Prodigy: an Innovative Approach for Character Development

The formation and development of healthy and effective characters among the students are closely related to the role played by a counselor at school. However, in the era of globalization, the role of counselor in the development of good character in students is more difficult and complicated. Thus, apart from the knowledge and skills, counselor should have an effective strategy in encouraging the development of good character in young children. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a ‘Prodigy\u27 as an approach to assist the guidance and counseling teachers as well as other individuals who play vital roles in the development and improvement of students\u27 behavior. Prodigy is unique and innovative because it helps counselors to understand the essential elements for the improvement and enhancement of human development in schools; and comprehensive as they integrate the affective, cognitive and behavioral components of character development. This paper discusses relevant course modules for character development and touches the benefits of using Prodigy in fostering character development

Involvement of rural women in aquaculture: an innovative approach

Although women have proved to be competent in adopting new aquaculture technologies, their role is very much restricted and often ignored. One of the major reasons is the location of aquaculture sites and several sociocultural taboos against women who strive to earn for their family’s subsistence in rural areas. There is a gender bias in many aquaculture activities. To ensure that women utilize their full potential in profitable activities like aquaculture, it is necessary to provide capacity building support to rural women, which will eventually lead to their empowerment. In countries like India, the technology provided to women must take into account cultural aspects. One such project - backyard ornamental fish breeding and management - has been found to offer immense scope for improving the livelihood of rural women. This paper gives some practical tips for dissemination of technology in the rural sector, particularly to rural women

An innovative approach for energy generation from waves

Sustainable energy generation is becoming increasingly important due to the expected limitations in current energy resources and to reduce pollution. Wave energy generation has seen significant development in recent years. This paper describes an innovative system for generating energy from wave power. A complete description of the system is presented including the general concept, configurations, mechanical design, electrical system, simulation techniques and expected power output of the system. The results from the hydraulic linear wave simulator, using a real wave profiles captured at a location in the UK using an ultrasound system, it was seen that a ±0.8 m wave at 10 s time period, produced a conditioned power output of approximately 22 kW at optimum load conditions for the tested 3-phase 44 kW permanent magnet generator type STK500. The results indicate that this new technology could provide an efficient and low cost method of generating electricity from waves

Bridging knowledge to the market: an innovative approach for an innovative development

We live in a world of constant development, growth, innovation and changing needs and nonetheless cultural habits. How to sustain this constant change and how to adapt to globalisation, technological change and constant creativity and innovativeness of key human resources inside larger corporations as well as knowledge institutions is answering the concept of corporate entrepreneurship, new ventures and academic spin-off creation. Article will show the trend in the field of new venture and academic spin-off creation, involving human and social capital as key success factors. Barriers and innovative solutions will be presented on how to overcome the issue of lacking cooperation between academia and industry. Relevant best practices and experiences will be presented to be discussed as opportunities that can find the place in the already existing strengths of Slovenia and its entrepreneurial development and regional growthAcademic spin-off, Early-Stage Financing, Knowledge-Intensive Regions, Knowledge-Intensive Companies, new venture

An innovative approach to reduce chemicals in mite control

The efficacy of an innovative technique using acaricide treated nets was recently demonstrated to control phytophagous mites on vegetables. The net impregnated with the acaricide dicofol was efficient against the broad mite Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) and spider mites (Tetranychus spp.) when used temporarily (once every three nights) covering eggplant. The technique was evaluated with chlorpyriphos ethyl impregnating nets in southern Benin. Results showed that the populations of Tetranychus urticae, and T. ludeni in the first trials and the invasive specie T. evansi in a last trial were significantly controlled by this technique. Very few mites were observed on plants covered with the acaricide treated net compared with very high densities on leaves in the unprotected control plots. This new concept of mite control using an acaricide-treated net temporarily covering vegetable crop appears to be an efficient tool which is easy to use by small-scale farmers. With this technique the pesticide remains on the material reducing the risk of plant contamination and environmental pollution. Thus the same treatment can be applied many times reducing chemicals for controlling mites. In greenhouses, particularly where populations of mites can increase rapidly on vegetables or ornamental flowers acaricide-treated nets could be used to control outbreaks just before the prompt release of useful insects as is permitted by absence of pesticide residues on plants with this innovative technique. In Sub-Saharian countries where mite outbreaks are observed mainly in the dry season the application of acaricide treated net poses a very low risk of pesticide workout by rain reducing the risk of pesticide residues on plants and their negative impact on useful insects. (Résumé d'auteur