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Showing 1 to 20 of 454 for “"nursery"”.
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Nursery workers' narratives: what makes a 'good' nursery worker?
… of the ways in which the concept of ‘good’ nursery workers is constructed in the current political, economic and societal context in England. It discusses the findings of a qualitative narrative study which investigates how ‘good’ practice is understood by nursery workers who directly work …
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Western Nursery, Inc.
Western Nursery was organized in 1957, by Mr. George Kearns. The business was initially centered around the raising of plants and flowers in a small greenhouse on George Kearns' property. From 1957 until 1972, the business was operated on a part-time basis, with some continuing development of the …
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Factors influencing language in the nursery school.
… in terms of their implications for the nursery school curriculum and for the functioning of nursery school staff. It was concluded that the children's speech was influenced by the factors of sex, age and their choice of play activity. It could not be concluded that teachers were …
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Aliens in the nursery : assessing the awareness and attitudes of Cape Town nursery managers in regard to invasive species regulations
… policies. A two-pronged approach – involving nursery manager interviews (n=30) and plant stock audit assessments (n=41) - was used to gauge the awareness, compliance and attitudes of Cape Town nursery managers towards the NEMBA regulations. Results showed that less than ten percent of the …
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Narratives from the nursery: negotiating a 'professional' identity
… I argue that the professional identities of nursery workers are politically and socially constructed. The nursery workers' constructions of childhood; motherhood/mothering; policy reform; and professionalism are explored to offer insights into the ways in which various discourses intersect …
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Gendered forces at work: tentacular encounters from the nursery
… comes to matter in a North London Montessori nursery. Debates, policies and practices around gender in the early years workforce continue to be firmly rooted in binary male/female framings (DfE, 2017), in which the recruitment of men in some ways has problematically taken centre stage through …
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Sustainable approaches to control Calonectria diseases in ornamental nursery
Le specie appartenenti al genere Calonectria sono importanti patogeni delle piante ornamentali. La lotta chimica per il controllo delle malattie causate da tali patogeni è necessaria, ma allo stato attuale è importante ricercare strategie di controllo alternative alla lotta chimica, che …
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Simulation of a swine nursery to facilitate economical management
… loss. The failure model was validated using a nursery constructed of concrete block. It performed well for cases with constant solar load, but tended to overpredict temperature changes during periods of no solar load. Validation indicated accurate wall-characteristic and wind velocity …
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Compost as a Growth Substrate for Woody Ornamental Nursery Production
Peat is an expensive, environmentally nonrenewable component of media used to grow woody ornamental trees. Leaf compost from the city of Bowling Green is an inexpensive renewable resource that was substituted for peat in soil-less container media. Seeds of three commercially important tree species, …
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Influence of Nutritional Modifications on Sow, Litter, and Nursery Performance
… and lactation. Additionally, two separate nursery studies were conducted in a 3 (sow treatments) × 2 (nursery with or without Pg) factorial arrangement. Pigs were challenged with lipopolysaccharide in a sub-study during the second nursery study. Supplementation with Pg increased number born …
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Phosphorus Requirement and Chemical Fate in Containerized Nursery Crop Production
… amounts for production of containerized nursery crops and better understand the effect of routine amendments (i.e., dolomite [DL] and micronutrient fertilizer [MF]) added to pine bark substrates on chemical fate of P fertilizer. Four studies were conducted to accomplish two overarching …
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Case Study: Breastfeeding Facilitation and Initiation within one Prison Nursery Program
… exists on breastfeeding initiation within prison nursery programs. The purpose of this case study was to assess breastfeeding facilitation and initiation within one prison nursery program. An interview was conducted with a nursery program administrator from one of nine active prison nurseries here …
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DOING TIME IN NURSERY: NAVIGATING THE RULES AND ESTABLISHING A ‘LIFE’
… a study of a privately owned, publically funded nursery for children before they start school. It was instigated by a desire to acquire a detailed understanding of the nursery, in terms of the actions of adults and children, at a time of rapid expansion in childcare provision to support working …
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A consecutive study of the behavior of children in nursery school
… children during the morning session of a nursery school. Purpose: the purpose was 1) to perfect a reliable technique for measuring the behavior of nursery school children; 2) to record and analyze the behavior of the entire group of children enrolled at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute …
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