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The Role Of Information Dissemination In Attaining Food Security In Katsina State, Nigeria, Yusuf El-Ladan Ibrahim, Lawal Iro Sani

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper explores the values and usefulness of information dissemination as it affects food security in Nigeria, particularly in Katsina state. Information has been and would continue to play a vital role in any national development and growth. Agricultural information provision and dissemination is a must for every responsible government because it is only when farmer were informed, that they will be able to take a rational decision and produce enough to feed the state and the nation in general, consequently meeting the goal set by the MDG. Food security has been identified as the inability of a nation to …

The Use Of Icts And Audiovisual Resources In Developing Children’S Reading Habits In Nigeria, Uzoamaka Igwesi, J.N. Chimah, V. N. Nwachukwu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper looks at the use of of Information and Communication Technologies, (ICTs), and audio-visual resources in developing children’s reading culture in Nigeria. It has been observed that most children in Nigeria have very poor reading culture as reading is not associated with pleasure. Developing reading culture in children has been identified as the foundation and the building block for life-long learning. This paper therefore tries to highlight the use of ICTs and audio-visual resources as veritable resources in associating reading with pleasure by encouraging children in learning how to learn, visual literacy, and associating reading with pleasure. The central …

Information Literacy Skills: A Survey Of The Transition Of Students From Secondary To University Education In Edo State, Nigeria, Christopher O. Ukpebor, Daniel Emojorho

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This is a survey of the entry-level information literacy skills of first year students. It is a step towards understanding the prior information literacy knowledge of first year students at the University of Benin, and has broader implications for how librarians understand readiness for library research as well as for the future development of information literacy programmes at the secondary school level. Lack of understanding of prior knowledge by university libraries is in itself a barrier to engaging students in the research process in their first year, as it may result in programs that do not inspire students. Methodology adopted …

Standardisation In Electronic Document Delivery, Andrew Braid

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Informine: Unique Web Resource For Revolutionary Projects In Education, Charlene Baldwin, James C. Thompson

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Libraries And Faculties In Partnership: Delivering Appropriate Information Resources And Services To Science Faculties, Gaynor Austen

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Digitization Of Library Collection In Developing Countries: The Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library Experience, K.O. Jagboro, B.O. Omotayo, W.A. Aboyade

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper describes the digitization of library collections at the Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in response to the contemporary global trends. The digitization process, one of the earliest in the Nigerian universities, began in 2003 with a focus essentially on abstracts of masters’ dissertations and doctoral theses, as well as newspaper collections of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. The exercise became imperative due to high demand and heavy usage of newspapers and theses by both staff and students for research and learning purposes. The paper further examines the timely intervention of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and …

“The People! Demand! Social Justice!:” About Social Change In Israel And Palestine, Assaf Harel

Journal of Contemporary Anthropology

Written in the midst of an 18 months ethnographic fieldwork conducted among religiously motivated Jewish settlers and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, this field notes article engages with the question of social change. I anchor the article around cases of settlement expansion and settlers' violence as a means to discuss the Jewish settlement movement in the occupied territories vis-à-vis the recent Israeli mass-protest movement for social change. Pondering upon the problematics of social change as a constant, the juxtaposition of the two social movements enables me to frame the question of social change as inextricably tied to violence and …

The Artiodactyl Index At The Origins Of Agriculture In The Northern U.S. Southwest, Cerisa R. Reynolds

Journal of Contemporary Anthropology

People have long argued about the origins of agriculture in the northern U.S. Southwest. While the roles that maize and other plant foods played in early agricultural (Basketmaker II) communities have been frequently investigated, the utilization of faunal resources during this time has not been as thoroughly studied. This issue will be addressed by presenting the results of zooarchaeological analysis conducted on a sample of faunal remains from the Darkmold site, a Basketmaker II site near Durango, Colorado. Using the Artiodactyl Index, these resuls will be compared to sixteen other Basketmaker II sites and will show that the Durango Basketmakers …

Prestige, Transmission, And Barbed Bone And Antler Points In The Gulf Of Georgia, Northwest Coast, Adam N. Rorabaugh

Journal of Contemporary Anthropology

Did the emergence of social complexity in the Gulf of Georgia, Northwest Coast affect the social learning contexts of technologies? Barbed bone and antler technologies were examined from a Darwinian perspective using Boyd and Richerson's (1985) dual inheritance approach in order to further understand their social learning context. Barbed point attributes were examined for prestige-based indirect (context) bias (Henrich and Henrich 2007), the adoption of cultural traits due to unrelated traits, such as status. The emergence of this form of transmission was expected to emerge with the Developed Northwest Coast pattern (Matson and Coupland 1995). Phylogenetic methods and cluster analyses …

Hail The Conquering Gods: Ritual Sacrifice Of Children In Inca Society, Jennifer L. Faux

Journal of Contemporary Anthropology

The focus of this paper is to evaluate the Capacocha (also referred to as capac hucha) or child sacrifices in Inca society. This paper begins by evaluating the Capacocha ceremony as practiced by the Inca. By addressing how children played a role in past rituals, the paper centralizes its focus on ritual sacrifice, a subject that has warranted numerous debates by archaeologists. The Capacocha children are sacrificial victims found in summits of the Andes. Their nearly perfectly preserved bodies yield valuable information regarding the health, diet, and birth place of Incan children. In determining these specific elements, archaeologists can …

State V. Peterson Respondent's Brief Dckt. 39146

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

In Memory Of Norton Zinder, The Rockefeller University

Posters

A Memorial Symposium Celebrating the Life and Career of Norton Zinder

See Zinder, Norton

Gsu View, 2012-11-19, Office Of Marketing And Communications

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

Family, Faith And Identity

News Releases

No abstract provided.

Geography Professor Receives Aag Media Achievement Award, Macalester College

College Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Commonwealth Times 2012-11-19

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

November 19th 2012, Csusb

Coyote Chronicle (1984-)

No abstract provided.

The Statesman, V. 56, I. 12, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 56, i. 12

Lacuny Collection Development Roundtable Meeting Minutes, November 2012, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Columbia Chronicle (11/19/2012), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from November 19, 2012 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 40 pages and is listed as Volume 48, Number 12. Cover story: "Donors recognized, students thankful at luncheon" Editor-in-Chief: Heather Schröering

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, November 19, 2012, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

No abstract provided.

Gardner-Webb’S Helen Pack Discovers History, Hope And Healing, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

The diagnosis was frightening. Stage three non-operable lung cancer. At just 46 years old, she was told to put things in order.

Gardner-Webb Student Group Preparing To Introduce Elementary Students To Achievement Program, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Proving that it’s never to soon to teach basic and important business concepts like budgeting, organizing, and saving money, Gardner-Webb’s ENACTUS Club has taken on the role as lead sponsor for an educational program known as Junior Achievement (JA) for elementary students in the Cleveland County, N.C., school system. “We have made the initial contact with schools and teachers about teaching financial literacy using JA materials,” said Dr. Denise Smith, assistant professor of Business Administration for the Godbold School of Business at GWU, who serves as ENACTUS faculty advisor. “Springmore Elementary will be the first site for the program and …

Um Pharmacy Professor Impacts Mississippi Health Care, Erin Garrett

University of Mississippi News

Allison Bell appointed to serve on Medicaid Drug Utilization Review Board

College Voice Vol. 96 No. 7, Connecticut College

2012-2013

No abstract provided.

The Development Of A Dyadic Assessment For Families Experiencing, Sarah Cline

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a chronic disease involving curvature of the spine that is typically diagnosed in late childhood and early adolescence. The timing of most AIS diagnoses and subsequent treatment occur at a critical point developmentally and may place strain on the parent-adolescent relationship. The present study developed a measure, The AIS Dyadic Assessment, of the parent-adolescent relationship affected by AIS. This measure assessed three aspects of the parent-adolescent relationship: Communication Skills, Emotion Regulation, and Mutual Agreement about AIS. Twenty-six female adolescents who were currently prescribed a brace as part of their AIS treatment, and their mothers, participated. …

Gardner-Webb Students’ Film Wins Prize In Statewide Competition, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Two Gardner-Webb University seniors were recently honored with a prestigious award at a statewide documentary film competition. Jessica Hibbard and Rebekah Rausch won the People’s Pick award at the Citizenship, Service, Networking and Partnership’s (CSNAP) conference for their submission “Growth: A Story of Community and Gardening.” The competition is sponsored each year by North Carolina Campus Compact.

Youtube: Growth: A Story of Community and Gardening.mov

Complex Of Myoglobin With Phenol Bound In A Proximal Cavity, Xiao Huang, Chunxue Wang, Lesa R. Celeste, Leslie L. Lovelace, Shengfang Sun, John H. Dawson, Lukasz Lebioda

Faculty Publications

Sperm whale myoglobin (Mb) has weak dehaloperoxidase activity and catalyzes the peroxidative dehalogenation of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP) to 2,6-dichloroquinone. Crystals of Mb and of its more active G65T variant were used to study the binding of TCP, 4-iodophenol (4-IP) and phenol. The structures of crystals soaked overnight in a 10 mM solution of phenol revealed that a phenol molecule binds in the proximal cavity, forming a hydrogen bond to the hydroxyl of Tyr146 and hydrophobic contacts which include interactions with C and C of the proximal histidine His93. The phenol position corresponds to the strongest xenon binding site, Xe1. It …

The Daily Egyptian, November 19, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

November 2012

No abstract provided.