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... times, the definitions of C, A and O will affect the way the modelers select and define T and E .The reverse is also true: the definitions of T and E will affect the way C, A and O are perceived and ... n–within the final finite information space n In becoming systems, it is impossible to reach the final step determining the most suitable information space to be used in decision making Therefore, ... situation in which the people in a problem situation perceive and interpret the world in their own ways and make judgments about it using standards and values which may not be shared by others Taking...
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Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems - Chapter 1 pptx
... assessing many of the attributes in the social and economic domains The suites were found to be complementary, with researchers requiring some of the data gathered using the community indicators and ... describing the system of interest; (2) identifying the owners, actors, and customers; (3) setting or naming the goals and objectives of the system; (4) identifying and implementing feasible and ... during the process If the various outputs resulting from the activities within the holon are consistent with the purposes and state of the larger whole in which the holon is a part of, then the...
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... increasing the sustainability of the process By understanding how communities evaluated information gathered using indicators, it was hoped that researchers would gain insight on how indicators ... in the initial workshops and in their loop diagrams indicated that communities were acutely aware, in a systemic way, of the biophysical and social economic factors important in determining the ... communities, indicator development and application, and determinants of sustainability were investigated with community input and collaboration in both the design and analysis The main output from the interaction...
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... attributing meaning and explanations to the world they experience Since they (the insiders) spend most of their lives in the situation of interest, they know more about it and have more ways of making ... clan and wealth ranking There was a resource persons’ team in each division of the district, serving as the main link between the research team and the study sites in their divisions From these ... supplied by the participants in the mapping exercise In other applications, interviewees were special interest groups or key informants, depending on the purpose of the interview In all cases, interviewers...
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... graph theory and dynamic modeling techniques The overall objective was to gain an insight into the communities’ definition of health and to identify the factors they considered to be the most influential ... discuss how various problems and concerns in the study site interacted with each other, thus precipitating changes in the health and sustainability of the agroecosystem A whiteboard, index cards, and ... Mahindi and Gitangu each showed only one institution in their influence diagrams despite having mentioned several of them in the institutional analysis 4.3.1 Githima The cognitive map depicting...
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... be one or more of the elements in B, C, D, or F since these represent roles and not individuals or groups playing them The transformation and the actions taken are meaningful and rational given ... 5.3.1.1 Drainage and Access Road Problems in Kiawamagira During the rainy season and every time it rained for a few hours, most of the land in Kiawamagira became flooded Furthermore, the runoff was ... as the views and opinions of the facilitator on the problem situation Criticism of the models and depictions by the community and other stakeholders were therefore directed to the facilitator and...
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... uniquely to explaining the variation in health and sustainability? Initially, a large number of variables meeting these criteria may be included in the list of indicators However, many of the variables ... injection for your child You help in restraining the child, and you know it is a good thing But that does not stop the child from complaining Does it? Participants: Of course not! The child will ... researcher-proposed indicators in each of the three domains are shown in Table 6.3 Most of the categories in the social domain had no indicators mainly due lack of conceptually valid measures of the attributes...
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... of the main coordinates against the supplementary ones were considered to represent a deviation in the inertia along that dimension over time The further away the point, the more significant the ... useful in summarizing and presenting indicator data The advantages of correspondence analysis are twofold: (1) the incorporation of targets and thresholds in the process of categorizing the indicators, ... measurements In addition, other methods of collecting data on the indicators should be explored to minimize the cost and the interviewer biases inherent in the methods used in this study The possibility...
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... on their approach in selecting indicators (Chapter 6), sustainable development, to them, implied stating long-term goals for the agroecosystem and then building and evaluating short-term and ... which they are occurring More important, these communities seem to have a high degree of adaptability regarding the kind of farm enterprises in which they are willing to engage, and their farming ... on the health and sustainability of agricultural and ecological systems has led to the increasing interest in holistic and adaptive approaches in the management of human activity systems The...
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... useful in summarizing and presenting indicator data for two reasons: (1) the incorporation of targets and thresholds in the process of categorizing the indicators, thus providing an intuitive interpretation, ... and integrated computer-based data-gathering techniques, would be needed to make indicator data more reliable and cost-effective in the long term Both community-driven and researcher-based indicators ... policymakers lack the knowledge and mandate to make value-based judgments, it seems that decision support systems for such integrated and adaptive approaches as sustainability and AESH should include both...
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... strain gages (i.e they easily peel or shear off ) and the confined space inside the canal (i.e there is little room to accommodate strain gage wiring) In spite of these drawbacks, the main intention ... 0.997) showed that the specimens remained within the linear elastic region, incurring no permanent deformation during mechanical stiffness tests Strain distributions obtained from experiments on the ... excluding peaks) Therefore, the Monoblock prosthesis might facilitate greater load transfer to the femur, potentially promoting increased bone ingrowth around the implant and reducing bone remodeling...
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... quantify the acoustic differences between nasal and nonnasal contexts for each speaker in both the apnoea and the control groups The smaller the difference between the nasal and the nonnasal GMMs the ... Table shows the values we obtained in our test for these measures of accuracy Some comments are in order regarding the correct classification rates obtained The results are encouraging and they show ... differentiate and predict whether the subject was in the normal group or in the OSA group Apnoea Database 3.1 Speech Corpus In this section, we describe the apnoea speaker database we designed with the...
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... atmospheric heating, exacerbates melting of snow and ice around the world, including in the Arctic, the Himalayas and other glaciated and snow-covered regions This affects the water cycle and increases ... demonstrating BC deposition even in central portions of the continent, and reductions in O3 and CH4 should slow warming in places like the Antarctic Peninsula, currently the spot on the globe showing the ... America and the Caribbean, and in Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and to increase in Africa and South, West and Central Asia The full implementation of the selected measures by...
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... subtracting the mean of the data set from each data point and then dividing by the standard deviation of the data set Standardized and raw data for the secondary optimization can be viewed in the ... fluorescence and nominal cell integrity as determined by microscopy Based upon the fluorescence microscope images in Figure 1A and 1C and the analysis of a heat map containing all the results in a standardized ... review of the manuscript The opinions and assertions contained herein are the private ones of the authors and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the Department of the Navy...
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Assessment of pretreatments and enzymatic hydrolysis of wheat straw as a sugar source for bioprocess industry
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... patient is no longer coughing and has no other general complaints, no further investigation or treatment is needed • If still coughing and/ or having other general complaints (and not seriously ... result, and involving and testing partners • Men are generally the decision makers in the family and communities Involving them will: - Have greater impact on increasing acceptance of condom use and ... without interrupting normal life and work How you think that TB spreads? How TB spreads TB spreads when an infected person coughs or sneezes, spraying TB germs into the air Others may breathe in these...
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