scholarly journals Impact of Soil Moisture and Mowing Height on Ataenius spretulus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Selection of Golf Course Turf Habitat in Choice Tests

HortScience ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 459-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young-Ki Jo ◽  
David R. Smitely
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Habitat Selection ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
The Other ◽  
Growth Chamber ◽  
Golf Course ◽  
Ovipositional Preference ◽  
Choice Tests ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Selection Of

Ataenius spretulus (Haldeman) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) is the most common grub in golf course fairways in Michigan. Ataenius spretulus grubs are 3- to 10-fold more abundant in golf course fairways (mowed at a height of 1.5 cm) than in the roughs (mowed at a height of 5.0 cm or higher). Predation and infection by Paenibacillus sp. were previously reported to be greater in the rough, and may partially explain outbreaks of A. spretulus grubs in golf course fairways. In addition to natural enemies, cultural practices of irrigation and mowing could also be important factors, especially if A. spretulus prefers to oviposit in the fairway over the rough. In this paper we examine the impact of soil moisture and mowing height on oviposition and habitat selection. In a greenhouse experiment where A. spretulus adults were given a choice of turf maintained at fairway or rough height, no ovipositional preference for one or the other was observed. In three different growth chamber experiments where adults were allowed to choose among fairway or rough turf plugs held in soil at different moisture levels, adults preferred turf plugs in soil at a volumetric moisture content of 13% to 26% over turf plugs in soil at 8% to 9% moisture for their habitat selection. We conclude from these greenhouse and growth chamber experiments that A. spretulus adults do not choose turf habitat based on mowing height, but may be influenced by soil moisture levels.

scholarly journals The Most Frequent Agronomic Practices Used by the Coconut Farmers in the “Coconut Triangle” of Sri Lanka

CORD ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Lalith Perera
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Agronomic Practices ◽  
Frequent Event ◽  
The Impact

The study was carried out to identify the most frequently practiced cultural practices by coconut growers in the main coconut growing area termed as “Coconut Triangle”, among a set of technical practices recommended by the Coconut Research Institute of Sri Lanka (CRISL). The objective was also to analyse the impact of these practices to the yield and to analyse the effects of the information sources to the growers to enhance the farmers skills. The study was carried out between June 2018 and August 2018. For the data collection, a questionnaire developed by CRISL was used and 62 growers were randomly selected. All the answers were gathered in a table file. Then, the data were analysed using tabular analysis and the software SPSS. The study reveals that most of the growers are having intercrops between the coconut trees, in large or very small scale even if the yield is lowand needs more space. For the soil moisture conservation around the coconut palm, the majority of the growers use the simple and low-cost technique; mulching around the coconut palms. However, 30.1% of the growers were found to not use any technique to improve the soil moisture even when the drought is a frequent event in the country, but this more valid for small scale growers. To improve their yield, majority of the growers preferred and used CRISL recommended coconut fertilizer mixture (Adult Palm Mixture or APM) over the other commercially available fertilizer mixtures. Finally, the study shows that farmers with large estates are the most involved to follow training programs and apply the advices given by the CRISL.           

scholarly journals Index Kultural pada Penerjemahan Novel Eclipse: Sebuah Pendekata Semiotik

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-342
Author(s):  
Tri Pujiati
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
The Other ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Semiotic Approach ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Stephenie Meyer

Budaya merupakan salah satu tantangan utama yang ditemukan dalam menerjemahkan bahasa Inggris ke dalam bahasa Indonesia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dampak indeks budaya terhadap terjemahan Novel Eclipse karya Stephenie Meyer. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dan pendekatan semiotik dalam penerjemahan. Terdapat 30 data yang diambil dari novel Eclipse dan terjemahannya dalam bahasa Indonesia dengan teknik. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa (1) indeks budaya yang digunakan oleh penerjemah sebagai cara untuk mempertahankan budaya sumber itu sendiri memiliki dampak besar pada bahasa target. Ada beberapa terjemahan yang tidak dapat diterima dalam bahasa target karena maknanya tidak tersedia dalam bahasa Indonesia, indeks budaya lainnya diterima dalam bahasa target karena ada persamaan arti yang sesuai dengan bahasa sumber; (2) sebagai cara untuk menyelesaikan masalah dalam menerjemahkan budaya, penerjemah menggunakan prosedur transferensi dan naturalisasi. Terdapat 87% menggunakan prosedur transferensi dan 13% menggunakan naturalisasi. Simpulan umum dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa beberapa strategi penerjemahan tersebut tidak akurat di dalam bahasa sasaran sehingga penerjemah perlu mempertimbangkan pemilihan prosedur yang tepat sehingga terjemahan yang dihasilkan dapat diterima dalam bahasa sasaran. Culture is one of the main important challenges found in translating English into Indonesian language. This research aims to know the impact of cultural index on translation of Eclipse Novel by Stephenie Meyer. This research uses qualitative method and semiotic approach in translation. There are 30 data taken from Eclipse novel and its translation in Indonesian language. The results of this study show that (1) cultural index which used by translator as a way to defend the source culture and source language (henceforth SL) itself has a great impact on target language (henceforth TL). There are some translations which cannot be accepted in target language because the meaning is not available in Indonesian language, the other cultural index are accepted in TL as there are equivalence meaning that correspondence the SL; (2) as a way to solve the problem in translating culture, the translator uses transference and naturalization procedure. There are about 87% used transference procedure and 13% used naturalization. The general conclusion of this study shows that some of these strategies are not accurate in the target language so translators need to consider the selection of the right procedure so that the resulting translation can be accepted in the target language.

scholarly journals Factors Determining the Choice of a Career in Geriatrics among Students in Geriatric in-Hospital Training: A Prospective Study of 74 Medical Students

Geriatrics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Valentine Nuss ◽  
Jérémy Barben ◽  
Caroline Laborde ◽  
Jérémie Vovelle ◽  
Martha Deidda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Geriatric Patients ◽  
The Other ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Medical Studies ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Geriatric Hospital ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Selection Of

To understand why students in the 2nd cycle of medical studies choose to complete a Diploma of Specialized Studies (DSS) in geriatrics, we conducted a study to identify the factors influencing the choice of a future specialty. In addition, we assessed the impact of clinical in-hospital training (CIHT) in a geriatric hospital on the students’ selection of their future specialty. We included all students who completed CIHT in the geriatric facility of our University Hospital between 1 May and 31 October 2018. Data were collected using a two-part questionnaire: one part was given before CIHT and the other after. The students were classified into two groups: those considering a career in geriatrics (CIG) before CIHT, forming the group DSS geriatrics+ (GDSSG+), and those not considering it, constituting the group DSS geriatrics− (GDSSG−). Seventy-four students aged 22 years old were included. Of these students, 26% were considering a CIG before CIHT. This rate increased significantly to 42% after CIHT (p = 0.04). However, none of the students who indicated that they were potentially interested in pursuing geriatrics before CIHT preselected geriatrics as their first option. For more than 92% of the students, the comprehensive care of geriatric patients was an asset. The main drawbacks were diagnostic and therapeutic limitations (60% of students), then managing aging, disability, and neurocognitive disorders (55% of students). After CIHT, the view of geriatrics improved by 74%. In conclusion, geriatric CIHT improves students’ opinions of geriatrics and increases the number of students considering a CIG. However, geriatrics still suffers from a lack of prestige.

scholarly journals Periwinkle (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) habitat selection and its impact upon microalgal populations

1999 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. APOLINÁRIO ◽  
R. COUTINHO ◽  
M. H. BAETA-NEVES
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Selection ◽  
Food Availability ◽  
Rocky Shore ◽  
Grazing Pressure ◽  
Sessile Invertebrate ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Intertidal Level ◽  
Chthamalus Bisinuatus

The present study examines habitat selection and grazing pressure of the periwinkle Nodilittorina lineolata (Gmelin, 1791) on the rocky shore of Arraial do Cabo, RJ, Brazil (lat. 23°S, long. 43°W). Transfer experiments suggest that periwinkles actively select the mid intertidal, where the cirripede Chthamalus bisinuatus Pilsbry is the dominant sessile invertebrate. We also conducted a caging experiment in the middle intertidal, manipulating grazers and light, to assess the impact of grazing upon microalgal density. Grazing pressure significantly reduced microalgal abundance at the mid-intertidal level, suggesting that food availability plays an important role in the habitat selection of periwinkles on the studied shore.

The Jesuits and the Enlightenment

2018 ◽  
pp. 854-890
Author(s):  
Joan-Pau Rubiés
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Practices ◽  
The Other ◽  
Religious Authority ◽  
Republic Of Letters ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Accommodation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

How we think of the relationship between the Jesuits and the Enlightenment largely depends on how we conceptualize the latter. This chapter addresses it as a series of debates conducted in the context of a cosmopolitan Republic of Letters, and a number of specific cultural practices that made that very Republic possible. The Jesuits were, therefore, participants in, rather than enemies of, the Enlightenment. Because they combined theological conservatism with cultural modernity, the Jesuits were feared and resented with particular vehemence. Placed between two different modernities, one characterized by global structures of communication and learning, as well as by the practices of cultural accommodation, the other by the attack on superstition and religious authority, the Jesuits helped create the conditions for the Enlightenment, making important but paradoxical contributions to some of its central debates. Nowhere was this more obvious than in the impact of missionary ethnographies concerning the “Gentile” pagan peoples of the world.

SELECTION OF POTATO GENOTYPES AT SIX WIDELY SEPARATED LOCATIONS IN NORTHWESTERN CANADA

1974 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. HARRIS
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Solanum Tuberosum L ◽  
The Other ◽  
General Evaluation ◽  
Personal Bias ◽  
Potato Genotype ◽  
Genotype Evaluation ◽  
Performance And Evaluation ◽  
Tuber Type ◽  
Selection Of

Norgold Russet and six potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) seedlings were grown and evaluated at six widely separated locations in Northwestern Canada for 3 yr. The total number of tubers decreased with increasing latitude but not their marketable number, nor their total and marketable weight. Similarly, tuber type, specific gravity, boiled quality, or general evaluation did not vary with latitude. The personal bias of observers in rating tuber type and general evaluation was largely eliminated by providing detailed instructions to the six observers, by not including disease in general ratings, and by rating on the marketable tubers. There was close agreement in the performance and evaluation of genotypes between Prince George, Beaverlodge, Anzac, Mile 1019 and Fort Simpson but not between Fort Vermilion and any of the above locations. It was concluded that potato genotype evaluation was needed at two locations in northwestern Canada, one at Fort Vermilion and another at any of the other locations, and that potato research at the other locations should be directed towards improving cultural practices.

scholarly journals The Most Frequent Agronomic Practices Used by the Coconut Farmers in the “Coconut Triangle” of Sri Lanka

CORD ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Lalith Perera
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Agronomic Practices ◽  
Frequent Event ◽  
The Impact

The study was carried out to identify the most frequently practiced cultural practices by coconut growers in the main coconut growing area termed as “Coconut Triangle”, among a set of technical practices recommended by the Coconut Research Institute of Sri Lanka (CRISL). The objective was also to analyse the impact of these practices to the yield and to analyse the effects of the information sources to the growers to enhance the farmers skills. The study was carried out between June 2018 and August 2018. For the data collection, a questionnaire developed by CRISL was used and 62 growers were randomly selected. All the answers were gathered in a table file. Then, the data were analysed using tabular analysis and the software SPSS. The study reveals that most of the growers are having intercrops between the coconut trees, in large or very small scale even if the yield is lowand needs more space. For the soil moisture conservation around the coconut palm, the majority of the growers use the simple and low-cost technique; mulching around the coconut palms. However, 30.1% of the growers were found to not use any technique to improve the soil moisture even when the drought is a frequent event in the country, but this more valid for small scale growers. To improve their yield, majority of the growers preferred and used CRISL recommended coconut fertilizer mixture (Adult Palm Mixture or APM) over the other commercially available fertilizer mixtures. Finally, the study shows that farmers with large estates are the most involved to follow training programs and apply the advices given by the CRISL.           

scholarly journals The hydrological responses of different land cover types in a re-vegetation catchment area of the Loess Plateau, China

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 5809-5835 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Wang ◽  
B. J. Fu ◽  
G. Y. Gao ◽  
J. Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Water Loss ◽  
The Other ◽  
Land Cover Type ◽  
Land Cover Types ◽  
Cover Type ◽  
Daily Water ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. The impact of re-vegetation on soil moisture dynamics was investigated by comparing five land cover types. Soil moisture and temperature variations under grass (Andropogon), subshrub (Artemisia scoparia), shrub (Spiraea pubescens), tree (Robinia pseudoacacia), and crop (Zea mays) vegetation were monitored in an experiment performed during the growing season of 2011. There were more than 10 soil moisture pulses during the period of data collection, and the surface soil moisture of all of the land cover types showed an increasing trend. Corn cover was associated with consistently higher soil moisture readings than the other surfaces. Grass and subshrubs showed an intermediate moisture level, with that of grass being slightly higher than that of subshrub most of the time. Shrubs and trees were characterized by lower soil moisture readings, with the shrub levels consistently being slightly higher than those of the trees. With the exception of the corn land cover type, the average soil temperature showed the same regime as the average moisture content, but exhibiting a downward trend throughout the observation period. Three typical decreasing periods were chosen to compare the differences in water losses. In periods of both relatively lower and higher water soil moisture contents, subshrubs lost the largest amount of water. The daily water loss associated with corn was most variable. The tree and shrub sites presented an intermediate level, with that of tree being slightly higher compared to shrub; the daily water loss trends of these two land cover types were similar and were more stable than those of the other types. The amount of water loss related to the grass land cover type is determined by the initial moisture content. Soil under subshrubs acquired and retained soil moisture resources more efficiently than the other cover types, representing an adaptive vegetation type in this area.

scholarly journals REREONGAN SERUMPI FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN SITU UDIK VILLAGE BOGOR WEST JAVA

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-101
Author(s):  
Endin Mujahidin ◽  
Bahagia Bahagia ◽  
Rimun Wibowo ◽  
Fachruddin Majeri Mangunjaya
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mutual Support ◽  
West Java ◽  
Mutual Cooperation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Selection Of

The objective of this research to investigate about rareongan sarumpi for rural development in Situ Udik Village Bogor West Java. The research method used qualitative approach. The data are gathred through in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation. The selection of sample as informant exert purposive sampling technique. The result is the leader of village exert non hierarchy and range between society and chief of village. The impact is leader and society are mutual support. The other is community development in Situ Udik village use bottom-up action like rereongan serumpi for society. The resources come from society and give back again result to society. The other is rereongan serumpi conserve gotong royong as cultural. The implementation of rereongan serumpi utilize mutual cooperation (gotong royong). People applicate togetherness, willing to help another people as well as conserve charity for assisting people. Lastly, rereongan serumpi is related to social capital. Individual and other person in inside group have strong social binding as well as society build social connection outside of local people

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