Landscape is the result of the way that different components – the natural component of a territory and human activity – interact over time, giving landscape a specific identity. The landscape forms a link between a geographical area and the social aspects of the population. The gastronomic tradition and typical products give landscape its value of uniqueness. Landscape, however, is subject…
Humic substances extracted from compost materials were proven able to chelate heavy metals. While the waste from Palm oil as the source material of compost is increasing, consequently the humic substances production from palm oil waste is promising. On the other hand, agricultural lands that were treated with high input which caused heavy metal accumulation (pollutant) up to hazardous level als…
Flower of Nicolaia speciosa contain some bioactive compounds which are potential as natural antioxidant agent. N. speciosa flowers contains bioactive compounds such as polyphenols, alkaloids, flavonoids, steroids, saponins and essential oils. Unfortunately, extract of N. speciosa flower is very volatile and not stable upon exposures to light and oxygen. Therefore the extract should be modified …
Purpose – The Egyptian Revolution gave birth to an intriguing community of graffiti artists that have been going through successful social learning processes. The naturally formed learning groups provided a fertile substance for social learning research and called for a comparison between the nature and elements of social learning and those of the learning taking place in the more traditional…
Purpose – Work-based learning (WBL) is increasingly viewed as important in students’ higher education (HE) experiences. Drawing from the process of revalidating a Joint Honours in Education (JHE) programme, the purpose of this paper is to highlight challenges involved in ensuring a meaningful placement experience for students that is fully embedded within their course. Primary challenges in…
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of online puzzles in the instructional process has an effect on student achievement and learning retention. This study examined students’ perception and experiences on use of puzzle as an alternative evaluation tool. To achieve this aim, the following hypotheses were tested: using puzzle activities in lessons increases stud…
Purpose – This paper investigates the potential of computerized adaptive testing for CMs to reduce test time. In the context of education and training, competency measurement (CM) is a central challenge in competency management. For complex CMs, a compromise must be addressed between the time available and the quality of the measurements. Increasing the efficiency of existing tests therefore …
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is threefold: first, to ascertain the levels of effectiveness of the anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) in China, Japan, Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan; second,to explain why some of these ACAs are more effective than others; and third, to suggest some policy recommendations for addressing their limitations. Design/methodology/approach – This paper relie…
The aims of this study were to phenotypically characterize and to describe the production system of Thai indigenous chicken reared by hill tribe people living in the highland region of Phayao province, Northern Thailand. A survey using the random sampling method was carried out in 3 villages consisting of 2 different tribes, Hmong and Mien. Data were recorded of 320 chickens; 160 male and 160 f…
Image fusion is the process of combining high spatial resolution panchromatic (PAN) image and rich multispectral (MS) image into a single image. The fused single image obtained is known to be spatially and spectrally enhanced compared to the raw input images. In recent years, many image fusion techniques such as principal component analysis, intensity hue saturation, brovey transforms and multi…
Purpose – Working collaboratively with local business is vitally important in the delivery of higher education (HE) in further education (FE). The purpose of this paper is to explore an effective way of engaging local employers to enhance the employability skills of students through a closely monitored and supported mentoring relationship. The project was developed in order to address the emp…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report how teachers have engaged in a Learning Study to develop, from the experience of their students, an object of learning which has important implications for pedagogy. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses a Learning Study of the economic concept of price over three cycles with varying groups of high school students which explored the …
Transgenic Nipponbare which over-expressed a Na+/H+ antiporter gene OsNHX1 was used to compare its growth performance, water status and photosynthetic efficiency with its wild type under varying salinity regimes. Chlorophyll content, quantum yield and photosynthetic rate were measured to assess the impact of salinity stress on photosynthetic efficiency for transgenic and wild-type Nipponbare. E…
This paper describes a simulated training system supported by Virtual Environment in real time for undersea oil spill emergency response, which provides all the functionalities to train emergency workers. This system aims to establish a highly immersed sense of 3D oil spill interactive environment based on “The semi physical simulation system of undersea emergency maintenance”. The resea…
Armillaria sp. strain F022 is capable of degrading a wide range of four-ring aromatic hydrocarbons such as fluoranthene.Production of ligninolytic enzymes during fluoranthene degradation by Armillaria sp. F022 is related to an increase in biomass. Armillaria sp. F022 has been shown to degrade a 10 mg/L solution by 100% within 30 d. Fluoranthene removal decreases with an increase in fluoranthene…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine a selection of creative writings by students at one Australian secondary school over a period of 50-plus years, charting the frequency with which key markers of gender appear in student storytelling over this period and sampling the types of gendered representation demonstrated in these stories. Design/methodology/approach – Taken from a la…
A study was carried out to test the responses of juvenile larger yellow croaker Larimichthys croceus to highCu intake. Experimental diets were formulated containing three levels of Cu: low Cu (3.67 mg/kg), middleCu (13.65 mg/kg) and high Cu (25.78 mg/kg), and each diet were fed to large yellow croaker in triplicatefor 10 weeks. Final body weight, weight gain and feed intake were the lowest in h…
Four FFSs concerning integrated crop–livestock systems were implemented by a R&D project namely ‘‘Adaptation to Climate Change in West Asia and North Africa (WANA) Marginal Environments through Sustainable Crop and Livestock Diversification (ACC project)” during the summer season 2013 in three villages namely Village 4, Village 7 and Village 1750 in Sinai Peninsula. This study aimed to …
Italy and Greece host a rich diversity of vascular plants. Among local plants some are more resistant to drought than others, a characteristic associated with their genetic structure. An extensive literature review regarding drought resistant local plants of SE Italy and NW Greece that can be used in the framework of agricultural cultivations and landscaping, is presented in this paper. As a re…
Water is considered as the most critical resource for sustainable agricultural development worldwide. Irrigated areas will increase in forthcoming years, while fresh water supplies will be diverted from agriculture to meet the increasing demand of domestic use and industry. Furthermore, the efficiency of irrigation is very low, since less than 65 % of the applied water is actually used by the c…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss how teachers’ practice knowledge is used as a tool in a Learning Study and how teachers’ practice knowledge is challenged by using Variation Theory as a tool in the process? Design/methodology/approach – The analysis is based on data from the research process in a Learning Study. The data consists of meeting notes of ten research meetin…
Purpose – This paper aims to explore the prevalence rate of adolescents engaging in aggressive behaviours towards their peers using the Internet and mobile phones, while examining the duration and intensity of this cyberbullying, and to analyse differences in cyberbullying behaviours based on gender and age (academic grades). Research on cyberbullying indicates that it is a global problem tha…
Diaphragm walls and anchor rods are generally provided to support open berth structures in marine soils. The diaphragm walls are subjected to loads due to the soil layer on one side of the structure. Anchor rods may be provided in order to strengthen the structure and to resist the lateral loads and reduce the deflection to a large extent. In this paper the deep draft berth of new mangalore por…
Performance of wave energy extracting turbine used in oscillating water column wave energy system depends on the turbine blade tip leakage flow. Computational study of flow through the turbine by solving Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes equations were carried out using ANSYS CFX® v14.5 commercial code. The main objective of this paper was to study the effect casing treatment and the vortex patt…
Abstract The present article is concerned with the investigation of the combustion noise of passenger car diesel engines, which, especially in part load conditions, is clearly perceptible for passengers and passers-by. On the one hand, the state-of-the-art is shown by comparing three actual passenger cars on an acoustic roller test bench. On the other hand, a profound analysis of the combusti…
Peel of vegetables and fruits are of the most important part that helps in protecting the body from diseases, getting rid of the free radicals, as they contain vitamins and minerals which are antioxidant, in addition to phenols. Previous studies have proved the existence of vitamin C, E, and B6 in banana peels, especially vitamin C that can act as an antioxidant. The present study was performed…
This study was carried out to understand the effect of herbal maturation diet on reproductive successes inEtroplus suratensis. Three herbal maturation diets (EXD1, EXD2, EXD3) and one control diet (EXD0) wereprepared with different combinations of herbal ingredients and normal diet ingredients. The experimen-tal animal were observed for the success in reproductive performance like Gonado Somati…
In-situ conservation of local pig breeds in Southeast Asia requires genetic improvement embedded in viable marketing concepts. Increasing demand offers marketing opportunities for indigenous Vietnamese Ban pork. This study sought to adjust estimation methods for grading light carcasses according to their leanness. Using data from the dissection of 45 carcasses, several models were fitted and ev…
There are many problems in the supply of goods. In the company, both in the supply of goods in the form of raw materials, as well as in the supply of goods in the form of the final product to the consumer. PT XYZ obtain supplies of dried tobacco (chopped Madura) of the local name tobacco collectors as known as bandol. The queues were quite long and bandol experiencing frequent obscurity of time…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer a personalised overview of the content of English Teaching: Practice and Critique for the years it was hosted at the Wilf Malcolm Institute for Educational Research (WMIER) at the University of Waikato (2002-2014). Design/methodology/approach – It notes trends in relationship to the context of origin of 335 articles published in this period (e…
Abstract Hybridization is one of the key technologies to reduce the fuel consumption of a vehicle with internal combustion engine (ICE) significantly. Using at least one electric motor (EM), the kinetic energy of the vehicle can be recuperated and the ICE can operate more efficiently. The control strategy (CS) coordinates the torque of the ICE and the EM. If the driving cycle is known, the co…
Abstract information such as average traffic flow on a road network link are not precise enough to enable detailed in-vehicle optimization strategies. Energy efficiency measures are further restrictedifthe vehicleis not aware ofthe destination of the trip. A modular and dynamic approach for predicting the vehicle speed in combination with driver turns is introduced. The objective is to adapt …
Abstract In this paper, an approach is presented to determine the losses of the different components in the chassis system. An enhanced two-track model is extended by sub-models to simulate losses and efficiencies. These sub-models are describing the loss behavior, which is compared to the state of art. The energy saving potential of each component is analyzed by optimizing the package of ax…
Abstract This paper focuses on the test bench-based application and analysis of electro-mechanical power steering (EPS). In the first part, the setup and physical structure of the test bench are described. It is shown how control parameter changes can be measured, using the assistance amplification as an example. In the next chapter, a method for a test bench-based pre-application is introdu…
Abstract Background: The effect of β annealing on high cycle fatigue (HCF) and fatigue crack propagation (FCP) behaviors of Ti64 alloy were examined, and the results were compared to those of mill-annealed counterpart. Methods: The tensile tests, stress-controlled HCF tests, and FCP tests were conducted, and the fractographic and micrographic analyses were performed before and after the te…
Abstract Background: Improvement of the mechanical and tribological properties due to extrusion can be attributed to the improved density and excellent bond strength due to high compressive stress. Methods: To avoid the product defects mathematically contoured cosine profiled die was used for the thermomechanical treatment. Improvement of mechanical characterization like density, hardness, …
A sample of dried fermented goat milk product (Oggtt) obtained from the local market of Riyadh city in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, was stored for 6 months at 4 C and subjected to chemical composition analysis before and after storage. The result showed that the sample moisture increased significantly (P 6 0.05) after storage from 7% to 10%, total ash decreased non-significantly (P 6 0.05) fro…
The recognition of temporally stable location with respect to soil moisture content is of importance for soil water management decisions, especially at watershed scale. And most importantly, the profile soil moisture which play a vital role in generation of runoff in a watershed. In this regard, it is very essential to understand the behavior of soil moisture for their vertical and horizontal s…
Abstract Background: Attractive properties of TRIP-type bainitic ferrite (TBF) steel ascribe to its unique microstructure of lath structure bainitic ferrite matrix and interlath retained austenite films. This work is concerned with obtaining ultra high-strength hot forged TBF steel with high elongation and excellent strength-elongation balance. Methods: The effect of austempering temperatur…
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine questioning opportunities afforded by interactive whiteboards (IWBs) by highlighting pedagogical decisions enacted by teachers to ensure that they work with the wider affordances of the device. Design/methodology/approach – Three primary/elementary teachers participated in a study designed to identify the types of questions that teachers co…
Seeds of Nigella sativa L. (black cumin or black seeds) are widely used in traditional Islamic medicine and for culinary purposes worldwide. Nigella seed oil is becoming popular in and out of the Islamic world. Composition of Nigella seed oil is known to be location-dependent. We investigated the composition of Nigella seed oil prepared by solvent- or cold press-extraction of Nigella seeds grow…
A social licence to operate is increasingly important in the resources industry, particularly with respect to mining activities that might jeopardize water sources on indigenous lands. Negotiated agreements have gained popularity because legal frameworks offer limited options and/or operational guidance for sustaining ongoing relationships between corporations and local people. We review intern…
Abstract Background: A theoretical study was performed of mode II delamination in a multilayered functionally graded beam configuration with considering the material non-linearity. Methods: The fracture was analysed by the J-integral approach. Two laws (quadratic and exponential) for variation of the modulus of elasticity along the beam height were applied. The J-integral closed form non-li…
Coastal and offshore structures consist of slender cylindrical member as the fundamental component. Structural damages and failures are catastrophic due to wave impact, it is necessary to understand the influence of breaking wave impact on the structural members. Since the standard codal provisions of breaking wave impact on structural members is scarce, it is essential to understand the physic…
A feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of nucleotide (NT) supplementation in diet onimmune responses and disease resistance of juvenile hybrid tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus × Oreochromisaureus. Nucleotide was added at 0, 120, 240, 360, 480 and 600 mg NT/kg to low fish meal (6%) and highsoybean meal (56%) basal diet for a total of 6 experimental diets. Each diet was fed to tripl…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between satisfaction with learning environment and student effort, both in class and with homework assignments. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use data from a nationwide and compulsory survey to analyze the relationship between learning environment and student effort. The survey covers all students attending the s…
Abstract Background: In rubber elastic models it is generally assumed that the bulk modulus is infinite, resulting in a material that does not change its volume and a pressure that cannot be evaluated from the material model. Methods: We have developed a general procedure that incorporates a finite bulk modulus. Using the developed framework accurate results can be obtained without the need…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on a three-year Australian study of international business and accounting students and the transition to employment. For international students seeking to differentiate themselves in a highly competitive global labour market, foreign work experience is now an integral part of the overseas study “package”. Work-integrated learning (WIL) is s…
The information about addition of Averrhoa bilimbi L (AB) extract in black tea liquor still poor, the antioxidant and the phenolic content in the beverage presented in this research. The purpose of present study was to evaluate the antioxidant activity, the total phenolic content, vitamin C and total sugar toward the addition of AB extract at some various level into black tea extract. The resul…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the effectiveness of action design research (ADR),a combination of action research and design science research, when conducting research where both practical relevance and academic rigor are required. Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents ADR in action in order to motivate its use Findings – When research methodology aligns to…