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Art Activities for Latin-American Children in Elementary Grades
(Southwest Texas State Teachers College, 1944-07) Tinsley, Willa Vaughn
Originally published by Southwest Texas State Teachers College as a part of a school-community project in Inter-American Teacher Education, made possible by the Office of Education through a grant from the Office of the Coordinator in Inter-American Affairs. This is No. 2 in this special series of bulletins.
Building Better School-Community Relations in Latin-American Communities
(Southwest Texas State Teachers College, 1944-07) Tinsley, Willa Vaughn
Originally published by Southwest Texas State Teachers College as a part of a school-community project in Inter-American Teacher Education, made possible by the Office of Education through a grant from the Office of the Coordinator in Inter-American Affairs. This is No. 3 in this special series of bulletins.
Health and Physical Education: Activities for Latin-American Children in Elementary Grades
(Southwest Texas State Teachers College, 1944-07) Tinsley, Willa Vaughn
Originally published by Southwest Texas State Teachers College as a part of a school-community project in Inter-American Teacher Education, made possible by the Office of Education through a grant from the Office of the Coordinator in Inter-American Affairs. This is No. 1 in this special series of bulletins.
Music Activities for Latin-American Children in Elementary Grades
(Southwest Texas State Teachers College, 1944-07) Tinsley, Willa Vaughn
Originally published by Southwest Texas State Teachers College as a part of a school-community project in Inter-American Teacher Education, made possible by the Office of Education through a grant from the Office of the Coordinator in Inter-American Affairs. This is No. 4 in this special series of bulletins.
Nutrition Education in School and Community
(Southwest Texas State Teachers College, 1945-07) Tinsley, Willa Vaughn
Originally published by Southwest Texas State Teachers College as a part of a school-community project in Inter-American Teacher Education, made possible by the Office of Education through a grant from the Office of the Coordinator in Inter-American Affairs. This is No. 5 in this special series of bulletins.
On the tradeoff between the mean and the variance in foraging: Effect of spatial distribution and color preference
(Ecological Society of America, 1982-12) Real, Leslie; Ott, James R.; Silverfine, Eva
An enclosed colony of bumblebees (Bombus pennsylvanicus) was restricted to foraging on two artificial flower types. The means and variances were adjusted in the two flower types in order to detect risk sensitivity. Both the mean and the variance contributed to the bees' foraging decisions. A series of experiments was designed to construct the bees' indifference curve under a variety of ecological conditions. The indifference curve represents combinations of mean and variance in nectar reward for which bees showed no preference. In three of the four experiments there was a positive tradeoff between the mean and the variance, i.e., a relatively more variable flower type could be compensated for by increasing its expected reward. The quantitative nature of the tradeoff is shown to be sensitive to ecological parameters (e.g., spatial distribution of flowers) and independent behavioral parameters (e.g., intrinsic color preference).
Leadership, Diversity and the Campus Community.
(American Association for Higher Education, 1993-03) Chahin, T. Jaime
To develop and implement diversity initiatives in the university community requires the effective implementation of initiatives in many areas. Diversity leaders should be cognizant of institutional values and attitudes and the vision espoused by the university's president. The diversity leader should inform the university community about opportunities to diversify the workforce. Diversifying the student population will require effective student recruitment and retention, financial resources to assist economically marginal students, an environment that welcomes students, and proactive student services to respond to diversity issues emerging on campus. Diversity initiatives should strive for intellectual diversity that includes other kinds of diversities--cultural, racial, gender, sexual, social, and economic. Multicultural activities should be integrated within the institutional calendar of student activities that celebrate commonalities as well as cultural patterns. Diversity leaders also need to mobilize minority staff and faculty organizations to provide guidance and resources. They must assess the corporate culture of their institutions to determine strengths and weaknesses and then find specific niches that can be used to build support. Several recommendations are offered for developing support for diversity and reducing faculty resistance. (JDD)
Las Colonias: Children of the Colonias
(1998-07) Chahin, T. Jaime
No abstract prepared.
Children of the Colonias: 10 Students from the Southwest United States Border
(2000-03-17) Chahin, T. Jaime
No abstract prepared.
Texas Intermediate Sanctions Bench Manual 2003
(Texas. Community Justice Assistance Division, 2003-10) McLaren, John A.; Stickels, John W.
A manual for the judiciary concerning community corrections sanctioning options and resources throughout Texas. This document, Texas Intermediate Sanctions Bench Manual 2003, was developed under Contract Number 696-CJ-2-2-A0107 from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Increased income from seasonally flooded rice fields through community based fish culture in Bangladesh and Vietnam
(Taylor & Francis, 2005-02) Dey, Madan; Prein, Mark
In extensive river floodplains and deltaic lowlands, floods lasting several months render the land unavailable for crop (often rice) production during the rainy season. Aside from crop production during the flood-free dry season, the land area can be utilized for fish production during the flood season. This can be done by enclosing parts of these floodwater areas to produce a crop of stocked fish aside from the naturally occurring ‘wild’ species. The WorldFish Center and its national partners recently tested (1) concurrent rice-fish culture in the shallower flooded areas and (2) alternating rice and fish culture in the deep-flooded areas of Bangladesh and Vietnam through a community-based management system. This paper presents the key results of this work, focusing on the economics of existing land use patters and the impact of community based fish culture on rice yields and income. Rice production was maintained, or even enhanced. Fish production was increased beyond the wild catch by about 600 kg/ha/year in shallow-flooded areas and up to 1.5 t/ha/year in deep-flooded areas, without reduction in wild fish catch. For the overall system on an annual basis, an additional income ranging from US$ 135 per hectare in southern Vietnam to US$ 437 per hectare in Bangladesh was achieved, which is an increase of 20 to 85 percent over the profitability of the previous systems involving cropping and fish capture. The results indicate that community-based fish culture in rice fields is technically feasible, economically profitable, environmentally non-destructive, and socially acceptable.
Integrating Agriculture, Fisheries and Ecosystem Conservation: Win-win Solutions
(National Institute of Ecology, 2006-03) Sugunan, Veliyil Vasu; Prein, Mark; Dey, Madan
Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture (IAA) is essentially diversification of agriculture, leading to synergisms among sub-systems resulting in a higher productivity from land/water area under the farmers' control. One method of achieving this is adding a pond culture component to a farm system, basically to receive and utilize the nutrient inputs from the latter. The second method is physically integrating aquaculture into the other systems by modifying the farm design and operations. More than 30% of the total geographical area in 40 countries covering 9.2 million km2 in Sub-Saharan Africa is suitable for some form of integrated aquaculture. Based on the present production level, it has been projected that 35% of the Africa's increased requirement of fish in 2010 could be met by small scale fish farmers using IAA in just 0.5 % of the total potentially available area. The main motivations that enable farmers in adopting IAA are to i) reduce risk from cropping, ii) accumulate capital, iii) provide draught animal power and manure for fertilizer/fuel (in case of livestock), iv) satisfy cultural needs, v) enhance prestige/status, vi) provide food, and vii) generate income. An opportunity for further increased production in the flood-prone ecosystem is the integration of capture fisheries and fish culture with rice farming on a community management basis. However, a key requirement for win-win situation is the development and operation of a good governance system based on community approach in managing the IAA operations. This helps to ensure equity, minimize conflicts among stakeholders and ensure easy resolution of conflicts, should they arise. This has been shown to work very well in a floodplain rice-fish culture system, where in spite of individual ownership of rice plots, fish culture is done on a community basis. Rice-fish systems foster ecological conservation through a number of means such as use of natural organic inputs, least alteration in the physical habitat, safeguarding agro-biodiversity (both rice and fish), allowing free movement of wild stock (in flooded systems), efficient recycling of farm wastes, utilizing all possible synergisms in various farm sub-systems, encouraging community and participatory approach in managing the resources, which can facilitate mass awareness on conservation.
Impact of Development and Dissemination of Integrated Aquaculture-Agriculture (IAA) Technologies in Malawi
(WorldFish Center, 2006-06) Dey, Madan; Kambewa, Patrick; Prein, Mark; Jamu, Daniel; Paraguas, Ferdinand J.; Pemsl, Diemuth E.; Briones, Roehlano M.
Malawi is a small but densely populated country in Southern Africa. Fish is an important part of the nutrition of Malawians, providing essential protein and micronutrients. However, per capita fish consumption has halved over the ten-year period between 1988 to 1998 due to over-fishing in the lakes and doubling of the population since the 1970s, accompanied by an increase in the price of fish. This has worsened access to food insecurity, especially in rural areas, in a country where an estimated 66 per cent of the population consume less than the minimum daily calorie requirement. This paper presents an ex-post impact assessment of the development and dissemination of smallscale integrated aquaculture-agriculture technologies by The WorldFish Center and its national and international partners over more than 15 years in Malawi. The impact study measures the effects of these outputs on the degree of integrated aquaculture-agriculture (IAA) technology adoption and diffusion, the effects on farm income and health of household members, and the welfare effects of increased fish supply on the Malawian economy.
The Role of Species and Systems in the Development and Growth of Aquaculture in Asia: Needs and Prospects
(John Wiley & Sons, 2007-08) Ahmed, Mahfuzuddin; Dey, Madan; Garcia, Yolanda T.
During the previous three decades aquaculture development in Asia was characterized by a broad spectrum of users, systems, practices, and species through a continuum ranging from backyard household operations to industry-scale commercial systems. These systems produced the largest quantities of affordable food fish for domestic markets and home consumption in the world, making aquaculture one of the fastest growing food-producing subsectors in the region. With a steady growth of 9–11% per annum, Asia’s aquaculture constitutes 90% of the global farmed fish output. Urbanization, a rising middle class, and growth of export trade have had a major impact on the choice of species and systems, including postharvest technologies. This paper reviews the current practices in Asian aquaculture and emerging trends in species and systems against a backdrop of changing structure of demand, supply, and trade. It examines key issues concerning the role of aquaculture as an engine for economic growth in rural areas of developing Asia. Taking examples from South and Southeast Asia, the paper also analyzes the prospects and needs of the sector by identifying key technological, socioeconomic, and policy factors that will enhance its role in providing animal protein, employment, income, and foreign exchange to the economy and its population.
An Intra-farm Study of Production Factors and Productivity for Shrimp Farms in Bangladesh: An Index Approach
(The University of Chicago Press, 2008-01) Gordon, Daniel V.; Bjorndal, Trond; Dey, Madan; Talukder, Rezaul Karim
The production characteristics of shrimp farming in Bangladesh are reported based on a panel of farms for the period 1998 to 2002. The data allow for a profit decomposition based on the Törnqvist index, where differences in relative profits can be explained by differences in productivity, prices, and pond size. The indices indicate that pond size is the most important factor in determining profitability and that the largest farms are the most profitable. However, productivity measured as profit per hectare is only weakly positively correlated with pond size. In fact, the smallest ponds rely more on productivity in generating profit relative to the most profitable farm. These results indicate that small farms are disadvantaged not because they lack the skills to manage, but because the farms are too small. The challenge for Bangladeshi policy makers is to devise methods and procedures to allow small farmers to expand pond size.
Demand for fish in Asia: A cross-country analysis
(Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Inc., 2008-08-28) Dey, Madan; Garcia, Yolanda T.; Kumar, Praduman; Piumsombun, Somying; Sirajul Haque, Muhammad; Li, Luping; Radam, Alias; Senaratne, Athula; Tri Khiem, Nguyen; Koeshendrajana, Sonny
Fish demand patterns in nine Asian countries were investigated using a multistage budgeting framework allowing a disaggregated approach to analysing fish consumption. This paper highlights the heterogeneity of fisheries products in terms of species, sources and cultural responses of consumers, factors that are important in fish demand under the Asian setting. Specifically, fish demand by income groups were compared to determine how the low- and high-income households respond to price and income changes. Results showed that the estimated price and income elasticities of all fish types included in the study were relatively more elastic among the poorer households.
Ethnic Variations in the Connection Between Work-Induced Family Separation and Turnover Intent
(Sage, 2010-05-01) Behnke, Andrew O.; MacDermid, Shelley; Anderson, James C.; Weiss, Howard M.
Using conservation of resources theory, this study examines the role of resources in the relationship between work-induced family separation and workers’ intentions to leave their employment and how these relationships vary across ethnic groups. Analyses of a large representative sample of military members reveal that family separation is significantly related to intent to leave the military and that this relationship is partially mediated by resources for all ethnic groups. Work- and family-related resources are the most strongly related to both separation and turnover for all ethnic groups, but significant ethnic variations are found for most paths in the model. Results are discussed in terms of applications inside and outside the military and potential implications for conservation of resources theory.
Sources of family income and their effects on family income inequality: A study of fish farmers in Tripura, India
(Springer Nature, 2010-10) Singh, Kehar; Dey, Madan
An improved understanding of the sources of income and income distribution provides instructive insights into food insecurity and poverty, helping policy makers in the developing world to formulate new strategies for overcoming them. This paper analyses different sources of family income of fish farmers, and determines the impact that various income sources had on the overall level of family income inequality in the South Tripura district of Tripura in 2004–2005. Using decomposition of inequality by source, we examined how changes in particular income components affected overall inequality. Policies that increase fish yield in the study area have an important role to play in reducing poverty with negligible increase in income inequality. Increased income share from government jobs in lower income groups could play the dual role of alleviating poverty among relatively poor fish farmers and reducing income inequality among fish farming households in the study area.
Creating Programs to Help Latino Youth Thrive at School: The Influence of Latino Parent Involvement Programs
(Clemson University Press, 2011-02-01) Behnke, Andrew O.; Kelly, Christine
Parent involvement programs can play an essential role in the academic success of Latino youth. This article reports the effectiveness and evaluation of two new Extension programs that help Latino parents become more involved in their youths' academics. The Latino Parent and Family Advocacy and Support Training (LPFAST) targets parents of K- 8th grade students, and the Juntos Para Una Mejor Educación (Together for a Better Education) program was created to serve 6th-12th grade Latino students and their parents. These two programs demonstrate innovative approaches to involve communities and schools in Extension programming.
A Multistage Budgeting Approach to the Analysis of Demand for Fish: An Application to Inland Areas of Bangladesh
(The University of Chicago Press, 2011-03) Dey, Madan; Alam, Ferdous; Paraguas, Ferdinand J.
This study was conducted to estimate the elasticities of demand for eight different fish types and four income groups in Bangladesh using year-round data collected from inland areas of the country. It uses a three-stage budgeting framework that estimates a demand function for food in the first stage, a demand function for fish (as a group) in the second stage, and a set of demand functions for fish by type in the third stage using a quadratic extension of the Almost Ideal Demand System (QUAIDS) model. The Heckman procedure was used in stage three to remove the possible bias in the parameter estimates brought about by zero consumption. The magnitude of both price and income elasticities varies across different fish types and income quartile groups, indicating the relevance of estimation specific to fish types and quartiles. Except for assorted small fish, the other seven fish types included in the study were found to have positive income elasticity for all income levels. Assorted small fish is an inferior commodity for the richest quartile of the population.

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