Major focus of the research is to study the regional eco-hydrological changes over a period of time from 2000 to 2014 in terms of both quantity and quality to evolve sustainable pattern for protecting tank ecosystems and livelihoods of the community with IWRM perspectives. Various threats that deteriorate the conserved quantity and quality of water are assessed using primary and secondary data.…
Naked oat is a unique health food crop in China. Using 202 F2 individuals derived from a hybrid between the variety 578 and the landrace Sanfensan, we constructed a genetic linkage map consisting of 22 linkage groups covering 2070.50 cM and including 208 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. The minimum distance between adjacent markers was 0.01 cM and the average was 9.95 cM. Each linkage gro…
Purpose – The purpose of this work is to present a prototype of the system and the results from a technical evaluation and a study on possible effects of recordings with active camera control on the learner. An increasing number of higher education institutions have adopted the lecture recording technology in the past decade. Even though some solutions already show a very high degree of autom…
Purpose – This paper aims to delve deeply into the sometimes clashing interplays in English classrooms to explore the ways in which new media makes visible long-existing discourses and assumptions about the purpose of schools and the roles of teachers and students. Design/methodology/approach – This piece draws upon discourse analysis and utilizes the frame of strategies versus tactics (de …
Purpose – This Higher Education Academy funded study explored learning challenges faced by international students early in their post-graduate courses through the use of Participatory Lesson Study (PLS). The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach – Two approaches to PLS were explored. Students were interviewed after “research lesson seminars” about their learning…
This paper presents an analysis of technical efficiency of fishery in the Chabahar region, Southern Iran. Chabahar is in the northern end of the Gulf of Oman, is an important case study, having access to 200 km of unspoiled long coastline rich in different varieties of marine life, and fishery is one of the most important economic activities in the region. A Cobb–Douglas stochastic production…
Most of the coastal regions are experiencing water related problems such as acute shortage of water, decline trend in water level and saltwater intrusion. Groundwater resource is becoming scarce, as is evidenced by the increasing demand on water, improper planning, poor agricultural practices, inefficient utilization, groundwater mining, peculiar soil characteristics, and steep slopes. Hence, t…
Sixteen faba bean genotypes were evaluated in 13 environments in Ethiopia during the main cropping season for three years (2009–2011). The objectives of the study were to evaluate the yield stability of the genotypes and the relative importance of different stability parameters for improving selection in faba bean. The study was conducted using a randomized complete block design with four rep…
Purpose – This study aims to present findings from an ongoing study in three rural schools in Denmark where videoconferences are used as part of the teaching at lower secondary level. The research focuses on how students learn from videoconferences that are both one-to-many and peer-to-peer. Videoconferencing, conceptualized by the schools in question as telepresence, is performed in a unique…
Purpose – This paper aims to report on a pilot research project designed to explore if new mobile augmented reality (AR) technologies have the potential to enhance the learning of clinical skills in the lab. Design/methodology/approach – An exploratory action-research-based pilot study was undertaken to explore an initial proof-of-concept design in using AR resources to supplement clinical…
Purpose – Lesson study has emerged as an approach to improving the quality of teaching in the USA. The purpose of this paper is to provide an investigation into teachers’ attitudes toward lesson study. Evidence suggests that lesson study may increase teachers’ content knowledge and their ability to anticipate student misconceptions during lessons. Nevertheless, certain issues have surface…
Organochlorine pesticides are persistent toxic substances of anthropogenic origin that affect biota. Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) isomers (α-, β-, and γ-), DDT and its metabolites (DDD and DDE) were detected in five individuals of fulmars Fulmarus glacialis Linnaeus, 1761 from the coast of Eastern Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands. The average amount of HCH isomers in the organs of fulmars rang…
One of the reasons for the highly subdued response of the catchments, even to rainfalls of very high daily intensity, in the wet tropical areas of the Western Ghats in Karnataka is their soil mantle, which is very thick, well drained and very stable. An attempt is made in this work to understand the factors leading to such features, through a field study of the hydrological properties of the so…
This study investigated bacterial strains with probiotic potential isolated from the middle portionof healthy hybrid surubim catfish foregut (Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum female × P. corruscans male).Twenty surubims weighing 1.5 ± 0.3 kg were used for bacterial isolation. In total, 41 strains of bacteriawere selected in vitro. Ten strains had inhibition zones >10 mm against Aeromonas hydrophi…
Purpose – The purpose of this work is to analyze the concept of self-regulated learning and applying it to a web-based interface for music teaching. Design/methodology/approach – This work starts from a systematic review about music education and self-regulation during learning processes. Then, the paper identifies those meta-cognitive strategies that music students should adopt during the…
The concentrations of heavy metals in the bottom sediments (fraction b0.1 mm) of streams of the Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve and streams draining the mines of the protective and transit zone of the reserve, as well as in the tailing material, was examined. The background ranges of the Fe, Cu, Ni, Zn, and Cd concentrations in bottom sediments of streams of the eastern and central Sikhote-Alin wer…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a model for supporting and increasing teachers’reflection process. Design/methodology/approach – The model is grounded in two concepts from variation theory: critical aspects and dimensions of variation. Those concepts are related to the concepts of reflection in-,on- and for-action. Analysis of data allows for determination of what kind …
The present study evaluated the production of Litopenaeus vannamei in a high density biofloc-dominatedsystem using two commercial feeds; a less expensive feed (US$0.99 kg−1) formulated for semi-intensivesystems and the more expensive (US$1.75 kg−1) which was designed for hyper-intensive systems. A67-days study was conducted in six 40 m3lined with Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer membranerac…
Purpose – This study aims to draw from overlapping scholarship in critical policy studies and governmentality studies to examine how recent standards-based education policies mark a pivotal shift in the aims and governance of English education. Design/methodology/approach – The author traces this shift through a comparative analysis of the past two standards projects in the USA: the 1996 IR…
Soil organic matter (SOM) content is one of the most important indicators of the sustainability of soil. To maintain sustainable soil utilization and management in fragile Hani terraced field, it is meaningful to investigate the effects of topography and land use type on SOM content. Descriptive statistics and geostatistics were used to analyze the data and the kriging method was applied to map…
Environmental damage caused by heavy metals will be difficult to recover naturally and require remediation efforts. The use of plants to absorb and remove contaminants from soil organic and inorganic forms and convert them into non-toxic forms known as Phytoremediation. A number of soybean are grown in pot along with the accumulator plants (Sarcotheca celebica and Melastoma malabathricum) were …
Agricultural higher education institutions have a significant role in development of the agriculture sector and the effectiveness of higher education is dependent on the quality of teaching offered by its faculty members. The purpose of this study was to determine and classify factors related to teaching quality by members of a scientific board. The method of evaluation for this research was by…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a social semiotic approach to analysing objects of learning in terms of their critical aspects. Design/methodology/approach – The design for this paper focuses on how the semiotic resources – including language, equations, and diagrams – that are commonly used in physics teaching realise the critical aspects of a common physics object o…
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) markers are ideal for the validation of maternal inheritance and the iden-tification of brood-stock in aquaculture breeding programs. The complete mitochondrial genomes of 11species of grouper are currently available at the GenBank. This study was directed towards the charac-terization of mtDNA loci which can be applied for identification of interspecific F1 hybrids de…
In view of the growing awareness about ecofriendly organic farming and biotechnology,coirpith and cowdung natural sources were used to produce vermicompost which showed enhanced growth promoting effect in the crop Cyamopsis tetragonaloba. Initially, neutral detergent fibre, acid detergent fibre, lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose contents were determined in three different grades of coirpith a…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of creative activity and storytelling in assisting development of students’ reflective ability and critical thinking. Design/methodology/approach – Eight biomedical science students undertaking year-long work-based placements took part in this action research study. A coding scheme was designed to assess students’ reflection…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the idea of competence in its various forms provides a sufficient basis for developing standards of professional practice. Design/methodology/approach – Three existing studies of professional standards and qualifying processes are drawn upon, carried out by the author in 2007, 2009 and 2012. Findings – Professional standards framew…
The chafer beetle, Holotrichia serrata F. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in its larval stage is a serious pest on sugarcane, vegetables, groundnut and coconut in many parts of India. The antennal response of adults to host volatiles and pheromone gland extracts was assessed by electroantennography. Among the preferred host of H. serrata, the volatiles from neem, Azadirachta indica A. Juss leaf extr…
This study was executed to evaluate the impact of endomycorrhizae and Pseudomonas fluorescens on growth parameters, yield and some biochemical constituents as well as spontaneous nodulation of Rhizobium-uninoculated cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) under salt stress. Results revealed that mycorrhizal infection percentage decreased with increasing the water salinity. Cowpea plants irrigated with ta…
This experiment was carried out to study the effect of five irrigation levels on growth,yield and chemical composition of coriander plants. The amount of irrigation water was equal to 40%, 60%, 80%, 100% and 120% of the potential evapotranspiration (ETP) values based on class-A pan. The irrigation water was applied by drip irrigation system. The results of this experiment showed that the vegeta…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study an adapted version of lesson used with mentors and student-teachers in a one-year initial teacher education (ITE) programme for prospective teachers of geography and modern languages. In partnership with eight secondary schools, the effectiveness of the lesson study cycle was evaluated as a vehicle for exploration of approaches to aid student-te…
Furniture manufacturing industry seems to be significant not only from economical and social standpoints but also from perspective of environmentally compatible industries. Accordingly, moving toward sustainable development in this sector of Iran’s industry is regarded as a national necessity. The intent of the current study is to determine and prioritize the indices affecting sustainable dev…
This study quantifies the impacts of change in wheat’s import tariffs on gross domestic product (GDP) and its components, wheat imports, sorghum exports, and domestic production of wheat and sorghum in the Sudan. The study objective is to provide a deep insight of the issue in concern to stakeholders affiliated with food security. As a method of analysis, the study uses a standard computable …
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to annotate an attribute of a problem, a solution or no annotation on learners’ opinions automatically for supporting the learners’ discussion without a facilitator. The case method aims at discussing problems and solutions in a target case. However, the learners miss discussing some of problems and solutions. Design/methodology/approach – Because…
The worldwide obesity epidemic has produced profound effects on public health. Grain such as rice and oat may offer some protection against the early stage of obesity and the development of complications. The research aimed at comparative study between brown rice, germinated brown rice, and oat and metformin on overweight reduction in obese rats of lipid profiles (total cholesterol, triglycerid…
Purpose – As neoliberal reforms take hold in the vocational education and training (VET) sector in Australia, there is renewed interest in the quality of teaching practice. However, despite the value of practitioner inquiry to the quality of teaching in schools, scholarly practice in higher education, and established links between the quality of teaching and outcomes for learners and between …
Ten F1 combinations with their male and female parents were employed to evaluate their heat tolerance during the flowering and early grain filling stages. The rice plants were subjected to heat stress (39 °C–43 °C) for 1–15 d during flowering. Based on the heat stress index, heat tolerance was only observed in the F1 combinations H2 (K22A × R207), H3 (Bobai A × R207) and H4 (Bobai A × …
Sweet sorghum, with sugar-rich stalks and water-use efficiency, has a very good potential as an alternative feedstock for ethanol and also non-competing with human feed on land. The present study evaluates the exploitation of juice and bagasse of five varieties of sweet sorghum for bioethanol production which can further improve the energy yield of the crop. The sweet sorghum varieties, GK-coba…
Brassinosteroid (BR) and gibberellin (GA) are two predominant plant hormones that regulate plant cell elongation. Mutants disrupt the biosynthesis of these hormones and display different degrees of dwarf phenotypes in rice. Although the role of each plant hormone in promoting the longitudinal growth of plants has been extensively studied using genetic methods, their relationship is still poorly…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to combine conceptual and documentary research. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on a range of New Zealand curriculum documents and on the history of English subject in the New Zealand context, it maps aspects of the contestation that has accompanied the development of various versions of the subject over time. It also explores ways in which the s…
Soil chemical properties have important roles for supporting tobacco growth and productivity. The study was conducted in 2014 to identify location-specific critical soil characteristics (i.e., soil-chemically-fertility indicators), build soil chemical properties index (SCPI), and understand the correlation between the SCPI with tobacco productivity in Jember district. The SCPI was constructed b…
Purpose – This paper aims to argue that the process of making an original game develops digital literacy skills and provides an authentic learning experience as students create, publish and deploy interactive games. Teaching students to create computer games has become common in both K-12 and tertiary education to introducing programming concepts, increase student engagement and recruit major…
Purpose – In the UK, universities are coming under increasing pressure from government to strengthen university-employer co-operation and engagement in areas such as student placements,graduate internships, knowledge exchange, enterprise and work-based learning. Both the Higher Education (HE) White Paper (BIS, 2011) and the Wilson Review (BIS, 2012) encourage universities to focus on this age…
Purpose – Simulation games have long been used as a teaching tool in the classroom environment mainly due to the high level of participation and engagement that students are able to generate from these, making the learning process more enjoyable and capable to replicate real-life scenarios. Feedback given during the simulation helps to motivate students to find better solutions to the problem…
Purpose – Why is the “education to industrial innovation” equation not working in China? Why has education development contributed to South Korea’s success but not promoted technology development and industrial upgrading in China? The purpose of this paper is to compare South Korea and China and try to address that puzzle. The author will also identify which mediating factors are crucia…
A typical towed sensor arraywet-end system consists of electro optic-mechanical tow cables, active transmitter unit and towed sensor array modules followed by a tail rope at the aft-end. The sensor array and cables are designed to withstand harsh marine environment and hydrodynamic forces experienced due to waves and currents during operation. Nevertheless, the strength member termination in th…
Running a building energy simulation program (EnergyPlus), simulations were conducted on a 'public housing' building type, in order to evaluate the energy savings achieved by a green roof coupled with different configurations of external wall. EnergyPlus enabled the investigation of the thermal behaviour variations of the building envelope, and the possible consequences, in terms of comfort, on…
Soil amendment with fly ash (FA) and combined supplementation with N2-fixing cyanobacteria masses as biofertilizer were done in field experiments with rice. Amendments with FA levels, 0, 0.5, 1.0,2.0, 4.0, 8.0 and 10.0 kg/m2, caused increase in growth and yield of rice up to 8.0 kg/m2, monitored with several parameters. Pigment contents and enzyme activities of leaves were enhanced by FA, with …
Comparison of energy productivity of different crops can be used as an effective tool to prioritize crops planting in each area. This study was conducted in order to compare wheat and barley farms of Sistan and Baluchestan province in Iran in relation to various aspects of energy consumption at 2009. 100 wheat and 100 barley fields were selected randomly from main 11 cities in the studied regio…
In this research, fresh harvested date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cv. ‘‘Stamaran’’ was treated with hot water rinsing and dried (HWR) at 50 C (HWR-50), 60 C (HWR-60) and 70 C (HWR-70). The effect of these heat treatments on fruit quality was investigated during 6 months at ambient temperature storage (25 C of temperature and 75% of humidity). Moisture, pH, color,weight loss, Brix…