... verbal analogy problems, yielding 47% accuracy The same approach is applied to classifying noun-modifier pairs: usingthe Diverse dataset of Nastase and Szpakowicz (2003), Turney&Littman achieve ... 2.3 Paraphrase Acquisition Our method of extraction of paraphrasing verbs and prepositions is similar to previous paraphrase acquisition approaches Lin and Pantel (2001) extract paraphrases from ... (container, content, equative, material, measure, topic, type) For example, exam anxiety is classified as effect and therefore as CAUSALITY, and blue book is property and therefore also PARTICIPANT...
... and Davis 1993), but gay bars were not always safe or pleasant, and the bars inevitably reached only a small percentage of the local gay and lesbian communities Compared to the gay bar, theInternet ... postdated theInternet revolution by more than a decade, the data offer a unique opportunity to assess the impact of theInternet on the way Americans meet their romantic partners The fact that Americans ... survey was offered only in English, whereas the ACS was offered in a variety of languages Asians and Hispanics are the two groups that contribute most to racial and ethnic intermarriage in the US...
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... in the IPM plot, and the small black ant, Tapinoma melanocephalum that was abundant on the remaining trees of the plot The Crematogaster ants were nesting on cashew tree branches and the small ... Baseline survey Farmers’ opinion towards the cashew IPM program using weaver ants asa major component The baseline survey was conducted by TOT trainees in their own provinces usinga standard ... bait was very attractive to these two species of ants Examination of the ant nests the next day showed that almost all the crematogaster ants were dead in their nests, including queen ants, and...
... include the following aspects: the main cashew insect pests and their control, the main cashew diseases and their management, the natural enemies in cashew orchards, the use of weaver ants in cashew ... in the TOT training, and they includes the following aspects: the main cashew insect pests and their control, the main cashew diseases and their management, the natural enemies in cashew orchards, ... in the same cashew orchards as we did five months ago in Dong Nai, Ba Ria Vung Tau and Binh Phuoc The orchard in Ba Ria-Vung Tau was sprayed by the orchard owner, which was unexpected The data...
... Vietnam, there are at least 10 major insect pests and three diseases as well as many important species of natural enemies such as parasitoids and beneficial fungi in cashew orchards These data clearly ... cashew farming status Based on this baseline survey, the majority of cashew growers were small holders, having about of orchards with the average tree age being years (for grafted materials) and ... project Farmers’ opinion towards the cashew IPM program using weaver ants asa major component The baseline survey was conducted by TOT trainees in their own provinces usinga standard questionnaire...
... make them aware of the existence and the role of natural enemies (especially weaver ants) on cashew trees, and (3) to provide them with information about the advantages and disadvantages of using ... strategy (weaver ants, pruning and light-trapping) to manage the branch borer that has been one of the major concerns by all cashew growers in Vietnam He has already passed this knowledge to IAS project ... has designated cashew development asa national priority Productivity of cashew has increased since 2002, but the extensive use of pesticides has caused health problems to farmers, their animals...
... base, and each larva excavated a chamber in which the calcareous pupal cell was formed from the excretions of the larva Pupation took place late in the year The pupa is about 35 mm long, creamy-white, ... because of weaver ant boundary fights, the abundance of weaver ants was < 40% in the IPM plot, which was low The average damage level for each of the main pests was greater in the IPM plot than ... ant abundance was greatly reduced from 65% in early January to below 15% late January Asa result, the main insect pest damage was much higher and the yield was much lower in the IPM plot than...
... showed that all the TOT trainees (56 in the first year and 56 in the second year) successfully passed their examinations Each of them was awarded a graduation certificate in the cashew IPM training ... methods, and they were very interested in the field practical All the master trainers did their best to pass their knowledge to the TOT trainees A final examination at the end of each TOT training was ... practicals, and (2) all the master trainers did their best to pass their knowledge to the TOT trainees 1.4 Graduation examination of TOT trainees Graduation examinations were conducted at the...
... Project Abstract Cashew is a very important crop in Vietnam, and the government has designated cashew development asa national priority Productivity of cashew has increased since 2002, but the extensive ... weaver ants, and would use weaver ants and tell their friends and other farmers to use the ants Farmers’ knowledge about insect pests, diseases and their natural enemies as well as general farming ... each Sub-PPD has to make a contract with the IAS To this, they have to fill in a complicated paper work as required by IAS administration) (Table 1), and (2) TOT trainers in the Sub-PPDs of Ba...
... (Helopeltis antonii), that caused the majority of damage on flushing shoots The most important natural enemies were weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) and crametogaster ants (Crematogaster sp) The effect ... since the project started Baseline data of the insect pest assemblage and their damage were obtained Regular monitoring and sampling of insect pests and their natural enemies in the demonstration ... cashew development asa national priority Productivity of cashew has been increased since 2002, but the extensive use of pesticides has caused health problems to farmers, their animals and the...
... doctor, a score for each construct in the TPB model was calculated asthe mean of all items contributing to the construct Cronbach’s alpha was used to ascertain the reliability of each of the scales ... Thomas was funded by the Wellcome Trust (GR0673790AIA) Bernard Croal was supported by a grant from Grampian Endowments Jeremy Grimshaw holds a Canada Research Chair in Health Knowledge Transfer and ... correlated for all the tests (Table 3) There was no evidence that perceived behavioural control was correlated with any of the other measures Multiple linear regression analyses demonstrated that attitude...
... before adopting Late Majority The conservative or skeptical latter half of the mainstream They accept innovation late in the game, once the change has already become well-established among the majority ... to adopter categories, critical mass takes place at the point where the early majority begins the adoption process Moore’s (1991) observation of critical mass reveals that as an innovation passes ... Internet Attitude Analysis of Variance 197 K-l Age and Internet Attitude Analysis of Variance 197 K-12 Subject and Internet Attitude Analysis of Variance 197 K-13 Grade Level and Internet Attitude...
... approach are that the application has to arrange for the data in the cookie to be transmitted over the Web as part of every HTTP request so that the Web server can access it The application also ... time the request was submitted, even if it was the same code each time With the advent of the NET platform, Microsoft updated the Active Server Pages framework and created ASP.NET The main features ... mixing application code and HTML caused readability and maintenance issues; and performance was not always what it could be because Active Server Pages had to interpret application code in an HTML...
... teaching There are other reasons for choosing the study, but the above reasons are the main ones that encourage the author to choose the thesis: Using eliciting questions asa technique to teach ... this approach in their teaching But the fact is that they have not successfully applied this approach Half of them say that they always let their pupils make questions communicatively in class and ... example, when teachers ask students about the opinions, experiences, or ideas about how to apply what is in a text that the class has read, the questions are referential ones These are the types of...
... skill The time for the test was within fifteen minutes During the test, the teacher worked asa cassette player and examiner The marking was done with the same way of assessment and then was analyzed ... When asked for the reason, they all argued that because they were always curious about the content of the songs, this task is really helpful as it enables them to have a full understanding of the ... table, it can be seen that class A is inferior to class B in the below average marks but it outnumbers class B in the above average marks In addition, if in the pre-test mode, class A is at the second...
... had a picomolar LOAEL in the ciliary beat frequency assay Many of the compounds in Table were also screened usinga chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) assay that measures growth of the CAM and ... oviduct: a regulator of local contraction and gamete transport J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2004, 44 Suppl 1:S248-51 111 Wijayagunawardane MP, Miyamoto A, Taquahashi Y, Acosta TJ, Nishimura M, Sato K: Angiotensin ... femtomolar range (Table 1) In general, if a chemical were inhibitory, it acted in all three bioassays, although the potency and efficacy for a particular chemical varied among the assays Some of the...
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