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Combining Implications and Conceptual Analysis to Learn from a Pesticidal Plant Knowledge Base
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2021
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Knowledge on plant use presented in the scientific literature was compiled in a knowledge base (KB). ...
In this paper, we present a method that extracts the Duquenne-Guigues basis of implications from knowledge structured using Relational Concept Analysis (RCA). ...
Conclusion This paper explores the combination of RCA and the Duquenne-Guigues basis of implications on an environmental knowledge set in order to render knowledge suitable to experts. ...
doi:10.1007/978-3-030-86982-3_5
fatcat:n2bs4fpyovcpjn4c66b2nageae
A Case Study on Students' Application of Chemical Concepts and Use of Arguments in Teaching on the Sustainability-Oriented Chemistry Issue of Pesticides Use Under Inclusion of Different Scientific Worldviews
2021
Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education
This framework fosters education for sustainable development (ESD) in chemistry learning by integrating intercultural and multi-perspective scientific worldviews borrowed from indigenous and Western modern ...
A socio-scientific issues-based, sustainability-oriented pedagogical approach was employed in a chemistry teaching intervention. ...
One student wrote: "The steps of the analysis are: taking a sample from the plant, selecting the appropriate reagents to test its compounds, separating or extracting bio-active compounds from the plant ...
doi:10.29333/ejmste/10979
fatcat:glhclgmdwng3xf2adaulg5ptqm
A Qualitative Study Of Prospective Elementary Teachers' Grasp Of Agricultural And Science Educational Benchmarks For Agricultural Technology
2002
Journal of Agricultural Education
Based on the constructivist approach to learning and research, respondents' understanding of two nationally defined technology-focused educational benchmarks in agriculture was determined. ...
Data analysis included validating benchmarks and language that guided discourse, generating conceptual proposition maps, coding responses for comparison with expert propositions, and interpreting confirming ...
In the second phase of analysis, raw data from student interview tapes were analyzed by generating conceptual proposition maps. ...
doi:10.5032/jae.2002.02068
fatcat:f2uaq2yjnray5n3mq6ollpfymm
Exploring Indigenous Science to Identify Contents and Contexts for Science Learning in Order to Promote Education for Sustainable Development
2021
Education Sciences
Based on a qualitative analysis of indigenous science in the Baduy community (Indonesia), we describe how indigenous science can provide relevant contexts for students to learn scientific concepts, as ...
Potential implications of these topics to science learning are also presented. ...
Acknowledgments: We are grateful for the support afforded to the project by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture. ...
doi:10.3390/educsci11030114
fatcat:tud3j6jcs5a2lfahvz5wwvm5j4
From pesticides to genetically modified plants: history, economics and politics
2000
NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences
fully identified, one conclusion is that ex ante economic analysis which draws upon some of the lessons learned with chemical pesticides may help to bridge the gap between the proponents and the opponents ...
Conceptually the framework can be used for a comparison of crop protection strategies indicated as chemical crop protection, threshold-based crop protection, crop protection by ecotechnology and organic ...
The authors venture that a welfare theoretical approach, which combines scientific and subjective judgements of civil society in a discursive setting will reduce the costs of introducing GMPs for the benefit ...
doi:10.1016/s1573-5214(00)80010-x
fatcat:2k3fgj55zzcxjb4qumqrvbsecy
Prospective Elementary Teacher Understandings Of Pest-Related Science And Agricultural Education Benchmarks
2001
Journal of Agricultural Education
Data analysis included validating benchmarks and language that guided discourse, generating conceptual proposition maps, coding responses for comparison with expert propositions, and interpreting confirming ...
Guided by theoretical frameworks for science education and studies on agricultural literacy, a research protocol that included grounded theory and cognitive anthropology was used to surface respondents ...
In the second phase of analysis, raw data from student interview tapes were analyzed by generating conceptual propositio n maps. ...
doi:10.5032/jae.2001.01082
fatcat:ja6kafe2srapzb5bx7bm3yqs74
Threats to an ecosystem service: pressures on pollinators
2013
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
(4) Pesticides and pathogens The combined impacts of pathogens and pesticides ( Figure 1e ) have physiological implications for bee health at both individual and colony levels. ...
A research team of 11 partners from honey bee pathology, chemistry, genetics, and apicultural extension aiming to: (1) Improve colony health of honey bees using experimental approaches to fill knowledge ...
Research initiatives and knowledge networks (1) To contribute to the conservation of pollinator and plant biodiversity; (2) Improve the health of managed bees, enhance pollination by native pollinators ...
doi:10.1890/120126
fatcat:w6ewwvdzcjfqhpgfmx7el2ithy
The Technological Trajectory of Integrated Pest Management for Rice in Cambodia
2018
Sustainability
We will give a background to the argument and the implications for adequate extension of IPM to farmers. ...
due to a lack of knowledge about the introduced technology or its potential benefits. ...
Lastly, learning effects, economies of scale and institutions that influence a pesticide-based regime [64] [65] [66] are furthered by the policy and industry conditions in Cambodia. ...
doi:10.3390/su10061732
fatcat:pnzow3tivrefpffy36laa56rym
Structured Mental Model Approach for Analyzing Perception of Risks to Rural Livelihood in Developing Countries
2009
Sustainability
The SMMA combines the Sustainable Livelihood Framework with the Mental Model Approach and consists of three steps: (i) definition and weighting of different livelihood capitals; (ii) analysis of livelihood ...
The SMMA combines the Sustainable Livelihood Framework with the Mental Model Approach and consists of three steps: (i) definition and weighting of different livelihood capitals; (ii) analysis of livelihood ...
Acknowledgements The authors thank Jaime Diaz, Patricia Quevedo and Elver Vargas from UNIBOYACA for their feedback on the set-up of the study in the field, Giuseppe Feola, Michael Siegrist, and Michael ...
doi:10.3390/su2010001
fatcat:jztjvshzf5hyxlcd7b6skixuxa
Developing a library of authenticated Traditional Chinese Medicinal (TCM) plants for systematic biological evaluation — Rationale, methods and preliminary results from a Sino-American collaboration
2011
Fitoterapia
and/or pesticides contamination. ...
As envisioned, the subfractions in this artisan collection of authenticated medicinal plants will be tested for biological activity individually and in combinations (i.e., "complex mixtures") consistent ...
Acknowledgments This work was supported in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute (U19 CA128534), the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ...
doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2010.11.017
pmid:21108995
pmcid:PMC3031246
fatcat:fkan2durorfgjc55h3j3v5qhzm
Agroecological initiatives in Hungary and their Central European aspects
2020
International Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources
In addition, the European Green Deal envisions a reduction in pesticide use by 50% by 2030 and supports agroecology to reduce excess fertilization, increase organic farming and reverse biodiversity loss ...
Agroecology initiatives were first implemented within Central and Eastern Europe in Hungary in the 1980s in response to the environmental and ecological problems of intensive, agrochemical-based agricultural ...
Acknowledgments The authors thank Lyndre Nel for her constructive criticism and proofreading of the paper. ...
doi:10.7764/ijanr.v47i3.2266
fatcat:qyfhfrpdsrh6fonxfxb52qsi5m
Exploring Elementary Students' Scientific Knowledge of Agriculture Using Evidence-Centered Design
2017
Journal of Agricultural Education
As a result, the public lacks the knowledge and appreciation of the food, fuel, and fiber it demands. ...
The purpose of this project is to further understand students' agricultural literacy through NALO-based assessment of students' knowledge. ...
In addition to saying corn needs water, soil, and the sun to grow, a fifth grade student also included that you would need pesticides "because bugs eat plants and then pesticide kills the bugs." ...
doi:10.5032/jae.2017.03134
fatcat:k27iaycobndzdbpwc3mubl4rjm
Smart and Climate-Smart Agricultural Trends as Core Aspects of Smart Village Functions
2020
Sensors
The current work examines the level of progress of climate smart agriculture, and tries to borrow from its ideals, to develop a framework for smart village development. ...
early detection of plant and animal diseases, has now embraced varieties of smart sensor technologies. ...
The unit works to detect the pesticide optically at values ranging from 75 nM to 7.5 µM. It bears the combined characteristics of a nanomaterial, and those of artificial molecules. ...
doi:10.3390/s20215977
pmid:33105622
fatcat:m5s5h6kl7betrk4erloubqw7dy
Understanding change at farm level to facilitate innovation towards sustainable plant protection: a case study at cabbage production sites in urban West Africa
2012
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
The ability of a system to absorb perturbations without shifting to an alternative state. ...
Acknowledgements The authors are grateful to the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance for funding the project this research was part of. ...
Referring to the research questions and conceptual considerations, we developed categories representing the fields of analysis. ...
doi:10.1080/14735903.2012.649589
fatcat:ycnnsh272zaf3o7ftidaympcbi
ICT platforms for enhancing agricultural productivity: the case study of Tata Kisan Kendra
2005
International Journal of Services Technology and Management
The project has generated learning experiences such as customization of the project for the rural users, implementation in a phased manner and community learning. ...
The new tools and techniques are evolving and the implications of that are clearly visible at the global scale. ...
In the area of fertilizers, Tata Chemicals has the distinction of setting up the first urea plant in the country with a 'dual feedstock facility' -natural gas or naphtha, or a combination of both. ...
doi:10.1504/ijstm.2005.007419
fatcat:n3d5mzrglvffxehhkdak236gi4
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