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Gender aspects and analysis of households stopping farming in agricultural diversification in O Mon and Co Do District, Can Tho Province, Vietnam

The paper is supposed to form part of an anthology on diversification processes in South-East Asian agriculture. This particular paper looks at farmers that have left agriculture, in particular their reasons for leaving agriculture. The paper also includes an explicit gender dimension as part of the investigation focuses on factors that would particulary affect women in their agricultural roles.

Within-host speciation of malaria parasites

Background Sympatric speciation—the divergence of populations into new species in absence of geographic barriers to hybridization—is the most debated mode of diversification of life forms. Parasitic organisms are prominent models for sympatric speciation, because they may colonise new hosts within the same geographic area and diverge through host specialization. However, it has been argued that th

A cognitive approach to reference

When we talk about something, we need to indicate what we talk about. Sometimes we can use pointing gestures but mainly we have to rely on words. A pointing gesture can direct attention in perceived space, but how do we direct attention with words? What can we do with speech sounds we hear, to find out what somebody wants to tell us about something and what that something is? Questions about refer