Jelly seed is a major challenge in mango production leading to enormous losses in the value chain. This internal fruit disorder is characterised by disintegration of cells, consistency of jelly and broken cells. Calcium plays an important role in enhancing tissue stability and firmness thus reducing cell disintegration. A two-year field study was conducted in Embu County, Kenya using ‘Van Dyke’ cultivar trees of approximately 10 years old. The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of varied sources of ...

The current cross-sectional study aimed at characterising the productivity and diseases affecting dairy goats kept by smallholder farmers in three sub-counties in Thika Region, Kenya. Standard questionnaires were administered to 240 farmers through face-to-face interviews and the outputs were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The farmers mainly kept crosses of Toggenburg (45.9 %), Kenyan Alpine (29.5 %) and Saanen (17.4 %) dairy goats. The average dairy goat flock size was 4.5 (range 1–23) and ...

Ferroelectric materials are widely used in our daily life and many advanced industrial products. The understanding of their fracture behavior has been in the focus of research for decades, since the success of their application requires reliability and durability. For ferroelectric fracture behavior, different fracture criteria have been proposed and the influence of various mechanical-electric loading combinations on crack propagation have been investigated. However, the crack path and the deflection of crack ...

Das Lehren und Lemen fremder Sprachen beruht nicht allein auf kognitiven Prozessen, sondem schließt Aspekte mit ein, die unter attitudinalen und affektiven Faktoren zusammengefasst werden. Dabei werden in der psychologischen Forschung diese Aspekte nicht als nicht-kognitiv, sondem vielmehr als Sonderformen der kognitiven Struktur betrachtet. Schon Piaget und Inhelder stellten fest: ,,Es gibt deshalb kein Verhalten, so intellektuell es auch sein mag, das nicht als Triebfedern affektive Faktoren enthalten wurde; doch ...

In diesem Beitrag wird das Forschungsprojekt INAZ, „Inklusive Bildung in der Alphabetisierungspraxis und im System des zweiten Bildungswegs – Qualifikationen, Kompetenzen und Bedarfe des pädagogischen Personals“, dargestellt. Im ersten Teil erläutern wir den Hintergrund und die Konzeption des Projektes. Im zweiten Teil des Beitrags zeigen wir anhand erster (qualitativer) Ergebnisse, welche Fortbildungsbedarfe vorhanden sind. Warum das Projekt relevant ist, führen wir anhand des Fortbildungsmoduls im dritten Teil aus.

Development partners and donor agencies often target programs and projects in poverty stricken and vulnerable regions around the world. However, there is paucity on economic and financial analysis of such investments. This study contributes to the literature by assessing financial internal rate of return (FIRR) and economic internal rate of return (EIRR) of livestock agribusiness, a vital component of ‘High Mountain Agribusiness and Livelihood Improvement’ (HIMALI) project supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) ...

This study presents a review of 85 peer-reviewed publications of cross-cultural variations in consumer behavior. The objectives of this study are to systemize conceptual and methodological approaches to research of cross-cultural variations in consumer behavior; to present an extended understanding of consumer behavior in related industries; to identify conceptual and methodological gaps and empirical issues in these studies; and by fulfilling the objective of this paper to develop an agenda guiding further research ...

Formen der . Öffnung" - was ist damit eigentlich gemeint? Woher kommt das Interesse an diesem Thema? Was spricht für Öffnung, was spricht dagegen? Welche Vorteile darf man von Öffnung erwarten, welche neuen Probleme gilt es zu lösen? Und welche Konsequenzen ergeben sich, wenn man erst einmal mit Öffnung beginnt? Für uns besteht eine Konsequenz darin, nicht nur das Konzept von Unterricht, sondern auch das Sprechen darüber zu verändern. Und so haben wir zwei engagierten Kolleginnen, Frau Ferrante und Frau Rosendahl-Schnelle, ...

Manual assembly operations are the endmost place of the production process and with it represent a melting pot for organizational, time-related and qualitative errors of manufacturing. Because competitive advantages are increasingly determined in the manual assembly, the creation of economical and reliable work steps is of fundamental importance for future business success. For that reason, at the institute of the authors, a procedure has been developed to use the knowledge of the Expert System for Task Taxonomy that ...

The international trade market of halal food products is huge and has become a fast-growing segment. People that consume food and beverage will also consider if it is good for health, well-being, nutrition, and physical fitness. Nowadays, halal products are requested by Muslim and non-Muslim customers due to safety and quality concern. Even though several studies have been conducted for Muslim customers, but there is a lack of data by foregoing studies which exploring non-Muslim customers about their intention in ...