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Dr. Monika Siebert – Faculty Author Interview
No full textDr. Monika Siebert, Professor of English, discusses her new book, Indians Playing Indian: Multiculturalism and Contemporary Indigenous Art in North America, published recently by the University of Alabama Press. Indians Playing Indian explores the phenomenon of multicultural misrecognition of American Indians, explaining its sources in North American colonial history and in the political mandates of multiculturalism, and describes its consequences for contemporary indigenous cultural production
Religionslehrerausbildung an der Universität Göttingen – aufs Neue betrachtet
No full textThe authors describe recent changes within syllabuses for the formation of RE teachers at Göttingen University. Comparing the data given here with those given by a former report from 2007, readers will be able to reconstruct major changes in the course of study due to the so-called Bologna reform. Like seven years before, the article additionally offers some deepening insights into an opinion poll amongst students regarding their own academic years. Finally, some critical remarks regarding the impact of “Bologna” can be found
Monika White interview, 2000
No full textWhite, Monika - Audio Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by Hannah Hamovitch on January 23, 2000. An interview with Monika White as she discusses her entrance into social work; YWCA; various positions held; work with Regional Research Institute in Social Welfare; doctoral program; Multi-Purpose Senior Services Program; case management; and preparing for old age. ❧ Dr. Monika White earned both her Masters and a Doctorate of Social Work at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She has extensive experience as an educator, researcher, consultant and administrator. Since the mid-1970's, Dr. White concentrated her work on coordinating health and community-based service delivery systems for older adults and their families. A nationally-recognized author and lecturer in the aging field, Dr. White is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Healthy Aging in Santa Monica, California, and an adjunct professor at the USC Davis School of Gerontology in Los Angeles. In addition, Dr. White is the President of the California Social Welfare Archives. ❧ Monika White. Interviewed by Hannah Hamovitch Date of interview: 1-23-00. Length of interview: 1 hour and 8 minutes. Transcript of interview: 23 pp. CD containing interview and transcript
Awareness of families regarding the methods of speech therapy prevention
No full textTITLE: Awareness of families regarding the methods of speech therapy prevention AUTHOR: Monika Hroudová DEPARTMENT: Department of Special pedagogy SUPERVISOR: Mgr. Lucie Durdilová ANNOTATION: The aim of the theoretical part of this bachelor's thesis is to describe basic concepts related to the prevention of speech impediments, by using current literature, existing knowledge and research, characterize the most common forms of comminication disorder that usually occur in preschool children and inform about ways of how to prevent speech disorders, mainly primary ones (How can parents prevent the occurrence of speech defects among their children from an earliest possible age). Awareness of parents of the possibilities to prevent speech defects, of child's speech development and of thequality of related literature, will be determinated by a questionnare, this means a quantitative research method. Questionnare will be focused on parents with children between 3-4 years old
Erratum to ‘Primate-like amyloid-β sequence but no cerebral amyloidosis in aged tree shrews’ [Neurobiology of Aging 20 (1999) 47–51]
No full textBelow- and aboveground production in cocoa monocultures and agroforestry systems
No full textFarmers expect yield reduction of cash crops like cocoa when growing in agroforestry systems compared to monocultures, due to competition for resources, e.g. nutrients and water. However, complementarities between species in the use of resources may improve resource use efficiency and result in higher system performance.
Cocoa trees have a shallow rooting system while the rooting characteristics of the associated trees are mainly unknown. This work investigates fine root distribution and production in five cocoa production systems: two monocultures and two agroforestry systems under conventional and organic farming, and a successional agroforestry system. In the organic systems a perennial leguminous cover crop was planted and compost was added, while herbicides and chemical fertilizers were applied in the conventional ones. We measured cocoa fine root parameters in the top 10 cm of soil and annual total fine root production at 0–25 and 25–50 cm depth. We related the root data with both the aboveground performance (tree and herbaceous biomass), and the cocoa and system yields.
Cocoa fine roots were homogenously distributed over the plot area. Around 80% of the total fine roots were located in the upper 25 cm of soil. The total fine root production was 4-times higher in the agroforestry systems and the organic monoculture than in the conventional monoculture.
The roots of the associated tree species were located in the same soil space as the cocoa roots and, in principle, competed for the same soil resources. The cocoa yield was lower in the agroforestry systems, but the additional crops generated a higher system yield and aboveground biomass than the conventional cocoa monocultures, implying effective resource exploitation. The leguminous cover crop in the organic monoculture competed with the cocoa trees for nutrients, which may explain the lower cocoa yield in this system in contrast with the conventional monoculture
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