Many universities and colleges have started to channel resources toward understanding and supporting small-scale food systems development in low-income communities.These efforts are often embedded into institutional sustainability initiatives that incorporate new curricula, research agendas, and community engagement.Students, staff, and faculty inc
Multispecies microbial communities often display "community functions" arising from interactions of member species.Interactions are often difficult to decipher, making it challenging to design communities with desired functions.Alternatively, similar to artificial selection for individuals in agriculture and industry, one could repeatedly choose co
Soybean plants establish symbiotic relationships with soil rhizobia which form nodules on the plant roots.Nodule formation starts when the plant roots exudate isoflavonoids that induce nod gene expression of a specific Bradyrhizobium.We examined the specific indigenous rhizobia that form nodules with the soybean cultivars Peking and Tamahomare in d
Abstract Motivated by the well-established benefits to society of artistic creation and of demographic diversity, we investigate the gender and racial/ethnic composition of influential contributors to four creative domains.Women make up 51% of the U.S.population but are underrepresented at influential levels of contemporary art (28%), high fashion
This paper is based on partially exploratory and partially descriptive research design to find out AIDS awareness and agreement of parents and teachers on educating adolescents about contraception techniques.For this study 60 parents and 60 teachers were interviewed from 10 different Govt.Senior Secondary schools in district Sangrur, Punjab, India.