Guide sélectif de revues scientifiques dans le domaine du développement agricole et rural

Ce guide est destiné aux chercheurs des pays ACP dans le domaine de l'agriculture et du développement rural qui souhaitent publier les résultats de leurs travaux dans des revues scientifiques de niveau international ou régional. Il est avant tout un outil pour l'identification des périodiques auxquels ils pourront soumettre leurs manuscrits. Ont été retenus, pour chaque thème, des périodiques réputés dans leur domaine spécifique ainsi que des revues moins connues mais peut-être plus accessibles aux chercheurs qui ont moins d'expérience en matière de publication. Les périodiques présentés couvrent, dans la mesure du possible, l'ensemble des pays ACP, et acceptent des articles en langue anglaise (55%), française (35%), portugaise et espagnole (10 %). Leur accessibilité a été un critère de choix déterminant : les revues à parution irrégulière ou celles pour lesquelles les instructions aux auteurs n'étaient pas explicites n'ont pas été retenue

Programmable Agents

We build deep RL agents that execute declarative programs expressed in formal language. The agents learn to ground the terms in this language in their environment, and can generalize their behavior at test time to execute new programs that refer to objects that were not referenced during training. The agents develop disentangled interpretable representations that allow them to generalize to a wide variety of zero-shot semantic tasks

Two new records and one confirmation of the genus Poa L. (Poaceae) for the Flora of Turkey

The ongoing revision of the genus Poa in Turkey has resulted in two new Poa records for the Flora of Turkey as Poa pratensis subsp. irrigata (Lindm.) H. Lindb. and Poa eigii Feinbrun. In addition, the presence of Poa palustris L. is confirmed. A brief discussion and an illustration for each taxon are provided.TUBITAKTurkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK) [212T113]; TUBITAK-BIDEBTurkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK)Our gratitude is extended to Lynn Gillespie for joint fieldwork in Turkey in 2011; to Tugrul Koruklu, Ayse Mine Gencler Ozkan, Osman Tugay, Neriman Ozhatay, and Emine Akalin for access to the ANK, AEF, KNYA, and ISTE herbaria in 2014; to TUBITAK, for grant no. 212T113; and to TUBITAK-BIDEB for the support that allowed R.J. Soreng's visit to Namik Kemal University possible

Türkiye'deki Trakya Bölgesinin Brassicaceae familyasına ait yabani türlerinin belirlenmesi

Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), ekonomik açıdan önemi olan, endüstriyel yağlı tohumlar, baharat bitkileri, sebzeler ve bazı yem bitkilerini bulunduran önemli bir familyadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Trakya Bölgesi doğal florasında bulunan,Brassicaceae familyasına ait yabani türleri belirlemektir. Bu çalışmada, Brassicaceae familyasında yer alan yabani türler, Trakya Bölgesi'nde bulunan 20 farklı lokasyondan, 6-7 mayıs 2013 tarihlerinde, 17,2°C ile 21,5°C arasında değişen sıcaklıklarda toplanmıştır. Toprak özellikleri birbirlerinden farklı olan lokasyonların, deniz seviyesindenyükseklikleri 6 m ile 518 m arasında değişmiştir. AL-Shehbaz tarafından hazırlanan online anahtarları kullanılarak taksonlar belirlenmiştir.The Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) is an important family of plants that include many economically important industrial oilseed, spice, vegetable and fodder crop species. The aim of this study was to identify the plant species with in the taxa of Brassicaceae family in the Thrace Region Flora of Turkey. In this research, wild species from Brassicaceae family were collected from 20 different locations during 6-7 May 2013. The aggregation days were clear and sunny weather, temperatures ranged between 17.2°C to 21.5°C. The altitude values of observed locations varied from 6 -518 m with variable soil features. Online I keys prepared by the AL-Shehbaz were used for identification of each taxa

Taxonomy of Poa jubata and a new section of the genus (Poaceae)

Poa jubata A. Kern. is an ephemeral, southeastern European species of which little is known. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of Poa L., including all previously identified major lineages, shows this species to be isolated, with a genotype here designated as J (plastid) J (nrDNA). It is assigned to the monotypic P. sect. Jubatae sect. nov. The section is differentiated from other Poa sections in having 5-nerved upper glumes, very narrow palea flanges, an annual habit, and erect solitary culms. Poa jubata occurs along coastal regions of the Balkans and is rather rare. Two new collections were made in 2015 in Thrace, Turkey, in vernal pool habitats with clay soils, thus expanding its known habitat. The species is described in detail and illustrated, and its relationships are discussed.TUBITAKTurkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK) [212T113]; TUBITAK-BIDEBTurkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK); Canadian Museum of NatureWe would like to thank Paul Peterson, two anonymous reviewers, and the subject editor for careful revisions made to the text and for constructive criticism. We are also grateful to TUBITAK for the support of Grant No. 212T113 and to TUBITAK-BIDEB for the support that made RJS's visit possible to Namik Kemal University. We thank the Canadian Museum of Nature for financial support for LJG and DNA facilities, and Roger Bull, Neda Amiri, and Michael Paradis for sequencing DNAs; the Smithsonian Institution for logistical support of RJS; Musa Dogan for discussion and encouragement; the curators of the ISTE and ANK herbaria for allowing us access to their Poa collections; and Ogun Demir, Ekrem Kurt, and Mustafa Kaya for assistance with collecting

Determination of terrestrial EUNIS habitat types of Mount Ganos (Işıklar), Tekirdağ, Türkiye

In this study, it is aimed to determine the terrestrial European Union Nature Information System (EUNIS) habitat types of Mount Ganos (Işıklar) and its surroundings. Field studies were carried out from April to October 2021. Reference areas were determined for Maximum Likelihood (ML) classification during the field studies. To increase the accuracy and obtain the highest possible level of EUNIS habitat types, we used both reference areas observed in the field studies and processed land cover and habitat maps. These are; Landsat Satellite Images classified with ML, Corine Land Cover, and European ecosystem maps. Regarding both biodiversity and social activities, Mount Ganos is among the most significant natural areas in the Tekirdağ district. The northern slopes of the mountain have a rainier and more humid climate than the southern slopes which Mediterranean climate is dominant. The presence of various climate types and the remarkable altitude variations also contribute to the habitat diversity of the Mount Ganos. Many natural areas have been degraded due to anthropogenic effects such as mineral extraction, agricultural, tourism, and urbanization activities in the Mount Ganos region until today. In this study, a total of 9 ecosystems and 29 habitat types were determined for Mount Ganos according to the EUNIS classification. 21 of them were identified at level 3 and 8 of them ranged between 2 and 6 levels. The intensive unmixed crops (I1.1) are the most-covered EUNIS habitat type with 16173.16 hectares. This is followed by low and medium altitude hay meadows (E2.2, 9350.63 ha), Meso- and eutrophic Quercus, Carpinus, Fraxinus, Acer, Tilia, Ulmus, and related woodland (G1.A, 7548.73 ha) and Pseudomaquis (F5.3, 5926.65 ha). With this study, a portrait of the habitat destruction created by humans has also been drawn. The results of this study can be used by decision-makers to conserve the remaining natural habitats on Mount Ganos

Cosmology of hidden sector with Higgs portal

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2009.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Cataloged from student submitted PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-75).In this thesis, we are investigating cosmological implications of hidden sector models which involve scalar fields that do not interact with the Standard Model gauge interactions, but couple directly to the Higgs field. We particularly focus on their relic particle density as a candidate for dark matter. For the case of hidden sector without a gauge field we have improved the accuracy of the bounds on the coupling constant and give bounds on the Lagrangian parameters. Models with Abelian and non-Abelian gauge fields are also studied with relic density bounds, BBN and galactic dynamics constraints. Several discussions on phase transitions and alternative dark matter candidates are included.by Serkan Cabi.Ph.D

The impact of the modernisation of Iran on Kurdish society : modernity, modernisation and social change (1920-1979)

This PhD study examines the consequences of modernity and modernisation for Kurdish-Iranian society in the twentieth century. It identifies a dual process of socio-economic transformation and homogenisation of culture and identity, the dialectics of which (re)formed the economic, social, political and cultural structures of modern Kurdish society in Iran. As a result, socio-economically, Kurdish society became integrated in modern Iran, whereas it vigorously resisted homogenisation of identity and culture; at the same time, it maintained porous cultural borders with other societies in Iran, and continued to be shaped by mechanisms of modern cultural encounters. The socio-economic transformation of Iran strengthened and created new bonds between societies in Iran, while at the same time resistance and struggle for political and cultural rights became permanent characteristics of Kurdish-Iranian society. During the modernisation of Iran, the era of the ‘White Revolution’ is distinguished for the profound transformation of Iran it entailed. Therefore, an interpretation of the era constitutes the main concern of this thesis because, building on previous attempts to modernise Iran, the era of the White Revolution was crucial in engendering profound changes in Kurdish society. The theoretical framework of this study is informed by theories of social change and transformation against modernisation theories, and by theories of nation and nationalism which theoretically enable this research to distance itself from national narratives. Significantly, this framework includes a range of cultural critiques, benefits from studies of homogenisation and state formation, and relies on rich scholarly works on the formation of modern Iran, which, when combined, accentuate the cultural, political and social dimensions of modern nation-building in Iran. The result is a multi-dimensional approach to social change in Kurdish society. It is the dynamics of the dual process which continue to (re)form the foundations of Kurdish society in Iran; and it is this approach which I regard as a crucial contribution to both Kurdish and Iranian studies