MANAGERIAL COMPETENCE AND TRAINING NEEDS OF POULTRY FARMERS
CHAPTER ONEIntroductionBackground InformationPoultry farming is the practice of raising domesticatedbirds such as chicken, turkey, duck, geese, pheasant,guinea fowl etc. as a subcategory...
DARWIN AS A PLANT SCIENTIST: A SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE PERSPECTIVE
Events around the world this year celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin (1809–1882) and the sesquicentenary of publication of...
MONITORING OF TICKS AND TICK-BORNE PATHOGENS THROUGH A NATIONWIDE RESEARCH STATION...
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In 2015 a long-term, nationwide tick and tick-borne pathogen (TBP) monitoring project was started by the Finnish Tick...
SELECTED NATURAL AND FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES IN PLANT FOODS AROUND THE KUDANKULAM...
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The activity concentrations of certain radionuclides were quantified in some plant foods cultivated around Kudankulam, where a mega-nuclear...
‘CONSERVATION RESPONSIBILITIES’ OF MUNICIPALITIES FOR TARGET SPECIES: PRIORITIZING CONSERVATION BY ASSIGNING...
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In the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, an approach has been developed to identify areas of high priority for...
CHANGES IN THE WORLD RIVERS’ DISCHARGE PROJECTED FROM AN UPDATED HIGH...
Highlights • We produced an up-to-dated global dataset of current and future climate zones. • Equatorial and Arid lands are projected to...
COLLOIDAL STRUCTURE AND PROTON CONDUCTIVITY OF THE GEL WITHIN THE ELECTROSENSORY...
Highlights • SEM and AFM of the gel from ratfish electrosensory organs reveal a globular structure • Analysis of the gel by...
A REDISCOVERY OF SCIENTIFIC COLLECTIONS AS MATERIAL HERITAGE? THE CASE OF...
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We offer an account of the history of university collections in Germany.•
CROWD SCIENCE: THE ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN OPEN COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
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We introduce the reader to crowd science by discussing prominent projects including Foldit, Galaxy...
COMPARATIVE ANIMAL BEHAVIOR – 1920–1973
One of the most eventful periods in the study of animal behavior was from the end of WWI to the awarding of...
COMPETITIVE OUTREACH IN THE 21ST CENTURY: WHY WE NEED CONSERVATION MARKETING
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Conservation solutions require the modification or cessation of human activities.•
Marketing...
THE HISTORY OF HAYEK’S THEORY OF CULTURAL EVOLUTION
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This paper traces the historical origins of Friedrich A. Hayek’s theory of cultural evolution, and argues that Hayek’s...
UNDERSTANDING CLIENT-CONSULTANT COLLABORATION WITHIN INFORMATION SYSTEMS DESIGN: A CASE STUDY
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This study provides an in-depth exploration of how clients and consultants collaborate in an outsourced design project and...
ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF IRRIGATION PROJECTS
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Environmental impact assessment (EIA) of an irrigation or a water resources project is now required before a project...
MOTIVATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES IN CITIZEN SCIENCE INSECT MONITORING: A CROSS-COUNTRY...
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The design and successful performance of citizen science-based monitoring require an understanding of the motivation and the needs...
