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MULTI - SCALE INTEGRATED ANALYSIS OF AGROECOSYSTEMS - CHAPTER 5 ppsx
... of discussion support systems and decision support systems, and then an iteration between the two (e.g., the soft systems methodology proposed by Checkland, 1981, Checkland and Scholes, 1990)), ... interview with John Morgan, New Scientist, 137, 42 Checkland, P., (1981), Systems Thinking, Systems Practice, John Wiley, Chicester, U.K Checkland, P and Scholes, J., (1990), Soft -Systems Methodology ... section, we provide a quick summary of crucial concepts introduced by Checkland and others (Checkland, 1981; Checkland and Scholes, 1990; Röling and Wagemakers, 1998) dealing exactly with the...
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Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems - Chapter 1 pptx
... Agricultural Systems Louise E Buck, James P Lassoie, and Erick C.M Fernandes Biodiversity in Agroecosystems Wanda Williams Collins and Calvin O Qualset Interactions Between Agroecosystems and Rural ... health and well-being issues and agroecosystem ecological sustainability, and draws on both management theory and practice, as well as participatory action research and ecologically-based complex systems ... Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems Bossel, H., and Bruenig, E.F (1989) Natural Resource Systems Analysis; Ecological and Socio-economic Systems and Sensitivity Analysis...
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Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems - Chapter 2 potx
... Checkland and Scholes (1990) Relationships among various institutions and interest groups were explored and depicted in rich pictures (Checkland, 1979a) In addition, root definitions (Checkland, ... infrastructure, and natural resource endowment Data on climatic and ecological zonation were derived from the Farm Management Handbook (Jaetzold and Schmidt, 1983) Kiambu District Development Plans and reports ... perspectives, goals, and action plans; and (2) as tools for generating a common understanding of a problem situation and for negotiating some degree of consensus on goals and plans These are discussed...
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Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems - Chapter 3 potx
... climate, agriculture, and pests and diseases Triangulate resource inventories, problem identification, and social maps Farming system and land use Sources and amount of incomes, types and amount of expenditure ... inventory Land-use patterns Problem identification Major events and their impacts Problem identification and coping strategies Resource availability and distribution over time and space Disease and ... (Elden and Levin, 1991) Outsiders have what is missing: (1) training in systematic inquiry and analysis and expertise in (2) designing and carrying out research and (3) recognizing patterns and...
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Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems - Chapter 4 ppt
... one hand, agroecosystem problems and concerns and, on the other, its health and sustainability A metaphor in the local language was used to equate categories of related concepts to pots and the ... Identification and Management Pergamon Press, Oxford, U.K Flood, R.L., and Carson, E.R (1993) Dealing with Complexity: An Introduction to the Theory and Application of Systems Science New York: Plenum ... Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems Klee, V (1989) Sign-pattern and stability In Applications of Combinatorics and Graph Theory to the Biological and Social Sciences Roberts, F., ed New...
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Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems - Chapter 5 pptx
... problem situation and the concept of a system’s boundary in soft systems methodology Journal of Applied Systems Analysis 16: 35–41 Checkland, P., and Scholes, J (1990) Soft Systems Methodology ... Chichester, U.K 329 pp Checkland, P.B., and Wilson, B (1980) Primary task and issue-based root definitions in systems studies Journal of Applied Systems Analysis 7: 51–54 Flood, R.L., and Carson, E.R (1993) ... E.R (1993) Dealing with Complexity: An Introduction to the Theory and Application of Systems Science New York: Plenum Press Ison, R.L., Maiteny, P.T., and Carr, S (1997) Systems methodologies for...
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Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems - Chapter 6 pot
... teams and the interviewees For measurement at the land-use level, 20 land-use units were selected from each of the six study sites The units were selected at random from a list of all the land-use ... gender and age Attendance of meetings by gender and age Distribution of chores by gender and age Water quality Presence of fish in river Disposal of agrochemical and related materials Location and ... to develop and measure non-value-based indicators, while researchers and policymakers lack the knowledge and mandate to make value-based judgments, it seems that decision support systems for...
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Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems - Chapter 7 pdf
... effectiveness, vigor, and productivity Predictions on the long-term sustainability and health of the systems rely on an analysis of spatial and temporal trends of the indicators (Rapport and Regier, 1980; ... level of unpredictability and further complicated by differential effects across scales and time spans Second, agroecosystems often have multiple, sometimes-competing goals, and the objective of the ... lower left, and Kihenjo, Githima, and Gitwe, all of which were in the lower right Dimension has high negative weights on income/acre of cash crops and income/inputs for cash crops and higher positive...
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Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems - Chapter 8 docx
... management of agricultural and ecological systems Community members, extension agents, and policymakers in this project used concepts derived from the health disciplines to assess and set goals for their ... agroecosystems as dynamic states of a hard system In contrast, communities and researchers in this project modeled agroecosystems as problem-based soft systems Indeed, questions of sustainability and ... realization that human activities have complex impacts on the health and sustainability of agricultural and ecological systems has led to the increasing interest in holistic and adaptive approaches in the...
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Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems - Chapter 9 pdf
... Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems Technical improvements, such as geographical information systems and remote sensing, self-reporting systems, and automated and integrated ... capacity to develop and measure quantitative indicators, while researchers and policymakers lack the knowledge and mandate to make value-based judgments, it seems that decision support systems for such ... integrated and adaptive approaches as sustainability and AESH should include both components to provide a balanced assessment 10 MCA (multiple correspondence analysis) was useful in summarizing and...
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Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems - Chapter 10 (end) doc
... 206 Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems Appendix 1: Questionnaire Used to Carry Out a Census of All the Land-Use Units in the Village © 2009 by Taylor ... LLC 207 208 Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems Appendix 2: Questionnaire Used for Indicator Measurement at the Land-Use Unit Level © 2009 by Taylor & Francis ... Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems © 2009 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC Appendices 211 © 2009 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 212 Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability...
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Multi criteria analysis in environmental management: Selecting the best stormwater erosion and sediment control measure in Malaysian construction sites
... input, easiness to understand and use, and so forth The most essential factors for choosing the MCA technique is the easiness of understanding by the analyst, the stakeholders and use Ref [16] stated ... water quality improvements and enhancement of amenity/ecological provision Thus, design and construction, environmental/ecological impact, operation and maintenance, health and safety, social/urban ... expert’s opinions Based on these interviews and consultations, technical and environmental criteria were assigned with a weighed factor of and the economic and social criteria were assigned with a...
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Báo cáo " Using multi‐criteria analysis as a tool to select the feasible measures for sustainable development of brackish water shrimp culture in Quang Tri Province " doc
... develop in shrimp. ‐ A2.2: Wetland. A wetland also can be a solution to Quang Tri Province. The wetland is located near the shrimp ponds and consists of soil with a certain slope and obstacles in it, ... diseases. Finally, the impact and area of impact are important for the aquaculture, agriculture, industries and other land users. Based on these criteria and the preference order, the following paragraph discusses how ... developed and applied. Each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages. Table 1 summarizes some these methods and their features. In comparison with the ranking and rating ...
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báo cáo hóa học:" A biomechanical assessment of modular and monoblock revision hip implants using FE analysis and strain gage measurements" potx
... Constructs A and B Meshing and material properties ANSYS Workbench 10.0 was used to generate meshes For Construct A, the number of nodes and elements was 41098 and 29436 (Modular) and 33270 and 23744 ... nodes and elements was 52121 and 39423 (Modular) and 61577 and 45847 (Monoblock) Body elements included 10-node quadratic tetrahedrons for cortical bone, cancellous bone, and implants, and a ... Modular and Monoblock implants were developed, and strain and stress maps were generated for two constructs, A and B Construct A modeled a hip implant alone under axial forces of 700 and 2000...
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Báo cáo hóa học: " Research Article Assessment of Severe Apnoea through Voice Analysis, Automatic Speech, and Speaker " ppt
... were found in formant frequency and bandwidth values between apnoea and healthy groups In particular, the results of the formant frequency analysis showed that F1 and F2 values among the OSA group ... nasal and nonnasal contexts for each speaker in both the apnoea and the control groups The smaller the difference between the nasal and the nonnasal GMMs the more similar the nasalized and the ... representing the apnoea and control classes were built as follows (i) The pathological and control GMMs were trained from the generic UBM relying on MAP adaptation and the standard leave-one-out...
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Integrated Assessment of Black Carbon and Tropospheric Ozone docx
... scientific understanding of how BC and O3 affect climate and public health has significantly improved This has catalysed a demand for information and action from governments, civil society and other ... and ice, wind patterns, and clouds are all affected, and these in turn have an impact on human well-being by influencing factors such as water availability, agriculture and land use Both O3 and ... atmosphere and is a major component of soot, it has significant human health and climate impacts At ground level, ozone is an air pollutant harmful to human health and ecosystems, and throughout...
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Báo cáo sinh học: "Assessment of methods and analysis of outcomes for comprehensive optimization of nucleofection" pptx
... data point was first standardized by subtracting the mean of the data set from each data point and then dividing by the standard deviation of the data set Standardized and raw data for the secondary ... secondary optimization to a standardized form, clustered the standardized data, and generated a heat map The heat map allows many data sets to be clustered, visualized, and compared with each other ... program code 96DS:150, and the standard control option Transfected cells were split into plates for recovery, resulting in × 104 cells/well Cells were counted and collected at 24 and 48 h following...
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Assessment of pretreatments and enzymatic hydrolysis of wheat straw as a sugar source for bioprocess industry
... long chain fatty acids and fatty alcohols, sterols and alkanes Natural waxes have a wide range of industrial uses in cosmetics, polishes and coatings, pharmaceuticals, and insecticides Wheat ... [77] The new AFEX process uses an innovative quench system to recover ammonia as compared to traditional distillation and recompression, and minimum amount of ammonia (0.3 kg/kg biomass) and water ... fractionation and superior kinetic advantages for enzymatic hydrolysis step 12 Enzymatic hydrolysis: enzyme systems and process overview Typical cellulose microfibril contains crystalline and amorphous...
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Tuberculosis Care with TB-HIV Co-management: INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF ADOLESCENT AND ADULT ILLNESS (IMAI) pptx
... have both TB and HIV, it can be serious and sometimes life-threatening without proper diagnosis and treatment Treatment for HIV is becoming more available and can help you feel better and live longer ... pregnancies and family planning advice Support and counselling Support for disclosure ❖ Give post-test counselling and support Advise on basic and positive prevention (see section I and section ... HIV/AIDS Department—IMAI Project WHO Stop TB Department- TB/HIV and Drug Resistance Unit and Tuberculosis Strategy and Health Systems Unit The management at the first-level facility of any patient...
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