an interdisciplinary case study

... relevant to agroecology and have been used by ecologists, human geographers, and scholars of development studies Another important element in better understanding relationships between society and ... intricate and complex as to be unchangeable, by standing back and taking an historical view of the situation, we can appreciate that the only constant element of the model is the fact that change, ... also changed As official transmigrants and other spontaneous settlers established new villages and relations among communities, social space was created for land litigation The resulting land tenure...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 05:21

... based on philosopher Francis Bacon’s ancient adage (1620) “nature to be commanded must be obeyed” [5] Though Bacon’s Novum Organum addressed human nature rather than plants, his maxim is generally ... time, curtailing over-exuberant development of accompanying vegetation This is particularly the case for tolerant and semi-tolerant tree species Shade control aside, another method of reducing ... of banning pesticides (or even chemical fertilisers) prevails in many European countries and is becoming more widespread For example, the policy has been in place in Switzerland since 1973, and...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:22

... disadvantaged groups who have been pushed from the plantation system due to unemployment and pulled by the demand for lower-ranking jobs such as porters and shop assistants in the urban sectors, and ... towards trade 117 5.4 Kanganies and Kanakkupullais: the top of the bottom 120 5.4.2 Rise of Kanganis 123 5.4.3 Capital Accumulation by Kanganies 127 5.5.3 The ... friends, Susantha, Chandima, Dushyanthan, Mr Shiva and Miss Nuwanthi played significant roles as helpers at the stage of independent data collecting Their knowledge on research methodology and different...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 18:58

... slaughtered and animals in herds were confirmed to be infected by culturing organ and/or fecal samples All confirmed infected animals were imports except offspring of an imported cow Sero-positive animals ... infected animals tested was 1, and 95% of the time the number of infected animals tested was less than or equal to The median number of infected animals detected was From this, one can see that ... (being highest in animals showing clinical signs and shedding the organism) Sweeney et al (1995) reported a range in sensitivity (SE) of 15% to 87% with an average of 45% In this study, the sensitivity...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:20

Ngày tải lên: 29/01/2014, 00:23

... targets children and adolescents The relationship between video games and ADHD is unknown The incidence of ADHD continues to rise and is a significant challenge on medical, financial, and educational ... alcohol and one student reported daily smoking Two students reported a diagnosis of ADHD and four reported having depression and/or anxiety The mean BMI for adolescents who watched less than one ... on input from teachers, parents, and physicians This study found an increase in ADHD and inattention symptoms in adolescents who play video games for more than one hour a day Table 3: Behavioral...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... number of observations in each study and the inverse variance Moreover, to detect any statistical significant differences a weighted ANOVA with Random effect model and alpha-adjustment according ... studies, followed by some case reports or case series and finally one retrospective study (table 2) A prerequisite for statistical analysis is that the mean values and the standard deviation is noted ... conceived the study and drafted the manuscript MS carried out the literature research RD and CN calculated the statistics MO, NK and UM participated in its design and coordination and helped to...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... as the standard in digestion, respiration, circulation, and the nervous system Leidy's "Human Anatomy," and Sappey's "Traité d'Anatomie" have been followed on all anatomical questions, and have ... of Man "; Rosenthal's "Physiology of the Muscles and Nerves"; Bernstein's "Five Senses of Man"; Huxley and Youmans's "Physiology and Hygiene"; Sappey's "Traité d'Anatomie "; Luys's "Brain and ... produced; hurt it in any way, and it inflames; burn it, and it dies Take any proof of sensibility but the mere feeling of pain, and it will answer to the proof. BELL'S _Anatomy_ Animal sensibility...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 13:20

... patients and care takers/companions, indirect cost on patients and care takers/companions, indirect cost on voluntary clinical specialists, and Project cost to organize outreach activities The gain and ... standards of the evaluation Informed consent was obtained from all participant patients in the data collection process prior to any attempt to collect data Data analysis Analysis of the cleaned ... like to extend our thanks to those study hospitals, the staffs working in the study hospitals and the patients who provided us with relevant information regarding the costs and outcomes of the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... mean, sexual intercourse out of wedlock The term applies either to intercourse between any man and a prostitute, between an unmarried man and a married woman, between an unmarried man and an ... III ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE MALE GENITAL ORGANS [38] [39] ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE MALE GENITAL ORGANS.ToC ANATOMY The external genitals of the human male consist of the penis and ... hygiene for the human male can be worked out without constant reference to the lower ranks of the mammalian class and to primitive social conditions In our study of the anatomy and physiology of...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 13:20

... segregation data have not previously been analysed in farm animal species However, both from an evolutionary and animal breeding point of view it is of importance to gain information on the selective ... a selective advantage of the heterozygote over both homozygotes, like in a balanced polymorphism, or is due to an additive effect of the dominant allele Another more likely explanation of the ... fact that anti-Ca antibodies occur very frequently if not in all mares which not possess the Ca antigen (Sco r, T 1978) All of the 27 Ca- mares in the study by BAILEY (1982) had anti-Ca antibodies,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 22:22

... Eng: Pineapple; San: Anamnasam; Hin: Ananas; Ben: Anaras; Ass: Matikathal; Nep: Bhui Katahar; Man: Keehom; Kar: Parokjongphong; Ngl: Yeangkong Peyong Mis: Anaras DCH 5311 Sharma and Pegu Journal ... Shengji Pei, Chen Sanyang: Plant Worship of the Yi People in Chuxiong of Yunnan, China Ethnobotany 1999, 11:1-8 17 Zhang QG, Chen LS: Anthropology of Religeon Sichuan, Chengdu; Sichuan University ... only and therefore the word ‘Local status’ is mentioned They collected many important plants from the forest and transplanted in the gardens The authors personally visited some of their gardens and...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... obtain dG values and the lowest dG was used in the calculations Backtranslation and wobble base manipulations were performed by an online backtranslation tool [11] The Backtranslation Tool (developed ... canonical codon Conclusion The genetic code is redundant in regard to the meaning of codons in translation However, this redundancy seems to have its own meaning Synonymous codons are interchangeable ... http://www.tbiomed.com/content/5/1/14 My study at hand is a specific case where the folding free energy of an mRNA is used as a measure for adapting structural features and the suggestions that wobble bases are important in carrying...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:21

... Description of the Malaysian health system development from 1970­2000  1.  Development and health  2.  Malaysian health plans and national development plans  3.  An overview of health plans from the Second Malaysia Plan  ... neither is there a perfect system.  According to Collin et al, it is important to understand the  policy  context  which  may  come  in  so  many  perspectives  such  as:  demographic  and  epidemiological changes; processes of social and economic change; economic and financial  ... Health Policy and Planning; 14(2):191­97.  Nancholas S.,  Health Policy and Planning; 13(2):189­93.  Thunhurst C, Barker C., Health Policy and Planning, June 1999; 14(2):127­34 42  2.4.1   Health planning as part of development planning ...

Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2015, 08:16

... Mdm Soh Poh Chiang, Emily, Mdm Chang May Ling, Joyce and Miss Tan Yong Teng for their invaluable help and assistance in my experiments and laboratory work I wish to specially thank the staff of ... specially thank the staff of Department of Anatomy, Mrs Ng Geok Lan, Mrs Yong Eng Siang, Mdm Manomani and Mdm Thenmozhi of the Histology Laboratory; Miss Chan Yee Gek of the Electron Microscopy Unit; ... Department of Anatomy for their caring support and encouragement I wish to thank fellow research colleagues of Venom & Toxin Research Programme, Miss Hema d/o Jethanand, Dr Pachiappan Arjunan, Dr Maung...

Ngày tải lên: 08/11/2015, 17:07

... purpose of the study and declaration of anonymity and confidentiality was presented to all participants After completing the survey participants were given a briefing about the study Any incomplete ... consisted of six ranges from which they were grouped into three levels: level one (range one and two or 0-10 laughs), level two (range three, four and five or 11-25 laughs) and level three (range six ... to Q2 and Q3, Aristotelian Darwinian’s viewed human beings as social animals by nature (23) Since humans are innately programmed to be social, it was therefore vital to assess the participant’s...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:57

... and healthy participants’ COP were analysed using a more traditional fractal dimension analysis [13] This method recorded COP data and analysed COP traces using an image analyser to calculate ... were closed compared to standing with eyes open It is important to note, that in this study, a loss of visual information while standing is accompanied by a significant increase in the fractal ... is far more involved and time consuming With advances being made in the theoretical understanding and practical application of non-linear analysis techniques, it is important that researchers...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 10:09

... US-Japan coalition and North Korea in VOA Table Names for US-Japan coalition and North Korea in Nhan Dan Table Negativization of North Korea’s activities in VOA Table Positivization of the US- Japan ... VOA Table Lexicalization of North Korea’s activities in Nhan Dan Table Lexicalization of the US-Japan coalition’s activities in Nhan Dan Table Over-lexicalization of the North Korea’s missile ... ……………………………………………………………….15 2.1.1.2 Nhan ……………………………………………………………………… 16 Dan iv 2.1.2 Data selection and sampling …………………………………………………….17 2.2 Analytical framework ………………………………………………………… 17 2.3 Method of analysis ………………………………………………………………19...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:39