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Principle of Agricultural Extension

Author: JO Okunlola

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: AEM201

Topics: Agricultural Extension, formal education, Research Extension Farmers Linkage, Rural Community

Soil Classification

Author: Hari Eswaran, Robert Ahrens, Thomas Rice

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM301

Topics: Soil Classification, soil research, Brazilian Soil Classification System, New Zealand Soil Classification, soil taxonomy, soil survey

Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics, 2nd edition

Author: Pedro Sanchez

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM501

Topics: soil properties, soil management, tropical environment, temperature, solar radiation, rainfall, tropical climates, vegetation, physiography, Anthropocene, biodiversity, climate change, demographics, Green Revolutions, Tropical Agroecosystems, land use, land-use change, Pedology, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Laterite Paradigm, tropical soils, tropical soil research, Soil Taxonomy, soil classification systems, soil physical properties, soil temperature, soil structure, soil compaction, soil water, soil erosion, conservation, conservation agriculture, water, rainfed agriculture, irrigated agriculture, irrigation, mineralogy, clay minerals, mineralogy families, Anion Exchange Capacity, soil acidity capacity, Acid Soil Infertility, Liming, overliming, subsoil acidity, secondary acidity, soil biology, soil biodiversity, comminution, decomposition, nutrient elements transformation, soil structure regulation, organic carbon, carbon pools, carbon fractions, animal manures, composts, biochars, organic farming, soil fertility, nutrient cycling, nutrient uptake, determining fertilizer needs, nitrogen cycle, nitrogen pools, atmospheric deposition, biological nitrogen fixation, mineral fertilizers, organic nitrogen mineralization, soil nitrogen fertilizer reactions, Phosphorus Cycle, Phosphorus, Total Soil Phosphorus, inorganic Phosphorus, Phosphorus sorption, Phosphorus release, plant Phosphorus requirements, Phosphorus fertilization, sulfur cycle, sulfur sorption, Sulphur fertilization, Forest–Soil Nutrient Cycles, land clearing, Mechanized Land Clearing, Crop Yield Declines, Field Abandonment, Secondary Forest Fallows, puddling, flooding, rice cultivation systems, Nutrient Management, Yield Stagnation, Nitrogen Sequestration, Livestock-Based Tropical Systems, tropical pastures, Tropical Livestock Management Systems, pastoralism, Smallholder Mixed Crop–Livestock Systems, Extensive Pasture-Based Beef Production, Pasture Degradation, Crop–Pasture Integration, Tropical Tree-Based Systems, Plantation Forestry, Plantation Forestry Species, Agroforestry, Agroforestry Tree Species, Agroforestry Systems, Simultaneous Agroforestry, Sequential Agroforestry, tree crops

Standing on Principles Collected Essays

Author: Tom Beauchamp

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: PHL242

Topics: codes, declarations, human subjects research ethical guidance, principlism, informed consent, health care ethics, biomedical ethics, morality

Doing Conversation Analysis

Author: Paul ten Have

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG352

Topics: Conversation Analysis, discursive psychology, linguistics, producing data, research design, naturalism, Sampling issues, Existing recordings, Making field recordings, Transcribing Talk-in-Interaction, Overlapped speech, Overlapped sounds, Analysing Data

Applied Ethics

Author: Eric Omazu

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: CTH432

Topics: Applied Ethics, Human Rights to Life, terrorism, war, Euthanasia, bioethical issues, suicide, abortion, Stem Cells Research, Stem Cells Therapy, Cloning, Business Ethics, Intellectual Property Rights, Whistleblowing, Animal Rights, Bioterrorism, Environmental Terrorism, Domestic Terrorism, International Terrorism, State Terrorism

Discourse Analysis

Author: Rotimi Taiwo

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG352

Topics: Discourse Analysis, Ethnonmethodology, Conversational Analysis, Linguistic Anthropology, Thematic Progression, Birmingham School Approach, text linguistics, grammatical cohesion, lexical cohesion, pragmatics, speech acts, Critical Discourse Analysis, text, context, monologue, dialogue, multilogue, conversation, written discourse, Interpersonal Discourse, Conducting Ethnomethodological Research, Speech community, speech event, Constant Theme Pattern, Linear Theme Pattern, Split theme Pattern, Derived Theme Pattern, Classroom discourse, Discourse Structure

Peace And Conflict Studies

Author: Ho-Wong Jeong

School: Anchor University, Lagos

Department: General studies

Course Code: GST202

Topics: peace, conflict, conflict management, International cooperation, security, culture, social values, continuity, discontinuity, zone of instability, direct violence, structural violence, cultural violence, negative peace, positive peace, conflict analysis, social order, traditional management strategies, dispute settlement, conflict resolution, conflict transformation, peace building, peace research, social environment, policy orientation, war, war theory, human nature, frustration-aggression hypothesis, psychoanalytic perspectives, relative deprivation, basic needs, identity formation masculine values, patriarchy, domination, feminism, political economy, economic disparities, free market economy, class relations, international capitalism, International war, economic integration, globalization, social transition, population growth, environmental security, balance of power, collective security, peace keeping operations, humanitarian intervention, Non-provocative defense, civilian based defense, confidence building, disarmament, arms control, peace conversion, negotiation, enquiry, arbitration, judicial settlement, conciliation, mediation, problem solving workshop, second track diplomacy, reconciliation, post-conflict reconstruction, preventive diplomacy, preventive intervention, Human rights, human rights abuses, self-determination, multi-ethnic state, nation-state building, growth-oriented development model international economic imbalance, dependency theories, import substitution industrialization, Human centered development, endogenous development, self-reliance, environmental politics, International policies, Free trade, international organizations, global order, governance, realism, neorealism, international regimes, functionalism, neofunctionalism, world government, anarchism, global civil society, peace movements

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