Homage to Dr. A.P.J Abd ul Kalam- A Visionary Indian

This article is on the life and works of Dr. Kalam as a student, a teacher, a team leader, the President of India and above all a great visionary. It is also expected to be a sequel to the one entitled ‘A meeting with the missile man’

Evaluation of the agricultural vocational training programmes conducted by the Krishi Vigyan Kendras (Farm Science Centres) in Indian Punjab

Krishin Vigyan Kendras-KVKs (Farm Science Centres) have been established by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research in 569 districts. The trust areas of KVKs are refinement and demonstration of technologies, and training of farmers and extension functionaries. Imparting vocational trainings in agriculture and allied fields for the rural youth is one of its mandates. The study was undertaken to do a formative and summative (outcome and impact) evaluation of the beekeeping and mushroom growing vocational training programmes in the Indian state of Punjab. One-group pre and post evaluation design was employed for conducting a formative and outcome evaluation. The knowledge tests were administered to 35 beekeeping and 25 mushroom cultivation trainees, before and after the training programmes organized in 2004. The trainees significantly gained in knowledge. A separate sample of 640 trainees, trained prior to 2004, was selected for finding the adoption status. Out of 640, a sample of 200 was selected by proportionate sampling technique out of three categories, namely: non-adopters, discontinued-adopters and continued-adopters for evaluating the long-term impact of these training programmes. Ex-post-facto one-shot case study design was applied for this impact analysis. The vocational training programmes have resulted in continued-adoption of beekeeping and mushroom cultivation enterprises by 20% and 51% trained farmers, respectively. Age and trainee occupation had significant influence on the adoption decision of beekeeping vocation, whereas education and family income significantly affected the adoption decision of mushroom cultivation. The continued adopters of beekeeping and mushroom growing had increased their family income by 49% and 24%, respectively. These training programmes are augmenting the dwindling farm income of the farmers in Indian Punjab.

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Eart's changing coasts.

Permite ver cómo se han ido formando las costas a los largo de millones de años. Un examen a través de estudios de casos, mapas y fotografías aéreas, ilustra los efectos de estos paisajes cambiantes contestando , entre otras, a las preguntas de que es un fiordo, por qué las personas han optado por vivir en las costas, cuales son los daños por contaminación en las costas y en la vida silvestre de las costas. Por último se aportan datos sobre los puertos más activos y los más mortíferos tsunamis. Tiene un glosario de apoyo lingüístico y bibliografía.

Coasts.

Explora y describe la formación de costas de Gran Bretaña. Cómo se revelan acantilados, playas, dunas, y mucho más, a través de fotografías y mapas. Para desarrollar las habilidades de interpretación de un mapa utilizando la orientación, cotas de referencia, símbolos, claves, y escalas. Tiene glosario, índice y direcciones de Internet donde puede encontrarse más información.

Rivers & Coasts.

Los ríos y las costas son entornos dinámicos en los procesos de erosión, transporte y deposición de crear y cambiar las formas del terreno. Los elementos clave en estos dos entornos son el movimiento de agua y los sedimentos . Este libro cubre una amplia gama de temas que se encuentran en la mayoría de los cursos del nivel a y se divide en once partes: cinco de los ríos, cinco de las costas, y una de preparación para el examen. Los conceptos se explican con el apoyo de estudios de casos ilustrados que involucran y desarrollan la comprensión.

Coasts.

Costas es una materia que suministra temas actualizados para estudiantes de AS/A nivel de geografía. Los temas del libro son: las costas como sistemas de energía, los ambientes rocosos costeros, accidentes geográficos, entornos playeros, las fuentes de sedimentos costeros, los ecosistemas en las zonas costeras, las mareas, las marismas y los manglares, las dunas marinas, el cambio del nivel del mar, actividades humanas y el medio ambiente en la zona costera, el crecimiento de la población, el uso de los recursos, turismo, la gestión de la zona costera.

Some biological data on cetaceans populations present in the western coasts of Ireland

Ireland’s waters constitute one of the richest habitats for cetaceans in Europe. Marine mammals, particularly cetaceans, are known to be definitive hosts of digestive parasites from the Fm.Anisakidae. The main aim of this study is to collect and compile all the information available out there regarding parasites of the Fm. Anisakidae and their definitive hosts. Secondary objectives are to relate the presence of cetacean species with the presence of parasites of the Fm. Anisakidae and to determine whether this greater number of cetaceans relates to a greater level of parasitism. Prevalence and burdens of anisakids in definitive hosts vary widely with host species, geographic location, and season. Results from several post-mortem exams are given. However, they cannot be compared due to differences in collecting techniques. Anisakis simplex is the most commonly and widespread parasite found in the majority of the samples and in a major number of hosts, which include harbour porpoise, short-beaked common dolphin and bottlenose dolphin. Studies on harbour porpoise obtained prevalences of Anisakis spp. of 46% (n=26) and of 100% (n= 12). Another study in common dolphin reported a prevalence of 68% (n=25). Several reasons could influence the variations in the presence of Anisakis. Studies on commercially exploited fish have reported prevalences of Anisakis simplex ranging from 65-100% in wild Atlantic salmon and from 42-53.4% in Atlantic cod