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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"plough"”.
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Far from the dragging plough : veterans in trade and business during the Roman Principate.
In the study of the Roman world, few demographics receive scanter attention from modern scholarship than those time-served veterans who eschewed an agricultural life in favour of setting up in business for themselves. This study, then, is an examination of this class of men and the evidence we have …
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The performance of pipeline ploughs
Pipeline ploughs are commonly used to bury offshore pipelines for their protection from loading by currents, damage from fishing trawler vessels and to provide thermal insulation to the line allowing the product to flow more efficiently. The rate of progress of pipeline ploughs in sand is …
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The effect of reinforcing soil inclusion on offshore pipeline ploughs
… a pipeline. There are many types of soil which a plough could encounter when being pulled along the seabed. Three of the most common soils encountered by a plough are sand, silt and clay in which numerous research projects have investigated how these effect plough performance. It is common for the …
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Traditional Agricultural Practices and Sex Ratios at Birth in Modern Times
… at birth over last four decades. Building on the plough hypothesis developed by Ester Boserup and the work of Alesina et al. (2013), this study provides a further empirical test of the legacy of the plough. I perform empirical analysis on micro level data from the Demographic and Health Survey in …
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An analysis of the experiences of learners who completed a university-based programme for trade union women what factors facilitated or hindered their 'plough back' of learning to build their trade union organization?
… jargon used to describe this phenomenon is 'plough back'. The question that led to this research was whether the concept of 'plough back' was practically implemented in the case of a university course commissioned by the National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU).
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Exploration of indigeneous medicinal knowledge of Phonda in the Vhembe District
… The study found that many households no longer plough phonda as they used to in the past. The study recommends that people should be educated on the importance of phonda to encourage them to plough it. Additionally, the researcher recommends further studies into different purposes of phonda and …
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Geophysical, geochemical and arable crop responses to archaeological sites in the Upper Clyde Valley, Scotland
… of barley crop growth to, the existence of plough-levelled archaeological sites. It takes as a starting point the results of magnetic and resistivity surveys undertaken at three sites in the Upper Clyde Valley, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Two of the three sites produced geophysical results that …
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An assesment of the financial viability of investing in an animal drawn ripper
… been done to demonstrate that buying a ripper or plough by smallholder farmers is a profitable investment decision. This study has attempted to carry out an investment analysis to determine if it is financially viable for small holder farmers to buy the ripper or the plough.The study used …
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An assesment of the financial viability of investing in an animal drawn ripper
… been done to demonstrate that buying a ripper or plough by smallholder farmers is a profitable investment decision. This study has attempted to carry out an investment analysis to determine if it is financially viable for small holder farmers to buy the ripper or the plough.The study used …
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Drivers of smallholder adoption and the intensity of conservation agriculture in the Masvingo District of Zimbabwe
… from town (market) and ownership of an ox-drawn plough reduced the intensity of its uptake. Policy makers should consider institutional changes to improve smallholder access to cropland. Extension agencies should consider more participatory approaches that encourage farmer to farmer information …
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A comparison of the performance of Namibia-specific conservation and conventional tillage technologies as used for pearl millet production in northern Namibia
… disc harrow (TDH) and animal-drawn mouldboard plough (AMP) were compared to two NSCT treatments (tractor-drawn ripper furrower (TRF) and animal-drawn ripper furrower (ARF). There were four specific objectives. The first objective is to compare the field performances compare the field …
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Design of a feeder for miniature components: Investigation into the mode of operation and application of vibrating oblique blade
… angled, vibrating blade, positioned so as to plough the chips off the moving surface. A claim that the new method was independent of the coefficient of friction between the chip and blade edge was found to be incorrect and this modified the previously assumed mode of movement of the chip. A …
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The effects of bog restoration in formerly afforested peatlands on water quality and aquatic carbon fluxes
… such as brash and needle removal and plough furrow blocking may be able to accelerate restoration.
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Operations management in the financial services industry in South Africa
… their competitors, ineffective and having to plough additional resources into ensuring that they catch up. This window period, if effectively managed, can give the company the opportunity to project itself forward and gain a competitive edge. The management at Southern Life had realised the …
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Decomposition of Crop Residues
… (tops and roots) were incorporated into the plough layer of soil contained in microplots (steel cylinders 30 em dia. x 100 em length) under continuous crop and crop-summerfallow rotations. C and N derived from crop residues mineralized more readily under a crop-summerfallow rotation compared …
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Effects of a sustained-release copper bolus on growth and reproductive traits of beef bulls
… 1; Copasture â ¢ Copasture- 25 bolus Schering-Plough, Kenilworth, NJ in experiment 2). All bulls were bled, had blood samples taken and had scrotal circumferences (SC) measured on d 0,28,56,84,112, and 140. Blood was collected via jugular venipuncture to determine serum Cu and plasma …
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Science and the farmer: the development of agriculture in West Wales, 1900-1950
… the farmers and the scientific principles of the plough-up campaigns in the First and Second World Wars and the formation of the Development Commission and the Agricultural Research Council iv are considered within a scientific context that contributed to changing attitudes in the farming …
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“They shall be speaking forever” : performing revolution, riot, and the nation in the centenary commemorations of Ireland’s 1916 Rising
… that take up the banner of Sean O’Casey’s The Plough and the Stars (1926) in order to engage critically with the relationship between the Irish revolutionary republic and vulnerable citizens. These plays stage the cost of political violence for civilians, demand that audiences witness the …
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'Riot', 'Revolution' and 'Rape': The theatre relationship and performance breakdown
… was also different. In the first example, the Plough and the Stars riots (Dublin, 1926) a preplanned protest occurred in the playhouse and, despite interruption, the performance continued. In the second instance, the audience at Living Theatre’s Paradise Now (California 1969) erupted in …
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Corporate environmental performance and its impact on financial performance and financial risk: Evidence from Australia
… CFP, that is, firms can realize cost savings and plough these savings back into further emission reduction projects for a number of years before the benefits balance turns negative.
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