importance of farmers' participation in system design and management has been emphasized in various fields. motivation is thought as the most important factor affecting farmers' participation in agricultural development programs. many theories have been postulated in motivation field and abundant research projects accomplished in this area. mcmillion’s theory was recognized as appropr...

This paper provides an introduction to the concept of extension time in construction contracts and explores ideal way formulate proposals. Construction projects often face unforeseen delays disruptions, which may lead need for additional complete project. Extension provisions provide a mechanism parties adjust contract completion date account these delays. Mostly, disputes (like compensation ex...

From the publication of Resolution CNE/CES 7/2018, which deals with guidelines for University Extension, new requirements in academic planning have been demanded from faculty and managers all higher education institutions their undergraduate courses. Regarding evaluation, must develop instruments to systematize register extension actions, so that transformations university daily routine contrib...

The aim of this study is to contribute the characterization traditional food gardens and livelihood in Guarani Kaiowá peoples discuss implications for extension services development projects. was carried out Panambizinho indigenous territory, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Eleven families community (IC) were visited over one year. Particular characteristics, needs management are revealed. discussi...

The South African sugar industry remains under pressure to increase sugarcane supply to mills, many of which operate below optimal capacity. One opportunity for the industry, that of significant spatial expansion, lies in small grower, communally-owned areas where much of the land is suited to sugarcane production. Extensive investment capital has been channeled into small grower projects with ...

There is a wealth of literature about the incorporation of clients with real business problems in software engineering courses. There is, however, little by the way of direction in the selection of projects. In this paper we analyse six years of experiences of teaching software engineeering using a client based approach. We develop guidelines to aid in the identification of clients and projects...

The limited audio bandwidth of narrowband telephone speech degrades the speech quality. This paper proposes a method that extends the bandwidth of telephone speech to the frequency range 0–300 Hz. The lowest harmonics of voiced speech are generated using sinusoidal synthesis. The energy in the extension band is estimated from spectral features using a Gaussian mixture model. The amplitudes and ...

To address the speeding problem in residential areas, the City of Edmonton initiated a pilot project to reduce the posted speed limit from 50km/h to 40km/h within six residential communities. This paper investigates the community perceptions of traffic safety within the six pilot communities in two phases: prior to project initiation (pre-pilot) and following the end of the project (post-pilot)...

This is an exciting time to be a biologist. The advances in our field and the many opportunities to expand our horizons through interaction with other disciplines are intellectually stimulating. This is as true for people tasked with helping the field move forward through support of research and education projects that serve the nation's needs as for those carrying out that research and educati...