http://hdl.handle.net/1807/35073 2017-07-10T07:57:24Z http://hdl.handle.net/1807/35325 Title: Gap Analysis Report Outreach Project Author: Hawkins, Richard Abstract (summary): This consultancy was carried out as part of the project “Shifting from Outreach to Engagement: Transforming Universities’ response to current development trends in agricultural research and training in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa” – referred to in this report as the “Outreach Project” The Outreach Project is managed by RUFORUM. African university partners are Makerere University (MAK) in Uganda, Moi University School of Agriculture and Biotechnology (MSAB) in Kenya, and Bunda College of Agriculture (BCA) in Malawi. Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR) in The Netherlands also supports the project. The project is also linked to the Community Action Research Programme (CARP), managed by RUFORUM, and which includes outreach projects at MAK, MSAB and BCA. Objectives The consultancy had the following objectives: 1. Review concepts and key principles of experiential learning, and conditions that enhance or impede its application; 2. Assess current teaching and learning approaches being used in the project partner universities, conditions that support or impede experiential learning, and identify ways to shift towards more experiential learning; 3. Identify and describe best practices of experiential learning and how such practices could be adopted and/or scaled up in African universities; 4. Identify the critical competence gap areas of faculty staff for them to apply experiential learning approaches; identify areas where current curricula limit experiential learning; 5. Identify and describe initiatives that move towards experiential learning, and draw lessons from these; 6. Make practical recommendations on how to initiate and promote experiential learning approaches in the project faculties/colleges of agriculture. 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1807/24206 Title: A New Species of Kritskyia (Dactylogyridae, Ancyrocephalinae) parasite of urinary bladder of Prochilodus lineatus (Prochilodontidae, Characiformes) from the floodplain of the high Paraná River, Brazil Author: Ricardo Massato Takemoto; Maria de los Angeles Perez Lizama; Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli Abstract (summary): A new species of Kritskyia   inhabits the urinary bladder of the "curimba", Prochilodus lineatus   in the floodplain of the high Paraná river. The new species resembles others members of Kritskyia in the following features: haptor lacking anchors and with 14 hooks marginal, posterior male copulatory organ non articulated with the accessory piece and vagina a sclerotized tube. However, it differs from the known species mainly by the shape of the copulatory complex. This is the third endoparasitic monogenean species reported from freshwater Neotropical fish. 2002-12-31T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1807/24205 Title: Age structure of adult mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) populations from Buenos Aires Province, Argentina Author: Arnaldo Macia Abstract (summary): In order to detect seasonal trends in the age structure of adult mosquitoes from Buenos Aires province, Argentina, female populations were sampled with CDC traps during 1989-1991 in Punta Lara and La Plata. The mosquitoes were dissected and age-grouped according to ovarian tracheation and ovariolar stages. All Runchomyia paranensis females were parous, suggesting that this species could be autogenous. Aedes albifasciatus showed parous peaks following population peaks, with shorter delays in spring-summmer and longer in fall-winter. Ae. crinifer and Culex dolosus showed wide fluctuations in age structure due to adult emergences during all months. Psorophora ferox showed high population replacement rates. Mansonia indubitans and Ma. titillans have few generations per year during their activity period. This is the first report on age-grading of adults of field mosquito populations from Argentina. 1997-12-31T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1807/24204 Title: Electronic publishing of scientific journals - the Bioline model Abstract (summary): Australasian Biotechnology, Volume 7 Number 4, July/August 1997, pp.241-244 Electronic publishing of scientific journals - the Bioline model Barbara Kirsop & Brian Kirsop, Code Number: AU97033 Size of Files: Text: 14.7K Graphics: No associated graphics files Introduction The distribution of scientific information using the Internet is a well established mechanism for most of the major public domain databases (GenBank, EMBL, Swissprot etc). By contrast, the electronic distribution of peer reviewed scientific papers is relatively new. However, the rising cost of scientific publications and the diminishing resources of many libraries has created a situation which is restricting the distribution of the results of scientific and technological research. Copyright 1997 Australian Biotechnology Association Ltd. 1997-12-31T00:00:00Z