Accreditation in the agricultural profession - how to do it?

Do any of my network have experience in designing and implementing a professional accreditation process for the agricultural profession (in your country)? What were the learnings of working...

11 December 2017 8,752 4 View

Can geographic regions achieve recognition via "accreditation" for the produce they supply from agriculture and related primary production?

08 September 2017 6,565 4 View

Does shredded cardboard confer benefits to soil?

I am looking for research that shows by adding clean, shredded kraft cardboard (ie no chemicals added, 100% cellulose) to a cracking clay soil, in combination with wood chips (50:50 basis), that...

07 August 2015 4,146 21 View

Do Community Boards in Australia typically have ethics frameworks? If so why?

Has anyone on my network come across insightful papers on ethics at the board level in Australia. In particular, any papers that address ethics, how it is framed for executives, and issues general...

01 January 1970 9,948 3 View

How can Aboriginal participation in productive agriculture be enhanced in NSW?

I am of the view that aboriginal involvement in NSW agricultural production is under-represented and new thinking and action is required to enhance this participation. My question is focused on...

01 January 1970 4,592 4 View

How can the use of Jolly Phonics improves the quality of reading, speaking and writing in rural disadvantaged communities in Papua New Guinea?

Jolly Phonics reading program is an effective way to teach early reading to young learners. How can lectures at the university prepare early childhood student teachers to teach Jolly Phonics to...

03 March 2021 3,731 3 View

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

02 March 2021 3,858 10 View

How Relativistic effects is one reason for lanthanide contraction?

The Lanthanide contraction which is the decrease in ionic radii of the elements in the lanthanide series from atomic number 57, lanthanum, to 71, lutetium, is due to poor shielding of the 4f...

01 March 2021 2,272 4 View

How to separate water from glycerol solvent in a solvent recovery vacuum distillation column?

I am currently doing my third year design project. I have been assigned to design a glycerol recovery column in vinyl acetate monomer production. The process unit before the recovery column is an...

01 March 2021 9,525 4 View

What is the state of the drug inside solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)?

I am a little confuse with the mechanism of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). The main point of encapsulating drugs into SLNs is because some drugs have low solubility in water. Therefore, SLNs...

01 March 2021 3,703 3 View

Why is the sum of the elements in a row in a Q matrix equal to zero?

When explaining substitution models, the substitutions are expressed as Q matrix. Why is the sum of the elements in a row zero?

28 February 2021 3,864 3 View

For modelling epoxy-based matrices (in composites), which model in ABAQUS is the most suitable, Concrete damaged plasticity or Drucker-Prager model?

I am working on developing a micromechanical FE model for predicting kink-band formation in UD composites. To model matrix plasticity, which model, out of Concrete Damaged Plasticity and...

28 February 2021 5,415 1 View

Does different dilution factors affect negatively on NH3 reading ?

I have a sample of treated water sample & asked to obtain ammonia conc. in sample using a machine with 5-25 ppm detection range. However, upon testing with different dilution factors, all...

27 February 2021 8,483 3 View

LEDs on Vis Light photo degradation of MB water sol via N doped TiO2 in a mini flume?

Good day to all, I have no experience with light emitting diodes. I am building a glass mini flume to demonstrate the photo degradation of Methylene Blue in water running over self cleaning...

26 February 2021 4,026 5 View

Can anyone share his experience regards Smoothing in origin?

I am working on TiO2 composite material and the results of XRD have a lot of small/junk peaks and while I apply a smooth filter in Origin then the other characteristics peaks disappear so anyone...

26 February 2021 8,183 3 View