EXPLOITING THE LINKED TEACHING AND LEARNING INTERNATIONAL SURVEY AND PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT DATA IN EXAMINING SCHOOL EFFECTS: A CASE STUDY OF SINGAPORE

Exploiting the linked teaching and learning international survey and programme for international student assessment data in examining school effects: A case study of Singapore

This paper attempts to demonstrate the usefulness of the linkage data from two international large-scale assessment studies, Teaching and Learning International Survey 2013 (TALIS) 2013 and Programme 703 for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012, in examining the effects of schools.Data from seven educational systems are used to link, and fo

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Development of egg yolk-based polyclonal antibodies and immunoprophylactic potential of antigen-antibody complex against infectious bursal disease

A study conducted in the Faisalabad district sampled 50 cases across five IBD outbreaks, revealing an alarming 80 % infection rate among poultry.Our research focused on developing an immune complex (Antigen-antibody complex) with potential immunoprophylactic benefits to counter this formidable threat.Our study was based on producing egg yolk-derive

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Stretching the Habitat Envelope: Insectivorous Bat Guilds Can Use Rubber Plantations, but Need Understorey Vegetation and Forest Buffers

Effects of land-cover change on insectivorous bat activity can be negative, neutral or positive, depending on foraging strategies of bats.In tropical agroforestry systems with high bat diversity, these effects can be complex to assess.We investigated foraging habitat use by three insectivorous bat guilds in forests and rubber plantations in the sou

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