the farmers of the future (fof) initiative implemented a programme of integrating natural resources management in the basic education curriculum. the purpose of the study was to document activities and determine the effects of fof programme on primary school learners’ perceptions towards natural resources management by comparing learners involved in the fof programme and those not involved. fur...

Probabilistic algorithms o er a means of computing that works with the grain of analogue hardware, rather than against it. This paper proposes the use of such an algorithm in applications where the advantages of analogue hardware are most likely to be realised.

Recently I posted a paper entitled "External observer reflections on QBism". As any external observer, I was not able to reflect all features of QBism properly. The comments I received from one of QBism's creators, C. A. Fuchs, were very valuable to me in better understanding the views of QBists. Some of QBism's features are very delicate and extracting them from articles of QBists is not a sim...

this article is a short report of a research project carried out, upon the recommendation of the ministry of science, research and technology, by the department of librarianship and information science of meshed ferdowsi university between 2003-2004. the goal was to study and revise the current curriculum to bring it closer to the changing needs of the present society. the curricula of the u.s....

Considerations in the designs of statewide accuracy assessments. Pages 147-162 in J.M. Scott, T.H. Tear, and F.W. Davis, editors. Gap Analysis: A landscape approach to biodiversity planning. American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, Maryland. 320 pp. Lidicker, W.Z., Jr. 1962. Emigration as a possible mechanism permitting the regulation of population density below carrying...

Abstract: A considerable amount of research has shown the advantages of integrating Web 2.0 technologies with language teaching to students. Specifically, this paper will shed light on the positive effects of Google Sites in teaching and learning English after the pilot scheme of online collaborative writing on Google Sites implemented by four local primary schools, revealed by the qualitative ...

Predicting Community Preference of Comments on the Social Web. (December 2009) Chiao-Fang Hsu, B.S., National Tsing Hua University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. James Caverlee Large-scale socially-generated metadata is one of the key features driving the growth and success of the emerging Social Web. Recently there have been many research efforts to study the quality of this metadata – like ...

Several comments are made regarding the recent papers by F. Ayati on road accidents in Iran.

the invisible hands of peer reviewers play a determining role in the eventual fate of submissions to international english-medium journals. this study builds on the assumption that non-native researchers and prospective academic authors may find the whole strive for publication, and more specifically, the tough review process, less threatening if they are aware of journal reviewers’ expectation...

an equitable risk allocation between contracting parties plays a vital role in enhancing the performance of the project. this research presents a new quantitative risk allocation approach by integrating fuzzy logic and bargaining game theory. owing to the imprecise and uncertain nature of players’ payoffs at different risk allocation strategies, fuzzy logic is implemented to determine the value...