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Machado Neto, Raul. "Internationalization at the University of São Paulo." Revista de Medicina 95, spe3 (August 26, 2016): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.1679-9836.v95ispe3p5-6.

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The University of São Paulo, founded in 1934, started under the influence of important foreigners academicians in our campuses. The beginning of our university was the result of a fusion of the already existing colleges – Law School, School of Engineering, School of Pharmacy and Dentistry, College of Agriculture, Medical School, and School of Veterinary Medicine. In addition, in 1934, the School of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters was created being responsible for human sciences – Philosophy, History, Geography, Sociology – and hard sciences – Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry – that academically amalgamated the professional existing colleges. In the thirties, we benefited from the instabilities in Europe and important professors came to the University of São Paulo contributing remarkably to our successful trajectory.[...]

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Fassakhova, Gusel R., Rosa V. Gataullina, Lilya R. Islamova, Lyubov G. Chumarova, and Rezida I. Mukhametzyanova. "Problems of training qualified personnel for agriculture." BIO Web of Conferences 17 (2020): 00091. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/20201700091.

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The authors of the article researched the problem of training high-qualified experts to agricultural business. It is analyzed the difficulties of training students at agricultural university of Tatarstan Republic. Tatarstan Republic takes the leader position in growing agricultural products in Russian Federation. It is very important to train modern experts for agricultural business who can use up-to-date technics to grow organic corns, who can work with advanced technologies not damaging environment. The authors researched the questionaries’ of the school graduates to find the answer to the question as to why young graduates do not want to work in agriculture; why it is very difficult to attract school graduate to agrarian university; what difficulties agrarian university graduates have in agricultural business. The conclusions of this article are based on some surveys done by the authors of this research. The authors found out that there are many reasons for decreasing the number of students to agricultural business as lack of social infrastructure, low income and hard work in rural areas what reduce the motivation of young people to work in agriculture. Understanding all these disadvantages, the faculty of Kazan State Agrarian University tries to improve the situation by modernizing educational process towards individualization of educational system.

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Aslan, Sevda. "University students’ opinions regarding school vandalism in Turkey." New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences 4, no. 8 (January 10, 2018): 162–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v4i8.3027.

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In this study, the aim is to determine university students’ opinions regarding school vandalism. The study group consisted of 203 first- to fourth-year students studying at Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Yıldırım Beyazıt University; Gazi Faculty of Education, Gazi University; Faculty of Health Science, Kırıkkale University; Faculty of Education; Faculty of Education, Hacettepe University; Faculty of Agriculture, Omer Halis Demir University; Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences; Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Faculty of Education in Spring 2016–2017 academic year[AQ: Please approve edits made to sentence ‘Faculty of Education. . . ’]. In this study, university students’ views regarding school vandalism form were developed by the researcher in order to determine the views of university students. The study is a descriptive type of study. These forms consisting of 20 items were designed as a five-point Likert-type scale. The frequencies and percentages will be calculated later on. It was found that students’ positive perceptions about damage to the property by someone exposed to violence. On the other hand, their most negative perceptions were increase in vandalism as the students’ age increases. Keywords: University students, school vandalism, student views.

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Armoogum, Nigel Yoven, Brinda Ramasawmy, and Brigitte Marie Françoise Driver. "The need to enhance the employability competences (knowledge, skills, autonomy, and attitudes) of undergraduates in Agriculture. Evidence from students’ perceptions and employers’ expectations." Tuning Journal for Higher Education 4, no. 1 (November 30, 2016): 169. http://dx.doi.org/10.18543/tjhe-4(1)-2016pp169-219.

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The Faculty of Agriculture (FoA) (University of Mauritius) is the only tertiary Education Institution in the country providing graduate training in Agriculture with an annual enrolment of about 100-125 students. Although the relative contribution of the Agricultural sector to the economy has declined over the past decade — share to GDP: 3.0% in 2014 as compared to 6.4% in 2004<a title="" href="#_ftn1">[1]</a> the introduction of new schemes in support of Bio- Farming, food processing and value-addition will attract new entrepreneurs to Agriculture. This transformation in the Agriculture sector will create new job opportunities, but has to leverage on skilled human capital. Graduates with good employability skills are of strategic importance to the FoA, in line with the government’s vision to develop a knowledge-based economy. This study aimed at mapping out the set of skills, understandings and personal attributes that will increase the job prospects of the fresh graduate from FoA in Agriculture. The main research question centred on the perceptions of employers, alumni and students of the FoA, concerning the most relevant competences for the Subject Area (key general and key subject specific competences), understandings and personal attributes, which enhance the employability of graduates in Agriculture. Using semi-structured interviews, the study explored and triangulated the perceptions from four key stakeholders’ perspectives, namely: a range of employers, Industry Placement Supervisors, alumni of the FoA and current students. Both quantitative and qualitative insights of the perceptions on the employability skills of FoA undergraduates were obtained from a wide range of employers from the private and public sector. An analysis of data from the interviews and responses was carried out using SPSS. The key attributes that were valued by the key stakeholders have been used to inform the ‘<em>Employability Skills Subject Area Framework</em>’, and the ‘<em>Curriculum Mapping</em>’, proposed for the degree of BSc (Hons) Agriscience and Technology of the FoA.<div><br clear="all" /><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><div><p><a title="" href="#_ftnref1">[1]</a> “Digest of Agricultural Statistics Mauritius,” Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, <a href="http://statsmauritius.govmu.org/English/StatsbySubj/Documents/Digest/Digest%20of%20Agricultural%20Statistics%202014.pdf" target="_blank">http://statsmauritius.govmu.org/English/StatsbySubj/Documents/Digest/Digest%20of%20Agricultural%20Statistics%202014.pdf</a>.</p></div></div>

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Smith, Wendy. "Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Journal of Statistics and Probability, Vol. 8, No. 5." International Journal of Statistics and Probability 8, no. 5 (August 30, 2019): 103. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijsp.v8n5p103.

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International Journal of Statistics and Probability wishes to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Their help and contributions in maintaining the quality of the journal is greatly appreciated. Many authors, regardless of whether International Journal of Statistics and Probability publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Reviewers for Volume 8, Number 5 Abdullah A. Smadi, Yarmouk University, Jordan Carla J. Thompson, University of West Florida, USA Chin-Shang Li, School of Nursing, USA Encarnación Alvarez-Verdejo, University of Granada, Spain Felix Almendra-Arao, UPIITA del Instituto Politécnico Nacional , México Gabriel A. Okyere, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Gane Samb Lo, University Gaston Berger, SENEGAL Gennaro Punzo, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy Gerardo Febres, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela Ivair R. Silva, Federal University of Ouro Preto – UFOP, Brazil Mingao Yuan, North Dakota State University, USA Philip Westgate, University of Kentucky, USA Qingyang Zhang, University of Arkansas, USA Sajid Ali, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan Sohair F. Higazi, University of Tanta, Egypt Subhradev Sen, Alliance University, India Vyacheslav Abramov, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Wei Zhang, The George Washington University, USA Yuvraj Sunecher, University of Technology Mauritius, Mauritius Zaixing Li, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), China   Wendy Smith On behalf of, The Editorial Board of International Journal of Statistics and Probability Canadian Center of Science and Education

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Smith, Wendy. "Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Journal of Statistics and Probability, Vol. 8, No. 5." International Journal of Statistics and Probability 8, no. 5 (August 30, 2019): 83. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijsp.v8n5p83.

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International Journal of Statistics and Probability wishes to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Their help and contributions in maintaining the quality of the journal is greatly appreciated. Many authors, regardless of whether International Journal of Statistics and Probability publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Reviewers for Volume 8, Number 5 Abdullah A. Smadi, Yarmouk University, Jordan Carla J. Thompson, University of West Florida, USA Chin-Shang Li, School of Nursing, USA Encarnación Alvarez-Verdejo, University of Granada, Spain Felix Almendra-Arao, UPIITA del Instituto Politécnico Nacional , México Gabriel A. Okyere, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Gane Samb Lo, University Gaston Berger, SENEGAL Gennaro Punzo, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy Gerardo Febres, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela Ivair R. Silva, Federal University of Ouro Preto – UFOP, Brazil Mingao Yuan, North Dakota State University, USA Philip Westgate, University of Kentucky, USA Qingyang Zhang, University of Arkansas, USA Sajid Ali, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan Sohair F. Higazi, University of Tanta, Egypt Subhradev Sen, Alliance University, India Vyacheslav Abramov, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Wei Zhang, The George Washington University, USA Yuvraj Sunecher, University of Technology Mauritius, Mauritius Zaixing Li, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), China   Wendy Smith On behalf of, The Editorial Board of International Journal of Statistics and Probability Canadian Center of Science and Education

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Aizsila, Anita. "Co-operation of the Latvia University of Agriculture with Schools." SOCIETY, INTEGRATION, EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 1 (May 30, 2015): 24. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/sie2013vol1.149.

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The article summarises experience of co-operation within three years (2010-2012) of the Institute of Education and Home Economics (IEHE) of Latvia University of Agriculture (LLU), Zemgale Region Competence Center and schools of Zemgale in consulting of research work of pupils. A topical problem – research work of pupils in the process of studies – has been investigated. The lecturers of the LLU support the teachers of schools in advising the learners’ research work. The aim of the article is conscious and substantiated necessity for co-operation of the university and schools in development of research papers of pupils. In the article 439 research papers of learners are theoretically and empirically analysed, summarized and evaluated. The influence of society on the development of the learners’ research skills has been clarified. The research work competition winners get LLU certificates that allow for entering the faculties of the university without competition after finishing school. Receiving of the certificate is a stimulus for further research.

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Obayelu, Oluwakemi Adeola, and Ifeoluwa Olawale Fadele. "Choosing a career path in agriculture: A tough calling for youths in Ibadan metropolis, Nigeria." Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica 52, no. 1 (March 1, 2019): 27–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ats-2019-0004.

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Abstract The decline in youth population and the upsurge in ageing farmer population have resulted in low agricultural output and per capital productivity in rural Nigeria, which is a threat to the national food security. High school students’ perception of agriculture and factors influencing their willingness to study agriculture in tertiary institutions were therefore investigated in this study. Information from 285 science students in high schools was analysed using descriptive statistics, Likert scale and logistic regression. Age of the students was 15.30 ± 1.17 years with almost equal distribution of both sexes. About half (50.5 %) of them wanted to study medicine where as only 4.6 % of the respondents were willing to study agriculture in the university. A higher percentage of female students (57.6 %) were willing to study agriculture in tertiary institution than their male counterparts (42.4 %). A higher percentage of students from public schools (51.4 %) were willing to study agriculture whereas 48.6 % of those from private schools were willing to do so. The students were undecided about the contribution of agriculture to national development but strongly disagreed that agriculture gives less income than other professions. Major motivating factors that can stimulate the respondents’ willingness to study agriculture were career awareness program in agriculture, practical knowledge of agriculture and agricultural excursion. The likelihood of a high school student’s willingness to study agriculture increased significantly with having a father who primarily practised agriculture and supports agricultural education, attending a school where crude implements are not used, visit to a mechanized farm and the youth’s willingness to own a farm in the future irrespective of the course of study, while attending a private school will decrease it. In conclusion, high school students had average perception of agriculture and were not willing to study agriculture in tertiary institutions. Suggestions are presented on how to change this negative attitude towards this vital branch of science.

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Jean-Philippe, Sharon, Jennifer Richards, Kimberly Gwinn, and Caula Beyl. "Urban Youth Perceptions of Agriculture." Journal of Youth Development 12, no. 3 (September 25, 2017): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2017.497.

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To change public perceptions, particularly from urban populations, of agriculture and natural resources (ANR) fields, the University of Tennessee developed a model of strategic educational recruitment to extend beyond traditional college fair experiences to educate underrepresented candidates. The High School Agricultural Education Initiative (HSAI) provided 10th-grade students with opportunities to: (a) gain knowledge of and appreciation for disciplines in agriculture and natural resources, (b) learn about college admissions standards, (c) network with college students and staff to learn about campus resources, and (d) understand how a college education improves professional opportunities. The HSAI (n = 122) was effective at increasing urban high school student knowledge of postsecondary opportunities in agriculture and natural resources, particularly with regards to ANR career paths. Additionally, students placed high value on the importance of scholarships and they believed that their parents would be supportive of majoring in an ANR discipline. The HSAI program targeted 10th-grade students for a one-time intervention, however, in further reflection and based on the results of this study, establishing long-term partnerships with Title I urban high schools may be more effective at increasing the number of youth who actually apply and enroll in ANR programs in college.

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Hdii, Saida, and Mustapha Fagroud. "The effect of gender on university students’ school performance: the case of the National School of Agriculture in Meknes, Morocco." Culture & Society 9, no. 1 (2018): 67–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.7220/2335-8777.9.1.4.

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Washburn, Shannon G. "Factors influencing college choice for matriculants and non-matriculants into a College of Agriculture /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3052228.

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Stair, Kristin Shawn. "Identifying Confidence Levels and Instructional Strategies of High School Agriculture Education Teachers When Working with Students with Special Needs." NCSU, 2009. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-03122009-164619/.

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In Agricultural Education, teachers are experiencing increased student diversity within their classrooms. The purpose of this study was to identify the confidence levels of high school agriculture teachers and to determine what strategies they are using when working with students with special needs. The population of this study consisted of secondary agriculture teachers in the United States. One state was randomly selected from each region of National Association of Agriculture Educator (NAAE) regions and a stratified random sampling method was used to ensure representation from all states. A random sample size of 333 was selected with a total response rate of 62%. Participants completed a survey instrument that measured teacher confidence, identified which strategies they used most often, how effective they felt those strategies were and collected demographic information. Analysis of the collected data showed that teachers are using recognized practices in their classes though they are more likely to use techniques associated with good teaching practices rather than strategies that are specifically designed to benefit students with special needs. This research also showed that teachers are confident in their abilities, however they generally disagreed that their teacher training program prepared them to work with students with disabilities. Multiple regression was used to identify predictors of teacher confidence. The best fitting prediction model consisted of three variables: participating in in-service opportunities related to special education, age, and having a friend or family member with a disability. This model had a total R2 of .118 accounting for almost 12% of the total variance in predictors of total confidence Teacher training programs should focus on providing opportunities for teachers to gain experience by working with students with special needs and to learn specific strategies for teaching students within this population.

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Voldemaras, Georgette. "A study of soil survey report use by Indiana secondary school vocational agriculture/agribusiness and social science educators." Virtual Press, 1986. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/483130.

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Awareness, use and attitude by Indiana secondary school vocational agriculture/agribusiness and social science educators toward soil survey reports were determined using a mailed questionnaire. Results were analyzed based on teaching discipline and geographic location (urban and rural). In general, social science respondents were not aware of and did not use soil survey reports as a teaching aid whereas vocational agriculture/ agribusiness respondents did. The majority of educators responded positively to statements regarding usefulness of soil surveys. No significant differences were found between urban and rural areas. Results indicated that teaching discipline was the critical factor in educator use of soil surveys.Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN 47306

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Mitchell, Gwendolyn Denise. "Factors related to minority student enrollment and retention in the College of Agriculture and School of Natural Resources at The Ohio State University." Connect to resource, 1993. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1195677036.

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Books on the topic "University of Mauritius. School of Agriculture"

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Manrakhan, Jagadish. The Mauritian School for Scientific Agriculture, 1914-89. [Réduit, Mauritius]: University of Mauritius, 1991.

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National Potato Advisory Course (2nd 1988 Loughborough). National Potato Advisory Course: [proceedings] held at School of Agriculture, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, Leics, 19-20 July 1988. [Alnwick]: ADAS, 1988.

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Blair, Fry Mary Anne, and Temple University (Ambler Campus), eds. A century of cultivation 1911-2011: 100 years from the Pennsylvnia School of Horticulture for Women to Temple University Ambler. Langhorne, PA: Temple University, 2011.

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Guest, Bill. A fine band of farmers are we!: A history of agricultural studies in Pietermaritzburg 1934-2009. Pietermaritzburg: Natal Society Foundation, 2010.

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D, Fielding, Pearson R. A, University of Edinburgh. Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine., and Edinburgh School of Agriculture, eds. Donkeys mules and horses in tropical agricultural development: Proceedings of a Colloquium organised by the Edinburgh School of Agriculture and the Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine of the University of Edinburgh and heldin Edinburgh, Scotland, 3rd - 6th September, 1990. Edinburgh: Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, 1991.

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International Conference on Pig Reproduction (3rd 1989 Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire). Control of pig reproduction III: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Pig Reproduction, held at University of Nottingham School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, U.K., April 1989. Cambridge, U.K: Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, 1990.

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International Symposium (1985 School of Agriculuture). Chemistry and physics of baking: Materials, processes, and products : the proceedings of an international symposium organised by the Food Chemistry Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the School of Agriculture of the University of Nottingham, the School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, 10th-12th April 1985. London: Royal Society of Chemistry, 1986.

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Aylmore, M. G. Mineralogy of Darling Range bauxites in relation to chemical reactivity, new ore types: Results of research carried out as MERIWA Project No. 90 in the Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Department of the School of Agriculture, the University of Western Australia. East Perth, WA: Minerals and Energy Research Institute of Western Australia, 1991.

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O, Agele S., Federal University of Technology, Akure (Nigeria). School of Agriculture & Agricultural Technology, and Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, eds. Proceedings of the 5th SAAT Annual Conference (Akure-Humboldt Kellog 2009): Theme, formulation of medicinal plants in plant and animal production in Nigeria : 20th-23rd April, 2009 : the Federal University of Technology, Akure, School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology in collaboration with Alexander von Humbolt Foundation, Germany. Akure, Nigeria: School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology, 2009.

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Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Sustainable landscape design in arid climates: Proceedings of a symposium jointly organized by the Aga Khan Trust for Agriculture, the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts/National Gallery of art, Studies in Landscape Architecture, Dumbarton Oaks, the Lemelson Center for Innovation at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum for American History, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, and the National Building Museum. Geneva: The Aga Khan Trust for Culture, 1996.

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"A functional approach to bunch formation in banana D. W. Turner, School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western." In Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas, 113–36. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781351114622-11.

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"Shannon Hayes." In Writing Appalachia, edited by Katherine Ledford and Theresa Lloyd, 686–94. University Press of Kentucky, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813178790.003.0099.

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Writer and farmer Shannon Hayes lives with three generations of her family on Sap Bush Hollow Farm in West Fulton, New York, a rural community at the northernmost tip of Appalachia. Like many of her peers, Hayes left the region after high school. However, after receiving a BA in creative writing from Binghamton University and an MA and PhD in sustainable agriculture and community development from Cornell, she returned to the farm where she was reared and became what she calls a radical homemaker: a woman or man who focuses on a sustainable domestic life without rejecting feminist ideals. In making this choice, Hayes is part of a larger group of people who are rejuvenating communities while growing and consuming more local food....

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Wurster, Charles F. "Time to Go After the Feds." In DDT Wars. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190219413.003.0012.

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By the fall of 1969 we knew we had to challenge pesticide regulation by the federal government if we were to ultimately prevail against DDT, but we did not know how to do it. We had the science well in hand and knew how to present it, with literally hundreds of scientists prepared to testify within their areas of expertise. We did not have the organizational structure to launch such an effort at the federal level, however, and we were certainly short of money. At about that time Joseph L. Sax, then the leading proponent of the development of environmental law at the University of Michigan Law School, suggested that we contact the newly founded Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), a public-interest law firm in Washington, DC. Joe was a member of the CLASP board. He insisted that DDT was in violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) was not enforcing FIFRA. I therefore called and talked at length with James W. Moorman (Fig. 7.1), attorney for CLASP, describing the DDT problem and proposed action against USDA. “If we are going to do this, then you are going to come down here and help me put the case together,” said Jim firmly. That was not music to my ears: I had other things I needed to do, but shortly I was on my way to Washington. CLASP was in a rundown part of Washington, and my “housing” consisted of sleeping on an old mattress in their dusty attic. But we got to work and wrote a petition to USDA in about a week. The petition was a formal legal request that the FIFRA registrations for DDT be canceled. The petition also requested that USDA suspend the registrations while it was considering their cancellation. We had no illusions that USDA would grant our request, but it was Jim’s advice that we go to USDA for administrative relief before seeking cancellation and suspension from the courts.

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Winter, Jerrold. "Pharmacology: The Science of Drugs." In Our Love Affair with Drugs. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190051464.003.0005.

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Aldous Huxley once said that man was a pharmacologist before he was a farmer. Although written records rarely go back more than 5,000 or 6,000 years, there is reason to believe that humans did indeed experience the effects of a variety of drugs much earlier, perhaps even before the rise of agriculture some 12,000 years ago in the Nile Valley. Likely drugs available to the ancients include opiates, cocaine, tetrahydrocannabinol, cathinone, and numerous hallucinogens. But these were drugs in their crude natural forms: the opium poppy, coca leaves, hemp, khat, and a variety of other plant sources. Identification of pure chemicals and a science of drugs was much slower in coming. Pharmacology had to wait for the rise early in the 19th century of organic chemistry, largely in Germany, and physiology, chiefly in France and England. Pharmacology was born of the marriage of these two disciplines. Signifying its maturation in this country, the first department of pharmacology was established at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1893. Today, pharmacology is taught as a basic medical science, along with anatomy, pathology, physiology, biochemistry, and microbiology, to every medical student. Each of the drugs I mentioned earlier will be discussed in detail in the chapters that follow, but before we do this we need a basic pharmacological vocabulary and a little knowledge of how drugs act. Pharmacology deals with the interaction of chemicals with a living system: the human body. Although drugs act on every element of the body, we will be most interested in that most complex of organs, the brain. We are aware that a drug has acted upon our brains by the effects that it produces. These effects may be as direct and unequivocal as vomiting after apomorphine or convulsing after strychnine. These effects may be of such subtlety as to inspire poetry or to stimulate thoughts of God. Diffuse, relaxed pleasure or orgasmic high; tranquility or terror: Drugs can produce any of these reactions and more. Some drugs may even inspire us to love our fellow man.

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Sendra, Esther, Casilda Navarro, Rosa Martínez, Miguel Angel Mas, Maria Del Carmen Perea, and Estrella Sayas-Barberá. "A STEM EXPERIENCE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS JOINING THE UNIVERSITY THROUGH A PROJECT ON AGRICULTURE." In International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies. IATED, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2017.1078.

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Cardazzo, Barbara, Giuseppe Radaelli, Angela Trocino, Lucia Bailoni, Edward Taylor, and Monica Fedeli. "Teaching4Learning@UNIPD to promote faculty development at the University of Padua, Italy: the experience of the Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine School." In Fifth International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head19.2019.9363.

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Teaching4Learning@UNIPD started in 2016, and it representes the first step for the University of Padua to foster innovative teaching in response to European recommendations. It encourages faculty to experiment with new teaching strategies; involves students and promotes their active participation in educational activities; de-privatizes teaching; and has progressively increased the number of faculty learning communities. It was initiated by faculty who self-selected to participate and who had a significant inclination to enhance their approach to teaching and learning. The School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine joined the T4L@UNIPD programme organizing a first level course and is currently participating in a second level course. The study of several differents strategies, tools and actions were included in the course and their application in teaching are now in progress.

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Широкорад, Ирина Ивановна, Олеся Михайловна Фадеева, and Елена Геннадьевна Пафнутова. "HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS SUBORDINATE TO THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE-A FORGE OF PERSONNEL FOR THE AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX." In Проблемы управления качеством образования: сборник избранных статей Международной научно-методической конференции (Санкт-Петербург, Ноябрь 2020). Crossref, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.37539/ko188.2020.60.22.009.

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Система высшего образования развивается не в изоляции. Она находится в непосредственной зависимости от школьной системы и от рынка труда. С одной стороны, образовательные результаты, полученные в университете, зависят от уровня знаний и навыков, которые получили студенты на предыдущем этапе образования, с другой стороны, ожидаемое высокое качество жизни, которое является ключевой мотивацией для поступления в вуз для большинства населения, определяется состоянием и структурой рынка труда. Именно наличие спроса на продуктивную рабочую силу определяет результативность системы высшего образования. The higher education system does not develop in isolation. It is directly dependent on the school system and the labor market. On the one hand, the educational results obtained at the University depend on the level of knowledge and skills that students received at the previous stage of education, on the other hand, the expected high quality of life, which is a key motivation for entering the University for the majority of the population, is determined by the state and structure of the labor market. It is the demand for productive labor that determines the effectiveness of the higher education system.

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Cernaveja, Sarmite, and Inta Volodko. "Participation of the students of Riga Technical University in the Olympiad in mathematics." In Fourth International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head18.2018.7868.

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There is much discussion recent years about teaching mathematics at school and universities. It is talked about how to interest pupils and students to turn to studying mathematics more. One of the ways to attract the best students to additional studies of mathematics is to invite them to participate in the Olympiads in mathematics. Student Parliament of Riga Technical University in cooperation with the Department of Engineering Mathematics organized the university Olympiad in mathematics for 6 years. There is an international Olympiad of mathematics in Latvia already for 6 years, which is organized by the Department of Mathematics of Latvia University of Agriculture. Students from Baltic universities participate in these Olympiads, and within their scope, students not only compete individually, but also discuss among themselves the content of mathematics and teaching methodology in their universities, evaluate it and express their suggestions for the improvements. Since 2012, students from Riga Technical University also participate in these Olympiads and get award-winning places. Such Olympiads promote interest about mathematics among young people, develops cooperation skills between like-minded people, as well as, give an opportunity for pedagogues to listen to the opinion of the best students about teaching methodology of mathematics and to improve it.

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Sudirman, Muhamad Seto. "Effectiveness of Ficus Elastica Roxb. Ex Hornem Leaf Extract in Reducing Total Cholesterol Level in High Fat Induced Diet Wistar Male Rats." In The 7th International Conference on Public Health 2020. Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.05.10.

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ABSTRACT Background: Kebo rubber leaves (ficus elastica roxb) contain flavonoids, polyphenols, and tannins. Flavonoids in the leaves of ficus elastica roxb such as catechins, isoflavones are polyphenolic antioxidants from plant metabolites. The leaves of ficus elastica roxb are trusted and proven empirically in the community to reduce cholesterol levels in the blood. Mice choose animals because they are considered to have physiological similarities with humans. This study aimed to determine the effect of ethanol extract of ficus elastica roxb leaves on reducing total cholesterol level in male Swiss Webster mice. Subjects and Method: This was a quasi-experimental study conducted at Biology Laboratory of the Faculty of Agriculture, Fisheries and Biology, University of Bangka Belitung from April to June, 2017. A sample of 25 male Swiss Webster mice was selected at random and allocated into groups. The dependent variable was total cholesterol. The independent variable was the extract of ficus elastica rox. The data were tested by One-Way ANOVA. Result: There were statistically significant mean differences among the study groups (p= 0.002), indicating the effect of ethanol extract of Ficus Elastica Roxb leaves on reducing total cholesterol level in male Swiss Webster mice at various doses. Conclusion: There are statistically significant mean differences among the study groups, indicating the effect of ethanol extract of Ficus Elastica Roxb leaves on reducing total cholesterol level in male Swiss Webster mice at various doses. Keyword: Ethanol extract of Ficus Elastica Roxb leaves, total cholesterol, mice Correspondence: Muhamad Seto Sudirman. School of Health Polytechnic, Pangkalpinang. Email: MuhamadSeto@gmail.com DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.05.10

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URBONIENĖ, Jūratė, and Indrė KOVERIENĖ. "A COMPARATIVE INVESTIGATION OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFI-CIENCY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF CURRENT UNDERGRAD-UATE STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO GENERATION Z: RURAL VERSUS URBAN STUDENTS." In RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2017.159.

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Understanding the audience is the key to successful communication. Therefore, an effective teacher has to consider manifold differences among the students in any given classroom: the characteristics of the students, the mindset of the generation, the variety of learning styles, the students’ needs and goals, and their educational background. Since Aleksandras Stulginskis University (ASU) awards the degrees in food sciences and agriculture, a sizeable part of the students come to study from rural areas. Recent educational research in the USA, UK and Lithuania have revealed a significant difference in the academic performance of the students from rural and urban areas, however, it is still an unresolved problem for the educational institutions in Lithuania. This area has an insubstantial amount of research documented. Thus, the current research aims at investigating the relationship between the location of the school, a student graduated from, and the results of the English Language Diagnostic Test as well as analysing the academic performance of the Agronomy Faculty students through the 2nd, 3rd and 4th semesters. The study focuses on our current undergraduate students - the always-connected, app-happy, smartphone-dependent, born with the Internet, technology, and social media Generation Z. The research methods involve the statistical and comparative analyses of the urban and rural student academic performance (diagnostic test results, examination grades of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th semesters) in the English language; the theoretical assumptions based on the related scientific literature and documents on educational statistics, and the investigation of motivational factors influencing the academic performance of the Generation Z students in line with the processed survey results. The research was initiated in 2015, student academic performance was monitored through the period from 2015 to 2017, and the survey was administered in 2017. The research findings indicate that students from rural schools have an inferior level of the English language compared to the students that finished schools in urban areas, whereas the examination results through the second, third and fourth semesters unveiled an unexpected tendency. Figures show that students from rural schools not only managed to catch up with their colleagues from urban schools, but also outperformed their urban-school peers by roughly increasing rates of their performance. The research evidence could aid teachers and education policy makers, providing a better understanding of Generation Z students from rural and urban areas and factors influencing students' performance.

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