In an interesting contribution to research on conceptual combination, Connolly, Fodor, Gleitman, and Gleitman (2007) (CFGG) tested a hypothesis that they identified as a common assumption of prototype models of conceptual combination, ‘the crucial default to the stereotype prediction’ (DS). Defaulting to the stereotype consists in assuming, barring information to the contrary, that the prototyp...

the paper aimed to assess the factors affecting the willingness of tomato producer to produce organic products in alborz province in crop year 2010-11. the collected data was analysis by descriptive analysis and logit econometrics model. the results of descriptive analysis showed among 90 respondents, 42.2% willing for conversion to organic agriculture.  the results of logit model estimation in...

the study determined the willingness and capacity of poultry farmers to pay for extension services in nasarawa state, nigeria. at this research used a sample size of 120 poultry farmers. simple descriptive statistics, kuppuswamy scale and logit regression model were used data analysis. the results showed that majority of the poultry farmers (87.5%) indicated their willingness to pay for extensi...

The study determined the willingness and capacity of poultry farmers to pay for extension services in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. At this research used a sample size of 120 poultry farmers. Simple descriptive statistics, Kuppuswamy scale and Logit regression model were used data analysis. The results showed that majority of the poultry farmers (87.5%) indicated their willingness to pay for extensi...

This paper presents the design and prototype implementation of a fault detection and fault tolerance facility based on the reactive system model for a loosely integrated heterogeneous database system running on a network of workstations. The database system consists of a number of fully autonomous databases that, through their willingness, can share some portion of their information. Sensors (f...

Agriculture information is the source of energy from which farmer will gain power in decision making. Finding the right approach to providing information to empower farmers is vital due to the high failure rate in current agricultural information systems. As most farmers now have mobile phones we developed a mobile based information system. We used participatory action research methodology to e...