A participatory rural appraisal technique (PRAT) was used to obtain information from 132 randomly selected turkey farmers in two out of four agricultural development zones in Kwara state, Nigeria. Data were obtained on socio-occupational status of farmers, their production objectives, experience, flock structure, management practices, marketing and consumption of turkey eggs. The results showed...

his study investigated the farmers’ feedback on Agricultural Development Project’s (ADP’s) performance. The study was carried out in Kogi State, Nigeria. Interview schedules were used to collect data from 160 contact farmers and 80 field extension workers who were randomly selected using multistage random sampling techniques. The data collected were subjected to both descriptive and non-paramet...

Brand extension is a marketing strategy to apply the previously established brand name into new goods or service. A number of studies have reported the characteristics of human event-related potentials (ERPs) in response to the evaluation of goods-to-goods brand extension. In contrast, human brain responses to the evaluation of service extension are relatively unexplored. The aim of this study ...

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This RFC introduces a new transport mechanism for TCP based upon partial ordering. The aim is to present the concepts of partial ordering and promote discussions on its usefulness in network communications. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Current measures of service quality do not adequately capture customers' perceptions of service quality for highly service oriented technical products. This study explored the usefulness of several scales in measuring the service quality of electronic goods retailers. A promising modified scale was generated by factor analysis on the data collected.

The role of small electronic devices has been growing over the past years. Many types of devices which allow for interaction with the environment can now be found in the market and there is large set of solutions for integration of mobile devices with enterprise systems. However, most such solutions focus only on providing base services for other SOA system elements. The paper presents an exten...