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Residents’ support in major local events: Leeds Pride
No full textThis article examines the extent to which community participation and perceived impacts have an influence on residents’ support of major events, more specifically, the Leeds Pride celebration. The research examines the perspectives of 400 Leeds permanent residents. The study tests a structural equation model, which has its theoretical basis in Social Exchange Theory. It examines the constructs of community participation, perceived positive and negative impacts, and community support, including the actual participation of locals in the event. The findings reveal that the actual participation of locals to decision-making influences their perspectives on community participation. The support is influenced by views of the perceived impacts, whilst community participation has no direct influence. Conversely, the community involvement in decision-making considerably influences the perceived benefits and costs of the event, acting as a moderator, while the willingness of support is connected with the community’s participation. Finally, the article discusses theoretical and managerial aspects for major event planning and development
Mega-environment identification for soybean [glycline maxl. merrill] in Zambia
No full textMaster of Science in Plant Breeding and Seed SystemsSoybean is one of the most important cultivated crops in the world with about 6% of the
world’s arable land dedicated to its production. Compared to other major food crops, soybean
experienced the highest percentage of yearly increases in production area over the period
1968 to 2013 from 29 million ha in 1968 to 102 million ha in 2008. Despite these high
increases in the global perspective, Zambia is currently producing less than 0.01% of the
global production, producing 261,063 metric tonnes in 2013. This is despite the fact that
Zambia has vast arable land ideal for crop cultivation including soybean. Efforts are being
made to improve the production trends in the country through many avenues among which is
the introduction of new varieties. This effort has been concentrated in agro ecological region
II of Zambia. There are no region specific adapted soybean varieties in Zambia. The current
study was carried out in the 2013/2014 agricultural season to define soybean mega
environments in two (2) agro ecological regions of Zambia. The study had 15 soybean
varieties grown at four (4) locations in the two agro ecological regions of Zambia under
rainfed conditions. The sites included GART, Kabwe, Msekera and Masumba. The trials
were laid out in a Randomised Complete Block Design with four replications. The parameters
which were collected were days to 50% flowering, plant height at harvest, pods per plant,
seed size and computation of yield. Data analysis was done using Genstat version 16 and
GGE biplot. The results showed the existence of three mega environments namely
Kabwe/Msekera, GART and Masumba. Kabwe was found to be the most ideal environment
for soybean production with Masumba being the worst. Kabwe was also the most
descriminating location for testing of genotypes. Masumba was descriminating but not ideal.
The genotypes yield mean score was 1239 Kg/ha and TGX 1988-22F was the highest
yielding genotype with mean of 1517 kg/ha and the lowest was TGX 1835-10E with 418
kg/ha. In terms of variability in accordance to GGE biplot, Safari was the most variable and
the most stable was TGX 1988-22F. Therefore, the study concluded that the best genotype for
general adaptability was the variety TGX 1988-22F which was ideal across all the locations
as it was high yielding and stable. Six genotypes had yield which was below the mean
performance of the genotypes across all the locations; these were Lukanga, TGX 1835-10E,
TGX 1830-20E, TGX 1988-18F, TGX 1987-23F and TGX 1987-11F. The mega environment
Kabwe/Msekera had TGX 1988-22F as the winning genotype, GART had safari and
Masumba had Magoye
Nemata Amelia Ibitayo Blyden, Africa and African Americans: A New History
No full textNemata Amelia Ibitayo Blyden, Africa and African Americans: A New History. Yale University Press, 2019. Pp. 280. ISBN: 9780300258523 Author: Aaron Pride, Lafayette College Among a plethora of new texts exploring the relationship between various communities of people of African descent and their conception and understanding of Africana identity, Nemata Blyden’s Africa and African Americans: A New History, stands out as a seminal interpretation of the historical conceptions of African American..
The Social, Economic and Health Impacts of Urban Agriculture in Zambia
No full textUrban agriculture practices are on the rise among the Southern Africa populations bringing with it positive and negative impacts. Nevertheless, the impacts of urban agriculture over Southern Africa cannot be equated to an individual country due to varying characteristics of each nation such as: national policies, geographic location, context of urban agriculture and the socio-economic and political conditions of the area. As a result, this paper, focusses on one nation only, in particular, Zambia. Agriculture in Zambia is vital for economic growth and poverty reduction, mostly focusing on rural areas rather than urban locations. Therefore, there is not sufficient knowledge on the impacts that urban agriculture brings to its urban populations. In this regard, this paper investigates the benefits of urban agriculture in Zambia, with a specific focus on the social, health and economic impacts on the Zambian urban population
Read with Pride
No full textIt\u27s Pride Week! Read a book by a LGBTQ+ author and attend UD Spectrum events
‘Normalized’ Pride? : Pride parade participants in six European countries
No full textBased on quantitative survey data collected during Pride parades in six European countries – the Czech Republic, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland – we analyse who participates in Pride parades. Engaging with the so-called protest normalization thesis we ask: are Pride parade participants, aside from sexual orientation, representative of the wider populace? In none of the countries could we find indications that Pride participants mirror the general populations. The parades remain dominated by well-educated, middle strata youth, rich in political resources. However, we find variation between countries, which we link to differences in elite and public support for LGBT rights. © 2017, The Author(s) 2017
Pride, My Dear
No full textThe author illustrates how Lady Catherine, a character in Pride and Prejudice, exhibits pride the publication Polite Lady; Or a Course of Female Education in a Series of Letters, from a Mother to her Daughter which contained details on proper behavior for the time period
Venus Expess radio occultation observed by PRIDE
No full textThe Planetary Radio Interferometry and Doppler Experiment (PRIDE) is a technique that can enhance the sciencereturn of planetary missions. By shadow tracking the spacecraft signal using radio telescopes from VLBI networks,the PRIDE technique provides precise open-loop Doppler and near-field VLBI observables (Duev et al. 2012,Bocanegra-Bahamon et al. 2018a) to find the radial velocity of the spacecraft and its position in the plane of thesky. This information is not only important for navigation, but it can also be used for many science applications.One such case is the study of planetary atmospheres by means of radio occultation experiments.Astrodynamics & Space Mission
PRIDE: Ground-based VLBI observations for Spaceborne Probes
No full textPlanetary Radio Interferometry and Doppler Experiment (PRIDE) will exploit the signal recording and processing technology developed originally for Very Lonag Baseline interferometric (VLBI). The essence of PRIDE is in observing the spacecraft radio signal with a network of Earth-based radio telescopes. The PRIDE technique developed at the Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE) together with its partners was used for several experiments with several ESA planetary science missions. It has been chosen by ESA as one of the eleven experiments of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), the first Large-class mission in the ESA’s Cosmic Vision 2015–2025 program. The mission is scheduled for launch in 2022.EPSC Abstracts Vol., EPSC2020-647, 2020Astrodynamics & Space MissionsPhysical and Space Geodes
On Professional Pride of Engineers
No full textEngineers must have professional pride and confidence.For that,they must possess great engineering skills and trust in their
ethical capabilities to restrain themselves. And their self-recognition and Einstellungswerte,or attitudinal values,as experts with such traits constitute their pride and confidence.However,there needs to be one more component to consider.In this paper the author will argue for the
necessity of well-being values
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