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Showing 1 to 20 of 490 for “"Cultural Practices"”.
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Value of Cultural Practices for Improving Nitrogen Management in Corn
… better understanding of the impact of management practices on corn N requirements is needed due to high N costs and increasing environmental scrutiny over fertilizer N use. The overall objective of this work was to characterize how cultural practices influence corn N requirements, and to develop …
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Haitian Linguistic and Cultural Practices: Critical Meaning-Making Spaces for Haitian Learners
… of the exclusion of Haitian linguistic and cultural practices in the education of Haitian learners. Through qualitative data collection and analysis, a set of texts and narratives in the Haitian Creole language, Rara and Vèvè practices were inventoried, reviewed and described. Moreover, a …
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Effects of Morphological Traits and Cultural Practices of Intercropped Soybeans and Cereals
Research on intercropping systems has become of importance because of the serious concern over increasing world population and the concurrent demand for more food. Intercropping and other types of multiple cropping are viewed as possible methods of increasing food production. In experiments …
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Secondary English as a Foreign Language Teachers and Teaching: Cultural Practices, Products, and Perspectives
… Developed by the author, the study uses the Cultural Teaching Model, which emphasizes that effective cultural instruction should incorporate practices, products, and perspectives. Based on 35 interviews with secondary English foreign language teachers from 19 different developing countries, …
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The socio-cultural practices of the Dorset rock climbing community towards the local environment.
… highlights the value of non- academic niche subcultural media to academic research.
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Corporal punishment: cultural-historical and socio-cultural practices of teachers in a South African primary school
… that teachers, particularly those who have been culturally exposed to corporal punishment and other forms of violence, believe that corporal punishment is still an effective mode of disciplining children. Drawing on Vygotsky's cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT), this study seeks to …
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Socio-Cultural Practices That Impact Women Farmers' Land Ownership: A Case of Sukuma Women in Tanzania
… women, farmers are main producers of agricultural food products, yet they don't have legal ownership of land. Customary practices often require women to access land through their husbands, fathers, brothers, or other men who control the land. Men as the heads of household, control …
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Examining the ways and extent to which counselors in Botswana are utilizing indigenous cultural practices and structures
… in Botswana incorporate and utilize indigenous cultural practices and structures in counseling. This applied research involved interviewing 30 counselors from different parts of Botswana. Data collection was through a semi-structured interview guide while audiotaping was the main method of …
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The influence of meteorological events and cultural practices on sclerotinia crown and stem rot of alfalfa, caused by Sclerotinia trifoliorum
Sclerotinia crown and stem rot (SCSR), caused by Sclerotinia trifoliorum Eriks., causes serious spring losses in some fall=sown, no-tillage alfalfa fields. In microplots artificially infested with sclerotia, greatest numbers of apothecia were found during November and December. Temperature and …
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An investigation into how Algerian women living in the United Kingdom, negotiate social activities and cultural practices within virtual Third Spaces
… The research captures the online activities and cultural practices of this group of women in the context of migration. The research participants are 12 Algerian women from the first generation of migration. This enabled me to see how their merged identities – relating to home culture and host …
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An exploration of cultural practices in relation to women’s social experiences in rural communities, a case study of King Cetshwayo District Municipality
… of the scale of the harmful impact of the cultural practices on women in rural communities. It explored the impact of: ukuthwala (bride abduction), ilobolo (bride price), female genitals mutilation, virginity testing, ukungena (levirate custom), African rituals, traditional initiation, wife …
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An exploration of cultural practices in relation to women's social experiences in rural communities, a case study of King Cetshwayo District Municipality.
… of the scale of the harmful impact of the cultural practices on women in rural communities. Itexplored the impact of: ukuthwala (bride abduction), ilobolo (bride price), female genitals mutilation, virginity testing, ukungena (levirate custom), African rituals, traditional initiation, wife …
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Response of Determinate and Indeterminate Soybeans (Glycine Max (L.) Merr.) to Different Cultural Practices and to Environments of Varying Levels of Productivity
In recent years, determinate soybean cultivars have become available to soybean producers in the northern U.S. Early maturity (Group II to Group IV) determinate soybeans have been shown to differ from early maturity indeterminate soybeans in both morphology and development. Previous research w
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Evaluating the impact of child agency and autonomy on parental care and supervision in the context of socio-cultural practices with specific reference to African communitarianism
Since the enactment of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), child autonomy and agency has garnered more support and advocacy from the international law community. There has been support in favour of giving children a bigger voice and including them in the …
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困厄中的自我修辞： 新中国时期的丰子恺研究 = EXPRESSIONS IN DILEMMA:STUDIES ON FENG ZIKAI IN THE P.R.C. (1949-1975)
… socialist Chinese literary system, the roles and cultural practices of Chinese intellectuals were greatly affected by the immensely changed cultural policies and political environment. This dissertation launches an in-depth study on the competing expressions, textual strategies, and rhetorical …
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Power, Gender, and Representation in the Italian Renaissance Court: The Cultural Patronage of Caterina Sforza (1463--1509)
… necessary to understand Caterina Sforza's cultural patronage. The analysis demonstrates that Sforza and noble women like her were active participants, not bystanders, in the cultural practices that were so important to the power negotiations of the Renaissance court. Furthermore, it …
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