The Deobandi `Ulama' of Jami`at al-`Ulum al-Islamiyya located in the largest city of Pakistan, Karachi, began publishing an Urdu, monthly journal by the name of Bayyinat in 1962 for the expressed purpose of refuting the views and arguments of their…

In this thesis, I describe how interactive journal writing was used to improve the understanding of mathematics, and to foster communication with two groups of remedial grade ten students. Mathematics is a gatekeeper course in high school, and students who…

The National Policies of Education in India have recognized the need for teacher professional development. However, science teachers continue to look for innovative methods to improve teaching. Through collaborative action research with four science teachers at a girls' school in…

This qualitative study investigates the consequences of advancing three preschoolers into kindergarten in the province of Quebec, where the derogation exemption enables younger children to start school before they reach the age of admission of five years by September 30th.…

Os meios de Murashige e Skoog, Hoagland, Arnon e White, suplementados ou não com sacarose, e tendo como substratos vermiculita, ágar ou natrosol foram utilizados para avaliar seus efeitos sobre o desenvolvimento da batata doce, c.v. White Star, e sua…

The complex landscape and environmental conditions in the moist tropical region often result in poor land-cover change detection accuracy using traditional change detection methods. This paper explores linear spectral mixture analysis (LSMA) of multitemporal thematic mapper (TM) images to detect…

Organic mulches colonized with microbial biocontrol agents, termed bioenhanced mulches, were tested for their ability to reduce Phytophthora root rot of avocado (Persea americana Mill.). Benomyl-resistant mutants of Gliocladium virens (KA 230-1) and Trichoderma harzianum (KA 159.2) isolated from suppressive…

Os efeitos da adição de P e N e suas interações sobre a germinação de esporos, crescimento e extensão de raízes de Anthylis vulneraria sub sp. Sampaiana (Kidney vetch) RiT-DNA transformadas e colonizadas por Glomus etunicatum Becker & Gerdemann (INVAM…

In order to the optimization of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) associated with cowpea in Cerrado areas in the Northeast region of Brazil , this work aimed to analyze the diversity of rhizobial populations in eight areas of Cerrado, during a…

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