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A "law of nature": The command-and-control approach
(Madison, WI: SANREM CRSP SEA, 2002)This paper gives perspectives on the command-and-control approach to environmental management drawing heavily from the book of Field (1994). It points to a number of factors that contribute to the success or failure of ... -
A 4-H clothing leader's guide
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Extension Division, 1968-05)Guide for 4-H clothing construction leaders -
A behavioral perspective on the biophysics of the light-dependent magnetic compass: a link between directional and spatial perception?
(Company of Biologists Ltd., 2010-10)In terrestrial organisms, sensitivity to the Earth's magnetic field is mediated by at least two different magnetoreception mechanisms, one involving biogenic ferromagnetic crystals (magnetite/maghemite) and the second ... -
A Benchmark for Making College Affordable
(Lumina Foundation, 2017-10-31)College affordability. Two simple words; two critically important, yet distressingly hollow words. Policymakers, college administrators, and student advocates all use this term, but no one seems to precisely define what ... -
A bioeconomic rationale for the expansion of tree planting by upland Philippine farmers
(Makati City, Philippines: Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2002)The timber scarcity in the Philippines has created a market demand that is providing incentive for upland farmers to plant timber species either in all-tree stands or intercropped with annual vegetables. This paper assesses ... -
A biologists' perspective on amalgamating traditional environmental knowledge and resource management
(Kamloops, BC: FORREX-Forest Research Extension Partnership, 2004)Recent transitions in resource management and recognition of the role of First Nations in resource management have heightened the need for conciliation of these two different views of the world and the place of people in ... -
A biosystematic revision of the Nearctic species of the mayfly genus Isonychia (Ephemeroptera: oligoneuriidae)
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1982)The Nearctic species of the genus Isonychia Eaton are revised. Eighteen species are recognized, of which three are described as new; eleven species names are placed in synonymy. Isonychia campestris McDunough is recognized ... -
A Brief Survey of the Development of Dramatic Literature for Children
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A Brighter Idea: Eggs
(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2019-04-15)Provides information to help with a better understanding of eggs and their uses. -
A Buffett turns to farming in Africa: Warren's son Howard has quietly become a player in the fight against global hunger
(New York, NY: The Wall Street Journal, 2009)Warren Buffet's fourth son, Howard Buffet is an unassuming Illinois soybean and corn farmer. However, he plays a behind the scenes role in the global war against hunger. With a small portion of his father's fortune he ... -
A Case Study of an Interdisciplinary Design Course for Pervasive Computing
(IEEE, 2010)This paper provides a case study of an interdisciplinary design project course for pervasive computing products. As a team of faculty from computer engineering, industrial design, and marketing, we have run several ... -
A case study of conflict resolution, the example of the Baban Raffi Project, South-Central Niger
(2007-01-04)The forest, which lies along the frontier with Nigeria, represents one of the few remaining wooded areas in the country but is experiencing increasing degradation due to a strong population pressure. The aim of the Baban ... -
A case study of North Carolina desegregation issues: influence patterns of federal and state courts and state statutes
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1976)Problem: This study sought to analyze the influence patterns among federal court decisions, state appellate court decisions, and state statutes pertaining to the desegregation of public schools in North Carolina. Sources ... -
A cheaper plan to stop poaching: Give them real jobs
(2007)This article describes Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) initiative in Zambia's Luangwa River Valley to promote conservation by addressing the reasons poachers hunt. COMACO - Community Markets for Conservation - is "a ... -
A checklist for combatting inflation/recession
(1980-08)A checklist of suggestions for combatting inflation and recession. -
A classification of collaborative management methods
(Ottawa, Ont.: Resilience Alliance, 2000)Collaboration among multiple stakeholders can be crucial to the success of natural resource management. In recent years, a wide variety of methods have been developed to facilitate such collaboration. Because these methods ... -
A clipping management study of two sudangrass-sorghum hybrids, sudandangrass, and gahi millet for forage production
(Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, 1966-07)The investigations reported herein was to compare the use of two sudangras-sorghum hybrids with sudangrass and Gahi millet over a rather large range of cutting treatments -
A closer look on the Magna Carta of small farmers in the Philippines
(Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF-Philippines), 2009) -
A collaborative model for value added and safe food production in Zambia
(2010)Zambia, a country of about 12 million people located in Sub-Saharan Africa, is currently affected by the “triple threat” of poor governance, high prevalence of HIV/AIDS, and chronic and acute food insecurity. Over 60 percent ...
