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A Hero's Journey to Systemic Change: Developing Expertise in Agricultural Development

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Experts in rural development and agrarian change wield considerable influence over programme design and delivery, directing resources and shaping trajectories towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet the pathways through which such expertise develops remain under‐examined. This study examines the journey to expertise among experts
Kirt Hainzer, Caitlin Finlayson, Nicholas Harrigan, Andrew McGregor, Katharine McKinnon, Van Touch, Ariane Utomo, Brian R. Cook   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Taro leaf and stylo forage as protein sources for pigs in Laos [PDF]

, 2012
Existing forage plants may have applications as alternative protein resources for pigs in smallholder farming systems. This thesis examined the effect of harvesting/defoliation interval on the yield and chemical composition of taro leaves and stylo ...
Kaensombath, Lampheuy
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Mechanistic Model for Deformation of Polymer Nanocomposite Melts under Large Amplitude Shear

, 2012
We report the mechanical response of a model nanocomposite system of poly(styrene) (PS)-silica to large-amplitude oscillatory shear deformations.
Akcora, Pinar, Senses, Erkan
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A Small Act Towards Circular Bioeconomy: Adoption of Integrated Crop‐Livestock System and Its Impacts on Fertiliser Use

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The integrated crop‐livestock system (ICLS) involves rural households simultaneously engaging in crop cultivation and livestock rearing, embodying the principles of a circular bioeconomy. In this system, crop cultivation produces straw as livestock feed, while livestock rearing generates manure that enriches the soil for crop production.
Hongyun Zheng, Wanglin Ma, Dil Bahadur Rahut, Liangang Zhang, Xiaoshi Zhou   +4 more
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Turbulent National Identity in Laos: The Hmong Ethnic Group as a Case Study

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya, 2018
Since the independence, Laos has changed its national identity based on different principles namely Buddhism, Socialism and Consolidation between Buddhism and Socialism. These changes have given dynamic impacts to the identity of the people not only from
Dewi Hermawati Resminingayu
doaj   +1 more source

Autopsy, deathways, and intercultural healthcare in the southern Peruvian Andes Autopsie, pratiques mortuaires et soins de santé interculturels dans le sud des Andes péruviennes

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
While death remains a popular topic for anthropology, relatively few ethnographic accounts consider the modern bureaucratic processes accompanying it. One such process is public health autopsy, which scholars have largely taken for granted. Existing analysis has regarded it as a form of ‘cultural brokering’ and autopsy reluctance in communities is seen,
David M.R. Orr
wiley   +1 more source

Paussus brancuccii sp.nov., an unusually abundant species of the Paussus jousselinii group from Laos and South China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussinae, Paussini) [PDF]

, 2016
A new myrmecophilous species of flanged bombardier beetles is described from northeastern Laosand China (Guangxi), Paussus brancuccii sp.nov. This species stands out from other members of the Paussusjousselinii group and most other Paussines by the large
Nagel, Peter
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Stakeholder collaboration and heritage management [PDF]

, 2005
This article examines a collaborative approach to the relationship between heritage management and tourism development in Luang Prabang, Laos. The purpose is to examine stakeholder collaboration and management roles, heritage tourism development, as well
Abercrombie, Adams, Adele Ladkin, Arnstein, Ashworth, Bramwell, Bramwell, Brohman, Butler, Christina Aas, Cope, Curtis, Eliot, Englemann, Garrod, Getz, Gray, Guaraldo Choguill, Hall, Hall, Hall, Healey, Jamal, Jansen-Verbeke, John Fletcher, Johnson, Ladkin, Leask, Mandell, Marien, Medeiros de Araujo, Mitchell, Mowforth, Newby, Nuryanti, Prentice, Reed, Roberts, Rocha, Russo, Sampieri, Selin, Serageldin, Simmons, Stolton, Swarbrooke, Taylor, Timothy, Timothy, Tosun, Tosun, Tosun, VanderBorg, Wahab, Wall, Yuksel   +55 more
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The Coloniality of Data: Police Databases and the Rationalization of Surveillance from Colonial Vietnam to the Modern Carceral State

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
wiley   +1 more source

Integration of Landlocked Countries into the Global Economy and Domestic Economic Reforms: The case of Lao People’s Democratic Republic [PDF]

In this report, Laos’ challenges encountered as part of the WTO accession process will be surveyed. Subsequently, the linkages between Laos’ domestic reform processes and WTO accession will be analyzed, with a particular focus on certain key sectors and ...
Donald J. Lewis
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