of catalytic activity of Ag and Au dendrimer-encapsulated nanoparticles in the reducti...	Bingwa N., Meijboom R.	2015	Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical	396	None	10.1016/j.molcata.2014.09.019	Research Center for Synthesis and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, University of Johannesburg,...	Bingwa, N., Research Center for Synthesis and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, University of J...	LangmuirHinshelwood parameters were determined with the use of gold and silver dendrimer-encapsul...	4-Nitrophenol; Kinetics; Langmuir-Hinshelwood; Silver and gold nanoparticles	Catalyst activity; Dendrimers; Enzyme kinetics; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Gold; Hi...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84932122751	Population density modifies the ecological impacts of invasive species	Jackson M.C., Ruiz-Navarro A., Britton J.R.	2015	Oikos	124	7	10.1111/oik.01661	School of Applied Sciences, Bournemouth Univ., Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom; Centre for Invasion...	Jackson, M.C., School of Applied Sciences, Bournemouth Univ., Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom, Cent...	In assessments of ecological impact in invasion ecology, most studies compare un-invaded sites wi...	None	abundance; biomass; body mass; cyprinid; diet; ecological impact; invasive species; life history ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84862227694	Impacts of maize intercropping with ryegrass and alfalfa on environment in fields with nitrogen f...	Nie S.-W., Chen Y.-Q., Egrinya E.A., Sui P., Huang J.-X.	2012	Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment	10	2	None	Research Center of Circular Agriculture, China Agriculture University, Beijing 100193, China; Nat...	Nie, S.-W., Research Center of Circular Agriculture, China Agriculture University, Beijing 100193...	Accumulation of nitrate in soil increases the risk of nitrate leaching and hence ground water nit...	Environment impact; Intercropping; Life cycle assessment; Nitrogen fertilizer	nitrogen fertilizer; pesticide; acidification; alfalfa; article; controlled study; cropping syste...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84920708383	Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Small-Scale Sprinkler Irrigation Systems Using Grey Relational Analysis	Tu Q., Li H., Wang X., Chen C., Luo Y., Dwomoh F.A.	2014	Water Resources Management	28	13	10.1007/s11269-014-0765-1	Research Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road...	Tu, Q., Research Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology, Jiangsu University, 301 Xu...	The technical and socioeconomic evaluation of small-scale sprinkler irrigation systems is a multi...	Evaluation; Grey relational analysis; Irrigation system; Life cycle cost; Multi-criteria analysis	Cost benefit analysis; Costs; Economics; Energy utilization; Hose; Irrigation; Life cycle; Evalua...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84907355281	Sprinkler rotation and water application rate for the newly-designed complete fluidic sprinkler a...	Dwomoh F.A., Yuan S.Q., Li H.	2014	International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering	7	4	10.3965/j.ijabe.20140704.005	Research Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang Jian...	Dwomoh, F.A., Research Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology, Jiangsu University, ...	One important indicator of the good performance of rotating sprinklers is the uniformity of rotat...	Complete fluidic sprinkler; Impact sprinkler; Rotation uniformity; Sprinkler rotation; Variation;...	Hose; Biological engineers; Complete fluidic sprinkler; Impact sprinklers; Matrix Laboratories; O...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-80054757511	Evaluation of a novel point-of-care cryptococcal antigen test on serum, plasma, and urine from pa...	Jarvis J.N., Percival A., Bauman S., Pelfrey J., Meintjes G., Williams G.N., Longley N., Harrison...	2011	Clinical Infectious Diseases	53	10	10.1093/cid/cir613	Research Centre for Infection and Immunity, Division of Clinical Sciences, St George's University...	Jarvis, J.N., Research Centre for Infection and Immunity, Division of Clinical Sciences, St Georg...	Background. Many deaths from cryptococcal meningitis (CM) may be preventable through early diagno...	None	amphotericin B; cryptococcus antigen; fluconazole; fungus antigen; glucuronoxylomannan; unclassif...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-78651392565	Plant composition, pharmacological properties and mutagenic evaluation of a commercial Zulu herba...	Ndhlala A.R., Finnie J.F., Van Staden J.	2011	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	133	2	10.1016/j.jep.2010.10.053	Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, School of Biological and Conservation Sciences,...	Ndhlala, A.R., Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, School of Biological and Conserv...	Ethnopharmacology relevance: Imbiza ephuzwato is a traditional herbal tonic made from a mixture o...	Cyclooxygenase; Depression; Ethnopharmacology; Herbal mixtures; Mutagenicity	acetylcholinesterase; Acokanthera venenata extract; alcohol; Asclepias fruticosa extract; Aster b...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77957194790	In vitro pharmacological evaluation and phenolic content of ten South African medicinal plants us...	Aremu A.O., Ndhlala A.R., Fawole O.A., Light M.E., Finnie J.F., Van Staden J.	2010	South African Journal of Botany	76	3	10.1016/j.sajb.2010.04.009	Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, School of Biological and Conservation Sciences,...	Aremu, A.O., Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, School of Biological and Conservat...	Helminth infection is regarded as one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Although the dis...	Anthelmintic; Antimicrobial; Cyclooxygenase inhibition; Phenolic content; South African medicinal...	drug; enzyme activity; infectious disease; medicinal plant; parasitic disease; phenolic compound;...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-80054955815	Isolation of narciprimine from Cyrtanthus contractus (Amaryllidaceae) and evaluation of its acety...	Nair J.J., Aremu A.O., Van Staden J.	2011	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	137	3	10.1016/j.jep.2011.07.028	Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, School of Biological and Conservation Sciences,...	Nair, J.J., Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, School of Biological and Conservati...	Ethnopharmacological relevance: Plants of the family Amaryllidaceae are used widely in traditiona...	Acetylcholinesterase; Alkaloid; Amaryllidaceae; Cyrtanthus contractus; Narciprimine	acetylcholinesterase; cholinesterase inhibitor; narciprimine; plant medicinal product; unclassifi...	None	View

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