490 research outputs found
Agro-Biodiversity Management: Using Indigenous Knowledge to Cope with Climate Change in the Middle-Hills of Nepal
No full textIntegration of Indigenous knowledge in addressing climate change
No full textHousehold survey, focus group discussions, participatory rural appraisal (PRA) tools, viz, trend analyses for temperature, rainfall intensity and farming, pair wise ranking and matrix ranking to get people's perceptions and experiences on climate change in the Pokhare Khola watershed in the Middle-Hills of Nepal. Moreover, local meteorological data was analyzed to see the trend of changes in rainfall and temperature. Analyses of both Indigenous farmers' perceptions and meteorological data showed an increase of temperature with longer summers and warmer and shorter winter during the period of 1982-2007. There was a decreasing trend of rainfall over the years in an erratic and unpredictable manner. Water shortage, disease and pest infestation in crops and soil fertility loss are seen as major climate risks and hazards. Marginal and small groups of farmers are more vulnerable with low ability to cope with climate hazards due to lack of familiarity with these conditions. In order to adapt to these adverse conditions (trend of increased temperature and decreased rainfall), people's increasing tendency to apply chemical fertilizer instead of manure and practice less water demanded vegetables farming while decreasing trend of cereal farming was apparent in trend analysis of farming. The conversion of kharbari (grass production for roofing thatch and livestock feed) to barren wasteland and grass shortage caused the reduction in production of large livestock. The reduction in number of large livestock (cattle) due to fodder shortage results in less available manure and increased need for fertilizing and pesticide applications against disease, pest attacks and invasive species in crops induced loss of soil fertility for long term. The presence of mosquitoes was seen all year-round except it was only found during summer in the past
First Maltese record of Stephanopachys quadricollis (Marseul, 1879) (Coleoptera, Bostrichidae)
No full textThree specimens of Stephanopachys quadricollis (Marseul, 1878) were recently found in Malta in UV light
traps and represent the first record of this species for this country. Although S. quadricollis is native to
the Mediterranean basin, it is not yet clear if these Maltese records are due to a natural population or to
an interception. Distributional, nomenclatural and biological data on this species are summarized, and a
new synonymy is established: Stephanopachys quadricollis (Marseul, 1879) = Stephanopachys quadraticollis
Kocher, 1956, syn. n.peer-reviewe
Correction: Corrigendum: Intravenous administration of lidocaine directly acts on spinal dorsal horn and produces analgesic effect: An in vivo patch-clamp analysis
No full textScientific Reports 6: Article number: 26253; published online: 18 May 2016; updated: 01 June 2017. The Author Contributions statement in this Article is incomplete, where: “M.K. and T.K. designed the experiments; M.K. conducted experiments and analysed the data; H.F. and T.K. wrote the manuscript. All authors reviewed the manuscript”.</jats:p
A comparative study on household level energy consumption and related emissions from renewable (biomass) and non-renewable energy sources in Bangladesh
No full textT.K. Cureton's Tip: How the Kinesiology Department Founder and Professor at the University of Illinois Led Roger Bannister to Break the Four Minute Mile
No full textThis project investigates the events leading up to Roger Bannister???s record-breaking four minute mile in 1954. It focuses on the role of T.K. Cureton, founder of the kinesiology department and professor of physical education at the University of Illinois, who conducted research on training habits of athletic champions. On the basis of literature, internet, and archival research, the study finds that Cureton advised Bannister to train the whole body rather than sport specific areas during their meeting in London, which was the tip leading to Bannister???s record. The author further discusses the careers of these two men, the context of their meeting, and the myth of the impossible.unpublishedU of I OnlyRequested by Student
Productiviteit van overheidsbeleid: Deel 1: Het Nederlandse onderwijs, 1980-2012
No full textValues Technology and InnovationTechnology, Policy and Managemen
Enhancing Performances of Hybrid Perovskite Light Emitting Diodes with Thickness Controlled PMMA Interlayer
No full textsponsorship: We acknowledge SERB, DST for the financial support. The author G.S.K. acknowledges the DST INSPIRE program for the fellowship. The author T.K. acknowledges the UGC for the fellowship. (SERB, DST, DST INSPIRE program, UGC)status: Publishe
Book Review: Otjiherero woordeboek dictionary embo romambo
No full textBook Title: Otjiherero woordeboek dictionary embo romamboBook Author: J.J. Viljoen & T.K. Kamupingene1983, xix + 197 pp. ISBN 0 86848 195 5. Windhoek: Gamsberg Publishers
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