This study was carried out to determine the favorable conditions for preserving the quality of ‘Jiro’ persimmon during overseas transport and subsequent storage. Persimmon were packed using two types of packaging materials: plain cardboard boxes and cardboard boxes with modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) using 40-μm thick low density polyethylene (LDPE) film as an inner packaging material…
Three types of genetic markers (restriction fragments of cytochrome b mtDNA gene, SSR and ISSR)were proposed for the study of genetic variability in the sable Martes zibellina within its geographic range. mtDNA haplotypes of different subspecies of the sable were described. Haplotypes of the eastern sable Martes zibellina princeps, which was introduced to Tyumen region in the 20th century,are r…
Precision fertilization requires new techniques for determining the spread pattern of fertilizer spreaders. Because of the accuracy and non-intrusive nature, techniques based on digital image processing are most promising. Using image processing, dynamics of particles leaving the spreader can be determined. Combined with a ballistic flight model, this allows predicting the landing position o…
This paper concerns a study of compact system designed to ensure energy independence of buildings located in rural areas: the Off-Grid Box - OGB. This system is an integrated device, self-contained in a container, which provides and producers essential service and resources namely, electricity, hot water, clean water for washing and irrigation and a water purification process that pasteurized/d…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to survey and consider the implications of the literature justifying the value of teaching poetry. There has been a long tradition of literature education in the English departments of Chinese universities. English Poetry courses are offered within optional literature modules in senior stages of a BA in English language and literature. In 2000, the new n…
The paper presents the results of model scale experiments for the study of the transmission characteristics of horizontal interlaced, multi-layer, moored floating pipe breakwater (HIMMFPB). The studies are conducted with breakwater models having three and five layers of pipes, W/L (W is width of breakwater) varying from 0.4 to 2.65, relative draft varying from 0.16 to 0.36 and relative spaci…
Oil spill releases a large amount of crude oil on sea surface. Once the crude oil is spilled, it gradually starts decaying under the influence of concurrent processes collectively termed as oil weathering processes (OWP). Weathering of an oil slick modifies its behavior making it more persistent to marine waters and enduring its lifespan in marine biology. Hence in order to plan an effective re…
The paper presents possibilities for the use of OTR-7 software (Organizer of Agricultural Technology) for optimization of the machinery park equipment in sustainable agriculture. The applied algorithms enable selection of the relevant technical equipment which enables performance of the planned field work. Due to the use of the specialised software, desired economic effects and competitive adva…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a lesson study (LS) approach implemented as part of the initial training of primary school teachers in a course on the oversight and accompaniment of learning. This course aims to develop students’ ability to analyse their practice and to shift attention to pupils’ learning processes. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected on…
Enzymatic synthesis of fructose oleic ester (FOE) in stirred tank reactor using the immobilized lipase may cause a physical damage of support matrix, which causes a leaching of lipase from matrix. The objective of this research was to evaluate the best condition of FOE synthesis in fluidized bed reactor (FBR) using the immobilized lipase on modified hydrophobic matrix. Surface of Amberlite IRA …
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the background for, the design of, and the implementation of Lesson Study in a teacher education program in Norway. Lesson Study was chosen as an intervention in an attempt to shift pre-service teachers’ focus from themselves to their pupils,attempting to strengthen their possibilities to learn more about the consequences of their instructi…
Jackfruit seed is a potential local food source, which can be derived as flour. However, this seed contains several oligosaccharides such as raffinose and stachyose, which can cause flatulence for humans, and these substances will also create a darker color during flour processing. Effort to reduce this type of oligosaccharides is reported here by introducing fermentation technique using Lacto…
Purpose – New teaching concepts in IS are highly relevant to deliver practical skills to IS students, as demanded by business practice. There are different approaches for providing knowledge. The authors differentiate between teacher-centered and learner-centered approaches when designing new IS courses. The latter is characterized by creating learning environments, where students work on a s…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the need for postsecondary education and the gap between students’ academic preparedness and the demands of college-level work. Design/methodology/approach – The authors examined the advantages and disadvantages of different postsecondary institutions, their admission requirements, the cost of attending and the realities of degree attainme…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how student learning materials, such as textbooks,are becoming more oriented toward multi-modal approaches using visuality and orality. While such approaches may help students to understand and then to reproduce taught materials, the objective of this paper is to question whether they are serving to promote students’ critical literacy. Desig…
Purpose – This paper aims to shed light on the process of adopting and accommodating a global language education framework, namely the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for languages, in the context of Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach – The data to develop the argument of the paper are obtained from a doctoral research project that aims to understand the reception, interpre…
Purpose – This paper aims to interrogate the place of literature in the digital world and the way a narrative is represented in digital spaces. In the changing landscape of digital, mobile and virtual texts,the authors aimed to examine how multimodal and animated elements in digital narratives engage young readers and encourage affective and aesthetic reader response? Design/methodology/appro…
Using a systemic approach, this study highlights the problems of public health in the Primorsky Territory and demonstrates that the spread of ecology-related diseases depends on climatic,sanitary, and social factors. The indicators of health assessment that were selected include demographics,cancer and disease, and lung and urinary system diseases. Additionally, specific habitat parameters affe…
Permeability of porous media is an important property which depends upon various properties of soil mass such as porosity, size and shape of soil particles, initial moisture content and compaction etc. As in natural condition, the soil mass exists in layers/strata, thus represents a stratified soil. The flow through stratified soil may be perpendicular, inclined or parallel to the bedding plane…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline the history of the Sino-Indian conflict and to evaluate recent changes as reflected in the high level meetings between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It explores the evolving relationship in terms of three types of bargaining: elusive, tacit and convergent. Design/methodology/approach – By adopting a historical appro…
The purpose of this study is to analyze the market power of soybean price. Data used in this research was the statistic data of Time series (1989-2008). Data was estimated by using OLS (Ordinary Least Square). Before estimating the data, the stationary condition of every variable was tested by using ADF Test (Augmented Dickey-Fuller Test). The results found that market power significantly affec…
A number of technologies of biofuel production from various biomass crops are already in use, and many studies on new ones are carried out. Biomass production, like any other production processes, involves a number of necessary processes that facilitate subsequent production steps. Those subsidiary processes (e.g. tillage or logistic operations) are connected with consumption of energy. It is t…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper, unprecedented in Cyprus in its scope and approach, is to investigate the importance level of the courses currently taught in hospitality programs of the country, as perceived by industry professionals. Design/methodology/approach – The research population included individuals currently holding full-time managerial positions in hotel establishments of Cy…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to make a case for creating a strand of negotiated qualifications in the English (and more generally UK) vocational education and training (VET) system,using the approach established through Ufi-Learndirect Learning through Work (LtW). Design/methodology/approach – The paper identifies some limitations in the recent Whitehead review of adult vocational…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine factors that influenced international university preference, looking at country of origin (COO), that is the COO of the course and program modes (PMs). This study specifically focusses on differences in perceptions across students from Malaysia and China. Design/methodology/approach – Conjoint analysis was used to examine the relative imp…
geological, geomorphological and ecological interest. Monitoring and mitigation of shoreline erosion along populated coastal areas is an important task and remains a difficult goal to achieve. The coast of Karnataka state extends from Talapadi in south to Sadashivgad in north covering a distance of about 280 km. In this study, an attempt has been made to investigate the shoreline transformation…
Based upon the current situation of marine oil spill emergency response capacity evaluation in China and the advanced experience of emergency response capacity evaluation in other fields at home and abroad, this paper establishes an evaluation indicator system of marine oil spill emergency response capacity, which includes 3 Level I indicators and 18 Level II indicators. On this basis, we deci…
A recombinant inbred line population derived from a super hybrid rice Xieyou 9308 (Xieqingzao B/Zhonghui 9308) and its genetic linkage map were used to detect quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for rice yield traits under the low and normal nitrogen (N) levels. A total of 52 QTLs for yield traits distributed in 27 regions on 9 chromosomes were detected, with each QTL explaining 4.93%–26.73% of th…
Purpose – To present YouFlow Microblog and how its functionalities for discourse structuring and message classification allows improving learning. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – The authors developed a survey on microblogs and its functionalities for supporting education, and then the authors developed a new microblog called YouFlow Microblog, which w…
Underwater drilling and blasting used for rock dredging is associated with several unwanted effects having potential to cause damage to surrounding structures and environment. Though all these ill effects can’t be completely eliminated, using controlled blasting they can be minimized to acceptable levels. Underwater drilling and blasting was used for about 25,000 m3 of hard rock dredging duri…
Groundwater movement and its properties are unique with reference to its place of occurrence. Karnataka State can be considered as having three major hydrogeological provinces Viz. Archaean crystalline province, Metamorphosed sedimentary province, and Deccan Trap province. Ground water occurs in these provinces under unconfined to semi-confined conditions and under confined conditions in depth…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the profound learning associated with the Goethean methodology in the Holistic Science MSc at Schumacher College, Devon, UK. This is presented as a case study in profound pedagogy and as an exploration of the implications for workplace learning. Some comparisons are also made with reflective practice. Design/methodology/approach – Backgro…
Extreme climatic events are resulting in more frequent, severe, and widespread drought and floods, leading to destabilization of ecosystems, and impacts on human livelihoods and supporting infrastructure. Such impacts also magnify the risk of contamination of both surface and ground water. Control of water quality requires law, policy, and regulatory instruments which are flexible, along with t…
Objectives. The French philosopher Brillat-Savarin with his sentence: "Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are", has focused attention on nutrition from what should be a mere physiological necessity to an important social choice. The study intends to determine if indeed the choice of consumers in respect of fruit and vegetables depends by choices related to their welfare and / or hea…
This study aimed to investigate antioxidative activities of various fractions of Abelmoschus manihot leaf extract. The fractions were separated based on polarity and the antioxidant activities of each of them were determined. The leaves were extracted using hexane, acetone and methanol serially. The extract was separated by column chromatography using ethyl acetate-methanol gradient elution as …
In the present paper, effect of viscous damping on the heave response of spar is studied using WAMIT software for spar with single and tw heave plates. For spar with single heave plate, a plate is attached at the keel of the spar and the diameter of the heave plate is varied. Diameter ratio (i.e., ratio of diameter of heave plate to diameter of spar – Dp/Ds) of 1.1 to 1.4 is considered here.…
This paper is presented a solution of shallow water wave force, using Fourier series approximation method on two dimensional vertically submerged rectangular thin plates under two different configurations: (1) a surface-piercing rectangular thin plate, and (2) a bottom-standing rectangular thin plate. A propagating wave of different amplitude and at different time period is made to impose no…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to scrutinise the potentials and challenges of variation theory when adopting learning study in Austrian initial EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher education. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a hermeneutic and epistemological approach, projects,and publications employing variation theory in the context of EFL are critically evaluated. Fi…
Providing programmes to modernize and to sustain both agricultural and non-agricultural activities in rural areas is the main aim deriving from EU and national policies. The Local Action Groups (LAGs) implement local development strategies processing the Measures of Local Development Programme (LDP) and managing financial funds for Firms Modernization Plans (FMP) in order to increase the farm i…
Newdata on the abundance of rare earth elements (REE) and their biological properties,which appeared in recent decades, force the researchers to reconsider the facts previously collected by different researchers related to the study of the geophagia phenomenon in animals and humans. From the standpoint of the new data it becomes apparent that one of the reasons for instinctively traditional for…
Despite the limitations in the use of aerial applications resulting from Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Plant Protection Agents Act (OJ L item 455. 2013), scientific progress in engineering enables the development of new, environmentally safe technologies to expand the use of agroaviation. This paper proposes an innovative method of biological protec…
Saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers is a global issue, exacerbated by increasing demands for freshwater in coastal regions. This study investigates into the parametric analysis on saltwater intrusion in a conceptual, coastal, unconfined aquifer considering wide range of freshwater draft and anticipated sea level rise. The saltwater intrusion under various circumstances is simulated throug…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a business-university collaborative research project that looked to define lower management competencies in the year 2025, specifically for complex, knowledge-intensive organizations. Design/methodology/approach – The research was done together with a large local airport. Data were gathered by a team of five researchers using…
Kenitu or star apple (Chrysophyllum cainito L.) is widely used as traditional remedy for inflammation, cancer, and diabetes mellitus. Leaves of four type of kenitu were extracted with different solvents, i.e., 96% of ethanol, 70% of ethanol, 50% of ethanol, 96% of acetonee, 70% of acetone, and 50% of acetone. The extracts have been screened for antioxidant activities using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl…
Agricultural biological diversity (agrobiodiversity), is a small component of biodiversity, and presents two levels: genetic resources for food and agriculture and ecological services. All the components contribute to sustain the key functions of agroecosystems. It is commonly acknowledged that biodiversity is jeopardized by erosion, whereas there is less awareness about agrobiodiversity loss, …
Purpose – This paper aims to highlight the need to examine the factors that influence adolescents’ resistance to report their cyberbullying experiences to adults. Design/methodology/approach – It outlines key factors that need to be considered when defining,operationalizing and examining adolescent cyberbullying as well as providing an examination of the literature on non-reporting behav…
The research of moss greening material (Sphagnum sp.) as a rooftop panel is prior to commercial industry. Scale up of production must be prepared for maintaining quality of product through. Production system of moss greening panel consists of aquaculture and panel assembly process. This paper highlighted scale up of panel assembly using dimensional analysis. It is a method based on the principl…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute a broader understanding of the complexity in relationships of power and responsibility in employability in higher education contexts and posits a conceptual framework for employability as a process, something to be achieved. Design/methodology/approach – This conceptual paper arises from experience of and research into placement practices…
Purpose – Designers’ careers can be compromised if they are unable to understand the business context they operate in and cannot communicate effectively across other disciplines. Where governments are calling for an increase in design management skills, design careers can limit the opportunities for the development of such skills. Universities have an opportunity to support designers’ pro…
Purpose – In China, it is the continuation of citizenship education in primary schools, which lays the foundation for citizenship education in senior high schools. So the authors have chosen citizenship education at the junior high schools stage in mainland China as the purpose of this paper is to provide answers to three research questions: (1) is ideological and moral education citizenship …